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Debate: Combating violence against women and domestic violence
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Silvia Sardone
Political group: ID
Country: Austria
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, parlate giustamente dell'orrore della violenza contro le donne che è da combattere, ma non fate nulla per contrastare il dramma di milioni di donne oppresse dal velo islamico. Un velo che troppo spesso viene indossato anche da bambine nemmeno ancora sviluppate.  Per questa ragione ho presentato una risoluzione al Parlamento in cui si esorta la Commissione a invitare gli Stati membri a vietare il velo islamico nelle scuole. In Europa questo strumento di sottomissione va contrastato, non promosso in chiave positiva, come fate voi.  È nostro dovere fare una battaglia culturale per difendere i nostri valori, la nostra libertà, per garantire i diritti delle donne e delle bambine, difendendole da imposizioni vergognose.  Lo ribadisco con forza: il velo islamico è una prigione per le donne e chi lo nega tira uno schiaffo alle tante donne che quel velo non possono toglierlo, non possono vivere liberamente vestendosi come vogliono. Serve una svolta in Europa. Non dobbiamo sottometterci. Vietiamo il velo islamico nelle scuole.
Debate: Combating violence against women and domestic violence
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Elena Kountoura
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EL

Κύριε Πρόεδρε, μία στις τρεις γυναίκες έχει βιώσει τον εφιάλτη της έμφυλης βίας και μία στις είκοσι έχει πέσει θύμα βιασμού, συχνά χωρίς δικαίωση, στήριξη και προστασία από την πολιτεία. Στην Ελλάδα μόνο το περασμένο έτος, κατήγγειλαν βία 10.000 γυναίκες και διαπράχτηκαν δεκαπέντε γυναικοκτονίες. Σήμερα, είναι μία ιστορική ημέρα για την προστασία των γυναικών και των παιδιών. Η οδηγία δεν είναι τέλεια, είναι όμως το πρώτο βήμα. Θα τη θέλαμε πολύ πιο φιλόδοξη. Είναι, όμως, η πρώτη ευρωπαϊκή οδηγία που ψηφίζουμε για την καταπολέμηση της βίας κατά των γυναικών και της ενδοοικογενειακής βίας και ποινικοποιούμε οριζόντια σε όλα τα κράτη μέλη μορφές βίας, όπως ο ακρωτηριασμός των γυναικείων γεννητικών οργάνων, ο καταναγκαστικός παιδικός γάμος και η έμφυλη βία στο διαδίκτυο. Ενισχύουμε την πρόληψη, την προστασία των θυμάτων και την πρόσβασή τους στη δικαιοσύνη, σε υπηρεσίες υγείας και εξειδικευμένη υποστήριξη. Και είμαι πολύ υπερήφανη που συνέβαλα με τις παρεμβάσεις μου και με την έκθεσή μου, μαζί με όλες τις προοδευτικές δυνάμεις του Ευρωπαϊκού Κοινοβουλίου, και πετύχαμε αυτή την ιστορική εξέλιξη.
Debate: Combating violence against women and domestic violence
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Nicolae Ştefănuță
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Belgium
Language: RO

Domnule președinte, nu pot, ca român, să stau aici, în Parlamentul European, și să accept ceea ce a fost spus în această dezbatere. Este inacceptabil! Domnul Terheș de la AUR a spus că „așa-zisul drept la avort [...]”, a vorbit despre „așa-zisul drept la avort”. Cum, adică, așa-zisul drept la avort? Ce se întâmplă cu „așa-zisele” victime, milioane, care au căzut victime în comunism și în alte timpuri extremiste, din cauză că unii ca el au spus că este un „așa-zis” drept, și nu un drept fundamental al femeii.  În al doilea rând, nimeni nu trebuie să moară pentru o poză. Sunt tată de fată. În școlile noastre este durere. Din cauza unei poze circulate ilegal, oamenii și tinerii ajung să-și pună capăt zilelor. Așa că mă bucur că această directivă oprește
Debate: Combating violence against women and domestic violence
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Helena Dalli
Language: EN

I reiterate my sincere gratitude to the honourable Members of Parliament for your continued support and determination to combat gender-based discrimination. Thank you again Evin – who is here – Frances Fitzgerald and Rosa, your commitment to gender equality has been invaluable in the negotiations on this file. Together, we have delivered on a key commitment in the 2020-2025 Gender Equality Strategy to advance gender equality and to ensure women and girls across Europe can live their lives free from gender-based violence. I want to underline once more the added value of this directive and take a look at what we have achieved: a comprehensive set of measures of protection, support and access to justice applicable to victims wherever they live, travel, work or study – measures which are tailored to the specific needs of victims of violence against women. There is also the EU-wide criminalisation of the most widespread forms of cyber violence – which is an urgent issue to address given the exponential spread and dramatic impact of violence online – and the strong and encompassing measures of prevention, including specific measures for the prevention of rape and the promotion of the central role of consent in sexual relationships.  Against this background, I invite all Members to support this much-needed directive. We owe it to the victims of violence against women across the EU to act now and to improve their plight.
Debate: Combating violence against women and domestic violence
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Evin Incir
Country: Hungary
Language: SV

Vänner! Kvinnorörelsen har krävt detta lagpaket i över 30 år, och jag är bland de första att säga att vi ville ha mer! Men på grund av liberala president Macron och den liberala justitieministern Buschmann och den illiberala premiärministern Viktor Orbán så var det hit vi kunde gå. Men det här visar på vikten av att vi fortsätter att kavla upp våra ärmar.  Arbetet är alltså inte färdigt, men direktivet är ett viktigt steg framåt. Det kräver att medlemsstaterna steppar upp sitt förebyggande arbete, ger skydd och stöd till överlevare, åtalar gärningsmännen och gemensamma brott på EU-nivå. Det rör offline och online.  För alla som på riktigt vill rädda kvinnors och flickors liv borde det vara en självklarhet att rösta för det här förslaget. Jag måste säga att jag är så förbannad över att vissa försöker att göra det här till en nationell och inhemsk politisk diskussion. Lägg alla nationella, inhemska politiska diskussioner åt sidan. Sätt kvinnors och flickors liv och frihet i centrum!  Till den moderata parlamentarikern Arba Kokalari, som försökte sig på historierevisionism, vill jag säga: Glöm inte att Moderaterna i vår moderna historias tid gång på gång har röstat emot varje progressivt förslag som socialdemokratiska regeringar har lagt fram.  Och till Centerpartiet måste jag faktiskt säga att jag skäms över att ni gör ett politiskt jippo och riskerar hela lagpaketet när ni nu vill skjuta upp förslaget till nästa mandatperiod och låta den illiberala Orbán få bestämma över kvinnors och flickors livsöden.  Det räcker nu. Lyssna på kvinnorörelsen och rösta ja till detta viktiga lagpaket! Det är nu eller kanske aldrig.
Debate: Combating violence against women and domestic violence
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Frances Fitzgerald
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Many people have been involved. Let me say a very big thank you to the shadow rapporteurs and all their teams for the incredible work they did in getting us to this point. It has not been easy. It’s been complicated, particularly by the reaction of certain Member States, of course. Nevertheless, we all feel this is an extremely worthwhile directive and we want a ‘yes’ vote on it tomorrow. It is strong. The Council presidencies played their part, as did President von der Leyen, Vice-President Jourová and Commissioner Dalli. It shows the importance of women in leadership positions that we have this on the table in the first place, having waited decades. But it’s there now. I want, in particular, to thank my own team. I want to thank Una Clarke for her tireless work. I want to thank Conor and Michael. I want to thank the EPP team of Xenia, Chris and Santa, the FEMM Secretariat, the EP press, the lawyers and lawyer-linguists, the LIBE Committee and the many male champions who supported us. I’ve said time and time again: it is so important to have male champions. We need even more of them, as I’ve said, in every Member State across this EU. But I do want to make a point about those who spoke against adopting this directive here today. Let me say that we should not let national politics in a very few Member States distract us from supporting this directive. Let us not let untrue assumptions about what is possible in this Parliament, in another trilogue, distract us from supporting this important directive tomorrow. Let’s adopt this directive. Let’s not turn away from the women of Europe, who need this directive now.
Debate: Combating violence against women and domestic violence
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Marc Angel
Political group: S-D
Country: Luxembourg
Language: EN

As Socialists and Democrats, we want a Europe where women in all their diversity can live free from fear. By adopting the new directive on violence against women, we will have stronger legislation when it comes to forced marriage, female genital mutilation and cyber-violence. This directive is a first positive step for change; a catalyst to move forward in building a strong Union of Equality.
Debate: European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities - European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities for third country nationals legally residing in a Member State
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Rainer Wieland
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Als nächster Punkt der Tagesordnung folgt die gemeinsame Aussprache über – den Bericht von Frau Ďuriš Nicholsonová im Namen des Ausschusses für Beschäftigung und soziale Angelegenheiten über den Vorschlag für eine Richtlinie des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zur Einführung des Europäischen Behindertenausweises und des Europäischen Parkausweises für Menschen mit Behinderungen ( – den Bericht von Herrn Manders im Namen des Ausschusses für Beschäftigung und soziale Angelegenheiten und Frau Kuhnke im Namen des Ausschusses für bürgerliche Freiheiten, Justiz und Inneres über den Vorschlag für eine Richtlinie des Europäischen Parlaments und des Rates zur Ausweitung der Richtlinie [XXXX] auf Drittstaatsangehörige mit rechtmäßigem Aufenthalt in einem Mitgliedstaat (
Debate: European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities - European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities for third country nationals legally residing in a Member State
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Lucia Ďuriš Nicholsonová
Country: Germany
Language: SK

Ľudia so zdravotným postihnutím bojovali za túto legislatívu pätnásť rokov. Som veľmi rada, že predbežná dohoda vznikla medzi všetkými troma inštitúciami Európskej únie a je veľmi ambiciózna a je veľmi vyvážená. A špeciálne by som sa teda chcela poďakovať ako raportérka všetkým tým, ktorí boli pri týchto rokovaniach, pretože od úplného začiatku bol nadštandardný vzťah medzi všetkými troma inštitúciami, pokiaľ ide o tento  Európsky preukaz pre osoby so zdravotným postihnutím bude slúžiť ako doklad o uznanom postavení osoby so zdravotným postihnutím v celej Európskej únii. Jeho držiteľa bude oprávňovať, aby počas krátkodobého pobytu v inom členskom štáte mal úplne rovnaký prístup k osobitným podmienkam alebo preferenčnému zaobchádzaniu, aké ponúkajú súkromné subjekty alebo verejné orgány príslušného členského štátu pre svojich štátnych príslušníkov so zdravotným postihnutím. Obdobne európsky parkovací preukaz umožní osobám so zdravotným postihnutím prístup k rovnakým parkovacím podmienkam, aké sú k dispozícii v inom členskom štáte pre ich občanov. Parlament počas rokovaní dosiahol niekoľko zlepšení pôvodného textu Komisie, aj keď musím povedať, že text, ktorý vzišiel z Európskej komisie, bol sám o sebe veľmi fajn.  Po prvé sa Európskemu parlamentu podarilo rozšírenie rozsahu pôsobnosti preukazov nad rámec krátkodobých pobytov do troch mesiacov aj na účastníkov programov mobility Európskej únie. To znamená, že napríklad osoby so zdravotným postihnutím, ktoré študujú v zahraničí v rámci programu Erasmus, budú môcť kartu používať počas celého trvania svojho štúdia v zahraničí. Toto je veľká vec. Parlament tiež zabezpečil, že preukaz zdravotne postihnutému musí byť vydávaný a obnovený bezplatne. Toto nebolo úplne samozrejmé pre všetky členské štáty Európskej únie, na strane Rady sme videli, ako sa tomu bránia.  Komisia do jedného roka od uplatňovania smernice posúdi všetky zostávajúce nedostatky, ktoré sa týkajú voľného pohybu osôb so zdravotným postihnutím, aby sa toto posúdenie zohľadnilo pri rozhodovaní o ďalších opatreniach Európskej oblasti Európskej únie v tejto oblasti a ja pevne verím, že tie ďalšie kroky budú nasledovať. Členské štáty sa môžu rozhodnúť, či budú parkovací preukaz vydávať bezplatne alebo za poplatok, ale v prípade, že sa rozhodnú vyberať poplatky, Parlament opäť zaviedol poistku, že prípadné poplatky nesmú presiahnuť administratívne náklady.
Debate: European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities - European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities for third country nationals legally residing in a Member State
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Alice Kuhnke
Country: Germany
Language: EN

For years, civil society as well as politicians have been calling for increased efforts to ensure and secure the rights to free movement and mobility for persons with disabilities. The mutual recognition of disability status is a long awaited step to increase access to rights, combat discrimination and promote diversity across the EU. And this is why the introduction of both these cards is so important.  The right to free movement applies to all EU citizens equally, but can also apply to non-EU citizens legally residing in a Member State. As the rapporteur, together with Mr Mendes for the directive extending the main directive to third-country nationals legally residing in a Member State, I am proud to have negotiated an agreement that will have a significant impact on the possibility for thousands of European residents to fully enjoy their right to experience everything that the EU has to offer.  However, this is only the beginning. These proposals will not solve all of the current problems. Persons with disabilities face many barriers when travelling between Member States, and not all of them will be addressed through these new measures. This week we will make progress. But as legislators, we must continue our work to abolish all barriers for persons with disabilities, to freely move and to fill in the gaps in EU legislation that still persists. The fight for equal rights is a fight for inclusive societies that are able to accommodate the needs of Union citizens and residents in all of their diversity.  I look forward to listening to my colleagues’ interventions into this debate, and I also would like to express my big thanks for the work. It was a great work and great negotiations.
Debate: European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities - European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities for third country nationals legally residing in a Member State
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Linus Glanzelius
Language: SV

Den som reser med funktionsnedsättning ska kunna lita på att det går att ta del av assistans och anpassningar. Dessutom ska information finnas tillgänglig längs vägen. Därför lanserar vi nu också en webbplats med all information samlad. Den som behöver ska kunna ha med sig sin assistent, få hjälp på flygplatsen eller ta del av tillgängliga hjälpmedel utan att stöta på en massa onödiga byråkratiska hinder i det land man besöker.  Oavsett om man reser för jobb eller studier eller för att semestra och upptäcka nya delar av vårt vackra Europa ska det vara tillgängligt för alla EU:s medborgare. I dag hade Erik varit en extra stolt europé.
Debate: European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities - European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities for third country nationals legally residing in a Member State
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Helena Dalli
Language: EN

The commitment of the Council and the Spanish and Belgian Presidencies to this file has been, I would say, unwavering. These two directives deliver on one of the flagship initiatives of the Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The first directive establishes the European Disability Card, as proof of a disability status or proof of entitlement to specific services based on disability, an improved European Parking Card for persons with disabilities as proof of the right to parking conditions and facilities reserved for persons with disabilities. The second directive will ensure that third country nationals legally residing in a Member State whose disability status has been recognised by that Member State, will also be able to use the cards. These cards will be recognised throughout the EU and the Commission welcomes the provisional agreements as balanced, but also ambitious. This mutual recognition will contribute to social inclusion and to implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The cards will facilitate the free movement of persons with disabilities, and have a direct impact on the lives of persons with disabilities in the European Union. They will ensure legal certainty that a person’s disability status will be recognised when travelling in the EU. The directives will also grant persons with disabilities access to special conditions and preferential treatment with respect to a large variety of services, activities and facilities. They will improve the situation of persons with disabilities when travelling to, or visiting, other Member States in the context of a short stay. The compromise text also takes into account the specific situation of students and other participants of mobility programmes. I welcome that the co-legislators were able to agree that the European Disability Card will be issued free of charge. No one should be deterred from obtaining a card. Finally, the reporting obligation will include an analysis of specific situations resulting from intersectional discrimination and an assessment on any remaining gaps relating to the free movement of persons with disabilities. That assessment will be considered when deciding whether further action at Union level is required to address any such gaps. The Commission remains committed to improve living conditions of persons with disabilities, and your continued support in achieving that objective has been invaluable during this Parliament’s mandate.
Debate: European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities - European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities for third country nationals legally residing in a Member State
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: Rosa Estaràs Ferragut
Country: Spain
Language: ES

Supone un reconocimiento mutuo de la condición de discapacidad en todos los Estados miembros, con formato accesible y digital y con un diseño común. Garantiza lo que es la piedra angular de la Unión Europea: la libre circulación de las personas con discapacidad. Hace que todo el colectivo de personas con discapacidad pueda tener acceso principalmente a la cultura, al ocio, al deporte, al transporte, a visitas guiadas, personalizadas, etcétera.  No hay ninguna duda de que las personas con discapacidad no cambian por cruzar una frontera, sus derechos no cambian y, por eso, con esta tarjeta, la accesibilidad, la inclusión y la igualdad se reconocen como derechos fundamentales de la Unión. Las tarjetas no son el final, son el principio de un gran camino por recorrer. Hoy es un gran día con la aprobación de esta Directiva.
Debate: European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities - European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities for third country nationals legally residing in a Member State
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: David Casa
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: MT

Nisimgħu bi stejjer ta’ disability cards nazzjonali li mhumiex rikonoxxuti f’Pajjiżi Membri oħrajn – li fil-fehma ta’ ħafna minna, mhi xejn ħlief diskriminazzjoni. Hija sitwazzjoni li flimkien nistgħu ntemmuha minnufih, u nsaħħu l-qagħda tal-individwi u l-familji, b’messaġġ qawwi: li m’aħniex ċittadini tat-tieni klassi, li dawn in-nies qegħdin jgħidulna. U allura President, bid-Disability Card se noqorbu lejn soċjetà aktar ugwali, se nsaħħu d-drittijiet, u niżguraw li jiġu mħarsa. U għalhekk nappella għal vot favur dak ix-xogħol kollu li għamilna dwar din id-Disability Card. Dawn mhumiex drittijiet ġodda, imma dritt li ilu jiġi miċħud lil dawn in-nies, li fl-aħħar għandna soluzzjoni ġusta. Iva, tajjeb illi fl-aħħar se jkollna Disability Card li taħdem fuq livell Ewropew. Imma xogħolna jrid ikompli anke wara għada, il-għaliex jeħtieġ insaħħu s-sustanza tad-drittijiet fil-Pajjiżi Membri. M’għandhiex tkun tellieqa għall-qiegħ, imma opportunità għal bidu ġdid għall-persuni b’diżabilità. Allura dan ifisser li jkollna Ewropa soċjali, waħda, imsejsa fid-dinjità umana, li taħdem permezz tal-kooperazzjoni, biex fl-aħħar noffru benefiċċji konkreti u pożittivi għal ħajjet iċ-ċittadini tagħna.  Naturalment, nirringrazzja lin-negozjaturi kollha li kellna f’din il-Card għaliex ħdimna verament bħala tim u naħseb dan il-Parlament kien verament magħqud biex niġġieldu favur il-persuni b’diżabilità.
Debate: European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities - European Disability Card and European Parking Card for persons with disabilities for third country nationals legally residing in a Member State
Date: TUESDAY, 23 APRIL 2024
Speaker: João Albuquerque
Political group: S-D
Language: PT

A aprovação do cartão europeu das pessoas com deficiência e do cartão de estacionamento para pessoas com deficiência é tão só e apenas o reconhecimento de um princípio de igualdade, de que não há cidadãos de primeira, nem cidadãos de segunda e que, dentro desta União Europeia, independentemente das forças que lá fora e aqui dentro o tentam negar, temos todos direitos iguais.  Mas depois deste passo histórico, deste passo decisivo e simbólico, aquilo que temos de fazer é também pensar no futuro. E eu espero que, no próximo mandato, possamos dar continuidade a este trabalho desenvolvido ao longo destes últimos cinco anos e garantir que este Parlamento continue a ser composto por uma maioria de pessoas que acreditam que, apesar das dificuldades e apesar das diferenças com as quais nascemos, somos todos verdadeiramente iguais.  Espero ver este Parlamento representado de acordo com aquilo que é a presença de pessoas com deficiência na sociedade, garantir-lhes um lugar de fala, dizer-lhes que o lugar delas não é só a votar, é também aqui dentro. Temos uma agenda de direitos para fazer avançar e fazer aprovar. E eu espero que aqueles que segurem a bandeira da Europa no próximo mandato estejam à altura dessa responsabilidade e o saibam fazer.