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Debate: Announcement of voting results
Date: FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Speaker: Rainer Wieland
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen! Die Renew-Europe-Fraktion hat dem Präsidenten Beschlüsse über die Änderung von Benennungen für einen Ausschuss übermittelt. Die Beschlüsse werden im Protokoll der heutigen Sitzung veröffentlicht und treten am Tag dieser Ankündigung den Kraft.  Die Ergebnisse der zweiten Abstimmungsrunde von heute sind:  Finanzhilfe für Partner in den Erweiterungs- und Nachbarschaftsländern aufgrund der COVID-19-Pandemie [ Befristete Maßnahmen in Bezug auf die Durchführung von Luftverkehrsdiensten [ Vorübergehende Maßnahmen hinsichtlich der Gültigkeit von Bescheinigungen und Lizenzen (mehrere Maßnahmen) [ Erhebung von Hafengebühren [ das 4. Eisenbahnpaket: Verlängerung des Umsetzungszeitraumes [ die Übergangsvorschriften für die Unterstützung aus dem europäischen Landwirtschaftsfonds für die Entwicklung des ländlichen Raumes (ELER) und dem Europäischen Garantiefonds für die Landwirtschaft (EGFL) im Jahr 2021 ( Aufgrund der Ergebnisse der bisherigen Abstimmungsrunden gibt es heute keine dritte Abstimmungsrunde mehr. Die Protokolle der Sitzungen vom 13., 14. und 15. Mai werden dem Parlament zu Beginn der nächsten Sitzung zur Genehmigung vorgelegt. Wenn es keine Einwände gibt, werde ich die in der dieswöchigen Tagung des Parlaments angenommenen Entschließungen den in diesen Entschließungen genannten Personen und Gremien übermitteln.
Debate: EU Recovery package
Date: WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
Speaker: David Maria Sassoli
Language: IT

L'ordine del giorno reca la discussione sulla dichiarazioni del Consiglio e della Commissione sul Piano europeo di ripresa economica dell'UE ( Desidero salutare la Presidente von der Leyen, che è presente in Aula con tutto il collegio dei Commissari, e ringraziarli per la loro presenza.
Debate: EU Recovery package
Date: WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
Speaker: Dacian Cioloş
Political group: Renew
Country: France
Language: EN

Let me be clear, this is a package for all Member States, and all Member States need this package, irrespective of how badly they were affected by the health and economic crisis because the internal market is at stake. If the internal market fails, every citizen and business in the European Union will suffer. The solution by President von der Leyen for the Commission to borrow money from the market is a remarkable one, we have to recognise this. Our opinion may differ in some details, but I really welcome the approach – a European solution for a European problem. It also avoids the major difficulty we had during the last crisis: creating more debt for some Member States when in fact they need money to inject immediately in their economies. Decisions that we take now will define Europe’s road for the next 20-30 years, because we are investing massively now not only to recover but to relaunch and to modernise our economy, so we are creating debts for the generations to come. And that is why the Multiannual Framework (MFF) and the recovery package should focus on the future, not stay fixed on ideas from the past. First, we need to restore economic perspective. We need to safeguard and create new jobs. We need to focus on investment with real economic and European added value. The Green Deal and digital agenda should be the building blocks of a resilient and sovereign European economy. Second, solidarity is key. The fight against territorial divides and inequalities across Europe will be the breeding ground for our Union or the seeds of our future division, so that’s why we must stand united. Third, the European Union is not a cash machine. It’s a common project where solidarity comes with values and the shared vision for our future. And that’s why Renew Europe Group will only support MFF where the rule of law and respect of European values are a condition to receiving European funds: not to penalise people but the politicians who do not play by the rules. Fourth, certainly there are many lessons to be learned from this crisis, reasons to reform and improve areas where the European Union needs to be more present. And that is why the Conference on the Future of Europe: our common future, should get underway. The road to recovery will be long and hard. The decision we take these days will affect the future of millions of people, the future of the internal market and the future of our European Union. And that is why the European Union must stay united and fight as one.
Debate: EU Recovery package
Date: WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
Speaker: Jörg Meuthen
Political group: ID
Country: Spain
Language: DE

Und nun kommen Sie, Frau Kommissionspräsidentin, heute hierher und fordern. Dieser vollendete Wahnsinn sei Ihnen noch nicht genug, Sie wollen noch einmal eine Schippe von 250 Milliarden Euro mehr zur Verfügung haben. Das ist, so sage ich das ganz deutlich, komplett irre. Der für diesen Irrsinn von den Bürgern der Union zu entrichtende Preis wird gigantisch sein.  Sie werfen mit dem Geld – nicht Ihrem, sondern dem der Steuerzahler – nur so um sich, als gäbe es kein Morgen. Was Sie tun, ist vollständig verantwortungslos. Es ist erkenntnisbefreite Voodoo-Ökonomik, die Sie hier den Bürgern aufbürden. Es ist sowohl geld- als auch finanzpolitisches Harakiri. Noch verstehen die meisten Menschen das nicht, weil ganz andere Sorgen sie plagen und weil sie auch nicht gewohnt sind, in so großen Zahlenkategorien zu denken. Das machen Sie sich mit Ihren absurden Absichten zunutze, die Sie auch noch so heuchlerisch wie falsch preisen. Es wird ein bitterböses Erwachen geben.  Ich flehe die Regierungen Österreichs, der Niederlande, Dänemarks und Schwedens an, diesem Wahnsinn die Zustimmung zu verweigern.
Debate: EU Recovery package
Date: WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
Speaker: Ska Keller
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Sweden
Language: EN

This Parliament, with a broad majority, has shown a way forward with a substantial recovery fund, a strong MFF – a strong budget – and a Green Deal that helps the economy while addressing the climate crisis and the biodiversity crisis which have gone nowhere. I’m very glad to say that Greens all over Europe are actually supporting that, so I’m afraid Mr Weber, dear Manfred, that it is a bit cheap to hide behind the Greens when we actually have a strong support, also public support from the Austrian Greens who are supporting our position and the position of this Parliament. Maybe it is rather your best friend in Vienna who is causing the problem. But I’m glad to see that you’re also ready and willing to convince them, and try to convince them, and I am glad we can join forces there and try indeed our common job to convince governments all over parties, all over. Because that is what we need to do now, because I do believe that the Commission proposal is a very big step forward and we welcome the focus that you’ve put on grants to make sure that no Member State is left behind in this crisis. The overall volume might not prove sufficient in time, but in any case, what we need to make sure is that we don’t lessen the ambitions on the MFF because we also need to think further ahead. You have mentioned – colleagues have mentioned – conditions attached to the fund, and I would urge us all to not repeat the big mistakes of the past and force countries into austerity and blind market ideologies that have never worked, and will not work. Instead, we need to make sure that the money is well invested into projects that will help in the long term, that create jobs and that save the one planet that we have. To be meaningful in the long term, both the Recovery Fund and the MFF need to incentivise the social and ecological transformation of our economy and promote gender equality – a big problem we’ve seen in this crisis. They also need to follow our minimum common rules such as the rule of law and democracy. Some governments think that they can do it all alone, but I think they should think again. They have all benefited as much as and even more than other Member States from the single market, from freedom of movement and some, unfortunately, also from a bit too lax tax rules. Europe needs a strong step ahead. It needs courageous action like that of Schuman 70 years ago, and this Parliament has shown it is ready to do its part. I hope the Member States will follow.
Debate: EU Recovery package
Date: WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
Speaker: Johan Van Overtveldt
Political group: ECR
Country: Spain
Language: NL

We moeten zeker ook in het oog houden dat er heel wat maatregelen kunnen worden genomen die niet onmiddellijk geld kosten. De interne markt versterken is absoluut noodzakelijk in deze crisis en we moeten ervoor zorgen dat ons bedrijfsweefsel beschermd is. Internationale groepen verzamelen fabuleuze bedragen waarmee ze duidelijk niet de beste van alle intenties hebben. We moeten daartegen beschermingsmechanismen in het leven roepen.  Het gaat nu vooral over het besteden van het geld, maar ook over de financiering moet natuurlijk nagedacht worden. En ik denk dat het daarbij – maatschappelijk gezien – van zeer groot belang is dat we de mensen die werken en sparen niet laten bloeden bij die financieringsinspanningen. Bovendien moeten we ook goed beseffen dat er limieten zijn aan de wijze waarop of de intensiteit waarmee we steunen op de faciliteiten van de Europese Centrale Bank. Soms hebben we de illusie of wordt de illusie gewekt dat dat eindeloos is, maar dat is het natuurlijk niet, al was het maar omwille van de nadelige gevolgen die duidelijk merkbaar zijn en worden. In het kader van die gevolgen doe ik een oproep om een langlopend debat te beslechten. De bijdrage van de grote internetreuzen aan de inkomsten in Europa is te klein, veel te klein, en zij dienen een correcte bijdrage te leveren. Dat dient efficiënt te gebeuren, bij voorkeur op OESO-niveau, maar het is zeker aan Europa om op dit vlak het voortouw te nemen.
Debate: EU Recovery package
Date: WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
Speaker: Isabella Adinolfi
Political group: NI
Country: Italy
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, Presidente vor der Leyen, quello che ci sentiamo di dire, fin da ora, è che alcuni elementi della sua proposta ci fanno davvero ben sperare: ci riferiamo ai trasferimenti a fondo perduto, che nel complesso sono superiori ai prestiti; bene l'emissione di titoli di Stato europei a lunga scadenza; benissimo l'accelerazione per una transizione verde digitale - che noi chiediamo da sempre. Ma ora inizia la sfida più difficile: vedremo come andrà la partita in Consiglio, dove alcuni Paesi proveranno a imporre delle politiche di austerità. A proposito, non chiamate questi Paesi frugali, ma egoisti! Oggi il Presidente Conte ha annunciato un piano strategico che guarda al futuro, a partire dal rilancio degli investimenti. Per fare questo il Movimento 5Stelle si aspetta un forte aiuto dall'Europa e il piano che lei oggi ha presentato ci auguriamo serva proprio a questo. Per decenni l'Europa si è rifiutata di cambiare il suo modo di agire e spiace che solo una catastrofe come quella che stiamo vivendo abbia fatto emergere quello che idealmente conta: lo spirito di solidarietà europea. Stiamo scrivendo la storia? Forse sì! Speriamo sia una vera svolta per i cittadini di questa vecchia ma resiliente Europa.
Debate: EU Recovery package
Date: WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
Speaker: Siegfried Mureşan
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Mr President, I welcome President von der Leyen to the European Parliament, and thank you for your proposal. Dear colleagues, today is an important day, because the citizens of Europe expect help and support from the European Union, and today we can tell them help is coming. We are creating a package. The European Union is delivering. This is a new instrument. The support which it grants will be concrete. It will make a difference for people, for companies, for regions and for countries. What are the next steps? Today is only the beginning. We need to create the best recovery package possible, and for this, the European Parliament needs to be fully involved in this recovery package. The colleagues here in the room, they are coming from all regions of Europe. They are in direct contact with the citizens. They know exactly what the needs on the ground are, what hospitals need, what companies need, what people need. This is why we say the European Parliament has to be fully involved in how the money of the recovery package is being spent, but also in how the money of the recovery package is being paid back. The involvement of the European Parliament will ensure that the recovery package is the best recovery package that we can jointly and together create. This recovery package will have an impact upon the future of the citizens, and this is why this House, which represents the citizens of the European Union, needs to be involved in all aspects. We also need to see the whole picture. President von der Leyen was speaking about the budget as a whole. We need to create a recovery package which supports the people and the economy to come out of the Corona crisis, but we should also not forget about the old priorities of the EU budget. We should not forget about farmers, about students. We should not forget our new priorities: the Green Deal, the security of citizens, digitalisation, and we should have enough reserves to respond to still unpredictable crises that will, for sure, occur in the next seven years. These are the principles of our work. We are ready to work with the European Commission on this basis, and we expect the Commission to work with the Parliament on this basis.
Debate: EU Recovery package
Date: WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
Speaker: Brando Benifei
Political group: S-D
Country: Italy
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, Presidente von der Leyen, oggi il mondo ci guarda: ci guarda per sapere se la nostra Unione, fondata su valori fondamentali, sullo Stato di diritto e su un modello sociale unico al mondo, frutto di decenni di lotte sociali, è in grado di sopravvivere o no alla crisi che stiamo vivendo. La sua proposta è ambiziosa e sembra dare una risposta, finalmente adeguata, al livello della sfida: la studieremo a fondo ma 750 miliardi, di cui una parte importante a fondo perduto per spingere la ripresa, sembra dare finalmente una risposta a quell'urgenza che poneva il Parlamento europeo di una solidarietà comune, che abbiamo noi abbiamo auspicato fin dall'inizio in quest'Aula. Riprendo le parole del Presidente Sassoli: noi la sosterremo, sosterremo questo sforzo nel momento in cui manterrà questa ambizione. Per questo i governi oggi devono essere conseguenti rispetto alla necessità di sostenere una nuova generazione europea. Oggi serve quindi rapidità e semplicità, perché gli europei non possono più aspettare.
Debate: EU Recovery package
Date: WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
Speaker: Valerie Hayer
Political group: Renew
Country: Czechia
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, Madame la Présidente, chers collègues, cette proposition est une avancée majeure de par l’emprunt qu’elle propose. Cependant, je vais être directe: franchement, on se demande encore où est l’argent pour financer cette relance, mais on le sait tous où il est cet argent. Cet argent il est chez Google, chez Amazon et chez Facebook. Cet argent est chez toutes ces multinationales qui pratiquent l’optimisation fiscale. Faisons-leur porter la charge de cet emprunt. Même chose pour les grandes industries chinoises qui polluent et qui n’ont que faire de nos normes. Ayons enfin le courage d’utiliser cette arme que sont les ressources propres et faisons-le dès maintenant, pas en 2024. Une fois que cet argent sera récolté, nous pourrons donner ce nouveau souffle à notre projet: des voitures propres, des habitations bien isolées, un retour de nos emplois délocalisés. Madame la Présidente, Monsieur le Commissaire, chers collègues, ce virus ne propage pas seulement la mort, il propage aussi le désespoir. Évitons la fatalité et donnons à l’Europe la grandeur à laquelle les citoyens aspirent. Je vous remercie pour cette proposition, nos demandes sont complémentaires.
Debate: EU Recovery package
Date: WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
Speaker: Alessandro Panza
Political group: ID
Country: Italy
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, Presidente von der Leyen, prendo atto che oggi è venuta a presentarci ciò che è stato stabilito, seppur con un altro nome, la settimana scorsa da Angela Merkel ed Emmanuel Macron, dimostrando ancora una volta la subalternità della Commissione europea al duopolio franco-tedesco. Spiace vedere sminuito il suo ruolo. Non le nascondo che ho apprezzato sentire ambizione nelle sue parole ma vede, noi italiani con il governo Conte in questi mesi abbiamo visto tanta ambizione, ma pochi fatti: basti pensare ancora a quanti da noi aspettano la cassa integrazione e, quindi, mi perdonerà la diffidenza. Diffidenza dovuta a tanti fattori ma ne cito solo alcuni per questioni di tempo: per finanziare il  E soprattutto preoccupano i tempi: se sarà in grado di mettere tutti d'accordo, olandesi in primis, gli effetti concreti li vedremo solo il prossimo anno. Nel frattempo l'economia europea muore o di coronavirus o di inedia burocratica. Però poi non date la colpa a noi populisti se l'Europa non è ben vista dai cittadini: noi non facciamo altro che raccogliere ciò che voi seminate.
Debate: EU Recovery package
Date: WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
Speaker: Bas Eickhout
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: France
Language: EN

Mr President, first of all I would like to thank the Commission for its proposal, because this is creating room for an investment plan, and an investment plan that Europe badly needs and which should also come from Europe, not only from the Member States, because we do know if we leave it to the Member States, we will get an imbalance that is bigger and bigger in this internal market. What we see already: half of the state aid is coming from Germany at the moment, just showing the imbalance, and that is why we need a European investment programme. And that is why this is so important, and I would like to thank you for that. It’s really also being thanked by all the different political Greens, and we do hope that from the other political families, including my government in the Netherlands, that they are seeing how badly needed such a new modern investment programme is. But this for the Commission also means that we need to be sure that the investments are going to the Green Deal and digitalisation. And that is there in words, but really it now boils down also to how to put it into action. And there I have one question to the Commission. We are talking about EUR 750 billion now. But in state aid, we are talking about more than EUR 2 000 billion, and there – still – the support is without conditions. European Commission, Madam Vestager, make the rules to also condition the state aid, because conditions are needed here but also for the national investments, and then we can prosper and get to the new economy that Europe so badly needs.
Debate: EU Recovery package
Date: WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
Speaker: Beata Szydło
Political group: ECR
Country: Netherlands
Language: PL

Panie Przewodniczący! Europa potrzebuje dzisiaj solidarności, a Europejczycy potrzebują nadziei. Z satysfakcją odnotowuję wystąpienie Pani Przewodniczącej, która zwróciła uwagę, że fundusz będzie większy, ale oczywiście jak zawsze musimy znać szczegóły. Na tej sali mówiono już o konieczności zwiększenia środków własnych. Wydaje mi się, że to jest też dobry czas, by rozpocząć walkę z oszustwami podatkowymi.  Biorę też za dobrą monetę wypowiedź Pani Przewodniczącej o tym, że nadszedł czas, by odsunąć stereotypy i uprzedzenia. I wierzę, że teraz Unia Europejska będzie rzeczywiście kierowała się przede wszystkim zasadami traktatowymi, że będzie solidarna, że będzie brała pod uwagę sytuację we wszystkich państwach członkowskich i każde z nich będzie traktowała zgodnie z jego potrzebami.  Europejczycy potrzebują dzisiaj pracy i nadziei, a my jesteśmy zobowiązani im to dać.
Debate: EU Recovery package
Date: WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
Speaker: Márton Gyöngyösi
Political group: NI
Country: Poland
Language: EN

Mr President, regardless of substance, it is quite appalling that the European Union once again, in such a critical time, hammers out a deal behind closed doors. Everyone that criticises the European Union for a lack of transparency is quite right. And I think if the EU wants to appear democratic it had better start acting like it. I can only hope that, unlike the last Merkel-Macron deal back in June 2018 about the fiscal union, that this deal will fare much better. That one vanished into thin air, and we haven’t heard anything of it since its announcement and declaration. I can only hope that this package will deliver, but however, I have certain concerns. I am concerned that this EUR 500-billion fund is not acting like a eurobond. It is not going to transfer debt from Member States to the level of the European Union. And it is only going to add to the unbearable debt level of certain Member States, which will bring about austerity in the upcoming years, which will be crushing for these economies.  Also, I can only hope and seek that I will see guarantees in this recovery package that the funds don’t go to the big multinational companies and corporations, but to SMEs – small and medium-sized companies, which are the backbone of the European economy.
Debate: EU Recovery package
Date: WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
Speaker: Esther de Lange
Political group: PPE
Country: Netherlands
Language: NL

Voorzitter, laat mij in het Nederlands beginnen want ik denk dat dat belangrijk is. Ik wil het voorstel van de Europese Commissie verwelkomen. In de vorige crisis heeft Europa te lang gewacht met reageren, dus het feit dat er nu een voorstel ligt, lijkt me zeer belangrijk. En natuurlijk, er zal gesproken worden over de verhouding tussen  My main concern is the fact that we’re now entering into debt that is unavoidable in this crisis, but it’s unclear how and when it is going to be repaid. And my concern is that, if we don’t get own resources – because if one Member State opposes, we won’t get them – in the end we will have to use our European budget to actually repay this debt, having less money at our disposal to do actual politics and policies. Therefore, I would like to see a real commitment from the Council that we will get own resources in time or that we start a repayment plan within this MFF already. We need clarity for this programme to work. And then let me say one thing to Madame García Pérez. I’ve just said in Dutch, my mother tongue, because I think it’s important, that we need to shoulder this proposal all together, that we’re all in the same boat, and that we need to work together. But if you propose making this a matter of 23 against four, we won’t succeed. You will push those four countries into the arms of the extreme right if you say: let’s do this without unanimity. Count on the pro-European forces in those countries, among which I include myself, to get this done, but we will have to do it together.