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Debate: Dieselgate: suspected widespread use of defeat devices in cars to reduce effectiveness of pollution control systems
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Jessika Roswall
Language: EN

The Dieselgate scandal in 2015 was an important catalyst for the extensive emission testing of diesel cars, as well as for greater public scrutiny of the car industry. In this respect, I would like to recognise the work of Parliament and its Committee of Inquiry into Emission Measurement in the Automotive Sector (EMIS) and Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) to achieve greater transparency in the automotive sector. I would also like to recall that we have made significant progress since 2015 to accelerate the green transition in the transport sector, for example, through the decision to ban the sale of new diesel and petrol cars from 2035. The very recent report from the International Council on Clean Transportation has revealed the widespread use of defeat devices in Euro 5 and Euro 6 diesel cars manufactured before the Real-Driving Emissions test procedure was implemented. The use of these devices has also been the object of a ruling by the European Court of Justice, which consider them illegal. A series of improvements have been implemented in the latest steps of the Euro 6 to prevent unauthorised use of defeat devices, for example, the Real-Driving Emissions test procedure. In this context, first of all, it remains important to check and sanction the use of defeat devices altering the performance of vehicle emission control systems. Secondly, when it comes to future cars, the Council has started working on the recent Commission proposal for a Euro 7 regulation, which introduces more comprehensive testing requirements for future vehicle certification. The Swedish Presidency is committed to advancing negotiations on this file. I am convinced that both institutions are working towards the same objective, namely to prevent any future exhaust gas manipulation by any prohibited defeat devices. It is our duty to protect our citizens, their health, and consumer rights. Thank you very much for the attention, and I am looking forward to the debate.
Debate: Dieselgate: suspected widespread use of defeat devices in cars to reduce effectiveness of pollution control systems
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Jens Gieseke
Political group: PPE
Country: France
Language: DE

Bevor hier also einige eifrig an der nächsten Kampagne gegen die Automobilindustrie arbeiten, schauen wir uns die Fakten an: Dass die europäische Gesetzgebung sich doch insbesondere vor dem Hintergrund des Dieselskandals weiterentwickelt hat, dass wir heutzutage schärfer und genauer prüfen – der Kommissar hat es gerade angeführt – und dass wir endlich Testuntersuchungen im Realbetrieb haben und nicht mehr nur auf reine Labortests zurückgreifen, dafür haben wir uns als EVP von Beginn an eingesetzt, auch im Abgasuntersuchungsausschuss EMIS und in der anschließenden Gesetzgebung. Es ist auch Fakt, dass sich die Luftqualität in der EU in den letzten Jahren deutlich verbessert hat. So attestiert selbst das deutsche Umweltbundesamt, dass es in Deutschland so gut wie keine Überschreitungen der geltenden Grenzwerte mehr gibt. 2021 sei nur bei einem Prozent der städtischen Messstationen eine Überschreitung des Stickstoffdioxidgrenzwertes festgestellt worden. Das ist eine gute Nachricht. Darüber hinaus wird die Luftqualität durch Flottenerneuerungen und den Umstieg auf alternative Antriebe jährlich ja sogar noch weiter verbessert.  Wer jetzt also hetzt oder etwa polarisiert und wer einen neuen Skandal heraufbeschwört, der sollte ehrlich sein, dass er in Wahrheit andere Absichten hat, dass er jede Gelegenheit nutzt, die Automobilindustrie zu brandmarken, dass ihm die europäische Autoindustrie und auch die Arbeitnehmer in dieser Industrie egal sind. Es ist die gleiche Ideologie, die gleiche Technologiefeindlichkeit, die hier im Hause auch das Verbrennerverbot vorangetrieben hat.
Debate: Dieselgate: suspected widespread use of defeat devices in cars to reduce effectiveness of pollution control systems
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Róża Thun und Hohenstein
Political group: Renew
Country: Lithuania
Language: EN

Now, thanks to the real driving emission tests, which we introduced, the extent of the damage done is very clearly visible. New rules and improved market surveillance of the automotive industry mean that such scandalous practices will not be possible in the future. However, we have to admit that the problem is not yet solved. There are still many cars on our roads with very high NOx emissions, and most European consumers have not been compensated.  The cheating was already eight years ago, and evidently the existing consumer redress does not function properly. This also needs a very serious overhaul.
Debate: Dieselgate: suspected widespread use of defeat devices in cars to reduce effectiveness of pollution control systems
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Bas Eickhout
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: France
Language: EN

We’re not here on a witch hunt. We are here trying to establish the facts. And Commissioner, you were a bit unclear, but you said basically yes, on this ICCT study, yes, we have a legacy problem. You call that a legacy problem? I call that a problem for the citizens’ health, for our citizens who are driving in cars that are illegal, having illegal devices in itself. So yes, I think it’s a legacy problem, but it’s a problem that we should take seriously. And for the rest you said there’s nothing new coming out of this study, so with that I conclude that you concur that 16 million cars on the European roads are still driving with cheating devices in it. That’s what you’re saying. So you are acknowledging that 16 million cars on the European roads are having illegal defeat devices in it, because that is important, meanwhile – things have changed, Mr Gieseke. Also, many court cases have made clear that all the arguments of the car industry, ‘we need that software’, they have been dismissed. It is illegal. And all the arguments the car industry used to say why it was needed have been dismissed. Defeat devices are illegal and the court cases have been very clear that even software updates that have been done, for example, by Volkswagen have been declared illegal and insufficient. So then we do turn to the Commission. Yes, I know very well – I was there on all the changes that you did. But what are you going to do with those 16 million cars on the European roads that are having illegal defeat devices in it? What are you going to do to the car industry? Are you going to make sure that they are required to do something about that so that our citizens are not suffering from that? And most importantly, are you going to require and are you going to assess what all the different recalls, which are just nationally diverse, what they have achieved until now? What is the effect of those recalls and those fixes? That’s the information that we want, and for the rest, we want a Commission that is really tougher on maintaining European law – something the EPP also always finds very important, last time I checked.
Debate: Dieselgate: suspected widespread use of defeat devices in cars to reduce effectiveness of pollution control systems
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Zdzisław Krasnodębski
Political group: ECR
Country: Greece
Language: PL

Być może powodem tego stanu rzeczy jest to, że przemysł samochodowy w Niemczech ma ogromne wpływy polityczne. Dotyczy to szczególnie koncernu Volkswagen, bo od niego się wszystko zaczęło. Jak wiemy, Dolna Saksonia posiada 20% akcji Volkswagena, a jej przedstawiciele zasiadali w zarządzie Volkswagena. Wśród nich był Gerhard Schröder – wcale nie chadek, tylko socjaldemokrata. Obecny prezes Federalnego Trybunału Konstytucyjnego, będąc posłem do Bundestagu, był partnerem w kancelarii adwokackiej Schilling, Zutt & Anschütz, która doradzała koncernowi Volkswagen i reprezentowała go w aferze dieslowej. Oszustwo o tej skali oraz powiązania koncernów samochodowych ze światem polityki świadczyły, jak wiele innych skandali w Niemczech w ostatnich latach, o całym systemie politycznym i o praworządności w kraju, który uchodził za wzór liberalnej demokracji. Lepiej było więc milczeć i zająć się na przykład praworządnością w Polsce.
Debate: Dieselgate: suspected widespread use of defeat devices in cars to reduce effectiveness of pollution control systems
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: André Rougé
Political group: ID
Country: Spain
Language: FR

Bien sûr, ces mensonges aux acheteurs et à l’Union européenne n’auraient jamais dû exister. Il faut néanmoins essayer de comprendre comment ces constructeurs en sont arrivés là. Les normes environnementales toujours plus irréalisables de Bruxelles ont fini par pousser ces constructeurs à la faute. C’est en effet une guerre réglementaire, relevant d’une écologie punitive, que mène l’Union européenne depuis des années à l’égard des automobilistes.  La préservation de la santé des Européens et la lutte contre la pollution sont louables, mais les moyens employés toujours déconnectés de la réalité, arbitraires et injustes. Hier, les Européens étaient incités à acheter des voitures diesel. Aujourd’hui, ils sont contraints de passer à l’électrique, et cela, en déplaçant géographiquement une pollution générée par l’extraction de terres rares, nécessaires à la fabrication de batteries. Qu’en sera-t-il demain?  La manœuvre entreprise avec ce débat est claire: s’en prendre une nouvelle fois aux moteurs thermiques, sans penser que, au fin fond de nos campagnes et de la France d’outre-mer, beaucoup de compatriotes fonctionnent encore avec des groupes électrogènes.  C’est donc avec impatience que nous attendons le débat sur la pollution générée par la fabrication des batteries électriques: pollution des cours d’eau, de l’air, des sols, venant s’ajouter aux pollutions qui touchent, parfois gravement, d’autres continents. Mais l’Union européenne fermera les yeux, estimant sans doute qu’il y a de bonnes pollutions et de mauvaises pollutions.
Debate: Dieselgate: suspected widespread use of defeat devices in cars to reduce effectiveness of pollution control systems
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Laura Ferrara
Political group: NI
Country: Poland
Language: IT

Signora Presidente, dal rapporto dell'International Council on Clean Transportation si evince che dallo scandalo Dieselgate del 2015 non sia cambiato nulla.  Il 77 % dei test rivela infatti ancora emissioni cosiddette sospette, un dato che potrebbe essere spiegato dalla possibilità che milioni di auto diesel in Europa usino un dispositivo di manipolazione. Con la commissione parlamentare d'inchiesta EMIS emerse la mancanza di volontà politica di agire per proteggere la qualità dell'aria e la salute pubblica, nonostante la Commissione europea e gli Stati membri fossero a conoscenza da più di un decennio dell'esistenza di discrepanze tra i test sulle emissioni di ossido di azoto effettuati in laboratorio e quelli misurati su strada. Furono persino descritte le diverse strategie che suggerivano l'utilizzo di impianti di manipolazione per i veicoli leggeri e pesanti, oggetto di sentenze della Corte di giustizia dell'Unione europea. E allora basta con questo inganno. Le istituzioni europee e gli Stati membri devono scegliere se continuare a fare gli interessi delle lobby automobilistiche o salvaguardare ambiente e salute dei cittadini.
Debate: Dieselgate: suspected widespread use of defeat devices in cars to reduce effectiveness of pollution control systems
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Petar Vitanov
Political group: S-D
Country: Spain
Language: EN

Madam President, Commissioner, less than a month ago, the European Court of Justice decided that car buyers may be entitled to compensation in the event of an illegal defeat device. And this is a fair decision because the consumers need to get their rights protected and I would say that this is the most important thing. The other important thing is that thermal windows are no longer allowed with Euro 7. The reason for this problem was laid down in the Euro 6, but this is – some people would say –basically a decision of the past. But there is one big problem, which is the reason for this debate, and this is the reporting of the ICCT, which shows that despite this huge scandal, despite the court ruling, there are still almost 17 million cars circulating which most likely still have the Dieselgate defeat devices. Nothing is being done to remove them or fix them. And this is absolutely unacceptable and we definitely need adequate and effective actions for that.
Debate: Dieselgate: suspected widespread use of defeat devices in cars to reduce effectiveness of pollution control systems
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Valter Flego
Political group: Renew
Country: Sweden
Language: HR

Poštovana predsjedavajuća, ma ljudi moji dragi, prošlo je gotovo osam godina od skandala Dieselgate.  S druge pak strane, sada Međunarodno vijeće za čisti prijevoz govori o tome da oko 77 posto EU automobila s dizelskim motorima proizvodi takve emisije koje ukazuju na prisutnost uređaja za varanje na emisijama u automobilima i imaju, pod navodnicima, sumnjive rezultate.  Znamo, pak, da je Sud Europske unije u dvanaestom mjesecu još 2020. proglasio takve uređaje u vozilima nelegalnim. I te dvije činjenice, znate, treba shvatiti vrlo, vrlo, vrlo ozbiljno.  Dakle, ako zbrojimo dva plus dva i dodamo još najvažniju stavku, a to je, naravno, zdravlje građana, a ne želja za profitom automobilske industrije, onda je jasno, poštovani povjereniče Schmit, što treba raditi.  Očekujem stoga vrlo rigorozne i pedantne kontrole svih novoproizvedenih automobila kako bismo bili sigurni da se proizvode u skladu s donesenim normama. Prošlost ne možemo mijenjati, ali možemo utjecati na budućnost i zato vjerujem da hoćemo već danas znati kako kontrolirati i regulirati sve automobile da nam se, nedajbože, ne dogodi više nekakav ‘electrigate’.
Debate: Dieselgate: suspected widespread use of defeat devices in cars to reduce effectiveness of pollution control systems
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Ciarán Cuffe
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Ireland
Language: EN

Madam President, Commissioner, if you’re drunk and you vomit in a taxi in my home city of Dublin, you pay the price: €160 to the driver as compensation for the damage that you have caused. That is fair and right. However, nitrogen dioxide emissions, largely produced by diesel vehicles, kill 64 000 people every year. So I ask when will car manufacturers pay for the damage of the Dieselgate scandal? The ICCT tells us 16 million cars on European roads still carry pollution—cheating devices, even though they are banned in the EU. While car company profits soar, the health of European citizens suffers. How many recalls and fixes have been carried out? What actions are being taken by the Commission? Do you accept the ICCT’s findings that defeat devices remain widespread? EU rules are clear: corrective action by car manufacturers through recalls and fixes is an obligation, and yet action is minimal, sporadic and ineffective. If taxi customers pay for the damage, why aren’t car manufacturers forced to do the same?
Debate: Dieselgate: suspected widespread use of defeat devices in cars to reduce effectiveness of pollution control systems
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Angel Dzhambazki
Political group: ECR
Country: Germany
Language: BG

Г-жо Председател, не разбрах много примера с това, когато някой пиян клиент повръща в таксито, но може би има и такива случаи, не знам. Това обаче, което знам е, че между 2000 и 2015 г. много всички препоръчваха дизеловите автомобили и хората в Европа си купуваха дизелови автомобили, защото бяха рекламирани като по-зелени, като по-спестяващи и като по ефективни.  Сега обаче се оказва, че това не е било точно така, а тази година не е толкова далече назад и хората се запитват дали няма някакъв лобизъм, дали няма нещо, което кара зали като тази и политици, които взимат решения да им пробутват през 10 - 15 години промяна на автомобилния парк и на начина, по който работят, и по начина, по който всъщност изкарват и своите доходи, работейки и използвайки своите автомобили.  Изглежда, че Европейският парламент и Европейската комисия всъщност работят лобистки, работят за някакви лобистки фирми. Ще е интересно да чуем след няколко години колко е била вредна електрическата кампания, за която се говори в момента.
Debate: Dieselgate: suspected widespread use of defeat devices in cars to reduce effectiveness of pollution control systems
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Kateřina Konečná
Political group: The Left
Country: Greece
Language: CS

Vážení kolegové, jako bývalá místopředsedkyně vyšetřovacího výboru pro měření emisí v automobilovém průmyslu vidím výsledek kauzy Dieselgate v Evropské unii jako jednu velkou prohru pro všechny. Prohrál náš průmysl, který ztratil dobyté pozice na trhu ve Spojených státech. Prohráli naši spotřebitelé, kteří nebyli ani zdaleka odškodněni jako ti za oceánem, a prohrály i evropské instituce, které se prostě nepoučily. Co byl hlavní důvod vzniku celého skandálu? Přece to, že se uzákoněné cíle snižování emisí odpojily od toho, co je fyzikálně, cenově a sociálně možné. Když se podívám na schválený konec prodeje nových aut se spalovacím motorem v kombinaci s nově navrženou normou Euro 7, nemohu dojít k jinému závěru, než že se historie prostě bude opakovat. Obsahuje-li nové Euro 7 požadavky, které nelze v současnosti za použití nejlepších senzorů změřit, k čemu asi tak dojde? Kolegové, kauza Diseselgate nebyla přece ojedinělým selháním našich výrobců, ale vyústěním dlouhé řady špatných politických rozhodnutí. Nerespektují-li přijaté cíle to, co je reálně v praxi možné a společensky únosné, je pak jasné, že je ti, co je mají uvést v život, je obchází a ignorují. V tomhle nadále pokračujeme.
Debate: Dieselgate: suspected widespread use of defeat devices in cars to reduce effectiveness of pollution control systems
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Carlos Zorrinho
Political group: S-D
Language: PT

Senhora Presidente, Senhor Comissário, integrei a comissão de inquérito que, em 2017, concluiu que a existência de discrepâncias entre as emissões de óxidos de azoto nos automóveis a diesel durante os ensaios em laboratório e em condições reais de condução era efetiva. O escândalo do  O relatório da comissão de inquérito foi também muito claro nas suas recomendações, de forma a garantir melhor legislação, ensaios independentes e melhor supervisão dos carros em circulação. Passaram mais de seis anos. Com resistências, a visão europeia para o futuro da indústria automóvel tem—se vindo a focar cada vez mais na eletrificação e na descarbonização. A transição tem que assegurar a competitividade da indústria, mas também a sustentabilidade ambiental das soluções. O progressivo enfraquecimento das regras previstas no pacote Euro 7 não é um sinal positivo. Errar uma vez é lamentável. Repetir o erro é inaceitável. Como se verificou em 2017, há poupanças imediatas que apenas transportam para o futuro custos brutais e impactos que deixam pegadas negativas e impossíveis de apagar.
Debate: Dieselgate: suspected widespread use of defeat devices in cars to reduce effectiveness of pollution control systems
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Jorge Buxadé Villalba
Political group: ECR
Country: Spain
Language: ES

Señor presidente, señor comisario, lo importante del caso diésel no es la sentencia tardía del Tribunal de Justicia, sino lo que hicieron ustedes después del escándalo —acelerar la delirante agenda climática obligando a la electrificación—, ya que, así, Europa, líder mundial en motores de combustión limpios, pierde la posición que habían ido ganando sus empresas durante décadas.  Pero ¿qué le deben ustedes al Partido Comunista chino? Cuando hace pocas semanas ustedes decidieron la prohibición de los motores de combustión sabían, como yo, que las importaciones de China habían crecido en 2021 un 160 %, que Europa en cinco años ha perdido el 31 % del mercado, y que un 20 % ha sido ganado por China.  Pero yo apreté el botón correcto; ustedes apretaron el botón verde. Su botón verde es un enemigo de las empresas y de los trabajadores de Europa. Han logrado con un dedazo que Europa pierda toda la ventaja competitiva en el motor de combustión, mientras China podrá seguir contaminando sin freno.  Ford ha anunciado el despido de 1 100 trabajadores en Valencia. En España hay dos millones de empleos puestos en riesgo. Son ustedes culpables, y la única salida es revertir su delirio. En España tenemos una expresión: «si no sabes torear, ¿para qué te metes?». Así que, si no saben, déjenlo.
Debate: Dieselgate: suspected widespread use of defeat devices in cars to reduce effectiveness of pollution control systems
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Georg Mayer
Political group: ID
Country: France
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin! Das Dieselgate hat Europa und vor allem die Konsumenten in Europa tief erschüttert in ihrem Vertrauen in die Automobilindustrie. Uns und auch den Menschen in Europa ging es ja ähnlich beim Katargate unserer sozialistischen Freunde im Haus. Nur hier ging es ganz glasklar um Korruption der S&D-Fraktion, die – nebenbei erwähnt – auch dringend Aufklärung bedarf. Hier hat man ein bisschen das Gefühl, es wird hier der Mantel des Schweigens darübergelegt. Auf der anderen Seite, beim Dieselgate, geht es um einen Betrug am Konsumenten, dem Konsumenten gegenüber, der ja immer eine schwächere Stellung gegenüber der Industrie hat. Deshalb sind diese Vorabentscheidungen oder ist dieses Vorabentscheidungsverfahren auch so wichtig, nämlich um einen Kräfteausgleich zwischen einer finanziell starken Industrie und den Konsumenten hier in Europa zu erreichen.
Debate: Dieselgate: suspected widespread use of defeat devices in cars to reduce effectiveness of pollution control systems
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Matthias Ecke
Political group: S-D
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen! Der Abgasskandal hat uns gerade auch in Deutschland viel beschäftigt. Ich bedauere, dass das deutsche Traditionsunternehmen VW hier Schaden angerichtet und Vertrauen in die Autoindustrie verspielt hat. Die EU hat aber gut und richtig reagiert. In allen Mitgliedstaaten ist nun vorgeschrieben, dass Prüfungen von Fahrzeugen im realen Fahrbetrieb erfolgen müssen. So kann die doch erhebliche Kluft geschlossen werden zwischen den auf dem Prüfstand gemessenen CO2-Emissionswerten und denen im Straßenverkehr. Auch zur Messung der Stickoxidemissionen wurde die Untersuchung im praktischen Fahrbetrieb eingeführt. Diese Entscheidung ist richtig, und sie liegt auch der neuen Abgasnorm Euro 7 zugrunde, an der wir gerade arbeiten. Diese
Debate: Dieselgate: suspected widespread use of defeat devices in cars to reduce effectiveness of pollution control systems
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Vera Tax
Political group: S-D
Country: Sweden
Language: NL

Voorzitter, met Dieselgate hebben de autofabrikanten het vertrouwen van de consument verraden. We wisten het niet en je zag het niet, maar het heeft desastreuze effecten. Ik zal ook een voorbeeld geven. De regio Limburg, waar ik woon, is één van de groenste en mooiste regio’s van Nederland, met prachtige groene weides en heerlijke fietslandschappen. Maar in diezelfde regio leven mensen gemiddeld elf maanden korter dan in de rest van Nederland. Dat komt door luchtvervuiling van de industrie en het wegvervoer. Dat is niet alleen in mijn land het geval, maar in heel Europa. Jaarlijks sterven 300 000 mensen eerder door luchtvervuiling. Dat is dus de reden waarom we in de EU ook wetgeving maken zodat auto’s minder en uiteindelijk niks meer uitstoten.  Het verraad van de auto-industrie staat in de annalen. Maar het effect voelen we nog steeds. Veel van deze vervuilende auto’s rijden nog steeds in onze straten. Van Dieselgate hebben we geleerd dat de auto-industrie er alles aan doet om regels in het belang van mens en milieu te omzeilen. Laat dit een les zijn die we niet vergeten. Vertrouwen is goed, maar controle is beter.