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Debate: The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement - The outcome of EU-UK negotiations
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Liesje Schreinemacher
Political group: Renew
Language: EN

Madam President, today is an historic day for the people in Europe and the UK. The past year we’ve been carving out our future relationship and our vote today marks the last step in establishing the legal framework for our future relations. A relief, because Brexit has been a bumpy ride, to say the least. Like a marriage without a solid pre-nup, the divorce can get extra messy. And while we managed to reach an acceptable divorce settlement and successfully fended off a disastrous no deal, issues continue to arise, issues that call for joint solutions and solutions that start with respecting the commitments that you signed up for, and not by acting unilaterally. Having said that, most of the work in the European Parliament will only commence after the ratification of the agreement. We should have an important role in the implementation and enforcement of the TCA. So in the years to come, I will insist, and I will continue to insist, that our citizens and businesses receive the fair treatment they are entitled to. No unfair subsidies will be given to create unfair competition against our companies.  Lastly, all of our agreements need to be respected to the letter. This deal should give us more possibilities to ensure the mutually agreed foundations of our relationship, which both the EU and the UK signed up for. And for those citizens and businesses that have been hit hard by this new border between the EU and the UK recently, I remain hopeful. I remain hopeful that one day the UK will find its way back to the EU again, because we face the same global challenges and we have more to win by finding a response to these challenges together. After five years of Brexit debate, I hope we can finally stop discussing our divorce and start to envision our new relationship as friends, neighbours and allies in our common future for our citizens and businesses on both sides of the Channel.
Debate: The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement - The outcome of EU-UK negotiations
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Antonio Maria Rinaldi
Political group: ID
Country: Italy
Language: IT

Signora presidente, onorevoli colleghi, fra due mesi, saranno cinque anni dal referendum sulla Brexit. Quante disgustose bugie abbiamo dovuto ascoltare da improvvisati novelli Catone che urlavano " Non hanno compreso invece la legittima volontà di un grande orgoglioso Paese che ha preferito esercitare in modo democratico la propria sovranità invece di delegarla a grigi burocrati che hanno dimostrato nei fatti di non saper gestire neanche un condominio. Personaggi che se avessero lavorato in un'azienda privata sarebbero stati presi immediatamente a pedate. Non credete forse alle mie parole? Con questa maledetta pandemia i cittadini dell'Unione chiedevano soltanto due cose: primo, un serio ed efficace piano vaccinale; secondo, un'azione di sostegno economico rapido e adeguato per dare aiuto concreto alle persone e alle imprese.  Sul primo punto stiamo facendo ridere il mondo, al punto che la Commissione si è rifiutata di pubblicare i contratti integrali. Il Regno Unito su questo tema ci ha umiliato. Ho saputo che l'Unione europea ha fatto causa alla casa farmaceutica AstraZeneca. Speriamo che gli avvocati incaricati non siano gli stessi che hanno formulato i contratti l'anno scorso. Piuttosto, perché la Commissione non si avvale questa volta di qualche ottimo studio legale di Londra? Avrebbero la certezza di vincere! Riguardo all'azione economica, a maggio prossimo, ricordo, sarà un anno dal lancio del Nex Generation EU di cui il  Il Regno Unito ha invece potuto fare investimenti ad alto moltiplicatore e senza perdere né tempo prezioso al punto che desidero scommettere qui davanti a tutti voi che fra due anni la loro crescita sarà molto superiore a quella dell'Unione europea. La Brexit poteva pertanto essere un'ottima occasione per fare il  Visto che nessuno fino ad ora ha avuto il coraggio e l'umiltà di chiedere scusa ai cittadini del Regno Unito per le bugie che sono state dette solo per aver osato non seguire più le imposizioni errate dell'Unione, allora lo faccio io in questo momento in qualità di membro di questo Parlamento!
Debate: The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement - The outcome of EU-UK negotiations
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Terry Reintke
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Italy
Language: EN

Madam President, again and again people ask me, like probably many of you: what advantages does it actually have for me that we are part of the European Union? I would then usually highlight things like the political cooperation between neighbouring countries that has led to a long-lasting peace inside of the EU, the obvious economic advantages, freedom of movement for EU citizens, the Erasmus programme, practical things like the abolishment of roaming charges, and so on and so on. With Brexit, more and more of really everyday life examples pile up, like for example this dress. I ordered it in January online from a small-scale tailor in England for EUR 90. I received it about a month later and had to pay EUR 48 of fees and taxes – more than half of its original price. I honestly thought that this cannot be true, so I contacted the Belgian customs authorities, and here is their reply to my request: ‘Dear Sir/Madam, your package arrived on 16 February 2021 and unfortunately has to be cleared through customs. If this parcel had arrived before 1 January 2021 it would have been free of taxes.’ Just another example of the obvious. Brexit is not a project of freedom, it is a project of building barriers. Brexit is not a project of prosperity, it is a project of bureaucracy. Brexit is not making Britain big and global, it is making it smaller and inward-looking. And this deal can, unfortunately, not change any of this – but it can be a starting point for moving back closer together, for rebuilding what Brexit has destroyed. This deal might not be a final answer to the challenges that lie ahead of all of us, but it can be a basis for conversation. So let us take this deal, expand it where it is incomplete, change it where it needs changing, and build a relationship that can actually be sustainable and mutually beneficial again.
Debate: The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement - The outcome of EU-UK negotiations
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Michiel Hoogeveen
Political group: ECR
Country: Sweden
Language: EN

Madam President, Brexit is here to stay. As a sovereign country, the UK had its right to leave and that choice should be respected. In the meantime, let Brexit be a warning for the European Union because the direction our Union is heading will only lead to more countries wanting to leave. Our combined fiscal deficits is at nightmare proportions. The European Commission has even started issuing common debt and the European Central Bank prints money like there were no tomorrow. We are at a crossroads. Are we heading towards this federalised European Union or do we want a community of sovereign European nation—states? It is often stated that my generation is the so—called anti—Brexit generation. Well, I’m standing here today in front of you as a representative of a new generation of conservatives that doesn’t want your open borders, that doesn’t want to pay for the excessive debt that is needed for capital transfers from north to south and that doesn’t want an overarching, ever—expanding bureaucracy that tells us what we can or cannot do. Let Brexit be the sparkle that ignites true reform in the European Union. An EU where sovereignty is no longer a dirty word but instead the cornerstone of our common future.
Debate: The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement - The outcome of EU-UK negotiations
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Sira Rego
Political group: The Left
Country: Spain
Language: ES

Señora presidenta, me gustaría agradecer en primer lugar al señor Barnier el trabajo realizado y, desde la Izquierda, inevitablemente hacer algún apunte crítico, sobre todo porque estamos ante un acuerdo comercial sin mecanismos vinculantes en materia de derechos, apenas una declaración de buenas intenciones.  Habla de mantener los estándares medioambientales existentes y, sin embargo, mantiene la presencia del Reino Unido en Euratom. Abro un paréntesis: el Reino Unido tiene quince reactores nucleares activos muy cerca de nuestras fronteras, sobre los que perdemos toda capacidad de control o aplicación de normas vinculantes. Otro elemento importante: la pérdida del derecho de circulación, que supone una regresión de derechos. Aunque es buena noticia que Gibraltar se quede en Schengen, gracias también a los esfuerzos del Gobierno de España.  Creemos que la Comisión debe garantizar la situación de los comunitarios y comunitarias en el Reino Unido. Solo en el caso de España, hablamos de unas 250 000 personas censadas. Que vele para que no se les apliquen medidas discriminatorias en el empleo y que se garantice que quienes están teniendo problemas para registrarse o quedan fuera de plazo recibirán el apoyo que necesitan. En definitiva, no dejar a nadie atrás.
Debate: The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement - The outcome of EU-UK negotiations
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Paulo Rangel
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: PT

Senhora Presidente, Senhora Secretária de Estado, Senhor Vice—Presidente, o acordo de comércio e cooperação entre a União Europeia e o Reino Unido marca uma nova etapa na política comercial da União Europeia. E não podia ser de outra maneira porque, evidentemente, o Reino Unido tem um lugar absolutamente único e especial no contexto da relação com o continente europeu. Não há mais nenhum Estado nem mais nenhum país que tenha a história de relação com a União Europeia que tem o Reino Unido e, por isso, este acordo tinha de ter esta singularidade, tinha de ter esta particularidade.  Mas há um ponto que é muito importante e que vale para todos nós, europeus, a que me dirijo agora. É preciso deixar o discurso do ressentimento, o discurso até de alguma vingança e o discurso da rivalidade face aos nossos amigos britânicos. É fundamental perceber que não há Europa nem há afirmação da Europa sem o contributo britânico. Pode haver União Europeia, mas não haverá Europa. E, por isso, embora devamos ser muito firmes, por exemplo, na questão irlandesa, por exemplo, no assegurar que as condições ambientais, as condições sociais são cumpridas com equidade entre as duas partes, não devemos enveredar por um discurso, que vemos muitas vezes, que é um discurso de alguma sobranceria e de algum despeito que eu penso que trará sempre um efeito negativo a estas relações. Nunca se esqueçam: a Europa está hoje sob várias ameaças, nomeadamente a leste, com a Rússia e com a Turquia, e também com a China, e o Reino Unido será sempre fundamental para o equilíbrio e a saúde política da União Europeia. É isso que hoje não devemos esquecer.
Debate: The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement - The outcome of EU-UK negotiations
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Tonino Picula
Political group: S-D
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, at the end of every chapter it’s right to reflect on everything one benefited from and was concerned about. I think our negotiating team did a great job, but my general impression is that our UK partners mostly addressed the latter. With the many consequences of Brexit, I especially regret their decision not to continue participating in programmes such as Erasmus.  This House has stressed many times the significance of protecting the rights of EU citizens in the UK and vice versa. Therefore I call on the UK Government to resolve the unjust discrimination of five EU Member States as regards the working visa fees. I also call on the UK Government to ensure that the EU delegation to the UK has an appropriate diplomatic status.  Furthermore, I want to reiterate the importance of the Good Friday Agreement in maintaining peace and stability in Northern Ireland. The recent riots were very disturbing, and I believe that we need to send a strong message to support the best possible relationship between communities.  In all further steps with the UK, I would also emphasise the role of the European Parliament. We have been very constructive and I believe we need to be fully involved in future relations. That is why I would welcome the formation of the joint European Parliament—UK Parliament partnership assembly as a valuable asset for cooperation.  Finally, as regards our foreign, security and defence policy, I call for more ambition in our cooperation. We have many mutual issues, security challenges and an increasingly multifaceted international environment, with topics ranging from China, Russia and the Western Balkans to combating climate change. I firmly believe we can cooperate better. However, it’s up to the UK Government to show willingness to build and develop a mutual beneficial membership.
Debate: The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement - The outcome of EU-UK negotiations
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Hilde Vautmans
Political group: Renew
Country: Romania
Language: NL

Voorzitter, het is al bijna vijf jaar geleden: de dag dat de Britten met nipte meerderheid besloten ons te verlaten, en in mijn ogen nog steeds een historische vergissing en de start van onzekere tijden. Vandaag kijken we vooruit en er ligt een samenwerkingsakkoord op tafel. Is het een perfect akkoord? Neen. Het had ambitieuzer gekund, en de rol van ons Parlement groter.  Brexit heeft iedereen, en vooral onze bedrijven, heel hard geraakt. Alleen al in Vlaanderen worden bedrijven met een omzetdaling tot wel 6 % geconfronteerd, en ook handel voeren met het VK is 5 % duurder geworden. En toch is het een degelijk akkoord dat de negatieve gevolgen zo veel mogelijk beperkt, een compromis dat rechtszekerheid zal bieden aan burgers en bedrijven.  Maar niet alle problemen zijn van de baan. Naast de economische klap zien we helaas ook de onrust in Noord-Ierland fors toenemen. Wij van Renew Europe verwachten dat het VK zijn aangegane verbintenissen nakomt. Een goed akkoord kan alleen op wederzijds vertrouwen gebaseerd zijn. Zowel het terugtrekkingsakkoord als dat voor onze toekomstige betrekkingen moet zo snel en volledig mogelijk worden uitgevoerd.  Wij gaan voor dit samenwerkingsakkoord stemmen, maar het is geen blanco cheque. Wij zullen als Parlement heel nauw toezien op de naleving van verplichtingen van onze Britse vrienden, en als ze een belofte niet nakomen, zullen we ingrijpen. Vertrouwen in elkaar is essentieel om een relatie te doen slagen.
Debate: The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement - The outcome of EU-UK negotiations
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Grace O'Sullivan
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Greece
Language: EN

Madam President, today is another step in what has been a very, very long goodbye, as we bid a final farewell to our nearest neighbours and vote on the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement. From an Irish perspective there is little to celebrate. Like my colleagues in the Green EFA Group here in Parliament, I am hopeful that the new relationship with the UK will be a strong and positive one, preserving and building on long—standing cooperation and mindful of a mutual respect for fundamental rights. I do also, however, want to sound a note of caution when I say it is vital that standards are not sacrificed. As we cooperate in governing and protecting our shared seas, the UK must not backtrack on environmental protection and marine biodiversity. In fisheries, we must see the end of tensions if we are to sustainably manage stocks together. Let’s also endeavour to designate joint marine protected areas of great mutual benefit to the UK, to the EU and to our shared oceans. Also peace on our island is crucial as a social, environmental and economic stability. Ireland’s offer to fund the Erasmus programme for Northern Ireland is one important way of supporting these aims and rewarding our younger generations rather than punishing them for political decisions of their elders. In Ireland, we have a phrase
Debate: The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement - The outcome of EU-UK negotiations
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Andrey Slabakov
Political group: ECR
Country: Spain
Language: BG

. Г-жо Председател, аз съм потресен от резултата на тези преговори. Изглежда през последните пет години сте водили преговори по тези въпроси, за които очевидно е имало някакъв интерес. Културата и образованието обаче, както винаги, са оставени на произвола на съдбата. Как беше позволено на Обединеното кралство да въведе тежък режим за влизане на артисти и културни дейци на тяхна територия, без да има реципрочни мерки от страна на Европейския съюз? Може би не Ви изглежда важно, тъй като въобще не Ви интересуват европейските творци. Тези ограничения ще имат катастрофален ефект върху възможността им да влизат на британска територия и де факто затварят този пазар и тази част от публиката. Междувременно британските артисти и творци ще имат бърз и лесен достъп до цялата територия на Европейския съюз, където могат да извършват своята културна дейност. Предоставили сте им по-голям и по—богат пазар, без да получим нищо в замяна. На мен ми изглежда, че сякаш сте продали европейските творци и артисти. Не можем да имаме нормални добросъседски отношения, ако културните ни дейци нямат равни права. За какъв културен обмен говорим въобще? Трябва да договорим лесен достъп до Обединеното кралство за хора, които пътуват там, за да извършват творческа дейност. При сегашното споразумение оставяме нашите артисти да чакат за визи, които много често биват отхвърляни по политически причини. Подчертавам — в период, когато културният сектор страда най-тежко, това го подчертавам също, от тази пандемия, не можем да позволим да изоставим нашите творци по този начин. Може би за в бъдеще ще е по-добре да не се назначават бюрократи, които да преговарят от името на артистите, а хора с реален опит и разбиране за това как всъщност функционира секторът на културата.
Debate: The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement - The outcome of EU-UK negotiations
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President, the Trade and Cooperation Agreement is a disaster for Irish fishing and coastal communities. Ireland is losing 15% of its share of fish quota. The quota transfers in the agreement are hugely disproportionate and massively unfair on Ireland in comparison to other coastal Member States. Ireland’s mackerel, prawn, white fish and herring quotas would be decimated. Irish fishermen and —women want rebalanced, fair quotas. They will not accept the decommissioning of boats. Decommissioning of boats would mean decommissioning communities, communities like Duncannon, Kilmore Quay, Dunmore East, Castletownbere in southern Ireland. They’ve had enough of it. When the EU-UK deal is done and dusted, the EU needs to look at getting concessions from the bigger Member States and give Irish fishermen and —women quotas that have some measure of fairness. But the Brexit Adjustment Reserve is also vital for Ireland and especially for our fishing communities. The Commission’s proposal would at least protect those Member States worst affected by Brexit. However, the draft report on the Reserve by both the Budgets and Fisheries Committee rapporteurs include a number of amendments which would significantly reduce Ireland’s percentage of the Reserve fund. The amendments are designed to favour the larger Member States. The fund is supposed to be a solidarity instrument and the Commission’s allocation method for the fund is fair. Lastly, it’s mad that we had no problem to agreeing to continued cooperation with the UK over NATO. The majority of Irish people want nothing to do with NATO’s warmongering agenda.
Debate: The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement - The outcome of EU-UK negotiations
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Gabriel Mato
Political group: PPE
Country: Lithuania
Language: ES

Señora presidenta, siempre he mantenido que el  Cada día que pasa nos damos más cuenta del terrible error. La única buena noticia ahora es que salvemos una salida sin acuerdo, porque esta sería aún más catastrófica para muchos sectores y para la cooperación bilateral. Con este Acuerdo se establecen las bases de una relación comercial entre dos socios, que ⸺no nos engañemos⸺ deben entenderse por el bien de todos, pero especialmente de nuestras empresas, de nuestras pymes, de nuestros agricultores, de nuestros pescadores, que necesitan certezas y no más incertidumbres, y mucho menos ahora, cuando, además, están siendo tan duramente golpeados por la COVID-19. Ninguno de ellos puede verse atrapado en más costes ni en más procedimientos adicionales ni en más burocracia ni en más barreras arancelarias, si queremos que sean competitivos. Siempre he sido una persona optimista, pero en esta ocasión las nefastas consecuencias del  Me preocupa el sector pesquero, del que tantas veces he hablado desde esta tribuna y que ha sido clave en la consecución final del acuerdo del  Nos guste o no, el Reino Unido y Europa están condenados a entenderse y es nuestra responsabilidad, desde este Parlamento, velar y conseguir que la aplicación de los acuerdos alcanzados se traduzca en mayores niveles de integración económica entre ambos socios. Si no, habremos vuelto a fracasar.
Debate: The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement - The outcome of EU-UK negotiations
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Kathleen Van Brempt
Political group: S-D
Country: Germany
Language: NL

Voorzitter, ik ben er nogal zeker van dat de geschiedschrijvers zullen oordelen dat de brexit een historische fout is en dat geen enkele van de partijen – of het nu de Europese Unie of Groot-Brittannië is – hier veel  Dit akkoord is dus belangrijk en moet een stap zijn om vertrouwen te bieden voor toekomstige betrekkingen, want we hebben niet alleen het verleden gemeenschappelijk, maar vooral ook een toekomst. Denk aan klimaat, maar denk vooral ook aan de geopolitiek en hoe we samen vanuit democratische instellingen moeten en kunnen optreden tegen autocratische samenlevingen en regimes, zoals China.  In het akkoord – en dat wil ik vandaag extra benadrukken – hebben we er rond het  Dus laat me concluderen: ja, we moeten dit goedkeuren, maar laten we vooral naar de toekomst kijken en bouwen aan een sterke, op regels gebaseerde, warme verhouding met onze vrienden in het Verenigd Koninkrijk.