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Debate: Question Time with Commissioners - The state of implementation of the EU’s commitment to provide million rounds of artillery ammunition to Ukraine until March
Date: TUESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Jiří Pospíšil
Political group: PPE
Country: Netherlands
Language: CS

Paní předsedající, pane komisaři, to je velmi zajímavá debata. Dovolte mi ještě jednu otázku. Analytici často uvádějí, že jedním z důvodů, proč nechtějí evropští zbrojaři vyvážet takové množství nábojů na Ukrajinu, je jejich obchodní politika. Mají své odběratele. Bojí se toho, že Ukrajina není dlouhodobý trh. Ptám se tedy, jestli neuvažuje Komise o nějakém dalším balíčku pobídek pro evropské zbrojaře, aby se pro tyto firmy, které se rozhodují v tržním hospodářství, stalo více ekonomicky atraktivní dodávat zboží – náboje – právě na Ukrajinu. My nejsme naštěstí řízená ekonomika jako Rusko. Nemáme tady válečnou výrobu, kdy šéf Ruska Putin rozhodne a výroba se nasměruje na náboje. My se musíme s výrobci domluvit. Tedy: Je nějaká alternativa, jak posílit atraktivitu vývozu zbraní a hlavně nábojů na Ukrajinu?
Debate: Question Time with Commissioners - The state of implementation of the EU’s commitment to provide million rounds of artillery ammunition to Ukraine until March
Date: TUESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Thierry Breton
Language: FR

Je vais vous donner quelques informations sur ce programme. Nous avons lancé un appel à candidatures le 18 octobre, qui se clôt le 13 décembre. Nous avons identifié 70 projets dans la phase préliminaire, et on pense en retenir entre 20 et 25. Dans les critères que nous allons retenir, il y a effectivement ce que vous dites, c’est-à-dire qu’on va favoriser toutes les entreprises qui vont reprioriser, y compris leur production actuelle, pour l’Ukraine. Ce sera précisément l’un des critères incitatifs, par rapport à ce que vous appeliez de vos vœux, pour effectivement faire en sorte que cet effort-là soit en priorité dirigé vers l’Ukraine. Pour être un peu plus précis, nous avons prévu de soutenir la filière «explosifs» à hauteur de 190 millions d’euros, la filière «poudre propulsive» à hauteur de 144 millions, la filière «obus» à proprement parler à hauteur de 90 millions, et les missiles à hauteur de 40 millions, et enfin une enveloppe pour le reconditionnement. Donc tout ceci aujourd’hui est en place, et c’est la raison pour laquelle nous sommes confiants dans notre capacité à monter très significativement notre base de déploiement et de développement industriel en matière de production de munitions pour atteindre 1,3 à 1,4 millions à la fin 2024.
Debate: Question Time with Commissioners - The state of implementation of the EU’s commitment to provide million rounds of artillery ammunition to Ukraine until March
Date: TUESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Fabio Massimo Castaldo
Political group: NI
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, Commissioner, thank you for being here today for discussing a very urgent matter, such as the capacity to provide Ukraine with the ammunition it needs to defend itself. I believe it is paramount that we keep up with our promises, also in light of the fact that other countries, such as North Korea, have already supported the replenishment of the Russian stockpiles consistently. At the same time, the possibility to achieve our goal came under question, as we have only provided 30% of the pledges. While it is true that our production capacity has increased by around 30% in the latest month, there is still a gap to close. Some analysts pointed out that one of the main problems is linked to the difficulties encountered by defence industries in accessing credit from European banks, since their products have been declared unsustainable by the European taxonomy. While, on the one hand, we are equipping ourselves with complementary funds for the scale-up of defence-related production, with EDIRPA and ASAP, on the other, we are somehow obstructing the production cycle of these products. How can we combine the need for more sustainable economic and production models with the one of reinforcing our defence capabilities?
Debate: Question Time with Commissioners - The state of implementation of the EU’s commitment to provide million rounds of artillery ammunition to Ukraine until March
Date: TUESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Thierry Breton
Language: FR

L’intérêt, c’est que nous avons préservé la quasi-intégralité de notre base industrielle et qu’on peut développer très rapidement les capacités supplémentaires, puisqu’encore une fois les autorisations auxquelles vous faisiez référence ont déjà été accordées pour la quasi-totalité de ces sites, y compris, du reste, en Italie. Dans ASAP, nous avons également mis une petite enveloppe, je n’en ai pas parlé tout à l’heure, de 30 millions d’euros (ce qu’on appelle un  C’est l’ensemble de ces paquets qui me rendent confiant concernant notre capacité à atteindre et dépasser les objectifs que j’ai pris devant vous en matière de capacité de production industrielle des obus et des produits de défense.
Debate: Continuing threat to the rule of law, the independence of justice and the non-fulfilment of conditionality for EU funding in Hungary
Date: TUESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Evelyn Regner
Country: Netherlands
Language: EN

The next item is the debate on the Council and Commission statements on the continuing threat to the rule of law, the independence of justice and the non-fulfilment of conditionality for EU funding in Hungary (
Debate: Continuing threat to the rule of law, the independence of justice and the non-fulfilment of conditionality for EU funding in Hungary
Date: TUESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Jeroen Lenaers
Political group: PPE
Country: France
Language: EN

I was shocked, frankly, because the rule of law principles are not for sale. They are non-negotiable and they cannot serve as a bargaining chip. Everyone here should be crystal clear about that. Abusing a veto for blackmail is a cynical and a shameful practice that should be abolished, not rewarded. Ukraine needs our help and Ukraine must get our help, and the EU must find ways to get that aid to Ukraine without rewarding the dismantling of the rule of law, and Hungary. Because it would be cynical if, in trying to help Ukrainians fighting for freedom and democracy and the rule of law, the European Union would actually turn a blind eye to the attack on those very same values at home. It’s clear that Hungary has not made effective or sufficient progress towards fulfilling the conditions on judicial independence. In fact, the Hungarian Government seems to be putting more efforts into sabotaging and derailing the reforms than into implementing them. This is pretty much true for all announced reforms and milestones. It’s a very sad situation, because we want this money to reach the Hungarian people – the sooner, the better. I also want to make it very clear to the Hungarian citizens that there’s only one person responsible for these funds being blocked, and that is Viktor Orbán himself. So, we welcome the commitment of Commissioner Hahn, in his letter, and confirmed by both Commissioners today, that the European Commission cannot reimburse expenditure as long as the horizontal enabling conditions are not fulfilled; that further action is needed before measures under the rule of law conditionality regulation can be lifted; and that no payment under the RRF is possible until Hungary has implemented all milestones. For the EPP, and this is our key message to both the Commission and to Viktor Orbán today, only significant, tangible and lasting reform can enable the release of taxpayers’ money. Nothing less will do.
Debate: Continuing threat to the rule of law, the independence of justice and the non-fulfilment of conditionality for EU funding in Hungary
Date: TUESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Thijs Reuten
Political group: S-D
Country: France
Language: NL

Doe geen concessies zolang Orbán vasthoudt aan onderdrukking van queergemeenschappen, vrouwen, minderheden. Niet zolang hij zichzelf verrijkt met Europese fondsen in plaats van alle Hongaren vooruit te helpen. Niet zolang verkiezingen oneerlijk zijn. En het verontrust mij zeer te horen dat de Commissie zich beraadt over toezeggingen rond het Hongaarse herstelplan en RePowerEU en zelfs een voorschot overweegt. Mijn vraag: is dat zo? Doe. Het. Niet. Ik hoor Orbán al victorie kraaien. De EU als pinautomaat terwijl hij Poetin blijft paaien. Het doet mij ook te veel denken aan mevrouw Von der Leyen die al zowat met het geld in Warschau was, tot het Parlement ingreep. De democratische rechtsstaat is het fundament van een vrij Europa. Pas als we zeker weten dat ook Hongaren daarbij horen, kan er weer geld naar Boedapest.
Debate: Continuing threat to the rule of law, the independence of justice and the non-fulfilment of conditionality for EU funding in Hungary
Date: TUESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Sophia in 't Veld
Political group: Renew
Country: Poland
Language: EN

And I don’t want to have this debate, because every time we get rumours in the media about the Commission maybe negotiating. I don’t want to have this debate anymore. It is very obvious that not only does the Orbán government not meet the criteria – he actually doesn’t want to meet the criteria. So why are we having this debate? I think I want to hear the European Commission, in particular Commissioner Hahn, say ‘this is very clear to us’. We are not going to pay a penny to Orbán – because this is not to the Hungarian people, this is to Orbán and that is the problem here – until he has fully met all the criteria. And I would also like to get a bit more clarity about how the Commission assesses the criteria. Because how do you negotiate rule-of-law criteria? This is a mystery to me. You know, either you respect the rule of law or you don’t. And the point is that, okay, now I think Orbán himself has given up. I don’t think he expects to get any more money from Brussels. But there are others: Fico, who has just been re-elected in Slovakia. But I can think of some other countries which are very problematic. Greece: I am getting very, very worried about Greece, and I think we should be discussing conditionality here. Spain: whatever. You have a long list, apparently. Very good. But I think if you now give the signal to Orbán that we are willing to negotiate, that we can buy off your veto, you’re giving that signal to other countries, too. So I want some clarity here today about the criteria and how they are being assessed.
Debate: Continuing threat to the rule of law, the independence of justice and the non-fulfilment of conditionality for EU funding in Hungary
Date: TUESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

There is little reason to think the outcome would be different today. It seems the right boxes have been ticked on the right forms, yes, indeed, but no implementation. And we are facing a lot of opacity about the dialogue between the Commission and the Hungarian Government.  But above all, one major problem remains the allocation of cases in the judiciary. Through all of these years, the very rare cases of political and corruption trials would land in the hands of judges close to the regime, always the very same judges with a very mysterious but very convenient allocation system. To have serious restoration of the rule of law in Hungary, the allocation of political corruption cases is what needs to be addressed first.  But now I want to be very clear on one thing where I feel that we have been misleading stakeholders, ambassadors and citizens. Cutting EU funds to Hungary means protecting our money and it is good. But it will not resolve the systemic rule of law collapse in the country. For this to happen, we need political will and courage coming from the Council. It is a straightforward democratic political process that is clearly written in our rules and Treaties: recommendations, sanctions and the withdrawal of voting rights. When Viktor Orbán no longer has voting rights in the name of Hungary, then he will also no longer be able to use his people and his nation as a leverage for his own benefit.  For a few days now, new billboards are depicting Ursula von der Leyen and the Commission as new scapegoats and advertising on an upcoming anti-EU referendum in Hungary. This national consultation named on the defence of our sovereignty as 11 questions, all of them concerning Brussels. Full of lies and misperception. It declares that Brussels wants to create migrant ghettos in Hungary, financial support from Brussels to Palestinian organisation has also reached Hamas, and it finishes with this: they – they being us, of course – want to influence Hungarian politics using money from Brussels and overseas. How are we letting this happen?
Debate: Continuing threat to the rule of law, the independence of justice and the non-fulfilment of conditionality for EU funding in Hungary
Date: TUESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Patryk Jaki
Political group: ECR
Country: Slovenia
Language: PL

I to, co robicie, to jest właśnie prawdziwe łamanie praworządności. Bo wszyscy na tej sali wiemy, że na Węgrzech nie ma żadnego rozwiązania w sądownictwie, które nie istniałoby w innym państwie Unii Europejskiej. To, co robicie, jest łamaniem prawa. I jestem przekonany, że prędzej czy później zostaniecie za to rozliczeni. Bo gdyby używać takiego argumentu, jak tutaj używacie, że chodzi o współpracę z Rosją, to wszyscy bardzo dobrze wiemy, że w pierwszej kolejności Niemcy, Francja czy Holandia dostałyby za to dożywocie. Więc tu wcale nie chodzi o żadną praworządność. Chodzi o to, że przeszkadza wam konserwatywny rząd na Węgrzech.
Debate: Continuing threat to the rule of law, the independence of justice and the non-fulfilment of conditionality for EU funding in Hungary
Date: TUESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Jean-Lin Lacapelle
Political group: ID
Country: Germany
Language: FR

Les valeurs, ce sont pourtant des choix politiques. Tout le monde a le droit d’avoir ses propres valeurs, y compris si ce ne sont pas les vôtres. Mais au nom des droits de l’homme, vous refusez à vos adversaires les droits humains les plus fondamentaux, ceux d’opinion et d’expression. Vous poursuivez la Hongrie pour atteintes prétendues aux valeurs de l’Europe, mais l’Europe, elle, n’hésite pas à piétiner les valeurs de la Hongrie. Par quel prodige vos valeurs à vous sont-elles sacrées et celles des autres seraient méprisables? Votre hypocrisie éclate au grand jour. Je tiens à exprimer mon soutien à la Hongrie, pointe avancée de la riposte des peuples européens, aujourd’hui comme jadis face aux communistes et aux Ottomans. Je suis désolé, mais l’identité, la pérennité et la sécurité des peuples européens ne se monnayent pas.
Debate: Continuing threat to the rule of law, the independence of justice and the non-fulfilment of conditionality for EU funding in Hungary
Date: TUESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Tamás Deutsch
Political group: NI
Country: Hungary
Language: HU

Tisztelt Elnök Asszony! Ma itt a baloldal egy újabb rituális politikai autodafét akar rendezni Magyarországgal kapcsolatban. Az a mániájuk, hogy majd a magyarok elleni politikai támadásokkal segíteni tudják a magyarországi elvbarátaikat, a dollárbaloldalt. Piszkos hatalmi játszmát folytatnak, Magyarország szuverenitása ellen intéznek támadásokat. Közben meg a jogállamiságról handabandáznak. A jogállamiságról, amelynek nagyobb dicsőségére külföldről törvénytelen kampánypénzek akadálytalanul érkezhettek a magyar dollárbaloldalhoz. Egy árva szavuk sem volt ehhez a súlyos politikai korrupcióhoz, de a jog szerint a magyaroknak járó uniós pénzeket Önök viszont a politikai zsarolás jegyében törvénytelenül vissza akarják tartani.  De bárhogyan is mesterkedjenek, nem fogunk úgy táncolni, ahogy Brüsszelben fütyülnek. Megvédjük a nemzeti szuverenitásunkat, el kell zavarni a háborúpárti brüsszeli bürokratákat, migránssimogató politika helyett meg kell védeni az EU külső határait az illegális migránsokkal szemben, és változatlanul elutasítjuk Brüsszel gender ideológia őrületét is. Szóval „no war, no migration, no gender”.
Debate: Continuing threat to the rule of law, the independence of justice and the non-fulfilment of conditionality for EU funding in Hungary
Date: TUESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Petri Sarvamaa
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President, honourable Commissioners, dear colleagues, I’m not that sick and tired of having this discussion, as Sophia in ‘t Veld is, simply because, unfortunately, it is our job. It is our role to make sure that the laws are abided by and the rule of law is being respected. It’s also our role to make sure that the Commission does what it’s supposed to do. I have to say that I have to give it to the Commission, after media report, after media report, we are still here, luckily, discussing this. But I also want to underline that shortcomings obviously still persist in various areas of judicial independence in Hungary. They do have concrete consequences in Hungary, for example, for foreign businesses operating in that Member State. The message from this House must be very clear and united. As Parliament, we must continue to recommend that the funding for Hungary remains frozen, not because of the sake of freezing them, but until every single aspect of the super milestones on judicial independence is met. So, it’s extremely important that the Commission assesses the real situation on the ground in Hungary diligently. This is in the interest of European taxpayers. It’s in the interest of the rule of law in general. Like said many times before, the strong rule of law culture is key for democracies, and it’s central in the fight against corruption, safeguarding academic and media freedom, and promoting human rights. This is why we expect the Commission to assess the situation on the ground in Hungary very, very carefully. We have to come back here and do it as many times as it takes.
Debate: Continuing threat to the rule of law, the independence of justice and the non-fulfilment of conditionality for EU funding in Hungary
Date: TUESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Juan Fernando López Aguilar
Political group: S-D
Country: Germany
Language: ES

Señora presidenta, señor comisario, presidenta en ejercicio del Consejo, el debate sobre la amenaza al Estado de Derecho, la democracia y los derechos fundamentales, y la idea europea en Hungría, se remonta nada menos que a 2010, trece años atrás. A partir de 2015, la discusión se extiende a Polonia.  ¿Cuál es el hilo conductor? ¿Cuál es el núcleo causal de esta secuencia? Pues, evidentemente, una mayoría absoluta en uno y otro país que ha impuesto sus programas sin miramientos, sin respeto de las minorías, con restricción del pluralismo y con un especial ensañamiento con la independencia del poder judicial.  Exactamente por eso pusimos en pie el marco permanente del Estado de Derecho, democracia y derechos fundamentales. Exactamente por eso, hace cuatro años ya, comisario Reynders, que usted presenta, ante la comisión que yo presido, el informe anual y el informe nacional que los acompaña. Exactamente por eso adoptamos en este Parlamento Europeo un Reglamento sobre condicionalidad para condicionar el acceso a los fondos europeos al cumplimiento estricto de la legislación europea. Porque esa es la regla del juego. Todos nos atenemos a ella y todos los Estados miembros están obligados a cumplirla y, por supuesto, también Hungría.  Y, por tanto, no debe levantarse la condicionalidad hasta que no se produzca, por fin, el alineamiento con las sentencias del Tribunal de Justicia como máximo garante de la primacía y la eficacia directa y vinculante del Derecho europeo sobre el de los Estados miembros.
Debate: Continuing threat to the rule of law, the independence of justice and the non-fulfilment of conditionality for EU funding in Hungary
Date: TUESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Juan Fernando López Aguilar
Political group: S-D
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Besides, precisely because judges are independent in Spain, they are free to raise their constitutional questions before the Constitutional Court, which suspend the legal procedure and the judicial procedure, which is underway, and to raise the preliminary rulings before the European Court of Justice accepted to do the same. Why do they so in Spain? Precisely because...
Debate: Continuing threat to the rule of law, the independence of justice and the non-fulfilment of conditionality for EU funding in Hungary
Date: TUESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Katalin Cseh
Political group: Renew
Country: Sweden
Language: EN

Madam President, dear colleagues, this Parliament created a rule of law mechanism to bring about genuine change, not to pave the way for extortion. The Commission’s requirements to unfreeze EU funds to the Orbán Government are the bare minimum and must be implemented in full, no ifs or buts.  Importantly, there is an extra hurdle here. What observers often miss about the Orbán regime is that institutions may seem democratic on paper if you have a little bit of fantasy, if you really try to imagine that, but the practice tells a radically different story. So the Commission also needs to assess whether there is genuine commitment to these reforms. And, as we all know, autocrats are rarely good faith negotiators. We see evidence for that across the board or about actually announced plans to abuse his veto power over the budget process to extort money – he said, ‘Brussels will have to hold the bag open’ to get his vote.  Now, as we all know, sincere cooperation is a Treaty-based obligation. So my question to the Commission is, in your assessment, does the Orbán Government comply with this obligation? We have said it before, but it is worth repeating: if you give in to the extortionists, they will always come back for more.
Debate: Continuing threat to the rule of law, the independence of justice and the non-fulfilment of conditionality for EU funding in Hungary
Date: TUESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Daniel Freund
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Spain
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen! In Budapest werden wieder Plakate aufgehängt, mit der Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen in der Nähe einer vermeintlich globalistischen Weltverschwörung – also stumpfe Lügen mit einer ordentlichen Portion Antisemitismus, bezahlt mit Steuergeldern. Allerdings muss man sagen, dass Orbán wohl die Ideen ausgehen, denn diese Plakate hatten wir doch alle schon einmal vor fünf Jahren – damals mit Jean-Claude Juncker und mit dem älteren Soros. Also anstatt endlich den Rechtsstaat zu reformieren und damit die 28 Milliarden Euro freizueisen, die die Bürgerinnen und Bürger in Ungarn so dringend brauchen, machen sie Lügenplakate im ganzen Land. Ich glaube, diese Regierung meint es immer noch nicht ernst mit den Reformen. Ich halte Orbán nicht für einen verlässlichen Verhandlungspartner. Fortlaufend Vetos, Erpressungsversuche – und so richtig verstehe ich nicht, warum sich die Kommission davon auf der Nase herumtanzen lässt. Warum suspendieren Sie nicht die Vorbereitungsgespräche für die Ratspräsidentschaft? Warum wird das Geld, das immer noch fließt, nicht eingefroren – allein dieses Jahr schon 3 Milliarden Euro EU-Gelder, die nach Ungarn gegangen sind? Und jetzt wird darüber geredet, ob die Vorfinanzierung für REPowerEU nicht doch gezahlt werden soll. Ich halte das für wirklich keine gute Idee. Klären Sie uns bitte auf, dass das nicht passieren wird.
Debate: Continuing threat to the rule of law, the independence of justice and the non-fulfilment of conditionality for EU funding in Hungary
Date: TUESDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Ernő Schaller-Baross
Political group: NI
Country: Netherlands
Language: DE

Ich frage Sie ganz offen: Sollten Sie sich nicht ein bisschen eher mit Deutschland, mit Ihrer deutschen Regierung und mit den Vorkommnissen in Deutschland gegen Juden und Jüdinnen beschäftigen?