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Debate: Further repression against the democratic forces in Venezuela: attacks on presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Ladislav Ilčić
Political group: ECR
Country: France
Language: HR

Poštovani predsjedavajući, poštovani kolege, predsjednik Venezuele Maduro je komunist. Poziva se na jednakost i prava radnika, kao i svi komunisti.  No radnici iz tih zemalja bježe u druge zemlje gdje ne postoji jednakost svih radnika, već upravo suprotno, postoji sloboda tržišta, a komunisti ne vole slobode. Predsjednik Maduro svojoj glavnoj protukandidatkinji gospođi Machado ne dozvoljava čak ni da se kandidira. Dakle, komunisti ne vole ni demokraciju. Jer ako smo svi jednaki, što će nam više stranaka?  Postoje ljudi koji kažu da su komunizam i socijalizam dobre ideje, ali su igrom slučaja loše implementirane, a loše su bile implementirane u Jugoslaviji, u Sovjetskom Savezu, Nikaragvi, Venezueli, pa čak i Sjevernoj Koreji. Zato se danas, kad se ponovno nameću raznorazne jednakosti i druge socijalističke ideje, ne smijemo umoriti govoreći da su komunizam i socijalizam jednostavno loše ideje.
Debate: Further repression against the democratic forces in Venezuela: attacks on presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Ylva Johansson
Language: EN

Recent events in Venezuela clearly indicate the fragility of the agreements reached in Barbados. Therefore, we must continue to support the ongoing dialogue between the government and the opposition in coordination with our international and regional partners. While the dialogue process faces numerous obstacles and persistent threats, it remains the only route capable of ensuring peace and stability in Venezuela in the run-up to this year’s presidential elections. We recognise the overwhelming support achieved by Maria Corina Machado as the main opposition representative for the 2024 presidential elections. The EU continues to be very concerned about decisions that prevent members of the opposition from exercising their basic political right, as has been the case with Maria Corina Machado and Henrique Capriles. These decisions undermine democracy and the rule of law, and only further deepen the protracted political and social crisis in Venezuela. Only a peaceful and democratic solution, led by Venezuelans themselves, will allow for the restoration of political stability, economic growth and social well-being for the millions of Venezuelans currently in need. The humanitarian crisis in Venezuela is of utmost concern, and addressing the human rights situation in the country must be at the forefront of our collective efforts. The Venezuelans deserve free, fair and transparent presidential elections. Thank you for this debate.
Debate: Further repression against the democratic forces in Venezuela: attacks on presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Hadja Lahbib
Language: EN

The European Union will continue monitoring closely the human rights situation in Venezuela, including the issue of political prisoners. The EU will review the sanctions in place depending on the evolution of the situation in the country, including the implementation of the Barbados Agreement.  I conclude by stressing once again the European Union’s unwavering commitment to continue all our efforts in support of a Venezuelan-led negotiated political solution that leads to the restoration of democracy, the rule of law, respect of human rights in Venezuela.
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Ylva Johansson
Language: EN

The Global Gateway investment strategy is Europe’s EUR 300-billion injection to accelerate the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. And Global Gateway is delivering.  Last year, we started 87 Global Gateway flagship projects. To give just one example, in Namibia, a EUR 1-billion Team Europe partnership to decarbonise their economies and create jobs is taking place. Together, we will unleash Namibia’s potential as a frontrunner in green energy and help Europe to become the first carbon-neutral continent by 2050. This example illustrates the kind of comprehensive, quality-based partnership that distinguishes Global Gateway from other partnership offers.  Let me draw your attention to six key achievements last year. First, the EU-CELAC summit in July. We agreed on a EUR 45-billion investment agenda that reinvigorates Europe’s partnership with Latin America and the Caribbean. It ranged from tropical forest protection in Brazil to the deployment of 5G in Costa Rica. Second, in October, the EU welcomed more than 20 heads of state, 70 ministers and industry and financial sector leaders to Brussels for the first Global Gateway Forum. In two days, we signed more than EUR 3 billion in new agreements. Third, in addition to the Global Gateway Governing Board, with the participation of the European Parliament, we continue to operate operationalise the Global Gateway governance structure with key stakeholders. We held the first ever meetings of the business advisory group and the civil society and local authorities dialogue platform. Fourth, we worked with Member States, the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to define the Global Gateway financial monitoring methodology. We will track the progress on our EUR 300-billion investments by 2027 in transparency, as you requested. Fifth, we mobilised private sector finance, organising more than a dozen Global Gateway business forums in partner countries and numerous events in Brussels. And, last but not least, we made Global Gateway visible. We organised joint Team Europe Global Gateway missions to Namibia, to the DRC, to Zambia, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico. And we showcased Global Gateway in the G7 Hiroshima summit, the G20 summit and in COP28.  Honourable Members of this Parliament, this success in 2023 was truly a collaborative effort of all Team Europe actors. Looking ahead, Global Gateway will deliver even more results this year, with 138 flagship projects and a focus on key areas recommended by the Global Gateway Board. Delivering on them will require true teamwork. I look forward to the continued cooperation with the European Parliament.
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: David McAllister
Political group: PPE
Country: Netherlands
Language: EN

I would like to thank Commissioner Johansson for presenting and naming a number of flagship projects all around the globe, which are examples that Global Gateway is starting to deliver. However, we all know there is plenty of competition. By the end of last year, 146 countries, including 17 EU Member States, had signed memorandums of understanding with China to become part of the Belt and Road Initiative. Not only do projects of the Belt and Road often come paired with allegations of corruption or environmental damage, they can also lead participating countries into a debt spiral. This is starting to cause serious mistrust in Africa, in Latin America and in Asia. The European Union must not squander this opportunity. The inaugural Gateway Forum on 25 and 26 of October 2023 in Brussels gave our partners a clearer idea of how this initiative functions and how they can participate in it. To match the political commitment, we now need to mobilise the firepower of the private sector. Public funds alone will not be able to generate the levels of investment needed.  It will take time, patience and sustained political will to develop the Global Gateway into a successful global brand, but it is well worth it.
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Udo Bullmann
Political group: S-D
Country: Romania
Language: DE

Aber ich frage: Bieten wir schon die Partnerschaft für gute Bildung und Arbeit, die Partnerschaft zur Bekämpfung von Armut und von Krankheiten, die es wirklich braucht? Schaffen wir die Energie von morgen, damit Wertschöpfung auch in den Ländern bleibt, wo erwirtschaftet wird, was den Reichtum der Welt ausmacht? Oder bleibt es bei Überschriften, bei leeren Versprechungen, bei Botschaften, die in der Praxis keinen Anschluss finden? Ich habe einen dringenden Rat an die Kommission und an die Mitgliedstaaten: Schaffen Sie endlich eine parlamentarische Basis für
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Reinhard Bütikofer
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Italy
Language: EN

The Global Gateway was announced in 2021. In 2022, it was bogged down because of internal contradictions within the Brussels bureaucracy. In 2023, the Global Gateway made substantial progress, as has been explained, on the governance, on the efforts to push the narrative, to clarify the priorities and on the Global Gateway Forum.  This year must become the year in which Brussels and the Member States’ capitals, according to the ‘Team Europe’ approach, make it the centrepiece of the EU’s offer for a new partnership with people and countries in the so-called global South. Without such an offer, our talk about geopolitical ambition will turn into shallow, empty talking points.  Global Gateway is not development policy as usual: it is co-development policy, it is a transformative approach with clear priorities that are focussed on the digital transformation, the climate and realistic, resilient supply chains.  With the Global Gateway, the EU wants to contribute strategically to the global commons, and the EU can be a driver and shaper of the global transformation. It must be made a central task of the next Commission and this Parliament.
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Charles Goerens
Political group: Renew
Country: Czechia
Language: FR

Conformément au principe de la primauté des politiques, la stratégie «Global Gateway» vise à combler le déficit d’investissement dans les infrastructures. Nous avons insisté maintes fois sur les montants gigantesques requis pour être en mesure de répondre à la demande sans cesse croissante. Les Nations unies estiment à 4 200 milliards de dollars le montant additionnel requis par an – par an! – pour pouvoir réaliser les objectifs de développement durable. Il va de soi que l’aide publique au développement au niveau mondial ne représente qu’à peu près un quinzième de ce montant. C’est donc dans le secteur privé qu’il va falloir mobiliser les montants manquants. À cet effet, on attend de l’architecture financière du développement de l’Union européenne qu’elle soit à la hauteur. La Banque européenne d’investissement est sans doute la mieux placée, avec les banques nationales de développement et la Banque européenne pour la reconstruction et le développement, pour répondre à ces besoins.  L’évolution a mis du temps à démarrer. Elle est devenue prometteuse entre-temps. Maintenant que le mouvement est lancé, il importe d’agir de façon à ce qu’un maximum de capitaux du secteur privé soit mobilisés en vue de réaliser les buts recherchés.
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Thierry Mariani
Political group: ID
Country: Croatia
Language: FR

Les États africains ne supportent plus nos leçons de morale. Nous exigeons la solidarité des Africains avec Volodymyr Zelensky, mais l’Union européenne ne soutient absolument pas la République démocratique du Congo attaquée par le Rwanda. Les États du Moyen-Orient critiquent notre alignement systématique sur les États-Unis, le gouvernement d’Emmanuel Macron a été humilié dans la zone indo-européenne par l’alliance AUKUS, et Bruxelles est prise d’une peur panique tous les quatre ans car elle est terrorisée par une éventuelle élection de Donald Trump. En réalité, ce qui manque à cette Union européenne, c’est l’expérience des temps longs. Investir pour affronter le nouveau monde multipolaire, oui, mais jamais au prix de la délégation de nos politiques étrangères à Bruxelles.
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Helmut Scholz
Political group: The Left
Country: Luxembourg
Language: DE

Der Investitionsbedarf zeigt: Die EU ist der Herausforderung gewiss nicht alleine gewachsen. Deshalb möchte ich das grundlegende Problem dieses Instruments benennen: die Geopolitisierung der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit. Keine Diskussion um den  Das vorherrschende Missverständnis in diesem Zusammenhang ist, dass wir uns in einem entwicklungspolitischen Wettlauf mit China befänden. Der eigentliche Wettlauf jedoch ist der gegen die Zeit, die uns und den Partnerländern, die gleichberechtigt in die Ausgestaltung einer selbsttragenden Wirtschaftsentwicklung einzubinden sind, für eine sozialverträgliche Bekämpfung des Klimawandels bleibt. Die Dringlichkeit des Problems gebietet, die Umsetzung der Projekte massiv zu beschleunigen. Anstatt geopolitische Rivalitäten auf dem Rücken der Entwicklungsländer auszutragen, müssen wir unsere Ressourcen bündeln und mithilfe von bestehenden multilateralen Institutionen Gelder sinnvoll und im Einklang mit den 17 Nachhaltigkeitszielen investieren.
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Antoni Comín i Oliveres
Political group: NI
Country: Romania
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, la stratégie «Global Gateway», vise à fournir une perspective crédible en regard des nouvelles routes de la soie mises en place par la Chine et à renforcer l’influence globale de l’Union dans le Sud global. Pour atteindre ces objectifs stratégiques, «Global Gateway» se doit d’être un mécanisme qui réponde efficacement aux besoins de développement dans les pays partenaires. Dix ans après sa mise en œuvre, nous devons réfléchir: alignons-nous réellement nos efforts avec les intérêts de nos partenaires? Le succès repose sur notre capacité à choisir des projets qui résonnent avec les priorités des pays partenaires, y compris les gouvernements locaux et régionaux, mais aussi sur notre capacité à garantir que nos efforts contribuent de manière notable aux objectifs de développement durable et ont un effet tangible sur la vie des personnes. Par ailleurs, «Global Gateway» devrait catalyser l’investissement privé dans les secteurs susceptibles d’en tirer le meilleur bénéfice tout en faisant attention à ce que l’implication du secteur privé dans des domaines essentiels tels que l’éducation ou la santé ne se substitue pas à celle du secteur public. Enfin, pour garantir le succès de «Global Gateway», nous devons déployer des partenariats qui tracent un chemin cohérent vers le développement durable et qui créent une différence pour nos partenaires du Sud global par rapport aux offres de nos concurrents géopolitiques, telles la Chine et la Russie.
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Hildegard Bentele
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Herr Präsident, sehr geehrte Frau Kommissarin! Europa muss als geopolitischer Akteur Lösungen für Probleme anbieten, die unseren Partnern Fortschritt bringen und uns neue Verbündete.  Ich glaube, sehr geehrte Kommission, Sie vertun hier eine Chance.  Aber wir müssen auch das Narrativ dazu prägen – Marketing ist die halbe Miete. Lassen Sie uns gemeinsam auch über die offiziellen
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Javi López
Political group: S-D
Country: Belgium
Language: ES

Señor presidente, señora comisaria, la iniciativa Global Gateway permite a la Unión Europea, en primer lugar, estructurar las inversiones que hace en el exterior; en segundo lugar, orientarlas con objetivos determinados, objetivos de políticas públicas, en este caso la transición verde y digital; en tercer lugar, hacerlas más visibles porque uno de nuestros problemas es la enorme fragmentación de nuestro poder, y eso nos resta visibilidad; y, en cuarto lugar, otorgar una narrativa a la acción en términos de inversiones que hacemos en el exterior.  Por ello, es un proyecto muy positivo. Conozco bien el impacto que tiene en América Latina, que fue el gran mensaje lanzado durante la última Cumbre Unión Europea- CELAC del pasado julio, con un monto de 54 000 millones de euros, que esperamos que tenga resultados. Conocemos proyectos buenos y muy positivos bajo el Global Gateway: el cable BELLA, la electrificación de escuelas en Colombia, la protección de la Amazonía verde en Brasil.  Pero no solo esto: necesitamos dar continuidad al proyecto más allá de 2027. Necesitamos pensar en las infraestructuras invisibles, la estabilidad, la cohesión social y la seguridad. Y necesitamos trabajar con nuestras contrapartes, escuchar a los Gobiernos con los que trabajamos, escuchar las transformaciones que se quieren hacer en materia económica y social en América Latina para acabar con el extractivismo y apostar por la lucha contra la desigualdad.
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Dragoş Tudorache
Political group: Renew
Country: Lithuania
Language: EN

Mr President, Commissioner Johansson, dear colleagues, weak economies make weak democracies, and weak democracies are susceptible to populist rhetoric inside or to blackmail and pressure from outside. And neither of these will stop. Isolationist rhetoric will rise, as well as bullying for resources – pressure on the global trade and economic rules-based system. And while we are pressed ourselves to consider inward-looking autonomy, we cannot lose sight that free trade, economic integration and well-considered interdependence remain fundamental to attain our strategic objectives.  Global Gateway is an important tool for that. Investing wisely around the world, strengthening local economies in democracies in the process, means investing in the future of Europe. Make no mistake about it. China is following its interests, exporting its values and views of the world via trade, including in our own backyard. So let us also build and consolidate partnerships that further our values and the shared interests of our Union and of our partners.
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Miguel Urbán Crespo
Political group: The Left
Country: Belgium
Language: ES

Señor presidente, dos años ya de Global Gateway. Dos años de opacidad y secretismo. Dos años planteando inversiones multimillonarias de dinero público otra vez para multinacionales privadas. Dos años reforzando la impunidad y los abusos del poder corporativo neoextractivista pintado de verde. Dos años de anunciar y de crear proyectos para controlar los flujos migratorios en África, para asegurar la provisión de materias primas en el Sur Global o para desatascar negociaciones comerciales en América Latina. En fin, dos años de colonialismo verde para defender una supuesta autonomía estratégica europea que mantenga el jardín del que nos hablaba el señor Borrell. Dejen de disfrazar las cosas de lo que no son y llámenlas, al menos, por su nombre.  El Global Gateway es la respuesta europea a la nueva Ruta de la Seda china, una estrategia extractivista para disputar los recursos escasos en un momento geopolítico de confrontación global. Eso es. Por lo menos, llamémoslo por su nombre.
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Miguel Urbán Crespo
Political group: The Left
Country: Belgium
Language: ES

La verdad es que el colonialismo verde es un auténtico problema, porque muchas veces hablamos de la transición energética. Pero, para que existan coches eléctricos en Bruselas y en Berlín, se necesitan minas de uranio en Perú, en Ecuador o en Bolivia. A eso nos estamos refiriendo con el extractivismo y el colonialismo verde.  La mayoría de las ONG están denunciando cómo la transición o supuesta transición verde europea está fomentando el extractivismo a nivel global. Por lo menos que, desde el Grupo Verts/ALE, se asuman las evidencias.
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Katarína Roth Neveďalová
Political group: NI
Language: SK

Vážený pán predsedajúci, myslím si, že návrh alebo iniciatíva globálnej brány je veľmi dobrým, správnym spôsobom, akým by sme mali my podporiť vlastne celý svet. Ako tí najbohatší, najúspešnejší máme zodpovednosť aj voči iným častiam sveta a táto podpora infraštruktúry je pre mňa veľmi dobrým nápadom, s ktorým Európska komisia prišla. Po dvoch rokoch vidíme, že môže to fungovať.  Veľmi sa mi páčil návrh pána Bullmanna, ktorý hovoril, že by sme mohli rozšíriť túto spoluprácu aj o oblasť parlamentnú, a určite by to bolo dobrým a prínosným nápadom, keďže táto spolupráca je založená nielen na podpore infraštruktúry v oblasti energetiky, digitálu a dopravy, ale takisto aj na výmene skúseností a možno nejakých dobrých riešení, pretože spoločne môžeme mať tento pokrok oveľa lepší.  Myslím si, že táto platforma spolupráce je príležitosťou pre pokrok nielen Európskej únie, ale hlavne tých častí, ktoré s nami budú spolupracovať v iných častiach sveta, a môžeme podporiť krajiny, ktoré sa rozvíjajú. Môžeme napríklad podporou digitálnych nielen zručností, ale aj digitálnej konektivity podporiť lepšie vzdelávanie, lepšie príležitosti pre krajiny, ktoré sa nachádzajú mimo nášho územia. Ale takisto môžeme prepojiť nielen vzdelávanie, ale aj slobodu zmenšovať regionálne rozdiely a podporiť aj mladých ľudí v týchto regiónoch, aby mali lepšie príležitosti.
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Miriam Lexmann
Political group: PPE
Country: Spain
Language: EN

Mr President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, from Africa to the Western Balkans, we see the cost and corrosive impact of Chinese investments. They undermine countries’ finances, human rights and the rule of law.  Colleagues, the democratic world is facing a serious security threat from this totalitarian regime, and we need to act accordingly. First, we must move faster to deliver the necessary investments. Second, we must intensify our coordination with democratic allies. Rather than aid dependence, investments are the best way to ensure sustainable economic development and to strengthen democratic governance. They are vital to our economic competitiveness, whether by improving connectivity or securing access to critical raw materials. Moreover, they are key to addressing the root cause of mass migration.