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Debate: Parliament’s call for the right to disconnect - three years on
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Estrella Durá Ferrandis
Political group: S-D
Country: Netherlands
Language: ES

Señor presidente, señor comisario, legislar el derecho a la desconexión no está ligado únicamente a un cambio de paradigma laboral, sino a la protección de la salud mental de trabajadores y trabajadoras. El control, el aumento de la carga de trabajo y el aislamiento, así como una larga lista de riesgos psicosociales que se originan por una falta de desconexión, socavan nuestro estado de bienestar, haciendo mella en los sistemas de seguridad social y originando costes no solo para los trabajadores y su salud, sino también para los empleadores.  Durante este mandato, desde el Parlamento no solo hemos defendido la necesidad de regular el derecho a la desconexión y el teletrabajo, sino que hemos aprobado informes —como el de salud mental en entornos digitales— donde exigíamos legislación para proteger a los trabajadores en un mercado laboral digital, pidiendo y lanzando nuevas iniciativas vinculadas para regular la inteligencia artificial en el contexto laboral y una Directiva para prevenir los riesgos psicosociales laborales.  Señor comisario, empiece, al menos, por el derecho a la desconexión y, por favor, presente una propuesta antes de que acabe la legislatura. No olvidemos que las tecnologías nacen para impulsar el progreso y no para aumentar las desigualdades y contribuir a la precariedad laboral.
Debate: Parliament’s call for the right to disconnect - three years on
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Max Orville
Political group: Renew
Country: Greece
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, Monsieur le Commissaire, il y a trois ans, ce Parlement faisait une demande claire: créer un droit à la déconnexion pour tous les Européens. Depuis, la culture du «toujours disponible» continue d’affecter la santé des travailleurs. Dans un monde du travail numérique, les limites entre vie privée et vie professionnelle sont de plus en plus perméables. Il est de notre responsabilité de les redéfinir. Pour leur bien-être, les travailleurs doivent pouvoir s’abstenir de répondre à tout message professionnel en dehors du temps de travail. Je déplore que les partenaires sociaux ne soient parvenus à un accord, d’autant qu’ils sont les mieux placés pour mettre en œuvre ce droit à la déconnexion. Ce droit est dans l’intérêt de tous. Il permet aux travailleurs d’être plus flexibles et plus productifs. Il permet aussi aux employeurs d’évoluer dans un climat d’entreprise plus serein. Monsieur le Commissaire, plusieurs États membres ont déjà introduit le droit à la déconnexion. C’est une pierre supplémentaire pour l’Europe sociale que nous appelons de nos vœux. Ne manquons pas ce rendez-vous.
Debate: Parliament’s call for the right to disconnect - three years on
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Marianne Vind
Political group: S-D
Country: Czechia
Language: DA

Hr. Formand! Flere og flere kæmper med arbejdsrelateret stress. Europæere i alle faggrupper lige fra kontoransatte til elektrikeren oplever at blive kontaktet af arbejdspladsen i fritiden. Jeg er derfor virkelig skuffet over, at de europæiske arbejdsgivere ikke har villet finde fælles fodslag med fagbevægelsen. Vi kan jo ikke bare forvente, at problemet forsvinder af sig selv. Altså, selv hvis man bliver betalt for overarbejde, er det ikke godt nok. Alle har brug for uforstyrret tid med deres familie, uden at opgaverne tikker ind på telefonen. Når arbejdsgiverne ikke vil være med til at finde en løsning, så skal Kommissionen træde i karakter nu. Så kære kommissær, vi har brug for løsninger nu. For hver dag, vi tøver, bliver endnu flere sygemeldt med stress. Vi har en opgave. Vi skal sikre Europas arbejdere retten til at slukke telefonen.
Debate: Parliament’s call for the right to disconnect - three years on
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: João Albuquerque
Political group: S-D
Language: PT

Senhor Presidente, hoje, nesta Câmara, discutimos e aprovámos um relatório sobre a saúde mental, sabendo que isso afeta maioritariamente os jovens europeus. Não podemos defender uma estratégia para a saúde mental, ao mesmo tempo que agravamos as causas para a doença mental e, por isso, é fundamental que consigamos ter uma estratégia para o direito à desconectividade que seja coerente com estes direitos. Temos de garantir que os mesmos direitos que se aplicam ao trabalho físico e presencial são transpostos também para o digital. Garantir que não há controlo dos empregadores sobre o trabalho remoto e garantir que as pessoas podem verdadeiramente desligar—se do trabalho quando estão em casa e aproveitar a sua vida e as suas famílias é fundamental para garantir que todos nós podemos usufruir de uma vida mais digna e mais decente. Sabemos bem qual é o significado da palavra flexibilidade. Para garantir que há flexibilidade no trabalho – muita dela fruto da pandemia – temos de garantir que essa flexibilidade vem acompanhada de direitos sólidos e garantias sólidas, para que as pessoas possam efetivamente trabalhar de uma forma decente e digna.
Debate: Parliament’s call for the right to disconnect - three years on
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Sandra Pereira
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: PT

Senhor Presidente, os avanços tecnológicos, a digitalização de vários setores de atividade e, mais recentemente, o recurso a modalidades como o teletrabalho, ao invés de aliviarem a carga laboral com novas reduções da jornada de trabalho, contribuem para aumentar o ritmo e a exploração dos trabalhadores. O direito a desligar, partindo de justas preocupações e de ataques sentidos pelos trabalhadores todos os dias nos seus locais de trabalho, enquadra—se num engenhoso processo, tanto ou quanto perverso, onde, em vez de se exigir o cumprimento estrito do horário, combatendo abusos, se parte da ideia de uma disponibilidade ilimitada que será necessário balizar. Sejamos claros: as exigências que se impõem são simples e estão consagradas. Cumpra—se o tempo de trabalho, sem mais nem menos. Combata—se os abusos. Garanta—se as condições materiais, humanas e financeiras para que as inspeções de trabalho cumpram a sua função. Promova—se a conciliação entre a vida profissional, pessoal e familiar. Reduza—se a jornada laboral para as 35 horas semanais. E, assim, de forma clara, sem subterfúgios, combatemos o aumento da exploração, garantimos mais saúde mental e melhores condições de trabalho e de vida.
Debate: Parliament’s call for the right to disconnect - three years on
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Maria Grapini
Political group: S-D
Country: Portugal
Language: RO

Domnule președinte, domnule comisar, stimați colegi, trebuie să spunem că telemunca a apărut într-un context de criză, dar nu toate activitățile au putut să se facă de acasă și nici acum nu se pot face de acasă toate activitățile. De aceea, cred că primul lucru de care trebuie să ținem cont este să fie aceleași condiții de lucru și pentru cei care lucrează fizic, și pentru cei care încă mai pot sau vor să lucreze, dar esențial este să se înțeleagă partenerii sociali cu angajatorii.  Dacă nu s-au înțeles, sigur că mai există în subsidiaritate și guvernul din țara respectivă și, în ultimă instanță, sigur, Comisia Europeană să vină ca un arbitru dacă aceste lucruri nu se respectă, pentru că, până la urmă, este important și pentru angajator să aibă oameni sănătoși, să nu-i înlocuiască pe cei care se îmbolnăvesc.  Viața cetățeanului și dreptul la viață privată trebuie să fie asigurate. Ultimul lucru pe care vreau să-l spun este că, din nefericire, mai sunt, să știți, lucrători (poate și dumneavoastră ați discutat) care doresc să lucreze de acasă, însă dacă doresc să lucreze de acasă, atunci trebuie să aibă aceste drepturi asigurate.
Debate: Parliament’s call for the right to disconnect - three years on
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Elena Kountoura
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EL

Κύριε Πρόεδρε, κύριε Επίτροπε, οι τηλεργαζόμενοι έχουν έξι φορές περισσότερες πιθανότητες να εργάζονται στον ελεύθερό τους χρόνο και διπλάσιες πιθανότητες να εργάζονται 48 ή περισσότερες ώρες την εβδομάδα. Ο πρόσθετος φόρτος εργασίας και η πολύωρη παραμονή τους μπροστά στην οθόνη του υπολογιστή επιβαρύνει σημαντικά τη σωματική και ψυχική τους υγεία. Ως Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο έχουμε ζητήσει από τον Ιανουάριο του 2021 να κατοχυρωθεί στο ενωσιακό δίκαιο το δικαίωμα στην αποσύνδεση. Ήταν λάθος ότι καθυστερήσατε για τρία ολόκληρα χρόνια. Ο κοινωνικός διάλογος των Ευρωπαίων κοινωνικών εταίρων που ξεκίνησε τον Ιούνιο του 2020, ναυάγησε με ευθύνη των ευρωπαϊκών εργοδοτικών οργανώσεων, όπως ήταν αναμενόμενο, και απλώς χάσαμε χρόνο. Η καθυστέρηση έχει ως αποτέλεσμα να μην έχει ρυθμιστεί η τηλεργασία σε επίπεδο ΕΕ μέχρι και σήμερα, οι εργαζόμενοι συνεχίζουν να υφίστανται διαφορετική μεταχείριση στα κράτη μέλη και είναι απροστάτευτοι απέναντι στην ανεξέλεγκτη εκμετάλλευσή τους από τους εργοδότες. Σας καλούμε να προτείνετε άμεσα, πριν από τη λήξη αυτής της νομοθετικής περιόδου, μια οδηγία που να θεσπίζει το δικαίωμα των εργαζομένων να αποσυνδέονται ...
Debate: Parliament’s call for the right to disconnect - three years on
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Nicolas Schmit
Language: EN

But, by the way, it is also important in companies, because in all companies where there is good work-life balance, we notice that productivity is higher, absenteeism is lower, and especially for people, physical and mental health are improved, and motivation, by the way to work, is also increasing. So it is a win-win, by the way, for everybody.  But precisely in the digital world we are more and more in now with all the new ways of working, the right to disconnect is an indispensable element, an indispensable instrument of work-life balance, and that’s why there’s an obligation on Europe to take care of people’s health and safety. That’s something which, since the beginning of the European Union, has been a strong element of social policy in the European Union to take care of people’s health.  Now, I know that some countries are ahead and have introduced the principle and the right to disconnect, but not all of them. So because not all of them have done it, let’s give a very strong message to all the workers in the European Union that they have a right wherever they work, wherever they live, the right not to be a machine, not to be a robot, but to be a human being. And human beings have their limits as, by the way, even machines have their limits.  So I think this is an obligation for the Commission to follow up on a very, very intense and good work which has been done in this Parliament, and time has passed. There was a discussion should we wait three years until the agreement which had been found, which was much more an informal agreement between social partners, will be implemented.  Three years have passed, and I am very disappointed that it was not possible between social partners to find an agreement for the reasons which have already been mentioned. This is very short sighted.  Also, on the side of those who have not been able to agree on something essential because many intelligent companies, many intelligent companies, they know that the right to disconnect has to be part of their human resource policy, because they understand the consequences of the absence of this right to disconnect.  And as a lot of time has passed, and as there is a very strong consensus on this right, and all the work has been done, long negotiations have taken place, all the details have been studied, there is no room now for going back to stage number one. Now we have to deliver.  And as, by the way, social partners have told us, ‘Well, the ball is now on your side’, not just the unions’ but also the employers have said, ‘Now, Commission take your responsibility’. And I am very clear – yes, the Commission has to take its responsibility, and we have to put forward now swiftly – and I insist very much on swiftly – a proposal which is based, which will be based, which will be inspired by your work, but also by the work which has been performed by social partners.
Debate: Parliament’s call for the right to disconnect - three years on
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Marcos Ros Sempere
Political group: S-D
Country: Italy
Language: ES

En 2021, el Grupo S&D lideró la petición del Parlamento a favor de una directiva sobre el derecho a la desconexión que permitiera a los trabajadores abstenerse de realizar tareas, actividades y comunicaciones electrónicas relacionadas con el trabajo, como llamadas telefónicas, correos electrónicos y otros mensajes, fuera de su horario laboral, incluidos los períodos de descanso, sin afrontar consecuencias adversas. Tras la imposibilidad de que los agentes sociales alcanzaran un acuerdo sobre un texto que garantice ese derecho, los y las socialistas hemos logrado que la Comisión se comprometa a presentar una propuesta de directiva sin más demora.
Debate: Defence of democracy package
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Dubravka Šuica
Language: EN

I was not born in a democracy, as all of you know. Throughout my political life as mayor, as a national politician, to when I was a Member of this Parliament, I have fought hard to build democratic resilience. I did not have the privilege to live in a democracy, so it is hard to believe today that in 2023 we still need to defend and protect our democracies. But this is the reality we are living in, and this is why I am firm that we will not sacrifice our identity or our open, transparent democracy for anybody.  Authoritarians thrive on a closed society. The European Union does not. This package keeps our open society open. But openness cannot mean that we are vulnerable or weak, and a crucial aspect of that is achieved by creating a space for engagement and participation of citizens and civil society organisations in public policymaking processes.  We have a unique European public space which complements the national and local contexts within which citizens are active. We are providing a robust framework to encourage Member States to reach out to citizens in innovative ways. We provide standards and concrete guidance on how this can be done.  We insist on four points: clear and accessible rules of citizens’ engagement; second, on ensuring inclusiveness and widest possible participation of citizens; third, developing media literacy and critical thinking from an early age; and the fourth, providing feedback to citizens.  This recommendation builds on the major and unique exercise that was the Conference on the Future of Europe and its follow-up. It includes European citizens’ panels that we have embedded into our processes. We are not asking Member States to do something we have not done ourselves. At the Conference, citizens asked for greater participation in their democracy. So besides organising citizens’ panels, the Commission has also launched the Child Participation Platform and the JRC Competence Centre on Deliberative Democracy. We are approaching elections at the European level, as all of you know, and also in some Member States, elections where many new young voters will participate for the first time. We need those elections to be robust, but we also need to ensure that citizens are engaged in the time between elections.  This tool protects our democracy. It can only be effective if all European citizens feel that they are part of the policymaking and directly affecting their lives, that they are listened to. Citizens must be able to feel and see that their democracy delivers to them. Authoritarians try to undermine democracy at its roots, and we are protecting these roots by offering this democracy defence package.
Debate: Defence of democracy package
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Paulo Rangel
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: PT

É fundamental proteger e reforçar as democracias europeias. Acolhemos, por isso, com agrado as propostas que a Comissão apresenta neste sentido. Tem de ser claro para todos os cidadãos europeus que nós estamos profundamente empenhados na defesa da nossa democracia. A poucos meses das eleições europeias de 2024, nós não podemos deixar que interferências e ingerências estrangeiras, desinformação nefasta e maligna, e a radicalização e polarização colham frutos na União. Este pacote de medidas pretende precisamente dar uma resposta a situações que já nos causaram enormes danos. Lembro o caso do referendo do Brexit ou do chamado referendo catalão. Lembro as tentativas várias da Rússia de Putin, do Irão dos aiatolas ou da China de Xi Jinping, que têm tido um papel no enfraquecimento daquilo que nos é mais caro, que é a liberdade de expressão e a liberdade da formação de opinião. Estas propostas devem proteger os sistemas eleitorais da União, mas também os meios de comunicação social e o seu pluralismo, as organizações não governamentais e o seu trabalho, a sociedade civil em geral e o papel dos cidadãos e das suas organizações para a vida democrática. As organizações não governamentais, as organizações de cidadãos não têm a mesma capacidade de resistir à influência indevida de terceiros e, por isso, é fundamental também proteger a democracia através da proteção destas entidades que promovem a participação dos cidadãos. Isto sempre com uma clara noção de que não podemos substituir a democracia representativa pela democracia direta. É tempo e é o momento – e aqui termino – de combater os cavalos de Troia da democracia e do Estado de direito. É isso que este pacote pretende fazer e, por isso, pomos muita esperança nos efeitos que ele pode vir a provocar.
Debate: Defence of democracy package
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Raphaël Glucksmann
Political group: S-D
Country: Romania
Language: FR

Pendant trop longtemps, nos élites indolentes ont fait rimer démocratie avec impuissance et Europe avec faiblesse. Alors que la guerre a fait son retour dans nos vies, alors que des empires autoritaires trouvent au cœur même de nos cités des relais de plus en plus nombreux, le moment est venu de mettre un terme à cette naïveté criminelle. Avec la commission spéciale du Parlement sur les ingérences étrangères, nous réclamons des mesures fortes depuis des mois et des années. Ce paquet de défense de la démocratie est incontestablement un pas dans la bonne direction. La directive proposée par la Commission n’interdit rien, elle impose juste la transparence. Pardonnez-moi, mais c’est la base de la base. On doit enfin savoir qui est financé par qui dans notre débat public, et les organisations qui acceptent l’argent des ennemis de la société ouverte doivent l’assumer devant les Européens. La Russie, la Chine, le Qatar et les autres doivent comprendre que nos démocraties ne sont pas des supermarchés dans lesquels on vient faire ses courses. Nous sommes à la croisée des chemins. Être des démocrates par habitude ne suffira plus. Il nous faut être des démocrates de combat.
Debate: Defence of democracy package
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Sophia in 't Veld
Political group: Renew
Country: Poland
Language: EN

In addition, the European Commission in this package introduces what I would call the European ‘Lex Orbán’, labelling NGOs as potential foreign agents. Funny, isn’t that? Because in reality the only foreign agent here is Orbán himself, Putin’s poodle, the Trojan horse. Commissioner, I heard you say, and I agree with you, that you consider that the abuse of spyware is unacceptable in a democracy. Then I ask you: why does the Commission refuse, flatly refuse, to act? Finally, if the Commission wants to defend democracy, it should lead by example and finally itself comply with the transparency laws. This week, it became clear that the majority of Europeans staunchly supports European integration. But they’re all worried about European democracy. This plan is not going to fix it – action will.
Debate: Defence of democracy package
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Sergey Lagodinsky
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: France
Language: EN

So what is new? I will tell you what is new. A political trend where authoritarians and anti-democrats set their NGOs under pressure by accusing them of being foreign agents, by blaming them for representing interests of their grantors, by imposing on the NGOs the burden of bureaucracy, distracting them from their original burden: the burden of saving democracy. This should not happen with this law, for one simple reason: we are not authoritarians. We do not want to assist authoritarians in the EU to label, prosecute, pressure their civil society, and this is our goal with this legislation. We must strike a delicate balance between accountability and freedom. This is how history will judge us, will judge you, and will judge this legislation. Let’s do everything possible to defend our free space for our civil society.
Debate: Defence of democracy package
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Joachim Stanisław Brudziński
Political group: ECR
Country: Germany
Language: PL

Ale ja chciałbym zwrócić Państwa uwagę na coś szczególnie groźnego i nieakceptowalnego. Ile było działań podejmowanych ze strony instytucji europejskich, w tym również Komisji Europejskiej, Parlamentu Europejskiego, wobec rządów w tych państwach, w których obywatele w sposób demokratyczny zdecydowali się oddać władzę w ręce partii wywodzących się spoza tego establishmentu większościowego dzisiaj w Brukseli. Ile skandalicznych słów padało z tego miejsca w tej Izbie, również z ust przedstawicieli Komisji Europejskiej, wobec rządu chociażby Prawa i Sprawiedliwości w Polsce. Jakże skandaliczne słowa mówiące o konieczności finansowego „zagłodzenia” rządów Orbana czy rządów Prawa i Sprawiedliwości w Polsce. Ile skandalicznych słów chociażby z ust szefowej Komisji Europejskiej wymierzonych wobec obywateli Włoch przed wyborami, aby nie ważyli się wybrać partii, która nie jest z establishmentu brukselskiego. Szanowni Państwo! Tego typu działania są równie groźne dla demokracji europejskiej, jak te wpływy państw trzecich. Bo nie może być tak, że demokracja polega na tym, że mogą rządzić wszyscy, pod warunkiem że wywodzą się z waszej większości. To obywatele decydują w państwach członkowskich, a nie establishment w Brukseli.
Debate: Defence of democracy package
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Jean-Lin Lacapelle
Political group: ID
Country: Germany
Language: FR

Mais l’Union européenne est tout sauf démocratique. Je vous rappelle qu’elle est dirigée par des commissaires qui ne sont pas élus, mais qui sont nommés, qui pensent que leurs principes idéologiques doivent être au-dessus de la décision des peuples et que la souveraineté des nations doit s’incliner devant Bruxelles. La meilleure preuve en est le rapport du mois dernier sur la révision des traités sur la Constitution européenne, véritable coup d’État européiste qui piétine le résultat des référendums de 2005, référendums que vous avez trahis. C’est pourquoi il est extrêmement inquiétant de voir aujourd’hui l’Union européenne s’emparer de la démocratie et commencer à fixer les critères de ce que le peuple souverain a le droit de dire, de faire ou de ne pas faire, et des partis qui auront le droit ou non d’exister selon leur orientation idéologique. C’est particulièrement inquiétant lorsque, la même semaine, vous mettez en accusation le président slovaque, pourtant élu précisément par la démocratie, parce que sa politique étrangère n’est pas alignée sur la vôtre. Inquiétant aussi lorsque vous prévoyez, en janvier prochain, de voter un texte censurant des opinions et des sentiments sous le terme absolument orwellien et totalitaire de «crimes de haine». L’Union européenne ne tolère aucune liberté, aucune nuance et considère même le non-alignement sur sa politique comme un crime. La démocratie, c’est l’affaire du peuple et de lui seul. Personne, et surtout pas l’Union européenne, n’a à limiter ses choix ou à lui censurer certaines opinions. Quand le peuple s’exprime, il doit pouvoir le faire en pleine indépendance.