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Debate: EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2022
Speaker: Tatjana Ždanoka
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Italy
Language: EN

Madam President, I could not imagine until today that the Nazi slogan, the slogan of Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera, would be pronounced from this tribune so many times and echoed in the Hemicycle. We are living in the time of information wars, and one of the instruments is, of course, the slogan. One of the instruments is disinformation, and we are giving an example of it now by having the title of the debate: Russia’s military threat against Ukraine. It is not proved. It was repeated – it was even mentioned today – that Ukrainian diplomats are denying this elsewhere in the European Union because it’s damaging Ukraine. I will speak about facts: facts registered by the United Nations, OSCE and other bodies. These are children killed in Donbas. In the last eight years, 152 children were killed and 146 injured. The latest case is the case of Vladik Dmitriyev, the four—year—old boy killed by a drone...
Debate: EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2022
Speaker: Traian Băsescu
Political group: PPE
Country: Romania
Language: RO

Doamnă președintă, domnule Înalt Reprezentant, domnule comisar, pretenția Kremlinului de a negocia cu NATO și SUA o nouă arhitectură de securitate în Europa prin stabilirea zonelor de influență din timpul URSS arată negarea, de către Rusia, a dreptului suveran al statelor independente de a-și decide singure sistemele de alianțe și modul de a-și asigura securitatea.  Lunga listă de cedări și compromisuri excesive făcute în favoarea Rusiei de dragul afacerilor unor mari companii europene, dar și pentru aprovizionarea cu gaze în condiții preferențiale au finanțat armata cu care Putin amenință azi pacea unor state europene. Altfel spus, atât de îndrăgitul „ În aceste zile, Statele Unite și Regatul Unit au reacționat rapid și masiv, consolidând militar Ucraina și flancul estic. NATO este singurul scut real pentru securitatea europeană. Cel puțin pentru moment, soluțiile pentru securitatea europeană sunt: accelerarea procesului de dobândire a independenței energetice față de Rusia, descurajarea militară și economică a Rusiei și încetarea compromisurilor politice în favoarea Rusiei.
Debate: EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2022
Speaker: Robert Biedroń
Political group: S-D
Country: Poland
Language: PL

Pani Przewodnicząca! Jesteśmy drugą demokracją świata. To ogromna odpowiedzialność nie tylko za wspieranie demokratyzacji świata, ale także za pokój na świecie. To niestety kolejna debata i kolejna sytuacja, w której widzimy, że pokój nie jest dany raz na zawsze. To kolejna lekcja, do której mogliśmy się jako Unia Europejska lepiej przygotować. To kolejny kryzys stworzony przez Rosję, bo Rosja chce Białorusi i Ukrainy, a Białoruś i Ukraina chcą niepodległości i wolności. Potrzebne jest zatem nasze realne działanie, wsparcie finansowe dla tych państw. Potrzebne jest przywództwo Unii w sprawie konferencji na rzecz przyszłości Białorusi i wsparcia dla Ukrainy. Potrzebna jest nowa strategia Unii na rzecz Białorusi, której nadal nie wypracowaliśmy, i plan dla Ukrainy, bo dotychczasowe niestety się nie sprawdziły. Potrzebne jest także zlikwidowanie zasady jednomyślności w polityce zagranicznej Unii, bo dzisiaj mamy 27 ministrów spraw zagranicznych, a przez to 27 różnych stanowisk. Niech żyje wolna i niepodległa Ukraina!
Debate: EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2022
Speaker: Dita Charanzová
Political group: Renew
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, Ukraine is an independent and a sovereign state, a free European nation that should decide its future itself. So our message today to our friends in Ukraine is that Europe is ready to help, from arms to funds. It must be clear who are the true friends of a free Ukraine and that the Europeans’ doors are open.  I still hope for a diplomatic solution. However, if Russia acts, we as Europe must be ready to respond. These sanctions must hit hard, not only the economic ones, but also the oligarchs and corrupt officials in Russia. More than anything, we must show our solidarity with Ukraine. Ukraine needs strong allies in these difficult times. Glory to Ukraine.
Debate: EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2022
Speaker: Thomas Waitz
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Denmark
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin, Herr Kommissar! Sind wir uns dessen bewusst, dass wir jedes Jahr mit Dutzenden Milliarden Euro durch unsere Gaseinkäufe das Regime von Putin finanzieren, indirekt den militärischen Aufmarsch an der ukrainischen Grenze mitfinanzieren? Wer heute nicht versteht, dass Gas nicht nur ein klimapolitisches Problem ist, sondern auch ein sicherheitspolitisches Problem, der hat – denke ich mal – seine Hausaufgaben nicht gemacht. Die Kommission hat das erkannt, und sie sucht nach Ersatzlösungen für die Gasversorgung Europas. Mittel- oder langfristig müssen wir aus Gas aussteigen – eben nicht nur aus klimapolitischen Gründen, sondern auch aus sicherheitspolitischen Bedenken. Dass sich Orbán gerade jetzt mit russischem Geld und russischer Technologie ein Atomkraftwerk in Paks II hinbauen lässt – übrigens auf einer Erdbebenlinie –, ist nicht nur ein umweltpolitisches Problem, sondern auch ein sicherheitspolitisches Problem. Hier werden die Interessen der Europäerinnen und Europäer und die Interessen der Ungarinnen und Ungarn an das russische Regime von Wladimir Putin verkauft. Last, but not least: Wer nicht erkennt, dass wir durch die Taxonomie, die Gas in ein grünes Label für private Investitionen mit hereinnehmen soll, unsere Abhängigkeit nur noch mehr verstärken, der hat den Ernst der Lage nicht erkannt.
Debate: EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2022
Speaker: Christophe Hansen
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President, the situation on the EU’s eastern borders, especially at the Ukrainian border, is far from being resolved. Let’s not get fooled by the Potemkin retreat of his troops that Putin is or is not staging while we are speaking. Let’s not be fooled while the online networks of Ukraine’s defence ministry and two banks are knocked out by cyber-attacks. This is not a coincidence, and my colleague, Riho Terras, has highlighted this. Putin couldn’t care less about an economic crash in his country when the situation of instability allows him to maintain and extend his power grab elsewhere. On our side, we need to support Ukrainians wherever we can. Therefore I more than welcome the macro-financial assistance we granted this week to Ukraine. But the current crisis also cruelly highlights, once again, our weakness when it comes to speaking with one single voice in foreign policy. Did Macron, Scholz or Bettel convey the same message to Putin? I strongly doubt this. So when do we get, once and for all, rid of unanimity in foreign policy? Dear Executive Vice-President, how are you planning to speed up the development of PESCO (Permanent Structured Cooperation) to better be prepared for the next crisis that will inescapably come down the road? The success of these projects will be the precondition to be taken seriously on the international stage. Putin is trying to divide the West to better reign – no doubt about that. But this should be our chance and our encouragement to unite. Putin’s worst case scenario is a united West. Let’s not get fooled. Let’s stick together.
Debate: EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2022
Speaker: Klemen Grošelj
Political group: Renew
Country: Hungary
Language: SL

Spoštovani! Kriza na ukrajinsko-ruski meji dokazuje, da živimo v nepredvidljivim svetu brezkompromisnega tekmovanja, v katerem uporaba sile postaja žal realnost.  Aktualna kriza ne odloča le o prihodnosti Ukrajine, ampak se na njej lomijo kopja prihodnosti evropske varnostne arhitekture, ki je zagotavljala relativni mir in stabilnost v Evropi zadnjih 30 let in ima temelje v zahtevnih pogajanjih med in ob koncu hladne vojne. Zavedati se moramo, da gre za tektonske premike v evropski varnostni arhitekturi, ki pa so proces, ki poteka že nekaj časa in se bo nadaljeval. Na žalost zelo verjetno v nizu kriz, katerim smo in še bomo priča v širšem evropskem prostoru.  Zato bo odločilnega pomena, da se tako ZDA kot Nato in Evropska unija zavedamo, da bo ta proces od nas zahteval enotnost, nedvoumno zavezanost temeljnim demokratičnim vrednotam, potrpežljivost in odločnost, vztrajnost ter veliko mero modrosti. Zakaj? Soočeni smo z zahtevno geopolitično igro, v kateri bomo lahko prevladali ne samo z diplomatsko spretnostjo in vojaško odločenostjo, ampak tudi z jasno zavezanostjo demokraciji. Evropska unija pa mora ob tem okrepiti ne samo svojo vojaško, ampak tudi energetsko, surovinsko in pa tudi tehnološko suverenost.
Debate: EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2022
Speaker: Massimiliano Salini
Political group: PPE
Country: Finland
Language: IT

Signora Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, la buona notizia è il parziale ritiro delle forze armate russe dal confine ucraino. Ma questa notizia è accompagnata, anzi preceduta, da dichiarazioni del Presidente ucraino Zelensky e del Cancelliere tedesco Scholz, nei giorni precedenti, che non lasciano tranquilli, perché in quelle dichiarazioni Zelensky dichiara che l'ingresso ucraino nella NATO è solo un sogno e il Cancelliere Scholz dichiara che l'ingresso ucraino nella NATO non è nell'agenda politica. Non possiamo ritenere che questa sia una vittoria, non possiamo abbassare la guardia, non possiamo dichiararci soddisfatti. Le 36 lettere arrivate dalla Russia verso i paesi NATO, a cui abbiamo risposto con un'unica voce come Unione europea e NATO, sono un'ottima notizia ma sotto l'unica voce, quindi sotto l'unica lettera, devono esserci un'unica politica. Nessuno ci aveva costretto a dipendere quasi totalmente dal gas russo, eppure lo abbiamo fatto. Nessuno ci ha costretto a ritirarci molto spesso da alcuni degli scenari più complessi geopolitici, ad esempio in Africa, lasciando spazio alle nuove ambizioni geopolitiche russe. Ecco, che dietro quell'unica lettera ci sia un'unica politica ed un'unica strategia economica europea.
Debate: EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2022
Speaker: Carmen Avram
Political group: S-D
Country: Romania
Language: RO

Doamnă președintă, „Voi nu înțelegeți Rusia”, ne acuză oficialii Moscovei și au dreptate. Cum să înțeleagă Uniunea Europeană, cu valorile ei, o dictatură cu nostalgii imperialiste, condusă și azi de oameni care vin din negura URSS și nu mai vor să plece?  Pe de altă parte, însă, este greu de înțeles de ce atunci când intențiile lui Putin ne sunt foarte clare, cum ar fi, de exemplu, masarea aproape de granițele noastre a celui mai mare dispozitiv militar de la prăbușirea URSS, Uniunea Europeană nu reușește să vorbească răspicat și să decidă la unison represalii.  A tăcea, a ezita, a tolera șantajul sau a spera că Putin va deveni, într-o zi, apostolul păcii, sunt greșeli care pot pune în mare pericol construcția noastră democratică, mai ales în estul Europei.  Oricare ar fi deznodământul acestei crize, dacă Uniunea vrea să fie un actor global puternic și credibil, trebuie să renunțe la mănuși, pentru că regimul Putin nu va renunța la bocancii cu care intră periodic în viața noastră, decât dacă va avea în noi un interlocutor hotărât, corect în
Debate: EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2022
Speaker: Katalin Cseh
Political group: Renew
Country: Sweden
Language: EN

Madam President, let’s pause for a moment, and let the dark truth sink in. For the first time in decades, there is a very real chance that there will be war in Europe. As we debate in this very House, there are still Russian troops staring down Ukraine on the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood. We’ve all read the news that they might attack today. Many of us in this Chamber come from countries bordering Ukraine. This is real. This would be our war. We might not be fighting it, but we will feel the consequences. And we should be responsible for preventing it. And yes, we are in the 24th hour, but Europe still has not exhausted all of its opportunities. We need to leave no doubt that a war will have severe repercussions. And this must include suspending the Nord Stream 2 project or closing down Europe’s financial system for Russian state-sponsored actors.  And in the longer term, we need to rethink our ties with Russia. If Putin is capable of holding a continent on high alert for months, Europe must have the tools to do the same. This is an existential question. Before achieving this, all the Commission’s talk about the geopolitical Commission remains, unfortunately, empty.
Debate: EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2022
Speaker: Luděk Niedermayer
Political group: PPE
Country: Slovenia
Language: EN

Madam President, the Commission President rightly said that this conflict was about democracy, about values and about freedom. And she’s right. But also in such a conflict, diplomacy plays a very important role. It seems to me that it was the rather clear position of NATO, the first stance of US diplomacy and efforts of some European politicians that turned the situation to the better. EU foreign policy didn’t play a sufficient role. I guess this is another wake up call for us. We need such a foreign policy that would work and that would be recognised. European countries also should invest more in the military. We cannot afford to be again the free rider of NATO. Also, we must be much better prepared for conflicts with countries that are an important supplier of energy, like Russia. Not ex—post evaluation, but ex—ante assessment of the risk and sufficient guard, how to protect our people and how to protect our economy. We shouldn’t fool ourselves. Despite easing the pressure, Russia is still sponsoring war in East Ukraine. Millions of Ukrainians are suffering, and we have troubles to find the right way to help them and also protect our interest. At the same time, I believe that the politics of Mr Putin are getting more aggressive and less predictable. We, again, should not be naive. Suffering by his country wouldn’t change his mind, because it doesn’t affect his well—being. Only very bold sanctions can have an impact. So the next time, we must be much more better prepared than this time.
Debate: EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2022
Speaker: Leszek Miller
Political group: S-D
Country: France
Language: PL

Pani Przewodnicząca! Koleżanki i Koledzy! Wczoraj w Moskwie kanclerz Scholz powiedział, że wojna w Europie jest nie do pomyślenia dla jego pokolenia. Dla mojego pokolenia również jest nie do pomyślenia i dlatego trzeba czynić wszystko, by zapobiec scenariuszom, które kończą się wojną. Przewodniczący Rady Europejskiej i Komisji mówili dziś, że dzięki dotychczasowym działaniom dyplomatycznym udało się doprowadzić do pewnej deeskalacji konfliktu – to prawda. Rosja nie pozbywa się jednak argumentu wojskowego i wciąż utrzymuje siły mogące stanowić poważne zagrożenie dla Ukrainy, których będzie gotowa użyć do interwencji militarnej. Otoczenie Ukrainy wojskami jest przecież zachowaniem agresywnym, a nie sygnałem pokojowym.  Obecny kryzys powinien być kolejną lekcją dla Europy. Rozmowy dyplomatyczne prowadzone są głównie przez przywódców państw członkowskich, a nie szefów instytucji i dyplomatów unijnych. Niestety mieści się to w strategii Rosji ignorowania Unii Europejskiej. To, co możemy dziś zrobić dla Ukrainy, to znacząca pomoc finansowa i mapa drogowa członkostwa Ukrainy do Unii Europejskiej.
Debate: EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2022
Speaker: Guy Verhofstadt
Political group: Renew
Country: Bulgaria
Language: EN

Madam President, I’m asking myself what Mr Borrell is going to take from here as a conclusion of this debate. In my personal view, I think there’s an enormous unity in this Parliament. Besides some people on the extreme left who still think that the Soviet Union exists, and besides a part of the extreme right which is financed by Putin, I think all the rest have a huge unity. I think that the conclusion of this debate, if I can give some advice or make a suggestion, is that we need a more robust strategy of the European Union. It’s true you did your job, and maybe more than is possible with 27 Ministers of Foreign Affairs, but the conclusion of this debate is that we need a more robust stance. On 20 February 2014 I was at Maidan, when in the morning 49 people were killed by snipers, and I saw in the eyes of these people how they in fact belong to Europe and want to be in the European Union. Their future is there, not with Putin. Even those people who speak Russian in Ukraine don’t want Putin to come in. So I think we have to be more robust. We need to do more. First of all, maybe use the European Peace Facility to make a common transfer of defensive weapons to them. We could do that. We have the instrument to do that. And finally – and then I will stop, Ms Hautala, because I know that you have a strong instrument with you, your hammer –  we also need a pro-Russian agenda. Because Putin is not Russia, and there is an opposition there with Navalny, who needs our full support because, in the end, there will only be stability and security in Europe if there is a democratic Russia at our borders.
Debate: EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2022
Speaker: Heidi Hautala
Country: Poland
Language: FI

Jatkamme nyt keskustelua Eurooppa-neuvoston ja komission julkilausumasta EU:n ja Venäjän suhteista, Euroopan turvallisuudesta ja Venäjän Ukrainaan kohdistamasta sotilaallisesta uhkasta (
Debate: EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2022
Speaker: Francisco José Millán Mon
Political group: PPE
Country: Spain
Language: ES

Señora presidenta, yo, en primer lugar, quiero enviar un mensaje emocionado de condolencia y de solidaridad a las familias de los numerosos pescadores afectados por el trágico naufragio ayer del buque gallego  Señorías, llevamos unas semanas en Europa en una situación gravísima, sin precedentes, por la enorme acumulación de tropas rusas en la frontera con Ucrania. La Unión Europea debe mantener su postura en favor del respeto de la soberanía e integridad territorial de este país. El Kremlin sigue una política anacrónica, de fuerza, de zonas de influencia. Ignora los principios básicos del Derecho internacional y los acuerdos que firmó. Desgraciadamente, Putin no comparte nuestros valores y principios: un orden internacional basado en normas, en multilateralismo y en el Estado de Derecho. La situación de amenaza y chantaje es ya inaceptable, pero debemos continuar el camino de la diplomacia sin concesiones en puntos clave. En las últimas horas parece comenzar una retirada parcial de tropas rusas y que Moscú se inclinaría por el diálogo. Pero es muy pronto para el optimismo. Debemos mantener un frente unido ante el largo desafío de Putin. La Unión Europea, incluidas Francia y Alemania, tiene que coordinar sus respuestas con los Estados Unidos y con la OTAN para asegurar la paz y el respeto de las normas básicas del Derecho internacional y de la arquitectura europea de seguridad.
Debate: EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2022
Speaker: Robert Hajšel
Political group: S-D
Country: Netherlands
Language: SK

Pani predsedajúca, musíme byť solidárni s ukrajinským ľudom, ktorý má takisto právo rozhodovať o svojom osude. Únia musí aj naďalej podporovať ambície Ukrajiny stať sa našim členom. Akonáhle ale bude schopná predpísané podmienky aj splniť. Akonáhle my ako Európska únia budeme schopní a pripravení ju prijať. Nevytvárajme preto falošné očakávania, že sa tak stane v nejakej dohľadnej budúcnosti. Dnes je našou hlavnou úlohou urobiť všetko pre zabránenie vojny a znižovanie napätia, a nie podporovať hystériu, ako to robia niektorí politici a médiá, predpovedajú napríklad, že vojna začne už dnes. Naopak sa zdá, že po diplomatických iniciatívach  Nemecka a Francúzska, aj keď počúvame ukrajinských štátnikov, možnosť vypuknutia vojny sa našťastie nateraz znížila. Informácie o sťahovaní časti ruských vojenských oddielov do vnútrozemia, aj keď možno iba symbolické, je dobrým signálom, že v diplomatickom úsilí treba pokračovať. Mali by sme sa snažiť o budovanie celoeurópskej bezpečnostnej architektúry, v rámci ktorej sa bude každý štát cítiť bezpečne, tak Francúzsko ako Slovensko alebo Litva. Ale nikto, ani aliancia, nemá právo rozširovať svoju bezpečnosť na úkor iného štátu. Geopolitické realita je taká, že pokým sa Rusko nebude cítiť bezpečne v Európe, v bezpečí sa bohužiaľ nebudeme cítiť ani my.
Debate: EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2022
Speaker: Željana Zovko
Political group: PPE
Language: EN

Madam President, it was only yesterday that we had the debate on our common security and defence policy. This morning, we are talking about a prime example of a threat to European security. The military tensions at our eastern borders show once again the need to develop a strong European strategic sovereignty. We need to increase our common capacity. We need to develop a decisive and assertive foreign policy.  I express my solidarity with the people of Ukraine that live in uncertainty and prepare for the worst. Over the last weeks, EU Member States have shown unity and close cooperation with our transatlantic and NATO partners. It is through this joint stance and continued search for a diplomatic way to de-escalation that we have managed to keep the peace. We must remain vigilant and we must remain united.
Debate: EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 FEBRUARY 2022
Speaker: Brando Benifei
Political group: S-D
Country: Italy
Language: IT

Signora Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, dovete sapere che qualche anno fa, in una delle rare occasioni in cui questo incredibile fannullone della politica si è manifestato in questo Europarlamento di cui faceva parte, il senatore Matteo Salvini, allora eurodeputato, si presentò in quest'Aula con una maglietta raffigurante Putin, a suo parere attaccato ingiustamente da quelli che chiamava gli "eurocretini". Allora mi chiedo se definirebbe in questo modo un "eurocretino" anche il capogruppo del suo partito, il leghista Marco Zanni, che oggi in Aula ci ha spiegato che quello di Putin è un regime – che scoperta! – e che l'integrità territoriale dell'Ucraina dovrà essere difesa a qualunque costo. Ma pensate, voi sovranisti della destra estrema, che le persone siano senza memoria, si siano dimenticate di Savoini, dell'hotel Metropol, delle inchieste ancora in corso sui presunti finanziamenti russi alla Lega? Non siamo senza memoria! Per superare la crisi in corso serve una politica seria, serve fermezza di fronte alla minaccia di un'aggressione russa e serve una nuova architettura di sicurezza europea che coinvolga tutti. Credo che questo debba essere il ruolo dell'Unione europea, oggi e per il futuro, per ritrovare un posto nella storia.