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Debate: Transparency and targeting of political advertising
Date: WEDNESDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2023
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, I was the shadow for the LIBE opinion on this file and I’d really like to be getting behind it for the things that it’s trying to achieve – but it doesn’t achieve them, so I can’t. In fact, it’s a major intervention by the EU into the political culture of its Member States, which will have far—reaching implications for freedom of political expression, for civil society, for the media and for citizens. Now, the regulation places a range of complex obligations not just on politicians, but on every single civil society actor, on every grassroots network, every group of neighbours, every activist, on anyone who seeks to intervene in public debates on laws or regulations, and who spends any sum of money at all on advertising, including posters and leaflets. If they fail to fulfil their obligations, they will face sanctions and penalties, and you can be damn sure that political opponents will be making sure and jumping on the chance of the slightest hint of an error or an omission. If this was about politicians only I’d support it. If it was a directive I’d support it, if it was about targeting I’d support it, and if it succeeded in truly dealing with the pernicious effect of big money advertising and protecting political advertising, I would agree with it. But it does none of these things. It’s an overreach, it’s worrying. It’s not the EU’s job to regulate political expression.
Debate: Transparency and targeting of political advertising
Date: WEDNESDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2023
Speaker: Jutta Urpilainen
Language: EN

The Commission really appreciates the fact that the Parliament and the Council share the main objective of the proposals. It remains the Commission view that this regulation will enable an unprecedented high standard of transparency in the provision of the political advertising. It will also prevent the use of potentially problematic targeting methods.  We have a chance to set global standards of transparency of the political advertising process and shouldn’t miss this opportunity. The Commission supports your rapporteurs’ aims to present a negotiation mandate to the Parliament to open the way for trilogues to begin fast.  There is still time to get this done ahead of the European Parliament elections next year, and we definitely stand ready to support you to ensure we do it well. Thank you very much for this discussion.
Debate: Transparency and targeting of political advertising
Date: WEDNESDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2023
Speaker: Sandro Gozi
Country: France
Language: FR

Chers collègues, le bilan est évident: vous savez bien que les plateformes doivent tout simplement vérifier l’existence des sponsors politiques, et si les infos qu’elles font figurer à leur sujet sont complètes. Nous n’allons introduire aucune obligation générale de surveillance et encore moins de forme de censure. Mais, comme Paul Tang l’a dit, à la fin ce sont les électeurs qui doivent décider, pas les plateformes numériques. Daniel Freund et Alexandra Geese l’ont bien souligné: il est indispensable qu’il y ait plus de transparence pour protéger nos démocraties – et, sur ce point, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques a raison: la base des données européenne que nous allons introduire avec notre proposition va sans doute aider à cela.  Dernier point, Madame la Présidente: pour répondre à Angelika Niebler, je ne crois pas que la proposition ajoute des obligations disproportionnées. Il est peu probable que l’on rende la vie plus difficile à nos candidats ou à nos élus lors des élections locales; je ne vois donc pas de danger de ce point de vue, compte tenu du caractère proportionné des obligations que nous allons introduire.  Nous sommes donc en train de donner une réponse très importante et très attendue. Allons-y, chers collègues: ce que nous faisons relève du bon sens.
Debate: Transparency and targeting of political advertising
Date: WEDNESDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2023
Speaker: Romana Jerković
Political group: S-D
Country: Greece
Language: HR

Naša je grupa bila predvodnik u zagovaranju primjene strožih pravila vezanih uz transparentnost političkog oglašavanja, kako bi se građanima pomoglo da prepoznaju političke oglase i ostvaruju svoja demokratska prava na informiran način, jačajući njihovo povjerenje u demokraciju i izbore u EU-u. Primjena ove Uredbe pomoći će nam u borbi protiv dezinformacija i spriječiti nezakonito uplitanje drugih država u naše izborne procese. Primjenom ove Uredbe štitimo našu demokraciju.
Debate: Transparency and targeting of political advertising
Date: WEDNESDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2023
Speaker: Dan-Ştefan Motreanu
Political group: PPE
Country: Slovenia
Language: RO

Cetățenii trebuie să știe din ce motiv văd un anunț publicitar, cine și cât a plătit pentru acesta și ce categorii de populație au fost vizate. Guvernele sau Parlamentele naționale vor trebui să adopte reglementări de transparență în privința cheltuirii banilor alocați pentru partide. Atrag atenția că banii publici trebuie să fie folosiți pentru a prezenta proiectele și politicile publice ale partidelor și nu pentru atacarea adversarilor politici.
Debate: Transparency and targeting of political advertising
Date: WEDNESDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2023
Speaker: Victor Negrescu
Political group: S-D
Country: Finland
Language: RO

Nu vrem ca regulamentul să îngrădească dreptul fundamental al libertății de exprimare, nu punem egal între opiniile politice și publicitatea politică. Vrem să protejăm cetățenii de tehnici folosite în mediul online, în special în context electoral, și care amenință, deseori, datele cu caracter personal ale cetățenilor.  Prin aceste modificări se vizează, totodată, limitarea puterii actorilor din afara Uniunii de a influența procesul democratic și vom avea un instrument important pentru a combate dezinformarea. Acesta ne va permite să evităm intervențiile străine, prin reguli clar definite.  Tot în acest sens, am făcut propunerea de a consolida partidele politice europene prin promovarea siglelor acestora în cadrul anunțurilor publicitare de la nivel național. Trebuie să respectăm libertatea de exprimare dar, în același timp, trebuie să ne protejăm cetățenii în fața tehnicilor de manipulare.
Debate: Transparency and targeting of political advertising
Date: WEDNESDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2023
Speaker: Matjaž Nemec
Political group: S-D
Country: Greece
Language: SL

Zato sem za strožja pravila političnega oglaševanja. Zato sem podprl spremembe, ki se nanašajo na pravila političnega oglaševanja v EU. Te so usmerjene v večjo transparentnost in sledljivost političnega oglaševanja, več bo na voljo informacij za javnost glede naročnikov oglaševanja, prepovedano bo tudi izvajanje tako imenovanega mikro-usmeranja, oglaševanja ter financiranja oglaševanja v EU za subjekte izven Unije, kršitelji pa bodo deležni strožjih sankcij.  Podpiram spremembe tudi v luči spomina na slabe prakse iz Slovenije. Pred vsakokratnimi volitvami smo bili tudi sami žal deležni številnih slabih praks političnega oglaševanja, ki se izogibajo transparentnosti ali jo povsem ignorirajo. Tovrstna dejanja načenjajo zaupanje ljudi v politiko. Širi se neko vsesplošno prepričanje, da politiko usmerjajo neka ozadja, katerih interesi so vse prej kot dobronamerni.  Transparentnost, preglednost in sledljivost političnega oglaševanja bodo s spremenjenimi pravili o političnem oglaševanju dobili jasna zakonska določila. Sprejete spremembe bodo močno omejile prakse hoje po robu in zaščitile demokratične procese v EU.
Debate: Transparency and targeting of political advertising
Date: WEDNESDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2023
Speaker: Edina Tóth
Political group: NI
Country: Slovakia
Language: HU

Szomorú, hogy az Európai Unió saját korrupciós botrányainak vizsgálata helyett ismét azzal foglalkozik, hogyan vonhat el hatásköröket a tagállamoktól. A brüsszeli korrupció vesztegetési botrányai miatt kialakult politikai válságban Brüsszelnek nem a tagállamok újabb megregulázásán kéne ügyködnie.
Debate: Need for urgent update of the EU list of high-risk third countries for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing purposes
Date: WEDNESDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2023
Speaker: Katarina Barley
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Als nächster Punkt der Tagesordnung folgt die Aussprache über die Erklärungen des Rates und der Kommission zu dem Erfordernis einer umgehenden Aktualisierung der EU-Liste der Drittländer mit hohem Risiko zum Zweck der Bekämpfung von Geldwäsche und Terrorismusfinanzierung (
Debate: Need for urgent update of the EU list of high-risk third countries for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing purposes
Date: WEDNESDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2023
Speaker: Jessika Roswall 
Language: EN

Last December, the Council reached an agreement on the negotiation mandates for the Anti-Money Laundering Regulation and the Anti-Money Laundering Directive. In addition to that, we have a mandate for negotiating the substance of the Anti-Money Laundering Authority. Moreover, on the Transfer of Funds Regulation, we have, together with you, reached an agreement, which is now in the final stage before adoption. I look forward to engaging with the European Parliament on the remaining negotiations as soon as you are ready.  But let me come to the issue on hand – the Commission delegated act on the EU list of high-risk third-countries for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing purposes. As is always the case, the Council stands ready to examine any list put forward by the Commission. The Commission adopted this delegated act on 19 December. After this, we initiated without delay an internal process to assess Member States’ intentions regarding the Act.  However, given the date of adoption, the period for this assessment largely overlapped the holiday period in our Member States. This is especially relevant because the scrutiny period for this delegated act is one month as opposed to the normal three months for financial market regulations.  Because of this, the objection period was extended. This was later confirmed by the Council on 17 January, and therefore the deadline to object is now 20 February and we are currently assessing Member States’ intentions regarding the delegated act.  Our current understanding is that the Council is not interested in objecting to the delegated act. For the Council’s examination, we are taking into consideration the lessons learned from the 2019 update of the list. We believe that, since then, the Commission has worked hard to improve the method and has engaged closely with Member States, which was appreciated by the Council.  I would like to conclude by reaffirming the Presidency’s full commitment to maintaining close cooperation between the institutions and the money laundering area.  I look forward to hearing your views. Thank you for your attention.
Debate: Need for urgent update of the EU list of high-risk third countries for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing purposes
Date: WEDNESDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2023
Speaker: Jutta Urpilainen
Language: EN

For this Commission, as for this House, the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism is a top priority. We need to keep strengthening our defences against money laundering and terrorist financing. This means we must also address risks that come from outside the EU. The Anti—Money Laundering Directive requires the Commission to list high—risk third country jurisdictions. These jurisdictions have strategic deficiencies in their national frameworks on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism. Under the directive, any third—country jurisdiction publicly identified as a risk to the international financial system by the Financial Action Task Force is also presumed to be a risk to the EU internal market.  This is justified because the international financial system is highly interconnected. Market operators are closely connected. Our market is very open, and there is a high volume of cross—border transactions to or from the Union. Against this background, the EU list of jurisdictions must be aligned with the list published by the task force. This is a legal requirement that was decided by the co—legislators when they agreed the Anti—Money Laundering Directive. The Commission therefore adopted the delegated act after a full analysis of the situation, and according to all the information at our disposal. We respect the position of the Council that they need more time to scrutinise the act – and this is the right, of course, of the co—legislator. Let me underline that this updated list is essential for the integrity of our financial system and for the EU’s commitment to combat money laundering globally. We remain confident that it will enter into force as soon as possible. Finally – and this is very important for me – let me add that the Commission, together with the European External Action Service and the EU delegations concerned, work closely with jurisdictions that are already listed or soon will be. We help them address shortcomings in their national anti—money laundering and countering terrorism financing frameworks. We provide them with technical assistance to help them fully implement their action plans agreed in the task force, because listing is not the end but the start of a process. The aim is to help jurisdictions improve their anti—money laundering frameworks. We regularly de—list jurisdictions who make improvements, as indeed we are doing in this same act.  The Commission will continue to work closely with this House and keep you fully informed of future developments. I look forward to hearing your views.
Debate: Need for urgent update of the EU list of high-risk third countries for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing purposes
Date: WEDNESDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2023
Speaker: Markus Ferber
Political group: PPE
Country: Italy
Language: DE

Zur Wahrheit gehört aber auch, dass wir im Bereich der Geldwäsche auch innerhalb der Europäischen Union eine große Aufgabe vor uns haben. In dem Mitgliedsland, das ich am besten kenne, da haben wir eine beim Zoll angesiedelte Geldwäsche-Spezialeinheit, die einen riesigen Berg von unbearbeiteten Verdachtsfällen vor sich herschiebt. Wir reden hier von über 50 000 nicht bearbeiteten Verdachtsfällen. Wenn nur jeder hundertste Verdachtsfall wirklich ein Geldwäsche- oder ein Terrorismusfinanzierungsproblem ist, dann ist es natürlich klar: Hier geht viel durch die Lappen, wenn das nicht ordentlich aufgearbeitet wird. Bevor wir also jetzt hier einen Skandal machen, weil der Rat einmal einen Monat länger braucht – wir brauchen das manchmal auch –, sollten wir uns darauf konzentrieren, dass der Rat kein Land von der Liste streicht. Dann sind wir auf dem richtigen Weg.
Debate: Need for urgent update of the EU list of high-risk third countries for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing purposes
Date: WEDNESDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2023
Speaker: Eero Heinäluoma
Political group: S-D
Country: Sweden
Language: EN

It is clear AML rules need to become stricter, better enforced, and loopholes need to be closed. Therefore, we have to look into the procedure to identify high-risk third countries. Although the Council has the right to ask for a postponement, the listing of these countries should be a no-brainer as it follows clearly the FATF assessment.  However, to avoid any geopolitical pressure in future and to make the AML rules more effective, we need to reform this procedure, today more than ever. As co-rapporteur for the AML regulation, I therefore support an autonomous EU listing process as proposed by the Commission and stand ready to work with the Council to reform the process in order to ensure robust action.
Debate: Need for urgent update of the EU list of high-risk third countries for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing purposes
Date: WEDNESDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2023
Speaker: Ramona Strugariu
Political group: Renew
Country: Italy
Language: RO

În decembrie, Comisia a propus revizuirea acestei liste și includerea Emiratelor Arabe, împreună cu alte țări, însă Consiliul nu a considerat o prioritate această propunere și a amânat discuția pe acest subiect.  Pe de altă parte, nici astăzi, după atâtea scandaluri cu dictatori corupți și „laundromate” de spălat bani care au afectat Uniunea, nu am interzis clar și ferm pașapoarte și vize de aur în Uniune. Vreau să cred că nu închidem ochii nici acasă, nici în jurisdicții terțe în materie de combatere a spălării de bani, cu atât mai mult cu cât știm foarte bine că Rusia ocolește sancțiunile impuse de UE cu ajutorul unora dintre aceste jurisdicții.  Întreb Consiliul de ce și astăzi încă reflectăm? De ce nu avem curaj, ci doar interese? Dacă nu acum, atunci când?
Debate: Need for urgent update of the EU list of high-risk third countries for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing purposes
Date: WEDNESDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2023
Speaker: Ernest Urtasun
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Belgium
Language: EN

I think that the exercise that the Commission did when they defined the jurisdictions is perfectly technical and clean. Also, it mirrors what the FATF has already done at the international level, and thus we believe that this delegated act should be adopted as soon as possible.  I am happy to hear that nobody in the Council so far has been signalling the intention to objecting to it, and then we expect the Council to adopt it as soon as possible. Now I think that for the future we need to reflect how to better strengthen this exercise and for that – and we have a good opportunity now that we are in the middle of reforming our anti—money laundering legislation – we need to strengthen the process to make it more technical, less political. Also, I think with the creation of the new agency for anti—money laundering we can give it a role in order to have this exercise done in a better way.
Debate: Need for urgent update of the EU list of high-risk third countries for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing purposes
Date: WEDNESDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2023
Speaker: José Gusmão
Political group: The Left
Country: Finland
Language: PT

No entanto, há um grande elefante na sala que são as responsabilidades da União Europeia e da Comissão em relação ao que se passa dentro da União Europeia. E o que sucessivos escândalos têm mostrado, Luanda Leaks, Pandora Papers e muitos outros, é que o grande risco de lavagem de dinheiro no território europeu está mesmo dentro da União Europeia. E sobre isso tem faltado a coragem, quer da parte da Comissão, quer da parte do Conselho, para responsabilizar os países que continuam a ser canais fáceis para a lavagem de dinheiro dentro da União Europeia.  A lista dos países terceiros de alto risco serve para que nós, nós não, a União Europeia se livre de responsabilidades em relação àquilo que não tem se conseguido fazer em relação aos seus próprios Estados-Membros e em relação às suas próprias jurisdições. Se há jurisdição de alto risco para a lavagem de dinheiro é a própria União Europeia, saibamos olhar para dentro.
Debate: Need for urgent update of the EU list of high-risk third countries for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing purposes
Date: WEDNESDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2023
Speaker: Ivan Vilibor Sinčić
Political group: NI
Country: Czechia
Language: HR

Poštovana predsjedavajuća, kad govorimo o riskantnim trećim zemljama za pranje i skrivanje novca, moramo se sjetiti da prvo taj novac treba ukrasti, odnosno da ga treba negdje protupravno steći. Govorimo o novcu koji se ne krade na Jamajci ili Barbadosu. Govorimo o novcu koji se krade upravo ovdje u Europi. Što napraviti kada godinama upozoravate vlasti da se besramno kradu stotine milijuna kuna našeg novca, a vlast niti organi progona po tom pitanju ne učine baš ništa? Imali smo slučaj takozvanog antipoduzetnika Tomislava Debeljaka, upropastitelja hrvatske brodogradnje, kojem je vlada uplaćivala stotine milijuna kuna godišnje, a on je s njima mutio i varao. A sve je išlo preko računa fiktivne firme na Maršalovim Otocima. A bila je i plejada drugih firmi. Unatoč konstantnom upozoravanju svih revizija, pa i državne revizije, premijer Plenković je uporno dozvoljavao da se isplaćuje novac na ovaj način i da se posluje na ovaj način. Maršalovi Otoci su u to vrijeme odbijali surađivati s Europskom unijom, a bili su završili na crnoj listi. Sustav mora reagirati na kriminal, a vlada Andreja Plenkovića, koja je upućivala Debeljaku novac, uživa veliki ugled u ovim institucijama. Što to govori o nama kao organizaciji? Vrijeme je da prekinemo tolerirati ovakve kriminalne prakse na vlastitom kontinentu, a onda će biti i manje ukradenog novca koji bi se mogao prati u nekim trećim zemljama, u ovom slučaju na Maršalovim Otocima.
Debate: Need for urgent update of the EU list of high-risk third countries for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing purposes
Date: WEDNESDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2023
Speaker: José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil
Political group: PPE
Country: Cyprus
Language: ES

Señora presidenta, señorías, Gibraltar: no se preocupen, no les voy a hablar de soberanía, porque, si eso no le importa al presidente Sánchez, no veo por qué les va a importar a ustedes. Les voy a hablar de dinero y de dinero oscuro.  Gibraltar tiene 6,7 kilómetros cuadrados, 34 000 residentes, ningún recurso natural, 30 000 sociedades y la tercera renta  Los gibraltareños son ingeniosos, pero probablemente hay algo más. Por ejemplo, la fiscalidad. Los impuestos indirectos allí son bajos. El impuesto de sociedades no grava los beneficios obtenidos fuera del Peñón, es decir, todos. Pedro Sánchez firmó en 2019 un acuerdo que consolida este privilegiado régimen y, además, permite a los allí residentes el libre acceso al mercado interior europeo. ¿Quién va a invertir en Algeciras en vez de hacerlo en el Peñón? Ahora sabemos que hay dudas sobre su legislación en materia de blanqueo de capitales y financiación del terrorismo.  Se está negociando ahora el acuerdo entre la Unión Europea y el Reino Unido sobre Gibraltar. Presten mucha atención a lo que hacen, no se fijen en paraísos lejanos y consagren unas Islas Caimán en nuestra frontera sur.
Debate: Need for urgent update of the EU list of high-risk third countries for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing purposes
Date: WEDNESDAY, 1 FEBRUARY 2023
Speaker: Paul Tang
Political group: S-D
Country: Spain
Language: EN

Madam President, sex traffickers, corrupt officials, fraudulent businessmen – the common denominator: they own property in the United Arab Emirates. Not only does the UAE host criminal EU citizens, they also host sanctioned Russians. In Dubai, Russians are among the largest group of foreign real estate investors or barefaced money launderers – it’s ‘Moscow on the Gulf’.  The Emirates do not comply with international agreements. They rank eighth in a financial secrecy index. So it’s no surprise that, in early 2022, the international FATF grey-listed the Emirates. Ever since, the S&D Group has been calling on the Commission to mirror this and we were happy to see that the Commission did, rightfully proposing the list to include the Emirates. But the Council delays; it’s more than a year gone. Trying to avoid a confrontation? I hope not. But this is undermining the sanctions against Russia. This gives exactly the wrong signal. We cannot be complacent in the fight against dirty money – not then and certainly not now.