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Debate: EU-Japan relations
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Reinhard Bütikofer
Country: Italy
Language: EN

The economic relations have thrived, but as regards other dimensions, including security, research and development, global high-quality infrastructure development, the dual digital and green transformation, upholding the multinational international order, working with developing nations or enhancing people to people contacts, there is much we can do beyond what we have.  This report describes where we are and where we want to go. Next year, we will have an anniversary in that relationship, and I hope that this report can contribute to taking it to new heights. Thank you to all the shadows and all the staff.
Debate: The situation of children deprived of liberty in the world
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: María Soraya Rodríguez Ramos
Country: France
Language: ES

Privar a un niño de libertad es privarlo de su infancia, es someterlo a una violencia estructural. Esto vulnera claramente la Convención Internacional de los Derechos del Niño. Aprobando este informe, este Parlamento se compromete a hacer un llamamiento a la comunidad internacional para que seamos capaces de evitar esta situación. Tiene que haber medidas alternativas a la privación de libertad de los menores. Quiero agradecer a todos los ponentes de todos los grupos políticos el compromiso para sacar adelante este informe. Les pido su voto. Hoy, si aprobamos este informe, estamos lanzando un mensaje a millones de niños y niñas: su vida, su infancia y su libertad nos importan.
Debate: Role of EU development policy in transforming the extractive industries for sustainable development in developing countries
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Barry Andrews
Country: Ireland
Language: EN

For some people, this is good news. It means the green transition is well underway. For others, it is an unwelcome sign of change. I think of what this means for Africa and it makes me uneasy. The vast majority of the world’s critical raw materials are concentrated in Africa. As is widely known, the Democratic Republic of Congo produces 70% of the world’s cobalt.  Of course, this abundance is a huge opportunity for these developing countries, a chance to take a huge leap forward. But have we Europeans learned the lessons of history from Europe’s colonial past and the moral implications of fostering resource dependency? I am afraid we have forgotten all about the resource curse, the paradox of an abundance of natural resources delivering little by way of prosperity for local and indigenous people.  This morning’s agreement at COP28 to transition away from fossil fuels underlines the urgency to provide safeguards for the next phase of extractive industry. What is to stop cobalt from becoming the new oil? What is to stop the EU from facilitating this as we try to get ahead in the critical raw materials race? This time we must do things differently. We must carry out real and effective due diligence.  I want to thank the shadows for their work in this opinion, and I’m sure they won’t mind me paying particular tribute to the late Michèle Rivasi, who brought her usual passion and straight talking to this file. My sincere sympathies to her family and friends.
Debate: EU development cooperation to enhance access to education and training in developing countries
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: György Hölvényi
Country: Latvia
Language: EN

Young people in our partner countries deserve the opportunity to have quality education, decent work and life in their homeland. To meet Agenda 2030, an additional 70 million teachers will need to be recruited. For that, there is a need for adequate financing and stronger engagement with the local partners. The Commission has rightly recognised the urgency of this issue of education in developing countries. The increase in the budgetary commitment of the last years is a good step, but widely not enough. We also need enhanced efficiency and strategic implementation. We need to move beyond the practice of aiding, and build cooperation, partnership and trust. Dear colleagues, let me express my gratitude to the shadow rapporteurs for the good and really efficient cooperation, and I also thank Commissioner Urpilainen, who is a committed supporter of the EU’s engagement for education. I hope that the Commission will continue and strengthen this cooperation and increase financing for education in developing countries. Finally, dear colleagues, this report is a result of intense negotiations. We managed to deliver a text which reflects the reality of our development partner countries. The message can be understood by our partners as well as within the Union. Now I invite you to support the report with your vote.
Debate: Implementation of the Treaty provisions on special legislative procedures
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Victor Negrescu
Country: Finland
Language: EN

We also state that the Council needs to respect the recommendations and the rules of the Commission and of Parliament, and to engage in an open and constructive dialogue. Moreover, we need legal clarity on the use of special legislative procedures to prevent institutional blockages. Finally, and this is of crucial importance, Parliament calls upon Member States to give justification to their vetoes and votes, which should have legal explanations correlated to Treaty provisions and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and that should be in full accordance with EU values. This is fundamental for full respect of the mutual sincere cooperation principle and the rights of all EU citizens. That is why our report calls upon the European Parliament to seize the Court of Justice of the European Union when a vote or a decision does not respect these key principles of the European Union. I am also glad that this report strongly supports the accession of Romania and Bulgaria into the Schengen Area, calling for an immediate decision in favour of both countries. And we all agreed that both countries respect all the criteria and a decision should be made soon. Beyond the important legal clarification it provides, the report represents a clear political message that we are all defending the key role of our institution of the European Parliament and of the Treaties. Therefore, I call upon you to keep the strong consensus we reached in the committee and vote in favour of this report.
Debate: Implementation of the  Geo-blocking Regulation in the digital single market
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Beata Mazurek
Country: Malta
Language: PL

Przykładami sytuacji, gdzie potrzebujemy naszej poprawy są przeszkody w przypadku rejestracji i metod płatności  Nie mogę przemilczeć tematu treści audiowizualnych poruszonego w sprawozdaniu. Nie dajmy się zwieść apelom. Sprawozdanie wspiera podejście stopniowe, oparte na danych i pozwalające na dogłębną ocenę dokonaną przez ekspertów z sektora kreatywnego. Poszukujemy konkretnych działań, uwzględniając stanowisko zainteresowanych stron, które nie zaszkodzą istniejącym modelom biznesowym i finansowaniu projektów oraz są bez uszczerbku dla różnorodności kulturowej. Czy to jest podejście rewolucyjne?  Oczywiście można też wybrać bierność i zignorować ewoluujące potrzeby konsumentów oraz odrzucić postęp technologiczny, który dokonał się w ostatnich latach. Ale czy to będzie służyło wszystkim?  Dzisiaj przedstawiamy przemyślane rozwiązania wypracowane w Komisji Rynku Wewnętrznego. Komisja Europejska ma obowiązek przygotować przegląd regulacji w 2025 r. I tę szansę należy wykorzystać, aby sprawdzić, jak można usprawnić legalny równy dostęp do treści audiowizualnych dla mieszkańców wszystkich krajów członkowskich.  Dlatego apeluję do Państwa i proszę o głosowanie za przyjęciem sprawozdania oraz odrzucenie wszystkich poprawek.
Debate: EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Dita Charanzová
Country: France
Language: EN

The next item is the topical debate under Rule 162 on the EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost-of-living crisis. I would inform Members that for this debate there is no catch-the-eye procedure and no blue cards will be accepted.
Debate: EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Pedro Marques
Country: Czechia
Language: EN

These daily struggles are not only the field where Europe can make a difference. In fact, we must continue to act and act much earlier and provide solutions for a better quality of life. We stand by the committees that brought the social pillar into a reality. The Porto summit was not just a beauty contest for nice pictures. With the good weather. We said it by then. It needs to continue to deliver concrete results. It means prioritising better jobs with fair wages. Let us improve the youth guarantee and impose a ban on unpaid internships to ensure young people enter the job market swiftly and with better conditions. The agreement reached last night and I want to praise Commissioner Schmit and you, Elisabetta Gualmini, and so many that were there. This agreement regarding the platform workers legislation, it’s a great victory that we should celebrate as a Parliament. This means less precariousness. Labour rights for millions of workers that were deprived and still are deprived from any protection. We fought for it. Hardly. We were fighting for many youngsters in Europe that live in this reality. We are proud to say that we delivered on that promise just this evening. But we are here also to fight against poverty, particularly the poverty of children. The child guarantee must be the backbone of social policy, ensuring every kid has access to proper conditions.  Colleagues, making Europe more social is not just the right thing, it’s also the smart thing. Time and time again, our citizens speak out loud and they say they want a more social Europe. Our message is clear. You can count on the Socialists and Democrats to build a Europe that works for the young people, because we care.
Debate: EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Maria Walsh
Political group: PPE
Country: Austria
Language: EN

However, it is the younger generation who are more affected than most as they balance part-time jobs with lower wages, instability in these roles, and the struggle to find decent housing solutions relative to their work, study and circumstance. In many European cities, particularly capital cities and major urban areas, housing costs have surged, making it impossible for younger generations to afford homes. A record number are living at home with their parents with a sense of hopelessness. And how could they not feel hopeless when the average house price in Berlin is over EUR 700 000, Paris showing over EUR 1 million, and Dublin with a starting sale price of EUR 600 000. Since the financial crash, we’ve seen a shortage of construction workers. We have lost generations of apprentices who were forced to emigrate for work. Even now, we have significant delays and bureaucratic red tape in planning permissions, all leading to a slower pace of construction. These factors have contributed to the insufficient supply of homes in Ireland and across the EU. Periods of underinvestment in housing and the subsequent increase in demand due to population increases have exposed the need for more investment in the construction of new homes, revamping of derelict buildings and development zones that have not been built on for over a decade. This is a crisis and the EU must respond. The EU has supported initiatives as outlined by the Commissioner, like the affordable housing, energy efficiency and urban development and more is needed, specifically targeting our young people. Creating more affordable housing options is of utmost importance and we need a continued EU targeted strategy that enhances education and skills to develop a more skilled workforce, increase funding for affordable housing, continue with programmes like we have in Ireland for first-time buyers, even though opposition wants to cut it, and promote private sector investment in construction. I call on all of us, as a collective, to develop tangible solutions in Europe’s housing crisis. A home is more than a shelter. It is security.
Debate: EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Gabriele Bischoff
Political group: S-D
Country: France
Language: DE

Deshalb ist es so wichtig, weil das dramatische Folgen hat. Diese Jugend braucht Zuversicht für die Zukunft, und die kann sie nicht haben, wenn sie gezwungen ist, zu Hause zu bleiben, wenn sie sich nicht entwickeln kann und wenn sie nicht die Perspektiven hat, die sie braucht. Denn wir wissen: In jungen Lebensphasen, wenn wir da nicht bestimmte Entwicklungsmöglichkeiten haben, ist es ganz schwer, das hinterher nachzuholen. Deshalb muss die EU viel mehr in den sozialen Wohnungsbau investieren. Sie hat Hebel dazu, sie hat Fonds, die sind hier genannt worden, aber auch die Jugendgarantie ist genannt worden. Das ist alles zu wenig, und es ist hier nicht wirklich strategisch aufgestellt. Deshalb glaube ich, glauben wir, dass wir ein Jugendperspektiven-Paket brauchen, dass wir jungen Menschen eine gute Perspektive geben müssen und sie unterstützen, gerade am Anfang ihres eigenen selbstständigen Lebens, damit es mehr Chancengerechtigkeit gibt. Deshalb: Die EU soll die Hebel nutzen, sie muss sie besser nutzen, sie muss sie bündeln und muss unterstützen, damit junge Menschen wirklich auch die Möglichkeit haben, sich selbstständig zu machen. Und es ist noch einmal angesprochen worden – ich will das nicht vergessen –, es gibt junge Menschen, die landen auf der Straße, weil sie wegen Inflation, steigender Mieten, steigender Mietnebenkosten ihre Wohnung verlieren. Hier braucht es mehr Unterstützung von europäischer Seite, denn unser Versprechen ist Zukunft und niemanden zurückzulassen.
Debate: EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Dragoş Pîslaru
Political group: Renew
Country: Spain
Language: RO

Există în întreaga Europă o categorie de tineri pe care aș numi-o tinerii invizibili. Sunt tinerii care nu au o șansă și pentru care codul poștal dictează destinul lor. Dacă te-ai născut în marile orașe, ai șanse la un viitor bun. Dacă te-ai născut în zona rurală, șanse mari de eșec. Dacă te-ai născut cu o dizabilitate sau dacă te-ai născut într-o familie de etnie romă, șansele de a putea progresa în societatea actuală, de a-ți găsi o casă și de a putea într-adevăr să ai acces la educație și programe prin care să poți găsi un loc de muncă bun sunt foarte reduse.  Copiii și tinerii invizibili sunt de fapt cei despre care discutăm astăzi și mă bucur că există tineri care asistă la această dezbatere ca să știe că în Parlamentul European lucrăm pentru asta. Tinerii au nevoie de acces și oportunitate, iar în Parlamentul European am lucrat pentru acest lucru prin Garanția pentru copii, Garanția pentru tineri. Soluțiile sunt acolo. Folosiți banii europeni! Consultați tinerii pentru programele de locuire! Este mai simplu decât credem. Trebuie doar să acționăm în acest sens.
Debate: EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Kim Van Sparrentak
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Denmark
Language: EN

At the same time, youth unemployment remains a lot higher than average employment and young people are stuck in a cycle of internships and precarious jobs. Generation Rent is fed up with the fact that they can’t afford a decent place to live anymore, that serves as a launching pad for the rest of their lives. This is why young people are taking the lead of housing protests all over Europe. From the Woonprotest in the Netherlands to the Italian students denouncing that the student housing in Italy’s beautiful old university cities have been turned into tourist accommodation rented out on Airbnb, leaving them out on the streets. If Europe does not want to lose the trust of a disillusioned young generation, it is high time for the European Union to step in with decisive action to tackle the European housing crisis and pay particular attention to the needs of young people.
Debate: EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Pirkko Ruohonen-Lerner
Political group: ECR
Language: FI

Viimeisen noin kymmenen vuoden aikana on Suomen verotuskäytännöissä kaikessa hiljaisuudessa siirrytty suosimaan asuntosijoittajia asunnonhankinnassa nuorten ja lapsiperheiden sijaan. Tämän taustalla lienee pääomapiirien, kuten finanssialan, tehokas lobbaustoiminta. Verotuksessa suurella velkarahalla toimiva asuntosijoittaja saa vähentää vuokra-asuntojensa vuokratulosta paitsi normaalit hoitovastikkeet myös rahoitusvastikkeet eli yhtiölainan korkomenot ja jopa lainanlyhennykset täysimääräisesti.  Mitä tästä asuntosijoittajien unelmasta on sitten seurannut nollakorkojen aikana? Entä sen jälkeen, kun korot ovat palanneet normaalille tasolle? Jos ylivelkaantuneet asunto-osakeyhtiöt eivät pysty hoitamaan lainojensa lyhennyksiä ja korkoja, voi asuntoyhtiö mennä konkurssiin. Nyt näitä velkavetoisten asunto-osakeyhtiöiden asuntoja markkinoidaan jopa kahden vuoden ilmaisella asumisella eli parin vuoden yhtiövastikkeiden verran myönnettävällä kauppahinnan alennuksella. Kahden vuoden ilmaisen asumisen houkutus voi johtaa hyväuskoisen ostajan kaikkien säästöjen ja omaisuuden menetykseen. Pahimmassa tapauksessa jäljelle voi jäädä velkasaldo, jonka kanssa ollaankin sitten naimisissa vuosikaudet.  Olen sitä mieltä, että asunnon ostamiseen liittyvät riskit pitäisi aina kertoa selkokielellä erityisesti kaikille ensiasunnon ostajille, jotka eivät ole vielä joutuneet kantapään kautta tutustumaan rakennus- ja kiinteistöalan konnuuksiin. Näin vältyttäisiin monilta asumiseen liittyviltä murheilta.
Debate: EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Dominique Bilde
Political group: ID
Country: Germany
Language: FR

Voilà trente minutes que nous discutons d’une stratégie de l’Union pour aider les jeunes face aux crises du logement et du coût de la vie. Et si justement l’Union arrêtait un peu de le faire? À chaque fois que vous prétendez aider, vous aggravez les choses: les logements coûtent cher, mais c’est vous qui avez imposé des normes écologiques punitives ingérables qui dissuadent aujourd’hui les propriétaires de louer ou forcent les gens à rester dans des logements qu’ils ne peuvent plus rénover faute de moyens. L’énergie coûte cher, mais c’est vous qui avez mis en place ce marché de l’énergie, pris des décisions sur nos sources d’approvisionnement et tué notre filière nucléaire. La vie coûte cher, mais c’est vous qui faites venir des produits de l’autre bout du monde, imposez votre vision mondialiste aux États membres et ne vous occupez des citoyens que quand vous avez besoin de soigner votre image. C’est vous, Mesdames et Messieurs les députés et les commissaires, vous qui validez, au nom d’une supposée Europe qui protège, des textes toujours plus mortifères. Vous voulez aider les jeunes? Donnez-leur des raisons de croire en l’avenir. Il n’est plus acceptable qu’un jeune sur cinq vive sous le seuil de pauvreté. Quand 80 % des jeunes doivent vivre chez leurs parents faute de moyens, comment voulez-vous qu’ils aient foi en l’avenir? Il est temps pour l’Union européenne de changer de logiciel. Cessez de vouloir vous mêler de tout. Acceptez que les États membres prennent librement les mesures dont les jeunes ont besoin pour retrouver le goût du travail et de la réussite et l’envie de se projeter dans un avenir serein. Les jeunes sont notre avenir, laissons-les briller.
Debate: EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Chris MacManus
Political group: The Left
Country: Austria
Language: EN

So if the EU is serious about tackling the housing crisis, the first step they must take is to bin the vulture funds directive and put a stop to these vultures from making workers and children homeless. The revised fiscal rules should not make it easier to buy tanks than to build houses. And in Ireland, we must build houses. Ireland’s coffers are allegedly awash with money. Yet this Christmas will see 13 000 people homeless in Ireland, 4 000 of them children. This is a wrong which must be righted immediately. We need real action. We need to build more homes.
Debate: EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Ivan Vilibor Sinčić
Political group: NI
Country: Czechia
Language: HR

Poštovana predsjedavajuća, hvala vam lijepo. Zašto mladi napuštaju Hrvatsku?  Osim zbog nepravde, nereda i korupcije i zato jer nitko više ne želi raditi za 500 eura. Kvadrat stana u Hrvatskoj ide i preko 3500 eura. Međutim, cijena kvadrata stana kad se kupuje, ne odskače puno od cijene u drugim europskim zemljama, ali svi porezi i davanja koje država uzima, u cijeni života, drastično su viši u Hrvatskoj nego bilo gdje drugdje. Prosječna plaća u Hrvatskoj iznosi tek 1150 eura, u Belgiji 2500 eura. Prosječna mirovina u Hrvatskoj je 450 eura, u Belgiji 1300 eura. Plaće u Belgiji su više nego dvostruko veće, a npr. zdravstvene usluge značajno niže. Iz prve ruke vidim enormnu razliku između neto i bruto plaća. Imam asistente prijavljene i u Hrvatskoj i u Belgiji. Za iste neto plaće u Hrvatskoj plaćam 55 % više bruto iznos nego u Belgiji.  Prevaru s II. mirovinskim stupom, koja je danas aktualna, razotkrili smo još prije sedam godina i uz sve te nepravde i davanja opet Hrvatska ne može obnoviti zemlju od potresa, očistiti ulice od nevremena ili izgraditi funkcionalan sustav gospodarenja otpadom.  Hrvatska je najljepša zemlja za živjeti, ali imamo nesreću što ljudi ne glasaju za svoje dobro, već za kriminalce koji ih pljačkaju da bi uzeli sebi, što vidimo i ovih dana. I dok mladi ne izađu na izbore i ne smijene korumpirane kadrove s vlasti bježat će u tuđe zemlje, radeći često jeftine fizičke poslove.  Zaslužujemo bolje.
Debate: EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis
Date: WEDNESDAY, 13 DECEMBER 2023
Speaker: Stelios Kympouropoulos
Political group: PPE
Country: Italy
Language: EL

Κυρία Πρόεδρε, Επίτροπε Schmit, συνάδελφοι, σύμφωνα με τη Eurostat, περίπου 10% των νέων στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση ζουν σε νοικοκυριά που ξοδεύουν 40% ή περισσότερο του διαθέσιμου εισοδήματος για στέγαση. Η έλλειψη πραγματικής πρόσβασης σε προσιτή και αξιοπρεπή στέγαση, σε συνδυασμό με τη νεανική ανεργία, μετατρέπεται σε ένα πανευρωπαϊκό ζήτημα. Ένα ζήτημα που αμφισβητεί τη δυνατότητα των νέων να ανοίξουν τα φτερά τους και να ζήσουν τη ζωή τους ανεξάρτητα, όπως την έχουν ονειρευτεί. Χαίρομαι γιατί σε εθνικό επίπεδο έχουν γίνει σημαντικά βήματα. Στην Ελλάδα, συγκεκριμένα, η κυβέρνηση του Κυριάκου Μητσοτάκη υλοποιεί μια φιλόδοξη στρατηγική κοινωνικής στέγασης με προτεραιότητα τους νέους. Μια ολιστική στρατηγική, η οποία έχει στόχο να τους δώσει τη δυνατότητα να αποκτήσουν ή να ενοικιάσουν σπίτι με το χαμηλότερο δυνατό κόστος, μέσω συγκεκριμένων δράσεων, όπως άτοκα ή χαμηλότοκα στεγαστικά δάνεια και χρήση ευρωπαϊκών κονδυλίων για την αξιοποίηση υφιστάμενων και νέων ιδιωτικών κατοικιών, αλλά και χρηματοδότηση μαζικής ανακαίνισης και ενεργειακής αναβάθμισης ακινήτων που έχουν μείνει κενά για μεγάλο χρονικό διάστημα.  Τα ευρωπαϊκά όμως ζητήματα απαιτούν και ευρωπαϊκές ρηξικέλευθες δράσεις. Γι’ αυτό, καλώ την Επιτροπή να παρουσιάσει μια ολοκληρωμένη στρατηγική με κύριο άξονα την ενίσχυση και τη διευκόλυνση της πρόσβασης των νέων σε προσιτή στέγαση.