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Debate: Recommendations for reform of the European Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption
Date: WEDNESDAY, 12 JULY 2023
Speaker: Beata Kempa
Political group: ECR
Country: Czechia
Language: PL

Pani Przewodnicząca! Pani Komisarz! Szanowni Państwo! Transparentność, działanie antykorupcyjne są wartościami, które w zasadzie powinny być fundamentem w instytucjach Unii Europejskiej, lecz od lat unijne instytucje mierzą się z korupcją, z niejasnymi interesami, niestety, wśród posłów, urzędników. Czy skutecznie?  Niestety, afera z walizkami pieniędzy w Parlamencie Europejskim pokazała, że jednak nie. Dzisiaj próbujemy się przekonać, że kolejne rejestry prawa będą dobrym rozwiązaniem. Okej, tylko w przypadku, jeżeli rzeczywiście będą egzekwowane.  Grupy polityczne chadeków, socjalistów nie potrafią niestety rozliczyć i wyjaśnić niejasnych przypadków wzbogacania się europosłów, na przykład za sprawą płatnych konferencji albo konsultacji udzielanych poza granicami Europy. To musi się zmienić. Na takich konferencjach roczne gaże są 2–3 razy wyższe niż pensje europosłów, a mimo to szefostwo największych grup politycznych przemilcza ten fakt, nie wyciągając konsekwencji wobec europosłów.  Ale największym kuriozum jest fakt, że posłowie, wobec których media – i nie tylko –wysunęli oskarżenie o działanie na korzyść innych państw i przyjmowanie za to łapówek, dalej głosują na sesji plenarnej, w tym rezolucję potępiającą moją ojczyznę, Polskę, gdzie mamy doskonałe rozwiązania antykorupcyjne, które funkcjonują już od wielu lat.
Debate: Recommendations for reform of the European Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption
Date: WEDNESDAY, 12 JULY 2023
Speaker: André Rougé
Political group: ID
Country: Spain
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, chers collègues, la volonté affichée de réformer les règles du Parlement pour lutter contre la corruption n’est-elle pas qu’un effet de communication? Mme Kaili et M. Tarabella, interpellés en flagrant délit de détention de liquidités à hauteur de 1 300 000 euros, siègent à nouveau parmi nous, comme si le Qatargate n’avait jamais existé. Monsieur Glucksmann, toujours prompt à accabler l’adversaire, mais qui n’a rien vu venir concernant les collègues de son propre groupe, est toujours président de la commission ING2. À son sujet, j’observe que pèse toujours le soupçon concernant son ex-épouse, interpellée en décembre 2015 à l’aéroport de Kiev avec 4 millions de dollars en liquide. Monsieur Glucksmann nous assure qu’il s’agit là d’une contre-vérité. Si tel est le cas, vous vous honoriez en levant toute équivoque devant la représentation européenne et nous espérons que ces récents scandales ne seront pas que la partie émergée de l’iceberg d’une corruption dans laquelle seraient impliqués davantage de prétendus défenseurs de bien.
Debate: Recommendations for reform of the European Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption
Date: WEDNESDAY, 12 JULY 2023
Speaker: Heidi Hautala
Country: Poland
Language: EN

Colleague, excuse me but I think you have made a very unreasonable claim about the chairman of the committee for the report that we are dealing with, so I would like to give him the possibility to intervene, and then this exchange is finished.
Debate: Recommendations for reform of the European Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption
Date: WEDNESDAY, 12 JULY 2023
Speaker: Raphaël Glucksmann
Political group: S-D
Country: Romania
Language: FR

Vous avez honte de vous ou pas? Vous êtes méprisable. Vous êtes ce que vous avez toujours été à travers l’histoire. Ce que vous venez de colporter aura des suites judiciaires, d’une. Secondement, cela vient d’un site russe repris par Fdesouche et les sites complotistes d’extrême droite en France. C’est complètement infondé et vous venez de prouver que vous n’avez jamais changé. Vous êtes toujours le même type de personnage, vous êtes toujours capable de diffamer, vous êtes toujours porté à ce type de comportement. Vous devriez avoir honte. En tout cas, cette enceinte a honte d’entendre de telles diffamations.
Debate: Recommendations for reform of the European Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption
Date: WEDNESDAY, 12 JULY 2023
Speaker: Heidi Hautala
Country: Poland
Language: EN

Colleague, excuse me, but that’s enough now. This was a blue card from Mr Glucksmann to colleague Rougé, and for the time being we will not continue this exchange. It can be dealt with afterwards. We will continue with the debate.
Debate: Recommendations for reform of the European Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption
Date: WEDNESDAY, 12 JULY 2023
Speaker: Jiří Pospíšil
Political group: PPE
Country: Netherlands
Language: CS

Paní předsedající, dovolte mi, abych se vrátil se svým vystoupením k danému tématu. Možná trošku nudně, ale já jsem velmi rád, že dneska reagujeme na důsledky Katargate, že jsme si vědomi toho, že pro to, jak občané vnímají Evropský parlament a evropské instituce, tato kauza měla nebývale negativní následky. Osobně vidím dvě roviny nápravy. Za prvé ta jedna, kterou neovlivníme, a to je rychlá reakce justičních orgánů tak, aby konkrétní trestní kauza byla co možná rychle, nestranně a profesionálně vyšetřena tak, aby bylo zřejmé, že platí i pro evropského politika padni komu padni. To znamená, že i evropský politik je, pokud jsou pro to dostatečné důkazy, postižen příslušnými justiční orgány. To je ta individuální reakce nezávislé soudní moci.  A potom to druhé, co tu dnes projednáváme. Já chci poděkovat oběma zpravodajům a také členům výboru, kteří připravili zprávu, která přináší doporučení na zlepšení preventivních pravidel v boji proti korupci a zlepšení transparentnosti chování jednotlivých poslanců a i rozhodování v Evropském parlamentu.  Já ta pravidla považuji za vyvážená, pro mě nejsou nedostatečná. Jsem velmi rád, že kolegové s těmito pravidly takto přišli a budu podporovat stejně jako moje frakce, aby se co nejdříve přenesla do konkrétních opatření, která opravdu povedou k tomu, že snížíme nebezpečí trestné činnosti a korupce. My nikdy tyto možnosti zcela neanulujeme, ale snížení možností je to, k čemu mají preventivní pravidla sloužit.
Debate: Recommendations for reform of the European Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption
Date: WEDNESDAY, 12 JULY 2023
Speaker: Tonino Picula
Political group: S-D
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, our House definitely is not the same place since Qatargate arrests and revelation took place. It is up to us to make a better place, not only European Union or world, but European Parliament in the first place. The damage has been made, but we must learn valuable lessons from it. On the other hand, foreign interference, changed geopolitical circumstances and all disinformation happening before our eyes and our ears, like a couple of minutes ago, threaten not only our House, but whole of the European Union. That is why we need to be careful but attentive and robust. Having said that, I do hope that the legacy of INGE and ING2 Committees will be inspiring and long lasting. It is crucial to continue the work on these crucial topics for the sake of our democracy and our values. The upcoming European elections will be a challenge in so many ways. We got to show our strength, integrity and resilience to confront any kind of interference, while keeping our citizens’ safety as one of the key priorities.
Debate: Recommendations for reform of the European Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption
Date: WEDNESDAY, 12 JULY 2023
Speaker: Markéta Gregorová
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, dear colleagues, this third and final report will conclude the existence of our Committee on foreign interference. Over three years and three comprehensive reports, we have identified our own vulnerabilities and how our enemies are using them against us. Corruption scandals, political interference, and spying by third countries is not going to stop. By all indications, it will only intensify in the years to come. I am happy that we identified many measures to improve transparency and accountability. We made clear what our loopholes are, and how current rules and systems, such as the transparency register, are not up to the task. I am particularly supporting our recognition of needed enforcement measures. In the end, we can have the most detailed report of vulnerabilities, but without proper enforcement, none of it matters. Let us now fully focus on such measures so that our institutions can stand against those who seek to destroy them.
Debate: Recommendations for reform of the European Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption
Date: WEDNESDAY, 12 JULY 2023
Speaker: Thierry Mariani
Political group: ID
Country: Croatia
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, rien de nouveau, c’est un peu, Madame Loiseau, je suis désolé, ce qui me vient à l’esprit quand je lis votre rapport. Notre Parlement condamne la Russie chaque semaine. Et pourtant, ce rapport fantasme sur l’influence supposée de Moscou dans ce Parlement, alors que, vous le savez mieux que moi, ce Parlement lui est fanatiquement hostile. Par contre, quand les conclusions de notre Parlement sur le Moyen-Orient et l’Afrique s’alignent systématiquement sur le Qatar, votre réponse est simple: des mots, pas des sanctions. Rien ne va dans ce rapport. C’est la gauche européenne qui est prise la main dans le sac pour ses liens avec une pétromonarchie islamiste. Et pourtant, dans ce rapport, vous attaquez les partis de la droite européenne. Les institutions européennes sont défaillantes face aux ingérences étrangères. Et pourtant, dans ce rapport, vous proposez de renforcer les prérogatives de la Commission en matière diplomatique. La présidente de la Commission européenne refuse de rendre publics ses échanges avec Pfizer. Et pourtant, ce rapport veut faire la traque aux assistants parlementaires et aux agents du Parlement pour vérifier s’ils ne liraient pas trop souvent Dostoïevski ou s’ils ne mangent jamais chinois. Bref, ce rapport est dans l’exacte continuité de ce que fut notre Parlement sous l’emprise qatarie. Fort avec les faibles, faible avec les forts.
Debate: Recommendations for reform of the European Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption
Date: WEDNESDAY, 12 JULY 2023
Speaker: Katarina Barley
Political group: S-D
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin! Wir sprechen heute über Transparenz, Integrität, Verantwortung und Antikorruption. Wir sprechen über die Reaktion dieses Parlaments auf den furchtbaren Katar-Skandal. Was müssen wir tun? Wir brauchen gute Regeln, und wir haben schon öfter als Antwort auf solche Skandale gute Regeln gefunden. Jetzt verlassen leider die Front-National-Abgeordneten das Haus, denn es ging damals um Marine Le Pen, die 670 000 Euro für Scheinselbständigkeit eingestrichen hat, was nichts zu tun hatte mit ihrem Assistenten, sondern was in die Kassen ihrer Parteifreunde gegangen ist. Da haben wir die Regeln geändert, und wir, die anständigen Abgeordneten, leiden heute noch darunter. Jetzt müssen wir sie ändern, z. B. beim Whistleblowing, denn es gibt Regeln, die diesen Skandal verhindert hätten. Ein gutes Whistleblowing – da müssen wir doch zumindest unsere eigene Whistleblowing-Richtlinie einhalten. So weit müssen wir diese Vorschläge noch verbessern. Diese Regeln müssen mehr sein als nur eine freundliche Empfehlung. Das gilt vor allen Dingen beim Ethikgremium, wir brauchen viel mehr Zähne dort. Das Transparenz-Register, das wir verhandelt haben, ist gut, aber es braucht Kontrolle, es braucht Durchsetzung. Da muss noch etwas passieren. Und schließlich und endlich das Wesentlichste: Wir brauchen Charakter. Wir brauchen gute Menschen in diesem Parlament. Johannes Rau, ein großer deutscher Politiker, hat schon gesagt: Nicht die Politik verdirbt den Charakter, sondern schlechte Charaktere verderben die Politik.
Debate: Recommendations for reform of the European Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption
Date: WEDNESDAY, 12 JULY 2023
Speaker: Viola von Cramon-Taubadel
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Ireland
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin, Frau Vizepräsidentin der Kommission, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen! Die EU ist nur so stark wie ihre schwächste Institution, und nichts schwächt unsere Institutionen mehr als Korruption und die Unterwanderung durch ausländische Akteure. Das können Staaten sein, aber auch Interessengruppen oder Individuen, die uns manipulieren wollen. Nur weil hier Katar erwischt wurde, bedeutet das nicht, dass nicht auch viele andere der Demokratie schaden wollen. Heerscharen von Lobbygruppen, Agentinnen und Agenten, Aktivistinnen und Aktivisten tummeln sich im Europäischen Parlament und versuchen, teilweise mit Geld, Einfluss zu nehmen. Bei über 700 Abgeordneten wird es bedauerlicherweise immer Personen geben, die sich von der Gier und nicht von ihrem politischen Auftrag leiten lassen. Leider folgen nicht alle Mitglieder dieses Hauses den gleichen hohen ethischen Standards. In diesem Sinne brauchen wir starke, transparente Institutionen, um diejenigen, die ihr Mandat und das Vertrauen der Wählerinnen und Wähler verraten, bestmöglich in Schach zu halten. Unser Auftrag ist es, jeden Fall von Korruption gründlich zu untersuchen, das Vergehen exemplarisch zu bestrafen. Das Parlament sollte ein echtes Vorbild in Sachen Transparenz werden. Nur so können wir die Integrität der EU und ihrer Demokratie schützen.
Debate: Recommendations for reform of the European Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption
Date: WEDNESDAY, 12 JULY 2023
Speaker: Marc Angel
Political group: S-D
Country: Luxembourg
Language: EN

President, dear Commission Vice-President, dear colleagues, I am very glad that the recommendations in the excellent report of Ms Loiseau and Mr Bilčík will introduce a stronger integrity culture within the European Parliament. And this was always a clear and strong request of my political group. And at the same time we must acknowledge that this is an additional step which also complements the set of measures taken by and being prepared by the European Parliament Bureau. We, the Socialists and Democrats, are committed to enhancing transparency, integrity and accountability also in our group, in the European Parliament and in the European institution as a whole. We take very seriously this reform package and, as promised, we also did our homework. We presented our S&D 15-point plan for preventing corruption and political interference already in January, and we decided to undertake an internal inquiry. And this four-month inquiry, led by three independent renowned experts, resulted in several recommendations that we will that we will implement in our work. And I also believe that the re-winning of trust will need more ambitious actions, as still required. And therefore we must all continue our relentless work on transparency, integrity, accountability, anti-corruption, as well as on the fight against foreign interferences and disinformation. And finally, please allow me to thank the important work done by my colleague, the chair of the ING 2 Committee, Raphaël Glucksmann, as well as our S&D shadow rapporteur, Andreas Schieder.
Debate: Recommendations for reform of the European Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption
Date: WEDNESDAY, 12 JULY 2023
Speaker: Miapetra Kumpula-Natri
Political group: S-D
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, colleagues, Europe is the lighthouse of the democracy and this house is on the top. So we need the highest possible standards for our work. Democracy cannot prevail without transparency. People have a right to know what is happening, what are we doing. So the transparency is really the basis, fundamental basis, for the trust. And we have to re-win this trust for these institutions after what has been happened, the Qatargate, and what have media, the open and free media in Europe, revealed so many times. I really want to thank the work of the ING2 on this report as well. So I also welcome the recommendation to make practice mandatory of publishing meeting with all the lobbies. state representative and other interest representatives and make that visible for all. And I welcome finally the ethics body proposal done and the vote we had today, that was a good win. And also in this report, you find many good ideas to build this ethics body much stronger than the proposal was. And I hope the vote on this one will improve the good basis, as this is the way to win back the democracy and win back the trust so that we can work and be the lighthouse also in the future.
Debate: Recommendations for reform of the European Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption
Date: WEDNESDAY, 12 JULY 2023
Speaker: Cristina Maestre Martín De Almagro
Political group: S-D
Country: Romania
Language: ES

Señora presidenta, en mi país se dice «a río revuelto, ganancia de pescadores». Creo que debemos mantenernos firmes y unidos frente a la amenaza de corrupción en las instituciones, porque, si no, esto nos debilita aún más. Creo que este informe ha servido para poner en práctica vías de mejoras para poder funcionar mejor y utilizarlo como una especie de vacuna frente a la corrupción.  Quiero destacar lo más importante: el registro de transparencia, el registro de declaraciones financieras, el organismo de ética y la obligatoriedad de declarar todas las reuniones con los  También consideramos necesario prohibir tajantemente el ejercicio de profesiones paralelas incompatibles con nuestras obligaciones parlamentarias para evitar, precisamente, todo tipo de conflicto de interés en el ejercicio de nuestro mandato.  Avanzando este camino, creo que va a ser posible que la corrupción sea cada vez más difícil. Pero, ante todo, es muy importante trabajar y ahondar en una cultura de la tolerancia cero a la corrupción y en una educación, también en el seno de las instituciones, para que eso nunca más pueda ser posible.
Debate: Recommendations for reform of the European Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption
Date: WEDNESDAY, 12 JULY 2023
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President, there are some good elements to this report – necessary reforms to Parliament’s rules of transparency and corruption – which makes it all the more regrettable that the report is so heavily politicised. You would forget why it was initiated in the first place: the cash for influence bribery scandal at the centre of Parliament. Instead, this report is a screed against perceived Russian and Chinese malign influence. Qatar and Morocco, the countries whose bribery we have evidence of, barely get a mention.  The report enforces an ideological distinction between states we should be paranoid about, so—called high—risk states, meaning Russia and China, and those we should not, meaning almost everyone else. There is even a section that calls for a prohibition on MEPs performing paid side work for high—risk non—EU states during their term of office. MEPs shouldn’t be performing paid side work for any state during our mandate. It is outrageous, and bribery from any state should be the target of this report, not just geopolitical adversaries of NATO.
Debate: Recommendations for reform of the European Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption
Date: WEDNESDAY, 12 JULY 2023
Speaker: Vladimír Bilčík
Country: France
Language: EN

We need to preserve the public trust in our institution. This is one of the biggest things we need to do as a follow-up to Qatargate and, even more importantly, in very tangible ways, we have to make this institution future-proof. I agree, there is no perfect answer, but we must enhance security culture in this House, we must be much more aware of the threats that we are facing from various malign actors, as we have seen. And, as I said, and I will repeat it. Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has been a wake-up call, has been a game-changer, and we have to react. We need to have a more resilient institution built up to face meaningfully foreign interference and malign actors. It’s the minimum we have to do. And I am confident that, with the report which we are proposing, we are taking steps in the right direction. It is balanced and we can have an open Parliament but a safe Parliament at the same time. We can preserve the freedom of our mandate but also have meaningful rules. And we have to defend ourselves, not just from malign influences from beyond our borders but also from within this House, within this House. Let me just say that it’s been an enormous pleasure to work in this ING 2 Committee. It’s been three years of really great cooperation and no committee, no committee in this House has done more substantial work on malign foreign interference to this day than this committee. And I think that tomorrow’s vote should be also a new beginning for how we move forward and how we permanently deal with these issues inside this House for the rest of our mandate but, especially, beyond in the next legislature. Thank you very much and have a good evening.
Debate: Recommendations for reform of the European Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption
Date: WEDNESDAY, 12 JULY 2023
Speaker: Nathalie Loiseau
Country: Poland
Language: FR

Un idiot utile de Poutine a essayé de le salir ce soir par des insinuations ignobles. Ce membre du Rassemblement national nous a montré le vrai visage de son parti, celui de la bassesse. Lui et ses camarades d’extrême droite n’aiment pas que l’on dise qu’ils sont les valets de Poutine. Pourtant, ce soir encore, ils ont tout fait pour le prouver.
Debate: The political disqualifications in Venezuela
Date: WEDNESDAY, 12 JULY 2023
Speaker: Gabriel Mato
Country: Lithuania
Language: ES

Debatimos una declaración de urgencia ante un nuevo atropello de Maduro y sus secuaces, porque no se puede tolerar ni mirar hacia otro lado en vista de la decisión de inhabilitar, de forma arbitraria e inconstitucional, a varios candidatos de la oposición, entre ellos María Corina Machado. Una inhabilitación que, por cierto, de forma vergonzosa, aún no ha rechazado el presidente del Consejo. Hablamos de una declaración que apoya la celebración y el respeto de las primarias para elegir al candidato que deberá enfrentarse a Maduro en las próximas elecciones y que constituyen un halo de esperanza para el pueblo venezolano. Una declaración que pide el regreso a la democracia en Venezuela y la liberación de los presos políticos. En pocos días se celebra la Cumbre UE-CELAC, que representa una magnífica oportunidad para defender con rotundidad la democracia, la libertad y el respeto de los derechos humanos. Una cumbre en la que, por otra parte, no deberían participar países como Venezuela, Cuba o Nicaragua, que no comparten los principios democráticos. Señora comisaria, no podemos ignorar el grito desesperado de millones de venezolanos que tan solo aspiran a tener democracia y libertad y piden nuestra ayuda. Y les podemos ayudar. Tenemos la obligación de ayudarles y, por eso, es necesario que apoyemos unas elecciones limpias y justas en Venezuela, porque, de otro modo, será muy difícil traer el cambio que se merecen todos los venezolanos. Esta declaración, suscrita por la mayoría de los grupos políticos, es un mensaje claro al pueblo de Venezuela: reiterarles que en Europa les tenemos bien presentes y que estamos con ellos.