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Debate: Commission Work Programme
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Malik Azmani
Political group: Renew
Country: Netherlands
Language: EN

I have a question for the Vice-President – what do we want this legacy to look like?  Renew Europe sees that businesses have been through very rough times. And it is important that we now focus our efforts on our economic recovery. And in this context the recovery fund is the financial injection our economy needs but we need to get it right, by properly implementing the Recovery and Resilience Facility and by carefully scrutinising the recovery and resilience plans of our Member States.  But we also need to be mindful of how we legislate and regulate. We need to keep in mind that businesses are not abstract entities and that behind every company or SME there are people who have built those companies and are responsible for creating our jobs and our economic growth. ‘Less, but better regulation’ must therefore be our guiding mantra.  To further support our businesses and citizens our focus should be on deepening our single market, especially in the services sector. Renew Europe asks for bold new proposals, also on the digital single market. And whilst supporting a strong market, we cannot lose focus on strengthening our community of values. Respect for rule of law in the European Union faces serious challenges and we seem to be losing the progress we have made and this is unacceptable.  So Renew Europe calls for the annual rule of law report to be developed into a concrete mechanism for democracy, rule of law and fundamental rights. And we need to urgently implement the rule of law conditionality mechanism. But our ambitions do not stop there. Let 2022 become the official kick-off to the green transition, offering the prospect of millions of green jobs.  On migration, where we have made disappointingly little progress, let’s finally put our joint weight behind a durable and sustainable migration system. Our citizens need a visible Europe that protects their interests and has the courage to speak with one voice on that world stage. And let’s start making bold choices to deliver on the promise of a geopolitical Commission. Finally, strengthening the EU’s resilience, particularly against hybrid threats, and diversifying our energy supply should feature high on our agenda. I will finish with three simple words that are key to ensure we create a legacy that we can be proud of by 2024: implementation, implementation, implementation. Dear Mr Vice-President Šefčovič, it’s time to get down to business.
Debate: Commission Work Programme
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Sven Giegold
Political group: Verts/ALE
Language: DE

Dieser Anschlag ist ein Anschlag auf die Pressefreiheit in ganz Europa. Und was uns dabei besonders beunruhigen muss, ist die Tatsache, dass die mutmaßlichen Täter aus dem Milieu der organisierten Kriminalität keine Hemmungen davor hatten, auf offener Straße in Amsterdam auf Peter de Vries zu schießen. Dieses Sicherheitsgefühl der organisierten und grenzüberschreitenden Kriminalität liegt in der unzureichenden Sicherheitspolitik innerhalb Europas begründet. Es liegt begründet in der unzureichenden Zusammenarbeit der Behörden gegen Geldwäsche und Finanzkriminalität. Grenzüberschreitende Kriminalität müssen wir endlich grenzüberschreitend bekämpfen. Dazu brauchen wir ein europäisches Kriminalamt, man könnte auch sagen, ein europäisches FBI zum Schutze der Bürgerinnen und Bürger und der Integrität unseres Binnenmarkts. Die Kommission sollte dazu in ihrem Arbeitsprogramm einen Vorschlag vorlegen. Auch unsere gemeinsamen Werte müssen wir besser schützen. Die europäischen Werte zu verletzen, hat in immer mehr Mitgliedstaaten System. Wir sehen Beschränkungen der Pressefreiheit, der Justiz, Ausgrenzung von Minderheiten und Regierungen mit engen Verbindungen zur organisierten Kriminalität. Doch statt den europäischen Rechtsstaat entschieden zu verteidigen, statt wirklich Zähne zu zeigen, blockieren und verzögern die EU-Kommission und die Mitgliedstaaten wirksame Maßnahmen wie die Artikel-7-Verfahren, den Rechtsstaatsmechanismus und die konsequente Verfolgung aller Vertragsverletzungsverfahren im Bereich Rechtsstaat. Das muss ein Ende haben, und deshalb gehört die Durchsetzung europäischen Rechts, gerade wenn es um Demokratie, Rechtsstaatlichkeit und Grundwerte geht, in das Arbeitsprogramm der Europäischen Kommission. 2022 müssen wir auch Europas Zukunft nach der Pandemie gestalten. Und die Strategie dafür gibt es bereits: den europäischen  Gleichzeitig sehen wir, wie weltweit die Wälder brennen. Europa ist auch mit diesem  Seien Sie mutig! Europa hat jetzt die Chance, Geschichte zu schreiben. Machen Sie etwas daraus!
Debate: Commission Work Programme
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Philippe Olivier
Political group: ID
Country: Italy
Language: FR

Le 23 septembre 2020, la Commission a présenté les contours de son pacte pour l’asile et l’immigration, qui s’appuie sur une logique coercitive à l’égard des nations, avec notamment des relocalisations forcées ou la mise sous surveillance des États membres, ce qui va aboutir à élargir les possibilités d’accès à l’Europe à une immigration planétaire sans limite. Concrètement, ce pacte pour l’immigration va ouvrir la voie à 70 millions de candidats à la migration vers l’Europe, selon l’étude Gallup sur les intentions de migration extra-européenne vers nos pays. Ce qui est frappant dans la procédure, il est vrai très opaque, d’adoption de ce pacte, c’est, compte tenu des masses en jeu, l’absence totale d’étude d’impact. Accueillir des dizaines de millions de personnes, les assister pour tout, les soigner, les nourrir, les loger, les former: cela va coûter des sommes folles. Pour vous donner un ordre d’idée, pensez, mes chers collègues, qu’en France, l’Association des départements a évalué à 50 000 euros par an et par personne le coût d’un seul mineur migrant isolé, soit pour la France une facture de 2 milliards d’euros, avec une augmentation exponentielle. Une étude de l’Université d’Amsterdam chiffre pour la seule Hollande le coût de l’immigration à 400 milliards d’euros pour la période 1995-2019 et à 600 milliards d’euros pour les 20 prochaines années, soit 1 000 milliards d’euros en quarante ans. Pour un pays comme la France, cela représenterait plus de 3 000 milliards d’euros. Et encore, je ne prends pas en compte le fait que mon pays subit une immigration plus importante et offre un État providence plus généreux. C’est pourquoi je vous demande, au nom de la raison et de la démocratie qui vous impose de dire la vérité aux citoyens, d’évaluer l’impact de votre folle politique migratoire, tant pour l’UE que pour les pays membres. Si vous ne voulez pas le faire, c’est que vous êtes favorables à l’immigration quoi qu’il en coûte et que la submersion de nos pays n’est pas pour vous une catastrophe annoncée, mais un projet.
Debate: Commission Work Programme
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Hermann Tertsch
Political group: ECR
Country: France
Language: ES

En este pasado año la pandemia ha llevado a muchos Gobiernos a actuar de forma autoritaria, arbitraria y hasta ilegal. Ahí tenemos el Gobierno español, socialcomunista, que se ha saltado realmente todas las reglas y ha estado imponiendo unos estados de alarma perfectamente ilegales, y sigue con su golpe para acabar con la monarquía y con la democracia en España. Pero, en la Comisión parecen ustedes imitar ahora esto, y vamos hacia las ilegalidades absolutas. En ningún Tratado está escrito que la Comisión Europea o ningún otro país tenga ningún tipo de competencias sobre la educación en Hungría. Y aquí de lo que se trata es, al parecer, de machacar a todos los demás países para que ideológicamente tengan que ir por la misma vía que la mayoría socialdemócrata, izquierdista y globalista. Estamos viendo realmente cosas insólitas. Ustedes tienen todo el derecho de llevar a sus hijos a donde quieran, pero todos los países tienen su derecho. Y la Resolución que intentan presentar la mayoría de los grupos al Parlamento ahora solo rezuma odio, eso que ustedes atribuyen a otros. Es una Resolución llena de odio, hecha por una persona con antecedentes, con odio y, además, perfectamente incapacitada para hacer ese tipo de texto. Y a esa persona precisamente le han dado ustedes esa Resolución. Es odio, señores.
Debate: Commission Work Programme
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Manon Aubry
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: FR

Comment éviter que la planète ne brûle littéralement encore davantage, après des records de températures qui frôlent les 50 degrés au Canada? Comment atténuer le dérèglement climatique pour éviter le chaos généralisé annoncé par le GIEC et illustré déjà par la famine climatique de Madagascar? Comment sauver les emplois menacés, comme ceux des 300 salariés de la Fonderie du Poitou qui ont brûlé leur carte électorale pour dénoncer leur abandon? Comment venir en aide aux plus précaires qui n’arrivent plus à joindre les deux bouts quand les milliardaires, eux, ont vu leur fortune augmenter de 30 %? Imaginez seulement: si le SMIC en France avait augmenté à la même vitesse, cela représenterait 370 euros de plus par mois. Comment arrêter l’évasion fiscale de ces ultra-riches comme Bernard Arnault ou de ces grandes multinationales comme LVMH qui pillent les recettes de nos États? Bref, comment répondre aux deux défis de notre temps: la crise des inégalités et la catastrophe climatique? Et comment s’attaquer aux responsables, au système économique néolibéral qui détruit tout? Un coup de peinture verte sur un paquet climat au rabais ne changera pas la donne. Nous devons nous attaquer aux problèmes structurels de l’Union européenne pour sortir du tout-marché et du tout-profit qui épuisent la planète et les gens. Une taxation symbolique des multinationales et un mini-plan de relance déjà caduc n’auront aucun impact. Il faut de l’argent frais pour investir dans le service public et enclencher la bifurcation écologique. L’essence même de la politique est d’être au service des demandes des gens. Si vous persistez à les mépriser, ne soyez pas surpris qu’ils ne vous respectent plus. Alors, écoutez l’alerte des citoyens en grève civique. Car une démocratie sans électeurs n’est plus une démocratie.
Debate: Commission Work Programme
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Daniela Rondinelli
Political group: NI
Country: Spain
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, vicepresidente Šefčovič, il momento storico che stiamo vivendo ci consegna disoccupazione e diseguaglianze, al punto che un cittadino europeo su quattro oggi è povero o è a rischio di esclusione sociale.  È giunto il momento di riscrivere tutti insieme un nuovo modello sociale, di società fondato su equità, opportunità e benessere. Come Movimento 5 Stelle crediamo che il programma della Commissione per il prossimo anno debba avere il coraggio di riprogettare una nuova governance politica, che riveda i vincoli del patto di stabilità e crescita introducendo lo scorporo degli investimenti verdi e sociali.  Anche il semestre europeo dovrà essere riformato stabilendo obiettivi ambientali e sociali al pari di quelli macroeconomici. Questo percorso dovrà essere completato con urgenza prima della disattivazione della clausola di salvaguardia, per evitare un corto circuito istituzionale e finanziario che metterebbe a rischio la tenuta delle nostre stesse democrazie.  Signor vicepresidente, il Next Generation EU è per i cittadini una grande speranza per il futuro e per una nuova Europa basata su unità e solidarietà. Non possiamo deluderli proprio adesso, trasformiamo questo loro auspicio in realtà.
Debate: Commission Work Programme
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Maroš Šefčovič
Language: EN

I very much appreciated the very concrete remarks on solidarity and our common work by Mr Olbrycht because we exactly needed to respond in this way in a form of a beefed-up multiannual financial framework development of the new Next Generation EU instruments, because we need to move from the crisis management, from tackling pandemics, to the economic recovery.  Ms Bonafè was speaking about the need to have more inclusive growth, to be more green, to tackle the poverty, where I think it was very much echoed also by the statement by Ms Rondinelli and Ms Aubry. And Mr Giegold was highlighting the importance of the Green Deal together with Mr Azmani, highlighting the urgency of the matter. And therefore I agree with Mr Azmani that 2024 is indeed around the corner and I also can subscribe to his suggestion what should be our recipe for success and this is three time implementation and this is, I think, what would be so important to do in the next year.  I also, in a nutshell, would like to reassure you that whether it relates to the response to the socio-economic crisis generated by the pandemic or the role of the twin green and digital transition to build Europe back better, more green, more resilient, more digital, or the swift implementation of the spending programmes of the multiannual financial framework, we share the same objective.  And as I stressed in my introductory remarks, we need to collectively focus on delivering the outstanding legislative commitments set forth in the political guidelines of President von der Leyen, and we know how important our work in the next weeks and months in this respect will be.  Honourable Members, dear colleagues, we are, as I said, still delivering on the current Commission work programme for this year. But the preparations for the 2022 Commission work programme are well under way. And I’m sure that in the meantime we will be in very close contact with you and following the September State of the Union address and accompanying letter of intent we will continue our interinstitutional dialogue on the programme for the next year.  So my colleagues and I are very much looking forward to exchanging further views with you to get your invaluable input and then to work on our priorities in the next year.
Debate: Commission Work Programme
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Margarida Marques
Political group: S-D
Country: Cyprus
Language: PT

Comissão do Comércio Internacional: convidamos a Comissão a progredir nas negociações bilaterais em curso com o Chile, Nova Zelândia, Austrália, Indonésia e outros, garantindo que os Acordos refletem os mais recentes compromissos e ambição da UE; a dar seguimento à Declaração Conjunta da Reunião dos Líderes UE-Índia de maio último. Convidamos a Comissão a elaborar uma nova estratégia global para a região da Ásia-Pacífico. Acolhemos com agrado a nova agenda da UE sobre o reforço das relações comerciais transatlânticas e a moratória para o litígio Airbus/Boeing. Instamos a Comissão a concluir o processo do Mercosul, caso este não fique concluído este ano.  Comissão dos Orçamentos: instamos a Comissão a tomar todas as medidas necessárias para garantir a plena implementação do roteiro vinculativo para introduzir novos recursos próprios no decurso do atual QFP, incluindo um diálogo estruturado regular entre as instituições em linha com o AII. Instamos a Comissão, como Guardiã dos Tratados, a assegurar a aplicação do regulamento de condicionalidade do Estado de Direito. Comissão dos Assuntos Económicos: aguardamos da Comissão as iniciativas legislativas necessárias para a revisão das regras de governação económica.
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the EU Digital COVID Certificate regulations
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Jeroen Lenaers
Political group: PPE
Country: France
Language: EN

So I am happy to be able to confirm myself personally that it actually works, which is very good news. And just like Commissioner already said, let’s not forget that the proposal was only launched four months ago, less than four months ago. And today more than 200 million certificates have been issued by the Member States, 200 million small steps towards a return to normality, towards regaining our freedom of movement. This is a great result. And it also shows that Europe is delivering on its promise. However, it’s also not all good news. And I’m disappointed that quite a few Member States decided to use the option of phasing in the scheme for six weeks, and that also in some countries, not all three certificates are actually available to be issued. I think that all Europeans should have the right to receive their certificate and I really call on those Member States to make sure that those Europeans will have the same rights as soon as possible. In this Parliament, we have strongly insisted on coordination and on the importance of clear, comprehensive and timely information to citizens. And we welcome the work that has been done there. But it’s not enough. We still hear many stories from our citizens, from travellers, that they’re not sure what exactly is expected of them. And these questions are mainly not about technicalities but they are about the patchwork of national rules that is still present today. And we need to get rid of this patchwork if we want to allow our citizens to cross borders in a predictable way. And, of course, the Delta variant is there. And yes, Member States have the opportunity to impose restrictions because to or in order to protect their national health. But let us do that in a non-discriminatory and in a proportionate way, and unfortunately, that is not what we’re seeing today. So our call on the Member States – please cooperate, please coordinate, please make sure the rules are predictable and easy to understand for our citizens, and don’t do it for us but do it specifically for those citizens.
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the EU Digital COVID Certificate regulations
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Juan Fernando López Aguilar
Political group: S-D
Country: Germany
Language: ES

Y hemos detectado en esta semana que lleva en vigor problemas que eran predecibles.  En primer lugar, que esa etapa transitoria de adaptación de las infraestructuras críticas y tecnológicas necesarias para asegurar la emisión y recepción del certificado con características homogéneas en toda la Unión Europea ha arrojado un paisaje de prácticas diferenciadas que deben ser monitorizadas y corregidas cuanto antes por la Comisión para que todos los Estados miembros ofrezcan las mismas garantías. Porque de eso se trataba: de establecer seguridad jurídica donde había inseguridad. La idea era relanzar Schengen, la libre circulación, la confianza entre los Estados miembros de la Unión Europea y la confianza de la ciudadanía en que podía de nuevo volver a intentar viajar en un espacio de libre circulación sin fronteras interiores.  Pero un segundo problema era también predecible. Y es que se ha producido, en la ciudadanía, un estado de inquietud con respecto al alcance incompleto de la vacunación, que tiene que ser la opción preferente de la libre circulación. Es cierto que se contempla también la opción de haber superado la enfermedad y la de una prueba negativa, pero para las familias que viajan con menores que aún no han sido vacunados el problema continúa estando ahí. Los hay que viajan con un certificado por vacunación, pero los menores tienen que seguir sometiéndose a pruebas, y esas pruebas no son gratuitas. Era un segundo objetivo. Y el tercero tiene que ser que cuanto antes la ciudadanía sepa que este Reglamento es una ley, pero no estaba diseñada para durar siempre. Duración: un año. Ojalá que la inmunidad de grupo permita a la Unión Europea no solamente dejar atrás la pandemia y el certificado sino lanzarse a esa operación de gran solidaridad global, aprendiendo la lección de que no estaremos todos seguros hasta que no estemos seguros todas y todos a escala global.
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the EU Digital COVID Certificate regulations
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Sophia in 't Veld
Political group: Renew
Country: Poland
Language: EN

The problem is, and it has been raised by the previous speakers, that the Member States a few weeks later adopted a common approach. And we said, this is great: now people will really be able to travel. But the ink hadn’t dried on the common approach, and the Member States went their own way again. And now again, we are dealing with a kind of spaghetti of national rules, and people are clueless. And there are many people coming to all of us asking, how does it work? What do I need? What about my children? Can I be vaccinated once, twice? What kind of test? How many hours in advance do I have to quarantine? And it’s simply impossible to tell them. Now I don’t think anybody in this House – or most reasonable people, probably, are against restrictions: we see the Delta variant going around. So of course measures need to be taken, but they should be taken on a harmonised European basis, not a national basis. I mean, I really don’t think it’s reasonable to say that there are 27 different scientific notions which are all equivalent on the virus. We need a European approach, citizens need clarity. And I think I would also like to hear a little bit more from the Commission, first of all about, indeed, the phasing-in: how far are the Member States? Because I hear there are Member States which are still not even connected to the system, which have delays. And I’d also like to hear a little bit more about the occurrence of fraud, because we got some reports of certificates which have been obtained on the basis of false vaccination at the station. So maybe you can say a little bit more about that.
Debate: State of play of the implementation of the EU Digital COVID Certificate regulations
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 JULY 2021
Speaker: Tineke Strik
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Poland
Language: EN

So I urge the Commission to closely monitor and immediately intervene if Member States act against the regulation, because time is of the essence here, and to report back to Parliament. But, Commissioner, you also made a strong commitment yourself, namely to ensure financial support with a fund to promote affordable testing and to make more funding available if necessary. But when Parliament asked you to do so, you simply answered ‘No’. We see that mainly young people, who are not yet vaccinated, are facing the threshold of expensive tests. Their access to testing will not only facilitate free travel, but also protect others against the virus. So I urge the Commission to spend more money on free travel for all. Parliament wants you to do so for the sake of harmonisation, free travel, non—discrimination and for the protection of everyone’s health. I wish you a relaxing, free and healthy summer holiday.