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Debate: European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities - European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities for third country nationals legally residing in a Member State
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Barry Andrews
Political group: Renew
Country: Ireland
Language: EN

Madam President, Madam Commissioner, colleagues, last Friday, I had the honour of meeting with the Disability Federation of Ireland and being the first politician to sign their disability pledge.  This commitment, on my part, signifies prioritising disability issues and actively working in Parliament on equality and inclusion. The Disability Federation of Ireland welcomed the European Disability Card, but they stressed that it is not enough, it is just a start. We must fulfil the EU strategy on the rights of persons with disabilities. We must improve electoral accessibility to ensure disabled participation in EU politics and, most importantly, to ensure full accessibility and freedom of movement across the EU through legislation. However, like many other marginalised groups in our society, people with disabilities are fearful of the rise in right-wing populism and what the next mandate may bring. They stressed to me that continuity in the next mandate is vital for people with disabilities. So, as they need representatives who will uphold their rights, people with disabilities tell me that they need the European Union, there is no other regional political entity in the world that stands up for people with disabilities in the way that the European Union does.
Debate: European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities - European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities for third country nationals legally residing in a Member State
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Sandra Pereira
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: PT

Senhora Presidente, o direito à mobilidade da população, em geral, e das pessoas com deficiência, em particular, é fundamental numa sociedade inclusiva, mas está longe de ser concretizado na vida de muitos cidadãos. Há muito que as pessoas com deficiência e as suas organizações representativas reivindicam o cartão europeu de deficiência e o cartão europeu de estacionamento para pessoas com deficiência.  É agora necessário que os critérios de atribuição dos dísticos de estacionamento visem o seu alargamento tendo em conta necessidades específicas. Consideramos, ainda, que é também necessário reforçar, junto da população, que o parqueamento indevido em lugares reservados a pessoas com deficiência ou mobilidade reduzida acarreta a limitação do direito destas pessoas à mobilidade, que, de outro modo, ficariam impedidas de aceder a espaços e locais.  A aprovação deste cartão não dispensa uma política que garanta o direito à mobilidade da população, em geral, e das pessoas com deficiência, em particular, designadamente pela garantia de transportes públicos com qualidade, com horários e percursos que sirvam as necessidades e a preços acessíveis.
Debate: European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities - European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities for third country nationals legally residing in a Member State
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Milan Brglez
Political group: S-D
Country: France
Language: SL

Spoštovana predsednica! Hvala za besedo. Svoboda gibanja je ena izmed temeljnih svoboščin ter način evropskega življenja, ki sta zapisana v pogodbah Evropske unije.  Za več kot 101 milijon ljudi z invalidnostjo v Evropski uniji svoboda gibanja žal ni samoumevna, saj se v vsakodnevnem življenju pri potovanju v drugo državo srečujejo z dodatnimi ovirami.  Evropska kartica ugodnosti za osebe z invalidnostjo ter evropska parkirna kartica sta prvi, več kot zgolj simbolični korak k njihovi mobilnosti. Vsaj med kratkotrajnim bivanjem, delovno ali študijsko izmenjavo se bodo osebe z invalidnostjo zaradi vztrajnega boja Evropskega parlamenta lahko počutile enakovrednejši drugim državljankam in državljanom Unije.  Evropska unija mora tudi kot pogodbenica Konvencije Združenih narodov o pravicah oseb z invalidnostjo narediti še več ter za polno uživanje evropskega državljanstva vsem osebam z invalidnostjo omogočiti avtomatično priznavanje njihovega statusa, dostop do socialne varnosti ter asistence v drugih državah članicah. Ker se dejanska moč Evropske unije skriva v solidarnosti, enakosti in svobodi za vsakogar. Hvala.
Debate: European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities - European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities for third country nationals legally residing in a Member State
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Helena Dalli
Language: EN

I want to thank you for your cooperation on this very important file, and this directive will ensure easier recognition of disability status and equal access to special conditions and preferential treatment across the EU. With them, the EU delivers significant and tangible improvements, I would say, in the life of persons with disabilities. The most important measures announced in the strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will have been executed by the end of 2024. So I am glad that I could count on you to advance on our objective of getting closer to this reality of a Union of equality.  I also want to take advantage of this debate to thank you all. This Parliament, led by many champions of equality amongst you, has been an extraordinary partner. And together we have made important steps towards a Union of equality.
Debate: European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities - European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities for third country nationals legally residing in a Member State
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová
Country: Germany
Language: SK

To, čo sa dosiahlo v rámci tejto legislatívy, sme dosiahli spolu. Dosiahli sme to, že život 100 miliónov ľudí so zdravotným postihnutím v Európe sa aspoň o niečo zlepší. Je to však naozaj len prvý krok na ceste k zrovnoprávneniu a odstráneniu všetkých foriem diskriminácie voči ľuďom so zdravotným postihnutím. Nás ešte čaká veľmi veľa práce. Dovoľte mi, aby som sa v tejto chvíli poďakovala všetkým tieňovým spravodajcom za ich spoluprácu, belgickému predsedníctvu a Komisii. Bola to naozaj spolupráca, ktorá sa len tak nevidí.
Debate: European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities - European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities for third country nationals legally residing in a Member State
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Antonius Manders
Country: Italy
Language: NL

Aangezien dit mijn laatste toespraak is in deze plenaire zaal ‒ want ik zet vanaf juli een punt achter mijn werk als Europarlementariër ‒ is het aan de volgende generatie om te bouwen aan een betere Europese Unie. Ik wil graag een boodschap meegeven aan de opvolgende collega’s: blijf omkijken naar mensen die moeite hebben om aan te sluiten. Blijf kijken naar de oudere generatie die de huidige EU heeft opgebouwd. Een hele belangrijke boodschap ‒ en die wil ik ook meegeven aan commissaris Dalli: probeer een gezondheidsunie op te bouwen waar een gezonde leefstijl en actief ouder worden belangrijk zijn om welvaartsziekten te voorkomen. Welvaartsziekten zijn onze toekomstige dreiging in de Europese Unie. Laten we strijden voor een Europa waar jong en oud nog meer van elkaar kunnen leren, een Europa waar we trots op zijn. Ik ben niet alleen een trotse Brabander of een trotse Nederlander, nee, ik ben ook een trotse Europeaan. In 1989 zei Jacques Delors: “Van de interne markt kun je niet houden”. Nou, ik ben vijftig jaar samen met mijn vrouw Jacqueline. Niet alleen omdat ik een economisch samenwerkingsverband heb, maar we houden ook van elkaar. Dus je moet wel proberen om die emotie en identiteit ook uit te dragen. Europeanen moeten meer gaan houden van Europa en trotser zijn om Europeaan te zijn. Om die reden roep ik de Commissie en ook mijn collega’s van het nieuwe Parlement op: investeer in Europese emotie en identiteit, waardoor we ons veel meer verbonden gaan voelen met de Unie waar we in leven. Ik ben dankbaar voor de mooie twintig jaar in dit huis waarin we met veel collega’s samen hebben kunnen werken en heel veel hebben kunnen bereiken. Bovenal wil ik mijn familie, mijn vrouw, kinderen en vrienden bedanken voor de prachtige jaren en voor alle steun die ik van hen heb mogen krijgen. We moeten niet achteruitkijken, maar vooruit. En laten we niet vergeten dat deze Unie over vrede gaat, over waarden en normen en natuurlijk ook over een sterke Europese interne markt. Hier staat een trotse Europeaan en ik dank jullie allemaal hartelijk.
Debate: European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities - European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities for third country nationals legally residing in a Member State
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Alice Kuhnke
Country: Germany
Language: SV

Det ena är hur väl vi samarbetade mellan de olika partigrupperna under arbetet med den här lagstiftningen, hur vi stöttes och blöttes och kompromissade under förhandlingarna. Jag vet att många vill förpassa Europaparlamentet till en bråkande diskussionsklubb. Det är inte sant, och vi visade det under förhandlingarna.  Det andra handlar om det som många har understrukit under den här debatten – att detta bara är början, att väldigt mycket återstår, att diskrimineringen fortgår och att det kommer att krävas väldigt mycket mer av nästa parlament – att faktiskt göra mer och bättre.  Om det blir så kommer valresultatet att visa. Tyvärr finns det många politiker som inte är beredda att göra det som krävs för att riva hinder och skapa ett EU där den fria rörligheten är för alla. Så tänk på vad du röstar på!
Debate: European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities - European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities for third country nationals legally residing in a Member State
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Stefania Zambelli
Political group: PPE
Country: Spain
Language: IT

Oggi, dopo tre anni, dopo un lungo progetto pilota che ha visto l'Italia protagonista, approviamo finalmente uno strumento che renderà la vita più semplice a chi, purtroppo, deve affrontare molte difficoltà. Finalmente in tutta Europa verrà riconosciuta e adottata la Carta della disabilità, non importa in quale Stato ci troviamo. Non si faranno più code ai musei, si avranno priorità nei mezzi pubblici, parcheggi riservati, tariffe ridotte o addirittura gratuite per ogni servizio: questi sono solo piccoli esempi dei grandi benefici che questa Carta avrà per tutti i cittadini europei con disabilità.  Oggi è un grande giorno: ringrazio tutti coloro che hanno sostenuto la mia proposta e sono fiera di affermare che oggi l'Europa è più inclusiva.
Debate: EU’s response to the repeated killing of humanitarian aid workers, journalists and civilians by the Israel Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Katarina Barley
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Als nächster Punkt der Tagesordnung folgt die Aussprache über die Erklärung des Vizepräsidenten der Kommission und Hohen Vertreters der Union für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik zu der Reaktion der EU auf die wiederholte Tötung von humanitären Helfern, Journalisten und Zivilisten durch israelische Streitkräfte im Gazastreifen (
Debate: EU’s response to the repeated killing of humanitarian aid workers, journalists and civilians by the Israel Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Antonio López-Istúriz White
Political group: PPE
Country: Estonia
Language: EN

Whereas Hamas and Hezbollah terrorist attacks butcher innocent civilians and show absolutely no regret, a democratic country, Israel, which is fighting a difficult war to neutralise terrorist groups and recover their abducted civilians, shows accountability and regret. Israel admitted its terrible mistake. It carried out an investigation that showed that the officers in charge of the strike were convinced that the cars were being used by Hamas, something that happens often. It dismissed and reprimanded officers involved in the operation. This will, of course, not bring back those who tragically lost their lives. But at least we know clearly what happened, and hopefully a similar tragic mistake like this will not happen again. This is what democracies do. The attempt of many to use this episode to argue that Israel is deliberately targeting workers of these organisations, like those who easily use the word genocide, are wrong, irresponsible and shameful. What we do not know, or if there are any regrets or investigation, is after the bombing by Islamic Jihad of a hospital at the beginning of the war. Hundreds died. Where is the investigation? Where is the regret? Abuse, rape and torture of Israeli women – where is the investigation? Where is the regret? I have not heard anything, here also in this Parliament, from many. What we do not know is where hundreds of hostages are. I think that we should focus on what we can do to reduce suffering in the Middle East. This will not happen only by accusing Israel of being a genocidal country who is deliberately killing aid workers. It is not true.
Debate: EU’s response to the repeated killing of humanitarian aid workers, journalists and civilians by the Israel Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Evin Incir
Political group: S-D
Country: Hungary
Language: SV

Det är inget annat än en skam för mänskligheten att detta får fortgå i mer än sju månader. Det är en skam att EU:s medlemsstater under perioder frusit stöd till UNRWA utan att Israel har behövt lägga fram några som helst bevis. Det är en skam att det finns dem här i Europaparlamentet som inte vill skicka humanitärt stöd till civilbefolkningen i Gaza. Det är en skam att det tog lång tid för det här parlamentet att kräva omedelbar, permanent och ovillkorlig vapenvila.  Det finns ingen tid för business as usual. Frys EU:s och Israels handelsavtal, återuppta det endast när Israel upphör med sitt folkrättsvidriga agerande, öka stödet till alla de oskyldiga i Gaza som just nu svälter!  EU bildades för att få ett slut på täta och blodiga konflikter på vår kontinent, men det verkar finnas de som tycker att det är okej med täta och blodiga konflikter utanför vår kontinent. Det är en skam!
Debate: EU’s response to the repeated killing of humanitarian aid workers, journalists and civilians by the Israel Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Hilde Vautmans
Political group: Renew
Country: Romania
Language: NL

Mijnheer Borrell, niet alleen wij als Europees Parlement zeggen dit, maar ook de VN—Veiligheidsraad en het Internationaal Gerechtshof. Wij vragen al weken om een permanent staakt-het-vuren en het vrijlaten van alle gijzelaars door Hamas. Dat is de enige manier om verder leed te voorkomen. Ik hoop, mijnheer Borrell, dat u Israël zo snel mogelijk namens de hele Europese Unie duidelijk maakt dat als het zich niets blijft aantrekken van deze oproep en van de internationale gemeenschap, onze relatie op het spel staat.
Debate: EU’s response to the repeated killing of humanitarian aid workers, journalists and civilians by the Israel Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Jordi Solé
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Bulgaria
Language: EN

No, the terrible massacre of 7 October should never have happened, and neither should the carnage in Gaza, a disproportionate response that may amount to an unlawful collective punishment. We have seen in horror how aid workers have been targeted and killed by the IDF, how desperate citizens trying to collect something to eat were gunned down, how more than 100 journalists were assassinated, how indiscriminate bombings caused massacres of innocent civilians and unprecedented destruction.  We have seen severe restrictions on humanitarian aid that deprive civilians of what they need to survive, putting them on the brink of famine. International law and international humanitarian law have been trampled upon.  No, Hamas atrocity atrocities can never be justified: it was a horrendous terrorist crime. But Israel’s conduct is unacceptable. International justice will have to rule on the possible war crimes committed by all the parties, and perpetrators will have to be held to account. The only way to truly weaken Hamas and ensure Israel’s long-term security is by granting the two peoples, Israelis and Palestinians, the right to have their country. By neglecting the conflict while keeping going with the occupation, today Israelis have less security and Palestinians less hope. So stop the war, release the hostages and restore a political horizon to achieve the only viable and fair solution: two states for two peoples.
Debate: EU’s response to the repeated killing of humanitarian aid workers, journalists and civilians by the Israel Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Hermann Tertsch
Political group: ECR
Country: France
Language: ES

Realmente han pasado cosas inauditas en Europa. En Occidente hemos logrado que las calles de todas nuestras capitales se estén llenando de inmigrantes, de islamistas gritando que quieren destruir Israel, que quieren Palestina desde el río hasta el mar, es decir, liquidar a Israel. Eso es lo que hemos logrado como reacción en todas las capitales europeas con estas acusaciones que se han hecho a Israel con tan poco fundamento.  Israel se está defendiendo, se está defendiendo contra Irán, contra ese Irán que ha protegido usted, señor Borrell, durante tantísimo tiempo. Durante estos cinco años ha estado protegiendo al régimen más criminal de la región, a ese régimen que mata a los suyos, que tortura los suyos, que mata a sus mujeres y que quiere destruir Israel. Y usted está protegiendo en este momento tanto a Irán como a Hamás.
Debate: EU’s response to the repeated killing of humanitarian aid workers, journalists and civilians by the Israel Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Dominique Bilde
Political group: ID
Country: Germany
Language: FR

Sur la situation humanitaire dramatique, en mars, l’Organisation mondiale de la santé relayait l’alerte d’une famine imminente dans le nord de la bande de Gaza. L’acheminement de l’aide humanitaire doit s’effectuer dans les meilleures conditions possibles au regard des circonstances. En date du 9 avril, le  De même, je me suis souvent exprimée dans cet hémicycle sur la protection des journalistes. Ceux-ci ne sauraient exercer leur mission d’intérêt général au péril de leur vie ou de leur intégrité physique.
Debate: EU’s response to the repeated killing of humanitarian aid workers, journalists and civilians by the Israel Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Manu Pineda
Political group: The Left
Country: Czechia
Language: ES

Les da vergüenza que se sepa que no van a implementar ninguna medida. Hoy estamos discutiendo sobre cómo están asesinando a trabajadores humanitarios, cómo están asesinando a periodistas y a miembros de la sociedad civil. Os tengo que decir que lo que no hace esta Unión Europea lo están haciendo ahora mismo más de mil activistas —la Flotilla de la Libertad — en Estambul, que van a zarpar para llevar a la Franja de Gaza más de 5 000 toneladas de ayuda humanitaria. Pero están varados allí porque Israel ya ha dicho que los va a atacar, lo mismo que atacó a los del  ¿Va a hacer algo la Unión Europea para proteger a los más de quinientos europeos que van en esa flotilla? Israel es un tumor en Oriente Medio, un tumor que se está convirtiendo en metástasis, que quiere convertir este genocidio en un conflicto regional para apartar el foco, para que no hablemos de genocidio, para que hablemos de una guerra entre árabes y judíos en la que nosotros nos metamos. Israel es la mayor fuente de desestabilización en la zona. ¿Y qué vamos a hacer nosotros sobre eso? Han bombardeado el Consulado de Irán en Damasco. ¿Y qué es lo que hace la Unión Europea? Sancionar a Irán en vez de a quien ha bombardeado. Que sepan los pueblos de Europa que...
Debate: EU’s response to the repeated killing of humanitarian aid workers, journalists and civilians by the Israel Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Abir Al-Sahlani
Political group: Renew
Country: Sweden
Language: EN

Madam President, just a point of order. I want to make you aware of the statement given by my colleague calling Israel ‘a cancer in the Middle East’. I would like you to investigate this as an anti-Semitic speech, because I, myself, who is from the region, do not accept that kind of speech towards Israel.
Debate: EU’s response to the repeated killing of humanitarian aid workers, journalists and civilians by the Israel Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Laura Ferrara
Political group: NI
Country: Poland
Language: IT

Signora Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, l'orrore del massacro di civili a Gaza non risparmia chi aiuta una popolazione che soffre ogni genere di privazione o chi documenta la tragedia in atto: sono circa 200 gli operatori umanitari uccisi e 100 i giornalisti, mentre sono ben oltre 30.000 i morti tra i civili palestinesi.  Il Parlamento europeo ha condannato la risposta sproporzionata dell'esercito di Israele dopo gli attacchi del 7 ottobre. Ma a poco è servito. L'Unione deve passare allora dalle parole ai fatti, se vuole essere un attore credibile come costruttore di pace e custode del diritto internazionale umanitario.  Servono sanzioni mirate, serve la sospensione dell'accordo di associazione UE-Israele, come invocato dalla relatrice delle Nazioni Unite sulla Palestina. Ma serve anche lo stop immediato all'export di ogni tipo di arma o munizione europea, che mai dovrebbe essere fornita a chi si sta macchiando di crimini di guerra. Il futuro ruolo dell'Unione nel mondo e nelle relazioni con i Paesi vicini dipenderanno dalla nostra capacità di agire ora senza attendere ulteriori carneficine.
Debate: EU’s response to the repeated killing of humanitarian aid workers, journalists and civilians by the Israel Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Lukas Mandl
Political group: PPE
Country: Portugal
Language: EN

Madam President, dear colleagues, dear Commissioner, High Representative Josep Borrell, first of all, let me say, while I disagree nearly in each policy area with you and your policies, no matter whether it was Russia in the past, the Middle East, the Western Balkans, whatever, and since this is the final plenary setting of this mandate, I thank you for your contribution to this European project, and I encourage you to listen to the Parliament and to the people more, so that we can go forward. For the region, the Middle East, we had a positive period of time when the Abraham Accords were spread. It was a time where peace was available, I would say, and we have to go back there. Israel will go back there. I have no doubt on that. And I’m sure that it’s revealed now to the world that the Iranian regime has been behind this for many years, behind Islamism, terrorism, anti-Semitism all over the world via its different proxies.  What is the future perspective for the region? High representative, it’s demilitarisation, or better to say, the de-weaponisation of all Palestinian territories, because it’s not a regular State structure, it’s de-weaponisation, then creating a civil society, then make sure that not the whole world for decades have to pour money in like it was in the past, then creating economic strength for the region itself, and then a security guarantee for Israel, the only democracy in the region, our partner state, and then the two-state solution in more than ten years or beyond could be possible. But for the time being, there is no bothsideism. Correct, if I listen to some speakers in this Parliament, what we need is a strong alliance with Israel.