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Debate: Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Alessandro Panza
Political group: ID
Country: Italy
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, signor Commissario, onorevoli colleghi, meglio tardi che mai! Uno dei pochi provvedimenti di buon senso di questa Commissione arriva all'ultimo miglio di una legislatura intrisa di ideologia. Se si fosse applicato un po' di buon senso ci si sarebbe preoccupati prima di cosa serviva per fare la transizione – gli strumenti, i materiali, le tecnologie – ma siccome di buon senso qui dentro ce n'è poco, siete partiti dal fondo, da posizioni draconiane per l'industria, la casa, l'auto, l'agricoltura, rendendovi conto solo adesso che per raggiungere gli obiettivi mancano le risorse. Volete costruire una casa, ma non vi siete chiesti se avevate i mattoni per farlo. L'Europa è dipendente da paesi terzi per l'importazione di tutte le materie prime rare che stanno alla base del cambiamento del modello energetico e dell'elettrificazione; il 90 % delle importazioni provengono da paesi fuori dai principali sistemi dell'alleanza dell'Unione europea. Non serviva uno scienziato per capire che dopo l'energia il mercato delle  Quindi, bene questo provvedimento, purché sia l'inizio di un approccio pragmatico, concreto e consapevole e che, una volta per tutte, le ideologie utopiche che l'hanno fatta da padrone negli ultimi anni vengano finalmente abbandonate, per sempre.
Debate: Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Martine Kemp
Political group: PPE
Language: DE

Herr Präsident, Herr Kommissar, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen! Die Transition zur Klimaneutralität erfordert einen bewussteren Umgang mit unseren Rohstoffen. Denn kritische Rohstoffe sind unverzichtbar für die Herstellung von Umwelttechnologien und in der Digitalisierung. Besonders der technologische Fortschritt und eine effizientere Nutzung von unseren Ressourcen entlang der gesamten Wertschöpfungskette müssen dabei eine zentrale Rolle spielen und wurden dementsprechend auch in der Verordnung über die kritischen Rohstoffe verankert. Zu einer effizienteren Nutzung zählt unter anderem das Kreislaufprinzip. Durch Abfallvermeidung, Wiederverwendung, Reparatur, Wiederaufbereitung und Umnutzung von Produkten soll die Verwertung von kritischen Rohstoffen gesteigert werden. Es muss jedoch eine attraktive Alternative für Unternehmen geben. Aus diesem Grund ist es umso wichtiger, die kontinuierliche Forschung und Innovation voranzutreiben, um die Verwertung von Rohstoffen sowohl nachhaltig und ethisch als auch wirtschaftlich verantworten zu können. Doch alleine das Kreislaufprinzip kann uns keine sichere Versorgung mit kritischen Rohstoffen garantieren. Wir werden auch weiterhin abhängig von Importen aus Drittstaaten sein. Deshalb gilt es, diversifizierte, sichere und eigene Lieferketten für kritische Rohstoffe aufzubauen, um die Souveränität und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der EU zu stärken. Wir müssen jetzt gemeinsam nach Lösungen suchen, starke und zuverlässige Partnerschaften aufbauen und bei der nachhaltigen Nutzung von kritischen Rohmaterialien innovativ umdenken. Vielen Dank an die Berichterstatterin und die Schattenberichterstatter!
Debate: Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Łukasz Kohut
Political group: S-D
Country: Poland
Language: PL

Panie Przewodniczący! Bez śląskiego przemysłu i nowych miejsc pracy na Górnym Śląsku nie będzie unijnej transformacji energetycznej. Bez węgla koksowego nie będzie niezbędnej stali dla produkcji wiatraków i rozwoju kolei.  To dzięki ciężkiej pracy 30 tys. ludzi w Jastrzębskiej Spółce Węglowej wydobywanych jest prawie 14 mln ton węgla koksującego rocznie. Nasz przemysł jest strategiczny dla całej Europy, bo zaspokaja 25% potrzeb unijnego rynku. Takie są fakty. Węgiel koksowy na liście surowców krytycznych Unii to polska i europejska racja stanu. To zdrowy rozsądek. Tak samo jak setki nowych wiatraków, przy których produkcji były wykorzystywane surowce ze Śląska.  Polacy są szóstą najliczniejszą narodowością na świecie wśród techników turbin wiatrowych. Czas wykorzystać te możliwości. Czas na ambitną Polskę z czystym powietrzem i z prężnym śląskim przemysłem. To jest możliwe i to się nie wyklucza.
Debate: Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Łukasz Kohut
Political group: S-D
Country: Poland
Language: PL

Natomiast jeśli chodzi o węgiel koksujący, to jest trochę inna historia, dlatego że tak jak powiedziałem, węgiel kokosowy to jest strategiczny materiał i on jest bardzo potrzebny do produkcji stali, więc lepiej, żeby wykorzystać ten węgiel koksowy z Polski, ze Śląska, do produkcji stali, a nie importować go choćby z Chin.
Debate: Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Nicola Danti
Political group: Renew
Country: Italy
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, signor Commissario, onorevoli colleghi, dopo la pandemia e la guerra in Ucraina, la transizione verde oggi ci pone davanti a nuove vulnerabilità strategiche, quelle sulle materie prime fondamentali per la produzione di pannelli solari, pale eoliche, batterie e molto altro. Per questo il voto di oggi è un tassello fondamentale per creare una nuova capacità di estrazione e raffinazione in Europa, per assicurare tassi più elevati di riciclo e per rafforzare la nostra autonomia strategica. Ma per essere più liberi serve anche un nuovo protagonismo globale; serve scommettere sulla diversificazione e sugli accordi commerciali con gli altri continenti, abbandonando la logica mercantile e impostando invece partenariati di lungo periodo con il Sud del mondo, offrendo una prospettiva di cooperazione ad Africa e America del Sud. Cari colleghi, di fronte al cambiamento climatico e alle sfide che ci attendono non possiamo fare come i sovranisti, negando i problemi e negando le soluzioni, perché la più grande vulnerabilità che abbiamo è quella che viene da chi pensa che ciascun piccolo Stato possa affrontare le sfide del futuro, senza capire invece che multilateralismo e cooperazione globale sono un elemento imprescindibile per affrontare i problemi del nostro tempo.
Debate: Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Alex Agius Saliba
Political group: S-D
Country: Malta
Language: MT

Sur President, il-pandemija u l-gwerra fl-Ukrajna fixklu l-ktajjen tal-provvista globali, ikkawżaw nuqqas ta’ materja prima u ġiegħlu lill-Ewropa tirrealizza li l-materja prima strateġika hija kritika sabiex jintlaħqu l-objettivi ambjentali u klimatiċi u kif ukoll it-tranżizzjoni diġitali tagħna. Sfortunatament, f’dawn l-aħħar ftit deċennji, sirna wisq dipendenti, anzi dipendenti żżejjed fuq pajjiżi terzi għall-estrazzjoni ta’ materja kritika meħtieġa biex titwettaq it-tranżizzjoni ekoloġika u tranżizzjoni diġitali. Fil-kuntest ġeopolitiku attwali, dan jikkostitwixxi vulnerabbiltà strateġika inaċċettabbli. Jeħtieġ li nindirizzaw b’mod urġenti ż-żieda fid-domanda għal materja prima kritika billi nappoġġjaw ktajjen tal-provvisti reżiljenti u diversifikati biex jissodisfaw id-domanda attwali u futura għas-setturi industrijali tal-Unjoni Ewropea, nevitaw interruzzjonijiet fil-katina ta’ provvista, innaqqsu d-dipendenza, u nżommu standards soċjali u ambjentali għoljin. Jeħtieġ ukoll li nappoġġjaw il-promozzjoni tal-iżvilupp u l-użu ta’ materja prima u miżuri alternattivi sabiex jiġi żgurat l-aċċess tal-Unjoni Ewropea għal provvista sikura, għal provvista sostenibbli ta’ materja prima kritika.
Debate: Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Niels Fuglsang
Political group: S-D
Country: Italy
Language: EN

Mr President, for too long we’ve been naively believing in globalisation without asking critical questions. We thought we could get the goods that we needed from wherever we needed. It didn’t matter who we became dependent on as long as we could make a good deal. In the meantime, China has accelerated its industrial transformation and has monopolised a lot of the critical raw materials that we need, and we are indeed very dependent on China today. In fact, 98 % of the rare earths that we need for our digital and green economy comes from China. They are being processed in China, and 60 % of global lithium is being processed in China.  So today we are dependent on a regime with whom we don’t share values. It’s about time we exited this situation. I think this Critical Raw Materials Act is a good step in the right direction. I’m especially happy to see the benchmark of recycling of raw materials of 25 % by 2030, and that Europe should process 40 % of its annual needs of raw material itself in 2013. Let’s get rid of the dependency. Let’s do it now.
Debate: Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Maria Grapini
Political group: S-D
Country: Portugal
Language: RO

Domnule președinte, domnule comisar, stimați colegi, nu cred că cineva poate să conteste că este nevoie să avem materii prime critice în spațiul Uniunii Europene, să producem, să nu mai depindem de țările terțe, să avem materii prime pentru sectoare importante: agricultură, sănătate, construcții și chiar pentru apărare. Domnule comisar, pe lângă creșterea cererii de materii prime, există o problemă cu specialiștii. Avem un deficit de specialiști, până în 2030, numai în domeniul electromobilității de 1 200 000.  Trebuie să investim aici, să fie atractivă specialitatea legată de materii prime critice. Mai este nevoie să se acționeze urgent pentru ca acest lanț valoric să fie creat aici, în Uniunea Europeană. Acest regulament sigur va ajuta și strategia de reindustrializare pe care am lansat o demult. Este nevoie să îmbunătățim reciclarea și da, să nu mai avem dependență directă sau indirectă de țările terțe.  Nu trebuie să le criticăm pe țările terțe care produc - s-o facem și noi și este bine că s-a propus înființarea acestui Comitet european de materii critice, dar nu este suficient. Este important să funcționeze și aș fi dorit ca Parlamentul European să nu fie observator, ci să fie membru în acest comitet. Apreciez că este un subgrup care să pună accentul pe implicarea IMM-urilor, dar, domnule comisar, să nu se întâmple ca și la directiva pe achiziții, să fie doar teoretic implicate IMM-urile. Aici trebuie să acționăm pentru susținerea IMM-urilor.
Debate: Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Achille Variati
Political group: S-D
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, le materie prime critiche rappresentano le componenti essenziali di molte tecnologie necessarie per l'industria verde e richiedono una gestione attenta e consapevole. La nostra dipendenza da queste risorse deve essere bilanciata da una chiara comprensione degli impatti ambientali e sociali legati alla loro estrazione e produzione, sia nel nostro continente sia soprattutto nei paesi extra-UE, che ne sono i principali produttori. In questo contesto l'accordo di trilogo stabilisce misure che mirano a garantire sia una gestione sostenibile di queste risorse, sia la promozione di nuove pratiche di estrazione e produzione sostenibili. L'aumento del riciclo e del riutilizzo rappresentano poi il pilastro fondamentale dei piani nazionali di circolarità, che hanno l'obiettivo di coniugare la crescita economica con la difesa del nostro pianeta. Questo accordo, dunque, ci offre la possibilità di rafforzare l'autonomia strategica del nostro continente e continuare la transizione verso un'economia a zero emissioni nette entro il 2050, cercando però, signor Commissario, di contrastare veri e propri disastri ambientali e sociali nelle miniere di estrazione extra-UE.
Debate: Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Henna Virkkunen
Political group: PPE
Country: Italy
Language: FI

Arvoisa puhemies, kiitos kaikille neuvottelijoille erinomaisesta tuloksesta ja ripeästä käsittelystä tämän lainsäädännön suhteen. Pidän tätä aloitetta kriittisten raaka-aineiden turvaamisesta yhtenä tämän vaalikauden tärkeimmistä aloitteista. Euroopan unioni ei saa millään kriittisellä toimialalla olla liian riippuvainen yksittäisestä toimittajasta, kolmannesta maasta. On tärkeää, että lisäämme kriittisten raaka-aineiden tuotantoa Euroopassa ja jalostusta ja kierrätystä Euroopassa. Olisi vastuutonta ajaa vihreää siirtymää ja pyrkiä ulkoistamaan kaikki sen haitat muualle maailmaan.  Tiedämme, että Euroopassa me pystymme vastuullisella tavalla sekä ympäristön että työalojen näkökulmasta tuottamaan näitä raaka-aineita, jalostamaan niitä ja kierrättämään niitä. Yhtä tärkeää on myös investoida lisää alan tutkimukseen ja tuotekehitykseen ja pyrkiä löytämään korvaavia, kestäviä raaka-aineita ja aktiivisesti solmia kumppanuuksia samanmielisiin maihin, jotta voimme olla varmoja, että kaikissa olosuhteissa meillä on kapasiteetti toimia.
Debate: Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Mr President, the transition to renewables will require a massive increase in levels of extraction. Well, we can significantly limit that increase by reducing absolute resource consumption.  The Parliament’s 2021 report on the Circular Economy Action Plan called on the Commission to propose targets to significantly reduce the EU’s material and consumption footprints by 2030 and bring them within planetary boundaries by 2050. That was three years ago, and still the Commission has not acted.  Instead, with the Critical Raw Materials Act, the EU is preparing to write a blank cheque for the mining and arms industries while pretending this is climate action. Aluminium and titanium have been added to the list of critical raw materials. These minerals have very little to do with the energy transition, but they are crucial for the arms industry and the F-22 stealth bomber contains 39% titanium. The Critical Raw Materials Act will not make our economy greener, but it will certainly make a fortune for the arms industry.
Debate: Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Seán Kelly
Political group: PPE
Country: Greece
Language: EN

Firstly, we need to look at what’s available within Europe. I see in some countries, including my own, they’ve the mistaken idea that if you leave it in the ground in Ireland, take it out of the ground in some other country, import it into Ireland, that you’re actually helping to fight climate change. That’s ludicrous, utter nonsense. So we need to have an overall framework for Europe. If raw materials are available here, we use them. If they are not, we should look at where we can get them. In that light, particularly, free trade agreements have an awful lot to offer. We’ll be talking shortly about Taiwan. We’ve done a trade deal with New Zealand, which is very welcome. Unfortunately, the trade deal with Australia fell apart. That would have been very helpful in giving us critical raw materials like lithium. So, we need to keep those going so that we can diversify supply, utilise what we have ourselves and then get more that we need from other reliable sources.
Debate: Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Thierry Breton
Language: FR

Grâce à ce règlement, nous avons enfin mis en place le cadre qui nous permettra d’aligner nos systèmes d’autorisation sur l’urgence qu’il y a à rapprocher les États membres autour de cette problématique commune, à responsabiliser l’ensemble de nos entreprises sur les besoins et à établir des systèmes de surveillance et de préparation aux risques.  L’année 2030, c’est l’horizon auquel nous travaillons à moyen terme. Nous avons fixé des objectifs de capacité manufacturière ambitieux et, grâce à ce règlement et à diverses mesures d’accompagnement, je suis convaincu que nous allons progresser, et ce maintenant. Avant de conclure, je souhaitais rappeler l’engagement de la Commission à faire une déclaration sur la révision prochaine de la directive relative aux déchets d’équipements électriques et électroniques. Mesdames et Messieurs les députés, avec la législation sur les matières premières critiques, nous avançons au service de nos transitions écologique et numérique, mais aussi du renforcement de la résilience de l’Europe.  “In the upcoming review of Directive 2012/19/EU on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), the Commission will assess the feasibility of introducing information requirements and targets for the collection and recovery of critical raw materials from waste electrical and electronic equipment and take that assessment into account as appropriate in any possible subsequent legislative proposal.”
Debate: Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Nicola Beer
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Important: today’s debate and vote are not the end of the process; they are only the beginning – the beginning of Europe’s path towards a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials. The European Union must now translate the ambition into concrete actions – actions in the Member States and by the Commission – so that quick permits become reality and private investments in raw materials projects will be facilitated; actions that make Europe a leader in the development of substitute materials, and the implementation of innovative processes; and actions that deliver on our geopolitical ambitions to be a strategical sovereign union. We need a critical raw material agreement with Australia. Australia is a like-minded partner and ally for trade based on values, rules and fair competition. Let us seize the opportunity for free trade between partners and close cooperation on the raw materials sector, to strengthen the role of value-based cooperation in today’s geopolitically stormy landscape. We need to approach our partnerships with countries of the so-called Global South by conveying clear messages. We want partnerships on equal footing. We want local value creation. We want mutual benefits for all partners involved. We want to do business with you. Let’s use the momentum we have created for more raw material projects, more partnerships, and more and more sovereign Europe. This law is only the beginning. Let us act now.
Debate: EU-Taiwan trade and investment relations
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Pedro Silva Pereira
Country: Bulgaria
Language: PT

Segue-se o debate sobre a pergunta com pedido de resposta oral à Comissão sobre as Relações comerciais e de investimento entre a UE e Taiwan, apresentada por Seán Kelly, em nome da Comissão de Comércio Internacional (
Debate: EU-Taiwan trade and investment relations
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Angelika Winzig
Political group: PPE
Country: Greece
Language: DE

Die Halbleiterindustrie ist der Motor der Innovation in zahlreichen Sektoren – von der Elektronik- bis zur Automobilindustrie. Dies kann uns auch bei der digitalen Transformation in Europa helfen. Daher braucht es eine vertiefte Zusammenarbeit und eine konstruktive Unterstützung für eine ehrgeizigere Reform der WTO. Jedoch dürfen wir bei den Handelsbeziehungen nicht außer Acht lassen, dass zwischen China und Taiwan erhebliche Probleme und Spannungen bestehen. Die Bemühungen der Volksrepublik China, Taiwan politisch zu isolieren, haben Auswirkungen auf die wirtschaftlichen Beziehungen. Es ist wichtig, dass die EU eine ausgewogene Haltung einnimmt und darauf abzielt, Handel und politische Stabilität miteinander in Einklang zu bringen. In diesem Sinne erinnere ich an die gemeinsame Verantwortung der Europäischen Union und Taiwans, die Handelsbeziehungen weiter zu vertiefen, Brücken des Verständnisses zu schlagen und so eine Grundlage für eine erfolgreiche, friedliche und kooperative Zukunft zu schaffen.
Debate: EU-Taiwan trade and investment relations
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Inma Rodríguez-Piñero
Political group: S-D
Country: Netherlands
Language: ES

Quiero empezar por felicitar al ponente, al señor Winkler, por el excelente trabajo realizado y por haber incorporado muchas de nuestras propuestas. La Comisión de Comercio Internacional, sin duda alguna, ha mostrado un gran consenso respecto hacia dónde queremos que vayan nuestras relaciones bilaterales con Taiwán, unas relaciones que, sin duda, son vitales para nuestra transición ecológica y digital, dado que, como es sabido, Taiwán es líder mundial en la producción de semiconductores y de productos electrónicos.  Somos el cuarto socio comercial y la principal fuente de inversión extranjera directa en Taiwán, pero nuestro volumen de comercio e inversión es todavía reducido y tiene un amplio margen de crecimiento. Taiwán es miembro de la Organización Mundial de Comercio desde 2002 y ha firmado acuerdos bilaterales de comercio e inversión con más de treinta países, entre los que no se incluye la Unión Europea, contrariamente a lo que este Parlamento y los socialistas y demócratas venimos pidiendo.  Defendemos que se negocie un acuerdo bilateral de inversión con Taiwán y se trabaje en pro de un acuerdo sobre cadenas de suministro resilientes. Pero también queremos fomentar los intercambios culturales y educativos, promover la colaboración científica y académica, facilitar la participación de la sociedad civil y que Taiwán esté presente en los foros multilaterales internacionales. Por eso, señor Dombrovskis, le pregunto: a pesar de todo lo que se está haciendo, ¿va a escuchar la voz clara y firme de este Parlamento en nuestras peticiones?
Debate: EU-Taiwan trade and investment relations
Date: TUESDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Marie-Pierre Vedrenne
Political group: Renew
Country: Denmark
Language: FR

Regardons bien Taïwan, un État clé dans une région clé, un État qui voit passer presque la moitié du commerce mondial, un État qui fait face à nos rivaux systémiques, un État qui subit directement menaces et intimidations, justement parce qu’il partage nos valeurs.  Regardons bien Taïwan, un État qui fournit une grande majorité des composants électroniques nécessaires à notre double transition écologique et numérique, un État qui cherche à développer ses investissements à l’étranger, et particulièrement en Europe. Tout semble donc propice au renforcement de nos relations commerciales et en matière d’investissement, et ce Parlement européen l’a déjà appelé de ses vœux. Pourtant, les choses bloquent, alors que d’ordinaire la Commission européenne est si prompte et si encline à vouloir multiplier les accords de commerce. Monsieur le Commissaire Dombrovskis, vous venez d’évoquer le respect des normes européennes et je m’en réjouis. Alors, pourquoi, finalement, de telles oppositions? On nous parle d’avancées sectorielles. Mais quand? Comment? Pourquoi laissons-nous d’autres États bénéficier de ces investissements d’avenir? Monsieur le Commissaire, les relations de demain se construisent aujourd’hui. Alors oui, regardons bien Taïwan et ne tournons pas le dos à cet État qui ne demande qu’à travailler avec nous