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Debate: Guidelines for the  budget - Section III
Date: TUESDAY, 18 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Pierre Larrouturou
Political group: S-D
Country: Slovakia
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, chers collègues, dans tous nos pays, des millions de gens souffrent de la flambée des prix. Il y a des boulangers qui mettent la clé sous la porte. Il y a des milliers de familles qui doivent choisir entre se chauffer normalement ou manger normalement. Pour beaucoup, la situation est vraiment dramatique et il y a des entreprises qui délocalisent pour aller aux États-Unis parce que l’énergie y est moins chère et parce que Joe Biden donne des subventions massives.  Autre urgence: pour lutter contre le dérèglement climatique, il faut isoler toutes nos maisons, investir dans les transports en commun, aider nos agriculteurs. Pour répondre en même temps à la crise sociale et à la crise climatique, il faut du budget, beaucoup plus de budget. Et c’est pour cela que le Parlement européen demande qu’on décide enfin de créer une taxe sur la spéculation avant la fin du mois de juin 2023. C’est la demande de tout le Parlement, pour une raison simple: la taxe sur les transactions financières est la seule solution, la seule proposition de financement suffisamment mature pour arriver à un accord dans les semaines qui viennent. Et c’est celle qui peut rapporter le plus, jusqu’à 57 milliards par an.  Aujourd’hui, il n’y a que la France qui bloque la coopération renforcée. Voilà pourquoi, depuis ce Parlement, je veux interpeller M. Macron. Monsieur Macron, vous dites que vous voulez un budget européen plus ambitieux. Vous dites que le climat est votre priorité. S’il vous plaît, acceptez enfin une taxe sur la spéculation.
Debate: Guidelines for the  budget - Section III
Date: TUESDAY, 18 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Andrey Novakov
Political group: PPE
Country: France
Language: EN

Mr President, Mr Commissioner, dear colleagues, I can describe the guidelines for the budget 2024 with one sentence: it is a matchmaking process where the priorities meet the money. And I think this is good. The recent years, though – years of war and crisis – request a lot from us. They demand investments in protection and security. I give you two examples. Security means commitment. So security at our external borders requires immediate acceptance of Bulgaria and Romania in the Schengen Area – an immediate one, both countries are deserving this. And it requires from us increased financial support to the border management mechanism and visa. So I call on my colleagues to support this paragraph in the guidelines. We depend on that security and we cannot leave those Member States who are on the front line to fight for us alone. Protection means action, so our EU farmers are suffering from the war as well, because of the import from third countries of grain. Of course we support those who suffer. We show this every day, but we cannot leave behind the farmers. So I call on the European Commission to support the European farmers who suffer from the war as everybody else. Turning a blind eye to the problem is not only destroying EU farming, but also encourages Euroscepticism. I think the EU budget is the image-maker of our Union and now we can prove that it can serve for better.
Debate: Guidelines for the  budget - Section III
Date: TUESDAY, 18 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Alex Agius Saliba
Political group: S-D
Country: Malta
Language: MT

Ir-riskji huma għoljin għall-Baġit tal-Unjoni Ewropea għall-2024. Is-sitwazzjoni attwali teħtieġ rispons bla preċedent mill-baġit tal-Unjoni Ewropea biex jirrifletti r-realtajiet ta’ madwarna u jipproteġi l-impjiegi, il-ħaddiema, iż-żgħażagħ, it-tfal, l-anzjani, u l-gruppi vulnerabbli oħra fl-irkupru tal-ekonomija tagħna.  Il-baġit tas-sena li jmiss għandu jaqbel mal-impenji politiċi tagħna dwar programmi ewlenin għaż-żgħażagħ, għat-tfal, għall-ħaddiema, għas-saħħa u l-irkupru fi tranżizzjoni ġusta mill-kriżi u l-gwerra fl-Ukrajna. Sfortunatament, il-programmi u l-istrumenti finanzjarji eżistenti m’għadhomx biżżejjed biex jappoġġjaw lin-nies, u hemm bżonn ta’ soluzzjonijiet ġodda u baġit soċjalment responsabbli li jiddefendi d-drittijiet u l-fondi taċ-ċittadini Ewropej fejn ir-riżorsi huma l-aktar meħtieġa.  Neħtieġu b’mod urġenti Pakkett Ewropew ta’ Reżiljenza Soċjali u fond tal-Unjoni Ewropea għall-emerġenzi soċjali, għall-kriżijiet, sabiex l-Ewropa tkun tista’ tirreaġixxi aktar malajr għall-kriżijiet ta’ natura differenti, li qed isiru dejjem aktar urġenti. Neħtieġu wkoll skema Ewropea ta’ riassigurazzjoni għall-qgħad biex insaħħu d-djalogu soċjali u n-negozjar kollettiv u nipprovdu biżżejjed finanzjament għall-Garanzija tat-Tfal.
Debate: Guidelines for the  budget - Section III
Date: TUESDAY, 18 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Tomáš Zdechovský
Political group: PPE
Country: Slovenia
Language: CS

Pane předsedající, bezpečnost občanů je určitě priorita, na které se shodneme napříč tímto sálem. A určitě bezpečnost je něco, co je velmi důležité. Je to senzitivní oblast a je velmi důležité vědět, že v momentě, kdy se škrtá někde v oblasti bezpečnosti, vyvolává to oprávněné obavy našich občanů.  Proto, vážení kolegové, nechápu, proč levice chce vynechat zábrany, to znamená zábrany ve formě plotů na hranicích se zeměmi, kde přecházejí nelegální migranti skrze tyto hranice, a odmítnout jejich financování z evropského rozpočtu. Vždyť to je věc, která je esenciální. Pokud byste nebyli mořskou zemí jako Malta, ale byli jste zemí, která má tyto hranice, kde operují různé nelegální skupiny, tak je přece přirozené, že se pokusíte ten proud zastavit plotem. Není to nic proti lidským právům, je to způsob, který se využívá třeba ve Španělsku a v dalších zemích. My tady nemůžeme nechávat různé pašerácké skupiny diktovat nám podmínky, kdo přijde do Evropy. My musíme nastavit takové podmínky, abychom měli daleko více možností pro legální migraci, pokud ji Evropa bude potřebovat.
Debate: Guidelines for the  budget - Section III
Date: TUESDAY, 18 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Evin Incir
Political group: S-D
Country: Hungary
Language: EN

Mr President, colleagues, let’s talk the talk so that we can walk the walk. Let’s talk about the challenges that the EU and the whole world is facing – attacks on fundamental rights, including on women, LGBTQI and minority rights; dismantling of democracy; violation of international law; climate emergency; poverty and hunger; conflicts. The challenges are many, but human beings created the current situation and therefore we can change it. The Agenda 2030 should not be forgotten with its 17 development goals. It is an important toolbox to save humanity. A feminist foreign policy is essential for a gender-equal world, especially during a time the whole world are chanting ‘Women, life, freedom!’ Let’s not forget the women and girls in Iran, Afghanistan and different parts of Kurdistan. Let’s not forget the people of Ukraine that are under Putin’s attack. Let’s not forget the women and children, victims of sexual violence by Russian soldiers. And let’s take leadership for a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine. It is essential, therefore, that we continue supporting both the Palestinian authorities and UNRWA. Defence of international law and fundamental rights must stand at the heart of the EU budget.
Debate: Guidelines for the  budget - Section III
Date: TUESDAY, 18 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Seán Kelly
Political group: PPE
Country: Greece
Language: GA

A Uachtaráin, a Choimisinéara Hahn, tugann an tuairisc seo deis don Pharlaimint a suim a leagan amach don bhliain atá romhainn faoin mbuiséad. Bhí orainn déileáil le neart dúshláin eacnamaíochta i mbliana. D'eascair géarchéim costais maireachtála ó ardchostas fuinnimh agus ón méadú ar na rátaí boilscithe. Tá gach duine ag brath poill sa phóca na laethanta seo. Léiríonn an tuairisc seo machnamh na Parlaiminte ar a hiarrachtaí chun déileáil le himní daoine san Eoraip. Is scáthán díreach é an buiséad i gcomhair thosaíochtaí an Aontais Eorpaigh. Cuirim fáilte roimh an tuairisc seo go ndíríonn sí fócas na Parlaiminte i dtreo aidhmeanna riachtanacha cosúil le slándáil fuinnimh, an timpeallacht, cruthú fostaíochta agus tacaíocht i gcomhair na hÚcráine. Ba mhaith liom aird a tharraingt go háirithe ar a thábhachtaí atá sé feabhas a chur ar ár slándáil fuinnimh. Tá géarghá le hinfheistíocht a dhéanamh i bpríomhbhonneagar, stóráil fuinnimh, fuinneamh in-athnuaite agus éifeachtacht fuinnimh ionas nach mbeimid sa bhád céanna arís. Ní mór dúinn maoiniú a chur ar fáil i gcomhair iarrachtaí éifeachtúlachta fuinnimh i bhfoirgnimh agus i dteaghlaigh ionas go sroichfimid ár gcuspóirí timpeallachta. Toisc go bhfuil ról an phríomh-idirbheartaí agam i mo pháirtí polaitíochta ar an bhfeidhmíocht fuinnimh agus don Treoir Fuinnimh, cuirimse fáilte roimh thuairiscí den saghas seo.
Debate: Guidelines for the  budget - Section III
Date: TUESDAY, 18 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Johannes Hahn
Language: EN

I and my team are ready to facilitate the work of the budget rapporteur and the Presidency during this new cycle of the annual budgetary procedure. I must stress that it will be important to remain flexible to react to the evolving geopolitical situation depending on the outcome of the MFF mid—term review. A change to the 2024 budget may be necessary. This could be either before the adoption of the 2024 budget or through a draft amending budget. In any case, it is very important that the 2024 budget is adopted in a timely manner. In conclusion, I thank you both – Parliament and also the Council – for your contributions and thoughts, and I will duly consider this when preparing the draft budget proposal. I trust that with cooperation, dialogue and an availability and readiness to compromise, we will reach a timely agreement on a solid and good—quality budget for 2024 in the interests of our citizens.
Debate: Guidelines for the  budget - Section III
Date: TUESDAY, 18 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Janusz Lewandowski
Country: Denmark
Language: PL

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Debate: The need for European solidarity in saving lives in the Mediterranean, in particular in Italy
Date: TUESDAY, 18 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Rainer Wieland
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Als nächster Punkt der Tagesordnung folgt die Aussprache über die Erklärungen des Rates und der Kommission zur Notwendigkeit einer europäischen Solidarität bei der Rettung von Menschenleben im Mittelmeerraum, insbesondere in Italien (
Debate: The need for European solidarity in saving lives in the Mediterranean, in particular in Italy
Date: TUESDAY, 18 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Jessika Roswall
Language: EN

Let me now say a few words on some of the main lines of action that the EU is pursuing. We welcome the relaunch of the European contract group on search and rescue by the European Commission and the commitment of several Member States to set up an enhanced cooperation framework for search and rescue amongst relevant actors, including international humanitarian and maritime organisations.  As you are aware, upon request of Member States, the Commission has developed an action plan for the Central Mediterranean. The action plan focused on the already mentioned coordinated approach to search and rescue, but also on enhanced cooperation with partners, countries and international organisations. It also includes the implementation of the Voluntary Solidarity Mechanism to deal with the situation of migration, migratory pressure on the various routes and to facilitate transfer transfers of persons rescued at sea from the Member States where they disembark.  The EU needs a comprehensive migration policy that protects our borders, provides protection to those in need, and prevents the loss of migrants’ lives. The Presidency is starting trialogue meetings on several legislative proposals on the Pact on Migration and Asylum, and is working hard to obtain a negotiation mandate on other files of the pact. I thank you once again for the progress that has been made on the Pact recently in your House. The Swedish Presidency will do our part to honour the agreement that was struck between the Parliament and five Council Presidency with a view to reform EU migration and asylum policy before next year’s EU elections. Thank you very much. I’m looking forward to the debate.
Debate: The need for European solidarity in saving lives in the Mediterranean, in particular in Italy
Date: TUESDAY, 18 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Jeroen Lenaers
Political group: PPE
Country: France
Language: EN

Now we, as the EPP, have been warning for a long time that we are sleepwalking into a new migration crisis and these numbers prove once again that our warnings were and are justified. The only difference is we are no longer sleepwalking into a crisis; we seem to have arrived in the middle of one, and it’s time to wake up.  Declaring a state of emergency, like in Italy, is not only to speed up procedures and to take the immense pressure off the system. It is also a cry for help – a call for solidarity, for European solidarity, for a European challenge, and not the empty promise of solidarity that we have seen from Member States like France or Germany, but real, tangible help.  In this context, I am happy that in this House, under the leadership of our rapporteur, Tomas Tobé, we have agreed on a position on the new regulation that will ensure fair responsibility-sharing. It is a crucial piece of the architecture under the new pact, and even though I am happy that some negotiations have started, it is absolutely crucial that we start negotiations on this crucial piece as soon as possible as well. But we also have to be realistic in our expectations. If arrivals continue to increase at the current rate, Member States will never be able to cope, regardless of European rules on solidarity and regardless of the successful adoption of the pact. If we want to be really able to manage migration, we will also need to bring the number of irregular arrivals down.  The external dimension of our migration policy is key in that regard. Cooperation with countries of origin and transit, on border management, on returns and readmission and on the fight against criminal smuggling gangs must be urgently and significantly intensified. And especially Tunisia, which the Commissioner already mentioned, which now has taken over from Libya as the most frequently used point of departure to the EU, must be our first and foremost priority. And it’s good that this is on the radar of both the Council and the Commission, but I would really ask you to act on this and to act on this more strongly.
Debate: The need for European solidarity in saving lives in the Mediterranean, in particular in Italy
Date: TUESDAY, 18 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Juan Fernando López Aguilar
Political group: S-D
Country: Germany
Language: ES

El problema es real, pero la respuesta no puede ser una solución nacional ante un desafío paneuropeo. La respuesta es la construcción, por fin, de una responsabilidad compartida y de una solidaridad efectiva, creíble y vinculante en casos de emergencia y situaciones de crisis, como ordena el pacto que acaba de recibir su mandato de negociación aprobado por la Comisión de Libertades, Justicia e Interior.  Por eso, produce asombro y tristeza que ese pacto haya sido desafiado en este Parlamento por el Grupo ECR, del que Meloni es vicepresidenta. Una contradicción absolutamente insostenible, porque lo que quiere ese pacto es precisamente crear un régimen en el que sea obligatoria la solidaridad y se traduzca en programas de realojamiento después de operaciones de salvamento y rescate, que dé por fin una respuesta de alcance europeo a un problema que es, por definición, europeo: responsabilidad compartida y solidaridad vinculante.
Debate: The need for European solidarity in saving lives in the Mediterranean, in particular in Italy
Date: TUESDAY, 18 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Fabienne Keller
Political group: Renew
Country: Poland
Language: FR

L’année 2023 marque aussi une augmentation importante des demandes d’asile dans l’Union, à commencer par de nombreuses arrivées en Italie et sur les rives de la Méditerranée, qui placent ces pays de première entrée face à une pression disproportionnée. Ce défi, chers collègues, est le nôtre, collectivement. Notre réponse, – vous l’avez évoqué, Monsieur le Commissaire –, c’est le pacte européen sur l’asile et la migration.  Je voudrais saluer les progrès majeurs réalisés en faveur de cette réforme d’envergure, à la suite de l’adoption fin mars de tous les mandats de négociation au Parlement européen. Nous souhaitons que le Conseil, bientôt, ait également un mandat sur tous les dossiers. Nous proposons la création d’un mécanisme de solidarité au niveau européen, vous l’avez évoqué, pour aider les États sous pression migratoire, en particulier à la suite de sauvetages en mer. Nous voulons accélérer les procédures d’asile, les rendre plus efficaces, améliorer l’intégration des réfugiés et renforcer le retour des personnes qui ne peuvent pas obtenir l’asile.  Cet accord est le fruit d’un long travail de négociation entre les forces centristes et pro-européennes de notre Parlement européen. Qu’en est-il des proches de Mme Meloni? Qu’en est-il de l’extrême droite de Mme Le Pen? Absents. Le bilan des populistes au Parlement européen est sommaire: politique de la chaise vide durant les négociations, opposition systématique lors des votes.  Avec mon groupe, Renew, nous défendons au contraire des solutions concrètes et durables et une coopération européenne forte, dans le respect de nos valeurs communes.
Debate: The need for European solidarity in saving lives in the Mediterranean, in particular in Italy
Date: TUESDAY, 18 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Tineke Strik
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Poland
Language: EN

In Tunisia, President Saied has fuelled violence and hatred against migrants, making them flee the country. And they do, hoping for protection in Europe. The response of Italy and the EU? Making Saied block the escape route for migrants. The cost of the EU’s ways of combating irregular migration is high – human rights, human dignity, and even human lives. But the EU is willing to pay that price, giving up any pretension of upholding its values at the borders. The external borders are common borders and this comes with a common responsibility to share the numbers of asylum seekers and ensure that people can flee persecution. They must be rescued and protected. And when some of my EPP colleagues call for solidarity, they often mean fences, deterrents, criminalisation of humanitarian aid. That is not solidarity, that’s being partners in crime. If we don’t comply with human rights, what can we say to President Saied, to the Libyan coast guard? Let’s turn credible on our European values, because they only have value when we apply them to refugees as well.
Debate: The need for European solidarity in saving lives in the Mediterranean, in particular in Italy
Date: TUESDAY, 18 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Carlo Fidanza
Political group: ECR
Country: Greece
Language: IT

E voglio partire da qui, ringraziando lo straordinario lavoro della Guardia costiera italiana, ingiustamente infangata soltanto qualche settimana fa, dopo il naufragio al largo delle coste della Calabria. Quella Guardia costiera che ogni giorno mette in salvo centinaia di vite umane, che ci consente di dire che l'Italia non accetta lezioni di umanità da nessuno. Da mesi il governo Meloni chiede soluzioni europee al fenomeno migratorio, una maggiore attenzione alla protezione delle frontiere esterne, una politica comune per i rimpatri degli irregolari, percorsi sicuri per gli aventi diritto all'asilo e regolamentazione dell'attività delle ONG, e chiede di intensificare l'azione esterna verso i paesi di origine e di transito dei migranti per ridurre le partenze, unico vero antidoto alle morti in mare. Questo, per quanto riguarda il Mediterraneo centrale, chiama in causa da un lato la Tunisia con la sua crisi economica e la sua instabilità politica, sulle quali la comunità internazionale deve intervenire presto con strumenti finanziari adeguati, e dall'altro chiama in causa la Libia, che nella sua parte orientale viene sempre più utilizzata come una piattaforma di nuovi flussi, usati come arma di destabilizzazione geopolitica, come già è avvenuto nei mesi scorsi, ad esempio ad opera della Bielorussia contro la Polonia. Si stanno facendo alcuni passi nella giusta direzione, lo voglio riconoscere alla Commissione, ma non è abbastanza e soprattutto non si sta procedendo abbastanza in fretta. Sbagliano quanti pensano che oggi la soluzione sia in una missione europea di salvataggio in mare, questa finirebbe per trasformarsi in un nuovo  Una maggiore presenza in mare dell'Unione è certamente auspicabile, ma deve essere indirizzata a proteggere le frontiere esterne e a contrastare i trafficanti, non certo a incentivare i loro traffici. E sbaglia anche chi pensa di continuare a riproporre la falsa contrapposizione tra movimenti primari e movimenti secondari, oppure riproporre quei meccanismi di redistribuzione più o meno obbligatori che finora non hanno mai funzionato perché nessuno, non solo i paesi di Visegrád, ama accogliere in casa propria migranti illegali.  Nessun meccanismo potrà mai risultare efficace se non diminuiremo i numeri in partenza e se non separeremo la migrazione legale da quella illegale, i percorsi protetti per chi ha diritto all'asilo da quelli di chi parte con l'auspicio legittimo, ma purtroppo non sempre e non per tutti realizzabile, di poter trovare fortuna in Europa. È questa la linea di realismo e di solidarietà che chiediamo all'Europa. Il tempo ormai è ampiamente scaduto.
Debate: The need for European solidarity in saving lives in the Mediterranean, in particular in Italy
Date: TUESDAY, 18 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Pedro Silva Pereira
Country: Bulgaria
Language: PT

Permitam-me recordar que temos um serviço de interpretação e que os oradores devem falar um pouco mais lentamente, pois caso contrário isso constituirá um desafio para o trabalho dos nossos intérpretes.
Debate: The need for European solidarity in saving lives in the Mediterranean, in particular in Italy
Date: TUESDAY, 18 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Silvia Sardone
Political group: ID
Country: Austria
Language: IT

Solidarietà, dunque. Quanto è solidale la Francia di Macron che a Ventimiglia con i gendarmi rimanda indietro i migranti in Italia? Quanto è solidale la Spagna socialista che schiera l'esercito contro i migranti a Ceuta e Melilla? Quanto è solidale la Germania socialdemocratica che chiede un sistema per l'immigrazione legale in Europa e poi finanzia le ONG che portano immigrati irregolari in Europa? Quanto è solidale la socialdemocratica Danimarca che non vuole più essere un paese accogliente e vuole rimandare indietro gli immigrati in Ruanda? Quanto è solidale questa Europa, che aveva promesso la redistribuzione dei migranti, la rotazione dei porti, la difesa dei confini continentali e poi nulla ha fatto? Però in effetti qualcosa avete fatto, avete sprecato miliardi regalandoli alla Turchia di Erdoğan, da cui partono in continuazione barconi, con il risultato di assistere a drammatiche tragedie in mare. Noi siamo stanchi della propaganda solidale e della vostra incoerenza. L'immigrazione irregolare va contrastata con ogni mezzo. Servono hotspot nei paesi del Nord Africa, cooperazione con i paesi africani e una seria politica europea di rimpatri di clandestini. L'Italia non può più essere lasciata sola. Basta parole, servono i fatti.