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Debate: Long-term vision for rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 11 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Krzysztof Jurgiel
Political group: ECR
Country: Bulgaria
Language: PL

Panie Przewodniczący! Panie Komisarzu! W Polsce rząd Prawa i Sprawiedliwości realizuje program rolny „Silne rolnictwo, zdrowa żywność, nowoczesna wieś”. Program zawiera też długoterminową wizję obszarów wiejskich. Prowadzona w Polsce polityka rozwoju obszarów wiejskich obejmuje cztery filary rozwojowe. Po pierwsze opłacalność produkcji rolnej, po drugie jakość życia i środowiska na obszarach wiejskich, po trzecie pozarolnicze miejsca pracy i aktywne społeczeństwo i wreszcie sprawna administracja.  Zagrożenia dla rozwoju polskiej wsi to kontynuowana przez Unię Europejską dyskryminacja polskich rolników w zakresie dopłat, art. 18 Traktatu oraz wprowadzenie rozwiązań Europejskiego Zielonego Ładu bez zapewnienia odpowiedniego finansowania.  Szanowni Deputowani, proponuję skończyć z fałszywymi oskarżeniami Polski o dyskryminację osób LGBT. Zajmijcie się zniesieniem prawdziwej dyskryminacji polskich rolników.
Debate: Long-term vision for rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 11 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Álvaro Amaro
Political group: PPE
Country: Portugal
Language: PT

Senhor Presidente, Senhor Comissário, caras e caros Colegas, a União Europeia precisa, e com urgência, de uma verdadeira agenda rural, de um plano ambicioso com objetivos muito concretos e cuja realização possa ser acompanhada. Diria, um verdadeiro pacto de solidariedade para as zonas rurais. A sua oportunidade e urgência são amplamente reconhecidas, sobretudo agora, no contexto da formulação e implementação do  Senhor Presidente, não percamos esta oportunidade para estabelecer uma agenda agregadora das muitas políticas e, sublinho, a nova reforma da Política Agrícola Comum, a grande transformação digital, que não pode ignorar estas disparidades regionais entre as zonas rurais e as zonas urbanas, uma estratégia com um impacto direto decisivo para a vitalidade destas zonas e que permitirá alinhar os nossos objetivos macroeconómicos com as suas especificidades.  Espero sinceramente que esta visão se desenvolva com realismo e solidariedade, até porque, neste nosso futuro territorial, nesta União de povos e de Estados, não pode haver europeus de primeira e europeus de segunda.
Debate: Long-term vision for rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 11 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Carmen Avram
Political group: S-D
Country: Romania
Language: RO

Domnule președinte, puteți cuprinde cu imaginația o suprafață de 56 de milioane de hectare? Vă dau un element ajutător, înseamnă de 18 ori suprafața Belgiei. Această uriașă întindere europeană riscă să rămână a nimănui. Asta relevă un studiu privind riscul de abandon al terenurilor agricole din Uniunea Europeană.  Strategia privind viitorul zonelor rurale trebuie să răspundă deci urgent la întrebarea cum am ajuns aici și apoi să acționeze ferm și urgent. Ambițiile noii PAC și cele ale  Această convergență înseamnă nu doar subvenții, deși ele diferă nepermis de mult de la stat la stat, ci și acces egal cu zona urbană la educație și sistem de sănătate, egalitate în finanțare și venituri între femeile și bărbații din agricultură și eliminarea dublului standard, care aici e încă un subiect insuficient dezbătut.  Reînvierea zonelor rurale nu e un moft. Vom vedea cu toții asta când pământul agricol va fi abandonat, iar hrana noastră, inaccesibilă multora.
Debate: Long-term vision for rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 11 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Niklas Nienaß
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Bulgaria
Language: EN

Mr President, I say to Mr Wojciechowski: I want to let you in on a little secret. Come close, it is very simple. Not everyone living in rural areas are farmers. And I think it’s important to respect that and to understand that. Actually a majority of people in the villages don’t even work in agriculture. And still we combine agriculture and rural development. And this is one major conflict which often goes out in favour of big farmers and against a majority of people.  The CAP is the main reason why the rural areas have seen the destruction at the moment. And your meetings show that as well. Sixty-seven meetings with agriculture organisations, none with representatives of rural policies. The long-term vision for the rural areas should rethink the structure as we make development of rural areas. And it should increase the funds for leader programmes and small farmers, as well as ensure that any development is sustainably ensured by democratic bottom-up processes so that the people, those people who actually improve their villages and make them a livelihood again, that they get the power back.
Debate: Long-term vision for rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 11 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Colm Markey
Political group: PPE
Country: Belgium
Language: EN

Mr President, As someone from a rural area, I’m delighted that we’re having this important discussion here today. There are the four key points that I just wish to raise. The first one is in relation to remote working. For many generations, people have left rural areas to pursue jobs and opportunities further afield. COVID–19 has taught us that we can all work from home, and it provides an opportunity for these people to remain in their communities, and turn that brain drain that we’ve seen for many, many years into a brain gain. We need broadband and we need remote work in homes, and other digital technology that can allow this happen. Secondly, in relation to revitalising our towns and villages; there are so many derelict buildings in the centre of our towns. Through a refit programme we could regenerate these buildings and breathe life back into urban town centres, which would be critical and make such an enormous difference to our towns. Thirdly, in relation to the digital and green economy, climate change has proven to us that there are many opportunities in the industry sector: renewable energies, for instance, circular economy. These are great opportunities that would have a massive multiplier effect in the rural economy, and would allow us to breathe life again back into rural economies. Finally, I wouldn’t like us to forget that we need to ensure that we have a strong and effective CAP for the agri-sector, as the agri-sector is a cornerstone of rural areas and needs to be protected. The current crisis has shown us that we can reset the clock and seize the opportunity to reinvigorate and regenerate the rural Europe.
Debate: Long-term vision for rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 11 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Juozas Olekas
Political group: S-D
Country: Spain
Language: LT

Gerbiamas Pirmininke, gerbiami Kolegos, ypač svarbu žemės ūkio, kaimo ir maisto politikas suderinti su naujuoju žaliuoju kursu, kuris turi ne tik neutralizuoti ES poveikį klimatui, bet ir užtikrinti mūsų piliečių gerovę, siekti didesnio aplinkos, ekonominio ir socialinio tvarumo. Tačiau visiems šiems tikslams pasiekti yra būtinas efektyvus ir veiksmingas politikos įgyvendinimas pačiose kaimo vietovėse, kuris yra neįmanomas be pakankamų investicijų. Deja, skirtingų Europos šalių ūkininkai ir toliau gauna skirtingą atlygį už tą patį darbą. Lietuvoje ir kitose Baltijos šalyse ūkininkai, dirbantys pagal tuos pačius aukštus klimato ir aplinkos, maisto saugos ir kokybės bei gyvūnų gerovės standartus, kol kas gauna tiesiogines išmokas, gerokai mažesnes nei Europos Sąjungos vidurkis. Jokia nauja kaimo vietovių vizija neturėtų būti grindžiama nelygybe. Todėl raginu Komisiją, kuriant naująją kaimo vietovių viziją, sulyginti tiesiogines išmokas visiems ES ūkininkams ir užtikrinti, kad kaimas būtų patraukli vieta kurtis jauniems ūkininkams, vystyti smulkų ir vidutinį verslą ir užsiimti ūkininkavimu visoje Europos Sąjungoje vienodomis sąlygomis.
Debate: Long-term vision for rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 11 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Franc Bogovič
Political group: PPE
Country: Italy
Language: SL

Gospod predsednik, spoštovani komisar, podeželje nujno rabi dolgoročno vizijo, saj sicer ne bomo zaustavili odhajanja mladih s podeželja. Sedaj razporejamo velika sredstva v okviru načrta za okrevanje in odpornost večletnemu finančnem okviru in zato moramo najprej zagotoviti dovolj sredstev, da bomo imeli kvalitetno kmetijstvo, ki bo zagotavljalo dohodkovni položaj kmetov in omogočilo mladim, da ostanejo na kmetijah in tudi da razvijemo številne panoge na področju kmetijstva.  Vendar kmetijstvo ni dovolj. Zagotoviti moramo tudi dobre pogoje za razvoj turizma, za razvoj drobnega gospodarstva, za bio gospodarstvo, za razvoj zelenih delovnih mest na področju energetike, razviti koncepte skrbi za starejše na podeželju, razvoj turizma. Vse to počnemo tudi znotraj koncepta za pametne vasi, ki ga sam razvijam že kar nekaj časa.  Zato nujno rabimo jasno strategijo, vire, kajti v nasprotnem primeru ne bomo zaustavili povsem naravnega trenda centralizacije, ki se dogaja. Naloga pa je tako na občinah, državah, kakor tudi na nas tukaj v Evropskem parlamentu.
Debate: Long-term vision for rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 11 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Asim Ademov
Political group: PPE
Country: Bulgaria
Language: BG

Същевременно селските, по-отдалечените и планински райони са изправени пред нарастващи предизвикателства, свързани с обезлюдяване и застаряване на населението, ограничен достъп до услуги и дигитална свързаност, ниски равнища на доходите. Пандемията, причинена от Ковид, допълнително влоши тези тенденции и засили риска от бедност и социално изключване, особено сред по-възрастното население. Приветствам инициативата на Комисията за изготвяне на дългосрочна визия за селските райони, за тяхното бъдеще и за ролята, която трябва да играят в обществото. Селските райони имат потенциал да се превърнат в лидер в прехода към нисковъглеродна и цифрова икономика, но това върви ръка за ръка с изграждането на необходимите условия като подходяща физическа, социална и цифрова инфраструктура, както и инвестиции в знания и умения. Развитието на селските райони и на местната икономика, в унисон с новите реалности, не може да се постигне единствено чрез Общата селскостопанска политика. За целта е необходим координиран подход към селските райони по линия на всички свързани европейски политики и инструменти.
Debate: Long-term vision for rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 11 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Atidzhe Alieva-Veli
Political group: Renew
Country: Bulgaria
Language: BG

Съживяването на селските райони и подобряването на условията за живот в тях следва да бъде хоризонтална политика. Основополагащо е да се осигури синергия между Дългосрочната визия и всички други политики, които оказват пряко и непряко влияние върху селските райони – ОСП, политиката за сближаване и всички стратегии и политики свързани със Зеления пакт. Селските райони трябва да бъдат добре развити, с модерна инфраструктура, но за огромно съжаление, много райони продължават да изостават и да се обезлюдяват. Това води и до затваряне на училища и преустановяване или влошаване качеството на различни услуги, особено здравеопазване, образование и обучение.  Считам, че за да съживим и модернизираме селските райони и да осигурим възможности за професионална реализация на хората в тях следва да се разшири палитрата от налични мерки и методи, както и да се предвидят достатъчно ресурси. Това следва да се направи както на ниво ЕС, така и в страните членки, с активното участие на местните власти и гражданското общество.
Debate: Long-term vision for rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 11 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Estrella Durá Ferrandis
Political group: S-D
Country: Netherlands
Language: ES

La delegación socialista española aboga por una auténtica Agenda Rural con una visión integral para el desarrollo de nuestras zonas rurales. Un enfoque que no se limite solo a la agricultura, el turismo o el medio ambiente, sino que sea transversal a todas las necesidades básicas de estas zonas. Ello no será posible si no conseguimos implicar, en el diseño de esta visión a largo plazo, a los agentes locales: ayuntamientos y habitantes de estos territorios. También haciendo una especial mención a la mujer rural, quien debe estar presente y tener visibilidad en la elaboración de la comunicación.  Consideramos, asimismo, que la Conferencia sobre el Futuro de Europa presenta una gran oportunidad para desarrolla también, el debate sobre el futuro de nuestras zonas rurales.
Debate: Long-term vision for rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 11 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Isabel García Muñoz
Political group: S-D
Country: Greece
Language: ES

La delegación socialista española aboga por una auténtica Agenda Rural con una visión integral para el desarrollo de nuestras zonas rurales. Un enfoque que no se limite solo a la agricultura, el turismo o el medio ambiente, sino que sea transversal a todas las necesidades básicas de estas zonas. Ello no será posible si no conseguimos implicar, en el diseño de esta visión a largo plazo, a los agentes locales: ayuntamientos y habitantes de estos territorios. También haciendo una especial mención a la mujer rural, quien debe estar presente y tener visibilidad en la elaboración de la comunicación.
Debate: Long-term vision for rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 11 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Cristina Maestre Martín De Almagro
Political group: S-D
Country: Romania
Language: ES

La delegación socialista española aboga por una auténtica Agenda Rural con una visión integral para el desarrollo de nuestras zonas rurales. Un enfoque que no se limite solo a la agricultura, el turismo o el medio ambiente, sino que sea transversal a todas las necesidades básicas de estas zonas. Ello no será posible si no conseguimos implicar, en el diseño de esta visión a largo plazo, a los agentes locales: ayuntamientos y habitantes de estos territorios. También haciendo una especial mención a la mujer rural, quien debe estar presente y tener visibilidad en la elaboración de la comunicación.
Debate: Long-term vision for rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 11 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
Political group: PPE
Country: Slovenia
Language: RO

Viitoarea viziune pentru viitorul zonelor rurale trebuie să mobilizeze toate instrumentele de finanțare europene pentru a crea condițiile necesare ca tinerii să rămână și să se întoarcă în mediul rural și să dezvolte economia și turismul rural pentru ca satele să redevină „un loc de viață atractiv”. Cum va asigura Comisia sinergia dintre viitoarea PAC și alte politici care pot sprijini mediul rural? Cum va încuraja implicarea activă a autorităților locale în noua strategie?  Sectorul agroalimentar poate sprijini comunitățile locale pentru a crea o economie locală mai ecologică, performantă și echitabilă pentru fermieri, dar și consolidarea coeziunii sociale și locuri de muncă. Cum intenționează Comisia să dezvolte producția locală și lanțurile scurte de aprovizionare ce pot asigura hrana comunităților locale?  În concluzie, doresc să reiterez că fondurile disponibile pentru conservarea și reabilitarea satului european sunt insuficiente.
Debate: Long-term vision for rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 11 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Sandra Pereira
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: PT

Se esta visão a longo prazo implicar, uma vez mais, o favorecimento da agroindústria em detrimento dos pequenos agricultores e das suas práticas agrícolas ecológicas, ou o desinvestimento nos serviços públicos, o seu encerramento ou a sua privatização, estaremos perante mais um ato de propaganda. E disso as zonas rurais não precisam! Defender as zonas rurais exige emprego, serviços públicos, investimento público. Exige outra política agroflorestal, uma PAC compatível com a agricultura familiar e o mundo rural do minifúndio e exige preços justos à produção! Exige um efetivo desenvolvimento regional que tenha em conta desigualdades já existentes e que não podem agravar-se.
Debate: Long-term vision for rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 11 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Marcos Ros Sempere
Political group: S-D
Country: Italy
Language: ES

La delegación socialista española aboga por una auténtica Agenda Rural con una visión integral para el desarrollo de nuestras zonas rurales. Un enfoque que no se limite solo a la agricultura, el turismo o el medio ambiente, sino que sea transversal a todas las necesidades básicas de estas zonas. Ello no será posible si no conseguimos implicar, en el diseño de esta visión a largo plazo, a los agentes locales: ayuntamientos y habitantes de estos territorios. También haciendo una especial mención a la mujer rural, quien debe estar presente y tener visibilidad en la elaboración de la comunicación.  Consideramos, asimismo, que la Conferencia sobre el Futuro de Europa presenta una gran oportunidad para desarrolla también, el debate sobre el futuro de nuestras zonas rurales.
Debate: Long-term vision for rural areas
Date: THURSDAY, 11 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Nacho Sánchez Amor
Political group: S-D
Country: Poland
Language: ES

La delegación socialista española aboga por una auténtica Agenda Rural con una visión integral para el desarrollo de nuestras zonas rurales. Un enfoque que no se limite solo a la agricultura, el turismo o el medio ambiente, sino que sea transversal a todas las necesidades básicas de estas zonas. Ello no será posible si no conseguimos implicar, en el diseño de esta visión a largo plazo, a los agentes locales: ayuntamientos y habitantes de estos territorios. También haciendo una especial mención a la mujer rural, quien debe estar presente y tener visibilidad en la elaboración de la comunicación.  Consideramos, asimismo, que la Conferencia sobre el Futuro de Europa presenta una gran oportunidad para desarrolla también, el debate sobre el futuro de nuestras zonas rurales.
Debate: Evaluation of the Geo-blocking Regulation
Date: THURSDAY, 11 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Rainer Wieland
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Als nächster Punkt der Tagesordnung folgt die Aussprache über die Anfrage zur mündlichen Beantwortung an die Kommission über die Bewertung der Geoblocking-Verordnung von Anna Cavazzini im Namen des Ausschusses für Binnenmarkt und Verbraucherschutz (
Debate: Evaluation of the Geo-blocking Regulation
Date: THURSDAY, 11 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Anna Cavazzini
Country: Netherlands
Language: EN

These are examples of unjustified geo—blocking and these are examples for discrimination based on your nationality or your place of residence. I would say this discrimination has no place in the EU internal market. The Geo—blocking Regulation of 2018 aims at fighting this discrimination. This is good. Now, we as consumers should be able to compare the availability and the prices of services and goods sold across the internal market. Now, we as consumers should have the possibility to buy goods and services on the same conditions all over the internal market.  Coming back to the examples. If we book a ticket for a French museum on a French website, irrelevant of where we are, we shop under the same conditions online as if we were in France. So the Geo—blocking Regulation aims at eliminating discrimination, at preventing the referral to other websites without our consent, at making digital content available all over the EU – in short, at giving all consumers the same rights. By this, the Geo-blocking Regulation can be a very important cornerstone of the digital single market, of enhancing cross—border sales and of overcoming geographical restrictions.  So only one and a half years after it entered into force, the Commission has evaluated its implementation. This is why we are here today. The evaluation shows some positive effects. For example, blocking access to websites or rerouting consumers to other websites has decreased massively. But it also shows that there is a lack of enforcement by most Member States. So Member States really have to step up their efforts in fighting unjustified geo—blocking.  The report shows also that often enough goods are not offered online across borders. So the Commission’s report also considers the possible extension of the scope of the Geo—blocking Regulation, including with regard to copyright—protected content. This is highly relevant for consumers because streaming services so far have been excluded from the Geo—blocking Regulation, as we probably all know when we are trying to watch something in a different Member State.  We as the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) expect national authorities and the Commission to work together in the framework of the consumer protection cooperation network to prevent any discrimination between EU consumers and to ensure adequate and effective implementation of the Geo—blocking Regulation.  We as the IMCO Committee will support efforts to deepen the digital single market while maintaining high standards on the internal market without barriers or frictions for consumers. I look forward to the Commission’s further explanations and actions in this field.
Debate: Evaluation of the Geo-blocking Regulation
Date: THURSDAY, 11 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Róża Thun und Hohenstein
Political group: PPE
Country: Lithuania
Language: EN

Recently, I wanted to see a film that was available on a Portuguese video-on-demand platform financed from the EU funds. But I was not able to watch it because I was geo-blocked. The number of those who want to access digital content cross-border grows very rapidly, and half of them fail. So it means that millions of citizens in the European Union are hindered from benefits which the Digital Single Market should bring them. And what about those who belong to linguistic minorities and who are deprived of access to culture in their own language? We like to paraphrase the famous sentence of Massimo d’Azeglio and use it in the European context: we made a European Union; now we need Europeans. Commissioner, this goal will not be achieved in a Union that passively watches how the freedom of media is being destroyed in some of our Member States, how geo-blocking divides us along the internal borders of the European Union. And the Commission talks very beautifully. It’s time to act, Commissioner. We impatiently expect positive, tangible, concrete results.
Debate: Evaluation of the Geo-blocking Regulation
Date: THURSDAY, 11 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Massimiliano Smeriglio
Political group: S-D
Country: Germany
Language: IT

Se venisse meno il principio di territorialità avremmo più concentrazione dell'offerta in pochi attori dominanti, a scapito di offerte alternative e indipendenti e a danno del pluralismo e della diversità culturale. Nella relazione di valutazione della Commissione si rileva che ciò non comporterebbe vantaggi per i consumatori, che già beneficiano di un accesso transfrontaliero ai contenuti culturali grazie al regolamento sulla portabilità, che non mette in discussione il principio di territorialità. Piuttosto ampliamo l'offerta di contenuti culturali transfrontalieri e rafforziamo la diffusione delle opere e le coproduzioni con il programma MEDIA. Il problema più grave oggi è l'aumento dell'utilizzo delle grandi piattaforme online a fronte di chiusure di cinema e spazi culturali, che stanno mettendo a dura prova gli autori, le imprese e il lavoro dell'intero settore.
Debate: Evaluation of the Geo-blocking Regulation
Date: THURSDAY, 11 MARCH 2021
Speaker: Dita Charanzová
Political group: Renew
Country: France
Language: EN

As for copyright—protected content, we can only truly end geo-blocking if this is included. I firmly believe that the regulation should be extended to copyright—protected content. Mr Commissioner, we are not all treated as equals. It is not right that a German viewer has access to 43% of all audiovisual content, while a Greek has access to only 1%. There is something very wrong with the audiovisual industry and the way we allow it to work. If the industry will not urgently agree to voluntarily lift these barriers, it’s time for us to do so in law. I hope the Commission will make this clear and be prepared to act before this term is up.