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Debate: Children first - strengthening the Child Guarantee, two years on from its adoption - Reducing inequalities and promoting social inclusion in times of crisis for children and their families
Date: MONDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Maria Grapini
Political group: S-D
Country: Portugal
Language: RO

Doamnă președintă, doamnă comisară, stimați colegi, au trecut 34 de ani de când s-a declarat Ziua Internațională a Drepturilor Copilului. Și cum stăm? Avem 5 milioane de copii în sărăcie, și nu vorbesc acum de criză, de pandemie, de război, vorbesc de faptul că în acești 34 de ani, de fapt, s-a adâncit criza legată de drepturile copilului.  Nu mă refer numai la faptul că sunt copii care, poate, mănâncă mai puțin sau dorm în mai puțină căldură. Mă refer și la faptul că sunt smulși de foarte multe ori, copiii, din familie și nimic nu este mai de preț decât dragostea mamei și a părinților. Cred că aici trebuie să urmărim, Uniunea Europeană, și, bineînțeles, și statele membre.  M-am ocupat de cazuri de copii luați, care au fost recuperați de familii după 3, 4, 5 ani, copii care au rămas cu traumă. De ce au fost luați acei copii? Pe motive închipuite? De multe ori da, pentru că familia e săracă. Dar haideți, aici să intervenim, să asigurăm familiilor, părinților, locuri de muncă, să aibă venituri, încât copiii să crească în familie și nu în acele centre și în acele instituții ale statului.
Debate: Children first - strengthening the Child Guarantee, two years on from its adoption - Reducing inequalities and promoting social inclusion in times of crisis for children and their families
Date: MONDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Barry Andrews
Political group: Renew
Country: Ireland
Language: EN

Madam President, Commissioner and colleagues, on World Children’s Day, I want to focus on two issues. Firstly, foster care is part of the European Child Guarantee and it is, of course, a recommended intervention for the most vulnerable children, preferred over residential care. However, foster care is delivered in a very incoherent way across Member States. There are no common standards for the delivery of foster care or for training of foster parents. We recently adopted a position on aspects of cross-border adoptions, and we should do the same regarding foster care and the Brussels Convention in particular. Secondly, as Minister for Children in Ireland, I introduced a scheme that delivered early childhood care and education. The intention was that this would lead to the increased professionalisation of workers in this sector, so that they could diagnose early developmental delays in children and design appropriate interventions, and I hope that that’s where it goes. Finally, it is impossible on World Children’s Day not to repeat what the WHO’s Dr Mike Ryan said: the best medicine for the children of Gaza is a ceasefire.
Debate: Children first - strengthening the Child Guarantee, two years on from its adoption - Reducing inequalities and promoting social inclusion in times of crisis for children and their families
Date: MONDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President, the Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted on this day in 1989 by the UN. The US still has not signed it. Israel has killed over 5000 children in the last six weeks, thanks to the support of the US and the EU.  American journalist Chris Hedges was in an Al Jazeera studio watching a live feed from Gaza City of Israel attacking al-Shifa Hospital: ‘A deliberate attack on a hospital. A deliberate war crime. A deliberate massacre of the most helpless civilians, including [...] infants. Then the feed goes dead. [...] We know what this means. No power. No water. No internet. No medical supplies. Every infant in an incubator will die. [...] Everyone who needs emergency surgery will die.’  Let there be no doubt Israel, the US and the EU are sending a chilling message to the rest of the world: international and humanitarian law, the Convention on the Rights of the Child are meaningless pieces of paper. They did not apply in Iraq or Afghanistan and they do not apply in Gaza. They do not hate us for our values; maybe they hate us because we do not have any.
Debate: Children first - strengthening the Child Guarantee, two years on from its adoption - Reducing inequalities and promoting social inclusion in times of crisis for children and their families
Date: MONDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Caterina Chinnici
Political group: PPE
Country: Italy
Language: IT

Signora Presidente, signora Commissaria, onorevoli colleghi, secondo il rapporto pubblicato a settembre scorso da Eurostat, aumentano e sarebbero quasi 20 milioni nel 2022 i ragazzi di età inferiore ai 18 anni a rischio di povertà o di esclusione sociale.  Come sempre, infatti, nelle situazioni di crisi, quali la pandemia di COVID-19 o le ripercussioni della guerra in Ucraina, il prezzo più alto lo pagano i bambini e fra questi i più colpiti, ancora una volta, sono i più fragili: bambini provenienti da contesti di immigrazione, rifugiati, minori non accompagnati ma anche bambini provenienti da famiglie monoparentali, bambini con disabilità e bambini appartenenti a minoranze etniche.  La Garanzia europea per l'infanzia rappresenta uno strumento fondamentale per combattere l'inaccettabile povertà di milioni di bambini in Europa e va certamente rafforzata.  Spetta ora agli Stati membri attuare piani di azione nazionali efficaci affinché ad ogni bambino in Europa possa essere garantito davvero uno sviluppo sano ed armonioso, come sancito nella Convenzione delle Nazioni Unite sui diritti del fanciullo.
Debate: Children first - strengthening the Child Guarantee, two years on from its adoption - Reducing inequalities and promoting social inclusion in times of crisis for children and their families
Date: MONDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, it’s World Children’s Day, the day when we commemorate the signing of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child – the most widely ratified human-rights treaty ever; the world united around the protection of children. Well, aren’t we great? It’s about time that we wake up and smell the white phosphorus, the burning flesh of children torched alive in Gaza. Wake up and hear their screams over the dead bodies of their parents, their severed limbs, their blinded eyes, their parched lips, their starving stomachs. Feel their terror day after day after day after day, as the bombs rain down on their homes, their schools, their hospitals. On and on it goes. All the great nations that signed this great treaty to protect children sit on their hands, and we pat ourselves on the back in places like this, while not just doing nothing, but enabling that Israeli genocide against children to continue. Well, the people of the world have seen through your complicity. If you mean a morsel of concern for children, stop the slaughter, demand a ceasefire.
Debate: Children first - strengthening the Child Guarantee, two years on from its adoption - Reducing inequalities and promoting social inclusion in times of crisis for children and their families
Date: MONDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Dubravka Šuica
Language: EN

There were several questions and I will try to reply to a few of them. Madam Jongerius and Mr Andrews ask about how to further invest in children. So, we agree that we have to further invest in early childhood education and care and in the meals for children in schools. It was already done with the ESF+, but I have to tell you, Member States should do more.  Madam Nicholsonová – she is not here anymore – on Roma children. They have been direct beneficiaries of the pilot projects under the Child Guarantee preparatory action in Croatia and Bulgaria, and Commissioner Schmit and I, visited one such site and witnessed this on the ground. But again, we need more.  Once again, I must draw attention to the fact that primary responsibility for the implementation of the Child Guarantee lies with Member States. If you remember at the Porto Summit, we committed to lifting at least 5 million children out of poverty by 2030, and we are still far from that. I agree with you that more decisive actions are needed to move into this direction and to reverse these negative trends.  We are committed to continuing to work with the European Parliament on advancing the fight against poverty and we will closely follow up on your report.  The world of tomorrow, all of us know, is likely to be very different from the world we know today. The green and digital transitions require that today’s children are well equipped and have equal opportunities to thrive in the years to come. Demographics change, our third transition is bringing challenges and opportunities for all generations and, as all of us know, our societies will become longevity societies – 50% of children who are born now may reach the age of 90 or 95. Cycles of poverty and disadvantage start early on, and will impact our lifestyles and societies throughout the entire lifecycle.  We therefore need to ensure an equal start in life for present and future generations, in an inclusive society where each voice is heard. This is why we are putting so much emphasis on child participation in policymaking. As all of us know and would agree, children are part of the solution.  The universal protection of children’s rights is an increasing reality on the ground. Yet, what is hardly won can be easily lost. Our collective work will only be done when we have successfully put an end to child poverty and have social inclusion for all children. We need to make sure that intergenerational solidarity and fairness become a reality of our everyday work; that children can enjoy the rights they have now and their rights as future generations.  My colleague, Commissioner Schmit and I, look forward to continuing to work with you on this file, and I hope that we can move the world on in this and I want to thank you once again for this interest in this on the International Day on the Rights of Children.
Debate: Children first - strengthening the Child Guarantee, two years on from its adoption - Reducing inequalities and promoting social inclusion in times of crisis for children and their families
Date: MONDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Sandra Pereira
Country: Germany
Language: PT

As palavras dos governantes num tema bonito, que tem potencial para derreter o mais áspero coração, têm de estar ligadas às decisões políticas e não podem nunca ser apenas floreados.  O relatório que amanhã votaremos fica com caminhos por trilhar. É fundamental substituir a chamada governação económica da União Europeia por uma coordenação de políticas públicas que ponha as crianças e as suas famílias à frente de desígnios de contas certas, que de certas pouco têm.  O Semestre Europeu e as recomendações por país, enquanto instrumentos castradores da capacidade dos Estados-Membros de investirem em serviços públicos universais e de qualidade, têm contribuído para o deteriorar das condições de vida das crianças, particularmente aquelas em maior risco de pobreza.  No meu país, Portugal, isso é claro pela atual situação do Sistema Nacional de Saúde, com encerramentos de urgências, nomeadamente pediátricas, ou da escola pública, com um alarmante número de alunos com falta de professores em pelo menos uma disciplina ou com a escassez de resposta das creches públicas.  Não podemos aceitar o caminho de privatizações, com a cumplicidade da Comissão e de governos nacionais, em vários setores estratégicos e de interesse público. Concretizar uma outra política numa Europa dos trabalhadores e dos povos é fundamental para deixar as crianças serem crianças, para assegurar que sonham, que brincam, que crescem saudáveis e felizes.  Vou finalizar com os agradecimentos, que há pouco não consegui concluir, aos relatores—sombra e seus assistentes, ao secretariado da Comissão do Emprego e dos Assuntos Sociais e dos diferentes grupos políticos e, obviamente, à minha equipa, ao Luís Capucha Pereira, ao Afonso Marques e à Sofia Silva.
Debate: Children first - strengthening the Child Guarantee, two years on from its adoption - Reducing inequalities and promoting social inclusion in times of crisis for children and their families
Date: MONDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Dita Charanzová
Country: France
Language: EN

Thank you, Madam rapporteur. I have received one motion for a resolution to wind up the debate.1 The joint debate is closed and the vote will be held tomorrow. _________________ 1 See minutes.
Debate: Children first - strengthening the Child Guarantee, two years on from its adoption - Reducing inequalities and promoting social inclusion in times of crisis for children and their families
Date: MONDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Marc Angel
Political group: S-D
Country: Luxembourg
Language: EN

We need to adopt a life-cycle approach to break the vicious circle of poverty. The EU Child Guarantee combined with adequate public investment to ensure decent food, housing, education and healthcare to all children will help us achieve our objective of eradicating child poverty in Europe.  Today, on the International Day on the Rights of the Child, we Socialists and Democrats reiterate our call for a budget of at least EUR 20 billion for the European Child Guarantee. We also call for a golden social rule ensuring that budget cuts will never affect measures destined to reduce child poverty. Finally, we call for the strengthening of EU social policies such as a strong anti-poverty strategy, minimum income schemes, and public housing strategies that would help protect our children and our loved ones against poverty.
Debate: Children first - strengthening the Child Guarantee, two years on from its adoption - Reducing inequalities and promoting social inclusion in times of crisis for children and their families
Date: MONDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Ádám Kósa
Political group: NI
Country: Poland
Language: HU

Ugyanakkor a gyermekeket nem lehet elszigetelten szemlélni: családban élnek, ezért a teljes családot támogatjuk: gyermektámogatási és családpolitikánk széles körű támogatásokkal (az adókedvezményektől a vissza nem térítendő támogatásokig) segíti az otthonteremtést, támogatja az éppen házasságot kötő, vagy babát váró fiatalokat éppúgy, mint a nagycsaládosokat. Mivel pedig a gyermekszegénység összefügg a szülők helyzetével, az a legfontosabb, hogy a szülők munkához jussanak: ha munka van, minden van. Magyarországon a foglalkoztatási ráta csaknem 75%-os, míg a munkanélküliség mindössze 3,9%. A 4,75 millió foglalkoztatott közül csupán 250 ezer ember kap minimálbért, amelynek összege idén 15%-kal emelkedik meg. A szakképzettek minimálbérét az ún. garantált bérminimumot 700 ezer ember kapja, ennek összege is 10%-kal lett magasabb idén.
Debate: UN Climate Change Conference  in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Date: MONDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Lídia Pereira
Political group: PPE
Country: Finland
Language: PT

A Europa lidera, mas não consegue fazer sozinha o que é necessário para salvar o planeta. Temos de exigir mais de outras economias, como a Índia, a China ou os Estados Unidos, sem relativismos históricos ou concessões. Temos oscilado entre cheias e períodos de seca, tempestades e ondas de calor. Batemos sucessivamente o recorde do ano mais quente desde que há registos e as emissões de gases de efeito de estufa já elevaram a temperatura global num grau, mais ou menos. O Ártico, um indicador-chave do nosso clima, poderá já não ter gelo nos verões no final da década de 2030.  As consequências são devastadoras: a nossa saúde ou a segurança dos nossos bens, mas também as realidades que temos assumido aqui na Europa, como alimentos nos supermercados ou disponibilidade de água potável contínua em toda a Europa.  O compromisso da União Europeia com o clima é inegável, mas é preciso que os outros países e geografias façam a sua parte. A Índia é hoje o país mais populoso do mundo e tem, por isso, que acelerar o ritmo da sua transição. E para isso precisamos de compromissos internacionais. Mas precisamos também de condições para o desenvolvimento e a implementação das energias renováveis, cuja meta global deve ser assumida no Dubai, mas também de tecnologias limpas que estão a surgir na Europa e que temos o dever de apoiar. Ou, ainda, de melhorar substancialmente a rede de transportes públicos que nos permitirão alternativas menos poluentes.  O combate às alterações climáticas passa por aqui, não pela destruição de obras de arte ou por números mediáticos sem qualquer consequência. O que se pede é muito claro: que continuemos a liderar na ambição e na implementação de um novo modelo económico, mais sustentável, mais saudável, ao mesmo tempo que exigimos a outros países que acelerem o passo.
Debate: UN Climate Change Conference  in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Date: MONDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Mohammed Chahim
Political group: S-D
Country: Denmark
Language: NL

Een kleine groep superrijken heeft een extreem grote impact op de vernietiging van onze planeet. Ook in onze steden, waar de lucht steeds viezer wordt en de natuur achteruitgaat. Het luxeleven van deze vervuilende elite veroorzaakt wereldwijd leed. Deze extreme vervuiling heeft verschrikkelijke gevolgen voor groepen die al kwetsbaar zijn, zoals mensen die in armoede leven. Ze zijn extra blootgesteld aan extreem weer, want er is een toenemend verband tussen klimaatverandering en bijvoorbeeld overstromingen en hittegolven. 91 % van de doden gerelateerd aan extreem weer valt weer in ontwikkelingslanden. De klimaatcrisis en wereldwijde ongelijkheid zijn onlosmakelijk met elkaar verbonden en voeden elkaar. Klimaatrechtvaardigheid is nog nooit zo cruciaal geweest op de klimaattop. Onze boodschap voor de COP28 is duidelijk: landen moeten dit moment aangrijpen om van koers te veranderen met het doel om een beperking van de opwarming van de aarde tot anderhalve graad binnen bereik te houden.
Debate: UN Climate Change Conference  in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Date: MONDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Bas Eickhout
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: France
Language: EN

So, this COP is very crucial to change that course, because not only do we see these projections where there is a huge gap between what we want to do and what has been promised, we also see that warming is accelerating. This year will very likely become the warmest year ever on record, and 17 November has been the first day on record where we were warmer as a world than the 2 degrees, and we know there’s variability and it’s only one day, but for the first time, the world has gone beyond the 2 degrees threshold. This shows the urgency of action that we need to do, and therefore, this first global stocktake in Dubai will also be the credibility test of the Paris Agreement. Therefore, we need binding decisions on climate action, tripling renewables, doubling energy and efficiency, but most importantly, also the end of fossils – and there, to be very honest, dear Commissioner, again you squeeze in the word ‘unabated’ there. So, our Parliament is very clear in its resolution. We want the end of fossil fuels. I know that the Environment Council has come to a very broad definition on how they want to tackle it but I think it is important that we hear from you where you stand on the end of fossil fuels.  Then exactly on this issue of unabated or abated, Parliament is clear: we need the end of fossil fuels. We also need the end of fossil subsidies by 2025. We need the end of environmental harmful subsidies by 2027. That’s all in the resolution. So, a clear Commission would be important there as well. But if we are going to fight for ambition, we need to be credible as Europe as well. We need to deliver on our financial promises. We need to deliver on loss and damage as well, so that the developing world can see that we are serious about tackling this issue for them and for us.
Debate: UN Climate Change Conference  in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Date: MONDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Grzegorz Tobiszowski
Political group: ECR
Country: Finland
Language: PL

Natomiast wydaje mi się, że powinniśmy sobie postawić pytanie, czy poza dobrym przykładem i zwiększaniem ambicji na naszym kontynencie, my naprawdę oddziałujemy na klimat i na środowisko. Bowiem Chiny, Indie i Stany Zjednoczone tak jakby obok Europy prowadziły swoje gospodarki.  Pan komisarz słusznie zauważył, że jest to proces globalny i mówił o dekarbonizacji, ale w ostatnich przecież latach widzimy, że Chińczycy zwiększają ilość energii opartej o węgiel kamienny, zwiększają wydobycie węgla kamiennego i to są miliardy ton, które idą na ich rynek gospodarczy. I my dzisiaj jako Europejczycy, minimalizując swoje i zwiększając swoje ambicje, prowadząc dekarbonizację, tym przykładem nie umiemy, jak widać, przekonać naszych partnerów. I pojawia się pytanie. Czy mamy jakieś inne argumenty, jadąc na ten COP, by być skutecznym, by przekonać wielkich graczy światowych do tego, byśmy ratowali klimat?
Debate: UN Climate Change Conference  in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Date: MONDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Catherine Griset
Political group: ID
Country: France
Language: FR

On ne cesse de parler de transition juste et équitable, mais la vérité, c’est que nos peuples n’en voient que l’aspect punitif pendant que leurs pays financent la transition écologique du monde entier. Cette COP sera un échec tant qu’elle refusera de s’attaquer au mondialisme marchand, de prôner le localisme et les technologies bas carbone. À la place, ce sera un énième numéro de communication. Un conseil pour avancer: il serait temps de raisonner en termes d’argent investi et de juger enfin aux résultats, mais ce serait forcément décevant.
Debate: UN Climate Change Conference  in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Date: MONDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Silvia Modig
Political group: The Left
Country: Romania
Language: FI

Rahoitus on kokouksen yksi tärkeimpiä kysymyksiä, ja edellisessä huippukokouksessa päätetty Loss and Damage -rahasto on saatava konkretisoitua ja toimintaan. On myös välttämätöntä, että uudistamme kansainvälistä rahoitusjärjestelmää vastaamaan vihreän siirtymän tarpeita Bridgetownin agendan mukaisesti.  Globaalin etelän ilmastorahoitus on ratkaistava, mutta YK:n ilmastotyö itsessään vaatii myös uudistamista. Nyt monilla globaalin etelän mailla on käytännön vaikeuksia osallistua kokoukseen, mutta fossiililobbareiden ja öljypomojen määrä kasvaa joka vuosi. On kestämätöntä, että nämä yhtiöt, jotka edelleen saavat tuottonsa ilmastoa lämmittävästä toiminnasta ja näin kasvattavat laskua meille kaikille, saavat haitallista vaikutusvaltaa näissä kokouksissa. Öljy-yhtiön toimitusjohtajan paikka ei ole ilmastohuippukokouksen puheenjohtajana – ei todellakaan – kun suurimpia haasteitamme on saada päätös fossiilisten alasajoista ja loppu fossiilituille. Samaan aikaan kun elämme mittaushistorian lämpimintä vuotta, viimeisen vuoden aikana on investoitu yli tuhat miljardia dollaria fossiilisiin. Eihän tässä ole järjen hiventä! Lakataan rahoittamasta tuhoa, niin kyllä rahat riittävät ilmastotoimiin. Ilmastopäätökset tulee tehdä tieteellistä neuvoa kuunnellen, ja tämän tulee olla EU:n vahva viesti neuvotteluihin.