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Debate: Discharge
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Udo Bullmann
Country: Romania
Language: DE

Damit steigt die Verantwortung für dieses Haus, es steigt die Verantwortung für unseren Ausschuss, für die Beteiligung an der Programmplanung, für die Überprüfung der Umsetzung unserer Initiativen im Sinne der Gesetzgeber. Und das bedeutet, wir werden das verstärken, was wir in der Vergangenheit schon getan haben: genau hinschauen! Werden wir beispielsweise die aktuellsten Krisen – jetzt die Pandemie – überwinden? Fokussieren wir auf die ärmsten Länder und darauf, dass sie ihre Gesundheitssysteme renovieren, ihre Wirtschaft wieder aufbauen und auf die Ziele der Nachhaltigkeitsagenda 2030 ausrichten! Wir sind bereit dazu, und wir stellen uns dieser neuen Verantwortung.
Debate: Discharge
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Romana Tomc
Country: France
Language: SL

Glede finančnega poslovanja nimam večjih pripomb in tudi po mnenju Računskega sodišča so transakcije zakonite, finančni položaj agencij pa je pošteno predstavljen. Seveda pa je vedno še priložnost za izboljšave.  Pozitivno se mi zdi, da agencije poskušajo zmanjšati stroške, tako da se vključujejo v skupino in v mrežo agencij. S tem se izogibajo tudi prekrivanju istovrstnih nalog.  Pričakujem, da se bodo agencije odzvale na opozorila in optimizirale svoje poslovanje, kar velja seveda tudi za Evropsko komisijo. Evropske institucije morajo svoje delo opravljati strokovno – to je kot prvo – in učinkovito, vendar sredstva porabljati racionalno in pregledno, saj gre za denar vseh Evropejk in Evropejcev.
Debate: Discharge
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Bas Eickhout
Country: France
Language: EN

We are now in negotiations to expand the mandates of those agencies but what we have seen up to now – and it’s a pity that the State Secretary has just left, as this is a very important message to the Council – is that so far the Council has always said that agencies can do with less money. We are running into problems here. We are expecting more from the agencies on the Green Deal and on health issues, but at the same time the agencies are not given the possibility to do more. We are running at the edge of what they can achieve and what they can hold up to. A thorough discussion on this is really needed in the Council because this cannot continue as it is. I think that is a very important message that we have to give if we really are serious about expanding the task for the agencies as we are currently discussing. That was my first part.  In my second part I’m acting as a spokesperson for the Greens and am looking at the discharge of the different agencies. There I would like to focus mainly on the Frontex agency because in the report we are suspending the discharge for Frontex. I think this is mainly because of concerns on the delayed recruitment of the fundamental rights monitors, but also because of concerns over complicity with human right violations. We demand that we see progress from the Frontex agency because this is absolutely crucial. Also here, the mandate of Frontex has been expanded, but we have not yet seen Frontex dealing with it appropriately. That is why you will see that we are suspending our discharge until we have the results of research that Parliament is undertaking with the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) which we would like to see first, and that is of the utmost political importance.
Debate: Discharge
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska
Country: Lithuania
Language: PL

Druga kwestia: apelujemy – do rozważenia, ale myślę, że to jest temat bardzo ważny – o utworzenie nowej linii budżetowej dla turystyki – gałęzi gospodarki najbardziej dotkniętej kryzysem. Myślę, że dla wielu regionów, głównie tych, gdzie turyści zapewniają główny dochód mieszkańców, jest to bardzo ważne, dlatego uważamy, że ten sektor powinien otrzymać należyte wsparcie z budżetu unijnego, zwłaszcza że turystyka to przede wszystkim małe, rodzinne firmy. Oczywiście jesteśmy za tym, aby zagłosować za przyjęciem absolutorium.
Debate: Discharge
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Maria Grapini
Country: Portugal
Language: RO

Evident că, așa cum am scris și în avize, am recomandat Comisiei Europene și Curții de Conturi să elaboreze o metodă detaliată de urmărire a performanțelor în toate întreprinderile comune și agenții, să calculeze impactul social asupra forței de muncă, este foarte important, dar și impactul asupra pieței.  Trebuie să spun că sunt și câteva aspecte care trebuie îmbunătățite, de exemplu, transparența. Am constatat că, la unele agenții și întreprinderi comune, nu avem pus curriculum vitae pentru membrii din consiliul de conducere - curriculum vitae, dar și date.  De asemenea, un lucru pe care l-am reclamat de fiecare dată este echilibrul de gen și echilibrul geografic și sper ca acest lucru să-l corecteze Comisia, pentru că acum nu este etic și echitabil, din punctul de vedere al echilibrului de gen și al echilibrului geografic.
Debate: Discharge
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Lena Düpont
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Frontex is an integral part of our security policy and effective border controls are key to that. That’s why a clear chain of responsibility and accountability is vital. The agency, the Member States are commissioned as part of the management board, and we in Parliament need to team up more closely to improve that. Even more so, since with a new task, an increased budget, a standing corps for the first time in European history, of course there is greater responsibility. We need to make sure that the agency is well equipped for the future, that possible deficiencies are addressed and solved where needed. We need to make sure that those officers who are deployed on our behalf, who dedicate their time and their work to a European cause, can do so under the best circumstances.
Debate: Discharge
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Giuseppe Milazzo
Country: Portugal
Language: IT

Una delle questioni cruciali del testo è stata la necessità di eliminare, in particolare nel contesto del prossimo quadro finanziario pluriennale, gli oneri amministrativi superflui che ostacolano l'attuazione degli investimenti attraverso la PAC, nonché di semplificare per quanto possibile gli obblighi derivanti dal  Ci siamo impegnati per affermare ancora una volta il ruolo di sostegno al reddito di base nella PAC e il suo contributo al mantenimento dell'attività agricola e dell'allevamento, alla riduzione del processo di esodo rurale e alla promozione di un ambito rurale dinamico. La PAC come strumento di supporto per i giovani agricoltori si è rivelata essenziale e dovrebbe essere ulteriormente rafforzata nel futuro. La digitalizzazione e l'innovazione, così come gli investimenti volti a sviluppare catene di approvvigionamento corte e vendite dirette ai consumatori, potrebbero essere strumenti decisivi per rivitalizzare le zone rurali rendendole più attraenti per i giovani agricoltori.  Sostegno all'agricoltura verde, semplificazione e digitalizzazione, queste le parole chiave di una politica agricola ambiziosa e produttiva. Ultimo in ordine di tempo, ma non per importanza, la lotta alle frodi che ancora affliggono il sistema di distribuzione e che penalizza non solo gli agricoltori, ma la società tutta ....  (
Debate: Discharge
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Caterina Chinnici
Country: Italy
Language: IT

Nell'adempiere ai loro compiti le agenzie GAI nel complesso hanno rispettato i principi di sana gestione finanziaria, ottenendo giudizi positivi su affidabilità dei conti, legittimità, regolarità delle operazioni da parte della Corte dei conti, con la sola parziale eccezione dell'EASO, che ha comunque adottato le misure necessarie a rimediare alle pregresse difficoltà. Nel 2019, rileva ancora la Corte dei conti, le agenzie si sono impegnate per dar seguito alle osservazioni degli anni precedenti, anche se rimangono margini di miglioramento, ad esempio nelle procedure d'appalto. Coerente, quindi la raccomandazione di concedere il discarico per il 2019 a tutte le agenzie GAI, ad esclusione però di Frontex, per cui è preliminarmente necessario che le indagini avviate, anche dall'OLAF, facciano piena chiarezza su ogni criticità rilevata.
Debate: Discharge
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Gilles Lebreton
Country: Germany
Language: FR

Mais en réalité, un problème subsiste: celui du doublement du nombre de juges du tribunal, passé progressivement de 27 à 52, et bientôt 54. Ce doublement décidé en 2016 coûte près de 27 millions d’euros par an, soit un million par juge supplémentaire, or il semble inutile – je le redoute en tout cas, car j’ai entendu les juges le dire eux—mêmes lors d’une audition secrète organisée en 2015 par la commission des affaires juridiques. Je dénonce donc cette gabegie potentielle. À tout le moins, nous devrions soutenir la Cour des comptes qui réclame en vain que la Cour de justice nous fasse rapport, je la cite, sur la nécessité et l’efficacité de ce doublement.
Debate: Discharge
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Gabriele Bischoff
Country: France
Language: EN

Increased and proactive transparency on the side of the Council would be conducive to a better informed discharge procedure from the outset. The Council took some steps towards more transparency in general. This is to be welcomed, but it is not enough. Therefore, I underline an urgent need for a memorandum of understanding between the European Parliament and the Council on the provisions of the information necessary for Parliament to take an informed decision on discharge.  The situation must be improved and the Conference on the Future of Europe provides an opportunity to discuss also proposals to enhance transparency and democratic accountability with regard to the protection of the Union’s budget. Citizens have a right to know that money is being well spent.
Debate: Discharge
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Robert Biedroń
Country: Poland
Language: EN

So, it is clear, we must increase our efforts here. At a time when women are on the front line of the COVID—19 crisis, whilst their rights are under attack in certain States, gender mainstreaming should not only be a concern of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) and other DGs, it should be a priority for all of EU institutions and agencies. Unfortunately, this is still not the case.
Debate: Discharge
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Tsvetelina Penkova
Political group: S-D
Country: Croatia
Language: EN

We welcome the work done by the Commission and the positive developments compared with last year’s discharge, especially in the areas of cohesion, national resources and administration. We acknowledge the positive aspects, i.e. that the overall level of irregularities in EU spending remained relatively stable at 2.7%, which is comparable to the 2018 discharge. Of course there are still some areas for improvement and we would recommend focusing on the legality and regularity of the payments underlying the accounts. We would therefore like to recommend granting the discharge for 2019 to the Commission and of course we encourage the Commission to continue working towards simplifying the rules under which the EU budget is spent.  Regarding the resolution itself, the initial proposal for the resolution was one-sided and it did not present a fair evaluation of the work of the Commission. We believe that our political role is to present a balanced and objective evaluation of the work done by the Commission, and we should try to work on that during both of the amendments which are proceeding now.  With regard to the discharge of the European Development Fund, we welcome this year’s report and we would also recommend granting discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Development Fund for the financial year 2019.
Debate: Discharge
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Paolo Borchia
Political group: ID
Country: Romania
Language: IT

La Corte dei conti dell'Unione ha rivolto osservazioni a ben 29 agenzie, il che significa che non va tutto bene. Ci sono casi di appalti approssimativi. Ci sono casi di conflitti di interesse, reali o potenziali, che interessano quei funzionari che magari escono dalle agenzie per andare a lavorare nelle multinazionali.  Inoltre, serve avere la capacità di guardare nel quotidiano: l'Agenzia europea del farmaco, l'EMA, si finanzia ricevendo contributi da parte delle industrie farmaceutiche, dalle
Debate: Discharge
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Ireland
Language: EN

On content, we Greens measure the success of our work not only by identified errors, but mainly to what extent we have improved the report, and yes, with our amendments we made a difference. Regarding CAP reforms, the Commission must finally improve its information and monetary system. We need the list of the 50 biggest beneficiaries to understand where the largest chunk of the EU funds went and what it was spent on. Not just us Greens, but also the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and scientists repeatedly write that the agri—budget does not match the overall political goals such as climate protection, biodiversity or animal welfare. Furthermore, there is now a reference to the Slovak Agricultural Paying Agency, which is also a result our efforts for improvement. Strong language now on conflicts of interest and corruption, as well as conditionality and rule of law principles for further funding.  Second point: true error rates in EU expenditure remain an estimate between the Commission’s 12 different ways to calculate it, and the numbers reported by the ECHA, which not only create uncertainty, but even carry the risk of misinformation.  Last point: the biggest future risk of the financial sustainability to the EU budget is the growing backlog, which equals two—year EU expenditure. With an additional burden coming from the Recovery Fund, the EU is ignoring a potential insolvency. In view of tomorrow’s vote, I sincerely hope that our progressive approach and the strong language in the Committee’s report will not be further watered down.
Debate: Discharge
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Jessica Stegrud
Political group: ECR
Language: SV

Det nationella självbestämmandet, den privata äganderätten, den individuella friheten och den svenska arbetsmarknadsmodellen lär snart vara ett minne blott, för det EU numera vill ha är varken frihet, jämlikhet eller konkurrenskraft. Det är framtvingade utfall och en centralisering av makten. På kommunismens storhetstid gjorde man det i arbetarklassens och proletariatets namn. I dag gör EU det i klimatets och jämställdhetens namn. Det måste räcka nu.
Debate: Discharge
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Emmanuel Maurel
Political group: The Left
Country: Greece
Language: FR

Premier point, nous constatons sur tous les bancs que de nombreuses communications et documents de travail ne sont disponibles qu’en anglais, que beaucoup de réunions se tiennent sans possibilité d’interprétariat et que cette situation s’est aggravée avec la crise sanitaire. Alors je sais que certains d’entre vous sont très attachés au traité, je pourrais vous citer tous les articles, ainsi que la loi fondamentale qui impose le multilinguisme et vraiment, j’insiste sur ce point parce que les parlementaires européens doivent pouvoir s’exprimer dans leur langue maternelle. Cela apporte de la richesse et de la diversité à nos débats, mais surtout, c’est une garantie d’égale qualité dans le travail législatif, et donc il faut plus de moyens pour les interprètes. Je les salue; ils font un travail formidable, mais ils doivent être plus pour que notre travail législatif soit de qualité.  Deuxième point: cela peut vous paraître marginal, mais pour moi, c’est essentiel. Nos institutions consomment des biens et des services que des entreprises européennes sont capables de produire. Or, trop souvent, nous faisons appel à des entreprises étrangères dans le cadre de nos marchés publics et franchement, meubler nos bureaux ou utiliser toutes sortes de matériels
Debate: Discharge
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Markus Pieper
Political group: PPE
Country: Spain
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin! Gern haben wir am Entlastungsbericht gearbeitet, und angesichts vieler Fortschritte in Sachen Transparenz werden wir auch zustimmen. Dennoch stehen wir vor großen Herausforderungen. Wir haben in dieser Periode sage und schreibe 290 Milliarden nicht abgerufene Gelder, weil die Projekte fehlen, weil die Mitgliedstaaten zu langsam sind, weil die Regionen Probleme mit unseren rechtlichen Vorgaben haben. 290 Milliarden nicht genutzt – gleichzeitig bewilligen wir aber 750 Milliarden EUR frisches Geld für die Corona-Wiederaufbauhilfe.  Natürlich ist Solidarität in der Pandemie angebracht, aber dieses Geld soll jetzt schnell in die Zukunft der Regionen investiert werden. Schnell? Die Mitgliedstaaten brauchen drei Jahre und länger, um den Strukturfonds-Regeln gerecht zu werden, und mit  Wir sind deshalb den Steuerzahlern verpflichtet, und wir werden mit
Debate: Discharge
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Lara Wolters
Political group: S-D
Country: Italy
Language: EN

Madam President, at the start of the pandemic, this Parliament installed thermal cameras from a Chinese company named Hikvision. This is a company that faces well-documented accusations of supplying surveillance equipment to camps detaining Uyghurs in the Chinese region of Xinjiang. You will understand my surprise that, when I proposed to remove the cameras, the company rather aggressively approached me and other Members to withdraw this call. Let me be clear: we should not give in to intimidation.  I think the incident shows us the importance of supply-chain responsibility and responsible business conduct. Businesses that fail to respect human rights should not be part of EU supply chains. Parliament should lead by example here, and I therefore repeat my position: Hikvision products have no place in this House as long as Hikvision is enabling China’s campaign of repression against the Uyghurs.
Debate: Discharge
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Hélène Laporte
Political group: ID
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, mes chers collègues, les décharges 2019, de manière générale, et en particulier celle du Parlement européen, ne sont que la stricte continuité des décharges 2018, en l’absence de prise en compte des recommandations issues des différentes résolutions ainsi que des préconisations de la Cour des comptes européenne.  Tout d’abord, je relève avec inquiétude que le Parlement a reçu un double blâme à la suite de l’enquête menée par le Contrôleur européen de la protection des données sur l’utilisation des services de Nation Builder afin de traiter des données à caractère personnel dans le cadre des activités liées aux élections européennes de 2019. C’est l’occasion de rappeler que le Parlement européen doit conserver une neutralité politique et que la mobilisation exceptionnelle pendant les années 2018 et 2019 à hauteur d’environ 34 millions d’euros en faveur de la promotion des élections européennes n’est pas acceptable. Ensuite, des économies peuvent être réalisées à plusieurs niveaux. Je pense à la politique immobilière dispendieuse facilitée par la technique condamnable du virement de ramassage, par laquelle la commission des budgets a autorisé en 2019 un virement d’un montant de 31 millions d’euros pour le préfinancement du projet pharaonique à Luxembourg du bâtiment Adenauer. En tant que députée française, je demande instamment que les traités soient respectés, que Strasbourg devienne le siège du Parlement européen et que l’on y organise des périodes de sessions compensatoires, car la ville subit une double peine en cette période de pandémie. L’économie de 40 millions d’euros par an qui serait réalisée dans un scénario de siège unique du Parlement, si les immeubles à Strasbourg ne sont pas cédés, ne me semble pas un élément déterminant au regard des économies proposées par mon groupe ID, qui sont dans une estimation basse de 60 millions d’euros avec la suppression des espaces Europa Expérience créés en 2019, superflus, ou encore la suppression de bureaux de représentation.
Debate: Discharge
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Daniel Freund
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Spain
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen! Wir alle bekommen jeden Monat die sogenannte Bürokostenpauschale, 4563 EUR. 273 780 EUR im Laufe einer Legislatur – steuerfrei. Mit diesem Geld können wir uns Wahlkreisbüros anmieten, Computer, Telefone, Veranstaltungen organisieren, und wenn man das Geld richtig einsetzt, kann man damit, glaube ich, richtig viel gute Arbeit für die Europäische Union machen. Wie mit allen öffentlichen Geldern sollten wir auch mit diesem Geld sehr gut und verantwortungsvoll umgehen. Und deshalb sind für mich hier zwei Sachen selbstverständlich: Über jeden Euro, den wir ausgeben, sollten wir Buch führen, und jeden Euro, den wir eben nicht ausgeben, sollten wir dem europäischen Steuerzahler zurückgeben. Leider sehen das hier im Haus nicht alle so. Einige stecken das Geld in die eigene Tasche – was haben wir in den letzten Jahren nicht alles gesehen. 42 Abgeordnete haben von sich selbst ein Wahlkreisbüro gemietet. 249 Abgeordnete hatten überhaupt kein Wahlkreisbüro, haben das Geld aber trotzdem genommen. 693 Abgeordnete in der letzten Legislatur haben es geschafft, das Geld bis auf den allerletzten Cent auszugeben; das ist schon eine sehr beachtliche Leistung, die wir sonst in keiner Budgetlinie so sehen. Man kann das Geld im Moment so ziemlich für alles ausgeben; es wird nicht nachkontrolliert bei den Abgeordneten, wofür sie das Geld ausgeben. Das Ganze ist so absurd, dass dieses Plenum seit Jahren immer wieder sagt: Diese Praxis muss sich ändern, wir brauchen mehr Kontrolle und mehr Transparenz. Aber diese demokratische Entscheidung des Plenums wird immer wieder vom Präsidium ignoriert – das muss sich endlich ändern.
Debate: Discharge
Date: TUESDAY, 27 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Sira Rego
Political group: The Left
Country: Spain
Language: ES

Señora presidenta, adivinen qué agencia europea gasta medio millón de euros de dinero público en cada fiesta, qué agencia está sirviendo de instrumento para materializar las políticas de la Europa fortaleza, qué agencia podría estar usando el dinero de los europeos y de las europeas para ejecutar devoluciones en caliente. Correcto, lo han adivinado: es Frontex, la agencia fuera de control. Por eso es una buena noticia que la Comisión CONT haya aprobado aplazar la aprobación de las cuentas de esta Agencia y quizá esta sea una buena oportunidad para reflexionar. Piensen una cosa: seguramente sea difícil encontrar otra estructura europea que haya tenido el incremento presupuestario que ha tenido Frontex: se ha multiplicado por 20 en 14 años, es decir, de 42 millones en 2017 a casi 900 en 2021. ¿Y para qué? Si no hay transparencia, no hay rendición de cuentas, no se respetan los derechos humanos, no hay responsables Tenemos una oportunidad para frenar este despropósito. Los presupuestos son instrumentos políticos. ¿De verdad queremos usarlos para consolidar una agencia negacionista de los derechos humanos, que considera que las personas migrantes son enemigos, que practica activamente la omisión del deber de socorro? La semana pasada dejaron abandonadas a 130 personas en el Mediterráneo que acabaron muriendo. Es más, ¿es inevitable que Frontex sea un instrumento de la normalización de la agenda de la extrema derecha? Nosotras creemos que no; creemos que podemos evitarlo. Por eso, ni un euro más para esta Agencia.