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Debate: Question Time  The state of play of the war in Ukraine
Date: TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Josep Borrell Fontelles
Language: ES

It would be a big waste of the money of European taxpayers. If we want to spend not more but better, it has to be done in a coordinated manner and that’s what we are trying to do. So let’s see by the end of this year if we are able to implement some of the measures of the Strategic Compass. Let’s see if the Member States are ready to provide us with the modules to build this rapid reaction force. Let’s see if we continue working with the fiscal programmes and if the European Defence Agency provides guidance and people follow this guidance in order to avoid more duplications and avoid more gaps in our military capacities.  This is a good occasion because we Europeans – thank God – forgot about war. War was something that was happening very far away, and now it’s happening in our borders, with the sense of the dramatic, the sense of the situation in which the citizen has to understand that defence capabilities are not a luxury. The less, the better? No, no it’s no longer the less, the better! We need to have capacity to face the challenges of our world, and what’s happening in Ukraine is a good example that these challenges are not theoretical but real. The European Parliament can play an important role in order to explain to the European citizens what this is about.
Debate: Question Time  The state of play of the war in Ukraine
Date: TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Hilde Vautmans
Political group: Renew
Country: Romania
Language: NL

Ik heb nog een laatste vraag, mijnheer Borrell. Gisteravond hadden wij een vergadering van de Commissie buitenlandse zaken. We bespraken daar een advies van de Commissie constitutionele zaken. Dat ging vooral over hoe Europa nu moet functioneren. Want eigenlijk – en het is misschien stout wat ik nu ga zeggen – is het grootste probleem dat Europa nu heeft, hoe het op dit ogenblik functioneert. We hebben de Conferentie over de toekomst van Europa gehad. We hebben al die burgerpanels gehad die uitstekende voorstellen hebben gedaan. Mijn vraag aan u is dan ook: gaat u akkoord om die voorstellen uit te voeren? Ik zal ze u noemen: heel snel werk maken van de afschaffing van de unanimiteit, een conventie opstarten, dat Europees leger tot stand brengen – ik blijf het herhalen, elke week opnieuw –, en tot slot uw eigen rol versterken: zorg dat we in de toekomst een échte minister van Buitenlandse Zaken van de Europese Unie hebben.
Debate: Question Time  The state of play of the war in Ukraine
Date: TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Josep Borrell Fontelles
Language: EN

Because more and more, you know, there is not incentive to participate in the debate because the unanimity means at the end veto rights for everyone. And if you have the veto right, then you know that nobody can do anything without you. You don’t have an incentive to participate in the debate and to form a coalition in order to get something good for you, you just sit in your corner and wait for them to come and to buy you. Well, to buy you, I mean, to make proposals that you could accept in order to change your position. But if 27 Member States do the same thing, it’s very difficult that we get a quick answer to urgent problems. So, yes, I am very much in favour of having decision—making procedures which are not based on unanimity. But you know what is problem is? In order to abandon unanimity, we need unanimity.
Debate: Question Time  The state of play of the war in Ukraine
Date: TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Othmar Karas
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Wenn sich alle an die Redezeit halten, dann würde ich versuchen, noch vier Redner an die Reihe zu nehmen, damit alle Fraktionen die Möglichkeit hatten, auch eine Frage zu stellen.
Debate: Question Time  The state of play of the war in Ukraine
Date: TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Sven Mikser
Political group: S-D
Country: Hungary
Language: EN

Mr High Representative, recent positive news from the Ukraine battlefield – in part due to the Western military equipment donations, mostly US, but also European donations, the attrition during wartime obviously is enormous, so Ukraine continues to need all our donations. You mentioned the use of a clearinghouse mechanism. You mentioned the use of the European Peace Facility.  My question is this. Two questions, actually. What is your very blunt assessment, to what degree are we currently able to satisfy Ukrainian needs so that they could consolidate the gains they’ve made in the battlefield?  And secondly, even short of a European Defence Minister or a European army, can we right now do something to move beyond the role of just coordination between the Member States and take on the more active role as the European Union when it comes to delivering military aid to Ukraine?
Debate: Question Time  The state of play of the war in Ukraine
Date: TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Josep Borrell Fontelles
Language: FR

Au début de la guerre, personne n’avait changé, même pas quant à la possibilité de mobiliser la facilité européenne pour la paix. C’est nous qui l’avons proposé. On n’a pas coordonné les demandes des autres, on a mis sur la table une proposition concrète. Je vais mettre sur la table une proposition concrète dans les prochains jours, aller à la sixième tranche d’aide militaire, moyennant la facilité européenne pour la paix. Et franchement, mes ambitions et mes capacités ne vont pas plus loin. Parce que je sais qu’en matière de défense, les États membres restent souverains, que la défense est une capacité et une compétence des États, et que je ne suis pas ici pour essayer de construire quelque chose en dehors des traités, mais pour tirer des traités toutes leurs potentialités. Il s’agit donc de faire des propositions et de coordonner leur mise en application. Avec ça, croyez moi, pour l’instant, on est bien servi.
Debate: Question Time  The state of play of the war in Ukraine
Date: TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Peter Kofod
Political group: ID
Country: Poland
Language: DA

Hr. Formand! Jeg vil gerne følge op på et af de første spørgsmål, der bliver stillet i denne runde, der handlede om de afrikanske lande. Fordi som jeg forstår det, så var der lande i Afrika, som hr. Borrell ikke havde været i kontakt med eller ikke havde været i, som klart teamede op med Rusland. Jeg kunne godt tænke mig at vide, om EU giver bidrag til afrikanske lande, som eventuelt måske ikke engang vil tage udviste statsborgere tilbage, som blander sig aktivt i en krig på det europæiske kontinent, imod vores interesser, imod det, det store flertal ønsker. Og så vil jeg gerne vide, hvad udenrigschefen vil gøre for at sikre, at der selvfølgelig bliver slået ned på den adfærd. For det siger sig selv, at Europa skal følge egne interesser. Vi skal ikke ligge under for despoter rundt omkring i verden, uanset om de er fra Afrika, Mellemøsten eller Rusland. Jeg ser frem til et svar, hr. Borrell.
Debate: Question Time  The state of play of the war in Ukraine
Date: TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Josep Borrell Fontelles
Language: ES

La semana que viene tendremos en Nueva York la semana de las Naciones Unidas. Allí estaremos casi todos los representantes de los países del mundo y, en particular, de los países africanos. Y vamos a tener que hacer con ellos un diálogo que no levante más reticencias y que, al contrario, nos lleve por un camino de cooperación. Lo he dicho esta tarde varias veces. Y permítame que insista: África tiene razones para pedir al mundo desarrollado que tenga en cuenta sus problemas. Y sus problemas se han hecho más graves con el cambio climático, con la pandemia y con las consecuencias de la guerra. La pandemia no la hemos causado nosotros. Ciertamente, no. Pero en el cambio climático en buena medida nosotros tenemos más responsabilidad que ellos. Y lo tenemos que tener bien presente, porque cuando vemos que nosotros tenemos problemas de incendios forestales, altas temperaturas..., eso no es nada. Eso es mucho, pero comparado con lo que sufren los países afectados por las sequías y por las hambrunas, lo suyo es mucho más dramático, mucho más grave. Hemos de estar atentos a sus problemas. Esa es la mejor respuesta que les podemos dar.
Debate: Question Time  The state of play of the war in Ukraine
Date: TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Reinhard Bütikofer
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Italy
Language: EN

Mr President, I would like to say to the High Representative that he emphasised just a few minutes ago that obviously Member States have the remit to do defence policy, but still, as European leaders, we also have the responsibility to try to coordinate as best we can common efforts to support Ukraine’s defence of their own sovereignty and their own borders.  In the past, many European leaders have rejected the call from Ukraine to provide modern tanks to help the Ukrainian army to fight more effectively. More recently, rumours have it that the American administration might be charting a new course.  My question to you, High Representative, is, can you inform us where that conversation stands at the moment?
Debate: Question Time  The state of play of the war in Ukraine
Date: TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Josep Borrell Fontelles
Language: ES

Señor diputado, si usted suma las aportaciones que han hecho los Estados miembros y la Unión Europea, no estamos lejos de igualar el esfuerzo que han hecho los Estados Unidos: nuestro apoyo ha sido fundamental. El de los Estados Unidos también, claro, pero, lo que creo que hay que transmitir es que hemos hecho mucho, que gracias a lo que hemos hecho estamos viendo los resultados en el terreno y que este apoyo militar tiene que continuar. Ayer me decía el ministro ucraniano cuando hablé con él por teléfono para preparar este debate que ellos van a continuar luchando para defender su soberanía territorial y para que Rusia asuma sus responsabilidades políticas, económicas y morales en la destrucción de Ucrania; que Rusia asuma sus responsabilidades políticas, económicas y morales en la destrucción de Ucrania: ese es el objetivo que nosotros tenemos que marcarnos para continuar con nuestra ayuda también. Eso es lo que él me dice y eso es lo que yo les transmito, pero para eso hace falta que las opiniones públicas lo apoyen.
Debate: Question Time  The state of play of the war in Ukraine
Date: TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Witold Jan Waszczykowski
Political group: ECR
Country: Romania
Language: EN

Mr President, this debate shows that the support of the European Union is a very symbolic one, the most support is coming to Ukraine from their Member countries. Poland is one of the leading countries which is supporting Ukraine in political, military and humanitarian ways. Poland stands also as a hub of international support.  At the same time, Poland, as I said, which is a leading country in its support, is sanctioned by the European Union, is penalised by the Tribunal, the Commission stopped the recovery plan, and there are a number of resolutions against Poland, even based on the fake news coming from this House.  So my question, Mr Borrell, is, would you like to help Ukraine by helping Poland to assist Ukraine in an effective way? So, if you like to help Ukraine, you have to lift the sanctions imposed on Poland.
Debate: Question Time  The state of play of the war in Ukraine
Date: TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Özlem Demirel
Political group: The Left
Country: Hungary
Language: DE

Herr Präsident! Herr Borrell, Sie haben am Anfang gesagt: Früher oder später wird dieser Krieg enden. Ich hoffe doch, dass er so früh wie möglich endet, nicht nur wegen der explodierenden Preise für die Bevölkerung weltweit, sondern vor allen Dingen auch, damit das Sterben und die Zerstörung in der Ukraine aufhören. Doch ich möchte Sie fragen, was Sie denn tatsächlich dafür tun, dass es zu Verhandlungen kommt, zu einem Waffenstillstand kommt? Ich habe wahrgenommen, die EU hat keine Exit-Strategie eingerichtet, keine Diplomaten entsandt und überhaupt nichts in der Hinsicht unternommen. Und das ist aber tatsächlich eine ernst gemeinte Frage im Interesse der Bevölkerung in der EU. Was tut die EU, außer Waffen zu liefern? Was tut die EU, außer Sanktionen zu beschließen? Und dann noch zum Schluss eine Frage: Ich habe wahrgenommen, dass Herr Danilow, das ist der Sekretär des Sicherheitsrats der Ukraine, vor einigen Tagen in
Debate: Question Time  The state of play of the war in Ukraine
Date: TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Josep Borrell Fontelles
Language: ES

Eso es lo que creo que tenemos que tener claro, porque, si dejamos de ayudar a Ucrania, puede que la guerra se acabe antes, pero, ¿a usted no le importa que la guerra se acabe con un país dominado por una potencia agresora? ¿A usted no le importa de qué manera los ucranianos van a vivir después de que la guerra se acabe? Sí que le importa, claro que le importa: estoy seguro de que tampoco quiere que Rusia triunfe en su agresión contra Ucrania. Usted me dice: ¿qué hacen ustedes para construir la paz? En este momento lo que hacemos es ayudar a Ucrania a defenderse de la agresión; eso es lo que estamos haciendo, y creo que es un paso necesario para conseguir una paz que merezca este nombre.
Debate: Question Time  The state of play of the war in Ukraine
Date: TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Fabio Massimo Castaldo
Political group: NI
Country: France
Language: EN

At the G7 summit earlier this month, the leaders of the participating countries agreed to set a price cap for Russian oil exports, triggering a strong reaction from the Russian side, with Putin declaring that in case this happens, he would stop exporting oil to Europe. Therefore, dear Josep, I would like to ask you to elaborate a bit further on our possibility to enforce this decision without generating a boomerang effect on our economies and on our citizens. One of the main options put forward by the analysts is to deny Russia the access to the London insurance market, which covers around 95 % of the global oil shipping. Do you think this would be a sufficient deterrent? And is there a consensus among the EU Member States to proceed this way? Also, I believe that one of the main objectives of our elections should be to enlarge the number of countries worldwide that would support this initiative, in order to consolidate the bloc of liberal democracies opposing this barbaric war. Is there any outreach plan to foster cooperation with our partners? And how is it looking at the current stage?
Debate: Question Time  The state of play of the war in Ukraine
Date: TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Josep Borrell Fontelles
Language: ES

Hasta ahora, las menores cantidades vendidas estaban compensadas por mayores precios. Y, sí, ciertamente el precio del gas se ha multiplicado. Pero ahora ya no ocurre eso. Ahora las cantidades han bajado tanto que el aumento de precios ya no compensa el producto. El producto ya no aumenta porque uno de los dos factores disminuye muy rápido. Hoy los europeos importamos cinco veces menos de gas ruso que antes de la guerra. ¿Nos damos cuenta de esto? ¿Por qué no somos un poco más conscientes de lo que hemos conseguido hacer en poco tiempo cuando decimos «vamos a librarnos de la dependencia del gas ruso»? Todavía no lo hemos conseguido al cien por cien, pero cinco veces menos es mucho en poco tiempo. Por lo tanto, lo que hay que hacer es seguir haciendo más de lo mismo. Más de lo mismo: reducción del consumo, búsqueda de energía y de suministradores alternativos y desarrollo de las energías renovables. No hay más secreto que este. Y cuando hace unos meses, desde esa tribuna, dije que los europeos teníamos que reducir un grado la temperatura de la calefacción, que es el equivalente de reducir el 7 % el consumo, me dijeron cosas muy amables. Recibí una gran cantidad de amabilidades. Bueno, pues no era una idea tan estúpida. Porque ahora estamos todos planteándonos reducir, no un grado, más. Y lo vamos a hacer. Porque, a lo mejor es necesario ajustar nuestras calefacciones si ese es el precio de mantener y conquistar nuestra independencia energética. Y lo estamos haciendo, señorías, lo estamos haciendo.
Debate: Question Time  The state of play of the war in Ukraine
Date: TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Othmar Karas
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Ich bedanke mich beim Hohen Vertreter für Außenpolitik und bei Ihnen, meine sehr geehrten Damen und Herren, für die Unterstützung. Wir haben die Fragestunde um 20 Minuten verlängert, damit ich auf der einen Seite die Mehrheitsverhältnisse im Hause berücksichtigen kann und auf der anderen Seite von jeder Fraktion zumindest eine Frage gestellt werden konnte. Das war das Ziel der Überziehung der Zeit. Außerdem war es, glaube ich, eine sehr spannende und sehr informative Fragestunde. Das Format hat sich bewährt, und ich beende damit die heutige Fragestunde.
Debate: The situation in the Strait of Taiwan
Date: TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Othmar Karas
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Als nächster Punkt der Tagesordnung folgt die Aussprache über die Erklärung des Vize-Präsidenten der Kommission und Hohen Vertreters der Union für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik zur Lage in der Taiwanstraße (
Debate: The situation in the Strait of Taiwan
Date: TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Michael Gahler
Political group: PPE
Country: Spain
Language: DE

Diese Drohung, die können wir nicht akzeptieren, und deswegen ist es richtig, dass wir als eine Reaktion darauf in dem Rahmen, der möglich ist, nämlich der Ein-China-Politik, unsere Beziehungen mit Taiwan so weit ausbauen, wie es möglich ist. Ich habe mal bei einem Besuch in Taiwan auf Englisch ein Akronym gebildet:  Und wir als Europäisches Parlament haben in dem Zusammenhang schon seit Langem gefordert, dass wir auch mit Taiwan ein bilaterales Investitionsschutzabkommen abschließen. Das würde es sowohl unserer Wirtschaft als auch den Taiwanesen ermöglichen, diese bestehenden Kontakte noch zu erweitern. Wir haben ein Interesse zum Beispiel, dass die Taiwanesen im Bereich der Halbleiter auch bei uns investieren. Ich habe gehört, die haben jetzt eine Firma in Italien gegründet und dort die Produktion begonnen. Das muss erweitert werden. Das geht besser im Rahmen so eines Abkommens. Bitte trauen Sie sich – danke!
Debate: The situation in the Strait of Taiwan
Date: TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Pedro Marques
Political group: S-D
Country: Czechia
Language: PT

Da parte da nossa família política temos uma mensagem muito clara para transmitir às autoridades chinesas, que aliás julgo que será amanhã também muito clara na resolução deste Parlamento: esta tentativa de intimidação é inaceitável e merece da nossa parte o mais forte repúdio.  Qualquer tentativa unilateral de alteração do statu quo, colocando em causa a estabilidade na região, teria as mais graves consequências. Uma coisa sabemos: a China desempenhará um papel importante no mundo nas próximas décadas, isso é certo, mas que papel quer a China ter? Quer estar no lado da cooperação, no quadro do direito internacional, ou quer estar no lado do alinhamento com os que têm vindo a deteriorar a paz e a ordem mundial?  Isso é o que vamos ver nos próximos tempos.
Debate: The situation in the Strait of Taiwan
Date: TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Hilde Vautmans
Political group: Renew
Country: Romania
Language: EN

Dear High Representative, the US warned us over Russia’s plans to invade Ukraine and we refused to see reality. We must not make the same mistake again. We now have two options: either we continue our ‘wait and see’ strategy, as we did for too long with Russia, or we decide to act. And my choice is very clear. Therefore, I really ask you today to show our support to Taiwan by working on that investment agreement. Work on a contingency plan, together with like-minded partners, in the event of an escalation and make European defence a reality. It’s the only way to have a say in this geopolitical area.
Debate: The situation in the Strait of Taiwan
Date: TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Reinhard Bütikofer
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Italy
Language: EN

Unilateral changes of the situation in the Taiwan Straits will continue to meet our strong opposition. We fully condemn the PRC’s threat of the use of force, their continuous provocations and the escalation of threats from Beijing against Taiwan, which are completely unjustified and an escalation of choice. We want to signal to Beijing that a strategy of aggression would come with a very high price for the PRC itself, and we want to deter them from undermining security and peace in the region. Parliamentary diplomacy has to play a central role in this regard. We will continue travelling to Taiwan. We will invite the Taiwanese parliament, we will organise a parliamentary week and we will all make efforts to convince our colleagues in national parliaments to form a strong phalanx of solidarity with Taiwan.
Debate: The situation in the Strait of Taiwan
Date: TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Emmanuel Maurel
Political group: The Left
Country: Greece
Language: FR

Mais évidemment, la réponse à cette gesticulation infra-diplomatique doit aussi nous alerter sur la nervosité, sur l’absence de discernement et sur le caractère disproportionné des actions de Pékin: conduire des activités militaires de grande ampleur et ainsi aggraver la menace sur Taïwan pour répondre à cette visite, c’est évidemment un prétexte et on le condamne. L’Europe a une responsabilité à jouer parce qu’il faut qu’on continue à avoir de bonnes relations avec Taïwan, que sa sécurité soit assurée. Et les deux mots clés, ce sont évidemment la désescalade et la démilitarisation. Et pour cela, on compte sur une Europe unie qui maintienne le statu quo, qui maintienne le principe de la Chine unique, mais qui soit évidemment un fervent défenseur de la démocratie à Taïwan.
Debate: The situation in the Strait of Taiwan
Date: TUESDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2022
Speaker: Fabio Massimo Castaldo
Political group: NI
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, Commissioner, High Representative, when we talk about Taiwan, there’s only one question that really matters: what can we do in practice to avoid the conflict that has been long predicted, that could have catastrophic human costs, and that would represent yet another attempt from autocratic powers to eradicate democracy from their neighbourhoods as it is happening in Ukraine? I believe there is only one answer. We have to support Taiwan in making clear that the costs of an invasion would be unbearable for Beijing. As we cannot the risk of military escalation, we have to rely on what has always been the hallmark of our external action: diplomacy and commercial strength. To do so, it is paramount that we remain united among ourselves, willing to scale up our relations with Taipei, including through our bilateral investment agreements, and act as a monolith in countering China’s attempts to destabilize us through propaganda and trade retaliation. Therefore, I commend Lithuania for opening its trade office in Taiwan, and I expect more Member States as well as our Union as a whole to show the same courage, demonstrating to the world that we stand united in defending our defining values, that we stand firmly next to the brave and democratic people of Taiwan.