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Debate: General budget of the European Union for the financial year  - all sections
Date: TUESDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2021
Speaker: Gabriele Bischoff
Country: France
Language: EN

I would like to reiterate that communication with citizens is essential here. The roll out of the Conference on the Future of Europe, the existing participatory instruments like the European Citizens’ Initiative, the Citizens Equality Rights and Values Programme all play a crucial role in strengthening European citizenship and democracy, as we heard this morning.  And last but not least, activities aimed at raising awareness and countering disinformation. I am also very much looking forward to seeing the continuation of the implementation of two pilot projects; one of them, in particular, namely Building Europe with Local Entities, which is very important with a view to implementing pilot projects and the Temporary Citizens Assembly.
Debate: General budget of the European Union for the financial year  - all sections
Date: TUESDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2021
Speaker: Samira Rafaela
Country: Germany
Language: EN

In the European Union it is women that have been hurt the most. They were on the forefront in all of our healthcare services, and they have experienced excessively high rates of violence at home and enormous difficulties with accessing sexual and reproductive health services during the lockdowns. And despite these challenges, this budget does not contain a single reference to sexual and reproductive health and rights in its 1 348 page document, and the Commission often refers to its commitment of achieving a Union of equality.  True equality does not exist if we ignore the unequal strain that this pandemic has had on women in Europe. So the recovery must focus on where the harm is done. We must put our money where it is needed and make gender equality the priority in the budget for 2022.
Debate: General budget of the European Union for the financial year  - all sections
Date: TUESDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2021
Speaker: Pierre Karleskind
Country: Ireland
Language: FR

Un secteur de la pêche et de l’aquaculture touché de plein fouet par une crise sanitaire d’une ampleur sans commune mesure et qui a déstabilisé en profondeur le marché des produits de la mer. Un secteur qui doit faire face au quotidien aux conséquences graves d’un Brexit qui empêche d’avancer sereinement vers l’avenir. Et un secteur qui, malgré toutes les incertitudes, doit relever les immenses défis du pacte vert pour l’Europe, de la nécessaire décarbonation et de la protection de la biodiversité. Et, enfin, un secteur qui devra répondre aux attentes toujours plus fortes des consommateurs européens concernant la traçabilité, la qualité et l’étiquetage, par exemple. Ce budget 2022 marque la montée en puissance du Fonds européen pour les affaires maritimes, la pêche et l’aquaculture. Un FEAMPA qui a été pensé pour répondre à tous ces défis. Donc, pêche et aquaculture ont encore de nombreux défis à relever. Ambitieux et nécessaire, le milliard ne sera pas de trop.
Debate: General budget of the European Union for the financial year  - all sections
Date: TUESDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2021
Speaker: Niclas Herbst
Political group: PPE
Country: Hungary
Language: EN

We can see that significant funds from financing programmes are transferred, for example, to decentralised agencies. I can give you two examples. The EU4Health programme, which we fought for quite strongly in this Parliament, goes to the Organisation for Economic Co—operation and Development (OECD) Agency and the European Medicines Agency (EMA). I support these fields of policy because they are very important. The pandemic has shown this very clearly.  Another example is border management and the visa instrument, money transferred to Europol. I strongly support this strengthening of Europol, but the way it is done contradicts the need for clarity that we, as parliamentarians, should fight for. The real questions that we should ask ourselves are: is it necessary not only to understand the movements, but the underlying reasons, and are agencies taking over tasks that would otherwise have been financed under the programme? It is important to have control as well. In the fields of other sections, we talk about supporting the European Court of Auditors, and let me say that, if we, as a parliament, have literally no control over NextGenerationEU and the vast amounts that go along with this programme, we should at least strengthen the European Court of Auditors.  Bearing this in mind, I think we should agree that we, as a parliament, should talk more about clarity and more about control. We will strengthen the whole Parliament.
Debate: General budget of the European Union for the financial year  - all sections
Date: TUESDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2021
Speaker: Victor Negrescu
Political group: S-D
Country: Finland
Language: EN

In the view of the European Parliament and of our political Group, we believe it is important to show more ambition when it comes to next year’s budget. We need to provide adequate resources to deal with the health crisis, but also with the social and economic challenges it raises. We call for an increase in the EU budget of EUR 2.7 billion, while preserving sufficient margins and resources for the special instruments. These funds will enable the EU to do more for each European, each Member State and each European policy. For that, we need the Commission to also make sure that 2022 will be a full implementation year for the budget. We cannot lose any more time. 2021 was a lost year for the current MFF, and that is not our fault. Member States and the Commission should have done more to speed up the implementation.  The Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament have three key priorities. We support the social recovery with a special focus on youth, employment, education, cohesion, SMEs and start-ups, for which we request EUR 1.2 billion. We want to invest in a sustainable future, including climate, research, innovation, health, digitalisation, transport and agriculture, for which we believe an extra EUR 2 billion is needed. We believe that Europe should promote solidarity and democratic values within the EU and across the world and, for that, the Parliament calls for more than EUR 600 million in additional funds.  These priorities are reflected in the reinforcement increase of all the EU programmes. We also call for the rapid implementation in 2022 of the European Child Guarantee, making sure no child is left behind and suffers the negative effect of the pandemic. Our demand for an additional allocation of EUR 700 million for the Child Guarantee represents a key achievement of our political Group. We are also happy to see several of our requests being integrated in the proposal, like, for instance, the new tourism line of EUR 42 million, an additional EUR 24 million for SMEs and start-ups, EUR 5 million for social dialogue, EUR 7.5 million for employment, and EUR 90 million for the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhoods.  Our discussion today is key. If we want to do things better at local, national and European level and match our priorities, we need to allocate adequate resources for the EU budget. In this respect, our proposals are constructive and clear and can represent the starting point of a new European budget fitting citizens’ priorities.
Debate: General budget of the European Union for the financial year  - all sections
Date: TUESDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2021
Speaker: Nicolae Ştefănuță
Political group: Renew
Country: Belgium
Language: RO

În vreme ce mulți se pregătesc să iasă din pandemie, țara mea, România, din păcate, intră într-un val patru, care nu este un val, este un tsunami. Azi au pierit 574 de oameni. Este o tragedie națională, iar medicii noștri nu mai pot, ATI-urile sunt ocupate.  De aceea, prioritatea numărul unu a acestui parlament nu poate fi decât sănătatea. Acest parlament a pus deja o cărămidă la acel sistem de sănătate prin care, într-o bună zi, un pacient român se va putea trata în spital, la fel ca în Austria, de exemplu. Mai mult, grupul meu, Renew Europe, a pus un miliard de euro deoparte pentru vaccinare, pentru COVAX, pentru că, degeaba ne însănătoșim noi, dacă nu întreaga lume se însănătoșește.  Acest buget trebuie să fie și cel mai curat din istorie. De aceea, am propus și am susținut ca Laura Codruța Kövesi să aibă banii pentru personalul de care are nevoie, să controleze ca acești bani să nu fie furați, să nu fie luați de oameni corupți. De ce? Pentru că acești bani sunt în parte și împrumutați, iar noi trebuie să-i păzim, să fim cu ochii pe ei, ca pe butelie.  Europa nu e nimic, dacă nu e tinerii din ea. Tinerii merită cât mai multe oportunități. De aceea, mărim bugetul astăzi cu 40 000 de burse Erasmus, exact pentru tinerii aceia care, în loc să călătorească, au trebuit să stea în fața ecranului, în loc să fie în fața Luvrului.  Să vorbesc despre 2022 astăzi, este, îmi imaginez, așa cum au vorbit alții în primul război despre 1942, deci, cu siguranță nu a fost ușor. Însă rolul nostru suprem aici, în casa aceasta europeană, este acesta: să putem noi, atunci când europenii nu mai pot.
Debate: General budget of the European Union for the financial year  - all sections
Date: TUESDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2021
Speaker: Henrike Hahn
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Romania
Language: DE

Der EU-Haushalt 2022 ist der zweite Haushalt des mehrjährigen Finanzrahmens, für den klar gilt: Bis spätestens 2030 wollen wir allermindestens die Pariser Klimaziele umsetzen. Da brauchen wir mehr Tempo, mehr Ehrgeiz und klare Entscheidungen, wie wir Steuergelder an den richtigen Stellen investieren, weil wir wissen: Da, wo Geld hinfließt, da wird wirklich Politik gemacht. Wir Grüne haben für den EU-Haushalt 2022 drei Prioritäten, das sind Klima, Biodiversität und Forschung und Entwicklung. Denn klar ist: Wir brauchen starke Forschung und Innovation für grüne Technologie, für die Dekarbonisierung der Wirtschaft und für eine ökologisch-soziale Transformation für einen starken Wirtschaftsstandort Europa. Wir haben jetzt einen EU-Haushalt 2022 auf den Weg gebracht mit großen Aufstockungen für wichtige Programme, mit insgesamt mehr als 1,64 Milliarden Euro zusätzlich zum Haushaltsentwurf. Das heißt konkret: Über 450 Millionen Euro entfallen auf Klima- und Biodiversitätsprogramme – mein persönliches Highlight ist dabei das Plus von 171 Millionen Euro für LIFE –, und es entfallen jetzt mehr als 430 Millionen Euro auf Forschung und Entwicklung. Wir haben außerdem 760 Millionen Euro für weitere Prioritäten wie humanitäre Hilfe, EU4Health, Rechte und Werte und Erasmus+, und das ist auch eine wunderbare Sache. So können wir gut in den Trilog zu einem EU-Haushalt 2022 gehen mit einer starken Position des Parlaments, das verstanden hat, was Zukunft bedeutet.
Debate: General budget of the European Union for the financial year  - all sections
Date: TUESDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2021
Speaker: Joachim Kuhs
Political group: ID
Country: Greece
Language: DE

Dabei wissen Sie ganz genau, dass wir einen Elefanten im Raum haben und dass dieser Haushalt nur ein Teil des Gesamtpakets NextGenerationEU ist und dass dessen Finanzierung zum großen Teil durch Kredite erfolgt. Das ist ein Tabu für den EU-Haushalt. Diesen Makel können Sie nicht wegwischen. Und diese verbotene Schuldenfinanzierung wird alle Haushalte auch weiter belasten. Wie sollen Sie und wie wollen Sie das Ihren Kindern erklären? Meine Enkelkinder fragen mich oft: „Was machst du da eigentlich in Brüssel?“ Ich versichere Ihnen: „Ich kämpfe für eure Zukunft.“ Die 14-jährige Rahel, die zurzeit für den Unterricht einen Businessplan entwerfen muss, fragt mich dann regelrecht ungläubig: „Aber Opa, wieso macht ihr dann so viele Schulden?“ Was antworten Sie Ihren Enkelkindern? Wie erklären Sie ihnen die gigantischen Kosten für den Grünen Deal, der derzeit in den Flammen von Kohle und russischem Gas verbrennt? Wie erklären Sie ihnen, dass wir Jahr für Jahr mehr Geld ausgeben für unsinnige Projekte, die unsere Kinder zurückzahlen müssen, ohne Nutznießer sein zu können? Bitte denken Sie an Ihre Kinder, und stoppen wir endlich diesen Drift in einen schuldenfinanzierten EU-Gesamthaushalt. Machen wir uns ehrlich und sichern wir die Zukunft unserer Kinder!
Debate: General budget of the European Union for the financial year  - all sections
Date: TUESDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2021
Speaker: Bogdan Rzońca
Political group: ECR
Country: Portugal
Language: PL

Budżet na 2022 rok jest budżetem w ramach wieloletnich ram finansowych i jest to drugi taki budżet. Jest to też drugi rok unijnego instrumentu NextGenerationEU, a więc na lata 2021, 2022 i 2023. W tym wypadku możemy powiedzieć, że Komisja Europejska niezbyt sprawiedliwie podchodzi do spraw związanych z COVID-19, z kryzysem postkowidowym. Polska na przykład nie ma zatwierdzonego tego planu i wydaje się, że ten Fundusz Odbudowy jest pewnego rodzaju aparatem represji. To jest bardzo niesprawiedliwe, bo chorowali wszyscy i dramat przeżyli wszyscy. W tym sprawozdaniu sprzeciwiamy się jakimkolwiek cięciom, jeśli chodzi o „Horyzont Europa”, o EU4Health czy RescEU. Jesteśmy mocno zaniepokojeni również tym, że jeśli chodzi o projekt HERA, to Komisja Europejska trochę odsuwa Parlament Europejski od spraw. Natomiast ECR nie podoba się także tzw.  Odniosę się jeszcze na koniec do pana kolegi Boeselagera, który poświęcił trzy minuty w swoim wystąpieniu na sprawy przedpołudniowe. Otóż, chciałem powiedzieć, że dzisiaj – panie Damianie, do pana mówię – dzisiaj sąd polski uniewinnił (...), który jechał bez prawa jazdy, niesprawnym samochodem, prawa jazdy nie ma. Na przejściu dla pieszych potrącił 81-letnią kobietę. Dzisiaj polski sąd go uniewinnił.
Debate: General budget of the European Union for the financial year  - all sections
Date: TUESDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2021
Speaker: Dimitrios Papadimoulis
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EL

Ζητάμε μεγαλύτερη φροντίδα για τη στήριξη της έρευνας και της καινοτομίας· περισσότερα κονδύλια για την προστασία των παιδιών από τη φτώχεια, τον κοινωνικό αποκλεισμό και τον αναλφαβητισμό· ενίσχυση της προσπάθειας να αντιμετωπίσουμε την υγειονομική κρίση, προωθώντας την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση Υγείας· ενίσχυση του Erasmus+ με περισσότερες ευκαιρίες εκπαίδευσης, κατάρτισης και στήριξης της νέας γενιάς· περισσότερα κονδύλια για το EU-LIVE, για την προστασία του περιβάλλοντος και για τη στήριξη της πράσινης μετάβασης· περισσότερα κονδύλια για την πρωτοβουλία COVAX, για να ενισχυθεί η εμβολιαστική κάλυψη σε όλο τον πλανήτη· και περισσότερη στήριξη —και με χρήματα— της ισότητας των φύλων σε όλες τις διαστάσεις του προϋπολογισμού.  Για να γίνουν αυτά, πρέπει το Συμβούλιο να σταματήσει να περικόπτει και να λέει «όχι» σε πράγματα που και το ίδιο έχει συμφωνήσει, ενώ η Επιτροπή πρέπει να στηρίξει τις προτάσεις της, να μην υποχωρεί διαρκώς προς το Συμβούλιο και να ακούσει λίγο παραπάνω τη φωνή του ενωμένου Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινοβουλίου.
Debate: General budget of the European Union for the financial year  - all sections
Date: TUESDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2021
Speaker: Andor Deli
Political group: NI
Country: Germany
Language: HU

Tisztelt Elnök Asszony! Az éves költségvetés vitája és a szavazás több mint 170 milliárd euróról szól. Azt hiszem, mindenki számára fontos, hogy az uniós támogatások szintje megmaradjon, legyen szó az agrárkifizetésekről, a vidékfejlesztési vagy a kohéziós forrásokról. De fel szeretném hívni a figyelmet egy új költségvetési tételre, amely már a 21-es költségvetésben is jelentkezett, de 22-ben immár tízszeresére nőtt és valószínűsíthető, hogy mérete évről évre tovább fog növekedni. Ez pedig az Unió által felvett közös hitelek törlesztési kamata. Ennek az összegnek az összegereblyézéséhez minden tagállamnak hozzá kell járulnia, így Magyarországnak és Lengyelországnak is. Mindeközben, mint azt jól tudjuk, politikai nyomásgyakorlás miatt késik a magyar és a lengyel nemzeti helyreállítási tervek jóváhagyása és az előlegek kifizetése. Mégis úgy látszik, hogy a visszafizetésekhez, a kamatok törlesztéséhez már nekünk is hozzá kell járulnunk. Ott bezzeg megütjük a mércét. Kérem a biztos urat és a Bizottságot, hogy adjanak magyarázatot erre az enyhén szólva furcsa helyzetre.
Debate: General budget of the European Union for the financial year  - all sections
Date: TUESDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2021
Speaker: Nils Ušakovs
Political group: S-D
Country: Belgium
Language: EN

Madam President, addressing you about the Union Budget 2022, I will start with a story from my country. Latvia is entering full-scale lockdown tomorrow, including a curfew after 8 p.m. The Latvian Government failed to take control of the COVID pandemic. As a result, Latvian citizens are depending more and more on various forms of support, both from the Union budget and different ways of financing. At the same time, we see that the Council is cutting Budget 2022 and the Commission is planning to reallocate finances from its crucial programmes vital to citizens of the Union, both in Latvia and in other Member States. For instance, a new health authority, HERA, is getting established and the Commission plans to finance it by taking money from Horizon Europe, EU4Health and rescEU.  This is a controversial example about policy concerning the budget of the Union. As for good examples, voting for the budget, we support providing more information by this House about the Union and the European Parliament in the languages of national and linguistic minorities and regional languages. By the way, one of the reasons why the Latvian Government failed to fight the virus was its inability to communicate effectively with the country’s linguistic, primarily Russian-speaking, minority. This vote should serve as an important message for Member States. Thank you, rapporteurs, fellow shadows and colleagues.
Debate: General budget of the European Union for the financial year  - all sections
Date: TUESDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2021
Speaker: Olivier Chastel
Political group: Renew
Country: Poland
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, Monsieur le Commissaire, Madame la Ministre, très chers collègues, le budget de l’Union sera renforcé grâce au plan de relance «Next Generation EU» et l’effort financier pour garantir cette relance en 2022 sera sans précédent. Afin de s’assurer de la confiance des citoyens, mais aussi des entrepreneurs, les deniers européens doivent être judicieusement dépensés. Nous serons de ce fait particulièrement attentifs au respect de l’état de droit, d’une part, et à la lutte contre la fraude au budget de l’Union, d’autre part. Nous traversons une période de bouleversements climatiques, économiques, sociaux, géopolitiques. Établir un budget, c’est opérer des choix sur des investissements porteurs, pour assurer une relance durable ainsi qu’une transition verte et numérique ambitieuse. C’est aussi faire en sorte que ces investissements rencontrent les aspirations de nos concitoyens. C’est pourquoi je demande au Conseil, Madame la Ministre, de prendre la mesure des enjeux et de revoir les coupes opérées en totale contradiction avec les priorités partagées et énoncées à maintes reprises au sein de notre institution. Chers collègues, la pérennité de l’Union ne sera assurée que si elle est forte de l’intérieur grâce à des institutions opérationnelles. La Cour européenne de justice, la Cour des comptes, le Contrôleur européen de la protection des données y travaillent au quotidien. La complexité et l’importance accrue des questions juridiques portées devant la Cour sont une réalité. Les moyens alloués à ces institutions doivent être à la hauteur de nos ambitions. Et au regard de ces considérations, nous sommes tous conscients que l’Europe, pour rester crédible, doit être solidaire, inclusive, tournée vers la jeunesse et responsable.
Debate: General budget of the European Union for the financial year  - all sections
Date: TUESDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2021
Speaker: Zbigniew Kuźmiuk
Political group: ECR
Country: Belgium
Language: PL

Pani Przewodnicząca! Panie Komisarzu! Pani Minister! Zabierając głos w tej debacie, chcę podkreślić, że odrzucenie przez Parlament cięć zaproponowanych przez Radę jest koniecznością w sytuacji, kiedy gospodarki krajów członkowskich odrabiają zaległości związane z pandemią COVID. Co więcej, pojawiają się nowe wyzwania, takie jak chociażby gwałtowny wzrost cen energii, na które Komisja będzie musiała zareagować, a na to wszystko potrzebne są dodatkowe środki. Trzeba przy tym podkreślić, że budżet na 2022 rok jest drugim już budżetem nowej perspektywy finansowej, a jednocześnie środki na płatności w nim zawarte muszą pokryć rachunki przedstawiane przez beneficjentów realizujących przedsięwzięcia z perspektywy finansowej 2014–2020 zgodnie z zasadą n +3.  Musimy dołożyć wszelkich starań, aby tych środków na płatności nie zabrakło i żeby nie powtórzyła się sytuacja z lat 2014–15, kiedy w Komisji zalegały zaległe rachunki na miliardy euro, a brakowało środków na ich uregulowanie i, co więcej, Komisja musiała płacić odsetki. W związku z tym chciałbym wyrazić nadzieję, że wzorem lat ubiegłych Parlament dołączy do deklaracji Rady na temat płatności dołączonej do budżetu na 2022 rok, który pozwoli na szybką reakcję w sytuacji zapotrzebowania na dodatkowe środki na płatności.
Debate: General budget of the European Union for the financial year  - all sections
Date: TUESDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2021
Speaker: João Pimenta Lopes
Political group: The Left
Country: Romania
Language: PT

Senhora Presidente, como em anos anteriores, estamos perante uma provável redução orçamental, quando o que se exigia seria o reforço significativo do orçamento da União Europeia a par do reforço da sua função redistributiva de apoio à promoção de uma efetiva convergência no progresso económico e social entre os Estados-Membros, bem como de apoio à economia real dos Estados—Membros através de subvenções, e não de empréstimos, para responder à grave situação económica e social com que vários Estados-Membros se confrontam.  Situação que se agrava com o condicionamento da margem de manobra dos Estados na promoção do investimento público, no financiamento dos serviços públicos e das suas funções sociais, através da aplicação de condicionalidades macroeconómicas e/ou políticas fixadas pela União Europeia que urge eliminar.  Apresentámos várias propostas de apoio às pequenas e médias empresas, à pequena e média agricultura, às pescas, aos transportes, entre outros, que, a serem aprovadas, contribuirão para assegurar recursos acrescidos para a coesão económica, social e territorial, em benefício de países, dos trabalhadores e dos povos.
Debate: General budget of the European Union for the financial year  - all sections
Date: TUESDAY, 19 OCTOBER 2021
Speaker: Mario Furore
Political group: NI
Country: Spain
Language: IT

Signora Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, la crisi del Coronavirus ci ha insegnato che solo con politiche ambiziose, come il Recovery, si possono raggiungere risultati importanti nell'interesse dei cittadini. Per questo motivo non possiamo che essere delusi dai tagli proposti dal Consiglio ai programmi per l'innovazione, gli investimenti strategici, quelli sulla sicurezza interna e per la lotta al cambiamento climatico. Addirittura si riducono i fondi dei programmi per la salute e per la protezione civile. Che messaggio diamo come istituzioni europee ai cittadini? Certo, occorre evitare sprechi e ridurre le spese amministrative analizzando il bilancio europeo voce per voce, ma dobbiamo garantire che le priorità dei cittadini siano finanziate adeguatamente. Il Movimento 5 Stelle propone la creazione di una voce specifica in seno al bilancio dell'UE per finanziare il settore turistico. Serve un fondo ad hoc che rilanci il settore messo in ginocchio durante la crisi pandemica. Milioni di famiglie europee dipendono e vivono grazie al turismo; è arrivato il momento di dare loro delle risposte.