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Debate: The Pegasus spyware scandal
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2021
Speaker: Sandro Gozi
Political group: Renew
Country: France
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, la cybersécurité est une nécessité pour préserver nos démocraties et notre souveraineté. Si des logiciels tels que Pegasus peuvent s’avérer utiles dans la lutte contre le terrorisme, il est vital que nous fixions un cadre législatif clair pour contrôler leur utilisation. Journalistes, opposants politiques, mais aussi plusieurs parmi nous, chers collègues, ont été victimes de différents types d’attaques informatiques et j’en sais quelque chose personnellement, cher Commissaire. La bataille contre la cybercriminalité doit être menée au niveau national et européen, mais aussi sous un angle multilatéral, en réfléchissant à un accord international de cybersécurité pour interdire certaines pratiques, qui s’inspirerait par exemple du modèle de la Convention sur les armes chimiques de 1993. Pegasus a aussi mis en exergue des menaces et des violations venant de l’intérieur de l’Union et nous devons exiger une transparence totale de la part des États membres qui ont utilisé Pegasus, à commencer par la Hongrie. Quels autres États membres l’ont utilisé? Nous avons le droit de le savoir, les citoyens européens ont le droit de le savoir.
Debate: The Pegasus spyware scandal
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2021
Speaker: Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Germany
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, Pegasus est un sujet européen. L’entreprise israélienne NSO, qui a conçu et qui vend ce logiciel de surveillance, a déclaré qu’au moins 30 % de ses clients étaient en Europe. Il serait assez confortable d’envisager le problème uniquement et exclusivement comme celui d’un espionnage chinois, d’un espionnage russe, d’interférences étrangères par des États autoritaires, au delà des mers. Mais la réalité est tout autre et l’absence de réaction de la part de nos dirigeants a été terrifiante. Le président de la République française lui-même surveillé, des personnalités publiques en Allemagne, en Espagne, en Belgique, un gouvernement directement impliqué, celui de la Hongrie. Quel silence! Et pourquoi? Combien de services secrets, de polices européennes, de ministères de l’intérieur ont envisagé d’utiliser cet outil? Combien d’achats ont été faits? Combien ont fait des tentatives d’acquisition? Et combien de nos journalistes, de nos activistes, d’opposants politiques sont surveillés par leur propre gouvernement dans l’Union européenne?
Debate: The Pegasus spyware scandal
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2021
Speaker: Nacho Sánchez Amor
Political group: S-D
Country: Poland
Language: ES

Señora presidenta, querría recabar la atención sobre un aspecto del que se ha hablado poco: la consideración de Pegasus como un  Y, sobre el manejo internacional del comercio de armas, hay una gran experiencia histórica con armas convencionales, con armas nucleares, con armas biológicas y químicas. Ese es el camino que tenemos que emprender con las armas digitales que forman parte de esta guerra híbrida.  Y es verdad que el problema es que mientras llega una regulación internacional, mientras llega la moratoria global en la venta, en la transferencia y en el uso, son necesarios una transparencia absoluta en las licencias comerciales, el uso de los mecanismos domésticos de cada país, informes públicos más frecuentes y la debida diligencia por parte de las empresas creadoras o comercializadoras, y aquí, en la Casa europea —se ha dicho—, crear una verdadera cultura de la seguridad en cada institución. También una cultura de la inteligencia compartida. Y, hoy, la señora Von der Leyen lo ha dicho desde esta tribuna: tenemos que compartir inteligencia, todos los servicios de inteligencia europeos, mientras creamos una inteligencia propia de la Unión Europea, y considerar la soberanía digital tan sagrada como la soberanía geográfica.
Debate: The Pegasus spyware scandal
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2021
Speaker: Anna Júlia Donáth
Political group: Renew
Country: Spain
Language: HU

Tisztelt Elnök Asszony! 2022 tavaszán Magyarországon országgyűlési választások lesznek. Ezeknek a választásoknak óriási a tétje, ugyanis a magyar kormánypárt minden antidemokratikus intézkedése ellenére valós esélye van annak, hogy leváltsák Orbán Viktort. Ezek után nem véletlen, hogy a magyar kormányról a nyáron kiderül: az Európai Unióban egyedüliként állami szinten használta a Pegasus kémszoftvert. És nem is akárhogyan: saját állampolgáraival szemben – újságírók, diákok, ügyvédek, ellenzéki politikusok telefonjait törték fel és hallgatták le. Ehhez képest ezzel a sötét üggyel itt, az Európai Parlamentben egyperces felszólalásokban foglalkozunk csak. Ez teljes mértékben elfogadhatatlan, hiszen mi ez, ha nem az európai értékek, a demokrácia és a jogállamiság lábbal tiprása! Ezért indítványozom egy független európai vizsgálóbizottság felállítását és Orbán Viktor európai parlamenti meghallgatását és felelősségre vonását. Itt az ideje, hogy Európa végre véget vessen és elejét vegye a további jogállamisági rombolásnak.
Debate: The Pegasus spyware scandal
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2021
Speaker: Didier Reynders
Language: FR

Sur le fond, l’affaire Pegasus a démontré une fois de plus – et plusieurs l’ont rappelé – l’urgence de l’adoption rapide du règlement sur la vie privée et les communications électroniques, qui renforcera la confidentialité des communications, ainsi que la nécessité – je l’ai évoqué tout à l’heure – de la recommandation de la Commission pour protéger les journalistes. Et nous aurons à vérifier la mise en œuvre de ces recommandations par les États membres. Je crois que ce sera un élément important dans les mesures que nous allons prendre progressivement pour renforcer cette protection, en particulier celle des journalistes. Mais ils n’étaient pas les seuls visés par ce type de situation. Let me underline also that we do have EU rules in place for criminal liability. Should software, such as Pegasus, be used inappropriately, EU law requires Member States to criminalise the use of it under their domestic legal framework. The directive on attacks against information systems provides definitions of criminal offences and sanctions for a number of offences, including illegal access to information systems, illegal interference with systems and data, illegal interception and the illegal distribution of tools to commit such offences. This includes the misuse of the personal data of another person –identity fraud. Let me remind you that the enforcement of criminal law, or of data protection rules, is in the hands of national authorities. As I said during my introduction, the Hungarian data protection authority has opened an investigation into the Pegasus case. The Commission, of course, will follow the procedure very closely, and you know that we are taking the initiative in different Member States to assure the independence of the authority in charge of the data protection.  And of course, we will also ask the Hungarian authority to come forward with transparency about the results of the investigations. I have said what the normal timelines for that are, but again, we continue to monitor it.  You know that, in all European regulations, there’s a real disincentive to installing independent bodies in the Member States to organise enforcement of those rules. Et pour conclure, je voudrais vous dire que cette enquête est évidemment particulièrement importante dans le cas spécifique de l’utilisation d’un logiciel. Mais, à nouveau, cela démontre la nécessité d’avancer sur un certain nombre de travaux que la Commission vous a proposés, ainsi qu’au Conseil, pour renforcer les règles à notre disposition en la matière et pour demander aux États membres de mettre en œuvre les dispositions nationales qui permettent d’aller beaucoup plus loin dans les poursuites, notamment – je l’ai évoqué – dans des poursuites pénales qui peuvent parfois être diligentées dans des cas comme celui-ci. Je vous remercie en tout cas à nouveau pour le débat que nous avons pu avoir aujourd’hui, mais nous allons continuer à suivre de très près l’ensemble des développements dans les différents aspects de ce dossier Pegasus dans les prochaines semaines et les prochains mois.
Debate: The Pegasus spyware scandal
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2021
Speaker: Anže Logar
Language: SL

Zagotavljam, da Svet še naprej ostaja zavezan prizadevanjem za zaščito naše evropske demokracije in spoštovanja pravne države v Evropski uniji. Prav tako si bomo še naprej prizadevali za krepitev svobode in pluralnosti medijev po vsej Evropski uniji ter za zaščito pravic naših državljanov in državljank Evropske unije.  Svet si bo pospešeno prizadeval za povečanje naše digitalne odpornosti in izboljšanje kibernetske varnosti, ki nista bistvena samo za pravilno delovanje naših gospodarstev, temveč tudi in predvsem naše demokracije in svoboščin posameznikov, kar se je najbolj nazorno pokazalo ravno med današnjo razpravo. In kot veste, kibernetska varnost je ena od ključnih prioritet slovenskega predsedstva. Ponovno se vam zahvaljujem za pozornost.
Debate: The Pegasus spyware scandal
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2021
Speaker: István Ujhelyi
Political group: S-D
Country: Belgium
Language: HU

Tényszerűen tudjuk, hogy az Orbán-kormány rekordszámú megfigyelést engedélyezett az elmúlt időszakban, ezek hátteréről azonban minden információt titkolnak. Önmagában az a tény, hogy egy európai uniós ország érintettje ennek a súlyos nemzetközi botránynak, megfelelő következményekkel kell járjon. Az Orbán-kormány sunnyogása az ügyben az európai közösségre is komoly veszélyt jelent. Éppen ezért elvárom az EU intézményeitől, hogy minden lehetséges eszközzel szorítsák rá az Orbán-kormányt, hogy számoljon el a Pegasus szoftver használatával és bizonyítsa megfelelő garanciák mellett, hogy a kémprogramot nem használta újságírók, politikusok, akár európai partnerek erkölcstelen megfigyelésére. A tisztánlátás nemcsak a magyar emberek, de az európai közösség érdeke is!
Debate: Media freedom and further deterioration of the Rule of law in Poland
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2021
Speaker: Anže Logar
Language: EN

The two freedoms reinforce all other human rights and fundamental freedoms, allowing society to develop and progress. Media freedom and pluralism is, and must remain, a central pillar of the European project based on the promotion and protection of the rule of law. As the Presidency, we devote our special attention to equal respect for the fundamental values and principles of the EU, including media freedom. This is a joint responsibility of the institutions and the Member States. Together, we have to ensure that independent, free and diverse media thrive and that citizens have access to reliable information. This is the basis of any functioning democracy: to allow for the exchange of diverse and even conflicting opinions to contribute to constructive, rational and open democratic debates. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated numerous pre-existing challenges for media and journalists, such as the sharp decline in revenues and the various transformations brought by the digital environment. Yet a free, independent and pluralistic media system has never been as important as now to ensure that our citizens can make informed decisions, relying on objective and diverse sources of information. The Slovenian Presidency believes that the freedom, plurality and professionalism of the media and the fight against fake news deserve special attention. In this context, the Council is committed to working on strengthening media freedom and pluralism and is looking forward to the presentation by the Commission of the different initiatives set out in the European Democracy Action Plan. Media pluralism and freedom constitute one of the four pillars of the rule-of-law report prepared by the Commission. The 2021 report highlights some important progress in this area, such as the strengthening of the independence of media regulators, including in the context of the implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, but also underlines areas that deserve further improvement, such as the protection of journalists and the transparency of the media ownership. The issue related to media freedom as a constituent part of the rule of law are regularly addressed in the Council. The Presidency remains committed to addressing these issues in the context of the Council’s annual rule-of-law dialogue, initiated by the German Presidency in 2019. On 19 October at the General Affairs Council, we will have a horizontal discussion on rule-of-law matters on the basis of the 2021 rule-of-law report, which will be followed up by the country-specific discussions with Ministers of European affairs on 23 November concerning five Member States, namely Croatia, Cyprus, Italy, Latvia and Lithuania. In addition, the European Commission continues to closely monitor the recent rule-of-law developments in Member States. As the Presidency, we always urge for the principle that equal criteria apply to everyone. This is vital to maintain citizens’ trust in public institutions and a prerequisite for mutual trust among the Member States.
Debate: Media freedom and further deterioration of the Rule of law in Poland
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2021
Speaker: Roberta Metsola
Political group: PPE
Country: Poland
Language: EN

Member States are not all the same. We do not want them to be all the same. Europe is about celebrating differences, but it can only work in harmony because we are bound by our common values system. A system that, if allowed to come under threat anywhere, puts us all at risk. And this is why it is correct to take action because this joint project of ours is only as strong as our defence of European values.  And when Polish citizens look to the European Union, they expect the promise for Europe to deliver for them, too. You cannot have a free and open democracy when state—controlled media freedom feeds streams of propaganda, when independent media is intimidated, when judges’ independence is threatened. And we in Europe know how slippery the slope can be when loyalty to the party is placed above loyalty to the nation, above meritocracy, above truth.  And so we must act and we must do so in a way that draws a difference between the Polish authorities and the Polish people. Poland’s place is not on the sidelines of Europe because the ideals that Poland embodied when my generation was growing up inspired by Lech Wałęsa speaking of justice, law and equality, or St John Paul forcing a change in the axes of global history, that is the Poland that we know. That is the Poland that we look to for inspiration. A European Poland that understands that the fight for democracy and freedom did not end with the revolution and that the struggle is continuous and is constant.  So my appeal is one: don’t move further away from these ideals that moved a continent only a generation ago, that changed the world. My appeal is: please come back.
Debate: Media freedom and further deterioration of the Rule of law in Poland
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2021
Speaker: Juan Fernando López Aguilar
Political group: S-D
Country: Germany
Language: ES

Polonia otra vez, en una Resolución propuesta nada menos que por cinco grupos parlamentarios de esta Cámara, cinco grupos proeuropeos, identificados con los valores europeos y que aseguran de nuevo una mayoría para una Resolución que reitera la preocupación del Parlamento Europeo con el deterioro —la erosión— del Estado de Derecho en Polonia.  « Pero reitero de nuevo, también, la preocupación con respecto de la independencia judicial y la primacía del Derecho europeo. Una mayoría absoluta, la mayoría de Ley y Justicia, ha puesto en marcha una estrategia legislativa que no ha dejado títere con cabeza en el edificio constitucional polaco en lo relativo a la independencia judicial: Tribunal Constitucional, Tribunal Supremo, Consejo Judicial y Cámara Disciplinaria.  Pero ha habido iniciativas ante el Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos y el Tribunal de Justicia que han declarado que la Cámara Disciplinaria es ilegal de acuerdo con el Derecho europeo. ¿Y qué es lo que vemos? Que el ministro de Justicia, que es al mismo tiempo fiscal general, le pide al Tribunal Constitucional polaco que declare que el Tribunal Constitucional polaco no es un tribunal a los efectos del artículo 6 del Convenio Europeo de Derechos Humanos y, por tanto, tampoco a los efectos del artículo 47 de la Carta Europea de los Derechos Fundamentales.  Es la última frontera, un desacato frontal con desprecio no solamente a las sentencias del Tribunal, sino al compromiso del respeto del Derecho del que el Tribunal de Justicia es garante, de acuerdo con el artículo 19 del Tratado de la Unión Europea. Es un paso, por tanto, cualitativo en el desprecio al Derecho europeo, que ha sido puesto de manifiesto, una y otra vez, por las resoluciones del Parlamento Europeo.  Pero hay más: hay una llamada de atención a la Comisión para que active el artículo 6 de la  Celebramos que la Comisión haya lanzado procedimientos de infracción. Celebramos que la Comisión haya anunciado la suspensión del acceso a los fondos REACT, que son fondos de cohesión, a los municipios infamemente autodeclarados « Pero le exigimos también a la Comisión que tenga presente el requerimiento continuado de aplicar...
Debate: Media freedom and further deterioration of the Rule of law in Poland
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2021
Speaker: Michal Šimečka
Political group: Renew
Country: Italy
Language: EN

By all standards, democracy and the rule of law in Poland are in retreat, and actually have been for years. And the response of the European Union so far has been mostly meagre: there have been a couple of court cases, but they fizzled out through the Polish Government’s persistent non—compliance, and this absolutely must change. Obviously, there is a time for dialogue, but the time seems to be up, and access to EU funding must be conditional on compliance with European rules and European values. And even if that does not change the minds of the Polish and Hungarian governments, at least it will remind everybody else, including Polish and Hungarian citizens that the EU still stands for fundamental principles. The Commission is therefore well within its rights to also request penalty payments for ongoing compliance and non—compliance with European Court of Justice (ECJ) decisions. It’s a move that we’ve been – in this Parliament – calling for for a long time. Also, the government’s active campaign against independent media is equally deserving of EU attention. We support the call by Vice—President Jourová to introduce a media freedom act that would specifically protect this crucial sector from political interference. But in the meantime, all other legal steps must also be taken to prevent further centralisation of power in Poland, including the suspension of EU funding because the EU cannot be sponsoring an assault on democracy and rule of law in its Member State.
Debate: Media freedom and further deterioration of the Rule of law in Poland
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2021
Speaker: Terry Reintke
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Italy
Language: EN

These people were in the forefront of the struggle for the rule of law. They stood up to defend EU values in Poland and, when they became targets, they waited for a determined response from the European Union. They waited and they waited some more. They were dragged in front of unlawful courts. They were the targets of smear campaigns, of hate and of threats. After waiting and waiting and waiting, finally – finally – the Commission seems to have changed its mind and is ready for more decisive action right now.  From now on, the stories of the people who stood up for EU values, their names and their struggles, should be at the centre of the EU’s response because this is not an abstract battle of lawyers. The struggle for rule of law matters in every single citizen’s life, and the people who defended our rights and our freedoms deserve not only our solidarity, they deserve our praise and our protection.
Debate: Media freedom and further deterioration of the Rule of law in Poland
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2021
Speaker: Nicolaus Fest
Political group: ID
Country: Cyprus
Language: DE

Deutschland hat vier große Medienplayer. Einer ist der öffentlich-rechtliche Rundfunk, der so durch und durch grün-links ist, dass sogar die angesehene Neue Zürcher Zeitung kürzlich schrieb, die Nachrichtensendungen und die Talkshows seien reine Regierungspropaganda. Zweiter großer Player ist die Bertelsmann Gruppe, die unter anderem den Stern und den Spiegel herausgibt. Auch auf deren Einfluss wird hier nie geguckt. Das mag damit zu tun haben, dass der korrupte Elmar Brok, der hier jahrelang Abgeordneter war, ja während seiner Zeit als Abgeordneter auch für über Jahrzehnte auf der  Und dann haben wir natürlich die deutschen Sozialdemokraten, die SPD. Also – das muss man sich mal vorstellen – eine Partei, die seit Jahren an der Regierung ist, besitzt eine der größten Zeitungsgruppen in Deutschland. Das war und ist für die EU offensichtlich kein Problem. Und auch Herr López Aguilar würde sich wahrscheinlich eher die Zunge abbeißen, als den Zeitungsbesitz seiner Freundin Frau Barley zu kritisieren.  Also, bevor man Polen kritisiert, sollte man mit Deutschland beginnen. Denn wenn es um Meinungspluralismus geht und die freie Presse, dann hat nicht Polen ein Problem, sondern vor allem Deutschland.
Debate: Media freedom and further deterioration of the Rule of law in Poland
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2021
Speaker: Jadwiga Wiśniewska
Political group: ECR
Country: Poland
Language: PL

Ta rezolucja jest niesprawiedliwa i nieuczciwa względem Polski. Tak dużo mówicie o praworządności i o demokracji, a wykluczyliście naszego doradcę z prac nad rezolucją. Ale skoro chcecie dyskutować, to proszę. Media w Polsce są wolne i nie ma żadnego problemu z wolnością słowa. Oburzające są wezwania do wstrzymania środków z KPO, uzależniające ich wypłatę od wycofania przez premiera wniosku do Trybunału Konstytucyjnego. To nieuprawniony polityczny nacisk.  Nie mam słów, by potępić kolejne próby wkraczania w kompetencje państw członkowskich w zakresie sądownictwa, polityki zdrowotnej, ochrony rodziny czy edukacji. Wprowadzone przez nas reformy są oparte na podobnych rozwiązaniach jak w innych państwach członkowskich. Niestety Parlament Europejski, który tak dużo mówi o zwalczaniu dezinformacji, sam tę dezinformację – choćby poprzez tę debatę – kreuje, bowiem nie ma w Polsce stref wolnych od LGBT. I skoro pani Jourova była w Polsce, to powinna nam podać dzisiaj, w którym mieście, na której ulicy są strefy, do których osoby LGBT nie mają wstępu. Pani wie, że to jest kłamstwo.  Przestańcie pouczać Polaków, jak mają żyć, jak mają głosować, kogo mają wybierać. To Polacy w wolnych demokratycznych wyborach wyłonili większość parlamentarną, która uformowała rząd. Najwyższy czas, żebyście wreszcie Państwo to uszanowali. Przestańcie bezprawnie obrażać Polskę i Polaków.
Debate: Media freedom and further deterioration of the Rule of law in Poland
Date: WEDNESDAY, 15 SEPTEMBER 2021
Speaker: Mislav Kolakušić
Political group: NI
Country: Greece
Language: HR

Poštovana predsjedavajuća, poštovane kolege, poštovani građani, svakom neovisnom promatraču je u potpunosti jasno da prozivanje Poljske i Mađarske nije zbog vladavine prava već zbog ideoloških pogleda. U Poljskoj i Mađarskoj vladaju tradicionalne i konzervativne vrijednosti koje ne vladaju u većini ostatka Europske unije. Ja se ne mogu oteti dojmu da se proziva isključivo zbog ideologije i da je krajnji cilj toga promjena vlasti iz konzervativne i tradicionalne i u Poljskoj i u Mađarskoj i da se želi dati ogromna podrška, putem kvazineovisnih medija koje je lako prikriveno financirati, kao što se dogodilo u Hrvatskoj, i prikriveno financirati razne, kao neovisne udruge, i na taj način promovirati potpuno drugačije ideološke vrijednosti.  Budimo iskreni i ostavimo Poljsku i Mađarsku na miru.