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Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  – MFF, Rule of Law Conditionality and Own Resources – Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years  to  – Proposal for an Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources – Regulation on the protection of the Union’s budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2020
Speaker: Kati Piri
Political group: S-D
Language: EN

Madam President, I am proud of my own S&D group and proud of this Parliament, because – let’s be honest – without us there would not have been any rule of law conditionality, and despite enormous pressure we have remained united in this principle. And by creating a real measure against their autocratic leaders, we have given hope again to the people of Hungary and Poland for a democratic future. We have demonstrated that we do not give in to blackmail attempts. The text of our agreement stays intact, despite Angela Merkel’s ugly search for a compromise with her fellow EPP member Orbán, and despite the willingness of you, President von der Leyen, to accommodate the Council rather than to safeguard the Commission’s independence. I am confident that the European Court of Justice will confirm Parliament’s position on this regulation as soon as possible, and I expect the European Commission to use all instruments at its disposal to clamp down on Europe’s autocrats as of now. And that should not be a political choice; it should be the only legal option.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  – MFF, Rule of Law Conditionality and Own Resources – Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years  to  – Proposal for an Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources – Regulation on the protection of the Union’s budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2020
Speaker: Luis Garicano
Political group: Renew
Language: ES

Señora presidenta, señora Von der Leyen, señor Michel, este año que concluye ha sido brutal. El virus se ha cobrado la vida de decenas de miles, el sustento de millones y la libertad de todos nuestros conciudadanos. Durante las peores semanas de marzo y abril nos temimos que el virus también se llevara por delante a Europa. En esas terribles semanas de primavera cada nación actuaba por su cuenta. Nunca antes nuestra Unión se había enfrentado a tal amenaza.  Pues bien, hoy podemos decir con orgullo que la Unión Europea ha estado a la altura del reto. Entramos en 2021 más unidos que nunca. Este Parlamento puede estar orgulloso de su trabajo en el Plan de Recuperación, el presupuesto plurianual y el mecanismo de defensa del Estado de Derecho. Ahora debemos asegurarnos de que los recursos de los europeos se invierten bien, de que los Estados cumplen con las condiciones europeas: respetar el Estado de Derecho, hacer reformas e invertir en un futuro más limpio y más digital. Señora Von der Leyen, que nuestro trabajo no sea en vano. Le pido —no, le exijo— que la Comisión tenga el coraje y la determinación para defender nuestros valores frente a los Gobiernos que los desafían. Millones de europeos dependen de este paquete de recuperación. Y Europa depende de estos valores. No nos defraude.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  – MFF, Rule of Law Conditionality and Own Resources – Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years  to  – Proposal for an Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources – Regulation on the protection of the Union’s budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2020
Speaker: Tom Vandendriessche
Political group: ID
Country: Belgium
Language: NL

Voorzitter, de Europese Unie is totaal aan het ontsporen. Wat ooit begon als een economische samenwerking om vrede en welvaart te realiseren, ontwikkelt zich tot een politieke superstaat die steeds meer macht wil en ons daarmee van het ene conflict naar het andere leidt.  De Europese waarden waarop deze samenwerking ooit gebaseerd was, worden systematisch getransformeerd: centralisme vervangt subsidiariteit, uniformisering vervangt diversiteit, bureaucratie vervangt democratie. De Europese droom wordt een nachtmerrie. De brutaliteit en arrogantie waarmee de eurofanatieke elite vrije natiestaten en burgers wil onderwerpen is echter geen teken van kracht, maar van onmacht, want niets kan de wil van een volk om vrij te zijn breken. Een oorlog met die realiteit kan niet gewonnen worden.  Brexit en het veto van Hongarije en Polen zijn alarmsignalen. Zij willen zichzelf besturen, maar worden geconfronteerd met intimidatie, chantage en bedreiging. Het eurofederalisme doet ons naar de loopgraven slaapwandelen. Wat ze populisme noemen, is een noodkreet van een volk dat niet vervangen wil worden, dat zijn vrijheid koestert en zichzelf wil besturen.  Het is hoog tijd dat er geluisterd wordt en we terugkeren naar de originele fundamenten en waarden van de Europese Unie. Dat is een vrijwillige economische samenwerking tussen vrije en democratische natiestaten.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  – MFF, Rule of Law Conditionality and Own Resources – Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years  to  – Proposal for an Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources – Regulation on the protection of the Union’s budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2020
Speaker: Daniel Freund
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Spain
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin, Kolleginnen und Kollegen! Viktor Orbán schafft nur vier Tage nach dem europäischen Gipfel weiter Fakten. Er schreibt die systematische Plünderung von EU-Geldern jetzt direkt in die Verfassung von Ungarn. Genau das soll ja dieser Rechtsstaatsmechanismus eigentlich verhindern. Aber anstatt dafür zu sorgen, dass er jetzt möglichst schnell kommt und wir ihn benutzen können, hat der Europäische Rat ihn noch mal eine Weile auf Eis gelegt: zwei Jahre, vielleicht drei, im Zweifel bis nach den nächsten Wahlen in Ungarn. Lieber Michael Roth: Beim Juli-Gipfel habt ihr die Hürde zum Auslösen dieses Mechanismus deutlich nach oben gelegt. Dann habt ihr diesen Kompromissvorschlag gemacht, in dem ihr den Geltungsbereich reduziert habt, und ihr hattet sogar das Wort „Rechtsstaat“ aus dem Text gestrichen. Und jetzt wird die Kommission also gezwungen, mit Sanktionen noch mal zu warten. Ich muss sagen: Ich habe Probleme, hier wirklich einen großen Erfolg für den europäischen Rechtsstaat durch die deutsche Ratspräsidentschaft zu erkennen. Frau von der Leyen: Wir haben im Trilog vereinbart, dass dieses Gesetz zum 1. Januar in Kraft tritt. So steht es im Gesetz, so sehen es die Verträge vor – egal, ob Polen oder Ungarn dagegen klagen. Genau so muss es jetzt kommen, denn der Rechtsstaat kann ja nicht warten. Wir müssen alle Werkzeuge einsetzen, die die Kommission zur Verfügung hat, um den europäischen Rechtsstaat zu verteidigen.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  – MFF, Rule of Law Conditionality and Own Resources – Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years  to  – Proposal for an Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources – Regulation on the protection of the Union’s budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2020
Speaker: Hermann Tertsch
Political group: ECR
Country: France
Language: ES

Señora presidenta, realmente la arrogancia que se ve aquí: « Desde luego, el Consejo nos ha dado una buena lección, porque los Estados miembros han neutralizado los intentos de instrumentalizar políticamente la aplicación del acuerdo sobre el marco financiero plurianual. Todo este inmenso dinero, que se va a utilizar en gran parte para ingeniería social, se quería utilizar también para el chantaje político, y eso, en parte, se ha neutralizado. Pero veo que se insiste en ello, que se sigue queriendo hacerlo.  Si realmente están muy preocupados por el Estado de Derecho, váyanse a España, donde hay una penetración comunista desde Iberoamérica del narcocomunismo que está minando, rompiendo y destruyendo la democracia española todos los días, liquidando —allí sí— el Estado de Derecho, sin que aquí nadie diga nada.  Un poquito más de respeto, por favor, a la verdad.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  – MFF, Rule of Law Conditionality and Own Resources – Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years  to  – Proposal for an Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources – Regulation on the protection of the Union’s budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2020
Speaker: François-Xavier Bellamy
Political group: PPE
Country: France
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, les conclusions du Conseil laissent le goût amer de quelques questions non résolues. Nous nous trouvons devant un plan de relance, mais ce plan de relance pose lui aussi beaucoup de problèmes. D’abord, un problème économique, car nous créons une nouvelle dette dans un environnement instable. Ensuite, un problème de justice à l’égard des générations futures, parce que cet accord ne fixe pas les conditions du remboursement – et, Monsieur le Président du Conseil, ce n’est pas vous faire insulte que de considérer que, dans sept ans, il y a peu de chances que vous soyez encore là. Est-ce vraiment de la générosité que de s’accorder sur une dette que nous laissons à nos successeurs le soin de régler?  Enfin, un problème démocratique majeur, parce que j’entends les députés du groupe libéral en face de nous, le groupe de M. Macron, qui étaient à l’initiative et qui se réjouissent et applaudissent que cette intégration budgétaire supplémentaire ouvre la voie à un État fédéral européen. Mais les citoyens européens sont-ils au courant de cela? Entendent-ils vos applaudissements? De fait, il y a là un problème majeur parce que tout cela n’est pas assumé démocratiquement devant les citoyens de nos pays. Il y a fort à parier, malheureusement, qu’au lieu de créer une forme de solution à la crise économique, ce plan de relance contribue à ouvrir le nouveau champ d’un problème démocratique. Nous avons devant nous une tâche majeure, qui est celle de faire en sorte qu’au moins un peu de rationalité économique, industrielle, soit affectée à ce plan. Madame la Présidente de la Commission, nous comptons sur votre travail pour faire en sorte que cet argent soit investi avec le souci de la prospérité future qu’il permettra de dégager, de manière à ce que ceux qui nous suivront demain puissent faire de ce plan de relance au moins l’occasion de conforter les économies dont ils auront besoin pour assumer la charge supplémentaire que nous sommes en train, une fois de plus, de leur transférer.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  – MFF, Rule of Law Conditionality and Own Resources – Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years  to  – Proposal for an Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources – Regulation on the protection of the Union’s budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2020
Speaker: Heléne Fritzon
Political group: S-D
Country: Austria
Language: SV

Fru talman, ärade ordförande och kolleger! Vi är mitt uppe i en pandemi och människor lider. Det är därför mycket glädjande att vi nu har en överenskommelse om hela paketet, både om budgetramen och – så klart viktigast – om rättsstatens principer. Det är ett nytt och historiskt beslut. Budskapet är tydligt: När medlemsstater väljer att inte respektera EU:s grundläggande värderingar, då ska det få konsekvenser. Det är dags att Ungern och Polen följer EU:s principer. Annars blir det inga pengar.  Det nya paketet kommer att bidra till ett mer jämlikt och jämställt EU, där grön omställning, jobb och sociala rättigheter får genomslag. Det skärpta klimatmålet till 2030 är bra, men det räcker inte. Min önskan är att vi ska nå högre ambitioner och målsättningar för kommande generationer, för våra barn och barnbarn.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  – MFF, Rule of Law Conditionality and Own Resources – Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years  to  – Proposal for an Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources – Regulation on the protection of the Union’s budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2020
Speaker: Guy Verhofstadt
Political group: Renew
Country: Bulgaria
Language: EN

Madam President, all those here from the Eurosceptic side who have criticised this package are completely right. Indeed, this is a huge step in European integration, a historic step in European integration – EUR 750 billion in recovery funds paid with the EU’s own resources, financed by eurobonds, and that linked to the rule of law.  But, let’s also be honest. There is one shadow cast over this and that is the way, naturally, Ms von der Leyen and the European Council have to ‘molest’ European treaties and principles to get over this blackmail by Hungary and Poland. I have here this fantastic opinion from the Legal Service – four paragraphs, no mention of one article of the Treaty, no mention of one court case, and saying exactly the opposite. The reality is that what the European Council did is not a coup d’état, but nearly a coup d’état. I think that the European Parliament anyway has to examine whether or not we go to court over this because there is one thing and I will conclude with that. You cannot save the rule of law in a Member State if you in fact ruin the rule of law of the Union itself.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  – MFF, Rule of Law Conditionality and Own Resources – Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years  to  – Proposal for an Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources – Regulation on the protection of the Union’s budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2020
Speaker: Antonio Maria Rinaldi
Political group: ID
Country: Italy
Language: IT

Signora Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, sin dalla sua presentazione, Next Generation EU, secondo quanto sostenuto non solo dai media, avrebbe trovato in Italia il suo maggior beneficiario in termini sia di sovvenzioni che di prestiti, ma ha comunque evidenziato che i conti si potranno effettivamente fare solo fra qualche settimana, con il testo definitivo sulle risorse proprie, con i criteri e le voci concernenti il modo in cui gli Stati membri contribuiranno effettivamente al bilancio.  Possiamo tuttavia già affermare che, tenendo conto dei flussi finanziari già noti per il periodo 2021-2027 per l'Italia, nella migliore delle ipotesi, l'intero e complesso Next Generation sarà a saldo zero, e questo sempre se si verrà a conoscenza di tutti i dettagli, le condizioni, i tassi e le modalità di applicazione dei vari strumenti, fra cui il più importante e complesso è l'RRF, e non come sta avvenendo con SURE di cui attendiamo i dettagli incredibilmente sin dal 2 novembre scorso nonostante un'interrogazione urgente presentata da colleghi del mio partito alla Commissione.  Pertanto pretendiamo a gran voce trasparenza su tutti gli strumenti messi in campo dalla Commissione, perché il Parlamento e i suoi membri sono la massima espressione di rappresentanza della democrazia nell'Unione.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  – MFF, Rule of Law Conditionality and Own Resources – Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years  to  – Proposal for an Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources – Regulation on the protection of the Union’s budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2020
Speaker: Tineke Strik
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Poland
Language: EN

Madam President, the EU is a union of and for the citizens. They have entrusted the Institutions to protect their rights against discrimination, arbitrariness and abuse of power, but the institutions do not deliver. The Council doesn’t apply Article 7, Member States don’t speak up.  We therefore supported the Commission proposal to link the budget with the rule of law. It would place the Commission in the driver’s seat as a guardian of our core values.  Now the Council has tried to hijack the instrument and control the enforcement.  It’s good to hear your firm statement of this morning, Ms von der Leyen, but your written statement connected to the conclusions are the opposite.  Therefore, could you confirm that the Commission will trigger the mechanism if the criteria are met, even if an annulment procedure is still pending? I don’t mean interpreting, monitoring, or covering – but really undertaking action before we have an ECJ judgment?  Being the guardian of the Treaties comes with heavy responsibilities. Our citizens count on you.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  – MFF, Rule of Law Conditionality and Own Resources – Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years  to  – Proposal for an Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources – Regulation on the protection of the Union’s budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2020
Speaker: Carlo Fidanza
Political group: ECR
Country: Greece
Language: IT

Signora Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, è da tutta la mattina che vi raccontate che il compromesso sullo Stato di diritto non cambierà nulla. Avete forzato i trattati, volete ignorare un accordo di Consiglio, ora volete forzare anche la Corte di giustizia pur di destabilizzare governi di nazioni sovrane che non si piegano alla dittatura del politicamente corretto. Non ci siete riusciti ma ci avete consegnato un'Europa più divisa. Avete trovato un accordo sul clima, inseguendo l'ideologia ultra ambientalista. Arriveranno tardi i fondi  Avete balbettato sulla Turchia con la proposta di blande sanzioni individuali, mentre il sultano Erdogan spadroneggia nel Mediterraneo, nel Caucaso e nel Medio Oriente. Vi riempite la bocca di paroloni come Stato di diritto e non avete il coraggio di ritirare alla Turchia lo status di paese candidato all'adesione. Non è questa l'Europa che vogliamo.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  – MFF, Rule of Law Conditionality and Own Resources – Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years  to  – Proposal for an Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources – Regulation on the protection of the Union’s budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States
Date: WEDNESDAY, 16 DECEMBER 2020
Speaker: Othmar Karas
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin, Frau Präsidentin der Europäischen Kommission! Für mich hat dieses Paket drei Botschaften. Auf der einen Seite: Die Europäische Union liefert. 1 800 Milliarden EUR Budget für Investitionen gegen die Krise und in unsere gemeinsame Zukunft. 750 Milliarden EUR werden erstmals neu in dieser Menge am Kapitalmarkt aufgenommen. Der NextGenerationEU-Pakt macht die Europäische Union grüner, digitaler, sozialer, unabhängiger. Der Rechtsstaatsmechanismus stärkt die Zweckbindung der Mittelvergabe. Die Reduzierung des CO2-Ausstoßes um 55 % bis 2030 ist ein Beitrag zur Erreichung der EU—Klimaziele. Diese Fakten tragen die Handschrift des Europäischen Parlaments. Die zweite Botschaft: Die Einstimmigkeit, der Nationalismus, die Unaufrichtigkeit und die Doppelbödigkeit mancher Staats- und Regierungschefs zerstören in der öffentlichen Meinung diese Fakten. Sie erpressen, sie schwächen, sie blockieren die Zukunft Europas.  Daher ist meine dritte Botschaft: Wir müssen die Schwachstellen in der Debatte über die Zukunft Europas beseitigen. Die Einstimmigkeit muss fallen. Überall, wo wir europäische Aufgaben haben, muss das Gemeinschaftsrecht die Grundlage sein, und wir haben klarzustellen: Der Europäische Rat ist kein Gesetzgeber, er kann daher auch Rechtstexte nicht interpretieren. Die Schlusserklärung ist ein Ablenkungsmanöver. Wir sind der Gesetzgeber mit dem Rat.