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Debate: Artificial Intelligence Act
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Margrethe Vestager
Language: EN

Many, many speakers today have touched upon the fact that Europe is the first to move on legislation, on binding obligation, on enforcement. But AI develops as we speak, and it is important that we also reach out to international partners to see how many we can bring on board, at least until we have binding obligations to have the possibilities for businesses to voluntarily commit as to how they develop, as to how they enable third—party control of what they do, as to how they have a feedback loop to make sure that things are done right. Nothing has the right to impede on Parliament’s position on the trilogues that we will start, and nothing does that. So I think all the many different approaches to making the world a safe space – where innovative, strong technology will serve humans – is absolutely crucial. Eventually, of course, we also need a United Nations response to this. And here I hope that this debate will pave the way, because it’s a debate that shows the balances that needs to be maintained: freedom and safety. And it is really the future that we are talking about. How should these balances be made? Between the freedom, as many have spoken of today, the freedom of surveillance, the freedom to do what you want without someone looking over your shoulder, while at the same time having the safety to know that if the worst things happen, the police can do their job. Also the balance between innovation and of course that risks of our fundamental rights are being prevented. I think this debate has had at all. I think that you have all heard and probably agree that AI is too important not to regulate and it’s too important to badly regulate. A good regulation that we all agree on as soon as possible must be a common objective. And of course, we need sound enforcement. We need these obligations that this law gives us to be a real thing on the ground for people to be safe. The Commission’s role is to be an honest broker between the European Parliament and the Council. We will do our best to facilitate your work in this crucial file. I think I speak also on behalf of my colleague Thierry Breton, myself, our services, we will of course be fully available. I am grateful for the ambitions of Parliament on this very important file. It has been an impressive debate. It is no exaggeration that the world is following this work. I want to thank you very much for taking the lead.
Debate: Artificial Intelligence Act
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Brando Benifei
Country: Italy
Language: EN

I think it emerged very clearly that we need to work very strongly on some innovations that came after we have been starting this work. We started doing it with generative AI, with our proposal on general purpose AI, and this will be crucial that we maintain this ambition when we negotiate with the Council on these topics that are, we can say, on the forefront of the of the work. We need to defend our approach that strengthens fundamental rights, that has been clear, for example, with the fundamental rights impact assessment. But also I think it is important that we put value to our effort to strengthen innovation, to support start-ups with the work on the sandboxes. I think we did a thorough job on this, and I think it is important to clarify that, as was said earlier by the Commissioner, that when the worst happens, we can act. This is something we all agree on and we know that with this text, we the text that came out of the committee with the usage of non-real time, biometric identification in cases that are to pursue crimes that have been already committed and, with the control of a judge, we can pursue this balance. I wanted to specify this because I heard many colleagues speaking on this topic, but I think it’s important to clarify that the existing text is already very advanced and clear, and that is also why I think we should keep the text that we voted in the committee. We are ready to work for the upcoming trilogues. Thank you for all the work and for the efforts to put this chamber, this Parliament, at the centre of the effort to build a human-centric AI, not just for us but for the whole world.
Debate: Artificial Intelligence Act
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Dragoş Tudorache
Country: Lithuania
Language: EN

Two last points that I consider important. First, as also Executive Vice President Vestager said, is global convergence. As we vote to negotiate these rules, we must look also outward and invest politically in the effort of a global framework for addressing the benefits and risks of AI. The Brussels effect is one thing, and our rules will inevitably be a model for other jurisdictions, but we must work with a sense of shared responsibility and interests with all our like-minded partners to achieve the geopolitical objective of having AI alignment.  Second, the AI revolution must leave no one behind. We must push our governments to engage citizens to explain what is coming, to rethink education and reskilling of our workforce, to face confidently the transformation around them. Otherwise, all good intentions may go to waste.  So in the end, I make this plea in front of you. Vote tomorrow with this sense of responsibility and with the satisfaction that we are on the right side of history.
Debate: Artificial Intelligence Act
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: András Gyürk
Political group: NI
Country: Germany
Language: HU

Napjainkban így már nem kérdés, hogy az AI-alapú alkalmazások térnyerése visszafordíthatatlan jelenség, mely számos lehetőséget és kihívást hordoz magában. Ahhoz azonban, hogy az AI-technológiákban rejlő gazdasági és társadalmi potenciált kiaknázhassuk, mindenek előtt egyértelmű és az etikai határokat világosan meghúzó szabályozási környezetre van szükség. Egy olyan jogi keretrendszerre, mely garantálja, hogy a mesterséges intelligenciát csak felelős, átlátható és emberközpontú módon lehessen felhasználni Európában. A Fidesz európai parlamenti delegációja ezért támogat minden olyan törekvést, mely biztonságos kereteket állít fel a technológiai fejlődésnek, hiszen csak így gondoskodhatunk az alapvető emberi jogok és az állampolgárok érdekeinek védelméről.
Debate: Artificial Intelligence Act
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Karol Karski
Political group: ECR
Country: Cyprus
Language: PL

Główne obawy dotyczą stosowania SI w życiu obywateli, wdrażania modeli wysokiego ryzyka, braku kontroli algorytmów samouczących się, braków technologicznych, dyskryminujących wyników, braku nadzoru w zakresie gromadzenia danych i prywatności użytkowników. Przyszłe regulacje muszą z jednej strony wspierać innowacyjność, zwłaszcza działające w tym obszarze polskie MŚP, a z drugiej minimalizować realne ryzyko, które niesie ze sobą zastosowanie systemów w społeczeństwie i gospodarce.  Projekt PE zapewnia odpowiednią równowagę między nowymi obowiązkami administracyjnymi dla przedsiębiorstw a bezpieczeństwem, prawami konsumentów, swobodą badań i rozwoju tej technologii. Ważne jest, iż PE zapewnia swobodne funkcjonowanie piaskownic regulacyjnych, czyli bezpiecznych i zamkniętych przestrzeni do testowania europejskich innowacji opartych na SI, oraz gwarantuje środki pomagające MŚP w korzystaniu z tej technologii.
Debate: Artificial Intelligence Act
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Marian-Jean Marinescu
Political group: PPE
Country: Spain
Language: RO

În esență, actul privind inteligența artificială stabilește norme armonizate pentru dezvoltarea, introducerea pe piață și utilizarea sistemelor de inteligență artificială în Uniune, urmând o abordare proporțională bazată pe riscuri.  Cadrul juridic propus urmărește să se asigure că sistemele de inteligență artificială introduse pe piața Uniunii și utilizate sunt centrate pe om, demne de încredere, sigure și respectă legislația existentă privind drepturile fundamentale și valorile Uniunii.  Pentru a limita abuzurile de orice natură atunci când vine vorba despre inteligența artificială este foarte important să stabilim foarte clar care sunt domeniile în care aceasta este interzisă, iar textul propus de Parlamentul European stabilește că acestea sunt: scorul social, controlul predictiv sau clasificarea biometrică.
Debate: Artificial Intelligence Act
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Sirpa Pietikäinen
Political group: PPE
Country: Italy
Language: FI

Tekoälyjärjestelmien vääristyminen ja siitä aiheutuva syrjintä on ongelma. Tiedämme, että suurimman osan järjestelmistä on kehittänyt valkoinen länsimainen mies, mikä voi johtaa esimerkiksi naisten, ikäihmisten, vammaisten henkilöiden tai muiden vähemmistöjen jäämiseen sivurooliin tekoälyjärjestelmissä.  Tekoälyn algoritmien on pysyttävä ihmisten hallinnassa ja purettavissa. Tekoälyjärjestelmille täytyy asettaa myös ympäristövaatimuksia.  Tarvitsemme EU-tasolle kestävän digitalisaation ohjelman. Parlamentin teksti ottaa kohtuullisen hyvin huomioon tekoälyn riskit. Mahdollisuudet pitää voida hyödyntää, mutta samalla puolustautua riskeiltä, jotka voivat kohdistua demokratiaan ja kansalaisvapauksiin. Erityisesti syrjimättömyyden periaate on tärkeä. Tekoälyn täytyy hyödyttää kaikkia, sen pitää olla saavutettavaa eikä syrjiä tiettyjä ihmisryhmiä esimerkiksi sukupuolen, iän tai vammaisuuden perusteella. Varovaisuusperiaate biometrisen kasvojentunnistuksen, tunteiden tunnistusjärjestelmien ja ennakoivan poliisitoiminnan kohdalla on paikallaan.  Meidän on huolehdittava siitä, ettei ihmisiä voida vainota tai heidän turvallisuuttaan vaarantaa siinäkään tapauksessa, että tiedot jostain syystä joutuisivat ääriainesten käsiin tai sellaiset olisivat kyseisen maan johdossa. Tekoäly on ihmisen luoma ja sellaisena sen täytyy pysyä. Toisenlaisen tekoälyn käytön on oltava rikollista. Meidän täytyy huolehtia, että tekoäly pysyy ihmisten hallinnassa. Parlamentin kanta on askel oikeaan suuntaan.
Debate: Artificial Intelligence Act
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Mihai Tudose
Political group: S-D
Country: Latvia
Language: RO

Dar avem, de acum, o bază de lucru în acest plan cu rol tot mai important în economie și societate. Constat, însă, că Uniunea Europeană rămâne, și de această dată, o campioană a reglementării, fără performanțe asemănătoare în zona inovării.  Impactul acestui tip de norme va depinde, în mod covârșitor, de greutatea Uniunii în sfera globală a inteligenței artificiale. Pentru ca securitatea juridică pe care dorim să o conferim prin această legislație inedită să devină realitate efectivă, e nevoie de un impuls urgent și masiv pentru industria europeană de profil.
Debate: Artificial Intelligence Act
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Tom Vandenkendelaere
Political group: PPE
Country: Austria
Language: NL

Het Europees Parlement wil bovendien ook nu al de kans grijpen om generatieve AI te reguleren. We pleiten ervoor om generatieve AI zoals ChatGPT niet allemaal over dezelfde kam te scheren en automatisch als hoog risico te classificeren maar als een tussencategorie met bijkomende transparantieverplichtingen. In het geval dat generatieve AI toch voor risicovolle toepassingen wordt ingezet die de gezondheid van de mensen zou kunnen schaden of fundamentele rechten zou schenden, worden er extra veiligheidsgrendels ingebouwd. Waar ik echter niet achter sta, is een volledig verbod op realtimegezichtsherkenning in de publieke ruimte. In zeer uitzonderlijke gevallen moet dit wel mogelijk zijn, mits na voorafgaande rechterlijke toestemming en beperkt in de tijd en ruimte. Denk aan het opsporen van een vermist kind of een terrorist die na een aanslag op de loop is.
Debate: Artificial Intelligence Act
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Carlos Zorrinho
Political group: S-D
Language: PT

A proposta legislativa em apreciação é um passo importante no sentido certo, gerando clareza legal na proibição de práticas danosas para as pessoas e para o funcionamento de uma sociedade livre e transparente nos seus processos políticos, económicos e sociais. Sublinho a importância do reforço da capacidade de implementação do regulamento pelas autoridades competentes, designadamente através da criação do Gabinete da IA no plano europeu e da dotação de mais meios para as autoridades nacionais. Reitero a importância determinante na aposta na educação e na literacia digital dos indivíduos como base sistémica para que a IA seja instrumental para as pessoas e para o desenvolvimento sustentável e inclusivo e não se constitua como um referencial de dominação e destruição dos fundamentos da vida em sociedade.
Debate: Establishment of the EU Ethics Body
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Sven Simon
Political group: PPE
Country: Italy
Language: EN

Would this so-called ethics body have prevented the case of Eva Kaili? Of course not. No, the Eva Kaili case is about a network of socialist MEPs and staff who are supposed to have received money from Qatar through an NGO.  First, they infringed – intentionally – criminal law, and the Belgian authorities are dealing with that issue. Secondly, and that is perhaps for us more important, our own rules have been infringed. Our own enforcement mechanism here in the House must be improved. And we didn’t work hard enough on that.  I liked it very much when you said in the committee that each institution has to do its homework, and I think the European Parliament hasn’t done its homework. I still don’t know why we are so focused on an ethics body from outside, but we don’t do any reforms so that the enforcement mechanism of our own rules in our own House is better functioning.  It’s not about ethics. It’s not about morals. It’s about standard setting. And for that reason, I think the proposal of the Commissioner is right. We don’t want a disciplinary chamber like they established in Poland against Polish judges, and here an ethics body establishing a committee against MEPs, what we want is standards, rules and an enforcement mechanism that is functioning in this House. And that is what I’m fighting for.
Debate: Establishment of the EU Ethics Body
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Gabriele Bischoff
Political group: S-D
Country: France
Language: DE

Aber wenn wir uns die Daten angucken, kann man sagen: Ja, das ist ein Novum. Aber wenn wir reingucken, dann ist es definitiv keine Ethikbehörde, was der Vorschlag enthält, sondern ein neues Koordinierungsgremium. Und es wird für EU-Institutionen auch keine verbindlichen Regeln etablieren. Es wird nicht einmal wirklich ambitionierte gemeinsame Standards festlegen oder dass wir, wie das Parlament es in einer Stellungnahme gefordert hat, Sven Simon, die auch die EVP zumindest zu Teilen mit erarbeitet hat, wirklich Untersuchungen einleiten und auch Sanktionen erteilen können. Wenn wir uns das angucken, haben wir hier einen zahnlosen Tiger vor uns, der noch viel, viel Arbeit erfordert. Ich hoffe, dass das Parlament sich da sehr entschieden in die Verhandlungen einbringt, um daraus wirklich eine Ethikbehörde zu machen. Es sind doch dieselben Fraktionen, die hier verhindern, dass wir unsere Regeln wirklich verschärfen, die dann jetzt sagen: Nein, das ist doch eigentlich ein guter Vorschlag, daran braucht man nicht mehr viel zu machen, wir bleiben dabei. Das ist doch ungefähr so, als würden die Automobilhersteller die Regeln für den Straßenverkehr ausarbeiten, und daran können sich dann alle Autofahrer und Autofahrerinnen orientieren, müssen es aber nicht. Oder als ob Fußballvereine Spielregeln etablieren, dann aber jede Mannschaft selber entscheidet, welche Konsequenzen das haben soll, wenn man sie verletzt. Deshalb ist es, glaube ich, wichtig, dass wir wirklich eine Ethikbehörde bekommen, die Ressourcen hat – da müssen wir wirklich nachbessern –, die wirklich auch tatsächlich die Kompetenzen hat, um auch Ethikbehörde genannt zu werden. Ich glaube deshalb, dass man noch einmal gucken sollte: Welche Anforderungen hat das Parlament in einem gemeinsamen Initiativbericht gemacht, der breite Unterstützung gefunden hat? Denn in der Tat, wenn wir darauf gucken: Wir brauchen eine solche Ethikbehörde auch, damit nicht jede Institution wieder nur ihr eigenes Ding macht. Deshalb ist es für uns als S&D-Fraktion ganz essenziell wichtig, dass wir eine Ethikbehörde bekommen, die ihren Namen verdient, dass wir hier im Haus unsere Hausaufgaben machen, und zwar schneller als bisher, auch um unsere eigenen Regeln zu ändern, und dass wir jetzt nicht den Kopf in den Sand stecken und die Botschaft geben: Okay, wir bauen hier ein Haus, das hat einen wunderbaren Namen. Aber es ist überhaupt nicht ausgestattet, wirklich eine Ethikbehörde zu sein. Das werden wir aus Sicht der S&D nicht hinnehmen. Deshalb plädieren wir dafür: Ja, es ist ein Novum, da gebe ich Ihnen recht. Es ist ein Schritt in die richtige Richtung. Aber es reicht überhaupt nicht aus. Deshalb müssen wir hier stark nacharbeiten.
Debate: Establishment of the EU Ethics Body
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Gilles Boyer
Political group: Renew
Country: Slovenia
Language: FR

Nous voulons des membres indépendants, et vous nous proposez des représentants de chaque institution. Nous voulons des pouvoirs d’enquête, de vérification, de recommandation publique et de sanction: vous les refusez. Il ne s’agit pas forcément d’harmoniser les règles entre les différentes institutions. Nos fonctionnements sont différents et nous avons affaire à des personnes différentes. Il s’agit de confier leur application à une autorité extérieure, qui serait compétente pour les élus, bien sûr, mais aussi pour les hauts fonctionnaires. Nous avons vu dans l’actualité que certaines situations peuvent aussi concerner les hauts fonctionnaires de nos institutions. Comme vous l’avez dit très justement, les citoyens de l’Union nous jugeront collectivement. Ils ne jugeront pas le Parlement, la Commission et le Conseil séparément, mais bien l’Union européenne dans son ensemble, et nous devons répondre à cette attente. Notre Parlement a franchi le pas en acceptant d’externaliser le contrôle de ses propres procédures. C’est un cap difficile pour tout législateur. Nous l’avons fait en France, nous l’avons fait ici, et nous devons aller plus loin pour rétablir la confiance des citoyens envers les institutions européennes.
Debate: Establishment of the EU Ethics Body
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Daniel Freund
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Spain
Language: EN

The disappointing truth now is that the ethics body as it is now proposed by the Commission would not have been able to deal with any of the above cases. And indeed, I think this proposal misses the point. We have reasonably good ethics rules in the EU institutions. The real problem is, these rules are not enforced. So now proposing that we discuss harmonisation, that we discuss improving those rules, well, we can have the very best rules in the world, but if they aren’t enforced, we aren’t improving anything. So that’s why we here in the Parliament have already, almost two years ago, suggested a real ethics body and we really need to now go into that direction when we start negotiating because this talk about harmonisation is not really gaining us back the citizens’ trust that we lost with Qatargate.
Debate: Establishment of the EU Ethics Body
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Geert Bourgeois
Political group: ECR
Country: Germany
Language: NL

Het openbaar maken van belangenconflicten volstaat niet. In sommige gevallen moet een lid zich volledig onthouden van tussenkomsten, van amenderen, van stemmen, zoals dat trouwens in de privésector in een raad van bestuur gebeurt. Daarnaast is het mijn ervaring als lid van het Raadgevend Comité voor het gedrag van de leden dat dit Parlement zelf over de nodige onderzoeks- en handhavingsmiddelen moet beschikken. Een interinstitutioneel orgaan is daarentegen onwenselijk, gelet op de scheiding der machten. Het is principieel onaanvaardbaar dat een parlement toelaat dat een instelling met daarin leden van de uitvoerende macht met externen de minimumregels bepaalt waaraan de parlementsleden moeten voldoen. Wij delen dezelfde waarden, maar wij bepalen de regels. Ik huiver bij de gedachte dat dit, zoals bepaalde fracties willen, een eerste stap zou zijn naar een extern orgaan dat oordeelt over Parlementsleden. Voor mij is de
Debate: Establishment of the EU Ethics Body
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Jean-Paul Garraud
Political group: ID
Country: Italy
Language: FR

Madame la Commissaire, vous aviez affirmé que les SMS de la présidente de la Commission avaient malencontreusement disparu; aujourd’hui, vous seriez chargée de ce comité d’éthique: cela relève d’une certaine ironie. C’est un peu du même acabit que M. Glucksmann, président de la commission chargée de dépister les ingérences, qui n’a rien vu venir de ses amis socialistes dans l’affaire du «Qatargate». Justement, ce sont les mêmes qui aujourd’hui poussent ce projet de comité d’éthique qui s’étaient opposés avec force à notre demande de former une commission d’enquête immédiate sur cette affaire du «Qatargate».  Ce projet de comité d’éthique est donc une opération de diversion pure et simple. Le problème de fond est structurel: c’est tout un système à changer. Les lobbies, les ONG, les cabinets de conseil et les pays extérieurs à l’Union ne devraient plus pouvoir exercer la moindre influence. Georges Bernanos disait qu’il n’y a pas pire désordre en ce moment que l’hypocrisie des puissants; nous y sommes! Alors, que ceux qui sont aujourd’hui aux manettes commencent par faire leur propre examen de conscience avant de donner des leçons de morale et de bonne conduite! Charité bien ordonnée commence par soi-même.
Debate: Establishment of the EU Ethics Body
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Manon Aubry
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: FR

Madame Jourová, excusez-moi de vous le dire, mais vous vous moquez un peu de nous. C’est un peu comme si vous vouliez agir pour la sécurité routière en fixant la limite de vitesse à 300 kilomètres/heure et en enlevant les radars. Avec mon groupe, cela fait quatre ans que nous nous battons pour mettre en place un contrôle éthique européen digne de ce nom, une autorité composée d’experts indépendants capables d’enquêter et de sanctionner les entorses aux règles de transparence et d’éthique. Voilà le chemin que vous auriez dû suivre. À moins que vous n’ayez peur d’ouvrir la boîte de Pandore des conflits d’intérêts de vos amis de la Commission européenne? Alors revoyez votre copie et faites le bon choix: protéger l’intégrité de nos institutions plutôt que l’impunité des corrompus.
Debate: Establishment of the EU Ethics Body
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Mislav Kolakušić
Political group: NI
Country: Greece
Language: HR

Poštovana predsjedavajuća, poštovane kolege, dragi građani, što je etika? Etika je filozofija morala. Što je moral? To je skup običaja i prava na određenom prostoru u određenom vremenu. Ja ću se osvrnuti ovom prilikom na dva detalja koja se itekako tiču ovog doma. Jedan je da mi ni dan-danas ne znamo za SMS prepisku naše predsjednice Komisije koja košta građane 70 milijardi i nitko na tome uopće ne ustraje. Drugi, koji je također nevjerojatan, a to je slučaj naše kolegice Eve Kaili, protiv koje se vodi kazneni postupak, a da joj ovaj dom nikada nije ukinuo imunitet. To je naša sramota. Mi sami gazimo vlastite propise. Mi smo prihvatili objašnjenje belgijske policije koja kaže da je uhvaćena na djelu. Na djelu zbog lobiranja? Gdje? U garaži? Presmiješno! Moramo to ispraviti i moramo odlučiti o njezinom imunitetu.