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Debate: Tackling the inflation in food prices and its social consequences and root causes
Date: MONDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Max Orville
Political group: Renew
Country: Greece
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, Monsieur le Commissaire, la lutte contre l’augmentation des prix de l’alimentation est notre priorité. Ce sont des centimes, des euros en plus qui, mis bout à bout, détériorent la vie quotidienne des Européens. Combien de familles sont confrontées à un choix difficile à faire entre se nourrir correctement et répondre à d’autres besoins essentiels? Nous devons agir avec des mesures d’urgence: aides ciblées pour les plus vulnérables, blocage des prix, panier anti-inflation. Nous devons aussi combattre les causes de cette inflation en régulant la production et l’approvisionnement des matières premières, en protégeant le pouvoir d’achat. Il faut continuer de baisser le prix de l’énergie pour une production moins coûteuse, aider nos agriculteurs à produire des matières premières abordables tout en leur assurant un revenu juste, augmenter la transparence dans la chaîne d’approvisionnement, encadrer les pratiques spéculatives pour rééquilibrer le prix des produits dans nos rayons. L’Europe peut et doit surmonter ce défi de la vie chère.
Debate: Tackling the inflation in food prices and its social consequences and root causes
Date: MONDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Thomas Waitz
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Denmark
Language: DE

Herr Präsident, Herr Kommissar! Gut ein Viertel der Inflation bei Lebensmitteln kommt von Lebensmittelspekulation. Aber damit meine ich nicht den Handel an den Börsen, sondern die Wettgeschäfte auf steigende oder fallende Preise. Die Kommission hat zugesagt, sich das anzusehen und etwas dagegen zu unternehmen. Meine konkrete Frage ist: Was haben Sie dagegen unternommen, oder was gedenken Sie zu unternehmen? Etwa 10 Prozent der Preissteigerungen sind weder mit Spekulation noch mit gestiegenen Produktionskosten zu erklären. Es liegt hier die Vermutung nahe, dass es Kartellbildungen sowohl bei den Verarbeitern als auch im Einzelhandel gibt. Was können Sie uns da an konkreten Ergebnissen geben, was es kartellmäßig für Verfahren gibt? Und die Produktionskosten für die Landwirtschaft: Wir sind hier in einer fossilen Preisfalle gefangen, während die Unternehmen, die Dünger herstellen, ihren Umsatz und ihre Gewinne 2022 verdoppelt haben – Bayer Agrar plus 82 Prozent, BASF plus 71 Prozent, Syngenta plus 32 Prozent. Die verdienen sehr gutes Geld an diesem Geschäft. Den Preis zahlen die Bauern und Bäuerinnen und die Kundinnen und Kunden im Supermarkt. Dagegen müssen wir dringend etwas unternehmen. Und ich frage Sie: Was ist Ihr Plan dazu? Was ist Ihr Konzept? Was sind Ihre Antworten? Es ist dringend.
Debate: Tackling the inflation in food prices and its social consequences and root causes
Date: MONDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Bert-Jan Ruissen
Political group: ECR
Country: France
Language: NL

Voorzitter, commissaris, dat onze dagelijkse boodschappen veel duurder zijn geworden, staat niet op zichzelf. Het is gekoppeld aan de algehele inflatie die mede is veroorzaakt door een falende ECB die veel te lang doorgegaan is met het pompen van geld in de economie. Les één is daarom: ECB, hou je aan je mandaat, namelijk zorgen voor prijsstabiliteit. Les twee is: laten we zuinig zijn op onze landbouw en visserij. Om de consumenten te kunnen voorzien van goed en betaalbaar voedsel hebben we moderne concurrentiekrachtige bedrijven nodig. Geef daarom ruimte aan ondernemerschap en stop met de alsmaar groeiende wirwar aan regelgeving. En les drie: laten we nog eens beter kijken naar de verdeling van de marges in de keten. Hoe zit het met de winstmarges bij de supermarkten bijvoorbeeld? Alles wijst er immers op dat niet de boeren, maar de schakels verderop in de keten de prijzen hebben opgedreven.
Debate: Tackling the inflation in food prices and its social consequences and root causes
Date: MONDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Izaskun Bilbao Barandica
Political group: Renew
Country: Slovakia
Language: ES

Señor presidente, señor comisario, la subida del precio de la cesta de la compra vinculada a factores coyunturales, como la invasión de Ucrania, obliga, para empezar, a promover un esquema europeo que ordene ayudas progresivas para proteger a los consumidores más vulnerables, pero hay que atacar otros problemas estructurales aportando transparencia al proceso mediante el cual cada subsector ajusta su renta a las circunstancias, lo que propiciará márgenes más justos para todos. También es necesario controlar mejor las importaciones que comprometan la competencia equitativa con los productores locales. Hoy, el eslabón más débil de la cadena alimentaria son los productores. Hay que explorar todas las posibilidades que nos ofrecen tanto la ley que regula su funcionamiento como las políticas agraria y pesquera común. «Unida en la diversidad» es un eslogan que vale también para la PAC y para la PPC, que deben mejorar, simplificar y acercar a los beneficiarios la gestión y el reparto de los recursos. Impulsar la rentabilidad económica, social y ambiental de las explotaciones es más fácil con programas más simples y adaptados a realidades mucho más diversas que las que expresan hoy muchos planes nacionales.
Debate: Tackling the inflation in food prices and its social consequences and root causes
Date: MONDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Vlad-Marius Botoş
Political group: Renew
Country: Germany
Language: RO

Domnule președinte, domnule comisar, nu am să folosesc un ton atât de ridicat cum au făcut-o alți colegi, însă voi fi la fel de ferm și direct. Vorbim despre o uniune economică, dar și despre o uniune socială, însă vedem cum mulți oameni nu-și mai permit sau nu și-au permis niciodată alimente sănătoase, hrană variată, în așa fel încât să își asigure aportul necesar pentru o viață sănătoasă. Este clar că ceva nu funcționează. Produsele alimentare sănătoase, la prețuri accesibile, trebuie să fie normalitatea, nu un lux pe care și-l pot permite doar unii. Dacă inflația poate să afecteze alte domenii, este important să ne asigurăm că alimentele de bază nu devin inaccesibile pentru cetățenii Uniunii Europene, pentru că fiecare dintre ei, pentru o populație bolnavă, înseamnă o Uniune slăbită dincolo de nivelul de siguranță. Avem nevoie de politici agricole solide, care să asigure atât locurile de muncă ale agricultorilor, cât și accesul cetățenilor la hrană sănătoasă. Trebuie să trecem dincolo de ideologie și să avem o abordare extrem de pragmatică pentru a găsi cea mai bună soluție.
Debate: Tackling the inflation in food prices and its social consequences and root causes
Date: MONDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Željana Zovko
Political group: PPE
Language: HR

Poštovani predsjedavajući! Pandemija koronavirusa, ruska agresija na Ukrajinu i energetska kriza ostavile su dubok trag na naše gospodarstvo, osobito na rast cijena prehrambenih proizvoda protiv čijeg povećanja se moramo dalje ustrajno i snažno boriti. Hrvatska u toj borbi može poslužiti kao primjer i drugim zemljama članicama Europske unije s obzirom na to da naša Vlada, pod vodstvom premijera Plenkovića, bilježi jedan od najboljih, najbržih oporavaka nakon pandemije u protekle četiri godine. Donošenje efikasnog paketa mjera i pomoći u vrijednosti od preko 7,2 milijarde EUR kojima je Vlada zaštitila gospodarstvo i ograničila rast cijena prehrambenim proizvodima bio je državnički potez u ovim kriznim vremenima. Nažalost, i dalje bilježimo porast štetnih trgovačkih praksi i svjedočimo pokušajima da se u jeku inflacije ostvari profit neutemeljenim povećanjem cijena prehrambenih proizvoda. Zato radimo na osiguranju konkurentne Europe koja potiče gospodarski rast, stvara kvalitetna radna mjesta te jača prosperitet i socijalnu pravdu za sve svoje građane.
Debate: Tackling the inflation in food prices and its social consequences and root causes
Date: MONDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Juozas Olekas
Political group: S-D
Country: Spain
Language: LT

Pirmininke, gerbiamas Komisijos nary. Jūs labai tiksliai pastebėjote, kad maisto produktų infliacija labiausiai palietė Rytų ir Vidurio Europos blokų šalis, kur maisto kainos sudaro didelį pajamų krepšelio dalį. Taip pat jūs pastebėjote, kad iš tikrųjų yra skirtumas, ką gauna vartotojas, kiek sumoka, ir ką gauna ūkininkas. Noriu pastebėti, kad Komisija yra skolinga dar Rytų Europos ūkininkams pažadą išlyginti tiesioginių išmokų, išorinės konvergencijos, kurios nėra iki šiol padaryta. Jūs paminėjote pridėtinės vertės mokesčio sumažinimą. Gal galėtumėte pateikti konkrečius skaičius ir rekomendacijas, kad tose šalyse, kur pridėtinės vertės mokestis maisto produktams yra aukštas, jis galėtų būti sumažintas? Todėl mes reikalaujame, kad Komisija pasiūlytų bendrą Europos Sąjungos atsaką, konkrečių veiksmų planą. Prašom tą perduoti ir ponui Komisijos nariui J. Wojciechowskiui.
Debate: Tackling the inflation in food prices and its social consequences and root causes
Date: MONDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Mr President, a Barnardo’s study last year found that 10 % of families in Ireland are now using food banks. A third of parents either skip meals or eat less in order to feed their children, and families with children have costing them 22 % more to put food on the table last year than it was the year before. We know across Europe and Britain, 5.7 million people were pushed into food insecurity. Shoplifting is at 15 % for food in France and 25 % in the Netherlands. As one UN special rapporteur has said, the impoverishment of Europeans is manifesting itself most visibly on the food front. Ordinary people are caught in the vice, being squeezed tighter and tighter by war, sanctions and neoliberal capitalism, and all our leaders can offer us is more of the same. They serve up a daily diet of polarisation and culture wars instead of any solutions. Something is going to give. If we don’t change course, it could be so-called European democracy.
Debate: Tackling the inflation in food prices and its social consequences and root causes
Date: MONDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Marc Tarabella
Political group: NI
Country: Austria
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, les prix des denrées alimentaires continuent de progresser plus rapidement que l’inflation dans près de 80 % des pays du monde. Cette hausse est dramatique pour de nombreux ménages européens et fragilise encore plus ceux qui étaient déjà dans la précarité. Le prix élevé des denrées alimentaires est un accélérateur de pauvreté. Il est temps de sonner l’alarme! Nous débattons ici en plénière et en commission parlementaire tous les mois, mais la situation est à chaque fois plus préoccupante. Et à qui profite le crime? Pas aux citoyens, en tout cas. Pas non plus aux agriculteurs, à la base même de toute alimentation, mais clairement pas conviés au banquet des bénéficiaires. Il est temps, chers collègues, de déterminer qui amasse ces profits indus et qui agit de manière masquée. Je vise surtout les spéculateurs, qui ne sont pas les acteurs utiles de la chaîne alimentaire, mais bien des parasites de celle-ci.
Debate: Tackling the inflation in food prices and its social consequences and root causes
Date: MONDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Franc Bogovič
Political group: PPE
Country: Italy
Language: SL

Gospod predsednik! Kot vemo, je podražitev hrane zelo velika, 29 % in poleg podražitve energentov to zelo pritiska na stanje ljudi. Po drugi strani pa je tudi dejstvo, da je delež, ki ga dobimo kmetje za kmetijske pridelke, manjši in manjši. Danes pa kmet dobi samo še eno četrtino tega, kar plačajo potrošniki.  Zato kmetje upravičeno protestirajo najprej proti dohodkovnemu položaju v prehranski verigi, neupravičena razmerja so v tej verigi, drugo, za kar kmetje protestirajo, so tudi dodatna okoljska in administrativna bremena in ne nazadnje tudi uvoz hrane iz drugih delov sveta.  Dodatna bremena pa dajo, nalagajo tudi države, kot v Sloveniji obdavčitev na omejene dejavnike, in tudi na tiste, ki imajo dopolnilne dejavnosti. Prihodek kmetov upada, zato mislim, da je prav, da ne zmanjšamo kmetijske politike, sredstev za skupno kmetijsko politiko, kot nekateri napovedujejo, in jo povečamo in naredimo vse za to, da se položaj kmetov v prehranski verigi izboljša.  Imamo konec koncev tudi direktivo o nepoštenih trgovinskih praksah. Prav je, da le ta zaživi.
Debate: Tackling the inflation in food prices and its social consequences and root causes
Date: MONDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Elena Kountoura
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EL

Κύριε Πρόεδρε, κύριε Επίτροπε, το κόστος ζωής στην Ευρώπη έχει αυξηθεί, όμως στην πατρίδα μου η ακρίβεια και η αισχροκέρδεια σαρώνουν την ελληνική κοινωνία. Στην Ελλάδα η αγοραστική δύναμη των νοικοκυριών έχει μειωθεί κατά 50%. Ο πληθωρισμός των τροφίμων είναι κατά 5,5 μονάδες υψηλότερος από τον ευρωπαϊκό μέσο όρο. Οι μισθοί και οι συντάξεις είναι έως και τρεις φορές χαμηλότεροι από άλλα ευρωπαϊκά κράτη, τη στιγμή που τα προϊόντα και οι υπηρεσίες είναι έως και τρεις φορές ακριβότερα. Οι μικρομεσαίες επιχειρήσεις ασφυκτιούν, η κοινωνία φτωχοποιείται, οι αγρότες αγωνίζονται για την επιβίωσή τους και χιλιάδες πολίτες χάνουν τις περιουσίες τους.  Κύριε Επίτροπε, σας κρούω τον κώδωνα του κινδύνου. Να λάβετε οριζόντια μέτρα για να αντιμετωπίσουμε τα ολιγοπώλια και τα καρτέλ που επιδίδονται σε πληθωρισμό απληστίας και αισχροκέρδειας με την ανοχή ορισμένων κυβερνήσεων. Να τεθεί πλαφόν στον συντελεστή κέρδους, στη χονδρεμπορική ρεύματος, 5% στην παραγωγή ηλεκτρικής ενέργειας· να τεθεί πλαφόν στο περιθώριο διύλισης· να φορολογηθούν τα υπερκέρδη και να ληφθούν άμεσα μέτρα για τα επιτόκια χορηγήσεων των τραπεζών.
Debate: Tackling the inflation in food prices and its social consequences and root causes
Date: MONDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Mr President, thank you very much. I’m sorry, I am nearly always here for all the debate, but something happened and I had to go. I’m sorry, but thanks for letting me in. In 2023, the IMF said rising corporate profit margins are responsible for almost half of Europe’s inflation. Big business and politicians in suits are forever telling us that spiralling wage demands are the problem. But the real problem is greedflation. Supermarket multinationals are gouging consumers. They’re also gouging farmers. Consumers have been paying crazy prices for a weekly shop and yet farmers are still being squeezed by the same retailers.  And let’s not forget that the latest CAP was negotiated based on 2 % inflation. But inflation has been running at close to 10 % for the last two years – tough going for the 80 % of farmers who only get 20 % of the CAP money. Price cuts for consumers cannot come at the expense of farmers and producers. Price cuts must be funded from the margins of the supermarket chains. We have a new agri-food regulator in Ireland now, but if he hasn’t got the power to tackle greedflation for farmers and consumers, then his role won’t amount to very much.
Debate: Tackling the inflation in food prices and its social consequences and root causes
Date: MONDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Wopke Hoekstra
Language: EN

First, I clearly took note of the rich contributions to the debate, and I will make sure that all the various points will be filtered back to Commissioner Wojciechowski, to President von der Leyen, and to the points Madam Jongerius made specifically on the social labour market to Commissioner Schmit. Secondly, let me reiterate once again that the President and the whole Commission takes the discussion with the farmers and with the whole sector, the whole food chain, very seriously. And that means that we are not only talking to the farmers, but also we are getting input from workers, rural communities, consumer groups, as well as from the financial sector and academia, just to make sure we get a very clear perspective. And this way the dialogue will help us to get informed and make sure that we come up with a common agricultural policy that best supports the development of an EU agriculture that is at the same time competitive, sustainable and fair to both farmers and consumers. Third, because many of these speakers ask what we can concretely do, the Commission is already working on concrete measures and will present these measures ahead of the March AGRIFISH Council, with a range of short, medium and longer-term actions, and these will be meant to improve the position of farmers in the food chain, protect them, as many stipulated, against unfair trading practices covering issues such as market transparency, governance and, if needed, improvement of unfair trading practices and other relevant legislation. And specific attention will go to measures related to margins, trading practices in the value chain and cost of production. Fourth and finally, let me once again thank the Members of this esteemed House for their input. The support of this House and the input from everyone in our society, but certainly also from this Parliament will be absolutely essential for delivering on this agenda.
Debate: Tackling the inflation in food prices and its social consequences and root causes
Date: MONDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Csaba Molnár
Political group: S-D
Country: Poland
Language: HU

Ez a példa is jól mutatja, hogy az Európa-rekorder magyar inflációért Orbán Viktor és kormánya a felelős. Az az Orbán Viktor, aki hosszú ideig keresztbe tett az uniós költségvetés elfogadásának és az az Orbán Viktor, aki Putyin-barát politikát folytat az Unióban. Az orbáni infláció, a sorozatos hibás kormányzati döntések mára odáig vezettek, hogy egy átlagos magyar családnak is gondot okoz a bevásárlás.  Az Európai Unió viszont cselekszik és több intézkedést javasolt az élelmiszerbiztonság és a leginkább rászoruló személyeknek nyújtott segélyek garantálása érdekében. Szociáldemokrata európai parlamenti képviselőként feladatomnak tartom, hogy a magyar állampolgárok és vállalkozások is mielőbb részesülhessenek ezekből a forrásokból, amelyet a jelenlegi autokrata rendszer leváltását követően azonnal garantálni fogunk. Hiszen a milliárdos elit helyett mi a magyarok érdekeit képviseljük.
Debate: Detergents and surfactants
Date: MONDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Jan-Christoph Oetjen
Country: France
Language: DE

Als nächster Punkt der Tagesordnung folgt die Aussprache über den Bericht von Manuela Ripa im Namen des Ausschusses für Umweltfragen, öffentliche Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit über den Vorschlag für eine Verordnung des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates über Detergenzien und Tenside, zur Änderung der Verordnung (EU) 2019/1020 und zur Aufhebung der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 648/2004 (
Debate: Detergents and surfactants
Date: MONDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Francesca Peppucci
Political group: PPE
Language: IT

Da venti anni aspettavamo una riforma del regolamento sui detergenti in grado di fornire un settore sempre più competitivo e sostenibile, quindi rispettoso dell'ambiente, senza però rinunciare ad efficacia e soprattutto a modernità. Ma soprattutto offrire al consumatore una maggiore consapevolezza di quello che acquista, dando la possibilità di avere un'etichetta digitale in grado di dare maggiori informazioni e permettere alle imprese di distinguersi sul mercato. Non solo: passi in avanti sull'importanza della biodegradabilità, sul consumo corretto dei prodotti in termini di quantità, ma anche rispetto ai test sugli animali che devono essere evitati categoricamente.  È stato fatto un grande lavoro, cercando di coniugare le necessità dell'impresa e del consumatore, senza agire per ideologia ma secondo il buon senso e l'attenzione che questo settore merita.
Debate: Detergents and surfactants
Date: MONDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Maria Arena
Political group: S-D
Country: Belgium
Language: FR

Nous avons donc, en commission de l’environnement, et vous l’avez dit, tenté de corriger ces manques –, et je tiens à saluer particulièrement le travail de madame Ripa, qui a permis effectivement des négociations constructives dans le cadre de la commission ENVI. Plus particulièrement dans ce rapport, nous proposons trois points importants. Premièrement, de réduire la pollution liée aux phosphates, qui a un impact dévastateur sur l’environnement; deuxièmement, d’aller à moyen terme vers des produits détergents en grande majorité biodégradables, de façon à réduire non seulement la pression sur l’environnement, mais aussi sur nos systèmes de retraitement des eaux usées, et, troisièmement, de limiter les tests sur les animaux. Malheureusement, il n’a pas été possible de convaincre le PPE, l’ECR et ID d’interdire la présence des substances les plus dangereuses dans les détergents, en sachant pourtant que ces produits, on l’a dit, font partie de notre quotidien et que des milliers de travailleurs les utilisent chaque jour. Dans ce contexte, il aurait été légitime de saisir cette révision pour interdire ces substances dangereuses. Malgré tout, je pense que le travail qui a été fait au Parlement est un pas en avant, et je soutiendrai donc ce rapport.
Debate: Detergents and surfactants
Date: MONDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Danilo Oscar Lancini
Political group: ID
Country: Poland
Language: IT

Da un lato, il testo del Parlamento presenta regole chiare sulle etichettature che permettono un facile accesso alle informazioni necessarie per scelte di acquisto consapevoli. Dall'altro lato, si tengono in considerazione le recenti e future innovazioni del settore, i progressi compiuti e i tempi di transizione per permettere alle imprese di adeguarsi alle nuove regole.  È evidente l'ampia portata della proposta del Parlamento in termini di sostenibilità e ci tengo a sottolineare che per me è giusto l'obiettivo, ma troppo spesso sono sbagliati e controproducenti i metodi e le misure imposti dalla Commissione per raggiungere tali obiettivi, sotto lo scudo del Green Deal. Il testo non è perfetto e rimangono importanti criticità per i tensioattivi: ma questa volta è prevalso il buon senso che ha limitato le disposizioni ideologiche, che erano state inizialmente proposte dai gruppi di sinistra.  La revisione del regolamento in corso porterà a cambiamenti che avranno comunque un impatto sul settore. Ma l'entrata in vigore di questi requisiti è stata posticipata e vincolata ad una valutazione della Commissione, che dovrà tenere conto dei costi economici, della competitività delle nostre industrie, nonché dei reali benefici attesi per l'ambiente e la popolazione. Concludo dicendo che apprezzo il lavoro svolto su questo file e sono certo che le rimanenti criticità saranno risolte a livello di trilogo.
Debate: Detergents and surfactants
Date: MONDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Anja Hazekamp
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: NL

Met deze wetswijziging maken we een heel goed begin met het opschonen van schoonmaakmiddelen. Ook het verbod op het gebruik van dierproeven voor schoonmaakmiddelen is een heel belangrijk aspect van deze wet. Maar er is méér nodig. Ik nodig daarom de Commissie met klem uit om een verbod in te stellen op alle gevaarlijke chemische stoffen en om de toevoeging van fosfaten uit te bannen. En voorts ben ik van mening dat de Europese landbouwsubsidies moeten worden afgeschaft.
Debate: Detergents and surfactants
Date: MONDAY, 26 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Sirpa Pietikäinen
Political group: PPE
Country: Italy
Language: EN

Mr President, first of all I would like to thank the Commission for putting this proposal forward. But I would have hoped, as we can hear from the ENVI comments, that the ambition level would have been higher, knowing that a major load of the chemicals, both hazardous for the environment and hazardous for human health, are a big part of detergents and surfactants.  So I hope that this review will come soon. The good part of this regulation is the possibility for bio-based products, which we actually know are much more effective, also to combat antimicrobial resistance in hospitals. So this would be the way we should proceed, and in the long run ban all harmful substances and toxic substances, as well as phosphates, in detergents.