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Debate: Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on  March  - Preparation of the European Council meeting - March
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Siegfried Mureşan
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President, the situation in Ukraine is worsening. People in Ukraine are being bombed, civilians are being bombed, hospitals are being bombed and schools are being bombed. So our answer needs to be clear – maximum support for Ukraine and the people of Ukraine, and maximum sanctions for the Russian Federation.  We have already applied some sanctions, but I believe that more is needed and more is justified when it comes to sanctions because of what the Russian army is doing in Ukraine.  This is why I say, firstly, the list of Russian individuals who are sanctioned has to be longer. Russian politicians, Russian oligarchs, Russian businesspeople, and all of those who are supporting the current Russian regime and the invasion in Ukraine have to be sanctioned. We have to stop their skiing in the Alps, their sunbathing in Nice, and their shopping in Paris and Vienna right now.  Secondly, we have to exclude Russian entities from public procurement in the European Union. Russian companies still have access to public procurement, including in key sectors. We have to stop that.  And thirdly, we have to stop funding the war machine, which means that we have to reduce as much as possible our imports of coal, gas and oil. I am for a total ban of these into Europe, even if it has costs. We have to see that defending democracy costs, but not defending it costs even more.
Debate: Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on  March  - Preparation of the European Council meeting - March
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Marek Belka
Political group: S-D
Country: Poland
Language: PL

Pani Przewodnicząca! Już miesiąc Ukraińcy bohatersko bronią swój kraj, ale także demokratyczną Europę i świat przed bestialskim atakiem Rosji. Gdy tam trwa walka o życie, Wspólnota sankcjami osłabia kremlowskich zbrodniarzy.  Nie chciałbym uprawiać tutaj czarnowidztwa, ale z jednej strony blokujemy SWIFT, z drugiej setki rosyjskich ciężarówek codziennie rozjeżdżają nasze drogi. Z jednej strony zakazujemy eksportu drogich torebek, z drugiej płacimy miliardy za rosyjskie surowce. Zamrażamy majątki oligarchów lub, jak w Polsce, tylko głośno o tym mówimy, ale w rajach podatkowych ich pieniądze mają się dobrze.  Nakładane sankcje muszą przede wszystkim być skuteczne. Nie możemy traktować ich jako uspokojenia naszych sumień. Nie możemy dłużej udawać, że wkoło jest wesoło. Czas na większą przejrzystość i konsekwencję naszych działań. Czas wpisać Rosję na czarną listę krajów, które piorą pieniądze. Pora na zdecydowane kroki i jasny plan szybkiego odejścia od rosyjskich paliw kopalnych. Nawiązując do słów prezydenta Zełenskiego, nie potrzebujemy spokojnego sumienia Zachodu, potrzebujemy działań.
Debate: Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on  March  - Preparation of the European Council meeting - March
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Katalin Cseh
Political group: Renew
Country: Sweden
Language: EN

Madam President, long years of completely misguided policy towards Russia now cripples our ability to stop Putin, and we have to be absolutely furious about this right now. But there is still a way out of this trap and the key here is, once again, European solidarity. We need a new EU fund to help us break free of Russian dependence, to help our households who are suffering from the cost of living crisis.  But there is one even more urgent step here. Let’s put an EU price cap on Russian gas. Gazprom jacked up their prices, so now we are handing extra profits to a war criminal. It is already on the Council table, this proposal. So let’s reach an agreement right now. If we speak with one voice, Putin has no chance but to accept our terms – in our currency, in our price. He cannot put his gas elsewhere. He cannot stop extracting it. It is in our hands. If Viktor Orbán disagrees, let’s ask him why. Don’t you want lower prices? Whose interests is he serving now here? It is Moscow driving energy prices to the sky while Orbán is blaming Brussels. So it’s time for the Council to call his bluff. Also, it’s time for Hungarian voters to do the same on 3 April.
Debate: Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on  March  - Preparation of the European Council meeting - March
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Bas Eickhout
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, we’ve seen until now a very coordinated and united European response, and that has been very good and very important. However, the hard work still needs to be done, and one part of the hard work is our energy future. We have made a lot of mistakes in our past, but what are we going to do in the future?  I thank the Commission for coming up with proposals today for more jointly working on energy. However, this also needs to be done in the future, and this question is really for the Council. Will you now finally move on an Energy Union where we take decisions together, because Russia is profiting every day from 27 Member States who are competing with each other instead of working together on our energy future? That’s one of the answers that we need to give, not only in the short term, but also in the long term.  To the Commission, I really want bolder proposals on energy efficiency. You talk about it, Ursula von der Leyen talked about it, it’s very good language, but we haven’t seen concrete proposals. We have not seen new targets on the table that will accelerate energy efficiency, because that’s the key – energy we do not use is energy we do not have to import.
Debate: Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on  March  - Preparation of the European Council meeting - March
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Jaak Madison
Political group: ID
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, I am very sorry that the President of the Commission had to leave. I really wanted to remind her of some small things. First of all, after 2014, when the Russian invasion against Ukraine started, for the next five years European countries increased, every year, the import of oil and gas from Russia. So that means for the last six, seven years, we have paid more and more money to Russia, and that’s the money they can use in the army against Ukraine. So those European countries are also responsible for the war against Ukraine.  Second thing, if you are talking about our military capacity, what did Ms von der Leyen do when she was six and half years Minister of Defence in Germany. Its military capacity was destroyed. Two weeks ago, Germany promised to give at least military aid to Ukraine, but what came out? It doesn’t have it – it doesn’t have anything to give! That’s also the fault of Mrs von der Leyen, unfortunately.  But okay, that’s history. How can we go forward? Tomorrow, and in two days, there is a Council meeting – just now in the morning I checked. Twelve countries of the 27 have supplied military aid to Ukraine. Twelve of the 27. All the others have not done this. It’s time to give more and more military aid to Ukraine, because the peace agreement can’t be that the Russian occupants will stay in Ukraine, in Mariupol or eastern Ukraine. They have to get out of Ukraine. And for this work, we have to help in any way we can.
Debate: Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on  March  - Preparation of the European Council meeting - March
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Hermann Tertsch
Political group: ECR
Country: France
Language: ES

Señora presidenta, a mí también me hubiera gustado que estuviera aquí la señora Von der Leyen para que nos explicara. Hace tres años nos vino con un cuento de Alicia en el País de las Maravillas, con una serie de prioridades que se ha visto que son unas prioridades radicalmente equivocadas y que nos han traído a donde estamos.  Desde luego, hay una cosa muy clara: estamos en una situación en la que cada vez es más evidente que si Ucrania fuera un miembro, una provincia lejana de una Unión Europea federal, ya la habrían hecho rendirse. Ucrania está luchando y Ucrania está cambiando el pulso de Europa porque es una nación, porque es una nación soberana, porque es una nación independiente y porque está luchando con sus hijos para mantener esa soberanía y esa independencia. Esa es la gran lección que debemos extraer de esta guerra y ayudarles a recuperar esa soberanía y mantener todos nosotros nuestra soberanía también.
Debate: Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on  March  - Preparation of the European Council meeting - March
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: José Gusmão
Political group: The Left
Country: Finland
Language: PT

Senhora Presidente, a agressão militar da Rússia à Ucrânia veio mostrar como é importante vencer a dependência da Europa em relação à Rússia. Uma dependência económica que se tornou também uma dependência política na resposta a esta agressão militar.  É importante que esta soberania energética da Europa se faça com uma agenda para a transição energética, sem hesitações e ziguezagues, e não através de um regresso à Idade do Carvão. E é importante também que a resposta verdadeiramente solidária e responsável que está a ser dada à crise dos refugiados desta guerra da Ucrânia se alargue a todos os refugiados de todas as proveniências, cores de pele e religiões. A Europa não pode ter duas políticas de asilo, não pode discriminar entre vidas humanas.  Mas é importante também que as vítimas desta guerra não sejam usadas para remilitarizar a Europa, engordando a mesma indústria militar europeia que vendeu uma parte das armas com que a Rússia hoje agride o povo ucraniano. Dez países europeus continuaram a vender armas à Rússia, mesmo depois do embargo decretado pelas Instituições Europeias. A remilitarização é a promoção desta indústria, que depois irá espalhar armas pelo mundo. E também é, e também não pode ser, o branqueamento e o fortalecimento da NATO, uma organização internacional que é responsável por tantas guerras criminosas, por tantos milhões de mortos e refugiados por esse planeta fora.  O caminho da paz é o caminho de uma diplomacia autónoma da União Europeia, uma diplomacia para a paz.
Debate: Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on  March  - Preparation of the European Council meeting - March
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Kostas Papadakis
Political group: NI
Country: Czechia
Language: EL

Κυρία Πρόεδρε, ενώ η ρώσικη εισβολή μαίνεται συνοδευόμενη από κλιμάκωση εξοπλισμών και κυρώσεων από Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση, Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες και ΝΑΤΟ, οι λαοί πληρώνουν πολλαπλά με ζωές, προσφυγιά, πανάκριβα καύσιμα, ενέργεια και τρόφιμα. Τα παζάρια και οι αντιθέσεις στο Ευρωπαϊκό Συμβούλιο με την εμπλοκή και των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών για το ενεργειακό εμπάργκο στη Ρωσία, για τις κοινές παραγγελίες, την εξασφάλιση χρυσοπληρωμένης επάρκειας του ούτως ή άλλως πανάκριβου εισαγόμενου φυσικού αερίου δεν προμηνύουν τίποτα θετικό για τον λαό. Αντιθέτως, η ευρωενωσιακή στρατηγική Πράσινης Μετάβασης, το Χρηματιστήριο Ενέργειας, προδικάζουν τους αντιλαϊκούς όρους τέτοιων συμφωνιών. Όροι που καθιστούσαν άλλωστε πανάκριβη την ενέργεια και πριν τον πόλεμο. Πρόκειται για συμφωνίες χρυσοφόρες για τους ομίλους με βασική προϋπόθεση ο λαός να πληρώνει αδρά για τα κέρδη τους.  Τώρα να δυναμώσει ο αγώνας για κατάργηση των έμμεσων φόρων, των πράσινων χαρατσιών στα καύσιμα και την ενέργεια με πλαφόν ανά κιλοβατώρα, για εξουσία και οικονομία με σχεδιασμένη αξιοποίηση του συνόλου των μορφών και των πηγών ενέργειας για τις λαϊκές ανάγκες, για να σταματήσει η ενέργεια να είναι εμπόρευμα!
Debate: Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on  March  - Preparation of the European Council meeting - March
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Arnaud Danjean
Political group: PPE
Country: Sweden
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, il y a deux semaines jour pour jour, juste avant le sommet de Versailles, j’avais modestement pris la parole à Strasbourg devant cette assemblée pour rappeler que, en matière de défense européenne, nous n’avons pas besoin de réinventer la roue, l’eau tiède ou l’eau chaude – comme on veut –, et que tout existait. Tous les outils, nous les avons à notre disposition. Tout en saluant certaines initiatives, comme l’utilisation abondante et bienvenue de la facilité européenne pour la paix pour livrer des armes à l’Ukraine, je constate quand même que les conclusions du sommet de Versailles sont très loin des attentes. Il y a beaucoup d’autosatisfaction, mais il y a surtout beaucoup de déclarations d’intention. Je vais prendre un seul exemple, très parlant parce qu’il concerne les capacités, nos équipements militaires, ce sur quoi tout le monde convient qu’il faut faire des efforts aujourd’hui. Voici le point 11 des conclusions de Versailles: «Nous invitons la Commission, en coordination avec l’Agence européenne de défense, à présenter une analyse des déficits d’investissements dans la défense d’ici la mi-mai». Pourquoi attendre la mi-mai? Je vais exonérer la Commission de ce travail: tout figure dans le rapport annuel de l’Agence européenne de défense. Celui de 2020 énumère les six domaines d’action prioritaires qu’il faut entreprendre. Mieux, le document de l’Agence européenne de défense fait référence aux conclusions du 14 novembre 2016. Si vous comparez les conclusions du Conseil de novembre 2016 et celles du sommet de Versailles, vous serez bien en peine de trouver beaucoup de différences. Donc maintenant, assez des déclarations d’intention, assez d’autosatisfaction: il faut agir. On ne peut pas perdre six ans de plus.
Debate: Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on  March  - Preparation of the European Council meeting - March
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Pedro Marques
Political group: S-D
Country: Czechia
Language: PT

Senhora Presidente, Caros Colegas, a cruel e injustificada invasão da Ucrânia está a provocar um verdadeiro desastre humanitário: dez milhões de deslocados, tantos deles para a União Europeia.  A solidariedade com os que recebemos tem que ter correspondência nos meios que mobilizamos para os receber e integrar. A resposta à guerra não é apenas dada com as sanções ou o apoio militar à Ucrânia. Tem que ser dada também com meios para apoiar os refugiados aqui na Europa e enfrentar as consequências sociais desta guerra. São as pessoas mais desfavorecidas que mais sofrem o impacto da escalada de preços, da energia ou dos alimentos. Não podemos permitir que o aumento da pobreza, nomeadamente a pobreza energética, seja o preço a pagar por esta guerra.  Soubemos criar o
Debate: Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on  March  - Preparation of the European Council meeting - March
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Luis Garicano
Political group: Renew
Language: EN

Madam President, the purpose of the financial sanctions that we placed on Russia was to crush the financial system. This was our key contribution to the war effort. Sadly, we have failed in this mission.  In the first ten days of the war, the rouble crashed 17%. Since then, it has basically recovered most of that fall. Is the financial system in meltdown? No, by no means. Why did it fail? Why did we fail? The answer is very simple – our sanctions have more holes than a Gruyère cheese.  Two key facts: first, we have only blocked some banks from SWIFT. The rest of the financial system is enough to channel all the payments. Second, even as we blocked the existing reserves of the Russian Central Bank, we are adding EUR 1 billion more in hard currency every day. To borrow a saying from my Dutch friends – this is like mopping the floor with the tap on. It cannot work.  Mr Minister, Mr Vice-President, there is no such thing as a cheap victory. Sanctions with holes are no sanctions at all. Freedom is worth much, much more than we have been willing to pay for it until now.
Debate: Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on  March  - Preparation of the European Council meeting - March
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Ireland
Language: EN

Madam President, Russian bombs in Ukraine are falling not only on kindergartens and maternity wards, but also on silos and tractors. In today’s global world, a grain field burnt down by Russia in Sumy spells hunger in Yemen. Ukraine is a major exporter of wheat and other crops. The poorest states in Africa are facing a looming famine because one man in the Kremlin wants to destroy a nation.  Millions of displaced Ukrainians, among them farmers, who cannot cultivate their land, are also on the verge of a humanitarian calamity. While Russian bombs kill thousands, Russian-caused famine endangers hundreds of millions. China and India contribute to skyrocketing grain prices through excessive hoarding. There’s enough reason to be alarmed. All international donors and organisations, every responsible party, has to act to prevent the catastrophe.  The EU has a responsibility to decrease meat production, reduce livestock numbers and to scrap mandatory admixture of biofuel. In this way, the EU could at least mitigate a famine and a humanitarian disaster.
Debate: Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on  March  - Preparation of the European Council meeting - March
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Anna Fotyga
Political group: ECR
Country: Denmark
Language: EN

Madam President, it may be difficult, costly and painful, yet we have to make everything possible to assist Ukraine in defeating the empire of evil. First, by imposing further sanctions and thus stopping financing of the Russian war machine. Then, to assist in combating the aggressor. Last but absolutely not least, to bring all perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity – each and every one, not only Putin – to justice. God bless Ukraine.
Debate: Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on  March  - Preparation of the European Council meeting - March
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Clara Ponsatí Obiols
Political group: NI
Country: Slovakia
Language: EN

Madam President, while everybody was looking at Ukraine, Spain has recognised the sovereignty of Morocco over the Western Sahara. Spain is ignoring the right of self-determination and international law. Pedro Sánchez  is dancing to the tune of an autocratic regime and is opening a crisis with Algeria.  The Council needs to be paying attention to this. Why have they done this? Perhaps because of Ceuta and Melilla, perhaps because of the control of immigration that they want to give to Morocco. Why is the Commission ...
Debate: Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on  March  - Preparation of the European Council meeting - March
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Pina Picierno
Country: Spain
Language: IT

Onorevole le chiedo di attenersi all'ordine del giorno, altrimenti devo interromperla. Come sa abbiamo un regolamento che vale per tutti, nessuno escluso.
Debate: Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on  March  - Preparation of the European Council meeting - March
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Clara Ponsatí Obiols
Political group: NI
Country: Slovakia
Language: EN

But it’s not right to be looking the other way on the affair of Western Sahara. Yet again, Spain’s nationalistic pride is dragging the Union away from international law and democratic ...
Debate: Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on  March  - Preparation of the European Council meeting - March
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Pina Picierno
Country: Spain
Language: IT

Direi che possiamo andare oltre perchè l'onorevole non si attiene al nostro ordine del giorno. Come sapete, il regolamento vale per tutti e quindi, purtroppo, le devo togliere la parola. Mi dispiace ma è così. Ci siamo dati un regolamento che vale per tutti e che rispettiamo tutte e tutti.
Debate: Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on  March  - Preparation of the European Council meeting - March
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Antonio Tajani
Political group: PPE
Country: Estonia
Language: IT

Signora Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, l'invasione inaccettabile da parte della Russia dell'Ucraina provocherà un cambiamento epocale nell'Unione europea. Il Consiglio di domani e dopodomani dovrà affrontare la grande questione di un'Europa che deve essere politicamente più forte per difendere i propri valori, ma che deve puntare anche sulla autosufficienza.  Autosufficienza della difesa: bene, quindi, la bussola e bene i passi in avanti nella difesa unica dell'Unione europea come strumento di politica estera. Autosufficienza industriale: abbiamo bisogno di microchip europei. Autosufficienza alimentare: non possiamo essere sottoposti ai capricci di Mosca e di altre potenze. Autosufficienza energetica: dobbiamo fare dei passi in avanti verso il mercato unico dell'energia, con un tetto al prezzo del gas e acquisti di stock unici, per permettere all'Europa di essere libera e di non essere costretta ai ricatti o della Russia o di altri paesi.  Ecco perché serve un'azione forte anche dal punto di vista economico, serve rinviare il Patto di stabilità, serve un
Debate: Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on  March  - Preparation of the European Council meeting - March
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Heléne Fritzon
Political group: S-D
Country: Austria
Language: SV

Fru talman! Artikel 2: ”Alla barn har samma rättigheter och lika värde.” Artikel 3: ”Barns bästa ska beaktas vid alla beslut som rör barn.” Barnkonventionen innehåller mänskliga rättigheter för barn, och alla EU:s medlemsländer har förbundit sig att följa dem. Vi hörde att ett ukrainskt barn flyr Ukraina varje sekund. Rysslands brutala krig mot Ukraina är också ett brutalt krig mot Ukrainas barn. Vi måste alltid försvara barns rättigheter, och självklart även i krig.  Förra veckan krävde vi socialdemokrater att rådet och kommissionen omgående ska ta fram ett barnpaket för att skydda och hjälpa barn, både de som flyr från Ukraina och också dem som är kvar i Ukraina. Vi är glada att kommissionen har lyssnat, det är bra. Nu vill man betona ett barnrättsperspektiv som måste integreras i alla åtgärder. För det krävs åtgärder – nu.
Debate: Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on  March  - Preparation of the European Council meeting - March
Date: WEDNESDAY, 23 MARCH 2022
Speaker: Frédérique Ries
Political group: Renew
Country: France
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, Monsieur le Commissaire, nous devons un respect immense au peuple ukrainien, à ces hommes et à ces femmes qui, depuis vingt-sept jours, face à la brutale agression de la Russie, se battent pour défendre leur terre, se battent pour défendre leur patrie et se battent aussi pour défendre les valeurs fondamentales qui sont les nôtres. Alors, notre message au Conseil européen est simple, finalement: accueillir dignement ces millions de réfugiés qui frappent à notre porte et garantir le droit à l’éducation pour leurs enfants et le droit à l’aide sociale ainsi qu’à un emploi digne pour leurs parents. Au-delà des sanctions à contrôler ou à ajouter contre le régime de Vladimir Poutine, l’Union européenne doit appliquer la même méthode, dans le fond, que celle qui a bien fonctionné pour la gestion de la pandémie: je veux parler des achats groupés, cette bonne idée espagnole présentée au Conseil au mois d’octobre, si je me souviens bien, et à laquelle j’ai fait référence à plusieurs reprises à cette tribune. Oui également à un accord sur le plafonnement des prix de l’énergie en prévision de l’hiver prochain. C’est la seule manière d’aider les ménages européens à garder la tête hors de l’eau. En Europe, depuis janvier dernier, le prix du gaz a ni plus ni moins que triplé. C’est intenable. Je conclus, Madame la Présidente: l’Europe doit être solidaire à la fois avec les Ukrainiens, qui paient le prix du sang, et avec tous ces foyers européens qui sont aujourd’hui au bord de la précarité.