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Debate: Report on Kosovo
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Jordi Solé
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Bulgaria
Language: EN

Madam President, thank you very much. I’m glad to see that in this report, we welcome Kosovo’s efforts to advance the reforms that will bring the country closer to the EU, that we recognise progress being made in a number of areas, and that we praise the support of institutions and the majority of the population to become members of the EU. But despite all of this, five member states, including Spain, are stubbornly resisting to recognise Kosovo as an independent state, a state that very soon will formally ask us for membership. The situation is absurd, even more so when the non-recognition is looking at internal situations and for the fear of setting precedents regarding the ways to achieve statehood, as is clearly the case with Spain.  The independence of Kosovo is irreversible legal, democratic, and it has been a reality for years. Hindering Kosovo’s European perspective by not recognising its independence is selfish and weakens our Union.
Debate: Report on Kosovo
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Joachim Stanisław Brudziński
Political group: ECR
Country: Germany
Language: PL

Pani Przewodnicząca! Za nami debata. Rozmawialiśmy o aspiracjach takich państw jak Bośnia i Hercegowina, Serbia, a teraz Kosowo. Oczywiście jest bardzo wiele merytorycznych argumentów, bo też nie ma co udawać – chować głowy w piasek – że od elementów historycznych, ale też od sytuacji w innych państwach, tak jak w Hiszpanii, zależy proces akcesji Kosowa, który wzbudza kontrowersje.  Proszę Państwa, jesteśmy na określonym etapie historii. Churchill mówił kiedyś o miękkim podbrzuszu, wskazując Bałkany. Jeżeli nie będzie jasnej drogi, jasnego światła, aby te państwa Bałkanów Zachodnich mogły wejść do Unii Europejskiej, to w tym kotle bałkańskim będzie mieszał Putin, będą mieszać wahabici z Arabii Saudyjskiej, będzie mieszać Turcja – i będziemy mieli cały czas problem. Jest to jedyna nadzieja, aby przezwyciężyć również te wszystkie animozje wynikające z różnic narodowościowych, z walk, z dominacji Serbów w Bośni czy Hercegowinie. Ale również, powiedzmy to uczciwie, tak jak upominamy się tutaj o Bułgarów w Kosowie, należy się upomnieć również o Serbów w Kosowie. Przecież Kosowo to historyczny rdzeń dawnej Serbii. Miejmy to w pamięci, otwierając drzwi do Europy. Bo innej drogi nie ma. Jeżeli do UE nie wejdzie Bośnia i Hercegowina, jeżeli nie wejdzie Serbia, nie wejdzie Macedonia Północna, nie wejdzie Kosowo, to Putin będzie zacierał ręce, będą zacierać ręce w Pekinie, będą zacierać ręce w Arabii Saudyjskiej.
Debate: Report on Kosovo
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Janez Lenarčič
Language: EN

Thank you for raising all the various issues in this extremely interesting debate. On visa liberalisation, let me just clarify and reiterate once again that we continue to stand behind our assessment of July 2018 that Kosovo has fulfilled all the requirements for visa liberalisation, and it is now for the Council to move this issue forward.  On the Belgrade-Pristina dialogue, I would like to underline that we fully support the efforts of the High Representative and his Special Representative Lajčák to facilitate the talks between Belgrade and Pristina. And I think it is time for this process to come to a successful end. We expect both parties to make rapid and concrete progress on the full normalisation of their relations.  I would not want now to go into details of all the other issues. Let me just say that the upcoming 2022 enlargement package will be an opportunity to assess Kosovo’s progress. We expect to see concrete action from the government on many of the key areas that were also highlighted in today’s discussion. These reforms that are necessary will help bring prosperity, stability and peace to Kosovo and also to the wider region. This is a message that we need to repeat to all our partners in the Western Balkans and I do count on the support of this House to echo these messages and to remain engaged with Kosovo.  It is really important, perhaps more than ever before, that the European Union and this House express their full and unequivocal commitment to the EU membership perspective for all of the Western Balkans, including Kosovo.
Debate: Report on Kosovo
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Viola von Cramon-Taubadel
Country: Ireland
Language: EN

Kosovo’s international priority remains the Brussels-led dialogue with Serbia. The deals on energy in the north of Kosovo and on missing persons are important as they will contribute to the further normalisation of the situation and mutual trust between Albanians and Serbs. EU Special Envoy Miroslav Lajčák has our full support and we wish to end this process soon, since there is a unique transatlantic alignment on this. My second message is for Kosovo’s international partners. The last EU summit created excuse me, a major disappointment for Kosovo, but also the whole Western Balkan region. I honestly hoped that when delivering this speech I would be congratulating Kosovo’s citizens on visa liberalisation. Yet not a single delivery was made to any of the countries of the region. Dear French and Dutch colleagues, citizens of Mexico, Nicaragua and Qatar can travel freely to Europe, but still Kosovo’s can’t. I deeply regret that as it sparks Euroscepticism and undermines our credibility in the eyes of our partners in Kosovo. We do need to do our homework here. I invite you all to convince your national governments to finally deliver what Kosovo deserved a long time ago. Free movement for its citizens.
Debate: The EU and the defence of multilateralism
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Javi López
Country: Belgium
Language: ES

Este también es un informe que responde a la conversación interinstitucional que tiene la Unión Europea después de la Comunicación, que reconocemos, de la Comisión y el alto representante, sobre la Unión Europea y el multilateralismo.  Se trata de un informe que pretende hacer cinco cosas.  En primer lugar, señalar las razones y las causas de la crisis actual del multilateralismo, una crisis que calificamos de influencia, de relevancia y de legitimidad, y colocar una hoja de ruta para la reconstrucción del multilateralismo en el mundo. Un multilateralismo más eficaz, inclusivo, guiado por valores y, al mismo tiempo, orientado a resultados. En segundo lugar, el informe subraya la simbiosis existente entre la Unión Europea y el multilateralismo. Forma parte de nuestro ADN. De hecho, nosotros, como organización política, somos también un producto multilateral de la voluntad de construir normas, diálogo e instituciones comunes. Y, para ello, reclamamos dos cosas: una mayor presencia de la Unión Europea como actor global en los órganos multilaterales, con una buena cooperación entre los Estados miembros y las instituciones europeas; y un mayor peso e influencia de los foros multilaterales en la toma de decisión global, algo que creemos que va a ir y va de la mano. En tercer lugar, el informe contribuye al necesario debate sobre la actualización y la reforma de las Naciones Unidas, una organización que se ha visto superada durante los últimos años, especialmente por conflictos en los que estaban involucrados miembros permanentes de su Consejo de Seguridad. Por eso, reclamamos hoy un Consejo de Seguridad más inclusivo, más representativo del mundo actual, con una presencia real de la Unión Europea en la toma de decisiones y en el que se minimicen los poderes de veto. En cuarto lugar, también habla el informe sobre el papel de esta Cámara y del parlamentarismo en los foros multilaterales, reclamando una diplomacia parlamentaria al servicio del multilateralismo y reclamando un rol relevante de las asambleas en estos foros multilaterales. Y, en quinto lugar, reclamamos un multilateralismo orientado a resultados, a los desafíos que hoy todos conocemos que requieren cooperación, especialmente: el cambio climático, que, por su propia naturaleza, nos obliga y nos empuja a cooperar —y no vale la competición—; la gobernanza económica, hoy muy castigada; la necesidad de cooperar en el ámbito de la fiscalidad o, también, de la igualdad de género; y, por supuesto, la salud global, que ha sido una de las lecciones, sin duda, de esta pandemia. Con todo, hoy reclamamos un compromiso firme de esta casa, de esta Cámara, para la reconstrucción necesaria de un multilateralismo en crisis que requiere una Unión Europea más fuerte, como actor global, para esa reconstrucción y para que tengamos un mundo guiado por normas, diálogo e instituciones comunes, para hacer frente a los retos que comparte la humanidad.
Debate: The EU and the defence of multilateralism
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou
Country: Greece
Language: EN

So was MC12 actually a success? What was genuinely achieved? After 20 years, there was an agreement on fishing subsidies, a compromise on the TRIPS waiver, and the long-standing position of exempting e-commerce from tariffs was maintained. But can these achievements be characterized as a success? Well, apparently they can, if not because of the achievements themselves, because of our excessively modest expectations. Set against the backdrop of war in Ukraine, growing protectionism, trade weaponisation, frankly, we’re all relieved that MC12 managed to achieve anything at all. So yes, the answer is that MC12 was a success. But the long-term future of the WTO is still far from certain. And though a light continues to shine on the future of multilateralism and the WTO lives to fight another day, we must all intensify our efforts in defending multilateralism.
Debate: The EU and the defence of multilateralism
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Janez Lenarčič
Language: EN

At the start of the year, the UN Secretary-General spoke urgently about what he called a ‘five-alarm global fire’ covering COVID, inequality, climate emergency, abuse of technology and violent conflict. Unfortunately, things have gone much worse since.  Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has compounded problems that were already challenging our ability to adapt. It has damaged the international order and the global economy in ways that will have lasting repercussions. By threatening the territorial integrity and independence of a sovereign state, the war in Ukraine raises questions about the whole system of rules and norms underpinning international relations. This war has exposed gaps in global governance and underlined the need for reform of the United Nations.  At the same time, however, it has concentrated the minds on what is at stake and it has reminded us what we are capable of. Successive resolutions of the UN General Assembly have shown the strength of feeling around the world against Russia’s aggression, and the EU has taken a leading role in rallying strong, swift and united international action. This has involved new forms of cooperation with the G7 partners, but also outreach around the world.  The EU has also been ready to assert its positive narrative in support of rules-based multilateralism in the face of the alternative vision presented by China through its global development initiative and the global security initiative, and it was restated in the China-Russia joint statement of 4 February.  The EU also maintains a strong profile on human rights, economic, social and cultural, as well as civil and political rights. Just recently, the EU coordinated a statement in Geneva about digital and access to education, which was supported by nearly 100 countries from all regions.  This willingness to work with partners on all issues is a hallmark of EU policy. It builds on the vital agreements and relationships that connect us with Latin America and the Caribbean, the Indo-Pacific, with Africa and the Gulf. It draws on a shared respect for the UN Charter, which is now more relevant than ever, as well as agreed values and principles.  Unfortunately, the more we learn, the more we grasp the scale of the challenges ahead. The UN’s Global Crisis Response Group set this out with chilling clarity, and the EU is committed to working through this framework to mitigate the effects of the war for the most vulnerable. But even as we do so, we cannot lose sight of overarching priorities such as Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals.  This report is a valuable reminder of the breadth and depth of human endeavour covered in one word, multilateralism, and it will be a useful guide for our work.
Debate: The EU and the defence of multilateralism
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Miriam Lexmann
Political group: PPE
Country: Spain
Language: EN

Multilateralism, as the peaceful organization of relations between states as well as the international organisations built over 75 years, is increasingly threatened. Today, non—democratic regimes, such as Russia under Vladimir Putin or the totalitarian Chinese Communist Party, are seeking to reshape multilateral forums and rewrite international norms to suit their malign interests from trade to human rights. For too long, we have allowed non-democratic regimes to increase their influence across multilateral forums. This is why it is essential that we work closely with our democratic allies to rebuild multilateralism. Together, we must ensure that multilateral institutions function in accordance with the values and principles on which they were built, that they are accountable and they work in a way that is relevant to meet today's challenges. First, we must utilise our existing networks and make full use of our new policy instruments, such as Global Europe or the global gateway. We must also not forget that we still exert important leverage on the biggest donor to multilateral institutions. Second, we must press ahead with our reforms to the key institutions, including the WTO and WHO, as well as the Human Rights Council, to ensure that they are resilient tomalign influence and work to defend the values on which they have been built. How we, the democratic world, respond to it will determine the world in which we will live in the future.
Debate: The EU and the defence of multilateralism
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Margarida Marques
Political group: S-D
Country: Cyprus
Language: PT

Gostaríamos que se tivesse ido mais longe nos compromissos? Sim. Mas chegou-se a compromissos robustos. Registou-se uma vontade política, apoiada por 164 países, de reformar e modernizar a OMC. A OMC é uma organização multilateral essencial para regular o comércio mundial e, consequentemente, uma globalização mais justa. E a União Europeia tem de ter posições claras sobre estas reformas.  Precisamos hoje, e isso foi visível no quadro da pandemia, como está agora a ser no quadro da ação da Rússia e Ucrânia, de mais e não de menos multilateralismo. Precisamos de trabalhar para evitar a fragmentação do sistema multilateral. Finalmente, a reforma da OMC no quadro do sistema multilateral é uma necessidade para continuarmos a trabalhar num comércio baseado em regras, justo e sustentável.
Debate: The EU and the defence of multilateralism
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Dragoş Tudorache
Political group: Renew
Country: Lithuania
Language: EN

So, first and foremost, we have a duty to keep multilateralism functional and effective. We must constantly update and reinvent its institutions so they remain in lockstep with our geopolitical realities. When they fail, particularly in securing accountability for breaking rules, we must find ways to reform them. It is true for the WTO and it is true for the UN.  From climate change to war on famine, we need to act our values stronger and we need to work closer with those who think like us. This is the essence of our report, and I praise the rapporteur and my fellow shadows for how we worked to achieve it.
Debate: The EU and the defence of multilateralism
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Jordi Solé
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Bulgaria
Language: EN

Finally, and importantly, the EU should be more active in building strong alliances with democratic counterparts, sharing our values which are increasingly under threat. We need to ensure that these values that have fostered progress, democracy, justice and human rights are the driving force of global governance.
Debate: The EU and the defence of multilateralism
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Manu Pineda
Political group: The Left
Country: Czechia
Language: ES

La Unión Europea entiende que el nuevo orden mundial consiste en atacar a cualquier país al que los Estados Unidos pongan en su diana y, en este sentido, lleva años provocando y sancionando a China y Rusia, a las que los Estados Unidos han declarado sus enemigos sistémicos. La Unión Europea debe abandonar esta subordinación y tener una política exterior propia, basada en la paz, la cooperación y el respeto de los derechos humanos y de la soberanía de los pueblos. Lejos de esto, lo que vemos es seguidismo a un gendarme global que lo decide todo a base de bombas, intervenciones militares y sanciones. Y, enfrente, nuestros pueblos están sufriendo las consecuencias de esta sumisión.
Debate: The EU and the defence of multilateralism
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: David McAllister
Political group: PPE
Country: Netherlands
Language: EN

Madam President, Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has been a wake-up call for all of us in the European Union. This war is a defining event for the future of our common foreign and security policy. Many challenges, as colleagues have already pointed out, lie ahead of us in this new era marked by increasing strategic competition, as well as a continued erosion of the rules-based international order.  Indeed, the European Union should strengthen its role as a global champion for multilateralism. It is about making this system more relevant, resilient and effective. Moreover, as the European Union we need to intensify ties with our strategic partners, partners with whom we share the same values, partners with whom we can work together to promote and defend the rules-based international order with the United Nations at its heart.  The European Parliament has a special role to play when it comes to parliamentary diplomacy and building global partnerships. Therefore, let us continue to develop our wide-ranging networks with third countries and international organisations to face common challenges. As Committee Chair, let me say to Jávi López, well done, your report will be voted tomorrow with a large majority.
Debate: The EU and the defence of multilateralism
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Thijs Reuten
Political group: S-D
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, thanks to the rapporteur for this timely report. Each of Russia’s atrocities in Ukraine represents the brutal face of the crisis in multilateralism. And this crisis did not happen overnight. No, it is a culmination of coordinated efforts of autocrats to undermine the international rules-based order. And we simply cannot allow them to weaponise, hijack or destroy multilateralism for their own geopolitical purposes. The global crisis we face are many, whether of democratic decline, the ongoing pandemic or climate emergency. And this is the moment for the EU to step up together with like-minded partners. Our Union must place itself at the forefront of efforts to revitalise multilateralism. Doing so requires urgent strategic autonomy, and we must be much more assertive in promoting our values. We have no second to lose.
Debate: The EU and the defence of multilateralism
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Karin Karlsbro
Political group: Renew
Country: Poland
Language: SV

Herr talman! En värld utan internationellt samarbete skulle vara både farligare, fattigare och framför allt mindre fri. För att bekämpa pandemier, rädda klimatet, skapa spelregler för rymden eller värna mänskliga rättigheter så behöver vi multilateralism – organisationer och strukturer där stora och små länder får komma till tals. Alternativet är att mäktiga länder dikterar, att aggressiva länder hotar. Men vi kan inte acceptera att länder missbrukar de internationella samarbeten vi har för att trygga fred och frihet. Ryssland, permanent medlem av FN:s säkerhetsråd, bröt mot själva FN-stadgan. De attackerade, invaderade ett fredligt grannland.  Att Ryssland till slut kastades ut ur FN:s råd för mänskliga rättigheter var naturligtvis helt rätt – på samma sätt som de slängdes ut ur Europarådet. Det multilaterala samarbetet ska vi vara väldigt rädda om, men länder som själva vänder ryggen till ska veta att en plats i organisationer som ger inflytande och prestige inte är något man prenumererar på, utan det är något man kvalificerar sig för.
Debate: The EU and the defence of multilateralism
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Francisco José Millán Mon
Political group: PPE
Country: Spain
Language: ES

Señor presidente, el multilateralismo y el respeto del Derecho internacional son principios básicos de la acción exterior de la Unión Europea. La globalización y grandes retos como el cambio climático, las pandemias, el terrorismo, etc., requieren respuestas multilaterales, no respuestas unilaterales o imposiciones de grandes potencias. Desgraciadamente, otros actores favorecen el unilateralismo, el uso de la fuerza y las esferas de influencia. Necesitamos reforzar el multilateralismo y necesitamos reforzar a las Naciones Unidas y el imperio del Derecho. Toda la comunidad internacional debe rechazar activamente la agresión rusa. No es posible una línea de indiferencia o neutralidad ante la tragedia que está ocurriendo en Ucrania. La agresión rusa significa dinamitar todo el orden internacional. No es un mero conflicto en el ámbito regional europeo. Es necesaria una respuesta común de todos contra el comportamiento inaceptable, criminal y anacrónico de Rusia. En un mundo tan complejo, interdependiente y polarizado, necesitamos seguir avanzando para que la Unión Europea sea un actor global y eficaz. Apoyo también que la Unión pueda ocupar un asiento permanente en el Consejo de Seguridad en el contexto de una futura reforma consensuada de este organismo.
Debate: The EU and the defence of multilateralism
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Liudas Mažylis
Political group: PPE
Country: Luxembourg
Language: LT

Daugiašališkumas kaip valstybių bendravimo priemonė šiuo metu patiria neeilinius išbandymus. Rusijos karinė agresija Ukrainoje yra sunkus tarptautinės teisės pažeidimas, o tarptautinė bendruomenė nesuranda instrumentų ją sustabdyti. Kinijos 2021 m. pradėtos ekonominės prievartos prieš Lietuvą (o tai buvo reakcija į prekybos santykių su Taivanu stiprinimą) Europos Sąjunga negali įveikti nei viena pati, nei pasitelkdama tarptautinius formatus. Šitoks didėjantis autoritarinių bei totalitarinių valstybių nesiskaitymas su bet kokiu daugiašališkumu kyla iš tarptautinės tvarkos, atsiradusios 1945 m., kuri, kaip šiame pranešime švelniai pasakyta, ne visiškai atspindi – o aš pasakyčiau, visiškai nebeatspindi – šiandienos pasaulio. Toji tvarka turi būti keičiama, ir, tikėkimės, kad šis pranešimas bent kažkiek prie to prisidės.
Debate: The EU and the defence of multilateralism
Date: TUESDAY, 5 JULY 2022
Speaker: Barry Andrews
Political group: Renew
Country: Ireland
Language: EN

Mr President, I want to commend the report by Mr López, particularly the references to the Sustainable Development Goals. I think the report doesn’t quite capture the degree to which the SDGs are in crisis. There is no way that we will achieve Agenda 2030. There is no way that we will be able to mobilise the finance for the SDGs or even to monitor the implementation of the SDGs when we don’t even have a strategy and an implementation plan for the SDGs.  I want to also mention Syria. It’s a conflict that once had the full attention of this House, and it’s a conflict that we’ve turned our back on, quite frankly. The UN Security Council has until Sunday to renew the cross-border resolution that delivers food and humanitarian aid to 4 million people. I think all of us know, frankly, that there is very little chance that that cross-border resolution will be renewed. In my opinion, there is obviously no rationale for reducing humanitarian aid in circumstances where even more people are in need of it now and there is absolutely no alternative.