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Debate: Short presentations by the candidates for election to the office of the President
Date: TUESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2022
Speaker: Pedro Silva Pereira
Country: Bulgaria
Language: PT

No seguimento da decisão da Conferência dos Presidentes de 12 de janeiro de 2022, as eleições do Presidente, dos Vice-Presidentes e dos Questores do Parlamento Europeu serão organizadas num formato à distância, em conformidade com as instruções e modalidades que todos receberam por correio eletrónico em 12 de janeiro de 2022. Os candidatos à função de Presidente foram anunciados na sessão de ontem, mas devo informar que o Senhor Kosma Złotowski informou a Presidente interina de que retira a sua candidatura ao cargo de Presidente. Por conseguinte, os candidatos ao cargo de Presidente do Parlamento Europeu são agora: - Alice Kuhnke  - Roberta Metsola  - Sira Rego Todos os candidatos confirmaram que as candidaturas foram apresentadas com o seu acordo. Antes de dar início à votação, gostaria de dar a palavra para uma breve intervenção a cada candidato. Cada um disporá de 5 minutos. Vamos fazê-lo por ordem alfabética.
Debate: Election of the President of Parliament
Date: TUESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2022
Speaker: Pedro Silva Pereira
Country: Bulgaria
Language: PT

Vamos agora proceder à eleição do Presidente, em conformidade com as disposições do nosso Regimento e com as instruções e modalidades que todos receberam.  Gostaria de recordar que, nos termos do artigo 16.º, n.º 1, do Regimento, para ser eleito, um candidato ou uma candidata deve obter - nas três primeiras voltas do escrutínio - a maioria absoluta dos votos expressos.  Os votos em branco ou nulos não serão considerados votos expressos. Uma vez que se trata de uma votação por escrutínio secreto, apenas os nomes dos deputados que participaram nas votações constarão da ata. Declaro aberta a votação até às 10h15. Os resultados serão comunicados às 11h00.
Debate: Election of the President of Parliament
Date: TUESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2022
Speaker: Pedro Silva Pereira
Country: Bulgaria
Language: PT

Tenho informações importantes a dar a esta casa da democracia europeia. O resultado das votações para o cargo de Presidente do Parlamento Europeu já está disponível e é o seguinte: Deputados votantes   690 Votos em branco ou nulos  74 Votos expressos    616 Maioria absoluta    309 Os votos foram expressos do seguinte modo: Roberta Metsola    458 Votos Alice Kuhnke    101 Votos Sira Rego     57 Votos
Debate: Election of the President of Parliament
Date: TUESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2022
Speaker: Pedro Silva Pereira
Country: Bulgaria
Language: PT

A Deputada Roberta Metsola obteve a maioria absoluta dos votos expressos e é a nova Presidente do Parlamento Europeu. Gostaria de transmitir à nossa colega Metsola as minhas felicitações pela sua eleição e de lhe desejar o maior sucesso no exercício do seu mandato. Convido a nova Presidente Roberta Metsola a assumir a Presidência dos nossos trabalhos.
Debate: Election of the President of Parliament
Date: TUESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2022
Speaker: Roberta Metsola
Country: Poland
Language: MT

Membri tal-Parlament Ewropew, kollegi, Ewropej. B'umiltà nħossni onorata bir-responsabbiltà li qed tafdawni biha. Inwiegħed li ser naħdem bl-enerġija kollha tiegħi f'isem dan il-Parlament u għall-ġid taċ-ċittadini Ewropej.
Debate: Election of the President of Parliament
Date: TUESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2022
Speaker: Roberta Metsola
Country: Poland
Language: EN

I will honour David Sassoli as President by always standing up for Europe, for our common values of democracy, dignity, justice, solidarity, equality, rule of law and fundamental rights, for the politics of hope and the promise of the European Union. I want people to recapture a sense of belief and enthusiasm for our project. I believe to make our shared space safer, fairer, more just and more equal. Dear Europeans, in the next years, people across Europe will look to our institution for leadership and direction, while others will continue to test the limits of our democratic values and European principles. We must fight back against the anti-EU narrative that takes hold so easily and so quickly. Disinformation and misinformation, further amplified during the pandemic, fuel easy cynicism and cheap solutions of nationalism, authoritarianism, protectionism and isolationism. These are a false illusion, offering no solutions – because Europe is about precisely the opposite. It is about all of us standing up for one another, bringing our people closer together. It is about all of us defending those principles of our founding mothers and fathers that led us from the ashes of war and holocaust to peace, to hope and to prosperity. Honourable Members, our House matters. It matters to our judges under attack, to our healthcare frontliners under pressure, to every woman in our Union still fighting for her rights, to the vulnerable, to the oppressed and the abused. It matters to those forced to flee natural disasters, to the families of those killed in terror attacks, to our armed forces and law enforcement serving under difficult conditions, to those seeking protection, to our farmers, NGOs and entrepreneurs. It matters to our LGBTI communities, to those still discriminated against because of their religion, their skin colour or gender identity, to all those who believe in the promise of Europe. This House matters, and when people look to us to defend our values, they will find an ally. Dear colleagues, my generation sees no old and new Europe. We are the first of the Erasmus generation and the last of the Wałęsa and Havel generation. We understand that equality of opportunity is different from making everyone the same. We celebrate differences in Europe because we know that is what makes us stronger, what makes us unique, what makes us European. And we know that, if people are to look to Europe with confidence, we must burst through the Strasbourg and Brussels bubble to bring Europe, its ideas and its decisions to people in different towns and villages across Europe.
Debate: Election of the President of Parliament
Date: TUESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2022
Speaker: Roberta Metsola
Country: Poland
Language: FR

«Chacun se sentirait mieux sur notre planète s’il pouvait entendre la voix forte de l’Europe»: ainsi parlait Valéry Giscard d’Estaing dans son discours d’ouverture de la Convention sur l’avenir de l’Europe, en 2002.
Debate: Election of the President of Parliament
Date: TUESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2022
Speaker: Roberta Metsola
Country: Poland
Language: EN

Already then, the call for a stronger Europe existed. We must now ensure that the Conference on the Future of Europe has the support that it needs to ensure concrete outcomes, and especially we must listen to our youth on this year that is dedicated to them. Dear fellow Europeans, climate change is ravaging our continent and our world. It is no longer a problem for another generation to deal with. If you believe science – and this House does – the question is no longer if, but when. The European Green Deal and the pledge to be the first carbon—free continent is the right answer. This is not only a necessity and an urgency, but it is also an opportunity for Europe to take the lead, to reinvent itself, to ensure growth, sustainability and prosperity, while reducing emissions. We must impress on the rest of the world that the fight against climate change is a common destiny – because tomorrow is too late. And we must continue to show that you cannot decouple the environment and the economy. Businesses, from start-ups and SMEs to larger corporations across our Union, require legal certainty, easier access to funding and an innovative spirit and environment in Europe. They need less bureaucracy and more chances to take the risks that will see Europe once again regain its competitive edge. The Recovery and Resilience Fund will help our investment to relaunch after the pandemic. Like the green transition, the digital transformation creates opportunities, and we need to be at the forefront of these changes and steer it – and we will. Our European way of open economies and open societies is a model that I am proud of. It is a model that must be given the support to withstand the pressure it comes under. And this is a pressure to look inwards, to erect new barriers, to put up old borders and abandon our shared Schengen space  Dear colleagues, the world around us is less friendly than it was a generation ago. The unacceptable attacks on Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity and the dangerous situation in Belarus are prime examples of this, and our collective security is a common challenge. For the European Union to remain credible and exert its influence globally, we have to remain principled. This is our true strength. For autocrats and despots, the EU is a threat simply by existing. As Tarek Osman put it so eloquently, ‘Europe has, after all, curated the most beautiful, refined way of living humanity has ever known’.
Debate: Election of the President of Parliament
Date: TUESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2022
Speaker: Roberta Metsola
Country: Poland
Language: FR

Cette année marque le soixante-dixième anniversaire de notre présence à Strasbourg. Une ville, une région qui actent géographiquement une séparation des pouvoirs et, par conséquent, offrent une garantie démocratique et font de notre assemblée une institution incarnée, proche et accessible, au service des citoyens. Tout cela en fait un lieu évident pour notre institution.
Debate: Election of the President of Parliament
Date: TUESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2022
Speaker: Roberta Metsola
Country: Poland
Language: EN

Europe has a legacy of war, but also of healing. We can put this experience to use in helping efforts to end the separation in the European Union’s last divided country – Cyprus – under the auspices of the UN plan. We can never be truly whole while Cyprus remains split. We must also reverse the lost momentum when it comes to our relationship with the Western Balkans. So dear Members, let me clear. To those who seek to destroy Europe, know that this House stands against you. To those who attempt to undermine democracy, the rule of law, free speech and fundamental rights, who see women as a target and who deny rights to our LGBTQI citizens, know that this House will never accept it. To those who try to blackmail Europe through hybrid attacks, this Parliament will not weaken solidarity among Members. Know that dictators will never divide us. Let me say to the families of Daphne Caruana Galizia and Ján Kuciak, journalists killed for doing their job: your fight for truth and justice is our fight. To the loved ones of Olivier Dubois, abducted for almost 300 days in Mali, I say that his struggle for freedom must become our struggle. Friends, Europeans, the political model that we developed has led our continent to democracy, prosperity and equality. But if we are now to raise Europe to the levels promised to the next generation, we now need to forge something even stronger: something in tune with the times, that motivates a younger, more sceptical audience to believe in Europe. And ours must be a Parliament that empowers, that is diverse. I know that having the first female President of this House since 1999 matters both inside and outside these rooms, but it must go further. Our institution’s commitment to having more diversity, gender equality, guaranteeing women’s rights – all our rights – must be reaffirmed. Twenty—two years ago, Nicole Fontaine was elected – 20 years after Simone Veil. It will not be another two decades until the next woman is standing here. I know I stand on the shoulders of giants – the shoulders of Simone Veil, Auschwitz inmate 78651, who tore off the shackles of that painful part of our European history to blaze a path through ceilings as the first woman to be European Parliament President; the shoulders of the millions of nameless women who endured so much and who fought for us to have the opportunities that they were never afforded; the shoulders of Ashling, Paulina and all the other women whose lives have already been stolen this year; the shoulders of Europe’s displaced and the disappeared, of all those who fought and suffered under totalitarianism and sacrificed everything for Europe; on the shoulders of all those who believed, and who believe still. We stand here thanks to them. We stand here for them. Europe is back. Europe is the future.
Debate: Election of the President of Parliament
Date: TUESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2022
Speaker: Manfred Weber
Political group: PPE
Country: Austria
Language: DE

Ich gratuliere dir und möchte auch unterstreichen, dass du heute von diesem Plenum ein starkes Mandat bekommen hast, eine starke Unterstützung ausgesprochen bekommen hast. Ich möchte mich auch im Namen meiner Fraktion für die Unterstützung für unsere Kandidatin der Europäischen Volkspartei bedanken. Es ist ein Signal, dass wir gemeinsam die nächsten zweieinhalb Jahre bis zur Europawahl 2024 angehen wollen – im Geiste des Zusammenarbeitens, im Geiste des Lieferns, damit unsere Bürger wissen, wir arbeiten gemeinsam für sie an den Aufgaben, die unsere Präsidentin eben beschrieben hat. Wir wählen heute mit Roberta Metsola die jüngste Präsidentin des Europäischen Parlaments in der gesamten Geschichte unseres Hauses; wir wählen eine Präsidentin, die aus einem sehr kleinen Mitgliedstaat kommt – das heißt, auch kleine Staaten bedeuten viel in der Europäischen Union; und wir wählen eine Frau an die Spitze des Europäischen Parlaments. Es sei erlaubt, dass ich für die EVP-Fraktion darauf hinweise, dass wir mit Ursula von der Leyen und mit Roberta Metsola jetzt zwei Kandidatinnen vorgeschlagen haben, um die Spitzen der Europäischen Union zu vertreten, weil uns das wichtig ist, weil wir starke Frauen und starke Persönlichkeiten haben. Ich wünsche dir alles Gute. Gestern haben wir leider ein Kapitel schließen müssen, weil wir des Todes von David Sassoli gedacht haben. Ein wichtiges, ein erfolgreiches Kapitel wurde leider geschlossen. Heute öffnen wir ein neues Kapitel; es wird ein gutes Kapitel werden. Alles Gute, Roberta – deine Fraktion ist stolz auf dich.
Debate: Election of the President of Parliament
Date: TUESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2022
Speaker: Iratxe García Pérez
Political group: S-D
Country: Germany
Language: ES

Por lo tanto, me voy a quedar con las palabras que ayer compartíamos en la ceremonia conmemorativa en honor de nuestro querido presidente David Sassoli y le pido que mantenga ese legado, el legado de un hombre, un presidente, que trabajó por una Europa más solidaria, por una Europa más justa, por una Europa que estuviera cerca de quienes más necesitan de nosotros: estoy segura de que, si esa es su idea, si trabaja en esa dirección, va a contar con el apoyo del Grupo de Socialistas y Demócratas para ello. Hay otra cuestión, importante también para nosotros. Querida presidenta, usted sabe que hoy deja de ser una eurodiputada de un grupo parlamentario para ser la presidenta de toda esta Cámara; hoy usted se convierte en la presidenta de todos los eurodiputados y eurodiputadas de esta institución y, por lo tanto, le corresponderá —como estoy segura de que va a hacer— defender las posiciones que de esta Cámara resulten después de nuestros debates y de nuestros votos: es la democracia, y necesitamos, hoy más que nunca, defender la democracia europea. Le deseo todos los éxitos porque los éxitos personales de su trabajo serán los éxitos colectivos de nuestra institución y de nuestro proyecto europeo.
Debate: Election of the President of Parliament
Date: TUESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2022
Speaker: Stéphane Séjourné
Political group: Renew
Country: Slovakia
Language: FR

Derrière ces priorités politiques, nous voulons un Parlement fort, des droits respectés et j’espère évidemment que l’une des premières décisions que vous pourrez prendre est de soutenir le pacte Simone Veil, Simone Veil que  vous avez citée ainsi que de nombreuses femmes dans votre discours, qui vous ont précédée et qui ont porté un certain nombre de droits politiques qui, aujourd’hui, font aussi l’ADN de l’Union européenne. Derrière ce soutien, nous voulons deux années efficaces, deux années au service des Européens, deux années où l’Europe va construire un modèle européen sur beaucoup de sujets. Le numérique – on en a parlé –, l’écologie, les questions de sécurité... Vous aurez le groupe Renew à vos côtés pour travailler dans le cadre de cette institution, en vous remerciant évidemment de la confiance que vous pourrez accorder aussi aux groupes politiques et du travail que vous pourrez faire avec eux. Je remercie également mes collègues qui, dans le cadre de cet accord de mi-mandat, ont su aussi mettre en avant les politiques publiques, ce qu’on appelle en anglais les  Merci et nous serons évidemment en soutien dans cette période, en espérant que cet hémicycle soit efficace pendant les deux dernières années de notre mandat.
Debate: Election of the President of Parliament
Date: TUESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2022
Speaker: Marco Zanni
Political group: ID
Country: Portugal
Language: IT

Ne avrà bisogno perché il Suo compito già di per sé non è facile, ma non sarà facile nei prossimi due anni e mezzo per due ragioni principali. La prima è che raccoglie ovviamente un'eredità pesante, quella del Presidente Sassoli, ma sono sicuro che saprà rendergli onore. La seconda perché le istituzioni europee nei prossimi anni si troveranno ad affrontare un dibattito molto importante: l'uscita da una pandemia, sia per quanto riguarda il funzionamento di queste istituzioni, sia per quanto riguarda le sfide politiche, la riforma delle nostre regole, guardando al passato, agli errori commessi e cercando di costruire un futuro migliore e, ovviamente, la gestione di una situazione che non sarà semplice.  Molte nuvole grigie si approcciano al futuro geopolitico dell'Europa e dei nostri alleati, quindi davvero in bocca al lupo. Per quanto riguarda ciò che io mi aspetto da Lei, anche avendo sentito e apprezzato il Suo discorso di insediamento, è ovviamente il rispetto per questa istituzione e per tutti i 705 deputati.  Vede, il collega Lamberts evidenziava una cosa molto importante: è un evento sicuramente straordinario, nel vero senso del termine, che una donna venga eletta alla testa di questa istituzione. Evento meno importante, ma altrettanto straordinario credo sia il mio essere d'accordo con Philippe, credo che io possa sottoscrivere completamente le sue parole: quello che ci aspettiamo da chi davvero crede in questa istituzione è il rispetto dei diritti di tutti, come accade in tutti i parlamenti democratici, e sono sicuro che Lei in questi due anni e mezzo potrà garantirlo. Buon lavoro.
Debate: Election of the President of Parliament
Date: TUESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2022
Speaker: Raffaele Fitto
Political group: ECR
Country: Belgium
Language: IT

Noi guardiamo con molta attenzione alla Sua Presidenza. Sappiamo che in questo Parlamento vi è la necessità di far sì che le parole che ieri hanno risuonato in quest'Aula, soprattutto la principale, il rispetto nei rapporti sia un elemento fondamentale nell'azione e nel lavoro di questo Parlamento. Io sono contento perché oggi il Parlamento europeo ha eletto una donna, ma io sono molto contento perché questa donna è una donna che conosco e per la quale non ho difficoltà a esprimere un apprezzamento di carattere personale, perché penso che ci siano tutte le condizioni per poter svolgere questo ruolo, grazie al suo curriculum, con serietà e con competenza.  Quindi sì, molto bene una donna, ma soprattutto molto bene una donna che ha le competenze e le capacità per poter svolgere questo ruolo. E questo ritengo che sia un elemento della nostra valutazione molto importante, soprattutto perché noi avremo inevitabilmente – i discorsi di tutti i capigruppo lo confermano – dei punti di vista divergenti. Ognuno di noi potrebbe scegliere nel suo discorso delle cose che ci piacciono ed enfatizzarle, ignorando o criticando delle cose che non ci piacciono. Il Suo non sarà un ruolo semplice. Noi lavoreremo però perché questo ruolo sia un ruolo di garanzia e il nostro approccio così come è stato nel passato sarà anche per il futuro un approccio a un ruolo disponibile al dialogo, perché questa istituzione possa recuperare la sua credibilità nell'interesse della stessa istituzione e anche del suo ruolo e della sua azione.  Siamo soddisfatti questa mattina per questo risultato e ci auguriamo di poter lavorare con Lei, ne siamo convinti, nell'interesse di questo Parlamento e di queste istituzioni per il futuro. Auguri e buon lavoro.
Debate: Election of the President of Parliament
Date: TUESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2022
Speaker: Martin Schirdewan
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Liebe Roberta, Sie werden auch von unserer Fraktion in Ihrer Arbeit sehr konstruktiv begleitet werden, und ich möchte im Namen meiner Fraktion zur Wahl gratulieren. Die Fußstapfen, in die Sie treten, die Traditionslinien, die Sie aufzugreifen haben, haben Sie selbst geschildert, und die sind enorm: Beginnend bei der ersten Präsidentin dieses Hauses – Simone Veil, einer Holocaust-Überlebenden – bis hin zu David Sassoli, von dem wir uns gestern verabschiedet haben, haben Ihre beiden Vorgängerinnen und alle Vorgänger daran gearbeitet, die europäische Integration und die europäische Demokratie zu stärken und zu verhindern, dass es zu einem Rückfall in einen zerstörerischen Nationalismus kommt.  Und Sie haben angekündigt, diesen Weg fortzusetzen. Das begrüßen wir, und ich bin mir sicher, dass es Ihnen dabei gelingen wird, auch eigene Akzente zu setzen und eine eigene politische Agenda zu gestalten. Sie haben gesagt, dass das Europäische Parlament zu einem offenen Ort für die Bürgerinnen und Bürger der Europäischen Union werden soll. Das begrüßen wir sehr. Sie haben gesagt, dass offene, demokratische Debatten stattfinden sollen, die alle demokratischen Stimmen in sich tragen. Auch das begrüßen wir sehr. Und wir haben auch das Interesse, diese Institution zu stärken gegenüber den anderen europäischen Institutionen, weil das das direkt gewählte Parlament ist und hier die Stimme der Bürgerinnen und Bürger gehört werden und entsprechend auch in die Politik einfließen muss. Wir haben uns heute dennoch erlaubt, eine eigene Kandidatin zu nominieren – Sira Rego, der ich sehr danken möchte für ihre Bereitschaft, heute auch den demokratischen Diskurs in dem Sinne auszufechten, wie wir ihn verstehen, nämlich mit offenem Visier, transparent und konstruktiv. Und wir haben deutlich gemacht, wofür meine Fraktion hier im Europäischen Parlament steht: Wir setzen uns dafür ein, dass es zu einer stärkeren Demokratisierung, zu einer stärkeren sozialen Europäischen Union kommt, dass die ökologischen Gesichtspunkte beachtet werden, Feminismus auf der Tagesordnung dieses Parlaments steht und ja, auch Antifaschismus im Sinne der Vorgänger, deren Amt Sie heute antreten. Wir freuen uns auf eine konstruktive Zusammenarbeit in diesem Sinne sowohl in der Konferenz der Präsidenten als auch im Präsidium als auch in anderen Gremien dieses Hauses, und wir freuen uns sehr, gemeinsam Dinge bewegen zu können.
Debate: Election of the Vice-Presidents of Parliament
Date: TUESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2022
Speaker: Roberta Metsola
Country: Poland
Language: EN

I will give a bit of information about the election of the Vice—Presidents of the European Parliament. I propose that the deadline for the candidatures will be at 12.30 today. The candidatures need to be deposited at the Deputy Secretary—General’s office, R00.101 in the Louise Weiss Building. They can also be stamped, signed, scanned and sent electronically.
Debate: Amendment of final draft agenda
Date: TUESDAY, 18 JANUARY 2022
Speaker: Roberta Metsola
Country: Poland
Language: MT

Bil-kunsens tal-gruppi politiċi, nixtieq inressaq lill-Kamra l-proposta li ġejja għall-bidliet fl-abbozz tal-aġenda finali tat-Tlieta, tal-lum jiġifieri: l-Elezzjoni tal-Viċi Presidenti tal-Parlament, it-tieni votazzjoni, oriġinarjament skedata mill-17.00 sas-17.45, issa se ssir mill-17.30 sas-18.15, b'hekk ir-riżultati mbagħad jitħabbru fis-19.00; l-Elezzjoni tal-Viċi Presidenti tal-Parlament, it-tielet votazzjoni, oriġinarjament skedata mis-19.00 sat-19.45, issa se ssir mis-19.30 sat-20.15, u r-riżultati mbagħad jitħabbru fid-21.00. Jekk m'hemm l-ebda oġġezzjoni, dawn il-bidliet huma approvati.