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Debate: Discharge
Date: WEDNESDAY, 10 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Johannes Hahn
Language: EN

I also would like to thank the Court of Auditors, namely the President and the Rapporteur, Jan Gregor, for the excellent cooperation. I can confirm we are not always agreeing, but I also agree that we have different roles and at the end of the day, there is a very large agreement about fundamentals. We pursue and follow the same objectives, meaning to respect and to guarantee the correct use of taxpayers’ money. So on this we are both quite successful. The discharge process allows us to learn from the past in order to improve for the future, not least thanks to the thorough exchanges of views organised almost constantly by the Committee on Budgetary Control under the leadership of Monika Hohlmeier, or, in the words of John le Carré,  ‘tomorrow was created yesterday’. Therefore, it’s important to look into how we performed in 2022, in order to learn for 2024 and 2025. Clear and simple rules remain the best way to guarantee the sound financial management of European Union spending. The Commission has therefore continued its efforts to simplify rules and raise awareness of beneficiaries with communication campaigns, workshops and guidance. We need, however, to do more to extend the use of simplified forms of funding. The Commission will also continue working together with its partners, especially Member States and national authorities, on the shared management to address the weaknesses identified and take preventive measures, such as sharing good practices, providing guidance and training to the management control and audit structures in Member States. Because for the future, we need to be even more reliable on the performance and work of the respective institutions and bodies in Member States. So therefore whenever necessary, the Commission will not hesitate to have recourse to corrective mechanisms. Concerning the Recovery and Resilience Facility, the Commission will continue to involve all relevant stakeholders for a successful implementation of the Facility. We will also maintain close engagement with the European Parliament and the Council all along the implementation of the Facility. I would like to reassure you of the Commission’s continuous commitment to work together with the European Parliament in ensuring adequate protection of European Union financial interests and values. The Commission stands ready to follow up on the European Parliament’s concerns. Finally, I have to say and to stress again that I am grateful also on behalf of my team, be it in the Cabinet or in the DG BUDG General Directorate, for the cooperative, constructive and positive spirit between the institutions involved in the discharge debate. Once again, we are not always agreeing, but we exchange in a constructive and even friendly way in order to find common solutions for our citizens.
Debate: Discharge
Date: WEDNESDAY, 10 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Mathieu Michel
Language: FR

Notre objectif commun est de veiller à ce que, surtout en ces temps incertains, le budget de l’Union européenne apporte une réelle valeur ajoutée à nos citoyens et que l’argent de l’Union européenne aille là où nous en avons le plus besoin.
Debate: Discharge
Date: WEDNESDAY, 10 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Isabel García Muñoz
Country: Greece
Language: ES

Para concluir, querría agradecer al Tribunal de Cuentas su informe anual y la excelente colaboración mantenida, al igual que con la Comisión Europea. Y también querría agradecer a los ponentes alternativos su gran cooperación. Por otro lado, me gustaría poner en valor el trabajo realizado por los organismos de control de la Unión Europea, especialmente la OLAF y la Fiscalía Europea, la cual está haciendo un trabajo increíble en la detección del fraude y de la corrupción. Y como dijo ayer la fiscal europea, la señora Kövesi, en nuestra Comisión de Control Presupuestario, ningún país está libre de corrupción. Que no se comunique fraude en un país no quiere decir que no exista. Puede ser que no se esté detectando correctamente y eso sí que afecta enormemente a los intereses financieros de la Unión Europea. Así que tenemos que poner más recursos para detectar el fraude y ser contundentes en su respuesta. Proteger los intereses financieros de la Unión Europea es un objetivo que debe unirnos a todos, así que muchísimas gracias a todos por este debate y esperemos que el texto final no se estropee con alguna de las enmiendas que se han presentado.
Debate: Discharge
Date: WEDNESDAY, 10 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Andrey Novakov
Country: France
Language: EN

At the very beginning, I was open to listening to different opinions, including the one why we need to have a discharge on Parliament – it means that the Parliament is discharging itself. And I think this is a duty of ours, because this is the utmost transparency that we can show. We are the one to grant discharge on administration and the way our budget is spent, and it’s public, and it’s available to everyone who is interested in how the taxpayers’ money is used, even during crisis.  Just to recall, during COVID-19, no one had a rulebook how to behave. We didn’t know when the crisis would be over. We didn’t know that the prices of energy would go so high. We didn’t know that the war would start. We didn’t know that the transport sector, because of COVID-19, would collapse and we would not be able to travel. And, regardless of all these things, we found a way to survive, to adapt our way of functioning and not spend even one cent of European taxpayers’ money for something which was not necessary or was against the rules. And I’m proud that the leadership of the European Parliament for that period followed the rules and did not use those difficult times in a way to use the budget in an inappropriate way.  So you can be proud that we manage this as a team, and those who are coming right after us in the next mandate could follow this example. And I hope that this report, this discharge, could be used as a role model for the future. And I guess I’m hopeful that most of the colleagues tomorrow will support it.
Debate: Discharge
Date: WEDNESDAY, 10 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Luke Ming Flanagan
Country: Germany
Language: EN

I think it’s very important that we come in here and we account for how money is spent. But I think it’s also important that we be factual, and I’m looking at the amendment in the EEAS section, and it says ‘is extremely concerned about reports that EU taxpayers’ money could be used by Hamas’.  Now, I have to ask the question ‘where do these reports come from’? Is it Fox News? Is it from watching ‘The Wizard of Oz’, or was it just dreamed up? Because, as I said in my original speech, the Commission has done a report into this and they have come to a conclusion, and their conclusion is, after looking in many different areas, that they have no evidence of this.  I too would be concerned about things that I dreamed up, like the sky falling down, if they were real, but they’re not real – they’re lies in fact. I’ll go back to what I said earlier: when you trash an organisation as wonderful as UNWRA, and when you decide someone is innocent until proven guilty – and we’re talking about 12 people out of 13 000 – what you do is, and I’ll say it again, you green light the cold murder of anyone who goes in there and tries to help the civilian population.  So words are important. Words are important. I too would be extremely concerned if the reports are true. They’re not true. They’re a pile of shite!
Debate: Discharge
Date: WEDNESDAY, 10 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Monika Hohlmeier
Country: Poland
Language: DE

Zweitens: Ursula von der Leyen hat ein sorgfältiges Assessment gemacht, was der Haushaltskommissar mit am besten weiß; in der Kommission ist das nämlich üblich, aber bei den Grünen in Deutschland ist das nicht üblich. Ich würde Bundeswirtschaftsminister Habeck einmal empfehlen, seine gesamte Familie, die er in Ökoinstituten untergebracht hat, die Millionen erhalten, die Trauzeugen, die seine Staatssekretäre geworden sind, Posten, die unter  Ich muss ganz nüchtern und trocken sagen: ethische Maßstäbe aufzustellen, sich selbst aber nicht daran zu halten, das ist blamabel, lieber Daniel Freund. Einen wirklich geachteten Kollegen, der seit Jahren wirklich ein Spezialist im Bereich der kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen ist, persönlich zu denunzieren, ist schlicht und einfach abscheulich und gehört eigentlich in die ganz, ganz unterste ethische Etage. Die Grünen machen überhaupt gerne Vorschläge, an die sie sich selbst nicht halten. Ich möchte hier an den Fall des Abgeordneten Malte Gallée erinnern und das dröhnende Schweigen der Grünen-Fraktion dazu, dass sie die Fälle der Opfer und die Informationen nicht an die offiziellen Stellen des Europäischen Parlaments gegeben, sondern frech unter dem Tisch behalten haben. Wir haben den Vorsitzenden Reintke und Lamberts geschrieben; bis jetzt herrscht immer noch dröhnendes Schweigen und keine Antworten. Ich halte es für regelrecht peinlich, wenn Daniel Freund sich hier immer als der moralische oberste Wächter aufspielt und in Wirklichkeit die Grünen genau das Gegenteil sind und das Gegenteil darstellen. Lieber Kollege Flanagan: Der Bericht der Kommission wurde angefertigt, bevor die Berichte aus dem Gebiet von Gaza kamen, mit denen festgestellt werden musste, dass es doch Dinge gegeben hat, die von der Kommission und uns allen nicht gewünscht waren, mit denen wir uns aber auseinandersetzen müssen und denen wir auch nachgehen müssen. Ich muss trocken sagen, der Antisemitismus von links ist um keinen Deut besser als der Antisemitismus von rechts. Wir sollten uns um die Probleme der palästinensischen Bevölkerung kümmern und nicht darum, dass Hamas – wir wollen Krankenhäuser bauen, wir wollen Schulen bauen, wir wollen aber keine Terroristen unterstützen. Das ist die Frage, um die es letztendlich hier und bei uns in den Anträgen geht. Ich hoffe, dass die politische Kultur, liebe Heidi Hautala, nicht völlig unter den Teppich gekehrt wird von den Grünen und dass man vielleicht innerhalb der Grünen-Fraktion auch mal darüber redet, was im Wahlkampf noch erlaubt ist und was man im Wahlkampf nicht tun sollte. Denunzieren von Kollegen gehört, glaube ich, nicht dazu.
Debate: Common procedure for international protection in the Union
Date: WEDNESDAY, 10 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Angel Dzhambazki
Political group: ECR
Country: Germany
Language: BG

Г-н Председател, гласувах убедено против този доклад, защото миграцията, нелегалната имиграция най-вече, е доказано най-големият провал на управляващото мнозинство в Европейския парламент и Съюз от последния мандат. Поканата към стотици, към милиони нелегални имигранти, неразбирането на случая, подмяната на население, на култура, на самоопределение, е това, което виждаме като резултат от тази нелегална имиграция. По тази причина не може да има обща процедура за международна защита. Тя трябва да бъде национална. Тя трябва да бъде на национално ниво, защото всяка една нация, всяка една държава има правото и трябва да има суверенитета да пази собствените си граници, да изгради своята гранична линия и да преценява кого да допуска и кого да не допуска на своя територия. Не може неизбирани от никой бюрократи някъде в една стъклена вавилонска кула да решават кой ще влиза, кой няма да влиза, кой ще бъде разпределен, кой няма да е разпределен. Това е дълбоко погрешна политика, която се вижда и чийто резултат виждаме по улиците, включително в града, в който се намираме. Така че обща процедура не може и няма как да има. Трябва да има национални такива.
Debate: Common procedure for international protection in the Union
Date: WEDNESDAY, 10 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Mr President, Ursula von der Leyen has repeatedly said that Israel’s values are the EU’s values. Long before it engaged in its genocidal attempt to obliterate Gaza, Israel had turned Gaza into an open-air prison. The Asylum and Migration Pact will further consolidate, encourage and facilitate the warehousing of asylum seekers. The so-called solidarity mechanism allows Member States to pay into a fund to strengthen borders, and to pay countries outside the EU to actively prevent migrants from entering the EU. This pact will mean increasing use of detention, even for families and children. This is the debt of the individual right to asylum as we know it. This is not how we should treat people. Ursula von der Leyen’s vision and values do have much in common with how Israel has warehoused the people of Palestine in an open-air prison for decades, but these are not the values of the ordinary people of Europe, and they want to see the end of von der Leyen.
Debate: Common procedure for international protection in the Union
Date: WEDNESDAY, 10 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Mr President, I voted against the pact because it’s a bonanza for the defence and arms industry, which profits so handsomely from the wars and instability that make people refugees and migrants in the first place. It’s a scam: a massive transfer of public money straight into the pockets of the security industries. It’s billions being spent on walls and drones and spy tech, on contractors and consultants and border guards, on all of the expensive, deadly trappings of pushback, detention and surveillance. Billions taken from the things we need: health, housing, education and childcare. And this deal won’t stop migration. It probably won’t even slow it down. But it will kill plenty of people who have no choice but to leave their homes because of the policies we implement. And it will murder international law and the right to asylum. So we need to organise against the elites who are taking our money and giving it to the rich, not the poor. And for that, we need the solidarity of everybody who’s been scammed to come together and stand against the EU’s modern colonialism.
Debate: Asylum and migration management
Date: WEDNESDAY, 10 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Angel Dzhambazki
Political group: ECR
Country: Germany
Language: BG

Г-н Председател, отново гласувах „против“ по простата причина, че не може да има управление нито на миграцията, нито на т. нар. бежанци, което да бъде общо и то да бъде базирано в Брюксел. Първо, защото говорим за нелегална миграция, а не говорим за бежанци. Говорим за хора, които доброволно искат да дойдат в Европа заради нейните социални придобивки. Това не може да бъде управлявано. Това не е нито фирма, нито някакъв бизнес, нито предприятие и няма как да бъде управлявано от хора, които го насърчават. В Европейският парламент има от страна на Левицата една подкрепа към неправителствени организации, които се занимават буквално с трафик на хора, които канят нелегалната миграция, която я насърчават. И затова ние не вярваме, че тези хора могат да организират управлението на т. нар. нелегална миграция. Тя не трябва да бъде управлявана, тя трябва да бъде прекратена, тя трябва да бъде спряна, тя трябва да бъде забранена. Тя трябва да бъде невъзможна. Това е единствената форма на управление, която не се случва, и затова гласувах „против“.
Debate: Standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection
Date: WEDNESDAY, 10 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Angel Dzhambazki
Political group: ECR
Country: Germany
Language: BG

Г-н Председател, отново без изненада гласувах „против“ по причините, които изброих преди малко в предишните ми две изказвания. Няма как да има и международна регулация на процеси, които трябва да се управляват национално. Всяка една държава има за задължение да защитава своята територия и всяка една държава има за задължение да решава кого да пуска и кого да не пуска на своя територия. Идеята на част от колегите от Левицата да управляват този процес е неразумна. Тя ще доведе до повече нелегална миграция. Тя ще доведе до насърчаване на нелегалната миграция. Тя ще доведе до задълбочаване на тези процеси, които ще застрашат европейските социални, пенсионни системи, културната идентичност, национално самоопределение и ще доведат до социално напрежение и до сблъсъци, на каквито вече сме свидетели. Няма как да има разпознаване на националностите от трети държави, които да получават някаква подкрепа, защото са нелегални имигранти. Нелегалната имиграция трябва да бъде спряна и не трябва да бъде допускана.
Debate: Internal markets for renewable gas, natural gas and hydrogen  - Common rules for the internal markets for renewable gas, natural gas and hydrogen  - Union’s electricity market design: Regulation - Union’s electricity market design: Directive
Date: THURSDAY, 11 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Martin Hojsík
Country: Finland
Language: SK

Ďalším bodom programu je spoločná rozprava o: – správe, ktorú predkladá Jerzy Buzek v mene Výboru pre priemysel, výskum a energetiku, o návrhu nariadenia Európskeho parlamentu a Rady o vnútornom trhu s obnoviteľnými plynmi a zemným plynom a vodíkom (prepracované znenie) ( – správe, ktorú predkladá Jens Geier v mene Výboru pre priemysel, výskum a energetiku, o návrhu smernice Európskeho parlamentu a Rady o spoločných pravidlách pre vnútorný trh s obnoviteľnými plynmi a zemným plynom a s vodíkom ( – správe, ktorú predkladá Nicolás González Casares v mene Výboru pre priemysel, výskum a energetiku, o návrhu nariadenia Európskeho parlamentu a Rady (EÚ), ktorým sa mení nariadenie (EÚ) 2019/943, smernica (EÚ) 2019/942, smernica (EÚ) 2018/2001 a nariadenie (EÚ) 2019/944 s cieľom zlepšiť koncepciu trhu s elektrinou v EÚ ( – správe, ktorú predkladá Nicolás González Casares v mene Výboru pre priemysel, výskum a energetiku, o návrhu smernice Európskeho parlamentu a Rady, ktorou sa menia smernice (EÚ) 2018/2001 a (EÚ) 2019/944, pokiaľ ide o zlepšenie koncepcie trhu s elektrinou v Únii (
Debate: Internal markets for renewable gas, natural gas and hydrogen  - Common rules for the internal markets for renewable gas, natural gas and hydrogen  - Union’s electricity market design: Regulation - Union’s electricity market design: Directive
Date: THURSDAY, 11 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Jerzy Buzek
Country: France
Language: PL

Na tej sesji kończymy prace nad paroma bardzo ważnymi aktami legislacyjnymi, bo wymaga to wszystko czasu. Musi być też sprawiedliwe społecznie i racjonalne kosztowo. Działamy dokładnie w tym duchu.  Wczoraj było rozporządzenie metanowe, przegłosowane. To groziło początkowo zamknięciem kopalń na moim rodzinnym Śląsku niemal z dnia na dzień. Ale dobraliśmy takie rozwiązanie, że uratowaliśmy sytuację, a równocześnie będziemy wymuszać realne działania w kopalniach, które pozwolą na ograniczenie metanu.  Podobnie jest z reformą rynku energii elektrycznej. Zagłosujemy nad nią dziś. Tam też, także dzięki naszym poprawkom, wygrał zdrowy rozsądek. Po pierwsze, znosimy limit cen energii dla tzw. instalacji inframarginalnych, aby rozwijać inwestycje OZE, i po drugie, do końca 2028 r. przedłużyliśmy derogację na wspieranie elektrowni węglowych z rynku mocy. Dla krajów takich jak Polska to kluczowe dla utrzymania bezpieczeństwa zasilania w energię elektryczną. Trzeba dobrze te 3,5 roku wykorzystać, bo kolejnej derogacji nie będzie, a przyszłość to OZE i zielony wodór.  No i tu dochodzimy do pakietu wodorowo-gazowego, nad którym również za chwilę zagłosujemy. Pracowałem nad nim ponad dwa lata. To pierwsze tak kompleksowe ramy prawne dla rozwoju gospodarki wodorowej w historii.  Kluczowe punkty w tym pakiecie wyglądają tak: Jeśli chodzi o rozdzielenie właścicielskie, to – podobnie jak dotąd było dla gazu i dla elektryczności – także rozróżniamy systemy przesyłowe i dystrybucyjne. To jest bardzo ważne dla naszych operatorów.  Po drugie, subsydiowanie skrośne oraz międzyokresowa alokacja kosztów. Chodzi o to, żeby koszty inwestycji i koszty wykorzystania infrastruktury związanej z wodorem były jak najniższe.  Biometan – tam także doprowadziliśmy do obniżek taryfowych, obniżenia kosztów przyłączania biometanu, aby było jak najwięcej biometanowni.  Kolejna sprawa – wsparcie dla regionów górniczych. To tam właśnie, zgodnie z planami sprawiedliwej transformacji, powinniśmy inwestować w wodór. Wspólne zakupy gazu. Pamiętajmy, że czekaliśmy na to w Parlamencie Europejskim wiele lat. Dzisiaj mamy. Wykluczamy z tych wspólnych zakupów Rosję. Jeśli agregujemy nasze potrzeby, to się okazuje, że mamy taniej. I, co ważne, włączymy w to także wodór w najbliższej przyszłości.  I wreszcie prawna możliwość ograniczenia, zaprzestania przez kraje Unii Europejskiej importu gazu, także gazu płynnego. To ważne dla bezpieczeństwa energetycznego krajów czy Unii Europejskiej. To pierwsze tak daleko idące rozwiązanie na naszym rynku europejskim.  Chciałem powiedzieć, że idziemy do przodu zdecydowanie w ochronie klimatu, ochronie także możliwości godnego życia przez naszych obywateli. Zdecydowanie, ale z rozwagą.
Debate: Internal markets for renewable gas, natural gas and hydrogen  - Common rules for the internal markets for renewable gas, natural gas and hydrogen  - Union’s electricity market design: Regulation - Union’s electricity market design: Directive
Date: THURSDAY, 11 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Maria Grapini
Country: Portugal
Language: RO

De aceea, vreau să felicit tot grupul care a lucrat la acest pachet, pentru că, până la urmă, așa cum spunea și domnul Geier, am îmbunătățit propunerea comisiei, am scos un pachet acceptabil, nu este ideal, dar sigur că mai putem lucra. Mergem pe ideea ca, mai ales în sezonul rece, să nu fie deconectați și am reușit să punem acest amendament. Nu a fost ușoară negocierea cu Comisia și Consiliul, dar în final am reușit și cred că mesajul pe care trebuie să îl dăm acum statelor membre este să fie atente la implementarea pachetului, pentru că până la urmă responsabilitatea este partajată. Este foarte important cum implementează fiecare stat acest important pachet de reglementare a pieței energiei și a pieței gazelor.
Debate: Internal markets for renewable gas, natural gas and hydrogen  - Common rules for the internal markets for renewable gas, natural gas and hydrogen  - Union’s electricity market design: Regulation - Union’s electricity market design: Directive
Date: THURSDAY, 11 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Pedro Silva Pereira
Country: Bulgaria
Language: PT

Junte-se a isso a urgência da transição energética para enfrentar as alterações climáticas e os imperativos de investir mais nas renováveis para a descarbonização da economia, e aí temos razões mais do que suficientes para a reforma do mercado da eletricidade que hoje aqui discutimos. Como relator da Comissão dos Assuntos Económicos, e do parecer que esta emitiu, tive duas preocupações principais: defender os mais pobres da insegurança energética e do aumento dos preços, ao mesmo tempo que se assegura que não há distorções insustentáveis no mercado. Com a inclusão destas preocupações na reforma acordada entre os colegisladores na Presidência espanhola, teremos um mercado de eletricidade mais social, mais justo e mais à altura dos nossos desafios.