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Debate: The current situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Date: TUESDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Anna Bonfrisco
Political group: ID
Country: Belgium
Language: IT

Signora Presidente, signora Commissaria, onorevoli colleghi, il dibattito sul Congo di oggi avviene a pochi giorni dal terzo anniversario dell'agguato mortale all'ambasciatore italiano, Luca Attanasio, del carabiniere scelto, Vittorio Iacovacci, e dell'autista del Programma alimentare mondiale, Mustafa Milambo, uccisi in un agguato in Congo il 22 febbraio del 2021.  In quelle terre ricche di biodiversità e di materie prime come poche al mondo, anche decine di milioni di congolesi, sfollati e ridotti alla fame, stavano svolgendo un compito semplice e difficile allo stesso tempo: alleviare le sofferenze e portare aiuto, speranza di sopravvivere alla guerra, alle violenze per un domani migliore.  Da qui discende il nostro dovere di perseguire verità e giustizia per Attanasio, Iacovacci e Milambo e tutti coloro che si sono battuti in quel Paese per i loro diritti umani. A maggior ragione dobbiamo chiedere e garantire più sicurezza alle organizzazioni internazionali e per i servitori dello Stato caduti nell'adempimento della propria missione.  Firmare un accordo col Ruanda che alimenta quelle tensioni e alimenta quelle violenze è come se l'ambasciatore Attanasio morisse due volte: l'Unione europea ci ripensi e stia dalla parte dei diritti umani.
Debate: The current situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Date: TUESDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Maxette Pirbakas
Political group: NI
Country: Sweden
Language: FR

Monsieur le Commissaire, Madame la Présidente, chers collègues, l’est de la République démocratique du Congo est en guerre sans discontinuer depuis 1998: de 1998 à 2003, contre des puissances étatiques et depuis 2004, contre des groupes armés qui font office d’intermédiaires ( Tout le monde s’en fout! Le monde regarde ailleurs. La République démocratique du Congo est abandonnée à son sort. Pourtant, nous savons qui est l’agresseur. C’est le Rwanda qui soutient activement, voire encourage des groupes armés. Nous savons aussi pourquoi. Il s’agit de s’approprier les richesses minières du Congo, qui sont ensuite commercialisées et se retrouvent dans nos appareils électroniques, comme les portables.  Mes chers collègues, dans la mesure où les responsabilités des uns et des autres sont bien établies, pourquoi n’agissons-nous pas? Pourquoi n’agissons-nous pas à l’égard du Rwanda depuis 2014 comme nous le faisons à l’égard de la Russie? Pourquoi n’adoptons-nous pas a minima un train de sanctions vis-à-vis des responsables de cette guerre? Notre lâcheté doit cesser. Je vous remercie et je compte sur vous, Monsieur le Commissaire, Madame la Présidente et chers collègues.
Debate: The current situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Date: TUESDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Carlos Zorrinho
Political group: S-D
Language: PT

Senhora Presidente, Senhora Comissária, a situação no Leste da República Democrática do Congo configura um quadro de conflito múltiplo de enorme complexidade inter-regional, agravado pela ocorrência de chuvas excessivas e inundações.  Mais de 6 milhões de pessoas estão deslocadas no país, 80 % das quais se viram forçadas ao deslocamento pela guerra e pela insegurança. Na região Leste a situação agrava-se, milhões de vidas estão em risco, em particular de mulheres, raparigas e crianças. A abundância de recursos naturais, em vez de proporcionar riqueza e desenvolvimento sustentável, tem atraído poderosos interesses locais, regionais e globais que se digladiam pela captura e controlo desses recursos. Com a retirada em curso da missão das Nações Unidas em Monusco, e com as dificuldades que tem enfrentado a missão da Comunidade de Países da África Austral - eu sei bem, Senhora Comissária, o trabalho que fez para que Angola reforce esta missão -, e designadamente pela presença no terreno de grupos e movimentos armados, em particular do M23, é fundamental que as autoridades nacionais e a comunidade internacional se articulem de forma a travar as múltiplas ingerências que alimentam o conflito. No imediato, como relator permanente do Parlamento Europeu para a Ajuda Humanitária, apelo ao reforço dos corredores humanitários e o apoio às organizações que, no terreno, procuram responder à enorme catástrofe humanitária que assola a região.
Debate: The current situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Date: TUESDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Salima Yenbou
Political group: Renew
Country: Spain
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, Madame la Commissaire, silence, on tue! Dans un silence médiatique consternant, la région des Grands Lacs à l’est du Congo a déjà subi l’une des plus grandes tragédies de notre monde moderne avec 10 millions de morts et plus de 7 millions de déplacés. Aujourd’hui, le mouvement du 23 mars use des pires armes de guerre: famine, viols, destruction des systèmes de santé et discours de haine. Le M23 intensifie ses attaques en février avec la prise de Shasha, laissant 6,7 millions de personnes prises au piège dans des conditions de vie inhumaines. C’est désormais autour de Goma d’être menacée. Nous devons accorder un soutien massif aux initiatives diplomatiques via les processus de Luanda et de Nairobi, pour qu’enfin, le M23 cesse les combats et se retire de toutes les zones qu’il occupe, pour que le Rwanda cesse son soutien au M23 et se retire du territoire congolais, pour que les forces armées de la RDC cessent coute collaboration avec les FDLR. L’Europe doit agir rapidement, avec force et détermination, pour faire revenir la paix et la sécurité en RDC. Nous le devons au peuple congolais!
Debate: The current situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Date: TUESDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Miroslav Radačovský
Political group: NI
Country: Italy
Language: SK

Pani predsedajúca, Európska únia horí protestmi poľnohospodárov proti nezmyselným opatreniam Európskej komisie a my sa toho týždňa v Štrasburgu bavíme o problémoch v Kongu, v Sýrii, na Kube, Ukrajine, Rusku, v pásme Gazy, Arménsku, Azerbajdžansku, Čile, a možno že ešte budeme aj riešiť problémy tučniakov na Madagaskare. So všetkou úctou k ľudu Konga, situácia v Kongu je výsledkom politiky Spojených štátov amerických a Belgicka. Belgicko kolonizovalo Kongo, drancovalo ho. Leopold II vyvraždil milión Konžanov a v Bruseli a v Ostende si stavali paláce. Prvý demokraticky zvolený premiér Patrice Lumumba bol zavraždený pomocou CIA a bol tam dosadený Mobutu, ktorý si dal šialené meno: Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa za Banga. To nevymyslí normálny človek. Problém Konga je problém parlamentu Belgicka a Kongresu Spojených štátov amerických. Východná Európa a Slovensko s tým nemá nič spoločné. Venujme sa problémom, ktoré máme v Európskej únii, a potom sa zaujímajme o celý svet.
Debate: The current situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Date: TUESDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Maria Arena
Political group: S-D
Country: Belgium
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, pour expliquer la crise qui, malheureusement, perdure en République démocratique du Congo, et particulièrement à l’est, il faut parler de deux éléments importants. Le premier, et on l’a dit, c’est le fait que cette région regorge de métaux dits «stratégiques», nécessaires à la fabrication de tous nos appareils connectés. Un deuxième élément qu’on n’a pas beaucoup mentionné, c’est le déficit de gouvernance de la République démocratique du Congo. Ce déficit, par ailleurs, explique aussi en grande partie le soutien du Rwanda au M23, qui voit la possibilité d’occuper le terrain en République démocratique du Congo. Dans ce contexte, la signature entre l’Union européenne et le Rwanda du protocole d’accord est vraiment problématique. Demander au Rwanda de garantir l’approvisionnement durable des ressources alors qu’il organise lui-même le pillage en RDC en soutenant un groupe qui est à l’origine des plus grosses violations des droits humains dans la région est totalement inacceptable. Alors que faut-il faire? Premièrement, je pense qu’il est important de mobiliser une aide humanitaire urgente pour les populations aujourd’hui qui souffrent. Mais il est aussi important de construire un partenariat avec le Rwanda et la RDC basé sur la stabilité et le développement de la région. Enfin, les accords que nous faisons avec ces pays doivent mettre au cœur de nos accords et de nos engagements la question des droits humains.
Debate: The current situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Date: TUESDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Malte Gallée
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Spain
Language: EN

Madam President, it is quite exactly ten years ago that I was travelling through Tanzania, through Uganda and through Rwanda and I really wanted to go and see eastern Congo because I was always so interested – where are all our resources coming from that we are using on a daily basis in all our technical devices? But I was unable to cross the border to eastern Congo because the M23 just emerged. And over the years, so many people always ask, ‘Yeah, but why should we care from Europe what is happening in eastern Congo?’ And we have the historical duty to care about these people over there and we have to make sure that the geopolitical interests are solved – right now.  It cannot be that coltan is transported from the DRC to Rwanda and then exported to the European Union. We need clear supply chain transparency and make sure that each and every one in DRC, Congo, is profiting from the richness of the country.
Debate: The current situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Date: TUESDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Mr President, resources are a source of wealth and trouble. Amnesty International has published a damning report denouncing shocking human rights abuses in Congo arising from the industrial mining of cobalt and copper for rechargeable batteries. These include the forced eviction of entire communities, as well as sexual assault, arson and beatings. Decarbonising the global economy should not come at the expense of the Global South. The transition towards renewable energy cannot be based on the same practices of dispossession and exploitation that currently prevail. In Western Sahara, Morocco’s renewable energy projects are also used to greenwash human rights abuses. This infrastructure serves to further entrench Morocco in occupation with the obvious complication of foreign capital, complicity of foreign capital and the shameful approval of the EU. The EU allocates millions of euros in subsidies and aid to Morocco and to a multitude of European companies that invest in Western Sahara. This makes the EU a financier and accomplice to an illegal occupation. The EU is blatantly ignoring international law in Western Sahara.
Debate: The current situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Date: TUESDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Mr President, a humanitarian disaster is underway in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the worsening security situation and a military build-up all away from the media spotlight – it’s barbarism. How many tragedies do we need to ignore? The International Committee of the Red Cross says the DRC has one of the highest numbers of forcibly displaced people in the world. The UN says that the DRC set a new record for the number of children killed, mutilated, abducted and raped last year for the third year running. Insecurity is fuelled by a web of geopolitics and rivalries, but critically, the struggle for the country’s abundant natural resources – a struggle, we know, which is led and enabled and bolstered by the EU support for Rwanda. We know that their grubby paws are devouring the DRC spoils, all to bolster the coffers of European multinationals. It’s about time the EU started shedding its old colonial mantle, demanding the upholding of international law and leave Africa for the Africans.
Debate: The current situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Date: TUESDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Jutta Urpilainen
Language: EN

So regarding this MOU on critical raw materials with Rwanda, one of the main objectives of the MOU on critical raw materials is to support the sustainable and responsible sourcing, production and processing of raw materials and the goal is to increase traceability and transparency and to reinforce the fight against illegal trafficking of minerals. And it’s good to remember that this follows the partnership on Critical Raw Materials with DRC in October. So we have signed the MOU both with DRC and with Rwanda on critical raw materials. So these efforts, which we sustain also with our support to the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region and our own provision on conflict minerals and due diligence, among others, are in the interest of all the countries and populations in the region. In line with its renewed strategy for the Great Lakes region, the EU will continue to contribute to help end the conflict and promote peace, democracy and sustainable development by contributing to the transformation of the key root causes of insecurity and instability into shared opportunities for unlocking the region’s full potential. I thank you for the discussion and very much looking forward to working very closely with Parliament in order to end this horrible conflict.
Debate: Rising inequalities in the world
Date: TUESDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Jutta Urpilainen
Language: EN

From the pandemic to conflicts to climate change, multiple crises have reversed the hard-won progress of the last decade. As the Commissioner for International Partnerships reducing global inequalities is my top goal. It is an issue impacting every aspect of sustainable development. Therefore, the EU has embarked on a multidimensional response.  First, we launched the Global Gateway investment strategy. Global Gateway is the EU’s EUR 300 billion contribution to achieving the 2030 agenda and reducing inequalities – and as the first SDG Voluntary Review on external action demonstrated, we are delivering. Team Europe is implementing equality flagships around the globe, from social cohesion to decent work, from just transition to human-centred digitalisation.  Second, we launched ambitious external policies and programmes to support equality globally. The EU works both bilaterally and multilaterally to implement fair tax systems. When everyone pays their fair share countries have more capital to invest in education, public health systems and stronger social protection. And the EU is at the forefront of the reform of the multilateral development banks so access to sustainable finance is facilitated for vulnerable countries.  We pay special attention to those most at risk of inequalities. Through our Gender Action Plan III we work to ensure that all women and girls can exercise full, equal, and meaningful participation in public and private life. Through the Global Health Strategy, the EU works to put SDG 3 back on track and, with our first ever Youth Action Plan, we put young people in the driving seat of the global recovery by engaging, empowering and connecting them.  Finally, last year, DG INTPA introduced the Inequality Marker or I-Marker. It is an innovative tool that tracks and benchmarks the EU’s impact across all sectors on inequalities. It forces us to ask ourselves, does our intervention target the bottom poorest 40%? How does it benefit those groups that are the most disadvantaged? We will receive the first I-Marker results by spring, and we will use them to design targeted external actions that drive progress. We will also work with the Brazilian presidency of the G20, who has inequality as the top priority to present the I-Marker as a possible tool for our partners.  So, honourable Members, global inequalities are rising but they do not have to and we can do more. We have the financial resources. We have the expertise to change the trend. We only need to match them with political will. I very much look forward to the discussion.
Debate: Rising inequalities in the world
Date: TUESDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Sirpa Pietikäinen
Political group: PPE
Country: Italy
Language: EN

Poverty is, of course, exclusion from adequate financial resources, but it is much, much more. It is exclusion from education, it is exclusion from proper work, it is exclusion from necessary healthy diets, from health care, and it is exclusion from our societies and decision making. Combating poverty is extremely important, because poverty – understood in the larger context – is a violation against human rights. So yes, we do have a moral duty to work to implement the SDGs and to fight against poverty. But we do have a self-interest to do that also, because we cannot sustain civilised civilisation with increasing poverty and separation between different groups of people. We cannot solve environmental problems and we cannot implement Green Deal. We cannot build our societies with all the full intellectual capacity and the work capacity, what the people would have. Just to put it very boldly: we cannot build our human world and we cannot solve any of our problems without tackling poverty. And as you, Commissioner, said, yes, we do have the money, we hopefully do have the will and we do have the means and equal proportional taxation global wide and combating tax evasion is an important part of that. Let me conclude by saying, as it states in the UN building, ‘We do have the resources for everybody’s needs, but not even for single person’s greed’.
Debate: Rising inequalities in the world
Date: TUESDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Carlos Zorrinho
Political group: S-D
Language: PT

Ao mesmo tempo que crescem as tensões nacionalistas radicais que abrem portas aos autoritarismos e aos isolacionismos, sabemos, pela evidência empírica e pelo conhecimento científico, que os grandes problemas globais como as alterações climáticas, a pobreza endémica, a desinformação manipuladora ou a insegurança alimentar só se podem resolver com políticas articuladas e aplicadas à escala do globo. E, por isso, temos que construir uma nova carta ética de sobrevivência. E como? Em torno dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável aplicados de forma transversal.  E a União Europeia, como disse, tem que dar o exemplo nesse caminho, quer nas suas escolhas e opções internas, quer nos processos de cooperação ou relançamento económico e político à escala internacional.  Em particular, temos que apostar na concretização do objetivo 10 - Reduzir a desigualdade dentro dos países e entre eles, e monitorar e comunicar a aplicação das medidas que visam atingir as metas definidas no quadro desse objetivo.
Debate: Rising inequalities in the world
Date: TUESDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Francisco Guerreiro
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Germany
Language: PT

Existem já experiências bastante interessantes que nos indicam que nós, se calhar, temos é que repensar a solução. Dar dinheiro às pessoas é efetivamente um desses modos que é bastante simples. Portanto, implementar projetos ou experiências-piloto de Rendimento Básico Incondicional, conhecido como  As pessoas não deixam de trabalhar, têm rendimentos para pagar as suas despesas mais básicas, têm a capacidade de projetar a sua vida durante os próximos anos, têm a capacidade de livrar-se do trabalho escravo e, portanto, esta transferência de dinheiro é também uma transferência de poder para os cidadãos. Portanto, é urgente pensarmos, implementarmos um projeto de Rendimento Básico Incondicional na União Europeia.
Debate: Rising inequalities in the world
Date: TUESDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Younous Omarjee
Political group: The Left
Country: Cyprus
Language: FR

Un tel système, mes chers collègues, est malade, corrompu, gangréné par ce monstre économique qui se nourrit de la sueur et du sang de ceux qui produisent des richesses qui sont ensuite accaparées. La question des inégalités est devenue de loin le principal marqueur de notre civilisation. Monsieur le Président, faisons de l’égalité une idée neuve pour l’Europe et pour le monde!
Debate: Rising inequalities in the world
Date: TUESDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Mercedes Bresso
Political group: S-D
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, i dati sulle disuguaglianze nel mondo sono preoccupanti e descrivono una ricchezza sempre più concentrata, mentre milioni di persone vivono quotidianamente in condizioni di disagio e fame. Come ha ricordato la Commissaria, 5 miliardi di persone sono diventate più povere negli ultimi tre anni.  Gli obiettivi di sviluppo sostenibile, il faro delle nostre politiche di sviluppo, sembrano sempre più difficili da raggiungere. Dobbiamo quindi porci due domande. La prima riguarda la destinazione dei nostri fondi e la capacità di assicurarci che questi contribuiscano effettivamente a ridurre i divari, invece di rimanere impigliati magari in burocrazie già ricche. La seconda riguarda i nostri investimenti: sono compatibili con gli obiettivi di riduzione delle diseguaglianze?  Se, infatti, sono positive le potenzialità economiche del Global Gateway, evidenti sono anche i rischi che il settore privato non sia completamente coinvolto negli stessi obiettivi. Su questo abbiamo il dovere, signora Commissaria, di dare delle garanzie di coerenza.
Debate: Rising inequalities in the world
Date: TUESDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Atidzhe Alieva-Veli
Political group: Renew
Country: Bulgaria
Language: BG

Г-н Председател, г-жо Комисар, колеги, живеем в тежки времена, в които основните ценности на демократичния свят – мир, права, свободи, равенство, са подложени на огромно изпитание. Свидетели сме на две кръвопролитни войни с редица негативни последици. Ясно е, че тепърва ще се определят тенденциите на бъдещето и в света, и в Европа. Можем ли да говорим за равенство, докато все още съществуват неравенства между половете, дискриминация, неравен достъп до здравеопазване, образование, социални услуги, хранителна несигурност? Можем ли да говорим за равни възможности, когато продължава да съществува феноменът на работещите бедни?  За да бъде равна и да успее да утвърди своето място на водеща сила, Европа трябва да действа решително. Ще постигнем равенство само с политиките, в центъра на които са хората и които решават техните проблеми.
Debate: Rising inequalities in the world
Date: TUESDAY, 27 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Malte Gallée
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Spain
Language: EN

Mr President, dear Commissioner, you said it at the beginning: the five richest men, they doubled their wealth in the last years and the 5 billion people got poorer. I think we really fail to deliver on the human rights core values that we pretend to defend.  I always think that we in the European Union, we have to defend a cosmopolitan understanding of justice, which means that each and every individual on this planet has the same rights. If I think, like all of us, we have such huge privileges that no one else on this planet has. We can travel wherever we want, and most of the people in this world, they can’t. They are locked in their unproductive states, no access to education, no access to health systems.  This must be our common goal to fight for a world with open borders, where each and every one can move freely, to choose the place where they want to live. When I die, I want to live in a world where I can travel from Berlin to Cape Town without passport control. I hope on your support on this.