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Debate: State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Carlos Zorrinho
Political group: S-D
Language: PT

Senhor Presidente, Senhora Comissária, no mesmo dia em que neste plenário assinalámos e debatemos a situação criada pela invasão da Ucrânia pela Federação Russa, avaliamos também dois anos de implementação da iniciativa Global Gateway.  Lembro isto, aqui e agora, porque a iniciativa Global Gateway é um pilar fundamental na consolidação do posicionamento geopolítico da União Europeia e quanto mais forte for a perspetiva multilateral do desenvolvimento partilhado, mais preparada a União estará para contar com as parcerias necessárias para vencer os seus desafios existenciais, como aquele que é colocado pelo expansionismo russo.  Felicito a Comissão e o Team Europa pelo trabalho feito, ao qual o Parlamento sempre se associou ativamente, apoiando os programas e os projetos e reivindicando, e vai continuar a reivindicar, mais capacidade na monitorização dos resultados e na definição das prioridades.  Realço, em particular, a prioridade que se pretende dar ao lançamento dos protocolos regionais no quadro do Acordo de Samoa, bem como à concretização dos projetos de bandeira e à reprogramação intercalar.  Esta agenda reafirma o compromisso com uma visão diferenciadora para a cooperação europeia, baseada no princípio das parcerias entre iguais, na cocriação e no foco dos objetivos do desenvolvimento sustentável e do desenvolvimento humano.  E é este o caminho que devemos trilhar!
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Stéphane Bijoux
Political group: Renew
Country: Spain
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, Madame la Commissaire, un peu à la manière d’un rouleau compresseur, les crises et les conflits ont, depuis plusieurs années, violemment percuté l’équilibre du monde. En embuscade ou de façon complètement assumée, la Russie et la Chine bousculent l’Europe et viennent attaquer systématiquement nos démocraties. Il faut donc impérativement, aujourd’hui, que l’Europe retrouve sa place sur l’échiquier politique mondial et qu’elle la défende. Dans cette optique, la stratégie «Global Gateway» est en quelque sorte l’antidote au violent poison des nouvelles routes de la soie de Pékin. Il faut impérativement dire et redire la réalité.  Dans sa coopération, l’Europe doit être le miroir inversé de la Chine. Nous, nous ne reprenons pas de la main droite ce que nous avons donné de la main gauche. Sur l’axe indo-pacifique comme en Afrique, l’Europe investit beaucoup, mais nous manquons cruellement de visibilité. En plus de la bataille de la communication, ce que nous devons gagner, c’est le respect et la confiance de nos partenaires. Le respect et la confiance, qui se construisent en consolidant l’efficacité de nos coopérations.
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques
Political group: S-D
Country: Italy
Language: PT

Senhor Presidente, Senhora Comissária, não há dúvidas que a Global Gateway tem sido fundamental para o desenvolvimento de infraestruturas em várias partes do mundo.  Permitam-me dedicar uma especial atenção à América Latina, onde temos mais de 130 projetos de investimento focados, sobretudo, no desenvolvimento de infraestruturas no digital e na sustentabilidade. Como ouvi dizer do outro lado, é, no entanto, importante simplificar e facilitar estes processos para que esta iniciativa se torne mais fácil de entender e ser usada pelos nossos parceiros.  Temos de garantir, também, que estas parcerias nos ajudam a percorrer os caminhos difíceis das duas transições, a climática e a digital, não apenas com regulação convergente, por exemplo sobre inteligência artificial ou proteção da floresta, mas também com as mesmas condições de base nos dois lados, por exemplo em matéria de conectividade, para que as tecnologias digitais não aprofundem as desigualdades, pelo contrário as diminuam.
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Max Orville
Political group: Renew
Country: Greece
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, Madame la Commissaire, 300 milliards d’euros: voici le montant sans précédent engagé par la Commission européenne dans le programme de coopération internationale «Global Gateway». Décliné en zones géographiques, il est la contribution de l’Europe à la réduction de l’écart d’investissement mondial. En Afrique, qui va toucher la moitié de cette enveloppe, certains projets déjà lancés connaissent un succès certain, à l’instar des partenariats avec le Kenya. Malgré les montants promis, qu’il faudra veiller à dépenser effectivement, les relations que nous entretenons avec le reste du monde, singulièrement l’Afrique, sont fragilisées. Dans le contexte géopolitique conflictuel que nous connaissons aujourd’hui, il nous faut agir avec la promesse d’un rétablissement des liens distendus. Madame la Commissaire, la stratégie «Global Gateway» doit être un programme d’investissement massif, mais aussi un moteur d’apaisement avec nos partenaires. Elle doit contribuer à faire de l’Union européenne une actrice incontournable en matière de réduction des inégalités et de renforcement des actions en faveur de la transition environnementale.
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Mónica Silvana González
Political group: S-D
Country: France
Language: ES

Señor presidente, señora comisaria, quienes nos dedicamos a la cooperación internacional lo hemos dicho desde el comienzo, y recientemente el alto representante lo ha reafirmado: evitemos que Global Gateway, con su énfasis en las infraestructuras físicas, nos haga olvidar la importancia de las infraestructuras sociales, que construyen la dignidad de vivir en libertad.  Necesitamos más transparencia; más proyectos de inclusión con estándares medibles de impacto social, por ejemplo, a través del BEI; más presencia de la sociedad civil local en la ejecución y en la elección de los proyectos; que el llamado
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Mercedes Bresso
Political group: S-D
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, signora Commissaria, come vede, noi del gruppo S&D siamo appassionati del tema. Non c'è alcun dubbio che il  Perché sia efficace, è evidente che dobbiamo levarci di dosso quell'approccio un po' post—coloniale che ha spesso caratterizzato le nostre politiche di sviluppo, per realizzare veri partenariati costruiti su basi strategiche e paritetiche, avendo al centro il principio guida di uno sviluppo comune e reciproco che tenga insieme la sostenibilità ambientale, i diritti umani e le condizioni sociali e di lavoro. Serve che il  Bene, infatti, l'approccio Team Europa, che mette insieme tutti gli attori europei ottimizzando ogni risorsa, ma il Parlamento europeo, che è autorità di bilancio dell'Unione, non può limitarsi a osservare, ma deve giocare un ruolo di primo piano nella definizione strategica di questo progetto.
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Christophe Clergeau
Political group: S-D
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, Madame la Commissaire, chers collègues, la stratégie «Global Gateway» est une initiative ambitieuse pour accompagner le développement du Sud global, et qu’il faut saluer. Toutefois, il n’est pas si simple de comprendre ce qui la sous-tend d’un point de vue stratégique.  S’agit-il de concurrencer les routes de la soie? De prendre des positions dans des ressources ou des infrastructures critiques? D’accompagner une priorité géopolitique qui pourrait –  qui devrait, à mes yeux – être l’Afrique? Ou bien de répondre aux besoins essentiels des populations? Les interventions de mes collègues reflètent cette forme d’indétermination. Au-delà de la stratégie, sa mise en œuvre pose parfois question. La massification des investissements ne fait pas à elle seule une politique. Quelle est notre conception du partenariat associé à ce déploiement? Sommes-nous réellement en train de soutenir des projets qui sont articulés à une stratégie globale de développement durable et qui recueillent le soutien des sociétés civiles et des populations? Enfin, ne courons-nous pas nous-mêmes le risque de favoriser des inégalités dans l’accès au crédit? Nous savons que beaucoup d’aides vont vers les pays les plus avancés au détriment des plus fragiles, vers lesquels les investissements privés ne se tournent pas.  En conclusion, je crois qu’il est important de remettre en perspective «Global Gateway» dans une stratégie globale d’aide au développement et de faire en sorte que l’aide publique au développement soit confortée en complément de cette stratégie.
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Barry Andrews
Political group: Renew
Country: Ireland
Language: EN

Mr President, the Commission cites democratic values as the first core principle of the Global Gateway policy. But I am struggling to see how this initiative is democratic.  Firstly, it was not conceived in a democratic way, with the European Parliament frozen out of the implementation of the policy, and the responsible Commissioner has never appeared in this Parliament to account for the implementation of the policy.  Secondly, I do not see how the policy is supposed to foster democracy. Only 2 of the 46 partner countries can be considered high-performance democracies. So what we are left with is the naive hope that economic growth fosters some kind of democratic spirit. We know from the histories of China, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other countries that this is a myth.  And thirdly, we have a business advisory group which has met now with 60 members, some connected with the Chinese state and none of them from the Global South. So we need – and I agree with Ms González in this regard – more transparency, we need more community development agreements, and we need stronger conditionality. Otherwise, we are vulnerable to the accusation of hypocrisy and double standards, undermining the EU’s credibility.
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Ylva Johansson
Language: EN

Global Gateway has begun delivering concrete results on the ground from Africa to the Indo-Pacific to Latin America and the Caribbean. We have worked towards the Sustainable Development Goals and to the just green and digital transitions, so critical. We have strengthened partnerships around the world while upholding the universal values we hold most dear, and we have increased Europe’s resilience and geopolitical standing in the process. Looking ahead, Global Gateway will take up even more speed. We will need to boost major initiatives that can have the greatest transformational impact, such as the Trans-Caspian Corridor, Lobito Corridor and green shipping corridors. We must continue to mobilise private sector partners, the financial engine behind Global Gateway’s success, and we must work together to continue increasing visibility in Member States, partner countries and multilateral fora.  In a contested and rapidly evolving world, the Global Gateway builds resilience for the EU and our international partners alike. We need to get this message out together.  Dear President, dear Members, thank you once again for your interest and cooperation on this important issue. Many of you have stressed the importance of the involvement of this House in the Global Gateway. I am therefore very happy that the European Parliament is a member of the governing board, and on behalf of the responsible Commissioner, Jutta Urpilainen, I truly welcome the opportunity to update this House and would like to suggest that this would become an annual debate.
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Ádám Kósa
Political group: NI
Country: Poland
Language: HU

Örvendetes, hogy az EU támogatja a fejlődő országok lakosságát a tiszta ivóvízhez jutásban és a szennyvíz kezelése tekintetében, így biztosítva számukra egészséges környezetet. Magyarországra is sokan jönnek vízmérnöknek tanulni a Stipendium Hungaricum ösztöndíjprogramja segítségével, akik hazájukba visszatérve hasznosíthatják nálunk megszerzett tudásukat.
Debate: Amendments to the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive  and to the Directive relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Marc Angel
Country: Luxembourg
Language: EN

The next item is the debate on the report by Isabel Benjumea Benjumea, on behalf of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2011/61/EU and 2009/65/EC as regards delegation arrangements, liquidity risk management, supervisory reporting, provision of depositary and custody services and loan origination by alternative investment funds (
Debate: Amendments to the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive  and to the Directive relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Mairead McGuinness
Language: EN

The investment fund sector plays a pivotal role in the European economy, with total assets under management reaching nearly EUR 20 trillion, and there are more than 4800 asset management companies operating in Europe. The sector has continued to grow over the last few years, so it is a hugely significant sector in terms of the financing it can offer the European economy and, of course, its importance for the Capital Markets Union, but also in terms of what is always a core aim, maintaining financial stability.  The agreement that you have reached makes really important progress on both of these points. It will improve access to additional sources of financing for EU companies. It will strengthen the protections for investors that choose to invest in these various types of investment funds, and it will also help us monitor and manage financial stability risks.  So just to mention some of the specifics of the reform. Firstly, it introduces a harmonised list of liquidity management tools, and this will equip fund managers with a toolkit to better respond to liquidity stresses. And that will play an important role in improving the resilience of EU funds. Secondly, there are new rules on loan-originating funds. This is an important step towards establishing an alternative source of funding, particularly for our SMEs. And finally, thanks to Parliament, we are introducing additional safeguards for retail investors. We hope that this will increase retail investor participation in capital markets.  In particular, we share the goal that costs should not be excessive or unduly charged to investors. ESMA’s report on undue costs will help assess the cost charged to investors, and it will set the tone for further work in this area. In addition, fund managers will be able to appoint an independent director in their management bodies and work will be done to ensure the names of investment funds are not misleading.  These are all important steps towards building retail investors’ trust in capital markets. We can look forward to ESMA’s work to establish a uniform set of implementing rules. It has taken us a while, as you know, colleagues, to get here – almost two years of very intense discussion and for political trilogues – but the efforts of Parliament have made a huge contribution towards this ambitious outcome. And so I therefore look forward tomorrow to your vote.  Before I finish, can I just particularly thank our rapporteur – I think we are eye-to-eye here, dear Isabel Benjumea – for both your support, your ambition and your tireless work in good cooperation on this file. Also the team around you, we wouldn’t have got to this place without that energy and commitment, so thank you for that.
Debate: Amendments to the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive  and to the Directive relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Paul Tang
Political group: S-D
Country: Spain
Language: EN

I am glad that ESMA is empowered to report on undue costs and to act against misleading fund names. However, I’m not as glad as I could have been with a more ambitious approach, weighting partly in the retail package, and that would have been to stop—rent seeking, protect investors, bring down the fees and support the European capital markets. My last words of thanks are for the rapporteur: you’ve done excellent work in bringing forward the Parliament’s position. Thank you for that.
Debate: Amendments to the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive  and to the Directive relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: France Jamet
Political group: ID
Country: Poland
Language: FR

Une entreprise, c’est bien plus qu’un capital ou un rendement financier. Ce sont des salariés, des clients, des territoires, qu’elle contribue à rendre plus riches et plus vivants. Voilà pourquoi il faut équilibrer la notation financière avec une note territoriale. La finance doit retrouver son juste rôle dans notre économie, c’est-à-dire lever des capitaux pour soutenir des projets de long terme et nous permettre de recouvrer notre souveraineté économique. En un mot, elle doit être au service des nations et des peuples. Si nous devions avoir un objectif, un seul objectif, un cap, ce serait de donner aux nations les moyens de faire les investissements nécessaires pour peser dans le monde de demain en finançant notre ex-cel-len-ce. Car la finance hors-sol, qui rompt les liens entre l’entreprise et ses parties prenantes, est la pire menace qui soit pour la prospérité. La liberté économique doit profiter à tous, sinon elle s’autodétruit.
Debate: Amendments to the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive  and to the Directive relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: José Gusmão
Political group: The Left
Country: Finland
Language: PT

Esta proposta tem autênticas aberrações quando determina que fundos poderão ter níveis de alavancagem gigantescos e sem precedentes e que, inclusive, poderão emprestar a um só mutuário até 20 % do seu capital, significando que o incumprimento de um único mutuário pode levar à falência de um fundo de investimento. É uma proposta irresponsável, numa linha de desregulação financeira que já deu resultados desastrosos no passado e não deixará de dar resultados desastrosos no futuro próximo.
Debate: Amendments to the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive  and to the Directive relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Jonás Fernández
Political group: S-D
Country: Ireland
Language: ES

Señor presidente, señora comisaria, en primer lugar, quería iniciar mi breve intervención felicitando a la ponente del Parlamento, Isabel Benjumea, por su gran trabajo y, por supuesto, a los ponentes alternativos que han colaborado, como Paul Tang por parte del Grupo S&D, porque es un proyecto —como se ha dicho— importante para avanzar en esa unión de los mercados de capitales.  Ayer hablábamos del Reglamento de pagos inmediatos, un Reglamento muy sencillo de explicar a todos los ciudadanos, porque ¿quién no ha hecho una transferencia bancaria? Explicar las Directivas que revisamos hoy es algo más complicado. Pero simplemente me gustaría informar a los ciudadanos europeos de que con esta revisión de dos Directivas pretendemos mejorar la gestión del ahorro en el conjunto de Europa, consolidar el ahorro europeo para que se pueda destinar a la economía real, para facilitar también la financiación no bancaria —como se ha dicho—, y por supuesto mejorar el control, la información a los pequeños inversores, a los inversores minoristas, que necesitan de una supervisión y de un control para saber cómo operar en los mercados.  Por lo tanto, nos congratulamos de este avance, ya en la parte final de la legislatura. Y esperemos que la unión de los mercados de capitales avance aún más en la próxima legislatura.
Debate: Amendments to the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive  and to the Directive relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Mairead McGuinness
Language: EN

And as I said in my opening remarks, this agreement brings many advantages. And that said, our work to support the European investment fund industry and investor protection continues. Paul Tang, if I may call you by your first name, Member of Parliament, your comments are well noted in that regard, and there is always more work to be done. I would say that our retail investment strategy is still being discussed by the co-legislators, and I hope the ambition is maintained. From the Commission’s side, we will continue to closely monitor any developments around investment funds which may require our intervention. We also continue to engage with our international counterparts so that our respective rules and regulations evolve consistently. We will work closely with ESMA on implementation and closely monitor the transposition by Member States. So again, well done, colleagues who worked on this file. I know that others may not realise it, but this really matters because we need investment in our economy to make it more sustainable and to improve the lives of our citizens, and this is part of that.
Debate: Amendments to the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive  and to the Directive relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities
Date: TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Isabel Benjumea Benjumea
Country: Spain
Language: ES

Si vemos el proyecto de la unión de los mercados de capitales, obviamente, nos queda una larga lista de objetivos por cumplir: objetivos dentro de ese plan de acción y objetivos, a lo mejor, que están por encima. Pero yo quisiera utilizar este último minuto para decir que, si verdaderamente queremos avanzar, lo que es clave es la estrategia de inversión minorista.  Creo profundamente que es absolutamente esencial conseguir que los ahorradores europeos se conviertan en verdaderos inversores. Y creo que solo así podremos salvar el hueco que existe entre los mercados financieros y los ciudadanos europeos. Acercar y hacer más accesibles los mercados financieros a los inversores minoristas creo que es la gran asignatura pendiente. La estrategia que se está negociando, la estrategia de inversión minorista, es la pieza principal para conseguir ese cambio y, por lo tanto, animo a que se avance y se pueda cerrar también en este mandato.  Creo que hay que sacar adelante una estrategia que esté centrada en entender las necesidades de los inversores —por supuesto también en los costes, pero en las necesidades de los inversores— y que tenga como objetivo ofrecer la mejor calidad, asesoramiento y adaptabilidad a los productos para poder decidir a la hora de esa inversión.  Así que, si hoy miramos atrás, creo que podemos mirar con satisfacción el trabajo que, bajo el liderazgo de la Comisión y el liderazgo del Parlamento —porque hay que reconocer que ha habido un liderazgo muy importante en el Parlamento—, ha avanzado mucho en la unión de los mercados de capitales. Espero que se cierre la estrategia minorista y espero que en la siguiente Comisión podamos hablar de una Europa de inversores minoristas empoderados y que tomen control de sus ahorros y puedan pensar en su futuro.