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Debate: European Defence investment programme
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Vlad-Marius Botoş
Political group: Renew
Country: Germany
Language: RO

Doamna președintă, domnule secretar de stat Navarro Ríos, domnule comisar Breton, stimați colegi, evenimentele din ultimii ani de la nivel mondial, dar și din imediata noastră vecinătate, ne-au arătat clar că Uniunea Europeană are nevoie de un program foarte serios de investiții în industria de apărare, dar și de o strategie comună și de o armată care să poată asigura siguranța noastră, a Uniunii. Acest program trebuie să ia în considerare necesitatea ca toate echipamentele, munițiile să poată fi produse aici, în Uniunea Europeană, dar și ca industria să se poată adapta la necesitățile din diferite momente. Programul acesta trebuie să acorde atenție nu doar armamentului clasic, ci și nevoilor noilor tehnologii, chiar noilor tipuri de război. Nu vorbim doar de un război clasic, așa cum îl știm încă din cărțile de istorie, de unul în care se folosesc ultimele tehnologii, ci și de războiul informațional pe care țări terțe l-au început deja. Nu ne putem baza tot timpul pe alții să producă muniția de care avem nevoie, să furnizeze apărarea de care avem nevoie, să contracareze atacurile informaționale cu care ne confruntăm. Trebuie să începem să ne bazăm pe noi.
Debate: European Defence investment programme
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Ivan Štefanec
Political group: PPE
Country: Netherlands
Language: SK

Vážená pani predsedajúca, dovoľte mi povedať tri poznámky k tejto dôležitej téme. Po prvé, ruská zločinecká invázia na Ukrajine nám ukazuje, že Únia musí robiť pre obranný priemysel oveľa viac ako doteraz a musí tak robiť koordinovanejšie spolu s členskými štátmi. Po druhé, je zrejmé, že naša obranyschopnosť závisí od životaschopného obranného priemyslu, ktorý musí byť schopný reagovať na naše meniace sa okamžité, ale aj dlhodobé potreby súvisiace s obranou našich hodnôt a našej prosperity. Po tretie, finančná podpora pre obranný sektor bola v Európe dlhodobo poddimenzovaná vrátane prístupu podnikov k verejnému, ale aj k súkromnému kapitálu. Na toto najviac trpia najmä malé a stredné podniky. Kladiem teda dôraz na čo najrýchlejšie zverejnenie návrhov nariadenia o európskom obrannom investičnom programe, ako aj stratégie v oblasti európskeho obranného priemyslu, a to v takej forme, aby malé a stredné podniky boli v centre pozornosti oboch iniciatív. Keďže obranný priemysel bol dlhodobo budovaný na základe predovšetkým veľkých firiem, považujem účasť malých a stredných podnikov v obrannej stratégii a v obrannom priemysle za kľúčovú nielen z hľadiska rýchlejšieho naplnenia potrieb našej obrany, ale predovšetkým vzhľadom na inovatívnosť a konkurencieschopnosť celého obranného priemyslu.
Debate: European Defence investment programme
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President, more public money for the arms industry – will the billions of euros we give to these warmongers ever be enough? Not according to Jan Pie, Secretary-General of the Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe. After the EUR 300 million EDIRPA handout in October, Jan doubted whether it would make a tangible difference. He went on to demand that the European defence investment programme must be more ambitious. You would swear we work for these parasites.  And given the astronomical sums you have handed over to the arms industry since the catastrophic NATO-proxy war in Ukraine, you’d be forgiven for thinking there’s something fishy going on. The European Ombudsman has even opened an inquiry into how the European Commission ensures external experts, who help it evaluate the European defence fund project proposals, do not have conflicts of interest.  You have blown the EU budget on the unwinnable war in Ukraine, and now you want another billion for these merchants of debt. It’s pretty obvious whose interest you represent.
Debate: European Defence investment programme
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Pascual Navarro Ríos
Language: ES

Como he señalado al principio, se ha avanzado mucho en el Reglamento ASAP y en el Reglamento EDIRPA, y esperamos sinceramente que el Parlamento y la Comisión continúen trabajando conjuntamente para la aprobación del nuevo EDIP. Confío en que el Consejo Europeo aprobará animar a la Comisión a presentar cuanto antes tanto el EDIP como el EDIS, y he tomado nota de la información del comisario de que tiene previsto hacerlo ya en el mes de febrero. Puedo comprometerme en nombre del Consejo a que se estudiará rápidamente, y esperamos también que el Parlamento asuma el mismo compromiso.
Debate: The unknown status of Mikalai Statkevich and the recent attacks on Belarusian politicians’ and activists’ family members
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Ewa Kopacz
Country: Bulgaria
Language: PL

Kolejnym punktem porządku dziennego jest debata nad sześcioma projektami rezolucji w sprawie braku informacji o Mikałaju Statkiewiczu oraz niedawnych ataków na członków rodzin białoruskich polityków i działaczy ( _______________ * Patrz protokół posiedzenia.
Debate: The unknown status of Mikalai Statkevich and the recent attacks on Belarusian politicians’ and activists’ family members
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Miriam Lexmann
Country: Spain
Language: EN

This is why I am particularly concerned about Mikalai Statkevich, but also all political prisoners who are beaten, tortured, denied basic medical care. I also want to use this opportunity to mention other political prisoners with whom their family members have had no contact and communication for a long time, including Viktar Babaryka, Siarhei Tsikhanouski, Maksim Znak, Maria Kalesnikava, Ihar Losik, Pavel Sevyarynets, Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk, Andrzej Poczobut and the Nobel Prize laureate, Ales Bialiatski.  This evil needs to stop. The European Union must continue to strengthen its sanctions against Lukashenko and his henchmen. But we must also do more to speak out for political prisoners on the highest level, to support the families of the political prisoners and Belarusians fleeing from the regime’s persecution.  My message is simple: release, Mikalai Statkevich, release all political prisoners and stop this cruel repression!
Debate: The unknown status of Mikalai Statkevich and the recent attacks on Belarusian politicians’ and activists’ family members
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Petras Auštrevičius
Country: Lithuania
Language: EN

‘Dear members of the European Parliament. We believe and know that solidarity is not an empty word for you. I ask for solidarity with my country, with Belarus. For 307 days there is no single message or news from behind my husband’s prison walls. Like many relatives, I bang my head against this ‘wall’ and often feel alone in trying to break through. In recent weeks, there have been rumours that Mikalai is no longer alive. I cannot believe it, but it could be true. Please demand an end to the torture of the unknown. Please demand that Mikalai, Maksim Znak, Ihar Losik and all those who have not been heard from for a long time, be shown to their families. Please, help to save my husband. Help to save Belarus. Terror and violence must stop.’
Debate: The unknown status of Mikalai Statkevich and the recent attacks on Belarusian politicians’ and activists’ family members
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Viola von Cramon-Taubadel
Country: Ireland
Language: EN

Imagine yourself as Palina Sharenda-Panasiuk, the first female political prisoner – a young woman, a Belarusian patriot, a mother, and a loving wife. Then special police forces break into your apartment, arrest you on charges such as being an extremist or contempt of the President – a title Lukashenko mistakenly gave himself – and put you into a dungeon, depriving you of food, sleep, feminine hygiene, contact with family or information. Palina also disappeared without a trace. Until we will find and free her.  Free her, the 1500 other political prisoners, and all of Belarus which is occupied by Russia and Lukashenko. Meanwhile, Paulina shows us the way with her last words. ‘Belarus will definitely be free, but we have to fight hard for that’, she said. And those who sacrificed themselves for the sake of independence and democracy will be called heroes in the new Belarus.
Debate: The unknown status of Mikalai Statkevich and the recent attacks on Belarusian politicians’ and activists’ family members
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Anna Fotyga
Country: Denmark
Language: EN

Where is Mikalai Statkevich, and where are the other opponents named by all my colleagues here? I shout loudly the words of solidarity of this Chamber: all political prisoners should be released unconditionally now! We have to do our utmost to obtain this goal and also to help their families. Some of them are very ill, like the wife of Mikalai Statkevich. We have to show this solidarity.
Debate: The unknown status of Mikalai Statkevich and the recent attacks on Belarusian politicians’ and activists’ family members
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Helmut Scholz
Country: Luxembourg
Language: DE

Heute fordern wir von der Lukaschenka-Administration ganz entschieden die unverzügliche Freilassung von Mikalaj Statkewitsch und aller anderen politischen Verfolgten in Belarus. Zeigen wir praktisch, dass die EU—Institutionen und die Mitgliedsländer der EU an der Seite der belarussischen Zivilgesellschaft stehen. Menschen, die aus dem Land fliehen müssen, sind auf einen erleichterten Zugang zu Einreisevisa und Aufenthaltsgenehmigungen angewiesen. Halten wir die Türen offen! Die auf der Ebene der Vereinten Nationen geleisteten Anstrengungen, Täter zur Rechenschaft zu ziehen, verdienen unsere volle Rückendeckung. Treten wir als glaubwürdiger und verlässlicher Partner in unserer östlichen Nachbarschaft auf!
Debate: The unknown status of Mikalai Statkevich and the recent attacks on Belarusian politicians’ and activists’ family members
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Thijs Reuten
Political group: S-D
Country: France
Language: EN

They count on us to fight Putin’s war-crime-complicit, scared dictator Lukashenko. And that means that the EU must do more. Why are all of Lukashenko’s cronies and companies not included on the sanctions list yet? Make sure sanctions against Belarus are just as firm as those against Russia. No more excuses and delays. A deal on the 12th sanctions package against Russia is expected soon, but we have been hearing that already for quite a while. The Commission and Member States know what to do.
Debate: The unknown status of Mikalai Statkevich and the recent attacks on Belarusian politicians’ and activists’ family members
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Evin Incir
Political group: S-D
Country: Hungary
Language: EN

Madam President, colleagues, the truth poses the greatest danger to authoritarian regimes. When political opposition, human rights defenders and activists start disappearing, getting arrested and facing harassment indicates that the truth poses a threat to those in power.  In 2020, Mikalai Statkevich from Belarus was arrested and sentenced to 14 years in prison. Since March 2023, there has been no information about his well-being. Throughout the over hundreds of days of his unjust detention and shamed trial Statkevich has been deprived of any legal representation of defence. Moreover, the oppressive regime of Alexander Lukashenko has made sure he has had no contact with his family as part of their relentless efforts to suppress democratic forces in the country.  Close to 1500 Belarusians are still unjustly and unlawfully imprisoned. Statkevich, and all other truth tellers who are imprisoned in Belarus, must be immediately and unconditionally released. And as my colleague already said, if we really want to go from words to actions, we need to ensure that Belarus is also and Lukashenko is included in the upcoming sanction packages.
Debate: The unknown status of Mikalai Statkevich and the recent attacks on Belarusian politicians’ and activists’ family members
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Michaela Šojdrová
Political group: PPE
Country: Greece
Language: EN

Madam President, dear colleagues, again we call for the release of political prisoners in Belarus as 1 500 persons have been imprisoned in the pursuit of Belarusian democracy. They are facing trials behind closed doors, on trumped up charges and in inhuman conditions.  One of them is Mikalai Statkevich, a former presidential candidate imprisoned for 14 years. For the last nine months, neither his family nor lawyer has had any contact with him. Several sources recently reported he had died in prison. His wife, Marina, has the right to see her husband. We, as the European Parliament, demand the immediate release of all political prisoners and insist on their access to lawyers and families.  We have to invite the International Committee of the Red Cross again to take an active approach in these matters. We stand firmly with the people of Belarus in their democratic opposition and in their pursuit of a free and democratic Belarus.
Debate: The unknown status of Mikalai Statkevich and the recent attacks on Belarusian politicians’ and activists’ family members
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Stanislav Polčák
Political group: PPE
Country: Czechia
Language: CS

Paní předsedající, my voláme po propuštění konkrétních vězňů, ale také doslova rodin, které zmizely. V našem sousedství se uskutečňují nejtěžší zločiny, které koná loutkový režim Putina. My musíme dnes jednoznačně říct, že budeme opět mluvit o Bělorusích, o lidech, kteří trpí právě kroky tohoto loutkového režimu. Zmizely stovky rodin. Brutální metody vyšetřování, mučení, vraždy, které skutečně tento režim páchá, to je opravdu nepřijatelné. Naše sankce musí cíleně mířit právě na režim Lukašenka, jeho představitele a přimět režim k propuštění těchto běloruských vězňů svobody, vězňů demokracie, demokratických hodnot. A my je musíme ubezpečit, že je neopustíme. Běloruské občany Evropská unie nezradí.
Debate: The unknown status of Mikalai Statkevich and the recent attacks on Belarusian politicians’ and activists’ family members
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Isabel Santos
Political group: S-D
Country: Hungary
Language: PT

Senhora Presidente, na tradição católica e também na tradição ortodoxa, nas próximas semanas, celebraremos o Natal. E é bom que nos lembremos que Mikalai Statkevich, mas também Polina Panasyuk, uma jovem mãe de duas crianças, estarão longe dos seus familiares. Isto é uma condição absolutamente intolerável. Estão presos única e simplesmente porque pediram liberdade e democracia para o seu povo. Isto deve—nos fazer pensar a todos e mobilizar—nos em torno do próximo pacote de sanções. No próximo pacote de sanções, o senhor Lukashenko não pode continuar incólume.
Debate: The unknown status of Mikalai Statkevich and the recent attacks on Belarusian politicians’ and activists’ family members
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Janez Lenarčič
Language: EN

Regrettably, like many high-profile prisoners, he has been kept incommunicado. His family has not heard from him for the past ten months. He is believed to be held in Penal Colony 13 – one of the harshest ones with no access to his lawyers or medical assistance either.  Mr Statkevich has spent ten cumulative years in prison. After being arrested in 2020 he was sentenced to another 14 years. Even while in prison, Mikalai Statkevich remains a symbol of courage and resilience for Belarusians.  The situation of Mikalai Statkevich and all political prisoners in Belarus remains one of the greatest concerns for the European Union. Since the fraudulent presidential elections in Belarus in 2020 we have seen a steady deterioration of the human rights situation in that country, including torture and ill-treatment of political prisoners in detention, as well as persecution of Belarusians in the country and in exile.  The EU has repeatedly called on the Lukashenko regime to immediately and unconditionally release all political prisoners. The EU has also introduced seven rounds of sanctions on Belarus, including restrictive measures against the perpetrators, judges, prosecutors, heads of penal colonies and members of the regime’s security services.  We are mobilising all tools to address the situation of political prisoners in Belarus. The EU delegation in Minsk regularly requests information from the Belarusian authorities on the conditions of prominent political prisoners kept incommunicado, as well as access to visit them, including Mikalai Statkevich.  Together with the EU delegation, our Member States that are present in Minsk continue to show solidarity with political prisoners, notably by standing in front of courts during their trials.  The EU will continue to lead efforts to bring to justice those responsible for human rights violations in Belarus through the International Accountability Platform and in other international forums. On 29 November, High Representative Borrell issued a statement condemning the recent attacks on representatives of Belarusian democratic forces and their families – yet another deplorable example of the ongoing repression and misuse of power by Lukashenko and his regime.  The Belarusian people have shown exceptional courage and dignity in these difficult times. The EU stands with them in their quest for democracy and independence, and will continue to do so for as long as it takes.
Debate: The Maasai Communities in Tanzania
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Karsten Lucke
Country: Spain
Language: DE

Darum adressiert das Europäische Parlament heute völlig zu Recht das mögliche Unrecht, das den Massai im Norden Tansanias droht. Wenn die dahinterliegende Begründung dann auch noch die Schaffung von mehr Kapazitäten von Safaritourismus ist, dann macht das die Situation tatsächlich noch unerträglicher. Ein traditioneller Massai-Führer sagte, ich zitiere:  Unser Zeitgeist ist von immer schneller, weiter, schöner, besser und höher geprägt. Doch wir erkennen, dass wir dieses Mindset vielleicht verlassen sollten und dass das nicht die schlaueste Art ist, das Leben auf unserem Planeten so zu organisieren. Die Massai leben in spezifischen und sehr traditionellen Lebensformen, die es unbedingt zu erhalten und zu schützen gilt. Auch wenn der Tourismus wichtiges Geld nach Tansania bringt: Diesen Preis zu zahlen ist unverhältnismäßig, um es sehr freundlich zu sagen. Deshalb sollte die Regierung Tansanias sich zum obersten Gebot machen, die Massai in ihrer Lebensart und Lebensform zu schützen und sie zu unterstützen, wo es geht. Wir Europäerinnen und Europäer sollten auch unseren Beitrag leisten und in gemeinsamer Kooperation mit unseren Partnern vor Ort schauen, wie und in welcher Form eine europäische Unterstützung diesem Zweck dienen kann. Denn wir sprechen immer von der Augenhöhe, von der Partnerschaft auf Augenhöhe. Auch wenn das nur ein ganz kleines Puzzleteil sein kann: Wir sollten als EU hier auch proaktiv mithelfen. Denn hier heute nur zu stehen und mahnend den Finger zu heben, das ist dann etwas zu wenig. Wenn wir es ernst meinen, dann müssen wir auch mit Unterstützung in diesen Prozess reingehen und die Massai aus Europa mit europäischer Hilfe unterstützen.
Debate: The Maasai Communities in Tanzania
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: François Thiollet
Language: FR

La conservation de la nature ne peut se faire au détriment des peuples autochtones. La protection de l’environnement, c’est aussi la protection des peuples autochtones dans leur environnement, car ce sont eux les plus grands protecteurs de notre biodiversité. Et dans le Ngorongoro, ce sont les Massaï qui la protègent, et pas les princes saoudiens à qui le gouvernement tanzanien souhaite offrir de grandes réserves de chasse sur ses terres ancestrales. L’Union européenne et la communauté internationale doivent sans tarder réagir à ces violations des droits de l’homme inacceptables. Après de multiples reports par le gouvernement tanzanien, nous demandons qu’une mission d’observation indépendante se tienne enfin, et ce dans les plus brefs délais. Le consentement préalable, libre et éclairé des Massaï doit être appliqué. L’Union doit demander au gouvernement tanzanien de cesser immédiatement les expulsions des communautés massaï et leur garantir un retour sécurisé sur leurs terres. Au nom de Michèle Rivasi, qui a porté cette résolution d’urgence et qui, au plus profond d’elle, portait ce combat pour les droits des peuples autochtones, je vous remercie et je souhaite que l’on vote cette résolution d’urgence.
Debate: The Maasai Communities in Tanzania
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Miguel Urbán Crespo
Country: Belgium
Language: ES

Lo que realmente hay detrás de estos desplazamientos es la construcción de una reserva de caza de lujo para impulsar el turismo de élite, ese en el que las grandes fortunas y monarquías europeas van a cazar elefantes. Este es su modelo real de conservación de la naturaleza.  El derecho a una consulta libre, previa, informada, no puede ser vulnerado. Los intereses de las grandes fortunas no pueden sustituir nunca los derechos del pueblo masái. No hay desarrollo económico, social y sostenible sin respetar el derecho de los pueblos al disfrute de sus tierras y recursos naturales.  No quería terminar esta intervención sin recordar, justamente, a la compañera Michèle Rivasi, que tanto luchó, entre otras cosas, precisamente por los derechos del pueblo masái.
Debate: The Maasai Communities in Tanzania
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Stanislav Polčák
Political group: PPE
Country: Czechia
Language: CS

Tato oblast byla vytvořena v roce 1959 s cílem zachování přírodních zdrojů a také k ochraně zájmů masajských pastevců. Nyní tanzanské orgány násilně zastavily masajské pastevce při pastvě jejich dobytka a začaly snižovat dostupnost zdravotních a vzdělávacích služeb v této chráněné oblasti. Přímo zasahují do schopnosti této komunity nadále žít v této chráněné oblasti. Přemísťování bylo prováděno za použití nekalých a nezákonných praktik, nadměrného použití síly a samozřejmě nuceného vystěhovávání.  Myslím si, že je jednoznačně na místě, abychom vyzvali tanzanskou vládu, aby zastavila tato nucená vystěhovávání a přemísťování a aby spolupracovala s touto postiženou komunitou na návrhu plánu, který by vyhovoval jejich potřebám a byl v souladu s mezinárodními ustanoveními o lidských právech. Musíme připomenout, že všechna opatření související s masajskými komunitami musí být plně v souladu s právním státem a také dodržovat lidská práva.
Debate: The Maasai Communities in Tanzania
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Carlos Zorrinho
Political group: S-D
Language: PT

Estou certo de que ela se juntaria a nós no apelo que aqui fazemos às autoridades tanzanianas para que respeitem a vontade do povo massai de viver nas suas terras ancestrais e não forcem a sua deslocação. É fundamental que as autoridades definam uma solução permanente e adequada para os massai, respeitando os seus direitos fundamentais e assegurando a aplicação do princípio da responsabilização de quem não os cumprir. A Tanzânia é um parceiro forte e reconhecido no contexto da parceria ACP—União Europeia. Foi assim no quadro dos Acordos de Lomé e de Cotonu e será certamente também assim no quadro do Acordo de Samoa, que entra em vigor em 1 de janeiro. A cooperação internacional com a União Europeia e com as Nações Unidas, no respeito pela soberania da Tanzânia, permitindo as visitas de observação destas entidades, deverá ajudar a criar condições para que seja encontrada uma solução justa e respeitadora dos direitos dos povos.
Debate: The Maasai Communities in Tanzania
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Ewa Kopacz
Country: Bulgaria
Language: PL

Panie Pośle, przypominam, że zgodnie z art. 167 ust. 2 Regulaminu obrady odbywają się tylko w języku urzędowym. Przypominam na przyszłość. Dziękuję.