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Debate: EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Biljana Borzan
Political group: S-D
Country: Belgium
Language: HR

Poštovani predsjedavajući, mislim da se svi možemo složiti da krize mlade pogađaju na specifičan način.  Neki važni životni koraci koje smo svi prošli u životu njima su oduzeti. Kažemo, dom je osjećaj, a ne mjesto. Međutim, mladi će vam reći i mjesto je. Još prije kriza, čak 30 % mladih od 15 do 29 godina bilo je u prenapučenom smještaju, a većina ne može sanjati da posjeduje vlastitu nekretninu. Cijene stanarina i režija su eksplodirale, a cijene kvadrata stambenog prostora još i više. U većini država članica plaće ni u promilu nisu pratile taj rast. U mojoj zemlji Hrvatskoj više od 55 % ljudi ima problem s plaćanjem režija, što je gotovo 20 % više nego prosjek Europske unije. S druge strane, mladi u Hrvatskoj ostaju u roditeljskom domu puno dulje nego što je to prosjek Europske unije, čak do 33 godine, skoro najdulje u Europskoj uniji, iza Portugala. Tome svakako doprinosi rast cijena najma za 20 %, a cijena nekretnina za 30 %.  Međutim, ovdje ne govorimo samo o ekonomskom problemu. Riječ je i o problemima s mentalnim zdravljem. Čak 60 % građana Europske unije kaže da su životni uvjeti njihov glavni uzrok. Posljedice ovih problema su nesagledive. Zato mi socijalisti tražimo europski odgovor na ovaj problem. Potrebna je nova regulacija stambenog tržišta. Moramo stati na kraj divljanju cijena.  Moramo stati na kraj nejednakostima u društvu.
Debate: EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Eva Maria Poptcheva
Political group: Renew
Language: ES

Señor presidente, señor comisario, señor secretario de Estado, el problema al que se enfrentan los jóvenes europeos va mucho más allá del acceso a la vivienda y el bajo poder adquisitivo. Se trata de una verdadera crisis intergeneracional. Los datos de desempleo juvenil son preocupantes y los trabajos disponibles son, a menudo, precarios, con salarios bajos y temporales. Esto dificulta la emancipación y el acceso a la vivienda. Por ejemplo, en España, el 83 % de los jóvenes de entre 18 y 30 años siguen viviendo en casa de sus padres.  Ante esta situación, escuchamos en esta Cámara las voces del populismo económico enfocadas a dividir. Pero lo que realmente necesitan nuestros jóvenes son reformas valientes. Esa misma valentía que le ha faltado a los Gobiernos de izquierda y de derecha para reformar el sistema educativo, el mercado laboral y el sistema de pensiones. Los jóvenes europeos merecen una verdadera oportunidad de desarrollar su proyecto de vida. Seamos valientes.
Debate: EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Nicolae Ştefănuță
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Belgium
Language: RO

Domnule președinte, mă tot uitam la tinerii aceia de sus, care au venit să sprijine Europa, dar e greu să sprijini Europa când n-ai bani în buzunar, când e umilitor că n-ai casă, că singura ta casă este canapeaua din casa părinților. Un tânăr din România nu are aceleași condiții ca în Vest. Condițiile de creditare sunt diferite, dobânzile sunt foarte mari, salariile sunt foarte mici. Le-a fost promis că dacă fac școală, dacă se țin de școală, dacă lucrează, vor avea toate aceste lucruri și nu le au până după 30 de ani și poate chiar mai târziu. Așadar, noi trebuie să ducem bunele exemple la nivel european. Mă gândesc la orașul Viena, care se asigură că acele chirii pentru tineri sunt mici, că oamenii bogați nu sunt despărțiți de oamenii săraci la marginea orașelor și aș propune chiar o taxă pe avere pentru a finanța construcția de locuințe sociale, așa încât tinerii să poată să aibă mai mare fond social locativ. Chiar îi spun ministrului de acasă, dl Veștea, să investească toți banii din PNRR, cât mai mulți bani din PNRR, să avem locuințe sociale. Este important pentru tineri, pentru că fără ei nu construim Europa, fără ei pierdem Europa.
Debate: EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Joachim Stanisław Brudziński
Political group: ECR
Country: Germany
Language: PL

Panie Przewodniczący! Szanowni Państwo! Wiele zostało już powiedziane o praktycznie załamanym pokoleniu, załamanym czy to pandemią koronawirusa. Mówiono tutaj wiele o problemach związanych z chorobami psychicznymi, z depresją. I na ten problem nakłada się problem braku dostępności do mieszkań. Jest to problem niezależnie od tego, czy mówimy o państwach starej Unii Europejskiej, czy o państwach, które dołączyły do Wspólnoty później. Dzisiaj ceny nieruchomości czy ceny mieszkań, czy to w Paryżu, w Rzymie, w Dublinie czy w Warszawie, Pradze, w Bratysławie, są praktycznie dla młodego pokolenia nieosiągalne. Kto jest tego beneficjentem? Banki i inwestycje finansowe, które tworzą bańkę spekulacyjną na ceny nieruchomości. I obraz, który mieliśmy w oczach, kiedy oglądaliśmy czasami takie patodeweloperki w Hongkongu, w państwach Azji, dzisiaj ma miejsce chociażby w Warszawie. Cena za metr takiej patodeweloperki, mieszkania kilkunastometrowego, gdzie łóżka praktycznie są przykręcane do ściany, sięga kilku tysięcy złotych. Kto jest tego beneficjentem? Instytucje finansowe i banki. Albo zawalczymy o młode pokolenie, albo będzie to pokolenie stracone. Tak odsądzany od czci i wiary rząd Prawa i Sprawiedliwości przeznaczył np. 2% podatku dofinansowywanego z budżetu państwa dla ludzi młodych. Podnieśliśmy wiek do 26. roku życia, aby młodzi ludzie nie płacili podatków. Takie działania należy podejmować.
Debate: EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Sandra Pereira
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: PT

Senhor Presidente, em Portugal, os jovens saem de casa, em média, por volta dos 30 anos, de acordo com os dados de 2022. E, ao contrário das narrativas liberais, não o fazem por opção própria ou falta de literacia financeira. Fazem—no, pois os custos com a habitação são incomportáveis: as prestações da casa, que os aumentos das taxas de juro ditadas pelo BCE têm agravado significativamente, enquanto os lucros da banca atingem novos máximos; as rendas que vão sempre subindo; o aumento do custo de vida, que continua a apertar; os baixos salários, que persistem. Tanto mais grave quando os jovens são fustigados pela precariedade e pela política de baixos salários. Os jovens não precisam de mais estratégias, nem de anos europeus da juventude que, como vimos, ao invés de resolverem os seus problemas, ainda os têm aprofundado. Os jovens precisam de medidas concretas, imediatas, e é hora de investir na disponibilização de habitação pública, construindo, requalificando e adquirindo habitações. É hora de travar penhoras e despejos, de impedir a especulação e controlar as rendas. É hora de os jovens terem direito ao futuro com que sonharam.
Debate: EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Kostas Papadakis
Political group: NI
Country: Czechia
Language: EL

Κύριε Πρόεδρε, η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση και οι κυβερνήσεις είναι ένοχες: πανάκριβη λαϊκή κατοικία, απλησίαστα ενοίκια, εκτίναξη ακρίβειας και ενεργειακής φτώχειας, αλλεπάλληλες αυξήσεις επιτοκίων της Ευρωπαϊκής Κεντρικής Τράπεζας, πλειστηριασμοί λαϊκών νοικοκυριών. Τα νέα ζευγάρια που ξεμένουν από τις 15 του μήνα αδυνατούν να ανοίξουν, πόσο μάλλον να αποκτήσουν δικό τους σπίτι. Μένουν με τους γονείς τους. Τα κυβερνητικά προγράμματα στέγασης φορτώνουν τα νέα ζευγάρια με χρέη, αυξάνοντας τις τιμές της κατοικίας και εξασφαλίζουν κέρδη και πελατεία στις τράπεζες και τους κατασκευαστικούς ομίλους. Οι δε ευρωενωσιακές, πράσινες και ψηφιακές πανάκριβες προδιαγραφές κάνουν ακόμα πιο απρόσιτο όνειρο τη λαϊκή κατοικία για τους νέους. Αυτή τη στρατηγική της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης τη στηρίζει επίσης και η κυβέρνηση της Νέας Δημοκρατίας στην Ελλάδα, όπως και οι προηγούμενες.  Απαιτούμε πραγματικές αυξήσεις μισθών, την κατάργηση έμμεσων και ειδικών φόρων, τη φορολογία του μεγάλου κεφαλαίου. Κανένας πλειστηριασμός λαϊκής κατοικίας. Είμαστε ενάντια στην πράσινη αντιλαϊκή στρατηγική και την κατοικία-εμπόρευμα. Ο λαός με τη δική του εξουσία μπορεί να εξασφαλίσει το δικαίωμα στα νέα ζευγάρια, στον λαό συνολικά, για κατοικία με βάση τις σύγχρονες ανάγκες και τα τεχνολογικά επιτεύγματα.
Debate: EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Eleni Stavrou
Political group: PPE
Language: EL

Κύριε Πρόεδρε, αντιμετωπίζουμε μια πρωτοφανή κρίση ακρίβειας. Ο πληθωρισμός έχει περιοριστεί επιτυχώς, όμως αυτό δεν έγινε χωρίς δυσβάστακτες αυξήσεις στα επιτόκια, το ύψος των οποίων περιορίζει την αγοραστική δύναμη των πολιτών και εκτοξεύει τις δανειακές τους υποχρεώσεις. Την ίδια στιγμή, η αστυφιλία και ο σύγχρονος τρόπος ζωής έχουν επιβαρύνει τις πόλεις και, ως επακόλουθο της αυξανόμενης ροής πληθυσμού σε αυτές, έχουν εκτινάξει τις τιμές των ενοικίων και των ακινήτων, καθιστώντας πανάκριβη τη στέγαση για τους νέους που ξεκινούν τη ζωή τους γεμάτοι όνειρα και όρεξη.  Η Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση έχει δεσμευτεί να στηρίξει τους νέους. Οφείλει να το δείξει έμπρακτα, αντιμετωπίζοντας τη στεγαστική κρίση και την αύξηση του κόστους ζωής, μέσω χρηματοδοτικών προγραμμάτων, ευρωπαϊκών πόρων, με νομοθετική ρύθμιση και με τη διόρθωση των στρεβλώσεων εκμετάλλευσης και αισχροκέρδειας. Οφείλουμε να υιοθετήσουμε πρωτοβουλίες για προσιτή στέγαση και για την αντιμετώπιση της αύξησης στο κόστος δανεισμού για σπίτια και διαμερίσματα, επενδύοντας σε κοινωνικοοικονομικά προγράμματα. Δημιουργούμε ένα περιβάλλον όπου οι νέοι μπορούν να οικοδομήσουν το μέλλον τους με ελπίδα και σταθερότητα. Η συνεργασία σε επίπεδο Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης ανοίγει νέους ορίζοντες για τη νεολαία, προσφέροντας πρακτικές λύσεις στις προκλήσεις της εποχής μας. Οι νέοι δεν περιμένουν από εμάς ούτε έτοιμα χρήματα, ούτε έτοιμη στέγη, ούτε έτοιμες δουλειές. Περιμένουν να καταρρίψουμε τα εμπόδια που έχουν δημιουργηθεί και που κατάντησαν βαρίδια στην εκπλήρωση των ονείρων τους.
Debate: EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Rovana Plumb
Political group: S-D
Country: Poland
Language: EN

Mr President, dear all, dear Commissioner, with the rising energy prices, increased inflation and a struggling economy, it’s a difficult time for everyone. For those of us on lower incomes, including many social housing residents, this amount is nothing less than a cost of living crisis. According to the latest data available from 2020, almost 28 % of young people in the EU have been affected by overcrowded accommodation. Access to secure, affordable, long term housing is at crisis point across Europe. It is affecting our social and economic prosperity as well as social cohesion. Decent and affordable housing is a human right, not a market for speculation. The EU can and must play an important role for a more fair and inclusive housing landscape across Europe, and should properly regulate the European housing market. As young people tend to travel to big cities in search of good opportunities for their personal and professional development, they are also competing with the ever increasing market for short-term rentals for tourism. Therefore, the housing situation is having an enormous impact on young people’s mental health. Public intervention in the mortgage market is a pressing social justice imperative, and the key to fair wealth distribution to protect the most vulnerable and the young people. It is time to take action to ensure a financial and mental wellbeing of young people. The EU also needs to boost public investments in green and social housing. Let’s protect and support our young generation.
Debate: EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Barry Andrews
Political group: Renew
Country: Ireland
Language: EN

Vice President, Commissioner and colleagues, there’s no doubt that young people are worse off than previous generations and struggling to meet their basic needs. Addressing the housing and cost-of-living crisis is immensely complex, but one angle that is often overlooked is that of vacancy. In Ireland particularly, commercial property vacancy is at an all-time high and yet we are struggling to meet housing needs. The impacts of vacancy go beyond housing. Firstly, the more derelict sites we have, the fewer spaces are dedicated as cultural venues, as marketplaces, meeting points or independent businesses. Secondly, converting vacancy to occupancy means less carbon emissions than new builds. And thirdly, as we have seen in Dublin recently, crime is closely related with vacancy due to the absence of footfall and the activities of daily life. I believe we have not yet realised the extent of vacancy and Europe can lead. First, we need an EU common methodology for collecting data on vacancy. Second, the EU could also lead in rethinking office spaces: 60% of Dublin’s vacant buildings are commercial. Tackling vacancy would be one of the most efficient ways of providing alternative and greener sources of accommodation, of revitalising our communities and of making our cities safer for young and old.
Debate: EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Dorien Rookmaker
Political group: ECR
Country: Netherlands
Language: NL

Voorzitter, geachte collega’s, de verlaging van de rente en het monetaire beleid van de ECB hebben in de EU geleid tot inflatie en een ongekende stijging van de prijzen van huizen. Hierdoor worden vooral starters getroffen, jongeren dus. Voor veel mensen is de aankoop van een huis het begin van een financieel zekere toekomst. Dat dit nu buiten bereik van vele jongeren ligt, is ook een gevaar voor de stabiliteit en de toekomst van Europa. Met de verhoging van de rente door de ECB is een daling van de huizenprijzen ingezet, maar in Nederland zorgt dit in combinatie met nationaal beleid voor een teruglopend aanbod. Ik kan me niet onttrekken aan de indruk dat onze nationale overheid en ook de EU handelen zonder veel begrip van de problemen die ze denken op te lossen. Het is dan ook met gemengde gevoelens dat ik hier sta. Ja, het is zo dat 17 % van de EU-bevolking tussen de 15 en 29 jaar oud is. En ja, het is zo dat een derde daarvan in armoede leeft. Maar is de overheid de aangewezen instantie om dit op te lossen of zal ze de problemen alleen maar verergeren? In het ergste geval zal de netelige financiële positie van jongeren in Europa politiek worden misbruikt door de EU en haar politici voor politieke profilering en machtsconcentratie in Brussel. We moeten ervoor waken dat dat niet gebeurt, maar dat jongeren centraal staan en in staat worden gesteld door middel van opleiding en werk verantwoordelijkheid te nemen voor hun eigen leven en toekomst.
Debate: EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Marc Botenga
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, aujourd’hui, quand vous regardez l’évolution des loyers en Belgique, je pense que sur les cinq dernières années, ils ont augmenté de 12 %, et à Bruxelles, sur les dix dernières années, de 30 %. Acheter une maison ou un appartement pour un jeune ou pour un jeune couple relève presque de l’impossible. Et quand vous y arrivez, c’est trouver une crèche qui relève du coup de chance, car il faut avoir inscrit votre enfant avant même de l’avoir conçu, sinon on ne trouve pas de crèche. Tous ces problèmes-là, on peut les résoudre. Il n’y a pas besoin d’une baguette magique pour les résoudre, mais ça demande des investissements. Cela veut dire que nous devons investir dans le logement, que nous devons investir dans les services publics. On peut tous ici pleurer sur le sort des jeunes, qui nous importe vraiment, mais si vous revenez avec l’austérité, avec les règles européennes qui nous obligent, qui obligent les États à couper dans les services publics, à dépenser moins, à arrêter les investissements sociaux, on reviendra d’ici six mois pleurer de nouveau, se plaindre du sort des jeunes. Il faut des investissements. Non à l’austérité!
Debate: EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Katarína Roth Neveďalová
Political group: NI
Language: SK

Vážený pán predsedajúci, som veľmi rada, že socialisti vyvolali diskusiu o mladých ľuďoch a o ich situácii, čo sa týka životných nákladov a takisto aj bývania. Ja som o tejto téme hovorila veľmi veľa a som veľmi rada, že dnes môžeme o tom hovoriť znova na pôde tohto parlamentu. Ale dôležité je, čo vlastne skutočne môžeme urobiť. Som veľmi rada, že to boli takisto práve ľavičiari, boli to socialisti, ktorí napríklad vytvorili mládežnícku garanciu, garanciu pre mladých, ktorá pomohla veľmi veľa mladým ľuďom v Európskej únii sa dostať z nezamestnanosti a naozaj im pomohla nájsť možno iné zručnosti, ktoré potrebovali pre trh práce. Myslím si, že to bol veľmi úspešný projekt. Mali by sme naň nadviazať ďalšími úspešnými projektmi alebo inými nápadmi, ktoré by naozaj situácie mladých ľudí vedeli riešiť. V mojej krajine na Slovensku takisto mladí ľudia veľmi dlho zostávajú žiť so svojimi rodičmi. Patríme medzi tých úplne najhorších v Európskej únii. A nie je to tým, že by boli takí pohodlní títo mladí ľudia, ale naozaj je to spôsobené tým, že je to nutnosť, pretože si to vlastné bývanie nevedia dovoliť. Myslím si, že potrebujeme im pomôcť pri hľadaní práce, ale potrebujeme hlavne stavať dostupné bývanie a určite ich zapojiť do politického procesu. A som veľmi rada, že ako bývalá viceprezidentka môžem pochváliť prácu Európskeho mládežníckeho fóra, ktoré naozaj pracuje s mladými ľuďmi a dobre reprezentuje ich práva a ich nároky, ktoré by žiadali.
Debate: EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Marc Angel
Political group: S-D
Country: Luxembourg
Language: EN

Mr President, Commissioner Schmidt, Secretary of State Navarro Ríos, colleagues, even though housing is a human right, the number of young people struggling to find and to afford a place they can call their home is rising every day in all the 27 Member States.  Too many young people are experiencing homelessness and, as a consequence, they suffer from high rates of chronic health conditions, mental and substance use disorders. Bad housing conditions and homelessness is even worse for children because it puts them at risk of emotional and behavioural problems, which affect their school success.  Let me also recall the worrying rise of LGBTI youth homelessness. Intersectional discrimination, lack of tolerance and racism are linked to the housing crisis, and deepening our Union of Equality also means fighting discrimination and inequalities in the housing market, and this will benefit young people and students. I am glad that yesterday, with the Spanish Presidency, we concluded the deepening and the strengthening of the equality bodies, because this is also fighting against discrimination on the housing market.  We must solve the housing crisis and therefore we call for an integrated EU strategy that creates a favourable framework for local, regional and national authorities. To guarantee housing for all, the Socialists and Democrats support a number of progressive policies, such as rental price control measures, the exclusion of social spending from fiscal policies, the revision of the housing cost overburden rate and rules to avoid that student and other apartments are used for tourist purposes. Therefore, we support also the Commission’s regulation to regulate short-term rentals.  The rampant housing crisis is a clear market failure. Housing has become an object of speculation to a level where young people and students can no longer find affordable housing. A well-regulated market capable of providing affordable housing to all is urgently required. Public housing policy also should be excluded from competition and State aid rules, thereby allowing governments to design a strong public housing policy. Everybody deserves a place that they can call home and we must deliver.
Debate: EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Irena Joveva
Political group: Renew
Country: Latvia
Language: SL

Gospod predsednik. Koliko tu prisotnih se vas je kdaj pošalilo na račun mladih, denimo 30-letnikov in -letnic, ki še vedno živijo pri starših? Ali pa slišalo tiste vice o „hotelu mama“? Najbrž marsikdo. Meni so takšne opazke žalostne. Okoliščine, s katerimi se danes soočajo mlade generacije, so lahko smešne samo v satiri, kar pa resnične okoliščine niso. Premalo nepremičnin, rekordna stopnja inflacije, visoke obrestne mere kreditov na eni strani, na drugi pa premalo kakovostnih, stabilnih in ustrezno plačanih delovnih mest. Vse to mlade postavlja v nezavidljiv položaj, ki mimogrede ne ogroža samo njihove samostojnosti, ampak tudi njihovo duševno zdravje. To so pokazale številne raziskave. Pobude za ustvarjanje kakovostnih delovnih mest na ravni Unije obstajajo in stremijo k mladim prijazni ureditvi trga delovne sile. Nimamo pa pobud za ugodna stanovanja, recimo spodbujanja gradnje novih stanovanj, uvajanje subvencij za mlade, ki kupujejo stanovanja, omogočanje ugodnih kreditnih pogojev ali iniciative za zapolnitev praznih stanovanj z osredotočanjem na mlade. Veliko je ukrepov, ki bodo prek strategij lahko izboljšali pogoje mladim. Uresničimo jih!
Debate: EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Özlem Demirel
Political group: The Left
Country: Hungary
Language: DE

Herr Präsident, Kolleginnen und Kollegen! Weihnachten steht vor der Tür – eine schöne Zeit, auf die sich viele freuen. Aber wir können uns gar nicht vorstellen, für wie viele Familien mit Kindern und Jugendlichen diese Zeit eine Herausforderung ist. Steigende Lebenshaltungskosten, steigende Nahrungsmittelpreise, horrend hohe Mieten, die einen Großteil des Einkommens auffressen: Das bedeutet Unsicherheit für viele Bürgerinnen und Bürger in der Europäischen Union. Egal ob jung oder alt – Menschen kommen nicht mehr über die Runden. Arme werden an den Rand der Gesellschaft gedrängt. Mittelschichten erodieren. Junge Menschen haben Zukunftsängste. Währenddessen höre ich immer wieder Reden von Frau von der Leyen im Parlament, wie toll diese Kommission die Krisen doch meistere. In der Bundesrepublik Deutschland werden gerade Diskussionen darüber geführt, wie die sozialen Leistungssysteme zusammengestrichen werden können. Nein, Kolleginnen und Kollegen! Wer die Sorgen und Nöte der Bürger ernst nimmt, der investiert in eine soziale Infrastruktur, nicht in Aufrüstung und Krieg. Er investiert in Wohnungen, bezahlbar für alle.