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Debate: European Defence Fund
Date: THURSDAY, 29 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Henrike Hahn
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Romania
Language: DE

Herr Präsident! Die europäische Verteidigung, der Europäische Verteidigungsfonds sieht knapp 8 Milliarden Euro als direkte Subvention für die Verteidigungsindustrie vor, und die Frage ist doch: Ist sowas wirklich zeitgemäß? Im Verteidigungssektor sehen wir Fragmentierung, Doppelarbeit, Überkapazitäten und fehlende Transparenz, und das Ungünstigste, was man da tun kann, ist, einen Blankoscheck auszustellen für 8 Milliarden Euro, ohne das mit konkreten Kriterien zu verbinden und mit Verfahren für bessere Zusammenarbeit, für mehr Effizienz. Militärische Fähigkeiten müssen gebündelt und Fähigkeitslücken geschlossen werden. Es ist gut, dass autonome Waffensysteme – sogenannte Killerroboter – von diesem Fonds ausgeschlossen werden, aber es ist sicher nicht gut, dass das Europäische Parlament jetzt über sieben Jahre lang keine Rolle bei der Umsetzung des Europäischen Verteidigungsfonds spielen wird, in einem so hochsensiblen Bereich. Wir brauchen eine bessere europäische Kooperation und eine EU-Sicherheitsunion, ausdrücklich mit parlamentarischer Kontrolle. Wirklich zeitgemäß ist eine transparente, rechenschaftspflichtige, gemeinsame europäische Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik, die auf Menschenrechten basiert.
Debate: European Defence Fund
Date: THURSDAY, 29 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Mr President, we often talk in here about how far we’ve come, but you know what? This fund for me is an indication of how low we’ve sunk. A union that was supposed to be to sign for peace, signing off for the first time on a slush fund of EUR 8 billion for weapons of slaughter, directly from an EU budget. A fund designed by the arms industry, for the arms industry. For God’s sake, we even have a peace facility where African countries can buy back some of those weapons and then when they use them and refugees comes to our shores, the same companies benefit from the contracts to keep them out. You couldn’t make it up. Isn’t it time we change tack? The citizens and communities devastated by COVID have a hell of a lot better things to be doing with spending EUR 8 billion on. The Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw made the point that wars don’t decide who was right, but who is left. Western interventionism has left millions widowed, orphaned, stateless, homeless. It’s time to call a halt. Support the Left’s resolution to reject this madness.
Debate: European Defence Fund
Date: THURSDAY, 29 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Lefteris Christoforou
Political group: PPE
Country: Romania
Language: EL

Κύριε Πρόεδρε, κύριε Επίτροπε, όλοι εμείς που οραματιζόμαστε μια ισχυρή Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση πιστεύουμε ακράδαντα ότι τούτο δεν μπορεί να καταστεί εφικτό εάν δεν υπάρξει ισχυρή ευρωπαϊκή άμυνα και ισχυρός ευρωπαϊκός στρατός. Μια Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση που δεν μπορεί να υπερασπιστεί την εδαφική της ακεραιότητα, που δεν μπορεί να προστατεύσει τα εξωτερικά της σύνορα, που δεν μπορεί να διαφυλάξει και να εγγυηθεί την κυριαρχία και την ανεξαρτησία των κρατών μελών της, δεν μπορεί να θεωρηθεί και δεν θεωρείται ισχυρή και αξιόπιστη δύναμη στον πλανήτη. Δεν σας κρύβω ότι θλίβομαι και οργίζομαι όταν —πολλάκις και πλειστάκις— η Τουρκία παραβιάζει τα εξωτερικά σύνορα της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης, παραβιάζει την κυριαρχία κρατών μελών, όπως της Κύπρου και της Ελλάδας, παραβιάζει συλλήβδην το ευρωπαϊκό και το διεθνές δίκαιο και το δίκαιο της θάλασσας και η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση παραμένει παθητικός θεατής αντί να παρέμβει και να αντιδράσει δυναμικά.  Πιστεύω ότι ήρθε η ώρα η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση να πράξει το αυτονόητο, γιατί τούτο αποτελεί ένα τεράστιο έλλειμμα. Αποτελεί έλλειμμα αξιοπιστίας και εμπιστοσύνης από τους ίδιους τους Ευρωπαίους πολίτες και η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση οφείλει να υπερασπιστεί τα εξωτερικά της σύνορα, όπως κάνει και η πιο μικρή χώρα στον πλανήτη, και να πει ξεκάθαρα προς όλους ότι τα εξωτερικά σύνορα της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης είναι αδιαπραγμάτευτα και απαραβίαστα και ότι όποιος τολμήσει να τα παραβιάσει θα βρει μπροστά του μια δυναμική και ισχυρή απάντηση από την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση.  Κύριε Πρόεδρε, θεωρώ επιεικώς απαράδεκτο κράτη μέλη της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης να συνεχίζουν να εξοπλίζουν την Τουρκία, όταν εν γνώσει τους αυτός ο εξοπλισμός χρησιμοποιείται σε βάρος κρατών μελών της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης.  Χρησιμοποιείται από την κατοχική δύναμη στην πατρίδα μου, την Κύπρο, χρησιμοποιείται εναντίον της Ελλάδας, εναντίον των Αρμενίων στο Ναγκόρνο Καραμπάχ και εναντίον των Κούρδων. Μια προκλητική Τουρκία η οποία συνεχίζει σε συνομιλία στη Γενεύη να επιμένει για δύο κράτη, παραβιάζοντας συλλήβδην το ευρωπαϊκό και το διεθνές δίκαιο, και να μη δέχεται Ευρωπαίο διαμεσολαβητή. Ήρθε η ώρα η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση να δημιουργήσει μια δύναμη ταχείας επέμβασης για να προστατεύει τα εξωτερικά της σύνορα. Μόνον έτσι θα ανακτήσει το κύρος, την αξιοπιστία και τη δύναμή της στον πλανήτη και η φωνή της θα έχει ισχύ.
Debate: European Defence Fund
Date: THURSDAY, 29 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Željana Zovko
Political group: PPE
Language: EN

Mr President, we live in a polarised world. The threats to peace and security on the European borders and citizens are increasing daily. The threats to our foundations and values divide us, even internally. What we need is not fear but the visible leadership and the strategy to reassure our citizens that their security is not at stake. Here we discuss on a daily basis the volatile behaviour of some of our strategic partners. The European Union must rely on itself in order to exert with confidence its role on the world stage. We must modernise our defence capacities in close coordination with our NATO partners. The European Defence Fund contributes to this endeavour. It aims to mainstream our defence budget spending and actively engage our European defence industry. This fund will promote defence cooperation among European companies, research actors and between the Member States to foster innovation and develop state—of—the—art defence technologies. Thanks to the new fund, our European defence will be stronger and more effective.
Debate: European Defence Fund
Date: THURSDAY, 29 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Thierry Breton
Language: FR

Bien sûr, j’entends ceux qui souhaitent que nous nous concentrions sur l’innovation et la compétitivité de l’industrie de défense et sur le fait que le fonds bénéficie à tous les États membres et à tous les acteurs, grands comme petits: j’y veillerai, c’est évidemment une condition du succès. Je l’ai déjà dit et je le répète maintenant devant vous: les programmes précurseurs ont montré que c’est le cas. Le Fonds européen de la défense permettra aussi de réduire les doublons évoqués à juste titre par certains, au travers notamment de projets européens qui permettront évidemment un gain d’efficacité mais aussi une réduction importante de la fragmentation que beaucoup ont évoquée ce matin. Avec l’adoption du règlement pour le Fonds européen de la défense, nous pourrons ensuite nous consacrer vraiment au programme de travail. Bien entendu, on y travaille depuis plusieurs mois, vous vous en doutez, en étroite collaboration avec les États membres et les États associés et également avec le soutien de l’Agence européenne de défense, ainsi que celui du Service européen pour l’action extérieure. Nous visons un programme de travail équilibré en accordant une attention toute particulière à l’inclusion et à l’innovation, tout en étant évidemment très attentifs à la nécessité d’inclure des actions propres à certains projets structurants pour les années à venir. Dans le domaine technologique, par exemple, je considère absolument primordial que la dimension «défense» soit prise en compte dans des débats plus larges, tels que ceux que nous avons par exemple sur les semi-conducteurs ou sur les clouds. Nous avons besoin d’un cloud de défense européen, nous avons besoin aussi de semi-conducteurs qui soient qualifiés pour des capacités de défense. Le Fonds européen de la défense va pouvoir permettre d’avancer sur ces sujets, il doit aussi nous permettre de financer des projets de cyberdéfense, certains l’ont évoqué, autour notamment de la cryptologie quantique à venir et d’initier enfin une dimension spatiale dans notre stratégie de défense. Nous visons l’adoption de ce premier programme de travail et la publication des appels à propositions d’ici à l’été, je tenais à vous le dire ce matin. Il s’agit évidemment d’un calendrier ambitieux, j’en ai conscience, mais grâce à la mobilisation de tous, je suis convaincu que nous y parviendrons et que nous passerons ainsi d’un concept au financement de projets concrets qui pourront, j’en suis absolument convaincu, faire une différence pour la coopération européenne en matière de défense et c’est en cela que ce jour est effectivement un jour très important pour l’Union européenne.
Debate: COVID- pandemic in Latin America
Date: THURSDAY, 29 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Othmar Karas
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Als nächster Punkt der Tagesordnung folgt die Aussprache über Fälle von Verletzungen der Menschenrechte, der Demokratie und der Rechtsstaatlichkeit (Artikel 144 GO). Als erster Punkt der Tagesordnung zu diesem Thema folgt die Aussprache über sechs Entschließungsanträge zur COVID-19-Pandemie in Lateinamerika ( Im Moment ist ein Verfasser dieses Punktes nicht anwesend. Ich möchte damit die Debatte mit der Verfasserin der Stellungnahme, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, beginnen. ____________ * Siehe Protokoll.
Debate: COVID- pandemic in Latin America
Date: THURSDAY, 29 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques
Country: Italy
Language: PT

Mas a crise não foi igual para todos. Onde as desigualdades eram maiores, onde os empregos eram mais precários, onde os serviços públicos eram mais frágeis, onde os Governos preferiram negar a prova científica do que fazer o que estava ao seu alcance, a pandemia foi mais castigadora, ceifou mais vidas e reconduziu à pobreza alguns que acabavam de sair dela. Foi assim, infelizmente, em muitos países da América Latina onde vive 8,4% da população mundial, mas que registou já 25% das mortes.  Nesta resolução, apelamos a uma maior ajuda e atenção da União Europeia a esta região com quem temos tantos laços históricos. Essa ajuda é necessária no presente, no apoio à compra, produção e distribuição de vacinas, no combate à desinformação. Apelamos a que se olhe também com mais atenção para os direitos das mulheres, que ocupavam empregos mais precários, que viram crescer a violência doméstica, que ficaram sem acesso à saúde sexual e reprodutiva, já de si tão deficiente, e ainda que se olhe já para a recuperação e resiliência no alívio da dívida, no aprofundamento de parcerias da ciência e inovação, por exemplo, nos projetos de investigação do Horizonte Europa ou na criação de um novo instituto transnacional para doenças infeciosas. Pedimos para a América Latina aquilo que sabemos ser preciso na União Europeia, sabendo que a falta de ajuda a esta região a impedirá de progredir nos seus processos de paz, reduzir as desigualdades e acompanhar os desafios do futuro, as transições digital e climática.
Debate: COVID- pandemic in Latin America
Date: THURSDAY, 29 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Jordi Cañas
Country: Portugal
Language: ES

Por ello, no debemos caer en esta Resolución en la tentación de algunos de politizarla en beneficio propio para señalar a dirigentes o a gobernantes de ningún país, especialmente si solo lo hacemos con uno, por sus declaraciones o decisiones, sino que hemos de usarla para denunciar declaraciones negacionistas o que minimizan la gravedad de la pandemia. Señorías, tampoco podemos dar lecciones de gestión de la pandemia a ningún país ni región del mundo, porque nosotros hemos cometido innumerables errores, fruto tanto de nuestro desconocimiento como de decisiones mal planificadas, coordinadas por nuestros Gobiernos. No podemos aleccionar a nadie cuando diez de los países con mayor índice de muertes por cada 100 000 habitantes son europeos. Pero podemos y debemos compartir experiencias, conocimientos y aprendizajes, a través de una mayor cooperación entre la Unión Europea y los países latinoamericanos. Y, sobre todo, podemos y debemos reforzar nuestra colaboración en la compra de vacunas a través del mecanismo COVAX, garantizando un acceso equitativo y en igualdad de condiciones a todos los ciudadanos. Y, por último, podemos lanzar dos mensajes potentes: que lo que sucede en América Latina es una prioridad para el Parlamento Europeo y que el conjunto de la región debe sentir a las instituciones europeas como un socio respetuoso que quiere estrechar, reforzar y profundizar los mecanismos comunes de cooperación, colaboración y gobernanza; un socio y aliado estratégico con el que afrontar conjuntamente los retos geopolíticos, sociales, económicos, medioambientales y también sanitarios del futuro.
Debate: COVID- pandemic in Latin America
Date: THURSDAY, 29 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Anna Cavazzini
Country: Netherlands
Language: EN

But let me turn to one country that was most hit. Almost 400 000 Brazilians have died. This is a real tragedy, but a tragedy that could have been prevented and that was caused by deliberate political decisions. For no government is it easy to fight the pandemic, but there is a difference if you try, or if you just refuse. Since the beginning of the crisis, President Bolsonaro has refused to adopt science—based measures to contain COVID. He has consistently downplayed the severity of the virus, he has encouraged large gatherings of people, he has repeatedly spoken against vaccination and mask wearing, he even tried to take governors to court for implementing local measures such as partial lockdowns, and now there are almost 400 000 humans dead.  Sadly, those who are most vulnerable are also the ones suffering the most. Over 50 000 cases of COVID have been confirmed among the indigenous people in Brazil, with more than 1 000 deaths. The number of Brazilians living in poverty has tripled and 19 million Brazilians have gone hungry due to the pandemic. That is why today I call on the Brazilian authorities to urgently implement a science—based approach to managing the pandemic and to take measures to address its social and human rights consequences.  The EU needs to step up its support and especially to accelerate global vaccine distribution, because here the gap between the global north and the global south is shamefully huge.
Debate: COVID- pandemic in Latin America
Date: THURSDAY, 29 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Miguel Urbán Crespo
Country: Belgium
Language: ES

Por acción o por omisión, la necropolítica de Bolsonaro constituye un crimen de lesa humanidad que debe ser investigado. Bolsonaro no solo es un peligro para Brasil; es un peligro para el mundo entero. El pueblo brasileño no merece seguir sufriendo las consecuencias de la incompetencia de su presidente, y los pueblos latinoamericanos tampoco merecen seguir siendo víctimas del egoísmo de los países del norte y de los intereses de las farmacéuticas, que quieren lucrarse con sus vidas.  Por eso pedimos el acceso universal, gratuito y sin restricciones a las vacunas; la liberalización de las patentes y el fomento de la producción local; una tasa COVID sobre la riqueza para financiar la lucha contra la pandemia y la desigualdad; la cancelación de la deuda externa para invertir en la reconstrucción de los sistemas de salud latinoamericanos; y la paralización de acuerdos como el Mercosur, que fomenta la pérdida de biodiversidad, que es la causante del 70 % de los brotes epidémicos del mundo. Nuestras vidas valen más que sus beneficios. Que quede claro.
Debate: COVID- pandemic in Latin America
Date: THURSDAY, 29 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Željana Zovko
Political group: PPE
Language: EN

We have a COVAX initiative that has so far administered only 38 million doses – 38 million doses. There is a clear need to boost production and distribution via the COVAX initiative, and we need the answer. Why is this not the case? Why don’t people have an equal chance for help? Not only Latin America but all third countries, including our immediate neighbourhood, are facing a perfect storm and wait in fear for the third or fourth wave to bring them down into oblivion. Why? Just because they didn’t have a chance to be born on the right side of the border.  On 11 April, the day of mercy, my mother, Slavica, died in a country that is on the wrong side of the European border, due to the inefficiency and hesitations of those who think that they still have the time and the patience to wait for the only remedy for this disease – the vaccine. I myself was infected a second time by the new kind of virus that comes and goes and doesn’t stop at the border. I feel a big failure talking and voting here as my mother was not given the chance. She had her perfect storm and so do many people in Latin America.
Debate: COVID- pandemic in Latin America
Date: THURSDAY, 29 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Javi López
Political group: S-D
Country: Belgium
Language: ES

Por eso pedimos mayor cooperación con la región, mayor diálogo al más alto nivel, mayor apoyo económico y mayor ayuda en el proceso de vacunación; que intenten tratar la vacuna como lo que es: un bien público global que afecta a todos y requiere de universalidad. Y por último utilizar esta intervención para denunciar las políticas de Bolsonaro y Brasil, que han destacado sobre las del resto, que son un riesgo para la vida de los brasileños y un riesgo para el conjunto de la humanidad, ya que pueden convertir al país en una incubadora de nuevas cepas. Hay que denunciarlo y acabar con ello.
Debate: COVID- pandemic in Latin America
Date: THURSDAY, 29 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Katalin Cseh
Political group: Renew
Country: Sweden
Language: EN

Brazil’s struggle is a bit personal for me. As a medical student, I worked in a hospital in Vassouras and I saw a robust public health system that never should have gotten to this point. But it did, and partially because the President chose to be a part of the problem and not part of the solution. And democracy suffers as well. He uses a national security law to crack down on critics: a strategy that is – sadly – familiar for me, as I also saw in Hungary people being detained only for criticising the government on Facebook and doctors being banned from talking. But when citizens are silenced, the international community has a duty to speak up. So let’s send a message of solidarity. Let’s boost our efforts to vaccinate the world and let’s waive the IP rights for vaccines and ensure that everybody can be saved no matter where they live. Because, colleagues, there is no Latin-American or European crisis: we are all in this together.
Debate: COVID- pandemic in Latin America
Date: THURSDAY, 29 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Tilly Metz
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: France
Language: EN

The situation in Honduras is extremely worrying. The country has the highest rates of femicide in Latin America and the trend is worsening. 2021 shows a record high of femicides in the first months, and during only 48 hours in February, four women were brutally killed. Keyla Martínez was one of them. She was presumably killed in police custody after being detained for breaching a coronavirus curfew. Regrettably, impunity and corruption are widespread, which contribute to this unprecedented wave of violence and femicide. I am also alarmed by the fact that several countries in Latin America are lagging behind the schedule of planned deliveries of vaccines under the COVAX initiative. Globally, nobody is safe until everybody is safe. It is very disappointing to see that the EU is behaving so EU—centred. There is potential to scale up vaccine production in Latin America, but what is missing is the sharing of patents, technology and know—how. In that regard, I call on the EU Member States to support the temporary waiver of intellectual property rights for COVID—19 vaccines and medicines. Finally, I would like to remind the EU of the long—standing links with Latin America. Especially in difficult times of crisis, the EU has to play a strong role in supporting democracy, human rights and equality.
Debate: COVID- pandemic in Latin America
Date: THURSDAY, 29 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Joachim Stanisław Brudziński
Political group: ECR
Country: Germany
Language: PL

Rzeczywiście sytuacja jest dramatyczna, ale jak słucham – przynajmniej niektórych –przedstawicieli, to mam wrażenie, że to taki ton rezonerstwa, połajania, pouczania. Zbyt szybko zapominamy, jak wyglądała sytuacja rok temu w Lombardii, jak wyglądała sytuacja w Paryżu, w Hiszpanii, w Lizbonie.  Dzisiaj Ameryka Łacińska przeżywa rzeczywiście olbrzymi wstrząs. Ale potrzebna jest realna pomoc. To, o czym mówił mój przedmówca, pan poseł Ryszard Czarnecki. My, Europejczycy, powinniśmy dzisiaj zrobić wszystko, aby nie oddawać Ameryki Łacińskiej w strefę wpływów Chin i Rosji. A takie rezonerskie połajanie i zapominanie o tym, że Amazonia, Manaus, Patagonia, Paragwaj, Ekwador, Peru – to nie Paryż, to nie Lizbona, to nie Rzym. Ta sytuacja jest rzeczywiście trudna. Ta pomoc jest konieczna. Mniej politycznie poprawnego rezonerstwa!
Debate: COVID- pandemic in Latin America
Date: THURSDAY, 29 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Leila Chaibi
Political group: The Left
Country: Cyprus
Language: FR

Cette obstination – houlala, il ne faudrait surtout pas que l’État intervienne dans l’économie! –, cette obstination dogmatique limite considérablement les capacités de production. C’est vrai en Europe, et cela l’est encore plus en Amérique latine. La levée des brevets permettrait pourtant de produire des vaccins en masse et à un prix abordable. La situation sanitaire est dramatique en Amérique latine. La politique criminelle du gouvernement Bolsonaro au Brésil n’y est pas pour rien, loin de là, mais plutôt que de faire durer la tragédie, l’Union européenne devrait activer le seul levier efficace: lever les brevets sur les vaccins.
Debate: COVID- pandemic in Latin America
Date: THURSDAY, 29 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Fabio Massimo Castaldo
Political group: NI
Country: France
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, gentile Commissaria, onorevoli colleghi, la pandemia del COVID-19 ha colpito l'America Latina e i Caraibi più di qualsiasi altra regione al mondo. Sono i gruppi più vulnerabili, come i popoli indigeni e le comunità storicamente emarginate, le più colpite.  La scorsa settimana è morto l'ultimo degli indigeni dell'etnia Juma: una cultura e una lingua che il mondo ha perso per sempre. In Brasile poi mancano i sedativi e i pazienti intubati vengono legati. Ci implorano di non farli morire, dice un'infermiera che lotta quotidianamente in prima linea.  Dobbiamo rafforzare il nostro sostegno alla regione, in particolare aumentando la capacità di produzione e distribuzione all'interno dell'inziativa Kovacs e includendo nel suo programma un target specifico di vaccinazione per le popolazioni indigene.  Ma non basta: dobbiamo anche valutare seriamente l'opportunità di promuovere licenze aperte e non esclusive, che includano il trasferimento di tecnologia al fine di garantire che i vaccini e le tecnologie indispensabili per contrastare il COVID siano disponibili e accessibili per il maggior numero possibile di persone.  Le decisioni che dobbiamo prendere devono essere all'altezza della sfida. In caso contrario, la storia non potrà essere generosa con chi, in uno dei momenti più oscuri degli ultimi anni, ha anteposto il "dio denaro" alla salute dei popoli in difficoltà.