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Debate: Developing an EU Cycling Strategy
Date: THURSDAY, 7 JULY 2022
Speaker: Chris MacManus
Political group: The Left
Country: Austria
Language: EN

Therefore, it is my genuine hope that this debate is the beginning of a real engagement with stakeholders from across our Member States, so that we can find a way to fully invest and implement safe and active mobility for all our citizens. Our roads and transport links are for everyone, cyclists included – whether you’re a student cycling to college, a nurse taking a bus to work, an electrician driving your van to a job. When we debate cycle strategies, we are often bogged down in an ‘either-or’ argument. For too long, some politicians in Ireland have peddled the myth that you can only have cycling infrastructure or real infrastructure, but never both. For instance, take the Western Rail Corridor in the west of Ireland. The rail line has lay idle for years, while politicians have debated whether to reopen the rail line to passenger and freight or to turn the rail line into a green- and cycleway. I’ve warned you: this ‘one or the other’ narrative really stifles us from harnessing our full potential, and it undermines our efforts to undo decades of neglect from successive governments, which has resulted in regional imbalance, which negatively affects West and North West Ireland. When we are talking about transport policy and the future of sustainable transport – whether it be active mobility on a bike or public transport on a train – let’s be ambitious. We have the capacity and the skill set to develop and invest in both. What we lack is the political will. There are many examples across Europe of greenways running alongside railway lines. I firmly believe there is no reason that this could not happen in the case of the Western Rail Corridor. So let’s work to promote sustainable mobility. Let’s work to promote active mobility. Let’s work towards a transport strategy that serves all our citizens.
Debate: Developing an EU Cycling Strategy
Date: THURSDAY, 7 JULY 2022
Speaker: Liudas Mažylis
Political group: PPE
Country: Luxembourg
Language: LT

Gerbiamas Pirmininke, „ar reikia dviračių strategijos“ gali skambėti panašiai kaip „ar reikia išradinėti dviratį“. Iš tikrųjų dviračių klausimas yra pernelyg skaidrus ir aiškus, kad dėl jo galėtų kilti daug kontroversijų. Tai – transporto priemonė, kuri prisideda prie kovos su klimato kaita tikslų, sprendžia energetikos situaciją ir stiprina sveikatą, taigi yra visapusiškai pozityvi. Jau pats žiūrėjimas į riedančius dviračius daugelį nuteikia džiugiai. Dviračių skatinimo tikslai sutampa su didžiaisiais žalinimo tikslais, o įgyvendinimas vyksta, kaip žinome, žemiausiu, t. y. savivaldos, lygmeniu. Vertėtų išspręsti fenomeną: o kodėl vieni miestai atpažįstami kaip dviračiams palankūs, o kiti – ne? Europinio lygmens keitimasis tokia patirtimi gali čia ir padėti. Kadangi dviračių transporto vystymas persidengia su daugeliu europinės kompetencijos sričių, tai suvesti viską į vieną dokumentą gali būti vertinga, nes neabejotinai būtų sugeneruota naujų idėjų, kaip tą transporto rūšį toliau skatinti.
Debate: Developing an EU Cycling Strategy
Date: THURSDAY, 7 JULY 2022
Speaker: Maria Grapini
Political group: S-D
Country: Portugal
Language: RO

Domnule președinte, doamnă comisară, stimați colegi, evident, mersul pe bicicletă nu este doar o distracție și o petrecere a timpului liber. Implicațiile sunt multiple, de la sănătate până la înlocuirea unor mijloace de transport mai costisitoare și mai poluante. Evident, din punctul meu de vedere, că nu o strategie la nivel european împiedică statele membre să aibă subsidiaritate și să-și gândească modalitatea de transport. Dar ne gândim aici la o strategie europeană, pentru că da, iată un coleg, în mandatul trecut, domnul Kramer, avea un proiect foarte frumos, de 5 000 km, o strategie de pistă de bicicletă din țările nordice până în sud, până în est. Deci, despre această strategie cred că este vorba și evident, și de fonduri, pentru că nu poți să construiești acum, fiecare țară să își construiască autostrăzi, străzi, fără a avea aceste piste de biciclete bine gândite, conectate. Conectivitate, despre asta vorbim în spațiul Uniunii Europene și - de ce nu - s-a spus aici, vreau să repet, va avea o implicație și asupra producției de biciclete în Europa și vor fi locuri de muncă pentru mai mulți europeni.
Debate: Developing an EU Cycling Strategy
Date: THURSDAY, 7 JULY 2022
Speaker: Valter Flego
Political group: Renew
Country: Sweden
Language: HR

Poštovani predsjedavajući, poštovana povjerenice, poštovane kolegice i kolege, zbilja mi je jako drago da danas ovdje razgovaramo i raspravljamo o biciklističkoj strategiji Europske unije jer je biciklizam sve popularniji na našem kontinentu i to je apsolutno jako, jako dobro jer znamo koje su sve prednosti biciklizma, odnosno korištenja bicikla.  Međutim, želim ovdje naglasiti veliki problem kojeg trebamo riješiti ukoliko želimo razvijati i poticati vožnju biciklom. To je, naravno, biciklistička infrastruktura. Prvenstveno tu mislim na biciklističke staze jer znamo da bicikliraju i stari i mladi. I to je, naravno, dobro. Međutim, nažalost, ima previše nesreća u kojima stradavaju biciklisti.  Zato, poštovana povjerenice Simpson, pozivam vas da važnu ulogu u strategiji ima izgradnja biciklističkih staza, posebice u turističkim mjestima, poput moje Istre i Hrvatske. Na taj način dignut ćemo sigurnost, a samim time i broj ljudi koji će biciklirati.
Debate: Developing an EU Cycling Strategy
Date: THURSDAY, 7 JULY 2022
Speaker: Seán Kelly
Political group: PPE
Country: Greece
Language: EN

Mr President, one of the objectives of the European Green Deal is for the EU to become the first climate neutral continent by 2050. In order to accomplish this, significant changes are required for the European transportation system. Innovation will help, but a key solution already exists: a large modal shift towards active mobility, particularly cycling. Considering its indisputable environmental benefits as a form of transportation, the EU must prioritise cycling in its climate strategy, dedicate resources to cycling policy and promote its advantages. It is time to implement a real bicycle policy, one that recognises the importance of cycling as a unique and fully-fledged means of transport. A green Europe must be a cycling Europe, and when we have that, we might get Katie Melua to sing about cycling in Europe as she has done for Beijing. Finally, I just want to say my name is Seán Kelly. I am often confused with the great Irish professional cyclist Sean Kelly, which pleases me greatly, especially when it helps me to get through Belgian security at speed.
Debate: Developing an EU Cycling Strategy
Date: THURSDAY, 7 JULY 2022
Speaker: Marcos Ros Sempere
Political group: S-D
Country: Italy
Language: ES

Señor presidente, señora comisaria, debemos establecer una estrategia europea para potenciar el uso de la bicicleta que impulse el cambio de unas ciudades del siglo pasado, pensadas para los vehículos privados, a lo que deben ser las ciudades del presente: ciudades diseñadas para el transporte público, las bicicletas y los peatones.  Tenemos que incentivar la implementación de los planes de movilidad urbana sostenible en todas las ciudades de la Unión Europea con una presencia importante de medidas para la movilidad: generación de carriles bici, servicios de bicicletas públicas, intermodalidad para combinar fácilmente el transporte público con la bicicleta, más cargadores para bicicletas eléctricas... Y debemos conseguir espacios de movilidad sostenible en los que usar la bicicleta no suponga un riesgo de atropello, como el que sufrió la semana pasada el campeón del mundo, Alejandro Valverde, mientras entrenaba por las carreteras de mi tierra, la Región de Murcia.
Debate: Developing an EU Cycling Strategy
Date: THURSDAY, 7 JULY 2022
Speaker: Juozas Olekas
Political group: S-D
Country: Spain
Language: LT

Ačiū, kolege K. Delli, už parodytą tokią gražią iniciatyvą, ačiū Komisijos narei už išsakytas mintis. Aš manau, kad nekartosiu tų gerųjų teigiamų dviračių pusių apie tai, kad sveikiau žmogui, geriau gamtai, švaresnė aplinka, bet aš noriu atkreipti dėmesį į galimybę daugiau kontaktuoti, ypač jauniems žmonėms, europiečiams, vykstant vieniems pas kitus ir susikuriant tam tikrus sambūrius. Tačiau turiu du pasiūlymus. Vienas pasiūlymas yra tas, kad galbūt, kalbant apie infrastruktūrą, Europos Komisija galėtų išskirti finansavimo lėšas tvarkant infrastruktūrą, kad specialiai tam tikra procento dalis būtų skirta dviračių takų sutvarkymui. Ir antras pasiūlymas yra, kad ne tik infrastruktūra, ne tik sauga, bet ir dviračio panaudojimas atvykus į darbo vietą. Pirmiausia, aš prisimenu mūsų Europos Parlamentą, kai čia atvykus ir šiek tiek suprakaitavus važiuojant dviračiu, savo kabinete duše negaliu nusimaudyti, nes jis tiesiog neveikia. Bet reikia pasirūpinti, kad darbo sąlygos taip pat būtų sudarytos, kad atvykęs dviračiu, galėtum deramai higieniškai susitvarkyti ir toliau darbuotis.
Debate: Developing an EU Cycling Strategy
Date: THURSDAY, 7 JULY 2022
Speaker: Billy Kelleher
Political group: Renew
Country: Denmark
Language: EN

Mr President, I very much welcome the strategy. I think it’s a very positive development and I hope that the resources are put in place by Member States throughout the European Union to ensure that we have an integrated policy around cycling.  Of course the real challenge here is that we want to address the climate issue, the climate change, and we want to ensure that cycling and bicycles are part of that transition to a carbon neutral economy, and from that perspective it has to be integrated. We cannot have a situation where bikes are not able to be parked at work, mentions and references to arriving at work after what could be long distances, or in Ireland’s case, cycling steep hills to work, and being unable to wash, put on fresh clothes in advance of a day’s work. So there’s a lot of work to be done to ensure that it is an integrated, seamless system of transport integrated into the broader transport scheme.  I also would like to see a great emphasis on leisure cycling and I know many countries have done exceptional work on that, and Ireland is starting that process too of rolling out greenways. But I do believe that cycling, as part of a sort of family recreation, leisure for elderly people getting out, getting active, that greenways must be supported in every Member State across the Union and specifically in Ireland itself as well.
Debate: Developing an EU Cycling Strategy
Date: THURSDAY, 7 JULY 2022
Speaker: Andrey Slabakov
Political group: ECR
Country: Spain
Language: BG

Г-н Председател, искам само да Ви обърна внимание, че едно от най-фрапиращите неща, когато става дума за колоездене, това е, че това са най-големите нарушители на пътя. Ще говоря много бързо и ще Ви обясня.  Значи, вчера бях в пешеходната зона в Страсбург, един от колоездачите ме удари, аз бях с гръб, след което ме напсува и си тръгна. Те смятат, че имат някакви изключителни права. Мога да Ви дам и един още по-фрапиращ пример, ако искате. В София, понеже една линейка чакаше един умиращ от четвъртия етаж, понеже нямаше асансьор и трябваше да го свалят на ръце, сряза и четирите гуми на линейката. Така че много бих искал най-после да сложат номера на всички велосипеди, за да може да се знае кой какъв нарушител е. За този в България не Ви говоря, просто защото според мен той е психопат.
Debate: Developing an EU Cycling Strategy
Date: THURSDAY, 7 JULY 2022
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Mr President, there was a good skit doing the rounds in the last week about how a banker persuades an economist that cycling is bad for the planet by explaining that a cyclist doesn't buy cars, doesn't borrow money to buy them, doesn't pay for insurance policies, doesn't buy fuel, doesn't pay for maintenance or needs repairs and doesn't pay for parking. And actually, they are much healthier as well. In other words, the point being made was that there are substantial vested interests from the car industry standing in the way of the development of the revolutionary change that is necessary if we are to really turn to the type of potential that a cycling strategy could have. I'm a huge car fan. I've always loved my car, but the days of the car being the mode of private transport are over. The only way forward is cycling and proper public investment in public transport.  My colleague, the cyclist Seán Kelly, made the point about Katie Melua, the Irish-Georgian singer who is playing in Strasbourg, and she had a song 12 years ago called ‘There are 9 million bicycles in Beijing’. There are probably 90 million of them there now because the Chinese understand that to run cities, we need bicycles and public transport rather than cars.
Debate: Developing an EU Cycling Strategy
Date: THURSDAY, 7 JULY 2022
Speaker: Angel Dzhambazki
Political group: ECR
Country: Germany
Language: BG

Г-н Председател, имам въпрос към всички тук колеги, които защитават тази стратегия. Въпросът ми иска много бърз отговор. Кой от вас дойде от родното си място до тук на колело? Може ли да вдигнете ръка? Може би нашите колеги комунисти от Ирландия дойдоха с колело? Г-жо Кели, Вие ли дойдохте с колело? От Ирландия? Това е новина, защото между Ирландия и Европа има океан, море. Вие сте герои, браво, успели сте да преплувате на колело, може би е водно колело, поздравявам Ви. Защо го казвам? Много е хубаво да се говорят тези смешки и закачки, много е хубаво да вървят тези истории, обаче това е поредният, г-жо Дейли, хубав дебат за нищо, казано честно, чесане на езиците, то не отразява реалностите. Има места в Европа, на които може да се кара колело и трябва, има места, на които вали сняг през зимата и е трудно, има височини и не може. Но понеже тук колегите се надпреварват кой да е по-зелен, обаче никой не е дошъл от родното си място с колело. Това какво ви говори? Говори ви, че за пореден път се губи времето на европейските данъкоплатци и се говорят смешки и закачки, и разкази от „Шипковия храст“, извинявам се на преводачите.
Debate: Developing an EU Cycling Strategy
Date: THURSDAY, 7 JULY 2022
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Mr President, Mr Dzhambazki’s point is a relevant point, and it actually emphasises the fact that it’s absolute madness that we actually come here all the way from Brussels most of the time, and that we should actually stay in Brussels and we wouldn’t have to be coming down here on public or any kind of transport. Secondly, I was very interested to hear Joachim Kuhs tell us about his bike being stolen and giving up cycling at the time. For the record, I’ve had four bikes stolen in Dublin, so maybe things mightn’t be quite as bad in Germany. And also, for the record, I have to say that I’ve never seen Clare Daly on a bike in my life. If the Commission are serious about a bike strategy, it’s a win-win in every way. And you’d like to think that the vested interest won’t be pushing quite as hard against you, but the infrastructure isn’t there. You have got to start spending money to make it really serious. And I’d like to think, as well, that it wouldn’t have quite as much opposition as what we got yesterday in the vote on taxonomy, where the lobbyists hijacked the place and made gas and nuclear green.
Debate: Developing an EU Cycling Strategy
Date: THURSDAY, 7 JULY 2022
Speaker: Kadri Simson
Language: EN

There are extensive and increasing EU funds going towards cycling infrastructure and related measures; on top of that, additional sources such as the EU Cohesion and Structural Funds. We are now witnessing very substantial cycling investments included in many national recovery plans and these are strongly supported by the Commission. Encouraging walking, cycling and public transport in cities can bring five million tonnes of oil savings. Everybody can play their part; authorities at various levels as well as ordinary citizens.  I have taken note of your comments and will pass them on to Commissioner Adina Vălean. Bicycle use has been on the rise in many EU cities over recent years and the Commission would like this momentum to continue.
Debate: Sustainable aviation fuels
Date: THURSDAY, 7 JULY 2022
Speaker: Billy Kelleher
Political group: Renew
Country: Denmark
Language: EN

Mr President, in making the decisions on this particular file I tried to stick as close as possible to the Commission proposals. Having consulted widely, being truthful with stakeholders, we concluded the original Commission proposal was the best option in terms of how we transition the aviation sector to a cleaner, greener future.  And there is no doubt, I believe, that if we put the right policies in place that the airline industry will be up for us because it will have to be stimulated, invested in. But I do believe that sustainable aviation fuel will have great downstream benefits as well, not just in the context of the initial aspect, with regard to carbon reduction from airplanes themselves, but also the feed stocks that will be required for sustainable aviation fuels. So, for that reason, that that was a decision that I took. I want to thank the Renew Europe colleague Søren Gade as this file’s rapporteur for his work on file. He had a nearly impossible task, being quite truthful. And, while he was excellent in bringing all parts of the Parliament together, I just believe that there were so many competing interests in here that the compromises were not suitable for what’s needed to stimulate sustainable aviation fuel investment in airlines.
Debate: Sustainable aviation fuels
Date: THURSDAY, 7 JULY 2022
Speaker: Seán Kelly
Political group: PPE
Country: Greece
Language: EN

Mr President, I was happy to vote in favour of the REFuel EU Aviation Initiative Report. The aim of the report is to boost the supply and demand for sustainable aviation fuels in the EU, in line with the goal of reducing aviation’s environmental footprint, which is huge, to achieve the EU's climate targets.  It is imperative that European planes use the greenest and most sustainable fuels to help the EU become climate neutral by 2050. And it is important that we invest much more in the development and deployment of sustainable fuels made in , in order to decrease costs. And that is one lesson I think we have learned from COVID and from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, that we need to put more resources into producing things so we can have the label ‘made in Europe’ on them.
Debate: Sustainable aviation fuels
Date: THURSDAY, 7 JULY 2022
Speaker: Vlad-Marius Botoş
Political group: Renew
Country: Germany
Language: RO

Domnule președinte, vedem și trăim tot mai des fenomene meteorologice extreme. Simțim zi de zi temperaturile tot mai ridicate, seceta sau inundațiile care afectează zone care nu se confruntau cu aceste fenomene până acum câțiva ani. Este clar că este nevoie să reacționăm urgent la nivel european și chiar mondial. Acesta este motivul pentru care am hotărât modificarea direcției politice a Uniunii Europene acum mai bine de trei ani, în 2019, odată cu Green Deal. Este nevoie totuși de echilibru, de susținerea inovației și de timp pentru ca economia să se adapteze. Înțeleg elanul și dorința de a acționa rapid, dar nu trebuie să neglijăm costurile pe care aceste schimbări le vor avea asupra vieții cetățenilor noștri. Raportul privind combustibilii de aviație durabilă stabilește un echilibru între ce dorim și ce putem face pe termen scurt, dar și pe termen mediu și lung. Tocmai de aceea am susținut acest raport și îl felicit pe colegul meu din Vilnius, Søren Gade, pentru un raport echilibrat, care sprijină atât mediul, cât și aviația.
Debate: Sustainable aviation fuels
Date: THURSDAY, 7 JULY 2022
Speaker: Maria Grapini
Political group: S-D
Country: Portugal
Language: RO

Domnule președinte, acest raport sigur este important, s-a încercat o negociere pentru a se găsi un echilibru între decarbonizarea sectorului aviației și posibilitățile industriei. Totdeauna am crezut, ca inginer, că trebuie să fim realiști când luăm niște măsuri și să le facem în ritmul în care, așa cum spunea și doamna comisară astăzi, industria poate să ajungă la acele obiective, mai ales că, sigur, industria aviației din Uniunea Europeană nu este cel mai mare poluator, din contră, doar 2 % este în responsabilitatea aviației. Nu am putut să susțin în final și m-am abținut la acest raport pentru că nu cred că este soluția optimă. Sunt mai aproape de varianta Comisiei, de aceea sper ca la negocierile instituționale să se ajungă la un echilibru mai bun decât a fost astăzi în Parlament și cred foarte tare că noi, Parlamentul European, trebuie să ne gândim totdeauna când luăm decizii și la impactul pe care îl aduce imediat aplicarea deciziilor noastre asupra sectorului respectiv și până la urmă, asupra cetățenilor.
Debate: Sustainable aviation fuels
Date: THURSDAY, 7 JULY 2022
Speaker: Angel Dzhambazki
Political group: ECR
Country: Germany
Language: BG

Г-н Председател, убедено гласувахме против този доклад, защото той за пореден път потвърждава тежкото политическо раздвоение на личността в тази зала. От една страна, колегите казват, че искат да има устойчиви горива, че искат да има екологичен компонент, възстановим компонент в горивата в авиационната индустрия. След което се добавя този компонент и се оказва, че той се добива от ресурси, които водят след себе си обезлесяване и загуба на гори в редица държави. И тогава зелените, всички в тази зала и други, които дойдоха тук с колела преди малко, казват, че това било вече лошо.  Е кое е вярното, бе колеги? Кое от двете е вярното в края на краищата? Или тези горива са екологични и устойчиви, или не са. Няма как и двете да са верни. Между другото, многото регулации, опитите да наложите административно, хора, които не са изкарали и 5 лева в живота си с някаква работа, да налагат на другите как да си правят бизнеса, в случая с авиацията водят до това, което виждаме днес по летищата, тежки проблеми.
Debate: Sustainable aviation fuels
Date: THURSDAY, 7 JULY 2022
Speaker: Andrey Slabakov
Political group: ECR
Country: Spain
Language: BG

Г-н Председател, значи аз смятам, че този проект по принцип не е лош, особено в първоначалния му вариант, защото се появиха едни промени, които мен лично много ме притесняват. Каквото и да се направи с горивата за самолети, „зелените“ колеги отдясно, бих ги нарекъл талибани, продължават да обвиняват авиационния сектор за обезлесяването на Южна Америка, на Азия. За тях никога нищо не е достатъчно, а вероятно те ще ни карат да махаме с ръце, вместо да летим.  Аз разбирам, че е добре биогоривата и водородът да станат част от устойчивите авиационни горива, но санкциите са просто извън нормалния човешки разум. Нека да има малко повече разум, стига с тази зелена утопия, която ще доведе само до екологични катастрофи и огромни, тежки социални сътресения.