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Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - March : including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Ska Keller
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Sweden
Language: EN

Dear colleagues, the war in Ukraine revealed Europe’s strategic mistakes in the past. Even after the atrocities done in Grozny and in Syria, very similar to what we see today in Bucha, even after Putin invaded Crimea and Eastern Ukraine, some governments continued to hope for good business with Russia and made us more and more dependent on goods from Russia, on energy and on other items. And this has led us today to a situation where we are struggling to free ourselves from the short—sighted dependence on fossil fuels and uranium.  Many mistakes were made, and now we need to make things right. We need to invest heavily in renewables and transition faster than we ever thought. This is, and will be, an enormous effort, and it won’t happen overnight. But we need to redefine what it means to act as fast as possible. We need to move to light speed. We need to save energy. Therein lies the huge potential that remains untapped so far. And this is true for individuals, sure, but also and even more so for industries and for policies –and the European Parliament must join efforts here as well.  We also need to recognise that while the effects of the war will hit all of us, they hit us very differently. The biggest cost is obviously carried by the people who have lived and who still live in Ukraine. Those who died, whose close ones were killed, those who were injured and are being injured at the moment, those who fled and those who are fleeing the carnage, losing their home, their life plans, and often leaving family and friends behind. There is so much sorrow and so much despair in this suffering.  When we are debating here the consequences of sanctions that we are rightfully taking, we need to keep in mind that us here in the Chamber are not the ones who will be most hit by them. Rising energy costs are a nuisance to some and an existential threat to others. We need to support those most in need – the families with small or no income. The European Council hasn’t been very conclusive on the issues of how to support those most in need in the EU and worldwide, looking at the hunger issues, and how to further support Ukraine.  Of course, many of the instruments needed are indeed national ones, but it is clear that we need solidarity among Member States to deal with this crisis – solidarity in sharing energy and infrastructure, solidarity to enable measures, solidarity with everyone fleeing Ukraine, and solidarity with the sovereign nation of Ukraine. Putin wants to divide us and he has failed miserably. Our unity is our strength, and we need more of it – of unity, but also of courage.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - March : including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Ryszard Antoni Legutko
Political group: ECR
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Despite the narcissistic, self—indulgent and self—congratulatory rhetoric of the European leaders, the sanctions have too many loopholes and some of the Western European governments are beginning to have second thoughts. They modify their position or quibble over technicalities. The SWIFT blockade, which was to be an atomic bomb so far resembles more a firework. The ban on the hydrocarbons proposed, among others, by Poland and Latvia was not accepted by the Council. Instead, President Macron continues his absurd telephone conversations with Putin and the German Government continues its typical self—serving political game. This European hesitancy is precisely what Putin must have counted on when deciding to invade Ukraine. In the meantime, the Russian economy has become stabilised more or less, Moscow Exchange is gaining profits, Russian ruble has gone up and Gazprom gets EUR 900 million a day. And there is a time factor, Putin has all the time he needs. He has wide support among the Russian population. His army is not badly equipped. He has been devastating Ukraine with the arms he bought from France, Germany and eight other European countries. And this after the arms embargo that followed the annexation of Crimea. And Ukraine does not have time, as the war is being waged on her territory. People are killed and cities ruined. Does Europe have time? Let us not delude ourselves. With the passing of time, Western Europe’s reaction will weaken and a desire to have some sort of normalisation will increase. This happened in the past more than once, and I’m afraid it might happen in the future. Anyway, I wouldn’t bet it won’t.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - March : including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Manon Aubry
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: FR

Je pense aussi aujourd’hui à l’ensemble du peuple ukrainien qui subit des atrocités innommables mais continue de résister héroïquement face à l’agresseur russe. Je le dis ici avec gravité: cette situation a un responsable, Vladimir Poutine, qui devra payer pour l’ensemble de ces crimes de guerre, pour les viols utilisés comme une arme de guerre, pour le carnage d’Irpine, la destruction de Marioupol, pour les charniers de Boutcha. Face à la barbarie, notre devoir est toujours d’opposer le droit. Les cours internationales compétentes doivent être saisies pour enquêter et juger ces actes de pure inhumanité, qui ne peuvent rester impunis. L’Union européenne doit réagir avec la plus grande fermeté face aux exactions de Poutine. Des sanctions supplémentaires doivent être prises pour le forcer à mettre un terme à sa folle aventure guerrière. Nous le disons depuis un mois, nous devons taper davantage encore ces oligarques au portefeuille. C’est seulement ainsi que nous pourrons l’affaiblir suffisamment pour le contraindre à négocier. Et pour cela, il ne faut pas prendre un yacht, mais tous les yachts. Il ne faut pas prendre une villa, mais toutes les villas. Il ne faut pas prendre quelques millions, mais tous les milliards. Alors, Madame von der Leyen, je vous réitère notre demande: pourquoi n’exigez-vous pas des paradis fiscaux européens la liste de tous les oligarques russes qui détiennent des avoirs, sous peine de sanctions massives? Alors que l’Ukraine risque la faillite, l’Union européenne doit par ailleurs faire tout ce qui est en ses moyens pour alléger le fardeau économique de l’Ukraine. On ne peut condamner le peuple ukrainien aux souffrances de l’austérité et des ajustements structurels, qui s’ajoutent à celles de la guerre. Il faut aussi s’engager clairement, sans conditions: annulons la dette ukrainienne! Il a fallu, par ailleurs, une guerre aussi grave que celle-là pour s’apercevoir de notre dépendance aux énergies fossiles. Et plutôt que de remplacer une énergie polluante par une autre, accélérons enfin le développement des énergies renouvelables, seule garantie de notre indépendance énergétique. Notre continent vit aujourd’hui des heures sombres. Soyons à la hauteur du moment, selon la seule et unique boussole qui doit guider notre mandat: l’humanisme, la paix et la protection des peuples.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - March : including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Tamás Deutsch
Political group: NI
Country: Hungary
Language: HU

Tisztelt Elnök Asszony! Az Ukrajnában dúló háború rettenetes emberi tragédiákat okoz. Mi, magyarok azt akarjuk, hogy azonnal érjen véget a vérontás és mi, magyarok minden erőnkkel segítjük a háború elől menekülőket. Egy emberként mozdultak meg a magyarok, hogy segítsenek, és az elmúlt hetekben már majd 600 ezer menekültet fogadtunk be és hatalmas segélyszállítmányokat juttattunk el Ukrajnába. Ez az igazság, még ha a kicsinyes politikai trollkodás részeként sokan szándékosan kihagyják Magyarországot a menekülteket befogadó országok felsorolásából. Kedves Kollégák! Mi, magyarok ugyan elfogadni nem tudjuk, de lassan már megszoktuk, hogy Brüsszel politikai és ideológiai okokból évek óta szándékosan ártani akar Magyarországnak. Ez volt a baloldal politikai stratégiája, és a brüsszeli bürokraták beleálltak a baloldal pártján ebbe a kampányba. Vasárnap a parlamenti választásokon a magyar polgárok döntöttek. Ez a baloldali politika csúfosan megbukott. Soha nem volt még ekkora felhatalmazásunk, mint most. Történelmi többséget szereztünk a választásokon. Magyarországon a kereszténydemokrata politika, a konzervatív, polgári politika és a hazafias politika győzött. A magyarok nem a Brüsszelnek tetsző véleményt fogalmazták meg a választásokon és a gyermekvédelmi népszavazáson. A brüsszeli bürokraták ezért a választások után azonnal rá is rontottak Magyarországra és tegnap újabb eljárás megindítását jelentették be. Újabb eljárás, miközben háború dúl a szomszédunkban, és Európa egysége mindennél fontosabb. Most, ebben a helyzetben is érdemes néven nevezni a dolgokat. A tegnap bejelentett újabb Magyarországgal szembeni eljárásnak semmi köze nincs a jogállamisághoz, amit csinálnak az nettó politikai büntetés.  Ki kell éheztetni pénzügyileg az olyan tagállamokat, mint Lengyelország és Magyarország, harsogta a baloldal, és Brüsszel tegnap bejelentette, hogy megindítják ezt a régóta követelt kiéheztetési eljárást, mert ennek az eljárásnak ez a pontos neve: kiéheztetési eljárás. A demokrácia alapvető szabályait viszont Brüsszelnek is el kell fogadnia, és nem a most vereséget szenvedett magyar baloldal igényeit kellene teljesítenie. Nem a Magyarországgal szembeni politikai háborúskodást kéne szítania, hanem vissza kellene térnie a józan észhez és a józan párbeszédhez.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - March : including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Michael Gahler
Political group: PPE
Country: Spain
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin, Frau von der Leyen, Herr Hoher Vertreter! Vielen Dank für Ihren bevorstehenden Besuch in Kiew, das ist ein wichtiges Signal. Und ich bitte Sie herzlich, schauen Sie sich die Orte der Kriegsverbrechen an! Alle reden von Butscha. In Motyschyn ist die Bürgermeisterin Olga Suchenko mit ihrem Mann und ihrem Sohn am 23. März entführt worden, und sie sind umgebracht worden, weil sie nicht kooperieren wollten mit der Besatzungsmacht. Wir wissen jetzt, was der Ukraine insgesamt bevorstehen würde, wenn die russische Soldateska weitere Teile der Ukraine erobern würde. Deshalb müssen wir diesen Krieg gewinnen – um der Menschen willen. Aber auch der Rest der Welt schaut, ob der Westen wieder Boden verliert oder am Ende gestärkt dasteht, weil Freiheit und Demokratie über Diktatur und Kriegsverbrechen gesiegt haben. Dafür brauchen wir – es ist angesprochen worden – eine Beschleunigung, eine Verstärkung der Waffenlieferungen. Ich möchte alle Regierungen auffordern, noch mal nachzuschauen, was sie in ihren Depots haben. Viele Militärs erzählen der politischen Führung nicht freiwillig, was tatsächlich da ist. Also prüfen Sie das nach und liefern Sie entsprechend schnell. Was die Sanktionen betrifft: Wir wissen, das, was wir tun, sind Trippelschritte. Ja, es ist richtig, jetzt ein Kohleembargo zu verhängen. Aber wir wissen auch – und es ist ja bereits von beiden hier gesagt worden –, das ist im Zweifel nur ein weiterer Schritt, und es muss mehr kommen. Ich bin überzeugt, dass, wenn wir zum Beispiel jetzt bereits ein Ölembargo anstreben würden – und es gibt genügend Öl auf dem Markt –, dann hätte das den entscheidenden Effekt, denn das ist der allergrößte Teil der Einnahmen. Ich bitte Sie also herzlich, da schneller zu werden und dafür zu sorgen, dass es auch ein Ölembargo gibt und am Ende natürlich auch das Gasembargo. Ich bin ziemlich sicher, dass es im Parlament hier auch dafür eine starke Unterstützung gibt.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - March : including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Simona Bonafè
Political group: S-D
Country: Croatia
Language: IT

Signora Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, il massacro di Bucha ci ha sconvolto: ma non basta più una condanna unanime delle atrocità compiute dall'esercito russo e non basta più la solidarietà al popolo ucraino. Noi dobbiamo fermare questa barbarie: devono cessare questi crimini di guerra contro civili inermi. Nonostante gli effetti pesanti sull'economia russa, le sanzioni messe in campo fino a qui non stanno portando Putin al tavolo dei negoziati per un immediato cessate il fuoco. Ora è il momento di fare tutto quello che possiamo, di aumentare i nostri sforzi.  Il nuovo pacchetto di sanzioni, il quinto, prevede un primo importante divieto all'importazione di carbone dalla Russia. Ma quest'anno Mosca potrebbe guadagnare oltre 300 miliardi di dollari solo dalle esportazioni di gas e petrolio, addirittura in terzo in più rispetto al 2021, con cui finanziare altre atrocità, come quelle commesse alle porte della capitale ucraina. E allora è lì che dobbiamo agire. Non possiamo vedere altre Bucha prima di arrivare a misure incisive per interrompere il più presto possibile le importazioni di gas e petrolio dalla Russia. È una strada difficile, lo sappiamo, ma percorribile, se non perdiamo di vista la sola vera arma di cui disponiamo: la nostra coesione. Abbiamo affrontato la pandemia restando uniti e solidali, prima con il piano di acquisto comune dei vaccini e poi con  Lo stesso approccio deve affermarsi ora per garantire in Europa un'adeguata sicurezza energetica e per contrastare gli  Diversificazione degli approvvigionamenti e delle fonti energetiche, piano di stoccaggi e acquisti comuni di gas, maggiori investimenti in rinnovabili e interconnessioni, sostegno comune ai settori in crisi e tetto massimo al costo del gas subito, contro le speculazioni che stanno mettendo in difficoltà famiglie e imprese: queste sono le azioni da mettere in campo. Non ci aspettano momenti facili, ma non abbiamo alternative. È il prezzo che dobbiamo pagare per la difesa della nostra libertà e per la nostra dignità e, soprattutto, per fermare la guerra in Europa.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - March : including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Luis Garicano
Political group: Renew
Language: EN

Madam President, as an economist, you know I usually speak of numbers. Not today. Today the fall of Bucha compels us to speak of something else: of our guilt, of our obligations.  In life, the brave Ukrainians remind us what it means to be European. In death, they demand that they are the last victims of our appeasement. Citizens of Europe, our energy addiction, our money, allowed the killing of Ukrainians – the killing of fellow Europeans whose only crime was to believe in our freedoms. Is it not clear that our gas is tainted with blood? That the guilty are we who financed this monster?  The package announced today by the Commission and Ms von der Leyen means that Europe will continue funding Putin’s armies. President von der Leyen announced today that the banned coal exports are worth EUR 4 billion a year. But she did not mention that the gas and oil that we are allowing in are worth 25 times more. Today, this Parliament demands in its resolution that the ban also include oil and gas. Some say that the gas ban is not possible. I tell you that we have not even tried. Three examples: the Groningen gas field, the largest on the continent, is still set to close this year. Is that Europe trying? Germany is still set to close three nuclear plants this year after it closed three just a few months ago. They could be turned on tomorrow, but there is not even a discussion on that. Is that Europe trying? Spain, instead of increasing its interconnection with Europe, is trying to turn itself into an energy island. Is that Europe trying?  We could be doing so much more. We could pay a price for freedom. Instead, we pay for the bullets used in Bucha. If Europe does not do enough, history will not see us as a bystander; history will know we were complicit.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - March : including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Ireland
Language: EN

Madam President, over 300 massacred Ukrainians lay in a mass grave in Bucha. Their murderers, Russian soldiers did a sloppy job covering them with earth. Limbs of victims still stick out from the soil. Other bodies, with hands tied and a bullet in the forehead are scattered all around the destructed cities. In another town – Irpin – Russians shot down two girls and ran over their bodies with tanks repeatedly. Near Kyiv, Russian soldiers killed a man and then raped his wife while their son sobbed next door. These indescribable acts of violence are not isolated events, but part of the systemic war crimes committed by Putin’s regime. Cluster bombs and destructed maternity hospitals were not the worst compared to the horrors committed by Russian soldiers near Kyiv.  And this is only the tip of the iceberg. I’m horrified by what else we will uncover as the troops continue to retreat. The deliberate killings of civilians are no accident. It has an ideological basis deeply ingrained in Russian society and propagated by Putin himself. For the Russian President and his supporters, Ukrainians as a nation should not be allowed to exist. For them, Ukrainians who disagree with that are Nazis and needs to be eliminated. This, coupled with the brutality of Russian soldiers that endure the  Ukrainians have only one choice, either to stand up for themselves or die as a nation. We too have a choice. We either betray Ukraine by watching frozen in fear, or we do everything possible to save this brave nation and also bolster our security. The correct choice should be obvious to everyone. As Putin is preparing a strike from the East, Ukrainians urgently need all kinds of defensive weapons. Anyone delaying the delivery unintentionally becomes an accomplice of the war crimes. Economic sanctions must escalate. We need to embargo Russian oil, coal, nuclear and also Russian gas. Every cent going to Putin’s bloody regime is a cent too much. We cannot bring back thousands of brutally murdered civilians in Bucha, Irpin or Mariupol, but if we act immediately and decisively, we can save millions from the same horrific fate.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - March : including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Jaak Madison
Political group: ID
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, dear colleagues, I was just counting that we have 35 colleagues here – that’s about 5% of the Parliament – on this important topic.  First of all, I know that it’s so shocking to see in the media about those mass murders, about those rapes, about those crimes, what’s happening in Ukraine. But what I do not understand is that we are also surprised that it is possible in the 21st century. Unfortunately, it is possible, because if you are looking at the army who’s doing this, the same army did exactly the same against women in Germany in 1945. The same army did the same against the Polish people in the 1940s. And the biggest problem is that they have never, ever learned that you shouldn’t do war crimes; you shouldn’t rape others’ wives. You shouldn’t kill children. They have never, ever learned this. So the mentality is exactly the same.  When we here in Western Europe are so shocked that it’s still possible – yes, it is possible, absolutely, because there’s been never, ever, any denazification in Russia. If they are talking about denazification, the only one who really needs this is Russia, because they are the really new Nazis who are making the war crimes against the civilians.  Secondly, if we’re talking about sanctions, yes, sanctions are effective in the long term, not in the short term. The problem is that the expectation for this year is that the profit will be EUR 321 billion for Russia for gas and oil. So if we’re going to talk about sanctions, it has to be really effective. And, of course, the problem is that they’re going to be very harmful also for us. But that’s the price we have to pay.  Thirdly, for the end, I know that Mr Borrell and Mr Michel are going to have a nice lunch after this debate and a nice dinner with a good wine. But the main work, what we really have to do now here, is to convince more and more countries to give weapons to Ukraine to fight against the aggressor. That’s the main work we have to do here. We can discuss here with political debates about sanctions, for hours, but that’s your main work, what you really have to do: to convince more EU countries to give more weapons to Ukraine to fight against this Nazi army.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - March : including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Beata Szydło
Political group: ECR
Country: Netherlands
Language: PL

Pani Przewodnicząca! Panie wysoki przedstawicielu! Szanowny panie przewodniczący Charles! W Buczy do piwnic, tam, gdzie ukrywali się mieszkańcy, wchodzili rosyjscy żołdacy. Kazali rozbierać się ludziom, gwałcili kobiety, w bestialski sposób mordowali mężczyzn. W Irpieniu w bestialski sposób zamordowali dzieci. Mariupol – zniszczony. Ludzie cierpią. Takie obrazy dzisiaj wywołują w nas szok, oburzenie. Nie wierzymy, że one się dzieją naprawdę. My w Polsce widzieliśmy to w czasie II wojny światowej, kiedy Polacy byli mordowani przez Niemców, Rosjan. Ale po tamtej wojnie wszyscy powiedzieli sobie: „Nigdy więcej”. Ileż razy słyszeliśmy te zapewnienia: „Nigdy więcej”! Te słowa padły również tutaj dzisiaj na tej sali. A zastanówmy się, ile w tym czasie było wojen, okrucieństwa, mordów.  Po raz kolejny toczymy debatę na temat sankcji. Po raz kolejny zastanawiamy się co trzeba zrobić, żeby zatrzymać Putina. Sankcje zostały przyjęte, a Putin dalej morduje. One nie działają. Teraz, już, natychmiast trzeba podjąć ważne decyzje. Cały cywilizowany demokratyczny świat musi zamknąć swoje granice przed Putinem. Nie ma czasu. Ukraina nie ma czasu. Europa nie ma czasu. Od naszej poprzedniej sesji wydarzyła się Bucza, Irpień, został zniszczony Mariupol. Już, natychmiast powinna się odbywać Rada Europejska. Panie przewodniczący Charles, zwołaj Radę Europejską! Podejmijcie ważne decyzje. Niech świat wreszcie zamknie się przed Putinem! Tylko tak go powstrzymamy. Węgiel nie wystarczy. Trzeba natychmiast zrezygnować z ropy, z gazu i ze wszelkich kontaktów z Rosją – tylko to powstrzyma tego agresora. Po raz kolejny mówię i będę to mówić cały czas: Europo, odwagi! Naprawdę to jest taki moment, w którym musimy pokazać, że jesteśmy solidarni, jesteśmy odważni.