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Debate: Question Time with the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - Security and the EU's strategic compass
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Nathalie Loiseau
Political group: Renew
Country: Poland
Language: FR

Merci, Monsieur le Haut représentant. J’ai une autre question. Au sommet de Versailles, j’ai été surprise que l’on demande à la Commission d’évaluer les lacunes capacitaires de l’Union européenne alors que – vous l’avez dit tout à l’heure – cette analyse existe. Elle est conduite depuis des années par l’Agence européenne de défense. Tous les États membres en disposent. Alors ce que nous attendons, ce n’est pas un état des lieux supplémentaire: c’est de savoir ce qui va être fait concrètement pour combler ces lacunes, et notamment lorsqu’on a besoin de matériel pour les opérations de PSDC.
Debate: Question Time with the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - Security and the EU's strategic compass
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Josep Borrell Fontelles
Language: FR

J’ai signalé que c’était déjà fait, avec plus ou moins de succès, et c’est pour ça que le Conseil a dit que la Commission, en coordination avec l’Agence européenne de défense, devrait mettre en pratique une tâche pour laquelle, sans doute, les expertises techniques relèvent plutôt du domaine de l’Agence européenne de défense. Mais nous allons coopérer avec loyauté, nous allons mettre ensemble nos capacités, celles que j’ai en tant que président de l’Agence européenne de défense et celles de mon collègue Thierry Breton en tant que responsable du Fonds européen pour la défense.  Mais qu’est-ce que ça veut dire? Ça veut dire que l’Agence européenne de défense n’est pas assez connue. Et c’est de ma faute, ou en partie, si l’institution que je préside n’a pas été capable de casser la barrière de la communication pour faire savoir aux chefs d’État et de gouvernement qu’elle existe et quel est son rôle. Ça veut dire qu’il y a un problème de communication, que je vais essayer de résoudre, parce que le rôle de l’Agence européenne de défense mérite au moins qu’on la connaisse; parce qu’il y a beaucoup de gens, beaucoup d’officiers de toutes les armées européennes qui travaillent ici, à Bruxelles, pour faire en sorte qu’on puisse savoir ce que sont ces fameux «defence gaps», qu’il faut commencer par définir.  Qu’est-ce qu’un «defence gap» ? Un «gap», c’est une différence. Entre quoi et quoi? Entre ce qu’on a et ce qu’on devrait avoir. Ce qu’on a, on le sait: il faut aller le mesurer. Ce qu’on devrait avoir, c’est plus difficile à dire. Qui le dit? L’OTAN? Nous? Chaque État? Il y a au moins trois «gaps» différents. Il faut donc combiner ces «gaps» pour trouver le bon, celui qui mesure quelles devraient être nos capacités opérationnelles mises ensemble.
Debate: Question Time with the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - Security and the EU's strategic compass
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Željana Zovko
Political group: PPE
Language: EN

High Representative, I will ask you a simple question that I’ve been asking many times here. I congratulate you on Strategic Compass and the big achievement that has been done. But what are we going to do with the key point that we put on the Western Balkans and situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the electoral law? How are you going to resolve this issue? Because the elections are coming and the leaders have not been brought to Brussels to discuss this issue. I think it’s a peace and security issue and Operation Althea in Bosnia and Herzegovina is increasing. People are getting nervous, they are being scared, rumours are running around and we are behaving like business as usual. Can I just ask you, what are you going to do about that as a conflict prevention issue?
Debate: Question Time with the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - Security and the EU's strategic compass
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Josep Borrell Fontelles
Language: EN

This high level engagement is my team and me, together with the US team that we have been trying to put into practice – with not a lot of success. We have been trying to facilitate an intensive talk between political leaders of Bosnia and Herzegovina on a comprehensive package of constitutional and electoral reform at the senior official level in the past month.  I went to Sarajevo also last month. I strongly encouraged the political leaders to make the final steps towards finding an agreement. Important progress was made on all elements of the reform, but the parties could not reach a consensus on which they would draft a legal amendment to the parliament discussion for a final vote.  So the technical talks are exhausted. But we encourage the leaders to continue working in the Bosnia and Herzegovina Parliament, notably on the amendments to the electoral law, which would allow to improve the framework to hold elections in October. Because general elections have to be held this year, in line with the constitutional and legislative framework in place, to allow the citizens to decide their fundamental right to vote. And there are some issues related with the constitutional reform that we will have to keep for my second time.
Debate: Question Time with the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - Security and the EU's strategic compass
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Željana Zovko
Political group: PPE
Language: EN

The follow-up question regards Operation Althea. In Compass, Croatia insisted on putting three constituent people as a balance for Bosnia and Herzegovina’s future, on the basis of the Dayton Agreement. You know very well that Althea has to be approved by the end of the year by the Security Council. What are you going to do in order to maintain this necessary balance in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the legitimate representation and also, to relax all the sides, to have the extension of Operation Althea going through the UN Security Council?
Debate: Question Time with the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - Security and the EU's strategic compass
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Josep Borrell Fontelles
Language: EN

Our work has been, and will remain, to protect the spirit of Dayton: one state, two entities and three constituent peoples, equally preserving the rights of all citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and some of them could not belong to any of these three constituent peoples. And this is what the leaders have to continue working on. And I hope that we have a final agreement. Operation Althea. On the dire situation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, I decided to call the reserve and now there are 500 more effective in Althea military capacities. I went to Sarajevo to receive them, to welcome these 500 soldiers from different nationalities, from Chile to Turkey and several Member States, certainly, that are there in order to ensure peace and stability and to prevent what may happen – may, let’s hope not – if there is not an agreement that could allow us to go ahead and to call for elections and to hold elections in a peaceful and positive manner. But Althea is an operation that has to be granted and authorised by the United Nations. And I hope that the Security Council will prolong the mandate to Operation Althea, but it is not in my hands. You know, how does it work. But I want to believe, I want to expect from the responsibility of all political actors that the Security Council will prolong the mandate of Operation Althea. Because I cannot imagine the peace and stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina without the presence of our mission there.
Debate: Question Time with the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - Security and the EU's strategic compass
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Fabio Massimo Castaldo
Political group: NI
Country: France
Language: EN

Dear High Representative, first of all let me congratulate you and the whole EEAS for having completed this unprecedented exercise that will give more coherence, ambition and renewed impetus to our approach to global politics.  Moving decisively towards the Europeanisation of security and defence is something we cannot delay further, and the Russian criminal invasion of Ukraine represents yet another wake—up call. Eventually we have a guiding light, well—intentioned, in the Strategic Compass.  My question for you is the following: the Russian criminal invasion forced us to react swiftly and in an unprecedented manner, and we could do it only thanks to the European Peace Facility. This instrument has proven to be an added value to our toolbox, allowing us to transfer military equipment to Ukrainian armed forces. However, the resources allocated for 2022 are already over, while the challenges we are facing are definitely not.  Therefore, I would like to ask you whether there is an intention to frontload the resources in order to keep on supporting Ukraine, while also providing sufficient funding to several other partners, especially the African Union and its neighbours, to set up an effective continental security apparatus.
Debate: Question Time with the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - Security and the EU's strategic compass
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Josep Borrell Fontelles
Language: ES

Si la guerra continúa y tenemos que seguir financiando y proveyendo armas —porque no es sólo cuestión de capitales financieros: nadie hace la guerra con billetes de banco, la guerra no se hace con el portamonedas, se hace con materiales efectivos que, ciertamente, hay que financiar—, tendremos que estar dispuestos a seguir manteniendo nuestro apoyo a Ucrania, pero, por el momento, todavía tenemos fondos suficientes, tanto en la partida que ha sido asignada a Ucrania como en el resto del Fondo Europeo de Apoyo a la Paz, para atender otras necesidades que espero que no sean tan urgentes, tan apremiantes y tan graves como aquellas a las que estamos teniendo que hacer frente en Ucrania.
Debate: Question Time with the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - Security and the EU's strategic compass
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Fabio Massimo Castaldo
Political group: NI
Country: France
Language: EN

Thank you very much. It’s certainly true that the most urgent issue to be addressed is the criminal invasion of Ukraine. And I am convinced that we can be a decisive actor in the conflict with several means in our variegated toolbox. However, we must not forget also the threats that we are facing, that they are variegated and they come from all strategic directions.  Therefore, how will we ensure that sufficient attention and funding will be given also to the European Southern Neighbourhood? Will we increase our capabilities for operating theatres that are different from those present in the East and will the renewed impetus for military mobility keep this need into account?
Debate: Question Time with the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - Security and the EU's strategic compass
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Josep Borrell Fontelles
Language: ES

Pero quiero insistirle en que, de momento, creo que podemos hacerlo. Tenemos todavía recursos suficientes. No voy a desvelarle cuántos. Pero tenga la seguridad de que, de momento, tanto para atender mayores necesidades de la parte de Ucrania como para guardar reservas para otros problemas de tipo militar, disponemos de recursos suficientes.
Debate: Question Time with the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - Security and the EU's strategic compass
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Juozas Olekas
Political group: S-D
Country: Spain
Language: LT

Jūs labai tiksliai ir daug pasakėte apie reikalingumą turėti mūsų pajėgumus. Bet aš norėčiau pasitikslinti apie kitą dalį, strateginiame dokumente pažymėtą karinį mobilumą. Čia jau buvo keletą kartų keltas klausimas dėl lėšų. Kai mes tvirtinome biudžetą. Mums atrodė, kad per mažai lėšų kariniam mobilumui. Ir antras dalykas, ar jūs numatote dabar paskatinti ir pagreitinti karinių mobilumo priemonių įgyvendinimą pagal strateginį dokumentą. Nes kryptis karinio mobilumo yra žinoma, matoma. Mums palengvino mūsų darbą ponas Putinas su savo invazija į Ukrainą. Ir kitas dalykas,ar matote galimybę, kaip nors kooperuoti lėšas kariniam mobilumui, pavyzdžiui su tarptautinio transporto koridorių darbais.
Debate: Question Time with the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - Security and the EU's strategic compass
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Josep Borrell Fontelles
Language: ES

Ciertamente los grandes ejes de comunicación lo permiten, pero a veces las capacidades militares hay que llevarlas a regiones donde las comunicaciones son escasas y seguramente no están pensadas para facilitar el tránsito de medios pesados. Y eso es lo que se planteó, y se acordó destinar una cantidad de 6 000 millones, que inicialmente eran 10 000, pero que, en los ajustes presupuestarios, los Estados miembros redujeron a 6000 en su propuesta.  Pero 6 000 millones dan para lo suyo. Evidentemente no dan para rehacer toda la red secundaria de las carreteras europeas, pero sí para resolver algunos puntos críticos donde la desproporción entre la capacidad de tránsito y los vehículos que deben transitar es muy grande. Estamos canalizando las peticiones que nos hacen los Estados miembros. El programa de movilidad militar tiene un
Debate: Question Time with the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - Security and the EU's strategic compass
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Pedro Silva Pereira
Country: Bulgaria
Language: PT

Já excedemos o tempo previsto para este debate. Vamos ter de terminar o nosso debate aqui.  Quero agradecer a cooperação e a presença valiosa do Sr. Vice-Presidente da Comissão Europeia e Alto Representante Josep Borrell.  Está terminado este período de perguntas.  Passamos ao ponto seguinte da nossa ordem de trabalhos.
Debate: Situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women’s rights
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Dita Charanzová
Country: France
Language: EN

The next item is the debate on the statement by the Vice—President of the Commission and High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women’s rights ( I remind you that free seating is applied, with the exception of the first two rows that are allocated to the political group leaders. You will be able to request catch—the—eye and blue cards via your voting machine after having inserted your voting card. I would also like to remind you that interventions in the Chamber will continue to be made from the central rostrum except for catch—the—eye, blue cards and points of order.
Debate: Situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women’s rights
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Željana Zovko
Political group: PPE
Language: EN

In the meantime, the EU has to rethink its security and defence mechanism. In addition, women are suffering under the Taliban rule. Nowhere have women and girls’ rights been challenged as they have been in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Women’s Affairs has been dismantled. Participation of women in leadership roles is restricted. Women leaders, officials and activists are persecuted. Female activists’ activities in public life have ceased to exist.  I strongly condemn the recent decision by the Taliban to bar secondary education for girls. Women and girls are crucial contributors to a resilient and prosperous society, to a strong economy. Without the right to education, women are pushed into poverty and submission.  I welcome the EU support to the Afghan Women Leaders Forum and its aim to facilitate an inclusive dialogue for Afghan women from various sectors.  But finally, we cannot tolerate or cooperate with societies until they stop denying equal opportunities for women to thrive.
Debate: Situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women’s rights
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Maria Arena
Political group: S-D
Country: Belgium
Language: FR

De manière systématique, l’accès à l’éducation leur a été nié. Même l’accès aux soins de santé n’est ouvert aux femmes que si elles sont accompagnées d’un tuteur. Les talibans ont instauré un système que les femmes activistes afghanes ont appelé un régime d’apartheid entre les sexes. Ce débat est aujourd’hui d’autant plus opportun et nécessaire que, le matin du 23 mars, les talibans ont communiqué aux étudiantes afghanes de plus de douze ans que leurs portes resteront fermées.  Nous avons, dans ce Parlement, écouté et échangé avec de nombreuses femmes extraordinaires telles que Shaharzad Akbar ou Sima Samar, toutes les deux présidentes de la commission indépendante afghane pour les droits humains, ou encore Zarifa Ghafari, maire de Maidan Shar, et d’autres encore. Elles nous ont fait part de leur forte préoccupation sur plusieurs points, tels que la peur par rapport à ce qu’elles perçoivent comme une normalisation dangereuse de la relation avec les talibans, et la fausseté des talibans qui se sont montrés ouverts au dialogue et qui, en même temps, ont montré leur capacité brutale de ne pas répondre à l’espace civique démocratique. Elles nous ont fait part de la destruction du tissu social ou encore du manque de redevabilité de ce régime brutal.  Par cette résolution, nous réaffirmons que prendre le pouvoir par la violence et les armes ne rend pas les talibans légitimes; que l’intervention de l’Union européenne en Afghanistan veillera à ce que les femmes soient impliquées dans la planification, le suivi et la gestion des programmes d’aide; que nous veillerons à l’accès à l’éducation de qualité; que nous ne montrerons aucune tolérance envers la corruption ou la discrimination; que nous veillerons à ce que la société civile et les médias soient protégés.  Nous nous engagerons à donner un statut de protection aux réfugiées afghanes. Nous nous engagerons à trouver des approches adaptées pour pouvoir aider et soutenir les femmes qui se trouvent en Afghanistan parce qu’elles n’ont pas pu ou n’ont pas voulu quitter ce pays.
Debate: Situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women’s rights
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Petras Auštrevičius
Political group: Renew
Country: Lithuania
Language: EN

It is difficult to comprehend. Seemingly overnight, the Taliban has undone over 20 years of progress in the sphere of human rights and female empowerment. And today, women are once again second class citizens in Afghanistan.  I stand in solidarity with the Afghan women who, in the face of state violence and arrest, protest and stand up to the de facto Taliban authorities and continue to actively demand the freedom, democracy and equal representation that they rightly deserve.  The Taliban regime, which has forcibly taken control of Afghanistan, must adhere to the five benchmarks set out by the Council in order for future new engagement. And the West must present a united front and continue to push the de facto government into respecting the rule of law, human rights and, in particular, women’s rights. Otherwise, we cannot trust them to act responsibly with the human aid that we provide.  We have to continue to express our support for Afghan women and girls. We have to give them the hope and we have to fight for their future. This is why, together with my colleagues, we put forward a proposal for the 2023 EU budget to provide funding to the Afghan online university. We believe it is important that Afghans in Afghanistan and abroad in refugee camps continue with their education despite poverty and oppression.
Debate: Situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women’s rights
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Tineke Strik
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Poland
Language: EN

The Taliban takeover has also made the lives of all Afghan people extremely dire. More than 24 million people depend on humanitarian aid, and the drought, pandemic and the freezing of international aid have deepened this crisis. The Russian invasion has even increased food insecurity due to skyrocketing grain prices. We must ensure that sanctions effectively target the Taliban, without undermining the basic socioeconomic rights of the poor Afghan people, by creating alternative ways to reach them and by stepping up humanitarian aid. Because if we do not act now, we risk more people dying from the humanitarian crisis in the country than from the last 20 years of conflict. Many people are at immediate risk of persecution in Afghanistan, and they need our support to leave the country and be protected elsewhere. I call upon the High Representative and the Commission to step up the coordination for evacuation and to press Member States to enhance their visa and resettlement policies. We must invest in the better protection of refugees in neighbouring countries. But let’s be fair: there is a clear need for safe passage to our embassies and the European Union as well. Let us make sure that Afghan refugees are welcomed and protected, not pushed back and let down. Our solidarity with the Ukrainian refugees has shown that we are able to do it. Every refugee has the same needs and the same rights. The Afghans need and deserve our support now.
Debate: Situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women’s rights
Date: TUESDAY, 5 APRIL 2022
Speaker: Christine Anderson
Political group: ID
Country: Germany
Language: EN

And here we are, the EU Parliament once again virtue—signalling and being appalled by the way women are treated in Afghanistan. But instead of clearly identifying the cause of this dehumanising treatment of Afghan women, politicians like Sawsan Chebli deal Afghan women yet another blow by insisting their systematic denial of human rights had nothing to do with Islam and putting the blame on men in general. No, ladies and gentlemen, the reason why women in Afghanistan are treated the way they are has everything to do with Islam. For God’s sake, take a look around, there isn’t a single Muslim country in the world in which women are not victimised by the so-called religion of peace.  If you truly want to improve the situation of women – and could you please make sure I get to finish my speech, President , thank you – in Afghanistan, call the devil by its name and stop using apologetic terms to downplay the true nature of the most despicable and horrific ideology women suffer from worldwide.  But not only are you not doing this, you are now eager to establish the practiced gender apartheid of Muslim countries right here in Europe, while shamelessly claiming to call it tolerance, respect and diversity. You are concerned about the women in Afghanistan? Seriously, who are you trying to kid anymore!