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Debate: Schools scheme for fruit, vegetables, milk and dairy products
Date: MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Mr President, I’m really glad we’re discussing the school scheme, particularly for fruit and vegetables. I’d like to see it extended to fortified plant milk, because this discussion is taking place against the backdrop of the World Health Organisation declaring that the EU is facing an obesity crisis of epidemic proportions: 60% of adults are overweight and 28% of children, and that’s where the fastest rates of growth are. And the key reason for this is bad food. Bad food is literally killing people, particularly those from the lower socioeconomic backgrounds. And instead of promoting good food, we have wonder drugs being marketed, such as by Novo Nordisk, who are currently at the centre of a controversy in Ireland, where medical experts were selling a cure, essentially, for obesity, when the cure is good food. So I think this is beyond urgent, starting in schools. It’s a great scheme providing and promoting healthy, fresh food. – absolutely key as part of a plan to support locally produced food, affordable to all.
Debate: Schools scheme for fruit, vegetables, milk and dairy products
Date: MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
Speaker: Maria Grapini
Political group: S-D
Country: Portugal
Language: RO

Domnule președinte, stimați colegi, viitorul Europei și viitorul fiecărei țări sunt copiii și mă bucur că discutăm programul de distribuție de fructe, legume, lapte în școli. Vreau să vă felicit pentru un raport atât de bine documentat, atât de bine argumentat și cred că mâine vom vota cu toții acest raport, dar m-aș bucura să țină cont Comisia de recomandările din raportul nostru, pentru că da, trebuie un buget mai mare. Nu trebuie să facem rabat la calitate, nu trebuie să cumpărăm cu bani puțini ceea ce este mai ieftin pentru copii și cred că trebuie și un program de educație a modului de alimentare, pentru că am avut ocazia să merg într-o școală în care copiii nu mâncau banane pentru că nu mâncaseră niciodată și nu știau ce sunt acelea. Concomitent cu programul de distribuție a alimentelor în școli, trebuie să facem și o educație alimentară și da, sunt de acord că trebuie zonal să încurajăm întreprinderile mici și mijlocii, micii fermieri să fie principalii furnizori pentru produsele distribuite în școli.
Debate: Schools scheme for fruit, vegetables, milk and dairy products
Date: MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Mr President, the school scheme for fruit, vegetables, milk and dairy products is vital to promoting healthy nutritional habits for future generations. Yet there are disparities with the implementation of the scheme, as only 16 of the 76 million students in the EU were targeted by the scheme from 2017 to 2023, mostly due to budget issues. This scheme should be in line with the objectives of the farm to fork strategy and to support the 25% organic land target for 2030. The numbers currently do not add up. To make ground on the farm to fork, this scheme needs to be more ambitious, with a budget to match. Since Brexit, the annual budget has decreased and has further diminished in purchasing power due to inflation and distribution costs. If we are serious about it, this scheme needs more funding.
Debate: Schools scheme for fruit, vegetables, milk and dairy products
Date: MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
Speaker: Thierry Breton
Language: EN

The EU school scheme has been applied since 2017 under a single legal framework. It supports the distribution of fruit, vegetables, milk – and milk products, of course – to children in nursery to secondary schools. The objective is to increase the consumption of agricultural products that are appropriate for children’s nutrition. But there is scope for enhancing its contribution to sustainable food and food production and consumption. As established in the communication of the farm to fork strategy, the Commission is reviewing the current scheme to increase its impact on sustainable food and strengthened educational message on healthy nutrition, sustainable food production and reducing food waste. The review will draw lessons from the evaluation that assesses to what extent the scheme has been: first, effective and also efficient in achieving all its objectives; second, coherent with other EU national policies, not only in the agricultural scheme, but also in the health, education and environmental sectors; third, relevant in light of evolving consumption patterns and trends; fourth, has broad EU added value; and fifth, it also seeks to simplify and reduce the administrative burden to the extent possible. Having that in mind, the Commission welcomes the European Parliament report that recognises the importance of the challenges ahead, notably with regard to the scope of eligible products, distribution modalities, the budget for educational measures and the need for simplification. We thank you for the constructive cooperation on this file and welcome the fact that the European Parliament report recognises the need to work closely together as EU institutions and with Member States to not only keep the scheme but to make it even better. The Commission will take its conclusion and the recommendations of this report into account when drawing up a new proposal that is planned for the end of 2023.
Debate: Schools scheme for fruit, vegetables, milk and dairy products
Date: MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
Speaker: Alin Mituța
Political group: Renew
Country: Germany
Language: EN

The School Scheme could be a bridge between farms, schools and wider society, and this is why it is crucial to strengthen the educational component of the Scheme and to ensure a wider involvement of stakeholders in developing and implementing educational measures. Last, but not least, it is high time we started cooperating with candidate countries on this programme. The Commission could look into using alternative funds, such as the pre—accession financial instruments, to support the launch of a similar programme in countries like Moldova and Ukraine.
Debate: Co-management of fisheries in the EU
Date: MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
Speaker: Othmar Karas
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Als nächster Punkt der Tagesordnung folgt die kurze Darstellung des Berichts von Clara Aguilera im Namen des Fischereiausschusses über eine gemeinsame Bestandsbewirtschaftung in der EU und den Beitrag der Fischerei zur Umsetzung von Bewirtschaftungsmaßnahmen (
Debate: Co-management of fisheries in the EU
Date: MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Mr President, the management of fisheries in the EU is certainly something that we should be talking about. From EU money buying up fishing rights from poor African countries – calling it aid spending as a cover to hoover up their fishing resources – to a common fisheries policy which has seen fishers in countries like Ireland utterly devastated: our record really isn’t a good one. Whether it’s the failure to compensate people like C.J. Gaffney for the decommissioning of the Mary Kate – a campaign still going on – or the fact that small fishers have been pauperised and virtually eliminated in Ireland. From having 20% of EU waters when we joined, getting only 4% of the catch, we now even import certain categories of fish. This obviously needs urgent action. Throughout the world we see entire fishing regions depleted to vanishing point and our policies are part of the problem. We need a sustainable approach that respects scientific evidence regarding conservation, and fishing communities involved rather than always pandering to the big boy.
Debate: Co-management of fisheries in the EU
Date: MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Mr President, I, too, welcome the report. Fishermen and women and coastal communities absolutely need to be more involved in decision-making about their lives and their industry. God knows, they’ve been sold out by the EU and successive governments in my own country, Ireland. I do think, however, that co-management schemes or systems need to be designed with the specific needs of small-scale fishers in mind. It should not be the case that such systems only benefit industrial fishing simply because the sector is better organised. Ireland’s fishermen and traditional salmon fishermen we have in parts of Ireland like Wexford and Waterford should be equally valued. In Ireland, back in 2018, the EPP’s Fine Gael government at the time killed the Island Fisheries Bill. The bill aimed to allow island communities to co-manage their fisheries and to start low-impact seasonal fishing from small boats again. Let’s protect small-scale fishers before they disappear.
Debate: Co-management of fisheries in the EU
Date: MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
Speaker: Thierry Breton
Language: EN

The spirit of the principle of good governance is reflected in the Common Fisheries Policy Regulation. It requires a clear definition of responsibilities at the EU, regional, national and local levels. The appropriate involvement of stakeholders includes fishers as well, of course, as other organisations and public authorities at all levels.  The Common Fisheries Policy provides tools to facilitate the participation of stakeholders in particular through the regionalisation process, the recommendations of advisory councils and the market management roles of producer organisations. Do we need to change the legal framework to further enhance co-management? Well, the Commission does not think so. The Common Fisheries Policy already contains a toolbox to provide tailor-made solutions based on scientific advice and on the ecosystem-based approach, and it also provides funding. The Common Fisheries Policy acknowledges that each situation, of course, is different. So is each sea basin and each Member State. And indeed, let us not forget about the specificities of the outermost regions and our relations also with third countries. An overly prescriptive approach could have negative results. Instead, what we need is a shared understanding of best practices and a smoother implementation and application of the available tools by Member States and by stakeholders. These should then be complemented by the full use of available funds under the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund and beyond. This is exactly our objective with the Fisheries and Oceans Pact proposed by the Commission last February. It is a call to all involved to walk hand in hand, to improve the implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy, including where it concerns the outermost regions and our cooperation at international level. A new phase of discussion should be opened to better understand the challenges and the possible solutions towards more sustainable and resilient fisheries.
Debate: Amendment of the agenda
Date: TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
Speaker: Othmar Karas
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Gemäß Artikel 158 Absatz 2 der Geschäftsordnung wird auf Vorschlag der Präsidentin und im Einvernehmen mit den Fraktionen die Sitzung am Mittwoch, den 10. Mai 2023, bis 23.00 Uhr verlängert. Wenn es keine Einwände gibt, gilt diese Änderung als angenommen.
Debate: Revision of the Stability and Growth Pact
Date: TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
Speaker: Othmar Karas
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Als erster Punkt der Tagesordnung folgt die Aussprache über die Erklärungen des Rates und der Kommission zur Überarbeitung des Stabilitäts- und Wachstumspakts (
Debate: Revision of the Stability and Growth Pact
Date: TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
Speaker: Jessika Roswall
Language: EN

The Council welcomes the publication of the Commission’s legislative proposals on 26 April. It provides a good basis for the upcoming negotiations. We now aim to take the legislative work as far as possible before handing over to the upcoming Spanish Presidency. It is of great importance that co-legislators work hard to reach an agreement on the legal text before the end of the year. This would be the third revision of the Stability and Growth Pact since its entry into force at the turn of the century. We should take into account the new economic and fiscal realities as we move forward with the reforms of the economic governance framework. Fiscal rules are important and should remain an essential instrument in our economic policy toolkit. The goals of the reform framework are clear: namely, to ensure sustainable fiscal policy by taking a more medium-term and holistic view to reduce high public debt, to promote growth, enhancing reforms and investments, and to strengthen enforcement tools and national ownership. It is important to keep in mind that there is no trade-off between growth and fiscal sustainability over the medium term. The two concepts must be in tandem. In other words, sound public finances are a precondition to sustainable growth, and sustainable growth supports the improvement of all fiscal positions. The Council has already started an intense technical examination of the Commission’s proposal. Now the Presidency looks forward to cooperating with Parliament on this important issue. Thank you very much for your attention. I look forward to the debate.
Debate: Revision of the Stability and Growth Pact
Date: TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
Speaker: Markus Ferber
Political group: PPE
Country: Italy
Language: DE

Wenn wir zu den bisherigen Regeln kritisch Bilanz ziehen, müssen wir aber feststellen, dass das Regelwerk nicht gut funktioniert hat. Viele Mitgliedstaaten haben selbst in guten Zeiten die Defizitgrenzen nicht eingehalten. Die Staatsverschuldung ist immer weiter angestiegen, auch schon vor der Pandemie, vor dem furchtbaren russischen Angriffskrieg. Die Analyse, dass wir eine Reform des Regelwerks benötigen, die teile ich vollumfänglich. Aber wie die Reform ausfallen muss – ich glaube, da gibt es doch noch große Unterschiede. Wir haben beim Stabilitäts- und Wachstumspakt doch drei Probleme. Erstens: Haushaltskonsolidierung wurde immer auf die lange Bank geschoben. Zweitens: Die Kommission hat viel zu viel Flexibilität gewährt. Und drittens: Die Kommission hat die Regeln nicht beherzt genug durchgesetzt, weil sie von den Sanktionsmöglichkeiten noch nie – ich sage es noch mal: noch nie! – Gebrauch gemacht hat. Die drei Lösungsansätze der Kommission lauten nun: noch mehr Zeit, noch mehr Flexibilität und noch schwächere Sanktionen. Mit Verlaub, das ist nicht die richtige Lösung. Um es ganz klar zu sagen: Der Stabilitäts- und Wachstumspakt hatte nie ein Flexibilitätsproblem, sondern ein Anwendungsproblem und ein Glaubwürdigkeitsproblem. Was die Kommission nun vorgelegt hat, wird nicht dazu beitragen, diese Probleme ordentlich zu adressieren. Hier müssen wir im Gesetzgebungsprozess noch einiges nachschärfen. Das ist mein letzter Kritikpunkt, dass Sie uns so wenig Zeit lassen. Denn es war ja klar, dass der Stabilitäts- und Wachstumspakt zum 1.1. nächsten Jahres wieder in Kraft treten soll. Dass Sie uns so wenig Zeit lassen, das hier intensiv beraten zu können, das ist nicht fair.
Debate: Revision of the Stability and Growth Pact
Date: TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
Speaker: Pedro Marques
Political group: S-D
Country: Czechia
Language: EN

First, the social dimension has been relegated to a footnote – but economics is not just mathematics, it should be about people in the end. The economic governance must help us sustainably deliver the social pillar and the Porto agenda commitments. Secondly, we are missing another opportunity to create a permanent European investment capacity. Such an instrument would help us deliver strategic reforms at European level and stabilise our economies through the economic cycles. Without it, the monetary union remains unfinished. Finally, a stronger role for the Commission merits stronger accountability towards this House that represents directly the European citizens. It is time to deliver what is necessary for the well-being of our citizens. You can all count on the S&D for that.
Debate: Revision of the Stability and Growth Pact
Date: TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
Speaker: Stéphanie Yon-Courtin
Political group: Renew
Country: Latvia
Language: FR

Nous devons investir massivement pour atteindre nos objectifs communs liés aux transitions verte et numérique, et à notre autonomie stratégique. La souveraineté européenne passe nécessairement par la souveraineté économique. Nous avons besoin de ces règles communes pour garantir notre union monétaire et la soutenabilité de nos finances. Nous le devons en responsabilité à nos générations futures. Pour cela, faisons preuve de réalisme face à la situation actuelle, et tirons les leçons du passé. Ce n’est pas toujours dans les anciens pots qu’on fait les meilleures confitures. Les règles uniformes en matière de réduction de la dette ou de déficit ont montré leur inefficacité. Prenons garde au retour du concept simple d’austérité comme seule boussole pour financer les finances publiques. Soyons réalistes, pragmatiques et prospectifs, les investissements et réformes seront essentiels pour soutenir notre croissance et la résilience de notre économie.
Debate: Revision of the Stability and Growth Pact
Date: TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
Speaker: Philippe Lamberts
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Sweden
Language: FR

Comme souvent, le dogme n’est pas neutre. Il sert les intérêts de quelques-uns au détriment du plus grand nombre. Car la réalité est que l’austérité a toujours été appliquée de manière sélective en Europe. D’un côté, les prêtres de l’orthodoxie budgétaire ont voulu systématiquement couper dans les investissements publics, dans l’enseignement, dans la santé, et vendre au privé le patrimoine public. De l’autre, de la crise financière à la guerre en Ukraine en passant par la pandémie: c’est un pognon de dingue. Je veux dire un paquet d’argent public dont les mêmes arrosent sans conditions et sans barguigner le «big business». En témoignent les superprofits de secteurs comme les énergies fossiles et la finance. Cette austérité sélective provoque une double injustice, à la fois sociale et climatique. Elle augmente le niveau d’endettement public pour in fine enrichir les rentiers du système sans que cela bénéficie au plus grand nombre de nos concitoyens ni de la planète. Le véritable enjeu, ce n’est donc pas de choisir son camp entre les prétendus frugaux et les dépensiers, entre les supposés vertueux et les débauchés. Non. La seule question valable à poser est: à quoi doit servir notre dette publique? Doit-elle financer les énergies fossiles, les sauvetages bancaires, les cadeaux fiscaux aux plus riches ou, au contraire, lutter contre le péril climatique, rendre nos sociétés plus justes et plus résilientes dans le monde incertain qui est le nôtre? C’est le deuxième choix que nous faisons chez nous, chez les Verts. C’est la raison pour laquelle nous voulons une refonte en profondeur des règles budgétaires. Premièrement, nous appelons à désactiver la règle du déficit qui n’a aucune valeur scientifique. Ce qui compte n’est pas tant le chiffre du déficit que l’utilité publique, y compris économique, des dépenses qu’il permet de financer. Deuxièmement, nous proposons que la soutenabilité de la dette soit désormais évaluée à l’aune du risque climatique. La réalité est que le meilleur moyen de rendre nos finances publiques insoutenables est de remettre à plus tard les investissements dans la transition écologique. Nous avons au contraire tout intérêt à les accélérer, et nos règles doivent le permettre. Ces axes de réformes ont pour but de passer à une stratégie économique non plus gouvernée par les chiffres, mais par les besoins.  Pour résumer, plus de dette publique aujourd’hui pour moins de dette écologique, sociale et financière demain. Voilà le projet politique que nous défendons.
Debate: Revision of the Stability and Growth Pact
Date: TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
Speaker: Johan Van Overtveldt
Political group: ECR
Country: Spain
Language: NL

Dertig jaar na het vaststellen van die principes moeten we vaststellen dat de gemiddelde schuldgraad in de EU 85 % bedraagt en het gemiddelde begrotingstekort 3,6 %. In de eurozone liggen die cijfers trouwens nog een beetje hoger. En in zijn jongste prognose voorziet het IMF daarin eigenlijk nauwelijks verbetering, zelfs naar 2028 toe. Een lidstaat die de regels miskent, werd door de Commissie bovendien nog nooit gesanctioneerd, en al zeker niet als het om grotere lidstaten ging. De financiële markten deden dat wel door hogere rentes aan te rekenen. De Commissie stelt nieuwe begrotingsregels voor met een schuldreductieprogramma  De begrotingstekorten en de schulden moeten echt wel omlaag, ook om de strijd tegen de inflatie te kunnen winnen, om verdere financiële instabiliteit te voorkomen en om uiteindelijk ook de monetaire unie bij elkaar te houden.
Debate: Revision of the Stability and Growth Pact
Date: TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
Speaker: Marco Zanni
Political group: ID
Country: Portugal
Language: IT

Tuttavia la proposta della Commissione parte, a mio avviso, da tre presupposti sbagliati che vanno corretti. Il primo è che non cambia l'impianto non corretto delle regole del coordinamento fiscale all'interno dell'Unione europea, partendo dal presupposto che ormai tutte le istituzioni, dal Fondo monetario internazionale, alla Banca centrale europea e ai più grandi economisti, hanno riconosciuto che la grande crisi del debito dell'eurozona non è stata una crisi del debito pubblico, ma è stata una crisi di uno squilibrio di debito privato, soprattutto estero. E, a riprova di questo, sappiamo che alcuni Stati finiti sotto programma, penso al Portogallo, penso alla Spagna, penso all'Irlanda, avevano un rapporto debito pubblico/PIL in linea o addirittura al di sotto del 60 % previsto dai trattati. Il secondo punto è proprio che non cambia l'impostazione di questi numeri, il 60 % e il 3 %, che sono numeri che non hanno un fondamento economico ma non vengono rivisti. Il terzo punto, a mio avviso, è un tema di  L'ultimo punto riguarda gli investimenti. Se guardiamo i dati, purtroppo, molti Stati dell'Unione europea saranno costretti a un consolidamento fiscale che non permetterà di mettere in campo quegli investimenti di cui abbiamo bisogno per la transizione industriale.
Debate: Revision of the Stability and Growth Pact
Date: TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
Speaker: José Gusmão
Political group: The Left
Country: Finland
Language: PT

Mas a proposta que aqui temos não faz aquele que era um dos pontos fundamentais do caderno de encargos desta revisão: a proteção do investimento. A Comissão Europeia quer que os países invistam mais na transição verde e digital, mas não fornece nenhum mecanismo de flexibilidade para que isso possa ser feito, ao contrário do que era pedido pelo Conselho Orçamental Europeu. Primeira proposta: defender, proteger, no quadro das regras, o investimento público nos serviços públicos, na transição verde e na transição digital. Por outro lado, esta proposta institui um regime de resgate permanente. Voltamos a ter técnicos a tomar decisões que cabem à democracia, a sobreporem—se aos programas de governos democraticamente eleitos, inclusive definindo uma trajetória macroeconómica que é, obviamente, uma escolha política da maior importância. Segunda proposta: o foco. Se queremos realmente falar de apropriação nacional, se queremos realmente falar de respeito pela democracia, então todos os aspetos do plano de cada país, a começar pela trajetória macroeconómica, têm que ser definidos pelos governos democraticamente eleitos desse país. Terceira questão: a definição dos planos de reformas e de investimentos. Na proposta da Comissão, a decisão final caberá sempre à Comissão e ao Conselho, criando um poder quase colonial para alguns Estados—Membros e para a Comissão sobre países soberanos. Terceira proposta: a decisão final deve caber aos parlamentos nacionais, no quadro de critérios para a política económica que devem ser debatidos no Parlamento Europeu. Vamos pôr a democracia no centro, que é o seu lugar.