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Debate: Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Marcel de Graaff
Political group: NI
Country: France
Language: NL

Voorzitter, Israël bombardeert de Iraanse ambassade in Syrië. Als reactie bombardeert Iran twee afgelegen militaire vliegvelden in Israël en plotseling is heel de EU tegen Iran en schenden ze daar alle mensenrechten. Onzin. Iran moet blijkbaar gestraft worden voor zijn steun aan Rusland. Daarom zeg ik aan alle burgers in de EU: dit doen uw leiders in de EU: ze prijzen onze vrijheid, maar dwingen mensen tot vaccinatie; ze prijzen onze democratie, maar censureren en demoniseren de oppositie; ze prijzen onze welvaart, maar pakken ons geld af en vervangen dat door digitale spaarpunten; ze verkondigen vrede, maar onze zonen moeten straks in Oekraïne vechten en sterven voor multimiljardairs in Amerika, want na een half miljoen doden en invaliden zijn de soldaten daar op. Maar o ja, de EU discrimineert niet: ook de kinderen van immigranten mogen sterven in de hel van Oekraïne. Dus tijdens de komende verkiezingen: stem tegen de EU.
Debate: Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Lukas Mandl
Political group: PPE
Country: Portugal
Language: EN

Mr President, Commissioner, High Representative, colleagues, now it’s revealed to the world that the Iranian regime is threatening Israel, the only Jewish State on earth, directly, not only via its proxies, like in the past, Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthi in Yemen and other parts of the world. The Iranian regime is also threatening us via financing terrorism and Islamism on our continent, in our cities, in our rural areas.  I’m questioning why we have not earlier designated Revolutionary Guards as what they are, a terrorist organisation. I have requested that for many years. This very parliament has voted for it with a huge majority in January last year. But the High Representative and Foreign Affairs Commissioner didn’t act as nearly always. So, Mr Borrell, as I have thanked you for holding the role for some years during a different debate in this very last plenary week of this mandate, I really hope for the next Foreign Affairs Commission and High Representative not to follow your path, not to continue with these policies. We have to defend our security, that our Europeans, meaning also ally with our allies.
Debate: Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Dacian Cioloş
Political group: Renew
Country: France
Language: RO

Domnule președinte, atacul Iranului asupra Israelului este un act condamnabil de agresiune, care, alături de crimele Hamas, luările de ostatici și apoi intervenția Israelului în Gaza, aprind o nouă zonă fierbinte pe harta lumii. Uniunea Europeană trebuie să facă tot ce-i stă în putință pentru a evita escaladarea acestui conflict, pentru că un nou front acolo, nu doar că va crește numărul victimelor umane, dar va face jocul lui Putin. Rusia lui Putin va alimenta orice alt conflict care ar putea să abată atenția de la propria agresiune în Ucraina și să subțieze resursele și ajutorul acordat de Occident Ucrainei. Intervenția diplomatică a Uniunii Europene, domnule vicepreședinte, este necesară și pentru că avem încă responsabilitatea pentru eliberarea din mâinele Houthi și Hamas a ostaticilor marinari de pe nava Galaxy Leader, printre care și un român, dar și doi bulgari, victime colaterale ale acestui conflict. Și aș vrea să știu, domnule vicepreședinte, ce demersuri face Serviciul European de Acțiune Externă pentru a obține eliberarea acestor cetățeni europeni.
Debate: Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Ryszard Czarnecki
Political group: ECR
Country: France
Language: EN

Mr President, High Representative, since the October War, the world is gradually confirming the analysis that the Iranian resistance has been telling us for four decades: the Iranian regime is the head of the snake that creates war. The Iranian regime is active part of two main wars that are threatening European peace and tranquillity. They are providing drones and missiles to kill Ukrainians, and they were the instigator of the war in Gaza, with so many casualties. So it is high time to make Khamenei, the head of that snake, pay the price for making these wars. The European Union must immediately put IRGC on its terrorist list. We need to support the PMOI Resistance Units inside Iran and recognise the rights to fight against the regime.
Debate: Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 APRIL 2024
Speaker: François-Xavier Bellamy
Political group: PPE
Country: France
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, même si se confirme la désescalade que nous espérons tous, il n’en reste pas moins que l’Iran est une menace et le restera. Une menace existentielle pour Israël qu’il a juré de rayer de la carte. Une menace pour le Liban qu’il prend en otage à travers le Hezbollah. Une menace pour nos pays, parce que oui, nos pays sont ciblés aussi par le terrorisme islamiste financé par l’Iran. Et bien sûr, une menace pour son propre peuple, le peuple iranien qui se bat avec courage. Mais face à cette menace, en réalité, tout le monde en Europe n’a pas les yeux ouverts. Nous avons entendu, ce matin encore, l’extrême gauche chercher des excuses à l’Iran, comme elle trouvait des excuses au 7 octobre. Plus insidieux encore, le 6 avril dernier, le Parti socialiste français publiait un communiqué demandant à la France de suspendre, par un embargo immédiat, toute livraison d’armes et de munitions à Israël. Priver Israël de se défendre, c’était rendre Israël vulnérable face à l’attaque qui l’a frappé le 13 avril, une semaine plus tard. Et je demande à M. Glucksmann, puisque ce sont les mêmes armes qui ont servi à attaquer l’Ukraine: nous devons défendre l’Ukraine, devons-nous désarmer Israël? C’est votre responsabilité de dire aujourd’hui si vous soutenez ou non...
Debate: Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Andrey Kovatchev
Political group: PPE
Country: Poland
Language: BG

Г-н Председател, г-н Борел, Иран, чрез своята мрежа за влияние, която включва Хамас, Хизбула, хутите и много други, носят отговорност за дестабилизирането на Близкия изток и региона на Червено море. Всеки път, когато има надежда за нормализиране на отношенията между Израел и арабските страни, Иран се опитва да ги торпедира, както направи, както се опитва да прави с  Искам да обърна внимание на тъжния факт, че вече почти половин година 25-членният екипаж на товарния кораб  Г-н Борел, обръщам се към Вас да направите всичко възможно европейските граждани, но и всички, които са заложници на хутите, да бъдат освободени колкото се може по-бързо и да могат да се върнат по домовете си. Както неведнъж сме настоявали, и Корпусът на гвардейците на Ислямската революция, който стои зад различни терористични дейности, трябва да бъде добавен в списъка на санкциите и на терористите в Европа.
Debate: Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Vasco BECKER-WEINBERG
Political group: PPE
Language: EN

Mr President, honourable Members, Mr Borrell, on 13 April, Iran seized a Portuguese-flagged vessel along with its crew and cargo. We have little information on the conditions of detention of the crew, the vessel and its cargo. This is an illegal and unwanted act by the IRGC. Therefore, I would second what my colleagues have mentioned about the importance of stating that the IRGC is a terrorist organisation and sanctions should be applied forthwith. As we mark 200 days of the attack of 7 October, and after witnessing the barrage of missiles and drones launched by Iran against Israel, we must not forget the price of inaction. Mr Borrell, Iran and Hamas do not care about the lawful right of self-determination of the Palestinian people, but only the destruction of the State of Israel and of the Jewish people. That is the context.  In the EU, if we want to be an honest broker in the region, we must be able to understand this. Only after stopping Iran will we be able to reach a two-state solution. A last point on the issue of antisemitism in this House: we just witnessed an antisemitic speech. Measures must be taken and I will make sure that they will.
Debate: Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Javier Zarzalejos
Political group: PPE
Country: Croatia
Language: ES

Señor presidente, señor alto representante de la Unión para Asuntos Exteriores y Política de Seguridad y vicepresidente de la Comisión, celebramos este debate con la preocupación de una escalada en Oriente Medio. Es verdad que Irán —con su ataque directo a Israel— ha elevado la agresión a un estado inédito y mucho más peligroso. Pero es que la escalada ya se viene produciendo por la acción de las fuerzas subsidiarias de Irán —desde Hamás a Hezbolá pasando por las milicias hutíes—. Irán es una amenaza global que está presente activamente en todos los escenarios más conflictivos, no solamente en Oriente Medio, sino también en Ucrania. Y es verdad que las sanciones por sí mismas no son una política, pero no es menos cierto que las apelaciones a la calma por sí mismas tampoco lo son. Irán es una teocracia apocalíptica asentada en la represión sangrienta que actúa a través de un brazo armado que tiene que ser considerado a todos los efectos una organización terrorista. Es probable que Irán posea ya la capacidad nuclear y quede pendiente la llamada militarización. Pues bien, la Resolución que vamos a votar es muy explícita sobre las consecuencias que deben seguir al incumplimiento por parte de Irán de sus obligaciones.  Finalmente está el pueblo iraní. La lucha de las mujeres y de la oposición que hay que apoyar, en vez de hacerse eco de las campañas de difamación que proceden de la teocracia iraní. Todos ellos tienen derecho a que la Unión Europea reconozca su lucha y apoye sus aspiraciones legítimas.
Debate: Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Mr President, this place struggles to utter the truth about who bombed who first. Israel bombed Iran first. But this place has an imperialist worldview.  How did you come to hate the people of the Middle East so much that you try to exclude them from the realm of international law? Over the past five years, EU countries have been complicit – through arms sales and direct military involvement – in the war against Yemen that killed 400 000 people, the genocide in Gaza that has killed or maimed over 100 000 Palestinians in just six months, and in the sanctions against Syria and Iran that kill tens of thousands through preventable deaths every year.  We have endless debates here about human rights, but these people you vote to crush are not afforded human rights. You pretend the EU is civilised. In your suits, you condemn people to die with your voting cards, blatantly lying to excuse your actions. The banality of evil. This place is a stain on humanity. Mr Borrell, we respect your effort to bring some sanity to the place.
Debate: Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Milan Zver
Political group: PPE
Language: SL

Gospod predsednik! Iran predstavlja dvojno nevarnost: najprej notranjo, saj sistematično pobijajo in kršijo človekove pravice. Gospod Borrell, nikoli se niste jasno postavili za iransko opozicijo, ki jo vodi Marjam Radžavi, in njen program v desetih točkah. Druga nevarnost je zunanja: Iran ima kapacitete, da tudi vojaško – ima odlično vojaško industrijo –, da tudi ogroža države članice Evropske unije. In tudi tukaj je odziv Evropske unije preveč bled. Gospod Borrell, nikoli se niste postavili za nas, ki smo pristali na črni listi iranskega režima kot teroristi. Nekaj članov Evropskega parlamenta je pristalo na tej listi in danes sem imel občutek, ko sem vas poslušal, da v bistvu enačite tako Izrael kakor tudi Iran. Zato še enkrat podpiram dve zahtevi, ki so ju izrazili moji kolegi, da morate zahtevati močnejše sankcije in pa postaviti iransko revolucionarno gardo na listo teroristov.
Debate: Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Mr President, I have to say, of all of the insane discussions that we’ve had in here, this one absolutely has to take the biscuit. Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel, as if Iran woke up one day and decided to strike Israel out of the blue, as if Israel’s targeted attack on the Iranian embassy in Syria, which killed 16 people, a flagrant violation of the Vienna Convention, had never happened. Everybody outside this room knows the cause of the escalation is Israel. Everybody knows that Israel has been trying to broaden the conflict in the region to detract from their genocidal war on Gaza, and everybody knows that the EU, who for seven months of the most proportionately destructive war in history, have failed to condemn and sanction Israel, have immediately and unanimously condemned and sanctioned Iran for a disciplined retaliation which killed nobody. The world is changing, your settler colonial project has been exposed like never before, and the world can see that the EU emperor has no clothes.
Debate: Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Josep Borrell Fontelles
Language: EN

That’s what we have done at all political levels. We will continue our diplomatic engagement with all key partners in the region. We will suspend the restrictive measures against Iran by expanding the existing – already existing, it seems that you don’t know – Iran-Russia related sanctions regime to the region.  ( Yes, it already exists!  Sorry, but the President doesn’t want to give you the floor. The world does not need another war in the region, and the people in Gaza neither. If the whole region is at war, the war in Gaza will not stop, and everybody agrees that this war has to stop and the suffering of the people in Gaza has to stop. That’s nothing new. This has been said in all the statements of the European Union.  About some concrete questions. The EU maintains comprehensive sanctions on Iran, including on more than 500 designated individuals – Mr Verhofstadt, not four or five, but 500! You simply forgot to multiply by 100. That is a small mistake, a small mistake. Four or five no – 500! You forgot two zeros! You have to go back to school to learn a little bit about arithmetics – 500 designated...  President, what’s happening here?
Debate: Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Rainer Wieland
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Herr Kollege Verhofstadt, ein gelegentlicher Zwischenruf ist ganz in Ordnung, aber das sollte nicht in den nutzlosen Versuch übergehen, in einen Dialog mit dem Redner einzutreten.
Debate: Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Josep Borrell Fontelles
Language: EN

There is an arms embargo; there are missile technology and drone restrictions; there is a ban on equipment which might be used for internal repression for all material; there is another ban for monitoring telecommunications; there is, on top, sanctions targeting human rights violations. We will also expand the existing Iran-Russia Federation drone regimes in two directions, the possibility of including missiles in addition to drones, the expansion of the original dimension to be applied to the Iran-affiliated groups in the Middle East. About the Revolutionary Guard: we have already listed individuals and entities of the IRGC under the Iran human rights sanctions regime, under the territorial integrity of Ukraine sanctions regime, under the Syria sanctions regime, under the Iran weapons of mass destruction sanctions regime. Moreover, the European Union has listed the IRGC in its entirety – all, in its entirety – under the Iran weapons of mass destruction sanctions regime, which already comprises an asset freeze and a prohibition to make funds and economic resources available. In other words, listing this organisation as a terrorist organisation would have no practical effect. The addition of entities or individuals to the so-called ‘EU terrorist list’ – Common Position 931 sanctions regime – is subject to a decision by the Council by unanimity, and a national decision by the competent national authority, such as a court decision or a proscription order by an administrative authority, is a prerequisite for any additional listing. That national decision must have been taken for acts that fall under the definition of terrorist acts under the sanctions regime in question. This is the situation. Maybe you should give the floor to these people.
Debate: Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Rainer Wieland
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Colleagues, it’s quite normal to have interventions with short words. Commissioner Borrell, you have been a parliamentarian. You have been the President of the House, so you should be resilient enough to stand that. But at the end of the day, if you continue and if you do it repeatedly, colleague Neumann and colleague Verhofstadt, then it’s a sort of impoliteness, and I for sure will call you to order if you continue with that.
Debate: Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Josep Borrell Fontelles
Language: EN

That’s what the legal services tell me, tell the Council. The national decision must have been taken for acts that fall under the definition of terrorist acts under the sanctions regime in question. That’s what I have the honour to inform the honourable Members.
Debate: Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Rainer Wieland
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Zum Abschluss der Aussprache wurden 7 Entschließungsanträge eingereicht. Die Aussprache ist geschlossen. Die Abstimmung findet am Donnerstag, 25. April 2024, statt.
Debate: Formal sitting - th Anniversary of the  EU Enlargement
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Roberta Metsola
Country: Poland
Language: EN

Good morning to you all. Can I ask you to take your seats as we begin this momentous occasion.  Distinguished guests, dear Members, dear Europeans, it is truly an honour to welcome you to the European Parliament to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 2004 European Union enlargement – the largest single enlargement in the history of the European Union. To start, I would like to invite you to watch a short video clip in which ten young Europeans who were born in May 2004 in the ten acceding countries speak about what it means for them to be European.
Debate: Formal sitting - th Anniversary of the  EU Enlargement
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Roberta Metsola
Country: Poland
Language: EN

As I mentioned earlier, we have with us here all those young people, who were either born on 1 May 2004 or just a few minutes before or after. These young people will ask, each one of them, a question to our guests.  We will start with the questions.
Debate: Formal sitting - th Anniversary of the  EU Enlargement
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga
Language: LV

Un lai tāda pati laime, kāda mūs ir pavadījusi šo pēdējo divdesmit gadu laikā, kopš esam šajā draudzīgā pārnacionālā tautu saimē. Mēs, jā, tiešām mēs smagi strādājām, te ir no mums daži klāt, kas toreiz piedalījās šai darbā, lai pārliecinātu, ka Latvijas īstā vieta ir Eiropas Savienībā.  Un nākotnē es tev novēlu un tavai paaudzei strādāt tikpat cītīgi un tikpat lepni, lai gādātu par vienotu, drošu un sekmīgu, pārtikušu Eiropu. Lai tev dzīvē veicas un lai veicas Eiropai!
Debate: Formal sitting - th Anniversary of the  EU Enlargement
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Leszek Miller
Country: France
Language: PL

To był wielki dzień. Ale na pytanie, jakie były nastroje Polaków i czego oni oczekiwali, najlepsze wyniki przyniosło referendum, które zorganizowaliśmy mniej więcej miesiąc przed 1 maja. W tym referendum 13,5 miliona Polaków, czyli 77% wszystkich uczestniczących, powiedziało „tak” dla Europy. Wtedy wyraźnie powiedzieliśmy „tak” Europie, a Europa powiedziała „tak” Polsce. Spodziewaliśmy się, że przyspieszymy nasz rozwój. I tak się stało. Dzisiaj polski PKB na mieszkańca jest o 40 punktów procentowych większy niż w 2004 r. Spodziewaliśmy się, że będziemy przestrzegać ściśle wszystkich wartości, na których Unia Europejska jest oparta, i dbaliśmy o nasze bezpieczeństwo. I ono niewątpliwie zostało umocnione dzięki wejściu do Unii Europejskiej. Jednym słowem, dzisiaj możemy powiedzieć: Polska jest naszą ojczyzną, a Europa jest naszym wspólnym i bezpiecznym domem.
Debate: Formal sitting - th Anniversary of the  EU Enlargement
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Lejla Jevrić
Language: SL

Draga Lejla, najlepša hvala za vprašanje in vse najboljše za rojstni dan! Kot veš, smo v Sloveniji imeli v lanskem letu hude poplave. To je bila ena največjih naravnih nesreč, ki smo jih doživeli v Sloveniji kadar koli. Uničene so bile ceste, uničena je bila infrastruktura in uničeni so bili domovi številnih slovenskih državljank in državljanov. Evropska komisija se je odzvala hitro in odločno. Predsednica Evropske komisije je obiskala Slovenijo – še enkrat hvala za to! – in nam izrazila polno podporo in seveda tudi zelo konkretno pomoč. Slovenija je doživela solidarnost, doživela je solidarnost Evropske unije, tako kot so solidarnost doživele številne druge države članice Evropske unije in seveda tudi številne druge države izven.
Debate: Formal sitting - th Anniversary of the  EU Enlargement
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Anton Rop
Language: SL

Evropska komisija se je odzvala hitro in odločno. Predsednica Evropske komisije je obiskala Slovenijo – še enkrat hvala za to! – in nam izrazila polno podporo in seveda tudi zelo konkretno pomoč. Slovenija je doživela solidarnost. Doživela je solidarnost Evropske unije, tako kot so solidarnost doživele številne druge države članice Evropske unije in seveda tudi številne druge države izven Evropske unije, tudi Ukrajina. Zato sem prepričan, da solidarnost predstavlja pomemben simbol, pomembno vrednoto Evropske unije in solidarnost predstavlja temelj za uspešno prihodnost Evropske unije.
Debate: Formal sitting - th Anniversary of the  EU Enlargement
Date: WEDNESDAY, 24 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Mikuláš DZURINDA
Language: SK

Životná úroveň väčšiny obyvateľov sa zlepšila. Zaviedli sme jednotnú menu. Vy mladí plným priehrštím využívate programy alebo projekty programu Erasmus, cestujete slobodne po Európe, študujete podľa vlastných možností, schopností. Naše mestá dostali dediny novú, krajšiu tvár. Vďaka európskej solidarite sme realizovali projekty, ktoré umožňujú zlepšiť životné prostredie, rozvíjať cestovný ruch, ale aj stavať priemyselné parky. Globálne krízy vrátane tej pandemickej ukázali, akým šťastím je pre Slovensko, že odpovede na tieto krízy môžeme hľadať na európskej úrovni. Vstupom Slovenska do Európskej únie sme sa naplno ako národ, ako štát emancipovali. Po tom som túžil celý svoj život. Preto dnes som veľmi spokojný a šťastný, že Slovensko je súčasťou tejto znovuzjednotenej európskej rodiny.