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Debate: Batteries and waste batteries
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Christophe Grudler
Political group: Renew
Country: Hungary
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, chers collègues, des batteries produites en Europe, réutilisées et recyclées en Europe: voilà notre objectif. Je salue l’adoption de ce règlement européen sur les batteries, qui établit des normes claires pour l’écoconception, la performance environnementale, le recyclage et la réutilisation des batteries. Avec cette loi européenne, l’Europe démontre son engagement à construire une industrie des batteries forte et écologique. Nous faisons également un pas en avant vers notre objectif d’autonomie stratégique. En effet, en favorisant le recyclage et la réutilisation des matériaux critiques, nous réduisons notre dépendance aux importations de ces matières premières. Cela mène non seulement à une utilisation plus efficace de nos ressources, mais contribue également à la création d’emplois et renforce la compétitivité de l’industrie européenne. Maintenant, il est temps de mettre en œuvre ces nouvelles règles et de favoriser l’implantation d’usines de fabrication et de recyclage de batteries partout en Europe. Nous avons déjà commencé, comme en France, dans les Hauts-de-France, avec une véritable vallée européenne de la batterie. Faisons en sorte que cela s’accélère encore.
Debate: Batteries and waste batteries
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Anna Cavazzini
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Netherlands
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen! Rohstoffe sind endlich, und die planetaren Grenzen sind Realität. Die Batterieverordnung beschleunigt den Übergang zu einer echten Kreislaufwirtschaft, weil wir wichtige Rohstoffe nicht weiter verschwenden, sondern endlich wiederverwerten. Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher werden langlebigere und effizientere Batterien erhalten. Alle Batterien können ersetzt, Geräte länger genutzt und Elektroschrott reduziert werden. Was für ein Gewinn für die Umwelt und die Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher! Zweitens schafft die Verordnung gleiche Wettbewerbsbedingungen für die in Europa hergestellten Batterien und importierte Batterien. Sie legt Regeln fest, nach denen Europa bei dieser Schlüsseltechnologie mit hohen Verbraucher- und Umweltschutzstandards international konkurrieren kann. Das wird die weltweite Produktion beeinflussen – der Brüssel-Effekt jetzt endlich auch für Batterien! Drittens legt das Gesetz klare menschenrechtliche Sorgfaltspflichten fest in einem Sektor, der für Menschenrechtsverletzungen sehr anfällig ist. Das ist unglaublich nötig. So, die Batterieverordnung ist eine Blaupause. Sie ist eine der Säulen des Grünen Deals. Wir müssen sie jetzt für eine faire Kreislaufwirtschaft schnell und effizient umsetzen.
Debate: Batteries and waste batteries
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Hildegard Bentele
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin, sehr geehrter Herr Kommissar, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, meine Damen und Herren! Die Batterieverordnung, die wir morgen endgültig verabschieden, ist ein gutes Ergebnis − für die Wirtschaft und für die Umwelt, für die Hersteller und für die Verbraucher. Wir regeln ganz im Sinne der Kreislaufwirtschaft erstmals umfassend das Design, die Herstellung, teils den Gebrauch und die Wiederverwendung eines Produkts, das für die EU strategisch geworden ist und das wir in Millionenauflage in den nächsten Jahren in die Märkte bringen wollen. Damit haben wir sichergestellt, dass Batterien auf dem europäischen Markt sehr effizient eingesetzt werden, unter anderem, weil − und das sage ich insbesondere als Rohstoff-Berichterstatterin meiner Fraktion − in der Verordnung explizit geregelt wird, dass kritische Batterierohstoffe wie Kobalt, Nickel und Lithium zu gewissen Graden wieder eingesammelt und wiederverwendet werden müssen. Mein Eindruck ist, dass die Batterieverordnung schon jetzt als Referenz für andere Verordnungen herangezogen wird. Das heißt: Hier ist in enger Abstimmung zwischen Kommission, Politik und Wirtschaft eine Art Modellregulierung gelungen. Herzlichen Glückwunsch hierzu an alle Beteiligten und an die Verbraucher in Europa, die in Zukunft – sei es im Fahrrad, sei es im Auto, sei es stationär – guten Gewissens nachhaltige Batterien werden nutzen können. Und auch die Industrie wird mit diesem neuen Standard weltweit Maßstäbe setzen können.
Debate: Batteries and waste batteries
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Katarína Roth Neveďalová
Political group: S-D
Language: SK

Vážená pani predsedajúca, batérie sú dnes takou veľkou inováciou, ktorá môže uchovávať elektrickú energiu alebo energiu ako takú, ktorú naozaj používame vo veľkom množstve. Používame ich nielen v dopravných prostriedkoch, kde ich budeme používať možno stále viac, ale aj na rôzne produkty a spotrebiče, ktoré využívame. Považujem za veľmi dôležité v tejto súvislosti zvyšovanie kapacity batérií a takisto aj ich životnosti, pretože to je veľmi dôležité. A keďže sa budú stále viac a viac používať, musíme sa naozaj zamýšľať nad tým, z čoho ich vyrábame a ako vieme skutočne recyklovať ten odpad, ktorý z batérií vzniká, pretože je naozaj veľmi nebezpečný. Ale takisto aj ako budeme využívať a zbierať zdroje, ktoré použijeme a potrebujeme na výrobu batérií, pretože veľa z prvkov, ktoré sa nachádzajú v batériách, sú veľmi vzácne kovy, vzácne materiály, ktoré sa často nenachádzajú ani na území Európskej únie, a preto ich musíme dovážať z mimo. Preto práve recyklácia je pre mňa veľmi dôležitá a musíme sa zamyslieť nad tým, aby sme recykláciu stále zlepšovali. A takisto sa musíme zamyslieť nad tým, keď dovážame z tretích krajín, či to nie je novodobý kolonializmus, ktorý využívame, a aby tie podmienky boli pre tie tretie krajiny naozaj výhodné.
Debate: Batteries and waste batteries
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Achille Variati
Language: IT

Quindi un regolamento ambizioso ma equilibrato, che affronta i diritti dei consumatori e non dimentica il rispetto dei diritti sociali. Io penso veramente che per quello che sarà il ruolo delle batterie, nei prossimi anni questo regolamento, di cui dobbiamo essere contenti per come l'abbiamo costruito, rappresenterà un passo veramente importante al punto tale da poter essere addirittura indicato come un passo storico. Ecco perché penso e spero che il voto domani sarà un voto ampio di questo nostro Parlamento.
Debate: Negotiations on the European Electoral Law
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Jessika Roswall
Language: EN

The next stepping stone is, of course, the establishment of the composition of the European Parliament, in order for Member States to prepare their organisations of the elections. I hope that we can make progress in this also soon. From the outset we all agree that we need to strengthen the democracy and enhance voter turnout to the European elections. In the last election in 2019, voter turnout increased compared to the elections 2014. We should all work to increase the turnout even further.  As regards the debate today, it has been over one year since this House issued a comprehensive proposal to reform the European electoral law. There are no doubts that this file touches upon important and sensitive issues. Let’s be honest, your proposal to reform the European electoral law sets out a complete overhaul with additional new concepts. Many of its provisions aim at a greater harmonisation in fields that touch upon Member States’ democratic and cultural traditions. This is also the reason why it is difficult to move forward on this file in the Council. Dealing with such challenging questions requires therefore thorough assessment and careful consideration.  I want to assure you that the successive presidencies have taken this proposal very seriously. The Council has held meetings at technical level, notably to discuss the most challenging part of the text, also together with the rapporteurs. The previous Czech Presidency also organised a public debate at the General Affairs Council in October. Several Member States then expressed reservations and concerns on a wide number of issues and notably on some of the new elements in the proposal, such as the transnational list, rules on selection of candidates, measures aiming to harmonise processes across the EU, for instance, postal vote, voting age, single voting day, provisions on electoral campaigns, and also the creation of a new European electoral authority.  Most concerns raised were about the subsidiarity and proportionality aspects. And you know that five national parliaments issued recent opinions against the proposal on this account. To get greater clarity on where the Council could progress, the Swedish Presidency launched a survey asking Member States for their positions and all details on the proposals. The responses are being analysed and I will present the summary findings at our next Council meeting on 27 June. This analysis will hopefully provide further guidance that can be useful for the incoming presidencies.  To conclude, the Swedish Presidency understands the stakes and ambitions just as well as the sensitivity of this file. We remain committed to the handling of the Parliament’s proposal in a serious but also a realistic manner. And, as a politician, let me also say that I feel that we have the responsibility to focus on European issues that really makes a difference to the citizens.
Debate: Negotiations on the European Electoral Law
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Věra Jourová
Language: EN

We noted that before the end of their term, the Swedish Presidency intends to present a summary of the replies to a survey it conducted among Member States to help identify the elements of the proposal that could achieve unanimity. We also took note of the willingness of several Member States to play a more active role in the discussions, including by putting forward compromise proposals. While the Commission has no formal role in this process, we share the same objectives. We also want elections to the European Parliament to become more European, more inclusive and more resilient, in full compliance with the highest democratic standards. And we want to ensure the effective exercise of the electoral rights of EU citizens and support their broad and inclusive participation in the elections to the European Parliament. In this spirit, we made proposals to recast the electoral directive on European elections, which is currently still under discussion in the Council. To conclude, the Commission stands ready to offer its technical expertise to Parliament and to the Council to advance on these files.
Debate: Negotiations on the European Electoral Law
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Paulo Rangel
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Then let me say that this law has very, very interesting developments and good solutions, but unfortunately, it has also some very bad ones. And the worst, the most dangerous is the creation of a single constituency and transnational lists. First, because there is no doubt that they don’t comply with the Treaties. Because if the Treaties wanted to establish a single constituency, this would be expressly in the text of the Treaties. And so it’s quite clear that this doesn’t comply with the Treaties. Second, because it was approved here by a very, very narrow majority, the article that establishes this constituency was approved by less than 20 votes. It was Article 15. And such a change requires a broad and solid consensus and not a narrow, thin majority. And let me also tell you that this doesn’t bring the citizens closer to their representatives. Quite the contrary. It enlarges the distance between representatives and electorate. This is not a federalist idea, because federalism is about devolution, not about concentration. There is not only a single federal state where there is a single constituency. Not in Belgium. Not in Germany. Not in the United States. Not in Switzerland. And so this would be something very, very strange. We are not a federation, but we have a single constituency. That is for nation state, not for the European Union.
Debate: Negotiations on the European Electoral Law
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Domènec Ruiz Devesa
Political group: S-D
Country: Malta
Language: ES

Conocida su posición contraria a las listas transnacionales, debe uno admitir que esta es la posición del Parlamento y, cuando venimos a debatir con el Consejo, precisamente porque tras un año... Colega Rangel, has tenido tus dos minutos y medio, luego, a lo mejor, puedes hacer una tarjeta azul  Máxime teniendo en cuenta que la señora Roswall, en nombre del Consejo, nos mandó amablemente una carta al Parlamento Europeo, hace poco, apremiándonos para que hiciéramos la propuesta de la composición del Parlamento. Vemos que les corre un poco de prisa, pero claro, uno sabe que en la vida existe eso que los romanos llamaban « Entonces, si ustedes quieren que nosotros mañana votemos la propuesta de composición, sería bueno esperar que ustedes, un año después de que votáramos nuestra propuesta de ley electoral, pues también empezaran la negociación.  Porque, aunque usted ha dicho, señora ministra, que el informe tiene sus complejidades y que hay muchos elementos nuevos, usted sabe también que nosotros hemos propuesto negociar sobre tres elementos en concreto — la circunscripción paneuropea, la igualdad de género y los derechos de las personas con discapacidad—, y todavía no hemos tenido respuesta a nuestra oferta. Todavía estamos esperando.  Y, además, hay que tener presente otro elemento. Uno se queda con la sensación de que la Presidencia sueca no tiene una gran voluntad de ir para adelante cuando usted concluye su discurso diciendo: «por cierto, no hay que olvidar que lo más importante son los temas que interesan a los ciudadanos». ¿Qué está usted queriendo decir? ¿Que este tema, el de reforzar la democracia europea y darles la posibilidad de que voten directamente a los partidos políticos europeos, no interesa a los ciudadanos?
Debate: Negotiations on the European Electoral Law
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Guy Verhofstadt
Political group: Renew
Country: Bulgaria
Language: EN

So, one year and you are not capable to respond to Article 48, what is by a simple majority in the Treaty. You are not capable to respond to have a common position on the electoral law, but on the composition it needs to go fast, fast, fast. I can tell you one thing: I think there will be a link between all this, one day or another.  The best way forward is not to send these letters. The best way forward will be that the President of the Council, the rotating presidency, takes contact with the President of Parliament and starts to have a meeting about the global issue that we have on the table. And that is the request on the convention, that is the electoral law and that is the composition of the Parliament. And the longer you are waiting with that, the more problems we will have and the more problems you will have and the next Presidency will have. The faster you propose, together with Ms Metsola, a common meeting about this, the faster we will have a solution for all these files, if that is an advice that I can give you.
Debate: Negotiations on the European Electoral Law
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Daniel Freund
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Spain
Language: EN

I find it quite puzzling, really, that a proposal on how to elect the European Parliament, made by the European Parliament with a large majority, is now being held up in the Council, and that we don’t even start a debate on this. So please, Council Presidency, at least start talking with us about it. We’re not doing it for the 2024 election, but maybe at least for the 2029 election, there’s still something that we can do.
Debate: Negotiations on the European Electoral Law
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Joachim Stanisław Brudziński
Political group: ECR
Country: Germany
Language: PL

To państwa narodowe, państwa członkowskie zgodnie z traktatami unijnymi wybierają swoich przedstawicieli. I te aroganckie głosy kierowane pod adresem Prezydencji są niczym innym jak waszym oderwaniem od rzeczywistości. Popytajcie w waszych państwach, kto jest zainteresowany jednolitym okręgiem wyborczym. Przecież to będzie w sposób oczywisty eliminowało i oddalało jeszcze bardziej wyborców od ich reprezentantów. To są wasze idee, chore idee, które de facto, w moim przekonaniu, osłabiają ten wspaniały projekt, jakim jest projekt Unii Europejskiej. Bo wasze pomysły nie mają nic wspólnego z tym, co legło u podstaw Ojców Założycieli, kiedy państwa narodowe umówiły się na projekt Unii Europejskiej. I te chore pomysły prędzej czy później skończą się tym, że obywatele od takiego parlamentu, jaki Wy proponujecie, odwrócą się plecami.
Debate: Negotiations on the European Electoral Law
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Gunnar Beck
Political group: ID
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Mit der Zweitstimme sollen die Bürger für EU-Parteien wie S&D, Renew und EKR stimmen, die keiner kennt, und für meist ausländische Politiker, deren Sprache die wenigsten verstehen. Denn über ihre Zweitstimme stimmen Deutsche für Griechen oder Bulgaren, Polen für Niederländer oder Finnen für Spanier. Langfristig sollen alle EU-Abgeordneten über transnationale Listen gewählt werden. Der Vater des politischen Konservatismus, Edmund Burke, sah im engen Verhältnis und Austausch zwischen Wählern und Gewählten den Kern des Parlamentarismus. Ihre Wahlrechtsreform hat nur ein Ziel: Diese Vertrauensbindung zu untergraben und so die Demokratie noch weiter auszuhöhlen.
Debate: Negotiations on the European Electoral Law
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Chris MacManus
Political group: The Left
Country: Austria
Language: EN

Post—Brexit, this is a particular problem in the north of Ireland. An Irish citizen from Belfast, Derry or Fermanagh can vote if they live in Belgium, but they cannot vote where they were born and grew up, nor where their family and friends live. EU citizens should not be forced to emigrate in order to access their most basic of rights, their right to vote. EU electoral law should and must address this anomaly.
Debate: Negotiations on the European Electoral Law
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Clara Ponsatí Obiols
Political group: NI
Country: Slovakia
Language: EN

Madam President, it would be good to make progress towards European election rules that are cleaner, more equal and promote a more continent-wide political debate. But beware of attempts to use this reform to take the power of representation even further away from the peoples of Europe, especially from us, the peoples forced to live as minorities in our Member States. We are not represented in the institutions of the Union and our voice is limited to the extreme that we cannot even speak our language in this Chamber – as if our language was worse than others, as if we were second class. If this law becomes another tool for Member States and Europe’s bureaucrats to impose uniformity, then it will not strengthen the Union but undermine it, because the peoples of Europe have proved time and again their resilience against all attempts to erase diversity. In the past, European peoples have successfully resisted imperial, authoritarian and totalitarian projects that wanted to erase them. So if the EU does not live up to its founding promise to be the Union of the peoples, it will go down in history as yet another of those failed imperialistic attempts.
Debate: Negotiations on the European Electoral Law
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Seán Kelly
Political group: PPE
Country: Greece
Language: EN

I am pleased that in all likelihood, my own country, Ireland, will have an extra seat, reflecting the growth in population under the degressive proportionality clause where we have 300 000 extra people as opposed to the last election. I do not agree, however, with transnational lists. We do not want a two—tier Chamber. We do not want MEPs supposedly elected by everybody, but answerable to nobody. And we do not want ‘House of Lords MEPs’ and ‘House of Commons MEPs’.
Debate: Negotiations on the European Electoral Law
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Pedro Silva Pereira
Political group: S-D
Country: Bulgaria
Language: PT

Senhora Presidente, em 2015, este Parlamento aprovou uma reforma da lei eleitoral europeia.  Oito anos depois – oito anos –, essa reforma ainda não entrou em vigor porque alguns Estados-Membros se recusam a ratificar um acordo que eles próprios aceitaram no Conselho, já em 2019. Isto não é aceitável.  No ano passado, em maio, este mesmo Parlamento propôs uma lei eleitoral europeia para reforçar a democracia europeia. Um ano passou e o Conselho continua a ignorar os apelos do Parlamento para desbloquear a questão. A recusa do Conselho em sequer se sentar à mesa das negociações com o Parlamento desrespeita a única instituição europeia diretamente eleita pelos cidadãos e o princípio da leal cooperação com as instituições europeias.  É preciso que o Conselho respeite este Parlamento. Não tem de concordar com tudo, mas tem o dever de responder ao Parlamento e de abrir as negociações sobre a reforma da lei eleitoral europeia.  É isso que esperamos do Conselho há já demasiado tempo.
Debate: Negotiations on the European Electoral Law
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Sandro Gozi
Political group: Renew
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, dear Minister, dear colleagues, I would have a point of order, because I think that some colleagues, President, haven’t understood what we are talking about tonight. We are not talking about the electoral law. We are asking the Council: when will you start to negotiate with us on electoral law? The electoral law has been approved one year ago. So, the question is not whether we like it or not – the electoral law – the question is to invoke the principle of mutual and sincere cooperation, which is blatantly violated by the Council, which for one year has ignored the proposal of the candidates. So, I am saying we are preparing the European elections. We are doing our job on the composition of the Parliament. When will you start serious negotiation? We appreciate the effort, the questionnaire. We appreciate the effort of informal discussion, but we want formal negotiation on how we want to prepare the European election in 2024. And this means that we have to discuss the composition of the European Parliament and we have to discuss the electoral law. We are still waiting from the Council to know this and I’m very happy about your letter. That means that you have taken notice that the Parliament exists. But don’t take notice that the Parliament exists only when it suits you for the composition of the Parliament, take notice that the Parliament exists all the time and start negotiation of the electoral law.
Debate: Negotiations on the European Electoral Law
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Paulo Rangel
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

So, when we go to negotiations, the different groups are there to represent different positions, as the different countries represent different positions. So, in the debate about negotiations, we are entitled to refer that there is diversity on the positions. I’m very sorry to have to teach you democracy.
Debate: Negotiations on the European Electoral Law
Date: TUESDAY, 13 JUNE 2023
Speaker: Sandro Gozi
Political group: Renew
Country: France
Language: EN

Je vous dis seulement en français: faites le deuil de votre défaite. La loi électorale a été adoptée. Les listes transnationales ont été adoptées. Faites le deuil, cher collègue, de votre défaite.