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Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of - June  – Relaunch of the Malta Declaration and the use of an effective solidarity mechanism
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 JUNE 2021
Speaker: Ernest Urtasun
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Belgium
Language: ES

Señor presidente, quiero empezar mi intervención agradeciendo a Portugal, a sus excelentes funcionarios y a la secretaria de Estado Zacarias una excelente presidencia del Consejo: muchísimas gracias. Y también he de decir que en este Consejo Europeo empezamos con un grandísimo escándalo que es esta ley húngara que atenta contra el ordenamiento jurídico europeo y contra los valores fundamentales que están en nuestra Carta de los Derechos Fundamentales; atenta contra la dignidad humana, contra la libertad de expresión y contra la educación libre, y no podemos tolerar que determinados Estados miembros, mediante decisiones que toman a nivel nacional, socaven los principios fundamentales de la Unión. Es por ello que la Comisión Europea no puede tardar ni un minuto más en abrir un procedimiento de infracción por esta ley y en poner en marcha el mecanismo de defensa del Estado de Derecho que tanto costó tener y que es un instrumento que debemos saber utilizar. Y se ha de condenar la inaceptable actitud de la UEFA de estos últimos días. También quiero, finalmente y para terminar, mostrar mi apoyo a la solicitud hecha por mi compañera Terry Reintke de que este Parlamento, esta noche, también se ilumine con los colores del arcoíris para mostrar todo nuestro apoyo y solidaridad con la comunidad LGTBI en toda Europa.
Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of - June  – Relaunch of the Malta Declaration and the use of an effective solidarity mechanism
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 JUNE 2021
Speaker: Jaak Madison
Political group: ID
Country: France
Language: EN

Mr President, first of all, I would like to come back to the Malta Declaration, which will be discussed in a few days.  Ms Zacarias mentioned that we need a shared responsibility in the EU.  My main question is that, when the European Commission is officially promoting migration from the Middle East and Africa because demography is in the minus, and we need more workers and more people because family policies have totally failed in the EU, and there are countries which are actually supporting family policy to give more benefits to parents to have more kids, why do they have to share this responsibility?  When there are countries in the EU which do not even want to close the borders and do not even want to stop illegal migration, or when Chancellor Merkel opens the borders and says that everybody is welcome, why do the Estonian people, my nation, have to share the responsibility when a mistake is made by Chancellor Merkel?  Where is this shared responsibility? I do not think it is part of these European values.  Finally, in my last sentence, I have to congratulate Mr Orbán. I know I’m in the minority in this House here, but I do not think that we in this House are more important than the Members of the Parliament elected by the Hungarian people in Hungary.
Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of - June  – Relaunch of the Malta Declaration and the use of an effective solidarity mechanism
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 JUNE 2021
Speaker: Robert Roos
Political group: ECR
Country: Spain
Language: NL

Voorzitter, commissaris, staatssecretaris, Europa wordt al jaren geconfronteerd met een enorm probleem: de grootschalige instroom van asielzoekers, veelal jonge mannen uit veilige landen. Het leidt tot inhumane situaties aan onze buitengrens en grote problemen in onze steden en dorpen. Het zou logisch zijn om open te staan voor alle mogelijke oplossingen om deze toestanden te voorkomen, maar die les is niet aan de Europese Commissie besteed.  Het weloverwogen plan van de Deense minister van Immigratie – zelf zoon van een Ethiopische vluchteling – om asielzoekers buiten Europa op te vangen op basis van goede afspraken met derde landen, werd zonder serieuze overweging door de Commissie naar de prullenbak verwezen. Onbegrijpelijk, want op de Deense manier kan het recht op asielaanvraag worden gehonoreerd en kan de aanzuigende werking van Europa worden verminderd.  Ik zou de Raad daarom het volgende willen meegeven. Wees niet als de Europese Commissie. Voorkom mensensmokkel en humanitaire rampen aan onze buitengrenzen. Bescherm Europa en omarm het Deense plan.
Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of - June  – Relaunch of the Malta Declaration and the use of an effective solidarity mechanism
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 JUNE 2021
Speaker: Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó
Political group: NI
Country: Portugal
Language: EN

Mr President, these days, we are seeing the von der Leyen tour to present recovery and resilience plans. Since the beginning of this great project, which is fundamental to our future, some of us have been demanding the strengthening of democratic commitment and respect for human rights. The European Council has a great opportunity to use the best tool that circumstances have put in its hands. It can now show its strength in order to demand exemplary behaviour in all Member States without exception, without double standards. On Monday, the Council of Europe approved a report on Turkey and Spain about freedom to do politics, freedom of expression, and it pointed out a series of recommendations for Spain, Ms García Pérez: not for Hungary, Poland or Slovenia, but for Spain. I trust that the European Council will take good note of this and ensure that the money of Europeans is used to improve democracy where it is weakening.
Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of - June  – Relaunch of the Malta Declaration and the use of an effective solidarity mechanism
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 JUNE 2021
Speaker: Seán Kelly
Political group: PPE
Country: Greece
Language: EN

Mr President, as we get ready to commence the final Council meeting of the Portuguese Presidency we can reflect on a very successful term, and I would like to congratulate our Portuguese colleagues in this regard, although I do hope that we have a successful conclusion to the CAP negotiations this week, and I know that the Portuguese Presidency is working very hard to bring that about. I’d also like to highlight the success of the EU vaccine rollout, with 53% of the adult population already receiving one dose, something that we are well on our way to reaching the 70% target. Yet we must be acutely aware, while there is light at the end of the tunnel for us, the pandemic still rages in many places across the globe, and we must do more to help these people. Several colleagues have also mentioned the situation in Hungary as regards legislation banning dissemination of content relating to homosexuality and gender change. This is wrong, but I’m proud of the work done by my Fine Gael colleague Maria Walsh in this regard, and for the strong support shown to the LGBTI community in Hungary and beyond. The European Union embraces diversity, inclusion, human dignity and equality, and we should not tolerate discrimination.
Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of - June  – Relaunch of the Malta Declaration and the use of an effective solidarity mechanism
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 JUNE 2021
Speaker: Birgit Sippel
Political group: S-D
Country: Croatia
Language: DE

Herr Präsident! „Tödliche Missachtung“ nennt die UN—Menschenrechtskommissarin ihren Bericht zur Seenotrettung im Mittelmeer. Tatsächlich stehen seit Jahren Organisationen für unsere Werte im Mittelmeer ein. Aber was wir brauchen, ist eine europäische Seenotrettung und die Verteilung von aus Seenot geretteten Menschen. Die Würde des Menschen ist – unantastbar? Wir erinnern uns, es war auch Teil der Malta—Erklärung, dass Organisationen den Anweisungen von libyschen Milizen folgen und Menschen nach Libyen zurückbringen sollten – zurück zu Folter und Zwangsarbeit. Und ein wenig ähnlich lesen sich die Entwürfe der Schlussfolgerungen des Rates: Konzentration nur auf Externalisierung, auf Transit— und Herkunftsländer, auf  Das ist nicht mein Europa!
Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of - June  – Relaunch of the Malta Declaration and the use of an effective solidarity mechanism
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 JUNE 2021
Speaker: Geert Bourgeois
Political group: ECR
Country: Germany
Language: NL

Voorzitter, mijnheer de commissaris, mevrouw de staatssecretaris, de Europese Unie moet een sluitend migratiebeleid voeren om haar burgers te beschermen, om Schengen en het vrij verkeer van personen overeind te houden.  Wij mogen ons niet laten chanteren door landen die massale migratiestromen willen gebruiken om ons onder druk te zetten.  Wij appreciëren het dat Turkije miljoenen Syrische vluchtelingen opvangt. Maar, collega’s, we kunnen er niet omheen dat Turkije ver afgegleden is van de lekenstaat van Kemal Atatürk, ook van de rechtsstaat, en op ongeziene wijze de Koerdische minderheid onderdrukt.  Vandaar uiteraard geen toetreding van Turkije tot de EU, maar ook geen opwaardering van het bestaande douane-unieverdrag, wél technische verbeteringen van het douane-unieverdrag dat we momenteel hebben.
Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of - June  – Relaunch of the Malta Declaration and the use of an effective solidarity mechanism
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 JUNE 2021
Speaker: François-Xavier Bellamy
Political group: PPE
Country: France
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, à la veille du Conseil, certains, dont le groupe Renew, le groupe de M. Macron, appellent à remettre en œuvre la relocalisation obligatoire de migrants à l’intérieur du continent européen. C’est une manière de gérer notre impuissance à maîtriser nos frontières, de gérer notre impuissance face à l’immigration illégale, ce n’est en rien une réponse au défi migratoire. Parce que, si nous nous arrêtons à cette idée, c’est que nous avons renoncé à l’idée de défendre, enfin, les frontières extérieures de l’Europe face à l’immigration illégale, face au business des passeurs et que nous alimentons ainsi leur économie sinistre et le trafic des êtres humains. Nous avons le devoir de mettre enfin en œuvre cette stratégie concertée de maîtrise des frontières européennes pour soutenir les États membres les plus touchés. Et pour cela, de mettre fin au procès scandaleux perpétuellement instruit contre l’agence Frontex, qui ne fait rien d’autre que son travail de garde-côtes et de garde-frontières, quand elle permet d’éviter que le continent européen voie entrer des gens qui n’y ont pas été autorisés. Il n’y a qu’un seul moyen de mettre fin à tous les morts qui endeuillent la mer Méditerranée, c’est de garantir et de faire savoir que personne ne pourra s’établir en Europe, s’il n’y a pas été légalement autorisé. Sans cela, l’Europe n’a pas d’avenir et elle ne retrouvera pas son honneur.
Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of - June  – Relaunch of the Malta Declaration and the use of an effective solidarity mechanism
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 JUNE 2021
Speaker: Javier Moreno Sánchez
Political group: S-D
Country: Netherlands
Language: ES

Señor presidente, relanzar y reforzar la Declaración de Malta, y sobre todo su espíritu, es sin duda un paso positivo para proteger los derechos de los refugiados y de los migrantes, pero no es suficiente. La responsabilidad de la política migratoria común no puede recaer únicamente en los Estados del sur, sino que debe ser una responsabilidad compartida, solidaria y obligatoria de todos los Estados miembros de la Unión. Por ello, es necesario un mecanismo de reubicación automático y obligatorio para todos los migrantes y solicitantes de asilo. Pero, sobre todo, señorías, es urgente poner en marcha un verdadero plan de acción europeo claro y preciso para las operaciones de búsqueda y salvamento marítimo y de desembarque de los migrantes en puertos seguros, acordado entre Frontex, la Comisión y los Estados miembros. La inacción nos llevaría, un verano más, a una situación desoladora, tanto en el Mediterráneo como en el Atlántico, convirtiéndolos, una vez más, en cementerios marítimos. Por ello, la Unión Europea debe humanizar su política migratoria común.
Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of - June  – Relaunch of the Malta Declaration and the use of an effective solidarity mechanism
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 JUNE 2021
Speaker: Alfred Sant
Political group: S-D
Country: Denmark
Language: EN

Mr President, back in 2015, the Valletta Summit on Migration brought together European and African leaders. They agreed to address the root causes of irregular migration, to enhance cooperation on legal migration and to prevent irregular migration. Leaders promised to shoulder a common responsibility in a fair manner between countries of origin, countries of transit and destination. Yet, five years later, Europe’s southern front is still facing a disproportionate burden through irregular migration and requests for humanitarian protection. By way of asylum claims per capita in the EU for 2020, the three top countries were Cyprus with 838 claims, Malta with 482 and Greece with 378 claims per 100 000 inhabitants. Today, solidarity between Member States remains limited and applied on an ad hoc basis. Many still ignore that migration is an EU problem to tackle at the EU level, and it calls for responsible and concrete decisions. Firstly, to tackle the actual roots of irregular migration. Secondly, overhaul the current system towards a permanent and proportionate structure of allocation for asylum seekers. The ball remains in the Council’s court. The emergency has been going on for too long. Tangible results are urgently required.
Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of - June  – Relaunch of the Malta Declaration and the use of an effective solidarity mechanism
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 JUNE 2021
Speaker: Maroš Šefčovič
Language: EN

I would also like to thank honourable Members for numerous references to migration. Let me repeat what Mr Cioloş has also underlined. We cannot always just react to eventual crises. We need to use foresight and agree on long—term, sustainable, balanced and comprehensive solutions that will address all aspects of the migratory issue. Therefore, we need to work jointly on the proposals which the Commission made nine months ago. I know that the European Parliament is ready for this discussion and we hope that very soon this will also be the situation and the position of the Council.  To conclude, I would just like to underline that I absolutely concur with all the speakers who reminded us not to lose focus on how we make sure that we emerge from this crisis and, even more importantly, emerge stronger, and that we need to tackle both parts of the crisis: the health aspect, but also the economic impact. Therefore, I think that the focus here clearly needs to be to accelerate or keep up the high pace of vaccinations and work very intensely and jointly on the future of building the European health union, which should be able to respond very quickly and dynamically to potential crises of this quality in the future.  But we also need to tackle the economic consequences of this crisis, and there our best recipe is to implement the recovery and resilience plans. What is encouraging – and I am glad that I can share this with this House – is not only the quality of the plans we are receiving, but also the fact that now we have the financial resources to support the successful implementation of these plans. Here I am referring to the very successful first—ever issuance of the Next Generation EU bonds. Implementation of the recovery plans and a financial boost to our economies is the best answer to the current challenge, which I believe will help to transform our economies to be greener, to be more digital, but also to be stronger and more resilient.
Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of - June  – Relaunch of the Malta Declaration and the use of an effective solidarity mechanism
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 JUNE 2021
Speaker: Ana Paula Zacarias
Language: PT

Temos uma ordem do dia muito preenchida, com questões internacionais importantes: Líbia, Rússia, Bielorrússia, Sahel, Etiópia e a terrível situação que se vive em Tigré. Teremos também as questões fundamentais da recuperação económica. Com a campanha de vacinação bem encaminhada e vários atos legislativos cruciais em vigor podemos encarar o futuro com a esperança de recuperar as nossas liberdades e reconstruir a economia europeia. Enquanto reconstruimos uma sociedade melhor, mais resiliente, mais verde, mais justa, mais inovadora, temos também, sim, que continuar a defender os nossos valores fundamentais: a democracia, o Estado de direito, os direitos humanos, a igualdade e a não discriminação no centro da União Europeia e também fora dela, no nosso relacionamento com a Turquia, com a Rússia e com os nossos parceiros africanos. É auspicioso que, ao fim de mais de dois anos, o dossiê das migrações volte de novo à mesa dos líderes para um debate que incidirá em especial sobre a dimensão externa. A Presidência continuará a envidar esforços para tentar encontrar uma solução permanente baseada na solidariedade que venha substituir o tratamento  Aprovámos os instrumentos financeiros do Quadro Financeiro Plurianual. Podemos usar pelo menos 10% do envelope financeiro do MDCI e fundos de outros instrumentos para fazer avançar esta agenda. Sabemos que este é um dossiê politicamente difícil, mas teremos que encontrar soluções na base dos valores da sociedade, da solidariedade e da responsabilidade partilhada.
Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of - June  – Relaunch of the Malta Declaration and the use of an effective solidarity mechanism
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 JUNE 2021
Speaker: Pedro Silva Pereira
Country: Bulgaria
Language: PT

O debate conjunto da nossa agenda está, então, encerrado. Antes de prosseguirmos com os debates da ordem do dia, e antes ainda de abrir o período de votação de hoje, gostaria de dar a palavra para duas intervenções ao abrigo do artigo 159.º, n.º 4, do Regimento, e, primeiro, daria então a palavra ao Deputado Hristov que pediu para intervir, ao abrigo daquele preceito do nosso Regimento, relativamente ao seu relatório sobre os desafios e as oportunidades para o setor das pescas no Mar Negro.
Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of - June  – Relaunch of the Malta Declaration and the use of an effective solidarity mechanism
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 JUNE 2021
Speaker: Ivo Hristov
Country: France
Language: BG

Черно море е воден басейн с много специфични характеристики. Само две от крайбрежните държави - България и Румъния, са членки на Европейския съюз, което затруднява координацията в стопанисването на ресурсите ни. Друга местна специфика е флотът, който е основно дребномащабен, като в България около 95 % от всички риболовни съдове попадат под тази категория. В тази връзка смятам, че държавите в региона трябва да заложат мерки и механизми, които да дават възможност и на тези рибари да съхранят поминъка си и да имат справедлив достъп до пазара на риба и рибни продукти.  Силна тревога буди състоянието на икономически значимите водни организми. Похвално е, че се изпълнява проектът „Black Sea for Fish“, който ще даде актуална информация за част от видовете. В тази връзка отправям призив към правителствата на държавите от региона да увеличат националните инвестиции в наука и проучвания както за запасите, така и за състоянието на околната среда в Черно море.  Същевременно не трябва да се подценяват възможностите пред сектора. България и Румъния отчитат най-ниските показатели за консумация на риба на глава от населението. Макар и експортно ориентиран, риболовът не бива да пренебрегва местния пазар. Рибата е препоръчван, здравословен хранителен ресурс и заместител на изтощаващото околната среда животновъдство.  Пандемията, по време на която международната търговия беше прекъсната, доказва необходимостта от местен добив и производство на всякакви хранителни стоки. Потенциал за ръст има и така нареченият нежелан или неизползван улов, който съдържа възможности за пазарна реализация в преработен или непреработен вид. Това са само част от предложенията, които се надявам, че ще залегнат в официалната позиция на Европейския парламент относно предизвикателствата и възможностите пред риболовния сектор в Черно море.
Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of - June  – Relaunch of the Malta Declaration and the use of an effective solidarity mechanism
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 JUNE 2021
Speaker: Pedro Silva Pereira
Country: Bulgaria
Language: PT

Gostaria igualmente de dar a palavra agora à Deputada Bentele e ao Deputado Neuser que pediram para intervir nos termos do artigo 159.º, n.º 4, do Regimento, relativamente ao seu relatório sobre o papel da cooperação para o desenvolvimento e a ajuda humanitária da UE face às consequências da pandemia de COVID-19.
Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of - June  – Relaunch of the Malta Declaration and the use of an effective solidarity mechanism
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 JUNE 2021
Speaker: Hildegard Bentele
Country: Germany
Language: DE

COVID—19 hat dort grundsätzlich alle Auswirkungen wie in den Industriestaaten, aber in sehr viel verschärfterer Form: Ausnahme— und Mangelzustände im Gesundheitswesen führten in Entwicklungsländern dazu, dass viele essenzielle Gesundheitsdienstleistungen nicht mehr bereitgestellt wurden – wie Routineimpfungen und die medizinische Versorgung von Frauen. Schulschließungen, von denen 1,6 Milliarden Kinder betroffen waren, führten oft dazu, dass Kinder und vor allem Mädchen nicht wieder in die Schule zurückkehren werden, sondern jetzt arbeiten oder verheiratet wurden. Die Unterbrechung von Lieferketten und das Ausbleiben des Tourismus haben zu einem deutlichen Anstieg von Hunger und Armut geführt.  Wir haben also viele Probleme, bei denen wir schon gute Fortschritte gemacht haben, wieder auf der Agenda – bessere Gesundheitsversorgung, universale Bildung, Ernährungssicherheit. Diese Schwerpunkte werden die Programmierung der europäischen Mittel in den nächsten Monaten prägen müssen. Wir haben aber auch Positives gesehen: Der neue Ansatz „Team Europe“, bei dem die europäische Hilfe mit der der Mitgliedstaaten eng koordiniert wurde, war eine richtige Initiative. Ebenso wie die von der EU maßgeblich vorangetriebene Internationale Allianz für die Impfstoffbeschaffung COVAX. COVID—19 zeigt uns einmal mehr auf, wie eng die Gesundheit von uns Europäern mit der der anderen 7,3 Milliarden Menschen in der Welt verbunden ist. COVID—19 können wir nur gemeinsam besiegen!
Debate: Preparation of the European Council meeting of - June  – Relaunch of the Malta Declaration and the use of an effective solidarity mechanism
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 JUNE 2021
Speaker: Norbert Neuser
Language: DE

Wir brauchen verstärkte Bemühungen, um die Gesundheitssysteme weltweit resilient zu machen, besonders in den Entwicklungsländern. Das hat COVID-19 noch einmal unterstrichen. Die Situation wird schwieriger. Wir haben eine riesige Finanzierungslücke bei der Bekämpfung des Hungers. Wir brauchen weltweit 32 Milliarden EUR – und wir haben 17 Milliarden, also ungefähr nur die Hälfte. Und deswegen ist es wichtig, dass wir ein Thema angehen, und dabei ist insbesondere der Rat gefordert: Wir brauchen eine bessere Finanzierung, eine gerechte Gebermentalität – und da halten sich leider viele Mitgliedstaaten in Europa bedeckt. Das kann Aufgabe des Parlamentes sein, das kann Aufgabe der Kommission sein, aber das muss ganz stark auf die Agenda des Europäischen Rates. Hier ist dringend Handlungsbedarf gefordert.