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Debate: Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in  and
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Vlad Gheorghe
Political group: Renew
Country: Spain
Language: RO

Doamnă președintă, vorbim despre drepturi fundamentale în Uniunea Europeană, dar avem cetățeni ale căror drepturi sunt încălcate chiar acum. În România, o activistă civică a fost ridicată de acasă de poliție violent pentru o postare pe Facebook. În România, protestatari care vor să își exprime legitim problemele și să ceară soluții legitime și pașnic de la autorități sunt împiedicați în mod sistematic să o facă. În România, autoritățile au ordonat poliției să îi hărțuiască și să-i oprească din ceea ce este dreptul lor european la protest. Și nu spun eu asta. O spun sindicatele polițiștilor, care au recunoscut presiunea politică care se face asupra lor exact pentru asta, pentru a satisface interesele politicienilor. Așa că, dragi colegi, vorbim aici despre drepturi fundamentale. Trebuie să facem mai mult decât să vorbim. Chiar trebuie să facem ceva. Trebuie să fim foarte atenți la ce se întâmplă în țările noastre și profit de prezența domnului comisar aici ca să îi aduc la cunoștință de ce se întâmplă, atât în România, cât și în alte țări și cer intervenția pentru a fi ajutați cetățenii. Dreptul la protest este un drept fundamental, domnule comisar.
Debate: Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in  and
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Tatjana Ždanoka
Political group: NI
Country: Italy
Language: EN

Madam President, I fully agree with the rapporteur that I am citing that, in recent years there was some decline of the respect of fundamental rights across the European Union, and that the consensus on the common European values is at risk of crumbling.  However, the report itself, to my regret, does not contribute to improve the situation, although it should have. It uses selectivity and double standards, which in my opinion is the main reason of that percent decline. I’ll mention just one example. The report speaks about following persistent forms of hatred and discrimination: anti-Semitism, anti-gypsyism, Islamophobia and racism. But how long will it take to recognise the embeddedness in the EU of such a phenomena as ‘Russophobia’ as well as less voluminous but gaining ground form of hatred like ‘Hungarian-phobia’? One of the main chapters of the report is devoted to the rule of law. But, Commissioner, your methodology when preparing this report needs to be changed. Your recommendations are too general to fulfil.
Debate: Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in  and
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Sirpa Pietikäinen
Political group: PPE
Country: Italy
Language: FI

Arvoisa puhemies, ihmisoikeudet ja perusoikeudet tarvitsevat nyt, ehkä enemmän kuin moneen kymmeneen vuoteen, puolustajaansa myös Euroopan unionin sisällä, kuten osasta täälläkin käytettyjä puheenvuoroja voidaan päätellä. Ihmisoikeudet ja perusoikeudet ovat EU:n perussopimusten ja koko toiminnan kulmakivenä, sinä rankkana oppina, jonka opimme toisen maailmansodan jälkeen. Ne ovat oikeusvaltion keskeinen ellei keskeisin periaate ja jotta voimme toteuttaa sitä, me tarvitsemme nykyistä vahvempaa toimivaltaa, kompetenssia sekä komissiolle että sitten myöskin laajennettua käsitystä ihmis- ja perusoikeuksista koskien sekä naisten oikeuksia että sosiaali- ja talousoikeuksia. Toivon, että voimme yhdessä liikkua tähän suuntaan. Meidän täytyy käyttäytyä sivistyneesti, jos haluamme sivilisaation, ja se pitää sisällään ihmis- ja perusoikeudet.
Debate: Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in  and
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Łukasz Kohut
Political group: S-D
Country: Poland
Language: PL

Pani Przewodnicząca! Panie Komisarzu! W Polsce trwa przywracanie praworządności. Po pierwsze, rząd premiera Tuska wystąpił z wnioskiem o przystąpienie do Prokuratury Europejskiej. Skuteczna ochrona interesów finansowych Unii to lepsza ochrona pieniędzy polskich podatników. Po drugie, odpolitycznienie wymiaru sprawiedliwości: protegowani Ziobry w sądach zostają zawieszani. Po trzecie, trwają ważne zmiany w prokuraturze: były kandydat PiS-u Dariusz Barski już nie jest prokuratorem krajowym. Po czwarte, do końca tygodnia zostanie przedstawiony projekt rozdzielający funkcję ministra sprawiedliwości od funkcji prokuratora generalnego. Polska wróciła do Europy, więc odwagi, Europo! To jest ten moment, kiedy Orbán, sojusznik Putina, jest sam w Unii. Ukraina potrzebuje naszej pomocy. Najwyższy czas na działanie i zablokowanie Orbána. Artykuł siódmy.
Debate: Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in  and
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Katarína Roth Neveďalová
Political group: NI
Language: SK

Vážená pani predsedajúca, ja si myslím, že správa ako takáto, o základných právach v Európskej únii, je dôležitá. Aby sme si povedali, že aj keď veľmi radi poučujeme ostatných, tak ani my sami nie sme dokonalí, ale mali by sme si odpočítať to, čo sme urobili a v čom sa ešte potrebujeme zlepšiť. Osobne si myslím, že aj zdôraznené v tejto správe právo na dôstojný život je jeden z jeden z kľúčových atribútov, pretože chceme, aby všetci občania sa mali dobre. Právo na dôstojný život znamená pre mňa, aby ľudia nežili v chudobe, aby sme nemali jedno z piatich detí ohrozených chudobou v Európskej únii, ale takisto, aby ľudia, ktorí pracujú, vedeli z tejto práce, z toho zárobku, ktorý získajú, aby vedeli dôstojne žiť, a aby vedeli naplniť všetky svoje potreby. Takisto si myslím, že potrebujeme viacej pracovať na slobode prejavu, na práve na slobodu prejavu, aby sme dokázali akceptovať aj názory, ktoré možno nie sú tie, ktoré si myslí väčšina, ktoré sú možno trošku iné, a aby sme týchto ľudí, ktorí majú iný názor, neperzekuovali, aby sme im umožnili, aby ten svoj iný názor vyjadrili. Takisto si myslím, že potrebujeme ďalej pracovať na podpore a boji proti násiliu na ženách. Ako aj zdôraznila pani spravodajkyňa, pretože toto je veľmi dôležitá vec pre nás všetkých, a takisto na podpore ľudí so znevýhodnením. V tejto súvislosti som veľmi rada, že budeme mať spoločnú kartu pre týchto ľudí, pre celú Európsku úniu, aby sme im zlepšili trošku ich životné postavenie.
Debate: Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in  and
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Miriam Lexmann
Political group: PPE
Country: Spain
Language: SK

Vážená pani predsedajúca, vážená Komisia, ako hovorí začiatok tejto správy, Európska únia je založená na úcte a rešpekte. Toto, samozrejme, musí platiť o ľudských právach, slobode, demokracii či právnom štáte. Opakovane však zdôrazňujem, že úcta a rešpekt musia platiť aj pri princípoch, na ktorých bola Európska únia postavená. Jedným z nich je princíp subsidiarity, a teda dodržiavanie rozdelenia kompetencií medzi Európskou úniou a členskými štátmi. Táto samotná správa opäť hrubo zasahuje do výlučných právomoci členských štátov v oblasti rodinného práva, vzdelávania či ochrany života. Nehovoriac o tom, že vyzýva členské štáty, aby ratifikovali Istanbulský dohovor, ktorý dlhodobo vyvoláva mnoho kontroverzií. Ak chceme dosiahnuť plný rešpekt voči právam a princípom, musíme ísť v prvom rade príkladom. A preto navrhujem začať tým, že budeme rešpektovať limity, ktoré nám dali občania a ktoré sú definované v európskych zmluvách. Ako hovorí staré latinské príslovie: Zachovaj poriadok a poriadok zachová teba.
Debate: Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in  and
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Carina Ohlsson
Political group: S-D
Language: SV

Fru talman! Rapporten visar på en skrämmande utveckling i Europa. De jämställdhetspolitiska framsteg som har uppnåtts under de senaste århundradena är under attack. Konservativa och högerextrema krafter arbetar systematiskt för att försvaga kvinnors och flickors rättigheter och ta makten över deras egna liv. Under de senaste åren har flera kvinnor dött med anledning av osäkra aborter. Det är fullkomligt oacceptabelt! Förvägrade av kvinnors tillgång till säkra och lagliga aborter är könsrelaterat våld. Vi måste bekämpa diskriminering i alla dess former. Du ska ha lika goda förutsättningar att leva ett bra liv oavsett var du kommer ifrån, vilket kön du har, vem du älskar eller vilken tro du tillhör. Kampen för jämställdhet för alla och rättvisa i EU är långt ifrån över.
Debate: Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in  and
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Matjaž Nemec
Political group: S-D
Country: Greece
Language: SL

Gospa predsednica! Zelo povedno je, da vsako leto še vedno sprejemamo poročilo o stanju temeljnih pravic v Evropski uniji, čeprav naj bi Evropska unija temeljila ravno na načelu spoštovanja le teh. A tudi v Evropi smo še vedno priča napadu na novinarje, spodkopavanjem institucij ter spodjedanjem pravne države. Prav tako smo še vedno priča tudi kršenju evropskega prava, in to pogosto brez posledic. Kot denimo v primeru podaljševanja nadzora na notranjih mejah v Uniji. Kljub sodbi Evropskega sodišča države še vedno podaljšujejo nadzore. Komisija proti njim ne ukrepa. Kako naj si nespoštovanje zakonodaje razlagajo evropski državljani? Ali smo pred zakonom res vsi enaki? Zato na tem mestu odločno in jasno pozivam k takojšnji odpravi vseh kontrol na notranjih mejah in k popolnemu spoštovanju evropske zakonodaje. Gre vendarle za temeljne vrednote, katerim se je Evropa zavezala in jih je pripravljena vsaj v besedah za vsako ceno tudi braniti.
Debate: Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in  and
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Costas Mavrides
Political group: S-D
Country: Latvia
Language: EN

Madam President, the EU is above all, a union of justice with an independent and impartial judiciary, so that the European law is effectively applied not just with the legal harmonisation of a Member State. Compliance with effective implementation of the European law is applied through necessary domestic mechanisms. Two examples: the use of abusive and unfair terms and practices, especially by the banking sector in consumer contracts, and the lack of an effective implementation of the European directives, has been stated several times in reports of the European Parliament. This lack had a catastrophic effect on consumers, particularly the Cypriot citizens, but there is still no progress on the issue. Second, the complexity of the European laws and the case law regarding labour, considering also the high costs and the small size of certain labour markets, work disproportionately against the weak party – that is, the employee – than the employer. For this, the employee avoids the judicial process. Finally, in both instances, Mr Commissioner, justice is not served, and the Commission has a duty to ensure the effective implementation of the EU law.
Debate: Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in  and
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Margarita de la Pisa Carrión
Political group: ECR
Country: Slovakia
Language: ES

Señora presidente, señorías, nos preocupa que parte de este Parlamento acepte de forma acrítica una interpretación de las normas abusiva, parcial, sesgada e incluso contraria al sentido literal y teleológico de las mismas. Negar la vida al que está por nacer nunca puede ser considerado un derecho humano. Es una atrocidad pretender legitimarlo tras la ambición de crear otros supuestos derechos. No se puede plantear como derecho humano lo que es contrario al orden natural. Los derechos fundamentales deben guardar esta misma coherencia para cumplir su finalidad de velar por el bien de nuestra sociedad. Reducir la vida a un derecho disponible corrompe, en esencia, nuestras leyes y dinamita la seguridad que debe garantizar el Estado de Derecho.
Debate: Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in  and
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Susanna Ceccardi
Political group: ID
Country: France
Language: IT

Signora Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, facciamo entrare centinaia di migliaia di migranti in Europa, abbandonandoli alla criminalità organizzata che li sfrutta per il lavoro nero e poi ci lamentiamo che i diritti umani spesso non siano rispettati sul lavoro. Dite che talvolta la polizia è intervenuta troppo duramente nei confronti dei manifestanti, ma forse vi scordate come sono stati trattati anche i manifestanti contro le leggi draconiane sul green pass e sui vaccini. Parlate di diritti fondamentali, in cui sono chiaramente ricompresi i diritti politici, e non vi fate scrupolo di voler mettere al bando alcuni partiti politici che non la pensano come la maggioranza di sinistra. Parlate dei diritti delle donne in Europa, ma chiudete un occhio nei confronti delle tante donne islamiche che vengono trattate come animali dai loro mariti in Europa. Parlate di diritti uguali per tutti, ma siete sempre pronti a conferire attenuanti culturali a chi è straniero. Sono d'accordo: in Europa c'è ancora molto da fare sul piano dei diritti e anche sul piano dell'ipocrisia.
Debate: Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in  and
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President, this report starts by claiming the EU is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy and equality, the rule of law and human rights, and that these values should be shared and upheld and actively promoted by the EU and the Member States in their internal and external actions. And then you think of the ethnic cleansing in Gaza. The murder of 10 000 children in Gaza by the genocidal Israeli regime in just 100 days. The EU Council has not even called for a ceasefire. The Germans are not only defending the Israelis from the charge of genocide at the International Court of Justice, they have boosted our arms sales to Israel tenfold.  You cannot carry on talking absolute nonsense about EU values while you are drenched in the blood of Palestinian children. The behaviour of EU Member States since October 7 is utterly incompatible with the notion of humanity, let alone respect for human rights.
Debate: Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in  and
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Didier Reynders
Language: FR

Le rapport annuel de la Commission sur l'État de droit et le rapport annuel sur la Charte contribuent à maintenir l'État de droit, la démocratie et les droits fondamentaux au centre du débat public. L'un des principes centraux de la politique de l'Union en matière de droits fondamentaux est le rôle clé des États membres dans le respect de ces droits chaque fois qu'ils mettent en œuvre les principes et les règles élaborées à l'échelon de l'Union européenne. Nous poursuivons le dialogue avec les États membres dans ce domaine, y compris dans le cadre des procédures article sept, et je me réjouis du soutien et de l'engagement du Parlement européen dans ce travail.
Debate: Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in  and
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Katarina Barley
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Mr Hidvéghi wanted us to include criticism of a government that came into power on 28 December in a report on 22 and 23. OK. You could have put it in the amendments. You didn’t. Alright, there were some speakers from the right side of the Chamber who wanted this and that included in the report, saying whatever is not in. Well, you could have tried to get it in. The shadow rapporteur from the ID was not present one single time and also from the ECR, I think once. So I mean, you can’t stand here and say this and that and that is missing if you don’t work on it. And if they had been there, they might have heard me saying, which caused some criticism from the left side of the Chamber, that I only included in this report concrete mentioning of countries if we have an objective basis for it. Because I did not want this report to become a party-political thing. So we only have in this report mentioning of countries if we have a judgment of the European Court of Justice, something of the European Court of Human Rights or the Venice Commission or something comparable to that. So we really made an effort in this to make it as objective as it can be. But if you don’t contribute, then please don’t stand here and say what is missing.
Debate: Rule of Law and media freedom in Greece
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Jeroen Lenaers
Political group: PPE
Country: France
Language: EN

More is also needed to guarantee the working conditions and physical safety of journalists. The Commission recognises the progress made and the taskforce is welcomed as an essential step by all stakeholders. So now is also the time to further build on these initiatives and equip this taskforce with the necessary means and make sure it works, as the Commissioner said, with concrete and targeted plans, in particular with regards to SLAPPS and the safety of journalists. On spyware, tomorrow we will vote on the Fundamental Rights Report, where we call again on Greece, Spain, Poland, Hungary and Cyprus to follow up on the recommendations of the PEGA Committee. And I think it’s important to also reiterate that call here today. Concluding, we see work ahead, but we also recognise the steps taken by the Greek Government. The Rule of Law Report highlights a number of key positive points, such as the new law on transparency of media ownership, the new Ethics Committee and the fact that a controversial provision of the Criminal Code was amended. Progress is being made and we are confident that Greece will continue its work to further improve upon the implementation of these important recommendations.
Debate: Rule of Law and media freedom in Greece
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Cyrus Engerer
Political group: S-D
Country: Romania
Language: EN

Meanwhile, did the new Presidency lose itself in the corridors for the third debate in a row? It is not even here to discuss a very important topic for us here in Parliament. But finally, we are discussing the situation of the rule of law in Greece after being blocked by the EPP so many times in this very chamber. But let me be blunt: why is the EPP so eager to defend the rule of law only where the EPP is not in power? And yes, I specifically speak of the EPP family here, as I am the first one to recognise that rule of law issues in countries where there is also a Socialists and Democrats majority, like in my country. In my own country we had never a problem to discuss this, but Maltese authorities always had an open dialogue with this Chamber and took on board many recommendations to implement as many European standards as possible. But what is the history with Greece? So firstly, we have a systematic breach of the rule of law. We have spying by government institutions on activists, politicians and journalists, tapping their mobile phones. We have had the murder of a journalist, Giorgos Karaivaz, and we have an attack on the fundamental rights of asylum seekers, and yet this is the first time that we are discussing the rule of law in Greece. We saw that even this chamber tried to stop last March a mission regarding the rule of law in Greece by the by the LIBE Committee, where President Metsola and the EPP even tried to annul it. Then the next day, the EPP Greek Government receives an EPP delegation from this Parliament: different hypocritical ways of acting when it comes to these topics. This is an important topic, we need to discuss it wherever it happens, whether it is in Greece, Malta or whatever other country.
Debate: Rule of Law and media freedom in Greece
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Sophia in 't Veld
Political group: Renew
Country: Poland
Language: EN

EU funding is conditional on serious efforts to prevent and detect corruption, which is evidently not the case in Greece. The Charter of Fundamental Rights is trampled upon systematically. Yes – another breach of the funding criteria. The statement of the Commissioner here leaves no room for doubt: Greece does not meet the conditions for EU funding. An unbiased reassessment is essential. And finally, I would like to say to the widow of Giorgos Karaivaz, to the parents of the victims of the Tempi train crash, to the loved ones of the victims of the Pylos shipwreck, to the journalists facing SLAPPs in court next week, and to many others who are targets of harassment or spyware merely for scrutinising the government, to them I would like to say:  – Δεν είστε μόνοι σας, δεν σας αφήνουμε μέχρι να έχετε δικαιοσύνη.
Debate: Rule of Law and media freedom in Greece
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

For the second year in a row, Greece came last among EU countries in the Reporters Without Borders 2023 index. There has been no justice for the murder of Greek reporter Giorgos Karaivaz, cases of harassment and intimidation against journalists in Greece are well documented, and there is a climate of fear in which journalists, independent bodies and civil society operate. The wiretapping of journalists, the attempted hacking of opposition politicians and the export of spyware remain unsolved. Refugees are tracked and monitored through the use of behavioural analysis algorithms and biometric surveillance. Individual human rights defenders are vilified in the media, subjected to smear campaigns and death threats. Those investigating corruption, be they journalists or prosecutors, are the victims of abusive trials and constantly risk charges being brought against them. Are we going to let the authorities in Greece continue to crackdown on fundamental rights?
Debate: Rule of Law and media freedom in Greece
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi
Political group: PPE
Country: Sweden
Language: EL

Κυρία Πρόεδρε, πόσες φορές ακόμα στην Ολομέλεια, οι ίδιες πολιτικές ομάδες με τους ίδιους συναδέλφους θα επαναφέρουν κακόβουλα συζήτηση για το κράτος δικαίου στην Ελλάδα; Η αναφορά είναι για τις ίδιες ακριβώς υποθέσεις που εκκρεμούν ενώπιον της ανεξάρτητης Ελληνικής Δικαιοσύνης και για τις ίδιες ακριβώς αναπόδεικτες καταγγελίες που έχουμε επανειλημμένα συζητήσει διεξοδικά, έχουμε καταλήξει σε ψηφίσματα, ενώ ακολούθησαν συστάσεις της Επιτροπής PEGA και πορίσματα. Ως προς τη δολοφονία του δημοσιογράφου Καραϊβάζ έχουν συλληφθεί και κατηγορούνται ήδη δύο άτομα. Τι άλλο γνωρίζετε, συνάδελφοι; Ό,τι ξέρετε, να το πείτε, να το καταγγείλετε στην Εισαγγελία. Όχι συκοφαντία χωρίς στοιχεία. Ως προς την ελευθερία του Τύπου θα είμαστε με το Συμβούλιο της Ευρώπης που αναγνώρισε μόλις τον Ιούλιο του ΄23 τις κυβερνητικές πρωτοβουλίες της χώρας μου ή με fake news, όπως η δήθεν εγκαταλελειμμένη νεκρή προσφυγοπούλα στον Έβρο, για την οποία ζήτησε συγγνώμη από την Ελλάδα ακόμη και η έγκριτη εφημερίδα Der Spiegel. Το καλοκαίρι, συνάδελφοι, διεξήχθησαν στην Ελλάδα εκλογές που ανέδειξαν δημοκρατικά για δεύτερη τετραετία, ισχυρή αυτοδύναμη κυβέρνηση της Νέας Δημοκρατίας στο τιμόνι της χώρας. Υπήρξε πρόβλημα στη λειτουργία του κράτους δικαίου σε αυτό; Τίποτα απολύτως. Δεν διερωτάστε τι σκοπιμότητες εξυπηρετεί η σημερινή συζήτηση ενόψει των επερχόμενων εκλογών; Δεν πρέπει να μας απασχολεί η προσπάθεια διασυρμού της χώρας μου χωρίς κανένα σοβαρό στοιχείο που προσβάλλει και τον ελληνικό λαό για την πρόσφατη ετυμηγορία του; Θα αποτύχουν ακόμη μια φορά όσοι το επιδιώκουν. Mε κακοήθειες και fake news, συνάδελφοι, δεν ασκείται πολιτική αρχών. Οι ευρωπαϊκές αξίες μας άλλα υπαγορεύουν.