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Debate: Protection of the EU’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2022
Speaker: Dorien Rookmaker
Political group: ECR
Country: Netherlands
Language: NL

Voorzitter, er zullen altijd mensen zijn die de kluit belazeren. Als er een motief is en er bestaat een gelegenheid, dan kunnen velen de verleiding gewoon niet weerstaan. Vooral omdat het van de grote hoop gaat en de opvatting leeft dat het heel makkelijk is om te stelen van de EU.  In 2020 werd er voor een totaal van 371 miljoen euro aan fraude gemeld. Het gaat dus om serieus geld. En dit waren alleen de gemelde gevallen. Bij een gelijkblijvend beleid kunnen we uitgaan van een verdubbeling van dit bedrag per jaar in de toekomst. Samen met de niet gemelde fraude praten we dan over miljarden per jaar.  De aanpak van fraude binnen de EU moet dus beter. Nu is dit vooral instrumenteel gericht met veel regels en procedures en gericht op detectie en vervolging van de schuldigen. Er moet door de Commissie meer worden ingezet op het voorkomen van fraude, en dat kan door middel van transparantie. De techniek is daarvoor aanwezig. Het is alleen een kwestie van doen.  Ik zou graag zien dat alle uitgaven die de EU doet digitaal zichtbaar zijn, zodat iedereen kan zien waar EU-geld wordt besteed, met welk doel, welke partijen daarbij zijn betrokken en in welk stadium het project verkeert. Daar hebben we allemaal recht op en het verlaagt de zogenaamde
Debate: Protection of the EU’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2022
Speaker: Virginijus Sinkevičius
Language: EN

I think it’s clear to all of us that effective protection of the financial interests of the EU requires our collective and coordinated efforts. As we heard during the debate, allowing EU funds to land in the wrong pockets is not only about the intended recipients losing out. Misguided public funds can actually create additional harm. The Commission will, therefore, continue to do everything in its power to improve and increase the level of protection that is already in place. We will do so by developing all tools at our disposal, bridging sectors and work streams. We will work closely with our partners across the EU, both at European and at national level, to make sure that EU funds are protected from those that would do it harm. I look forward to working with you to make sure that we are as good as we can be in this respect.
Debate: Protection of the EU’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2022
Speaker: Katalin Cseh
Country: Sweden
Language: EN

But I have to say, arguing against the strengthening of our anti-fraud framework is not really a smart move politically. If a government has nothing to hide, then why are they running away from monitoring? It is almost an admission of guilt. So I certainly hope that the majority of the Parliament agrees and supports the text as it is, and works together for more ambitious reforms in our anti-fraud architecture and to protect our European money from the fraudsters. This is our common goal in this House, from left to right.
Debate: The arrest of Cardinal Zen and the trustees of the relief fund in Hong Kong
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2022
Speaker: Nicola Beer
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Als nächster Punkt der Tagesordnung folgt die Aussprache über fünf Entschließungsanträge zu der Verhaftung von Kardinal Zen und der Treuhänder des 612-Hilfsfonds in Hongkong (
Debate: The arrest of Cardinal Zen and the trustees of the relief fund in Hong Kong
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2022
Speaker: Miriam Lexmann
Country: Spain
Language: EN

That’s why it is no coincidence that Cardinal Zen and the other trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund have been arrested and charged. The arrest is an attack on the freedom of religion and belief, as well as on all the freedoms guaranteed in Hong Kong’s basic law. Moreover, the CCP is keen to silence the Cardinal because he continues to stand and speak on behalf of the weak and oppressed across mainland China and Hong Kong. But it is this Christian mission that the CCP can never silence nor break. The faith of Cardinal Zen is that of the city itself. And our voice must be clear: we must urge the Hong Kong authorities to drop all charges against Cardinal Zen and the other trustees, as well as all the Hong Kongers whose only crime has been standing up for the city’s freedoms. It is also time for the Council to fulfil and implement all the July 2020 conclusions. In particular, Member States should provide lifeboat schemes for Hong Kongers to end all the remaining extradition treaties both with Hong Kong and with the PRC. Hong Kongers and all fleeing persecution of the CCP must feel safe in Europe. We must also ensure that our diplomatic representations and the EEAS provide support to the civil society and actively steps up trial observations, prison visits and human rights monitoring. Furthermore, it is essential that the Council finally place targeted sanctions under the EU’s Magnitsky Act against John Lee and all other Hong Kong and PRC officials representing the ongoing human rights crackdown in the city. Given the destruction of Hong Kong’s autonomy, it is time to review the agreement between the EC and Hong Kong in customs matters, the status of the Hong Kong office in Brussels and Hong Kong’s seat at the WTO. The CCP should not profit from Hong Kong while destroying the city’s autonomy and freedoms. Let me also stress the importance of working together with the Vatican and other religious leaders, as well as with our democratic allies, to defend freedom and human dignity and give a voice to the voiceless in mainland China and Hong Kong. Finally, let me thank colleagues across this House for cooperation on this important urgency. It is a testimony to the strong cross-party unity in standing with the people of Hong Kong.
Debate: The arrest of Cardinal Zen and the trustees of the relief fund in Hong Kong
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2022
Speaker: Evin Incir
Country: Hungary
Language: EN

The unlawful arrest of Cardinal Joseph Zen, one of the strongest advocates of this city’s pro-democracy movement, and the other trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund is an attack on fundamental freedoms, and the regime continues to step up its efforts to undermine Hong Kong’s strong autonomy. In practice, they have abolished the autonomy. All charges against all political prisoners, including Cardinal Zen and the trustees, must be dropped immediately. The national security law must be renounced immediately. And the autonomy of Hong Kong must be respected by the communist regime of China. Nothing less is acceptable. The EU must, at the same time, offer all needed support to the human rights activists in Hong Kong and to help protect their rights and freedoms. The EU should also, through the EU global human rights sanctions regime, introduce sanctions against those in Hong Kong and those in China that are responsible for the human rights violations.
Debate: The arrest of Cardinal Zen and the trustees of the relief fund in Hong Kong
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2022
Speaker: Bernard Guetta
Country: Austria
Language: FR

La réalité, c’est qu’à Pékin comme à Moscou, nous faisons face à des régimes qui veulent détruire la démocratie, qui veulent assurer le triomphe de la dictature contre la liberté, qui veulent assurer le triomphe de l’ordre moral, policier, social, contre ce qu’ils appellent la décadence et ce que nous appelons la liberté. Alors, Monsieur le cardinal Zen, soyez-en assuré: nous vous défendrons et nous défendrons à travers vous la cause que vous incarnez, celle des libertés de la Chine, avec autant d’acharnement, bec et ongles, que nous défendons la liberté de l’Ukraine.
Debate: The arrest of Cardinal Zen and the trustees of the relief fund in Hong Kong
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2022
Speaker: Reinhard Bütikofer
Country: Italy
Language: EN

Last week, several members of this House reminded us of the 25th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong to the mainland authorities, and the second anniversary of the imposition of the national security law. This is the history of a betrayal, the betrayal of the trust of the citizens of Hong Kong and a betrayal also of the international community. With this joint resolution, we strengthen our resolve to not forget and to not cease supporting. We want the charges dropped against Cardinal Zen, who is a towering figure but is also representing many, many other courageous Hong Kongers. We want the extradition agreements that still exist between EU Member States and the PRC and even Hong Kong terminated. We want lifeboat opportunities created for Hong Kongers that have to flee their city. And we want permanent monitoring of the human rights situation in Hong Kong through our offices there. We will continue to stand tall. Only extremists from the left and the right do not join this call.
Debate: The arrest of Cardinal Zen and the trustees of the relief fund in Hong Kong
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2022
Speaker: Anna Fotyga
Country: Denmark
Language: EN

And we have to work with the Vatican. For me, a Pole, it is a reminder of the faith and brave behaviour of our leader, the Primate of Poland, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński. It is the fate of leaders, of spiritual leaders, but we have to defend them by all our force.
Debate: The arrest of Cardinal Zen and the trustees of the relief fund in Hong Kong
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2022
Speaker: Michaela Šojdrová
Political group: PPE
Country: Greece
Language: EN

It has been 56 days since Hong Kong’s national security police arrested the 90—year—old Cardinal Joseph Zen, one of Asia’s oldest and most outspoken Catholic clergy. He was arrested along with three other people from completely different fields of activity: singer and actress Denise Ho, lawyer Margaret Ng and scientist Hui Po Keung. Reason for the arrests: alleged collusion with foreign forces. One thing they had in common – and as we know now, the thing that was the real reason for their arrest – was their role as trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund. As political activist Nathan Law, a former student of the arrested scientist Hui Po Keung, said, when you want to punish someone, you always find an excuse. And this is doubly true for countries with an authoritarian regime. The arrests were the latest move by authorities in enforcing the controversial National Security Act, which was imposed on this city in June 2020. I fully agree with what Labour’s Shadow Minister for Asia and the Pacific Catherine West said: that the arrests are further evidence of China’s effort to suppress the opposition in Hong Kong, which is completely contrary to the freedom promised to Hong Kong. The activities of Cardinal Zen and the rest of his team were completely peaceful and lawful. Their arrest is an example of the appalling decline in respect for human rights that we are witnessing in China. Support and respect for human rights, democracy and the rule of law should be central to the EU’s relations with China. That is why the European Parliament calls upon the EU and its Member States to take all necessary steps to push China to end the breaking of human rights and ensure responsibility for these crimes committed. We also reiterate our call on the Commission and the Member States to review the agreement between the European Community and Hong Kong, China on cooperation and mutual administrative assistance in custom matters, the status of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Brussels, and the Hong Kong seat at the World Trade Organization. Thank you for your attention and for the support for the resolution.
Debate: The arrest of Cardinal Zen and the trustees of the relief fund in Hong Kong
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2022
Speaker: Raphaël Glucksmann
Political group: S-D
Country: Romania
Language: FR

À Hong Kong, la liste des prisonniers politiques s’accroît chaque jour, les cellules sont pleines et les procès fantoches se succèdent. Collusion avec une puissance étrangère, incitation à la subversion, apologie du terrorisme, conspiration en vue de distribuer une publication séditieuse: Pékin criminalise le moindre désir de liberté. Le Parti communiste chinois entend édifier à Hong Kong le premier hub mondial pour les services bancaires et financiers. Il le fait sur le cimetière des espérances démocratiques d’un peuple.  Nos propres marchés financiers, nos banques, nos multinationales agissent en complices. Il est temps de mettre fin à ces complicités, de soutenir les démocrates de Hong Kong, y compris en envoyant des observateurs à chacun de leurs procès, et de faire écho dans cette enceinte à leur slogan: «Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our times».
Debate: The arrest of Cardinal Zen and the trustees of the relief fund in Hong Kong
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2022
Speaker: Engin Eroglu
Political group: Renew
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Mehr und mehr zeigt sich leider, dass China nicht bereit ist, die Menschenrechte zu beachten, die universal sind. Wir erleben das Ende von „ein Land, zwei Systeme“, das Ende von Hongkong und der Freiheit der Menschen in Hongkong. Wir sehen, dass China mit seiner eigenen Bevölkerung in Hongkong, Xinjiang, Tibet grausam umgeht, und wir haben mächtige Sorgen um Taiwan. Wir dürfen es nicht zulassen, dass sich diese Menschenrechtsverletzungen in China ständig ausweiten. Wir müssen jetzt mit allen nationalen Vertretern alles tun, was möglich ist, um die Freilassung des 90-jährigen Kardinals Zen zu bewirken, um den Menschen in Hongkong und auf der Welt Hoffnung zu geben, dass es einen Ort gibt, Europa, wo sie in Frieden und Freiheit leben können.
Debate: The arrest of Cardinal Zen and the trustees of the relief fund in Hong Kong
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2022
Speaker: Joachim Kuhs
Political group: ID
Country: Greece
Language: DE

Wir finden scharfe Worte zur Entscheidung des  Wir müssen uns alle darüber im Klaren sein: Unser Schweigen bedeutet für die Machthaber in diesen Ländern eine Ermutigung, ihren bedrückenden Weg weiter zu beschreiten. Und wir merken nicht, dass auch bei uns im Westen die Sprechverbote bedenklich zunehmen. Erheben wir unsere Stimme, damit dem Einhalt geboten wird. Damit helfen wir nicht nur Kardinal Zen, sondern Millionen von Menschen, die um ihres Glaubens willen verfolgt werden. Das alte Wort aus Schillers
Debate: The arrest of Cardinal Zen and the trustees of the relief fund in Hong Kong
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2022
Speaker: Bert-Jan Ruissen
Political group: ECR
Country: France
Language: NL

Je zult maar inwoner zijn van deze stad. De inwoners bevinden zich als het ware op een zinkend schip. De Europese Unie en haar lidstaten moeten een reddingsboei uitwerpen. Dat betekent dat ook van ons mag worden verwacht dat we een bijdrage leveren aan de opvang van politieke vluchtelingen uit Hongkong. En laten we zeker ook werk maken van het opleggen van sancties tegen John Lee en andere verantwoordelijken in China en Hongkong.  Dit is al de vijfde resolutie in twee jaar tijd over de verslechterende situatie in Hongkong. Ik hoop dat er geen zesde meer nodig is, maar ik ben toch bang dat we het er nog heel vaak over zullen moeten hebben.
Debate: The arrest of Cardinal Zen and the trustees of the relief fund in Hong Kong
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2022
Speaker: Virginijus Sinkevičius
Language: EN

We have witnessed the rapid dismantling of one country, two systems. This is a breach of China’s international commitments, notably the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration registered at the UN as an international treaty. We have seen the rapid shrinking of space for civil society, the step-by-step shut—down of independent media, the silencing of voices of dissent. The law has been used to stifle political pluralism and the exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms that are protected under Hong Kong law and international law.  The arrests of 90-year-old Cardinal Zen, pro-democracy former lawmaker Margaret Ng, pop star Denise Ho Wan-see and scholar Hui Po-Keung for alleged conspiracy to collude with foreign powers marked another step in this grim trajectory. Another trustee of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, former Legislative Council member Cyd Ho, was arrested on the same charges while already serving a prison sentence.  Hong Kong has moved from being a spatial administration region of China characterised by democracy, pluralism and a vibrant civil society, to hosting one of the fastest growing populations of political prisoners in the world: 1 014 political prisoners have been held in Hong Kong since June 2019. More than three quarters of them are under 30 years old.  The EU has spoken out repeatedly about the deterioration of the situation in Hong Kong. Last week, on 1 July, the EU again reiterated publicly its concerns at the removal of fundamental freedoms previously enjoyed by the people of Hong Kong. On the ground, the EU is committed to supporting the civil society that still remains, notably by attending hearings and trials such as the first hearing of the subjects of today’s debate.  China claims that what is happening in Hong Kong is an internal matter. We reject this. The EU has a strong stake and interest in Hong Kong and will not cease its support for universal values within and beyond its borders. We will continue to stand by the people of Hong Kong.
Debate: The situation of indigenous and environmental defenders in Brazil, including the killing of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2022
Speaker: Nicola Beer
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Als nächster Punkt der Tagesordnung folgt die Aussprache über sechs Entschließungsanträge zu der Situation von Verteidigern indigener Rechte und von Umweltschützern in Brasilien, einschließlich der Ermordung von Dom Phillips und Bruno Pereira (
Debate: The situation of indigenous and environmental defenders in Brazil, including the killing of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2022
Speaker: María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos
Country: France
Language: ES

Lamentamos el desmantelamiento de la FUNAI y del IBAMA, las instituciones encargadas de vigilar los pueblos indígenas y los derechos ambientales. Por eso, pedimos en esta Resolución que el Gobierno de Brasil cumpla con sus compromisos y que reconozca y proteja las tierras indígenas y, con ellas, a las comunidades indígenas, protegiendo también la biodiversidad única para el planeta de la Amazonía.
Debate: The situation of indigenous and environmental defenders in Brazil, including the killing of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2022
Speaker: Anna Cavazzini
Country: Netherlands
Language: EN

Brazil is the fourth most dangerous place in the world for environmental defenders, and this high number goes hand-in-hand with the highest destruction rates in the Amazon ever. In the first half of 2022 alone, 3 750 square kilometres of rainforest have been destroyed – gone forever. And this is not something that just happens. It is the consequence of an agenda of the Bolsonaro government, such as defunding institutions and weakening environmental legislation. It is the consequence of verbal attacks and intimidation towards environmental defenders by the President himself. And it is also the consequence of an extractivist model that also profits the EU. The EU is, for example, the second biggest importer of Brazilian soy, and thus adds more pressure on the ecosystems in Brazil. And this situation is unbearable and needs to stop. The EU needs to put more pressure on the Bolsonaro government to better protect indigenous people and environmental defenders. The EU has to make its trade policy finally sustainable and its supply chains deforestation-free. And the Brazilian Government has to revoke the dangerous weakening of environmental law and better fund protection agencies. And I ask the Senate not to vote on a package of laws that will further weaken forest protection and indigenous people.
Debate: The situation of indigenous and environmental defenders in Brazil, including the killing of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2022
Speaker: Isabel Santos
Country: Hungary
Language: PT

Os brutais assassinatos de Dom Phillips e Bruno Pereira não podem ficar impunes. Mas temos que ir à raiz do problema. Não podemos ficar apenas pelo julgamento dos seus executantes. Estes crimes são também um dos efeitos da retórica agressiva e intimidatória do Presidente Bolsonaro e das suas políticas, que arruinaram a defesa dos povos indígenas e abriram a Amazónia à mais selvagem exploração económica. Algo que piorará ainda com a aplicação da infame lei da devastação. Há um autêntico ecocídio e etnocídio em curso na Amazónia. Não podemos ficar em silêncio. Temos de o travar. Não podemos também silenciar as constantes ameaças à democracia brasileira.
Debate: The situation of indigenous and environmental defenders in Brazil, including the killing of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2022
Speaker: Tomáš Zdechovský
Country: Slovenia
Language: CS

Případ dosud nevysvětleného zabití novináře Doma Phillipse a odborníka na odloučené komunity Bruna Pereiry je zřejmým důkazem, že dosud existují místa, kde má lidský život jenom pramálo velkou cenu. Phillips i Pereira byli dlouholetými kritiky brazilské politiky odlesňování a zacházení s odloučenými domorodými komunitami. V Brazílii se toto povolání stává stále více nebezpečné a je zřejmé, že respekt k lidským právům, a zejména k právům aktivistů a ochránců domorodých komunit a životního prostředí se nijak nelepší. Ba naopak. To je důvod, proč jsme podpořili tuto rezoluci. Toto je totiž výstražný signál pro nás i pro celý svět. Amazonský deštný prales je nejenom zdrojem čistého vzduchu a vody, ale i domovem tisíců druhů zvířat a stovky mnohdy dosud málo kontaktovaných lidských komunit.  Odlesňování amazonského pralesa, plic naší planety, jehož tempo v minulém roce dosáhlo historického maxima, bezprostředně ohrožuje celou budoucnost našeho lidstva. Je potřeba si uvědomit, že potřebujeme odvážné lidi, kteří se postaví na stranu slabších a jasně se vymezí proti odlesňování a proti potlačování práv domorodého obyvatelstva. Zabití dvou takto odvážných lidí je proto nepřípustné a my žádáme, aby byla co nejrychleji prošetřena celá událost a zajištěna bezpečnost investigativních novinářů, aktivistů a všech, kteří se staví za práva a svobody těch, kteří se nemohou bránit. Brazilská vláda musí zlepšit situaci ochránců lidských práv a ochránců životního prostředí, aby zabití Doma Phillipse a Bruna Pereiry bylo poslední podobnou událostí.  Dámy a pánové, nestává se příliš často, že chci poděkovat kolegům ze všech politických stran, kteří se podíleli na této konstruktivní debatě a na této rezoluci. Děkuji vám.
Debate: The situation of indigenous and environmental defenders in Brazil, including the killing of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira
Date: WEDNESDAY, 6 JULY 2022
Speaker: Hermann Tertsch
Country: France
Language: ES

Como lamentamos la de Virgilio Trujillo Arana, de 38 años y miembro del pueblo uwottuja, asesinado el jueves en el Estado Amazonas. Eso en Venezuela, en el Arco Minero.  ¿Por qué sabemos todos tanto de los dos primeros, de Pereira y de Philips, y no sabemos nada de Trujillo, que no ha salido en ninguna televisión, que no ha salido en la prensa, por el cual nadie ha pedido una resolución? Pues porque ha sido en Venezuela, ha sido en el Arco Minero, donde hay minas de oro propiedad de algunos socialistas europeos.  Porque allí están todos o están las FARC, está el ELN y están todos aquellos que alimentan al Foro de São Paulo para quedarse con Iberoamérica, para quedarse con el continente. Y lo van consiguiendo: han cogido Honduras, han cogido Perú, han cogido Chile, han cogido Colombia y ahora van a por Brasil, que es lo que les queda.  Eso es lo que estamos viendo, cómo la izquierda no está pensando en Pereira y en Philips, está pensando en la campaña electoral del señor Lula, el jefe del Foro de São Paulo, que debe tomar Brasil y derrotar a su odiado Bolsonaro. Eso es lo que a ustedes les importa.