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Debate: Roaming Regulation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Angelika Winzig
Country: Greece
Language: EN

I am convinced that we found a good agreement for European citizens and businesses. The new Roaming Regulation is not just a simple prolongation, but it represents a significant improvement for all end-users. Consumers will benefit from the same quality of service across the entire Union. This means that operators cannot deliberately slow down the data speed of the customers anymore. Furthermore, the new regulation foresees increased transparency obligations in terms of value-added service numbers as well as emergency communication. From now on, consumers will be able to better differentiate between ordinary numbers and numbers where additional charges apply. This access to emergency communications when travelling will be easier and more transparent. The mobile telecommunication market as a whole, and especially the roaming market, are developing fast. With the development of future network technologies as well as the increased use of IoT—devices and M2M services, we are looking towards an exciting future. In order to keep the regulation up to date, we need to gather as much data as possible, to take the right action to foster innovation and facilitate business development. Therefore, the Roaming Regulation extended reporting obligations, which brings us in the position to keep the finger on the pulse of the market. It is very clear that the European Parliament needs to stay in charge of the next review of the Roaming Regulation. In this regard, the European Parliament fought to take out the delegated act and prevailed, as Parliament we are pushing the Commission to have a closer look into fair-use policies. It is a fact that a true ‘roam like at home’ experience is only possible when end-users can benefit from the full subscription abroad. The balance between the ability of operators to offer roaming services sustainably and the possibility for customers to use the tariffs as extensively as possible should be re—evaluated. We also tackled the topic of the intra—EU calls. It’s not understandable for our citizens when I have to pay surcharges when calling from my Member State to another EU country but I don’t have to pay extra when I’m travelling across the Union. The Roaming Regulation contains a provision that urges the Commission to carry out an evaluation of the current situation. Last but not least, the most important issue in this regulation, the wholesale caps. Low wholesale caps empower small operators to offer a roaming service sustainably and are key for more competition in the telecommunication market, and I think that’s necessary. At the end, we found a balanced agreement which takes into account both aspects: the consumers and the investment needs of operators. Starting with two euros in 2020, we gradually reduced the wholesale charges on data to one euro in 2027. I know there’s still a lot of work in the future and I’m looking forward to the discussion now.
Debate: Roaming Regulation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Andreas Schwab
Country: Poland
Language: DE

Richtig ist dabei, dass dadurch natürlich die wirtschaftlichen Aspekte der Anbieter ein Stück weit eingeschränkt werden mussten; und wir sehen – und ich weiß, dass auch Frau Kollegin Winzig sich dessen bewusst ist –, dass das Investieren in den europäischen Telekommunikationsmarkt in den vergangenen zehn Jahren deutlich weniger attraktiv war als beispielsweise in den amerikanischen Markt. Wir sehen das auch bei einigen Unternehmen, die ich jetzt nicht namentlich erwähnen möchte. Aber das muss uns natürlich für die kommenden zehn Jahre Auftrag sein, dass wir die Investitionsbedingungen auch in Europa wieder vereinfachen. Gleichzeitig, Frau Präsidentin, möchte ich kurz darauf hinweisen, dass mir drei Punkte wichtig sind, auch mir als Mitglied des Ausschusses für Binnenmarkt und Verbraucherschutz: Anrufe innerhalb der EU sind in den Anwendungsbereich aufgenommen worden. Das ist gut. Es macht keinen Sinn, dass Anrufe von zu Hause in ein anderes EU-Land im Anwendungsbereich sind und möglicherweise teurer sind als Anrufe im Ausland. Zum Zweiten hat Frau Kollegin Winzig für die EVP sicherstellen können, dass bei Diensten im In- und Ausland die gleiche Qualität gewährleistet wird. Das ist wichtig, denn mit 5G wird es immer bedeutsamer, dass die Dienste eine entsprechende Qualität haben. Und schließlich ist es wichtig, dass der effektive Zugang zu Notrufen in allen Mitgliedstaaten die gleiche Bedeutung bekommt und überall in gleicher Geschwindigkeit verfügbar ist. Es sind drei gute Argumente, warum heute alle Bürgerinnen und Bürger der Europäischen Union von diesem Vorschlag profitieren. Und deswegen herzlichen Dank, Frau Kollegin Winzig.
Debate: Roaming Regulation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Mairead McGuinness
Language: EN

For many people it’s not only a feature that they enjoy and they are aware of, it’s a clear symbol of what it means to be part of the single market. We’ve seen that leaving the single market brought back roaming surcharges for many British citizens. With the agreement reached in December EU citizens will not only be free from surcharges but will also be guaranteed better quality, better protection from hidden costs and better access to emergency services.  The work of this House also greatly contributed to making this regulation more sustainable for telecom operators by providing a path for reduction of the caps for prices at wholesale level while still ensuring cost recovery. It’s now crucial that the new rules enter into force before the existing Regulation expires in June.  One final point. Recently, many of you, and indeed many of our Member States, have raised the roaming charges issue in the context of Putin’s aggression against Ukraine as a way to show our support and solidarity with the people of Ukraine in this tragic moment. I could not agree more. In the face of this crisis, for Ukrainian citizens forced to flee their country, being able to communicate with their loved ones back home is of the utmost importance.  I’m very happy to report that various European telecom operators took swift action to reduce roaming costs, to provide hundreds of thousands of free SIM cards or free calls to Ukraine or free Wi-Fi in border areas or shelters. These voluntary measures are the quickest way to address this challenge and have already made a real difference on the ground to many refugees.  The Commission has been calling on European operators to continue these measures for as long as this tragic situation persists, and for more operators to join this action as Ukrainian citizens are increasingly moving across all of Europe. We are also looking into possibilities to go further. Together with the European telecom regulators we are working closely with EU operators and Ukrainian authorities on this issue. I’m sure this is very important for this House and I’m very pleased to bring that information to you, and I look forward to our debate.
Debate: Roaming Regulation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Robert Hajšel
Political group: S-D
Country: Netherlands
Language: EN

‘Roaming like at home’ became a reality in 2017 and it changed our travelling patterns forever. After more than two years of pandemic, with the war in Ukraine, Europe is now facing even more serious challenges. As S&D negotiator for roaming, I am glad we managed not only to extend the rules for another 10 years, but also to remove existing barriers and discriminatory practices. We managed to further lower wholesale prices, introduced guarantee of quality of service, improve transparency and secure free access to emergency services. All of this hasn’t been the case until now. Europeans benefiting from free movement cannot be punished with lower quality or higher charges, no matter where they come from or how long they stay in another Member State. Facing the war in Ukraine, I am happy that I insisted on inclusion of the free roaming provisions also in the international agreements to be concluded in the future. In this context, I think that the lower charges for mobile-phone use in Europe should be very helpful to all the refugees coming from Ukraine.
Debate: Roaming Regulation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Izaskun Bilbao Barandica
Political group: Renew
Country: Slovakia
Language: ES

Aprovecho aquí para proponer que nos empeñemos —como ha dicho la comisaria— en resolver el problema que causa el  Avanzar en el mercado único digital es, además, un estímulo que abre oportunidades para que la innovación propicie la aparición de nuevos servicios que fortalezcan nuestra competitividad en la economía de los datos, en la economía digital. Finalmente, este paso adelante es, además, una esperanza. Este acuerdo demuestra que, si hay voluntad de diálogo y empeño, hay mecanismos para intervenir en los precios cuando el mercado por sí mismo no funciona adecuadamente. La Unión debe desplegar con urgencia esta misma capacidad regulatoria en otros sectores, como la energía, cuyo mercado necesita una mayor integración. La soberanía y la resiliencia de Europa dependen de ello.
Debate: Roaming Regulation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Jordi Solé
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Bulgaria
Language: ES

Gracias al papel del Parlamento durante las negociaciones, hemos conseguido que se rebajen paulatinamente los precios máximos que las operadoras se cobran entre ellas por el uso de la red, facilitando así una mayor diversificación del mercado. También es destacable que se incluyan más números de servicios de emergencia, que deberán prestarse sin coste adicional para el usuario de  Finalmente, en definitiva, creo que el texto atribuye unas obligaciones asumibles para las operadoras, a la vez que refuerza los derechos de los usuarios para acceder a los servicios móviles con la misma calidad y al mismo precio que en su país de origen.  Por último, quiero agradecer a la ponente y al resto de ponentes alternativos el trabajo realizado.
Debate: Roaming Regulation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Lina Gálvez Muñoz
Political group: S-D
Country: France
Language: ES

Señora presidenta, señora comisaria, en primer lugar, me gustaría dar la enhorabuena al equipo negociador que, tras complejas conversaciones, ha llegado a un compromiso equilibrado que garantiza la continuidad del  El acuerdo al que se llegó en un diálogo tripartito que tuve el honor de presidir garantiza el derecho a la misma calidad y velocidad de conexión móvil cuando se viaja a otros Estados miembros, igual que en casa, y reduce progresivamente las tarifas de itinerancia al por mayor, el acceso gratuito a los servicios de emergencia, también para personas con necesidades especiales, y prevé que la Comisión evalúe si es necesario seguir reduciendo los recargos para las llamadas internacionales dentro de la Unión. Por todo eso, creo que debemos votar a favor del acuerdo que garantiza la continuidad de la política de itinerancia como en casa, y mantener así el gran éxito visible para la ciudadanía europea dentro del mercado único digital.
Debate: Roaming Regulation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Dita Charanzová
Political group: Renew
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, consumers today may take it for granted, but I remember the huge bills consumers faced for using their phone while roaming. It was outrageous. For me, it is clear: extending the ban on roaming charges is the right step. The end of roaming is a concrete example of the European Union solving a practical problem. We did the same with limiting the costs of long-distance calls – so-called intra-EU calls. During the last mandate, I fought hard for our citizens to get a deal on lower prices on long-distance calls. However, the price limits that protect the most vulnerable among us will expire in May 2024. So the Commission should now extend the price limits on intra-EU calls, or even go further and abolish long-distance surcharges altogether. The message today is clear: ‘no’ to roaming charges and ‘no’ to long distance.
Debate: Roaming Regulation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Miapetra Kumpula-Natri
Political group: S-D
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, five years went quickly. I am very happy now because I was the rapporteur last mandate. I know the mandate before, we didn't succeed. Last mandate we did and it was thanks to the good work of Parliament mainly that we managed to push down prices. And now I may congratulate the negotiators on the good results, with the right data prices, fair-use policy, even improved quality of service. But today we do have people among us who long for their dear ones in Ukraine. And thanksto the generosity of the telecom operators, as the Commissioner told us, there have been free SIM cards and services and WiFi offered. But I also see, and there has been readiness for the regional roaming agreement, which was due to be signed by the end of the year. I have not seen any news that it took place. Is that the case? We need to help and I want to have concrete measures. We are helping many companies. Can we also not only plead with them to do it for free?
Debate: Roaming Regulation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Mairead McGuinness
Language: EN

Ms Charanzová, I think you were right to remind us of how it used to be, because we tend to just take this for granted that we can ‘roam like at home’. So again, to thank the Parliament for this good cooperation and ensuring that the continued benefits apply for all EU citizens and businesses, particularly in the single market and how it functions. I want to thank those of you who commented on the issue of roaming for Ukrainian refugees. I want to give you the assurance that my colleague Thierry Breton and his services are committed to supporting Ukraine and its people, and are actively engaging with all relevant counterparts, with support by BEREC, to ensure fast and coordinated action, and I think all of us fully support that. So thank you.
Debate: Roaming Regulation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Angelika Winzig
Country: Greece
Language: EN

Many European operators have already announced that they will suspend roaming costs for their customers inside and outside of Ukraine. I welcome those efforts but unfortunately this has no significant impact on Ukrainian refugees as they are using Ukrainian SIM cards and are not customers of the European operators. I want to take this opportunity to call on European operators to go a step further and truly make a difference for Ukrainian refugees by temporarily suspending the wholesale caps they are charging their Ukrainian partners. This way the latter can offer their customers free roaming in the European Union.  In addition I am urging European operators to provide Ukrainian refugees unbureaucratic access to European SIM cards, possibly with special tariffs, so that they can stay in touch with their family back in Ukraine.
Debate: Suisse Secrets - How to implement anti-money laundering standards in third countries
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Rainer Wieland
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Als nächster Punkt der Tagesordnung folgt die Aussprache über die Erklärungen des Rates und der Kommission zu „Suisse Secrets“ – Wie in Drittländern Standards zur Bekämpfung von Geldwäsche eingeführt werden können ( Ich weise Sie darauf hin, dass Sie mithilfe Ihres Abstimmungsgeräts spontane Wortmeldungen beantragen und blaue Karten einsetzen können, nachdem Sie Ihre Abstimmungskarte eingeführt haben. Ich bitte Sie daher, stets Ihre Abstimmungskarte mitzubringen. Anleitungen liegen im Plenarsaal aus. Wenn Sie sich für eine spontane Wortmeldung anmelden möchten, ersuche ich Sie, das bereits ab jetzt zu tun und nicht das Ende der Aussprache abzuwarten. Ich weise Sie auch darauf hin, dass Wortmeldungen im Plenarsaal weiterhin vom zentralen Rednerpult aus erfolgen. Dies gilt allerdings nicht für spontane Wortmeldungen, blaue Karten und Wortmeldungen zur Geschäftsordnung. Ich ersuche Sie daher, die Rednerliste im Blick zu behalten und sich kurz vor Beginn Ihrer Redezeit zum Rednerpult zu begeben. Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, diese Durchsage kenne ich jetzt fast schon auswendig seit der Pandemie. Es kommt ein weiterer Hinweis dazu: Wenn Sie hier vorn vom Rednerpult sprechen, achten Sie bitte darauf, dass Sie das Mikrofon nicht berühren, weil wir sonst einen sehr lauten Ton haben, der für die Dolmetscher auch sehr schmerzhaft sein kann.
Debate: Suisse Secrets - How to implement anti-money laundering standards in third countries
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Clément BEAUNE
Language: FR

Il s’agit d’un enjeu pour notre sécurité et d’un point de vigilance croissant pour nos concitoyens. Au cours de ces dernières années, le Parlement, le Conseil et la Commission ont travaillé en étroite collaboration sur ces sujets, de sorte que notre cadre de lutte contre le blanchiment de capitaux a été considérablement renforcé et amélioré de manière progressive. Comme nous le savons, malgré ces progrès, il reste encore beaucoup à faire. Dans ce sens, nous travaillons actuellement pour faire avancer les discussions sur le sixième paquet anti-blanchiment présenté par la Commission européenne, Madame la Commissaire, en juillet dernier. Nous poursuivons activement nos efforts sur ce dossier pour entamer les négociations interinstitutionnelles dès que possible. Sur le dossier plus spécifique des Suisse Secrets, les soupçons suscités par ces fuites sont évidemment une très forte préoccupation. Ils sont extrêmement dommageables lorsqu’il s’agit de blanchiment de capitaux. Pour ce qui est de déterminer concrètement ce qu’il s’est réellement passé, compte tenu de la gravité des faits, je laisserai à la Commission l’appréciation d’éventuelles investigations. La Commission est naturellement directement chargée de notifier ces risques qui affectent le marché intérieur de l’Union européenne, en coopération, le cas échéant, avec des autorités judiciaires. Au sein du Conseil, nous sommes évidemment prêts à examiner toute liste actualisée par la Commission et toutes conséquences qui devraient être tirées de l’établissement des faits, comme cela a toujours été le cas. Nous savons que, dans les semaines et les mois à venir, nous aurons l’occasion de définir le régime le plus efficace que nous ayons jamais mis en place pour lutter précisément contre le blanchiment de capitaux et le financement du terrorisme à travers cette activité. Parmi les dossiers législatifs à l’examen, le règlement relatif à la lutte contre le blanchiment de capitaux devrait justement permettre de continuer à codifier et à renforcer les règles de l’Union européenne relatives à notre politique à l’égard des pays tiers. En tant que tel, ce projet de législation constitue un très bon point de départ, selon la présidence, pour nos futures discussions, dès que nous aurons finalisé nos positions respectives au Conseil et au Parlement. En ce qui concerne le règlement sur les transferts de fonds, pour continuer dans les dossiers législatifs, nous avons également l’intention d’entamer des négociations avec le Parlement européen dès que votre assemblée en aura ainsi décidé. Nous espérons qu’un accord politique pourra encore être trouvé au cours de notre semestre de présidence du Conseil. Je vous remercie pour votre engagement sur ce sujet, pour votre engagement personnel, Madame la Commissaire, au sein du collège, et je me tiens évidemment à votre disposition pour continuer nos échanges.
Debate: Suisse Secrets - How to implement anti-money laundering standards in third countries
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Emil Radev
Political group: PPE
Country: Austria
Language: BG

Това не е просто най-мащабният досега теч на данни от голяма швейцарска банка, а скандал за близо 100 милиарда евро, свързани с повече от 30 000 клиенти на финансовата институция. Замесени са десетки видни държавни служители и бизнесмени от над 120 юрисдикции, предимно извън границите на Европейския съюз. На този фон Асоциацията на банкерите на страната обяви, че по сметки в швейцарските банки има между 160 и 213 милиарда долара, които принадлежат на руски клиенти. Специалисти твърдят, че действителният размер на средствата е многократно по-голям от обявения.  Разкритията придобиха и нов смисъл в контекста на военната агресия срещу Украйна и санкциите, които Европейският съюз налага на Русия. Швейцарските банки поддържат тесни връзки с останалите европейски банки, така че установените пропуски в борбата с прането на пари не бива да се разглеждат като изолирани случаи, а като проблем за целия европейски финансов сектор. Очевидна е необходимостта да се направи детайлна и обективна оценка на риска. В противен случай, при липсата на ефективен надзор, всяко отклонение от правилата може да отвори пробойна в сигурността на финансовата система на Европейския съюз.
Debate: Suisse Secrets - How to implement anti-money laundering standards in third countries
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Marek Belka
Political group: S-D
Country: Poland
Language: EN

Nothing – or not much – has changed. The due diligence made by Credit Suisse was virtually non-existent, enabling criminals, people covered by EU sanctions or linked to dictators to use their services. Well I hope I’m wrong, but maybe Switzerland will be included one day in our blacklist of countries having strategic deficiencies in their regime on anti-money-laundering legislation. Now, with the EU putting sanctions on Russian oligarchs with such weak due diligence, how do we know that they do not live their life to the fullest with the money on their Swiss accounts? Let us not fool ourselves that everything has changed. Switzerland, unfortunately, is not helping us enough in our fight against tax fraud and money laundering.
Debate: Suisse Secrets - How to implement anti-money laundering standards in third countries
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Ramona Strugariu
Political group: Renew
Country: Italy
Language: EN

Commissioner, if Swiss banking secrecy laws are at least immoral and Swiss legislators are behaving like enablers of financial crimes, why isn’t Switzerland on the list of high—risk third countries? On any list, as a matter of fact. This is wrong, and as long as it will continue, we cannot apply our rules related to high-risk third countries to these jurisdictions. If this happens here at our door, how exactly are we to be taken seriously with our new strategy and our new rules? This will never happen. It is a pity because the new package has very good provisions on the relationship of our obliged entities with these third countries which can lead to closing down operations if the law of that third country does not permit compliance with EU requirements. And this would hurt. But first we need to make sure that our own backyard is clean and that we name and shame those who deserve to be named and shamed.
Debate: Suisse Secrets - How to implement anti-money laundering standards in third countries
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Ernest Urtasun
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Belgium
Language: EN

Secondly, I think that the cooperation with third countries should be improved. I think this is something that we can also take as a conclusion of this scandal, particularly because we don’t have enough bilateral agreements with some countries where we know AML enforcement is really a problem. And also, we need to be aware that those kinds of problems can also happen at some point in the EU because we have real problems yet on the implementation and enforcement of AMLD5, for instance, which is not fully implemented. So I think that once again this scandal should give us an impulse to improve our legislation and our measures.