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Debate: Innovative humanitarian aid strategy: spotlight on current and forgotten crises
Date: THURSDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, I voted for this report because I believe that an improved approach to humanitarian aid is, in fact, badly needed. We see this, in particular, as the reports emerge of the Commission blocking necessary aid to Palestinian organisations, killing them with paperwork even as the humanitarian disaster gets worse there. Talk of monitoring their social media posts, insinuating that legitimate criticisms of Zionist Israel is the same as anti-Semitism, which of course it isn’t. I also believe that forgotten crises need to be remembered. I particularly want to put on record the appalling devastation being experienced by the people of Afghanistan two years after the US withdrawal. The country is as unstable as it was. Their bank assets are still frozen and taken by the West. We had a recent earthquake where 3 000 people died and it didn’t even get a mention in the newspaper. Over a million Afghans are being expelled from Pakistan with nowhere to go. How is this people supposed to expect to face a deadly winter? USD 400 million needed by the World Food Bank, and not a fraction of that money coming before them.
Debate: Innovative humanitarian aid strategy: spotlight on current and forgotten crises
Date: THURSDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President, this report on humanitarian aid strategy talks about increasing aid, preventive measures on conflict and the climate crisis, and ensuring sanctions do not hinder aid provision. The sad truth is the EU and its allies are barrelling along in the opposite direction. NATO occupied and bombed Afghanistan for 20 years, flooding the place with weapons, then ran away with 7 billion in central bank funds. Millions are attempting to flee due to food insecurity, approaching famine conditions, breakdown of the economy and natural disasters. And still, the West refuses to lift the crippling sanctions that are the main drivers of the crisis. Millions flee to Iran, but we’re sanctioning them to death as well. What about Yemen, where EU Member States took part in a genocidal war that used famine as a weapon? It’s almost obscene for the EU to talk about innovative aid strategies when our like-minded partners, the US, are revealing the coordinates of aid groups in Gaza so Israel can bomb them, and now the Commission has sanctioned them, so they’ll never be able to rebuild. Let’s get real.
Debate: Job creation  –  the just transition and impact investments
Date: THURSDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Angel Dzhambazki
Political group: ECR
Country: Germany
Language: BG

Г-жо Председател, „Създаването на работни места, справедлив преход, инвестиции с положително въздействие“ е докладът, който не подкрепих и гласувах против него. Скъпи колеги, това звучи като заглавие на доклад, изнесен пред Политическото бюро на Президиума на Централния комитет на Комунистическата партия на европейския Съветски съюз за успешното прилагане на петилетката или в държавите от Съюза за икономическа взаимопомощ, по-младите от вас това изобщо не го помнят. Поредният доклад, засилен от зеления алармизъм, който се фокусира върху климатични промени, без да отчита, че реално Европа като континент е най-малкият замърсител. И въпреки хубавото заглавие, този доклад не предполага мерки, които да осигурят работни места. Напротив, цели и ще успее да закрие работни места и ще доведе до обезлюдяването на цели региони. Това ще се случи и в България, като се закрият мощностите на въглища тецове в маришкия басейн. Апропо, тези, които говорят за зелена енергия, сега да видят колко ток се произвежда от тези въглища и колко се произвежда от перките. Там работят дванайсет хиляди човека, а предприятието е гръбнак на икономиката и енергетиката в региона. Този справедлив преход ще ги остави без работа, а парите, отпуснати по механизма за него, ще потънат в определени фирми, които правят перки и слънчеви батерии – нищо повече. Затова гласувах убедено против доклада. Той е антиинвестиционен, антипазарен, антииндустриален, той антиевропейски по съществото си. Европа има нужда от развитие, бизнес, силна икономика, а не от зелен комунизъм на планова икономика.
Debate: Job creation  –  the just transition and impact investments
Date: THURSDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Piernicola Pedicini
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Portugal
Language: IT

Signora Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, come si fa a creare lavoro? Per prima cosa bisognerebbe evitare di toglierlo il lavoro. Abbiamo l'occasione unica di riformare quei meccanismi che strozzano le economie di alcuni Stati membri ma non siamo stati capaci di fare proprio nulla.  L'Italia ha un debito pubblico di 2 800 miliardi ma fino ad ora ha già versato nelle tasche dei banchieri 3 000 miliardi di euro in spese per interessi. È normale tutto questo? Eppure, ogni anno gli italiani fanno registrare un surplus primario che viene totalmente assorbito dalla spesa per interessi.  E allora l'Italia ha trovato la soluzione: quella di caricare la spesa soltanto su una parte del proprio territorio. In Italia si sacrifica il Sud per mantenere la competitività soltanto al Centro e al Nord. E i fondi europei sono una quota ridicola rispetto a quanto viene sottratto al Sud ogni anno.  Perciò il lavoro si crea da una parte del Paese, ma si distrugge nell'altra. Io dico che l'Esecutivo europeo deve spiegare perché non fa niente per impedire queste ingiustizie.
Debate: The lack of legislative follow-up by the Commission to the PEGA resolution
Date: THURSDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, I voted for this report. Parliament’s position on spyware should be clear: no sale of it, no use of it. Full stop. The end. It’s not abuse that’s the problem as the resolution said – it’s use. There is no way to use spyware that isn’t abusive. It’s a weapon, it’s targeting our civilians, and no European government should be using weapons against its citizens, against civilians. Of course, it is no surprise at all that this was developed in Israel, Israel being infamous for being at the cutting edge of technologies of vicious repression. It is the nerve centre of global development of technologies of violence, subjugation and control, weapons and surveillance technology tested on Palestinians and marketed and sold to Western governments, with boasts of its effectiveness in grinding people’s rights into the dust. There is even a name for it: the Palestine Laboratory. Well, as long as this laboratory exists, the world is a more dangerous, violent place, and the cause of Palestine is the cause of the world. If anyone in here cares about human rights, you’ll wake up and recognise that.
Debate: Revised pollinators initiative -  a new deal for pollinators
Date: THURSDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Andrey Slabakov
Political group: ECR
Country: Spain
Language: BG

Г-жо Председател, аз гласувах за тази резолюция, защото подкрепям всички мерки, които защитават пчелите и всички останали опрашители. Много се говори последните дни за продоволствената сигурност в Европа. Не знам дали разбирате, че без пчели няма да има храна. Независимо какви пестициди хвърляте и в какви количества върху реколтата, храна няма да има. Опрашителите, и по-специално пчелите, трябва да бъдат защитени на всяка цена. Не смятам, че сегашните мерки са достатъчни. Кой ни гарантира, че новите пестициди, наречени биопестициди, не вредят върху пчелите и опрашителите. Това трябва да бъде основен критерий също толкова важен, колкото ефекта върху хората, защото се правят такива проби. Това е един изключително важен урок за Европейския съюз и за държавите членки и трябва да разберете – здравето на пчелите е точно толкова важно, колкото здравето на хората и трябва да спрат контрабандните канали във Франция, Германия, Холандия и Австрия на пестициди, които са абсолютно забранени, а тези канали съществуват, както и нелегалните мигрантски канали, защото там са централите.
Debate: Revised pollinators initiative -  a new deal for pollinators
Date: THURSDAY, 23 NOVEMBER 2023
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President, no pollinators means no agriculture. It’s as simple as that. In 2020, the European Court of Auditors found that the first EU pollinators initiative had little effect on the halting of pollinator decline. It’s very hard to have any fate at all in the revised initiative’s ability to halt pollinator decline after what happened in this Chamber yesterday with the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Regulation vote. The EPP tabled an amendment to the pollinators initiative report to delete support for the alignment of the pollinators initiative with the Nature Restoration Law. They do not want legally binding rules, just guidelines. They do not want binding national reduction targets, just plans. There were 65 votes in favour of this report in the Environment Committee, 1 vote against and 3 abstentions. But this is just a report with no consequences in the real world. It’s not legislation. Everyone says they want to save the bees, but only unless it means intensive agriculture can continue as normal and we don’t have to upset big agri and the pesticide companies.
Debate: Statements by the President
Date: MONDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Roberta Metsola
Country: Poland
Language: EN

Today we mark five years since the horrific terror attack in Strasbourg that claimed the lives of five innocent people and left dozens more injured. Among the victims were two journalists working for Eurofonica: Bartosz Niedzielski from Poland and Antonio Megalizzi from Italy. For their work in promoting the initiatives of the European Parliament and for their heroism in successfully preventing the attacker from entering a place full of people in the centre of Strasbourg, they will always be remembered in this House and beyond. Dear colleagues, on 23 November, the Lithuanian Parliament awarded the European Parliament the 2023 Freedom Prize of the Republic of Lithuania. Since 2011, this Freedom Prize has rewarded those who significantly contribute to the defence of human rights and the promotion of international cooperation in Eastern and Central Europe. With the Freedom Prize of Lithuania, our institution is praised for our long-standing position in support of the self-determination of nations and democracy. I know that this House will live up to the responsibility and the legacy of this Prize and I think I speak on all our behalf when we thank the Lithuanian Parliament for this honour.
Debate: Statements by the President
Date: MONDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Roberta Metsola
Country: Poland
Language: FR

Chers collègues, j’ai le triste devoir de vous informer du décès de notre chère collègue Michèle Rivasi, survenu le 29 novembre 2023. Michèle Rivasi était une infatigable militante de l’écologie: d’abord au sein de la société civile, puis au parlement français, et ensuite – depuis les quatorze dernières années – au Parlement européen. Michèle Rivasi était une femme d’engagement, une femme de combats: pour la protection de l’environnement, pour la santé, et pour tous les Européens.  C’était une personne à la fois inlassable et conviviale, une combattante pour nos concitoyens, une femme engagée sur les questions de développement international et passionnée par l’Afrique. Michèle Rivasi était aussi une femme de savoir, normalienne et professeure agrégée de biologie, une personne authentique et sympathique dont la présence manquera au sein de notre assemblée. Au nom du Parlement européen, j’adresse mes plus sincères condoléances à la famille de la défunte, à la délégation parlementaire française et au groupe des Verts/Alliance libre européenne. Je vous demande maintenant d’observer une minute de silence à la mémoire de Michèle Rivasi.
Debate: Statements by the President
Date: MONDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: David Cormand
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Ireland
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, intrépide, puissante, inspirante, forte, déterminée, iconoclaste, résolue: telle était Michèle Rivasi, que beaucoup d’entre vous ont eu l’occasion de fréquenter, comme vous avez pu fréquenter aussi son style inimitable, singulier et d’une très grande force. C’est d’une manière dévastée qu’on a appris son départ, le 29 novembre dernier – ses collègues de la délégation française comme, je le sais, beaucoup d’entre vous. Je vous remercie d’ailleurs très sincèrement des innombrables témoignages de sympathie, d’amour que vous avez transmis; sa famille en a été informée et y a été très sensible. Le jour où, à Bruxelles, le jour de son départ, nous observions un moment de recueillement avec un certain nombre d’entre vous, à l’heure précise de ce recueillement, Michèle aurait dû être dans l’avion pour aller en Tanzanie mener un de ces combats dont elle était familière. Ce que je veux en retenir, c’est que Michèle parlait avec beaucoup de citoyennes et de citoyens européens à qui, parfois, nous perdons l’habitude de parler: les gens qui perçoivent l’injustice, et parfois la brutalité, des multinationales mais aussi des institutions, contre leurs droits. Et la manière qu’elle avait trouvée de sublimer cette colère, c’était d’être à nos côtés, à vos côtés, pour défendre les droits inaliénables de ce Parlement par rapport aux exécutifs, par rapport aux pressions des lobbys, qui peuvent parfois s’exercer sur nous. L’une de ses collaboratrices, lors du moment de recueillement, lui rendait un hommage que je trouvais très beau et disait: «Si vous voulez rendre hommage à Michèle, essayez de faire une chose qu’elle vous avait demandé de faire ou une chose que vous pensez qu’elle aurait voulu que vous fassiez pour elle.» Je pense que ce sera la façon de faire vivre non seulement encore Michèle, mais les combats qu’elle a menés.
Debate: Verification of credentials
Date: MONDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Roberta Metsola
Country: Poland
Language: EN

On the proposal of the Committee on Legal Affairs, Parliament verifies the credentials of Wolfram Pirchner with effect from 17 October 2023, of Martine Kemp with effect from 24 October 2023, and of Jozef Mihál with effect from 26 October 2023.
Debate: Negotiations ahead of Parliament’s first reading
Date: MONDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Roberta Metsola
Country: Poland
Language: EN

Several committees have decided to enter into interinstitutional negotiations pursuant to Rule 71(1) of the Rules of Procedure. The reports, which constitute the mandates for the negotiations, are available on the plenary webpage and their titles will be published in the minutes of the sitting. Pursuant to Rule 71(2), Members or political groups reaching at least the medium threshold may request in writing by tomorrow, Tuesday 12 December at midnight, that the decisions be put to the vote. If no request for a vote in Parliament is made before the deadline, the committees may start the negotiations.
Debate: Signing of acts adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure
Date: MONDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Roberta Metsola
Country: Poland
Language: EN

I would also like to inform you that, together with the President of the Council, I shall, on Wednesday, sign 10 acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure in accordance with Rule 79 of Parliament’s Rules. The titles of the acts will be published in the minutes of this sitting.
Debate: The European Elections
Date: MONDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Sven Simon
Country: Italy
Language: DE

Wir können froh sein, dass sich die schließlich gewählte Kommissionspräsidentin als Glücksfall für die Europäische Union erwiesen hat. Sie hat in der Pandemie beherzt zugepackt und sich um die Impfstoffversorgung gekümmert, obwohl die Europäische Union eigentlich keine Zuständigkeit dafür hatte. Sie hat uns Europäer in dem schrecklichen Angriffskrieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine zusammengehalten und getan, was sie tun konnte. Ursula von der Leyen hat Europa im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes ein Gesicht gegeben. Wir sind mit ihr gut vertreten, auf Augenhöhe mit der Welt. Dennoch müssen wir den Prozess nach der nächsten Europawahl besser organisieren. Und dazu dient der vorliegende Bericht. Denn in einer Demokratie muss Wählen auch zählen. Deshalb muss der Ausgang der Europawahl am 9. Juni Einfluss auf die Wahl der Kommissionspräsidentschaft haben. Das ist der Zweck von Spitzenkandidaten – Gesicht zeigen, wählbar und abwählbar sein.  Leider haben die Europawahlen keinen Einfluss auf die Zusammensetzung der Europäischen Kommission. Das ist in meinen Augen ein Konstruktionsfehler des Vertrags von Lissabon. Umso wichtiger ist es, dass wir den Prozess einhalten, der in diesem Bericht beschrieben wird. Der Bericht ist erstens ein Verhandlungsmandat für eine Vereinbarung mit dem Rat. Wir erwarten zweitens, dass die europäischen Parteien mit einem Spitzenkandidaten oder einer Spitzenkandidatin in die Wahl gehen und sie benennen. Der Verhandlungsauftrag muss drittens nach der Wahl wie beschrieben bei der Kandidatin oder dem Kandidaten liegen, die oder der die größte Fraktion im Parlament hinter sich vereinen kann, mit dem Versuch, eine Mehrheit zu bilden. Wenn dies nicht gelingt, geht er an die zweitgrößte Fraktion über. So stellen wir sicher, dass Prinzipien der parlamentarischen Demokratie auch in Europa gelebt werden. Meine Damen und Herren, wir stehen vor großen Herausforderungen, die kein Staat alleine in Europa bewältigen kann. Die Europäer müssen sich selbst verteidigen können. Es geht um Sicherheit nach innen und nach außen. Die Menschen erwarten von uns, dass wir die illegale Massenmigration stoppen, dem Sterben im Mittelmeer endlich ein Ende bereiten und es nicht länger den Schlepperbanden überlassen, wer nach Europa kommt. Sie erwarten, dass Europa wieder wettbewerbsfähig wird und wir das Wohlstandsversprechen erneuern. Und schließlich braucht es europäische Führung und weltweite Maßstäbe bei der Gestaltung der digitalen Transformation. Den Grünen Deal müssen wir vernünftig weiterentwickeln. Für all das brauchen wir nach der Europawahl ein geordnetes Verfahren, das in diesem Bericht beschrieben wird. Es soll die Europäische Union auch institutionell handlungsfähig machen. So lange, bis wir über eine Änderung der Verträge die Verantwortlichkeiten auf europäischer Ebene besser sichtbar machen, brauchen wir diese Absprachen unter Demokraten. Denn auch in Europa muss gelten: Wählen muss zählen. Deshalb bitte ich Sie um Zustimmung zu diesem Bericht.
Debate: The European Elections
Date: MONDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Paulo Rangel
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

So what we have to do is that if we want really the President of the Commission to be chosen by the citizens, then we should have a presidential system. Of course, in presidential systems parliaments are very, very strong, but they don’t have any interference in the choice of the president of the executive. And I don’t want a presidential system. I’m only saying that that would be the consequential point.  Another thing that I would like to be very, very precise in this debate, because we lack a lot of knowledge of constitutional law when we are speaking about this. The truth is that the system that we have now is a kind of a semi-presidential system where the European Council represents the head of state and has the capacity to nominate. And even if I’m totally in favour of the lead candidate principle, as it is now set up, and probably in the future with the revision of the Treaties giving the Parliament the capacity to appoint the President of the Commission, that I’m totally in favour of, don’t say that this is undemocratic, because the European Council is a European institution and it has totally democratic legitimacy at national level. But okay, this is something that you can see in a lot of systems, like, for instance, the Finnish system between 1990 and 1991. But okay, this is only in defence of a more constitutional-law accuracy.
Debate: The European Elections
Date: MONDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Pedro Silva Pereira
Political group: S-D
Country: Bulgaria
Language: PT

Por isso, aproximando—se as eleições de junho de 2024, é dever das instituições europeias fazer uma grande campanha pedagógica e de informação a favor da participação eleitoral, explicando que estas eleições são, de facto, muito importantes, porque decidem quem vai governar a Europa e decidem como é que a Europa vai ser governada. Mas, há mais a fazer: medidas para tornar o voto mais fácil e acessível; medidas para tornar mais visíveis os partidos europeus na campanha eleitoral; e medidas para reforçar o papel do Parlamento Europeu na construção da solução política que vai determinar a presidência da Comissão Europeia. É o que se propõe neste importante relatório que merece o apoio deste Parlamento para uma maior participação eleitoral dos cidadãos nas eleições europeias e para uma democracia parlamentar reforçada a nível europeu.
Debate: The European Elections
Date: MONDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Sandro Gozi
Political group: Renew
Country: France
Language: FR

Cette nouvelle Europe-puissance doit aussi être une démocratie plus européenne. Nous avons, pour la première fois dans ce Parlement, adopté une nouvelle loi électorale, avec des listes transnationales pour européaniser le débat électoral. Un grand débat sur l’Europe au lieu des 27 grands sondages sur l’état de santé des majorités et des oppositions nationales. Mais le Conseil traîne. Nous devons insister jusqu’à la dernière minute du dernier jour possible pour changer la loi électorale à temps pour 2024 et, dans tous les cas, en faire un enjeu de la nouvelle mandature 2024-2029. Il est clair que sans listes il ne peut y avoir de têtes de listes. Cela a toujours été la position de notre groupe et le restera en 2024: les centaines de millions de nos électeurs ne connaîtront pas les différents candidats à la présidence de la Commission sans listes transnationales. Pour les postes européens les plus importants, nous pourrons indiquer les personnalités que nous préférons. Mais, tant que nous n’aurons pas de liste paneuropéenne, tout cela manquera de la légitimité et de la force démocratique nécessaires. C’est pourquoi nous devons poursuivre notre combat: une Union élargie, réformée, puissante, une démocratie véritablement européenne et des élections plus transparentes, sans rien lâcher.