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Debate: EU Action Plan: protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Rosa D'Amato
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Czechia
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, i numeri parlano chiaro: il 58 % degli stock del Mediterraneo è sovrasfruttato; il 25 % delle coste europee ha perso habitat. Eppure qui c'è chi nega il problema e fa il falso paladino dei pescatori. Basta! Basta lo dico alla destra che, se da un lato, dice ai pescatori che non sono i responsabili del depauperamento dei nostri mari, dall'altro, però, in Parlamento e in Consiglio vota contro l'abbandono delle fonti fossili, contro le direttive sulle emissioni inquinanti, contro le direttive sulla plastica. E quando è al governo appoggia nuove trivelle e rigassificatori e uccide la pesca e la mitilicoltura consentendo ad industrie inquinanti, come l'ex Ilva di Taranto, la centrale a carbone di Brindisi e la raffineria di Gela, di continuare ad ammazzare la cittadinanza e la pesca artigianale costiera. Lo ripeto: ad ammazzare! Non sto esagerando. Certo, i pescatori si sentono traditi. E allora dove sono i fondi europei per le bonifiche? Dove sono i soldi per i fermi pesca? Dove sono gli ammortizzatori sociali che chiedono da decenni?
Debate: EU Action Plan: protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Mr President, the EU already has a comprehensive body of policy and legislation aimed at protecting the marine environment, but these are not being implemented. This was confirmed by the European Court of Auditors in 2020. Ireland, for example, has utterly failed to meet the EU’s obligation to achieve good environmental status for biodiversity, commercial fish and shellfish and seafloor integrity. Only 18% of Ireland’s commercially exploited fish populations have achieved good environmental status. The environmental status of 60% of these commercial fish populations is unknown, and the environmental status of 41% of non-commercial fish species is also unknown. If we don’t conserve fishing resources and protect our marine ecosystems, there will be no fish to catch, and we do need to work with the stakeholders and have regional solutions.
Debate: EU Action Plan: protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Clara Aguilera
Political group: S-D
Country: Spain
Language: ES

Señor presidente, señor comisario, tengo que decirle que sobre este Plan de acción de la Unión Europea toda su presentación ha sido muy desafortunada, y el sector no ha entendido el Plan. No digo que sea un mal Plan, en líneas generales, aunque tiene aspectos que a mí no me gustan. Creo que, cuando se presenta un plan de acción, puesto que estamos hablando de un documento político, no normativo, que pretende algunos cambios trascendentales, más allá de la política pesquera común, hay que explicarlo muy bien y el sector tiene que entenderlo, porque, si no, será muy difícil de aplicar. Por tanto, hay que hacer un esfuerzo para explicar estas cuestiones. Esto se ha convertido en un pimpampum contra la pesca de arrastre, lo cual es malo. Yo no estoy en contra de todo lo relacionado con la pesca de arrastre, porque no toda es igual, y se están corrigiendo también esos sistemas de arrastre. Por eso, no se puede igualar y no se puede atacar con esa beligerancia. Estos son los aspectos lamentables de este Plan de acción, que creo que va a quedar en nada por lo desafortunado de su presentación y de su traslado a los medios y a la sociedad.
Debate: EU Action Plan: protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Niclas Herbst
Country: Hungary
Language: DE

Was mich geärgert hat, das möchte ich auch offen sagen, ist so ein bisschen die moralische Arroganz, zum Beispiel von Frau Roose, die jetzt auch die Debatte verlassen hat, die einfach sagt: Also Leute, die das anders sehen, sind die Rechten und ihre Helfer. Vielleicht sagen Sie ihr und richten Sie ihr das mal aus, dass genau diese Einstellung, diese moralische Arroganz, manchmal dafür verantwortlich ist, dass Fischerinnen und Fischer tatsächlich Populisten folgen. Ich möchte mich auch ganz herzlich bei Ihnen bedanken, Herr Kommissar. Sie haben harte Kritik erleiden müssen, und mein Bericht ist kritisch und der erste Entwurf war noch kritischer. Ich habe allerdings auch sehr wohl zur Kenntnis genommen, dass Sie heute sehr differenziert argumentiert haben und dass wir auch in der Lage sein können, als Kommission und als Parlament, entsprechende Lösungen zu finden, weil, noch einmal: Es geht nicht um die Ziele des Aktionsplans, sondern es geht um die Umsetzung. Und das ist, glaube ich, ein erster guter Schritt, dass wir das auch gemeinsam in Zukunft schaffen können, dafür möchte ich mich ganz herzlich bedanken. Ich glaube, nochmals, wenn wir diesen Bericht so verabschieden, wie er vorliegt, mit den Anmerkungen der Kolleginnen und Kollegen, dann haben wir eine gute Position, können unseren Fischerinnen und Fischern auch wirklich gegenübertreten und sagen, wir kämpfen für euch, es ist nicht alles einfach, wir haben große Herausforderungen, aber wir stehen an eurer Seite. Das sollte unser heutiges Signal sein. Vielen Dank für die Debatte.
Debate: Implementation of the Common Market Organisation  Regulation in fisheries and aquaculture - Regulation  /
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Rainer Wieland
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Als nächster Punkt der Tagesordnung folgt die Aussprache über den Bericht von Izaskun Bilbao Barandica im Namen des Fischereiausschusses über die Durchführung der Verordnung über die gemeinsame Marktorganisation (GMO) in der Fischerei und Aquakultur – Verordnung (EU) Nr. 1379/2013 ( Da wir relativ spät dran sind und wir drei fast identische Debatten hatten, auch bei den spontanen Wortmeldungen, mit fast identischen Rednern, würde ich von den spontanen Wortmeldungen absehen. Sie brauchen sich also nicht zu Wort zu melden.
Debate: Implementation of the Common Market Organisation  Regulation in fisheries and aquaculture - Regulation  /
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Virginijus Sinkevičius
Language: EN

Allow me to share the Commission’s views. I also agree that the producer organisations play a key role, and that more efforts are necessary to support the implementation and financing of their production and marketing plans, and these remain, of course, a responsibility of the Member States. Nevertheless, the Commission works closely with concerned parties to facilitate the implementation of the plans and provide guidance. I know how important the recognition of producer organisations such as  Regarding the difficulties for small-scale producers to set up producer organisations. I can reassure you that the national programmes under the EMFAF address these challenges, and the Commission continues to provide guidance here. On your call to improve marketing standards and consumer information, I fully agree that proper labelling is essential for the trust of consumers. A better consumer information relies on three elements. First of all, full traceability. Here, the timely implementation of the new Fisheries Control Regulation is crucial. Secondly, compliance by Member States with the regulation on the Common Market Organisation. And this is an area which we will prioritise in 2024. And third, consumer rights to an informed choice. Here we will work in 2024 towards a methodology to score some sustainability aspects for fisheries and aquaculture products. The report also mentions the need to include marketing standards in measures adopted in regional fisheries management organisations. Unfortunately, marketing standards are not covered by these organisations, but conservation and other control measures are in place to ensure sustainable fisheries. The report highlights the need to increase the use of quality schemes and to have a greater variety of quality schemes. The Commission, however, thinks that there is no need for more quality schemes, as the existing types seem to be wide enough to promote the specificities of European fishery and aquaculture products, and the best example is in the context of the quality scheme of the geographical indications, which increased by 240% over the last decade in the EU. However, I can agree with you that the producer to obtain a quality scheme needs to be improved. So therefore, the Commission adopted a proposal in March 2022 to revise the Geographical Indications Regulations. The report also includes a call to forbid the use of the word fish, or the name of fish species for plant-based products. The current EU rules already provide a solid framework to ensure that consumers are not misled. Regarding the mechanism to trigger financial aid under the Regulation on the Common Market Organisation in the event of a crisis, let me recall that crisis support already exists under the EMFAF. The Commission closely monitors market development and the continuing conditions to trigger it. So thank you for your attention and thank you for this excellent report.
Debate: Implementation of the Common Market Organisation  Regulation in fisheries and aquaculture - Regulation  /
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar
Political group: PPE
Country: Austria
Language: PT

Este regulamento representa uma excelente oportunidade para a Europa, mas especificamente para Portugal, no que toca ao reforço do setor pesqueiro, promovendo também a aquacultura nas duas formas, a sustentabilidade, a justiça e a eficiência, reforçando o apoio necessário e respeitando as especificidades das regiões ultraperiféricas. Portugal é um dos maiores consumidores de peixe da Europa e também possui uma das maiores zonas económicas exclusivas. Temos, portanto, o dever de criar as condições necessárias para que os nossos pescadores e toda a indústria envolvida na cadeia de valor possam trabalhar com qualidade e rigor, servindo os consumidores finais, melhorando também a informação prestada ao consumidor. Destaco, pois, deste regulamento uma das mudanças mais importantes: o reforço do papel das organizações de produtores de pesca e aquicultura. Estas organizações desempenham um papel significativo na gestão do mercado, incluindo a implementação de planos de produção e comercialização. Contudo, e apesar dos progressos, ainda existem desafios significativos. A aplicação inconsistente das regras nos Estados—Membros é motivo de preocupação. É, pois, imperativo garantir uma harmonização mais eficaz das práticas para aumentar a confiança dos consumidores e garantir condições equitativas para todos os envolvidos no setor. Devemos continuar a melhorar a rastreabilidade e a transparência em toda a cadeia de valor, crucial para proteger os nossos mares e dar mais confiança aos nossos consumidores. Como colegisladores, termino, temos a responsabilidade de continuar a trabalhar para melhorar esta regulamentação, adotando e assegurando um futuro mais sustentável para a pesca, para a aquacultura, e protegendo os nossos recursos marinhos, apoiando e contando com as nossas comunidades.
Debate: Implementation of the Common Market Organisation  Regulation in fisheries and aquaculture - Regulation  /
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Clara Aguilera
Political group: S-D
Country: Spain
Language: ES

Quiero felicitar a la señora Bilbao por el trabajo que hemos podido realizar todos los grupos con ella y por el resultado obtenido. ¿Qué pretende este informe? Este informe lo que pretende es mejorar la aplicación de algunos aspectos del Reglamento de 2013; especialmente, por ejemplo, con un mayor esfuerzo para garantizar la información a los consumidores. Usted lo ha dicho, comisario, esa información debemos mejorarla, también la trazabilidad —que espero que ayude mucho el nuevo Reglamento de control de la pesca—, más transparencia en el mercado y fomentar campañas de promoción. Quiero referirme, para finalizar, a la reserva de crisis que incluye la propuesta. Usted ha dicho que ya observamos la crisis y yo quiero que la observen y que tengan instrumentos —esa es la propuesta— para actuar en momentos de crisis. La PAC incluye la reserva de crisis. Estúdienlo para el futuro de esta reforma.
Debate: Implementation of the Common Market Organisation  Regulation in fisheries and aquaculture - Regulation  /
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Caroline Roose
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Poland
Language: FR

Toutefois, ce rapport fait fausse route, selon nous, lorsqu’il parle des alternatives végétales aux produits de la mer. En effet, l’Union européenne importe 70 % des produits de la mer qu’elle consomme. Et si nous voulons lutter contre la surpêche dans le monde, nous devons réduire notre consommation de poisson. Les alternatives végétales aux produits de la mer sont une des pistes importantes pour réduire cette consommation, tout en garantissant un apport suffisant en protéines. En cherchant à interdire à ces alternatives végétales l’utilisation de tout terme en lien avec la mer, vous faites fausse route. Le consommateur doit être clairement informé, oui, mais s’opposer aux alternatives végétales comme certains s’opposaient au burger végétarien, c’est être en décalage complet avec ce que veulent les citoyens et ce qui est nécessaire pour la planète.
Debate: Implementation of the Common Market Organisation  Regulation in fisheries and aquaculture - Regulation  /
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: João Pimenta Lopes
Political group: The Left
Country: Romania
Language: PT

Exige—se, pois, uma reforma profunda da OCM, que reforce os instrumentos públicos de intervenção e regulação dos mercados, garantindo o rendimento do setor, a estabilidade dos mercados, a melhoria da comercialização dos produtos da pesca e o aumento do seu valor acrescentado. É necessário garantir que os Estados têm nas suas mãos instrumentos e formas de intervenção na cadeia, como a fixação de margens máximas de intermediação para cada agente da cadeia, e prever compensações financeiras mínimas, que permitam fazer face aos custos de desembarque da totalidade das capturas indesejadas, que não tenham escoamento comercial suscetível de cobrir esses mesmos custos, ou para os períodos de defeso.
Debate: Implementation of the Common Market Organisation  Regulation in fisheries and aquaculture - Regulation  /
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Izaskun Bilbao Barandica
Country: Slovakia
Language: ES

A la señora Roose le diría que este Parlamento, la Comisión de Pesca y este informe no dicen que no deban utilizarse productos vegetales; lo que estamos denunciando y diciendo es que los productos vegetales no deben tener un etiquetado fraudulento, que es lo que estamos viendo últimamente en todo el mercado europeo. Transparencia y trazabilidad para respetar los derechos de los pescadores y también de los consumidores. Y hay que acabar con un último mensaje: el sector europeo vive desde hace años una campaña de desprestigio que no se compadece ni con sus esfuerzos para su redimensionamiento ni con las innovaciones con que mejora sus técnicas de trabajo, ni tampoco con los datos que certifican que es un ejemplo de sostenibilidad. Tampoco con la evidencia de que, gracias a nuestros acuerdos con terceros países, contribuye a difundir esos valores en los mares de todo el mundo. Esta evolución del Reglamento de la OCM de la pesca es también una herramienta de primer orden para hacer frente con más transparencia, datos, control y profesionalidad a las maledicencias que insultan a los miles de profesionales que se juegan la vida en el mar para aportar componentes de alta calidad a la dieta de la Unión. Estas mejoras —más datos, más información, más certificaciones— refuerzan el contrato y la confianza que los profesionales de este sector tienen con los consumidores y permiten a estos elegir en el mercado producciones auténticamente sostenibles. Las instituciones comunitarias tienen, con este Reglamento, otro acicate para alinearse con un sector que afrontó en primera fila, y antes que muchos otros, el desafío de la triple sostenibilidad —la económica, la social y la ambiental—, y que no puede seguir aceptando ni campañas que ignoren esta trayectoria ni medidas que necesitan mucho más soporte argumental que un eslogan populista. Esta reforma de la OCM, la reforma de la PPC, el nuevo Reglamento de control son hechos, son datos objetivos que deben despejar cualquier duda sobre el qué, el cómo, el para qué y con quiénes compiten y a quiénes dan ejemplo nuestros pescadores y nuestra industria.
Debate: Implementation report on Regulation  No / on nutrition and health claims made on foods
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Tilly Metz
Country: France
Language: EN

So, dear colleagues, the Claims Regulation applies to voluntary, nutritional and health claims on food products and food supplements in all commercial communication. The objective of the regulation is a high level of consumer protection and smooth functioning of the internal market. We want to protect European consumers, their safety, their health, but let’s be honest, also their wallet. The regulation has been enforced for more than 15 years, and I think we can agree that it has significantly contributed to protecting consumers from false and misleading health and nutrition claims on food. But still today, consumers continue to be exposed to unauthorised and misleading claims. The report we vote on today addresses key challenges in the implementation and suggests the regulation might need to be updated. So, we have three issues. Very shortly, consumers continue to be exposed to very unhealthy foods with authorised claims because 15 years after the regulation came into force, the foreseen nutrition thresholds for such claims have still not been established. Secondly, there is an on-hold list with over 2 000 claims on botanicals. Due to a lack of data, EFSA stopped evaluating these claims and the Commission put the claims on hold over a decade ago. This anomaly needs to be addressed. And thirdly, and lastly, online sales of food and supplements with unauthorised claims are booming. More cooperation and guidance are needed for successful implementation of this regulation in the online environment. I would like also to use this opportunity to thank the different stakeholders which provided us with input and as well to all my colleagues from other groups for constructive collaboration. Thank you!
Debate: Protection of the European Union’s financial interests - combating fraud - annual report
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Maria Grapini
Country: Portugal
Language: RO

Iată că în secțiunile de venituri și cheltuieli se observă creșterea neregulilor de natură frauduloasă și nefrauduloasă în 2022 și, sigur, și o creștere a ratei de detectare. Din păcate, Comisia Europeană nu a intervenit în revizuirea pragului de 10 milioane de euro pentru fraudă transnațională în domeniul TVA, așa cum ar fi trebuit să fie, să reducă, pentru a putea permite Parchetului European să investigheze. Înseamnă că trebuie să existe modificări în perioada următoare. De asemenea, vreau să mulțumesc Curții de Conturi, OLAF, Eurojust, Europol, care au colaborat în depistarea și prevenirea riscurilor de fraudă. În același timp, aș vrea să subliniez, și am subliniat în acest raport, în calitate de raportor, că trebuie să supraveghem buna cheltuire a banilor din Uniunea Europeană, care sunt ai cetățenilor, de fapt, nu numai în statele membre, ci și în instituțiile europene.  În ceea ce privește arhitectura antifraudă în UE, în raport recomand o bună cooperare și coordonare între toate compartimentele sale și, bineînțeles, o abordare holistică și orientată spre rezultatul luptei împotriva fraudei, mai multă exigență, mai multă transparență, pentru că ne-am confruntat cu o lipsă de transparență de la toate instituțiile. Vă mulțumesc și sper să votați, așa cum Comisia CONT a votat acest raport, foarte important pentru protejarea intereselor financiare.
Debate: Humanitarian situation in Gaza, the need to reach a ceasefire and the risks of regional escalation
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Hilde Vautmans
Political group: Renew
Country: Romania
Language: EN

Madam President, it is a nice storytale to start with a ‘boo’ from you guys over there. We’re talking here about a very big humanitarian catastrophe and a very big conflict. You all remember in October this Parliament stood strong. We made it, we put forward – almost with unanimity – a strong resolution, in which the Council and the Commission didn’t succeed.  On Tuesday evening, I negotiated, we negotiated, for more than three hours. We negotiated yesterday more than two hours. And this whole morning, I tried to convince all parties to arrive again at a strong resolution with unanimity. I don’t block anybody, but I want to make a proposal, an oral amendment, which I think convinces the left and the right, and which makes a strong statement.  I will now read the amendment. It is about Article 1. It is about Amendment 12. Come on, guys! It is about Amendment 12 of the ECR, Amendment 26 of the EPP, and about my own amendment. I want to make one proposal. Listen and then vote with your heart and look at the text: ‘Calls for a permanent ceasefire and to restart efforts towards a political solution.’  At the same time, colleagues, ‘calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages and in a hand-in-hand process’, and we demand ‘the dismantling of the terrorist organisation Hamas’. All is in there. Vote it, and we have a resolution with a strong majority.
Debate: Recent EU-Audits identifying that Uruguayan and Argentinian meat from horses with unreliable sworn declarations and unknown drug history is entering the EU
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Dita Charanzová
Country: France
Language: EN

The next item is the debate on the oral question to the Commission by Anja Hazekamp, Clare Daly, Mick Wallace, Stelios Kouloglou, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Malte Gallée, Martin Buschmann, Sylwia Spurek, Róża Thun und Hohenstein, Pascal Durand, Francisco Guerreiro, David Cormand on behalf of The Left Group – GUE/NGL on Recent EU-Audits identifying that Uruguayan and Argentinian meat from horses with unreliable sworn declarations and unknown drug history is entering the EU (