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Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  and preparation of the Special European Council meeting of February  - Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: José Manuel Fernandes
Political group: PPE
Country: Ireland
Language: PT

Senhor Presidente, Caras e Caros Colegas, não é aceitável que um governante, um único governante, o senhor Viktor Orbán, prejudique os cidadãos europeus – os 450 milhões de cidadãos europeus – com a sua chantagem e com o seu bloqueio, e a chantagem nunca poderá ser recompensada. Os desafios que nós enfrentamos implicam uma solidariedade de facto: ações concretas e ações coordenadas e conjuntas. O nacionalismo não é solução. O «orgulhosamente sós» não é solução e, por isso, nós pedimos que o Conselho decida rapidamente relativamente à revisão do quadro financeiro plurianual. É urgente apoiar a Ucrânia. É urgente ter recursos financeiros para esse objetivo e vocês têm 40 mil milhões de euros por ano em cima da mesa em receitas que não prejudicam, não sobrecarregam os cidadãos europeus. É urgente vocês decidirem, para termos recursos para as migrações, para investimentos estratégicos, para a autonomia estratégica da União Europeia. E, por isso, nós esperamos que, no próximo Conselho, vocês decidam e que o Conselho não seja a soma de 27 egoísmos nacionais.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  and preparation of the Special European Council meeting of February  - Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Marek Belka
Political group: S-D
Country: Poland
Language: EN

Mr President, I’m going to say a few words about a much less sexy topic than before, which is macroeconomic management, which should be, by the way, one of the priorities of the upcoming Belgian Presidency. We know how necessary it is. Poor macroeconomic management weakens the EU in every aspect, including our reaction to the exigencies of geopolitical challenges, be it war in Ukraine, be it the energy crisis. We have achieved improvement so far over the currently functioning format based on the SGP. We have a more country-specific approach, which should strengthen country ownership. We have a longer term horizon, 4 to 7 years, more realism. We have simpler rules based on longer term expenditure. This provides for fiscal discipline being much less procyclical. What we don’t have is a permanent Community fiscal instrument. With some bitterness, let me say that we need yet another crisis to agree on this. Hopefully it is not going to be a crisis of war, of hot war – something we considered out of imagination for decades. But that is not so outlandish anymore these days. We need budgetary space for military effort, especially in view of the looming problems within NATO after the upcoming November election in the US.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  and preparation of the Special European Council meeting of February  - Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Sophia in 't Veld
Political group: Renew
Country: Poland
Language: EN

Mr President, colleagues, I’ve already made my remarks about the absence of President von der Leyen, which I consider to be unacceptable. But in her speech, she defiantly claimed that Orbán had delivered on the rule of law conditions. Now she knows that’s not true. She’s not fooling anybody, not even herself. But she did set a precedent, because Prime Minister Fico of Slovakia is already rubbing his hands, like many others, who are actually quite happy that Mr Orbán is making so much noise and attracting all the attention, so that they can continue their transgressions on the rule of law behind his back. The decision of the Commission is further undermining the rule of law, but also the democratic institutions of the European Union. The problem here is not one man or one country. The problem is that the European Commission no longer acts as the guardian of the Treaties, but as the lapdog of the Member States, and this House unfortunately indulges her. Ms von der Leyen broke the law by ignoring the conditionality rules. But even more seriously, she violated the Treaties, because the timing of the decision, on the eve of the summit, proves beyond any doubt that it was meant to serve the European Council. That, colleagues, is contrary to the requirement of independence of the European Commission. Now, this House will take the European Commission to court, and that’s fine. But we also have to do our duty of political accountability. Accepting the absence of President von der Leyen during such a debate is a huge mistake. So, I would call on the Presidency of this House to contact Ms von der Leyen and insist that she’s always here for the full debate.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  and preparation of the Special European Council meeting of February  - Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Rasmus Andresen
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Herr Präsident! Vor zwei Tagen hat der ehemalige US-Präsident Donald Trump die erste Vorwahl der US-Republikaner in Iowa gewonnen. Und die bittere Wahrheit ist, dass er eventuell in einem Jahr wieder US-Präsident sein könnte. Und darauf müssen wir uns vorbereiten, und das tun wir nicht. Zur Vorbereitung gehört auch ein EU-Haushalt, der handlungsfähig ist und mit dem wir investieren können. 620 Milliarden Euro zusätzliche Investitionen, laut Kommission, brauchen wir, um unsere Wirtschaft wettbewerbsfähig und klimagerecht zu machen. Was wir allerdings haben, ist ein Haushalt, der aus dem letzten Loch pfeift. Olaf Scholz, Emmanuel Macron und leider auch Donald Tusk sind bisher nicht bereit, nur einen einzigen Cent mehr für Investitionen auszugeben. Europas Antwort auf den  Und deshalb, zum Schutz unserer Demokratie und der Rechtsstaatlichkeit, klagen wir als EU-Parlament. Und wir müssen Orbán auch in anderen Schritten weiter isolieren. Er gehört im Rat isoliert. Man darf ihn nicht unterstützen, sondern man muss da klare Kante zeigen. Und das erwarten wir auch von der EU-Kommission.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  and preparation of the Special European Council meeting of February  - Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Hermann Tertsch
Political group: ECR
Country: France
Language: DE

Herr Präsident! Erst mal würde ich den deutschen Grünen sagen, sie sollten nicht so stolz sein auf diese Kießling-Regierung, die sie aufgestellt haben in Polen. Ohne die massive Hilfe von Deutschland und von dieser Kommission, wäre es nie zu diesem Resultat gekommen – das erstens. Zweitens: Ganz Deutschland war paralysiert, die Regierung in Deutschland ist kaputt, die Landwirte in ganz Europa rebellieren. Alle werden ärmer, systematisch ärmer. Die Krise mit der Energie ist total. Aber hier muss man nur auf Orbán schauen. Orbán ist derjenige, der Russland hilft – nein, die Deutschen haben Russland sehr geholfen mit ihrer Weigerung, die nötigen Waffen zu liefern. Da ist viel mehr Hilfe für Putin als woanders. Und Ungarn hat sich ... Hungría se ha puesto en el camino correcto. Y, sin embargo, se la sigue castigando. En España hay un golpe de Estado. En España hay una amnistía ahora para los terroristas, para los golpistas y los terroristas, y el Gobierno..., y la Comisión Europea está mandando decenas de miles de millones a España...
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  and preparation of the Special European Council meeting of February  - Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Hermann Tertsch
Political group: ECR
Country: France
Language: ES

Le voy a decir una cosa. Hemos visto cómo la señora Aubry ha hablado dos minutos y medio. ¿Y a mí? A mí no me deja pasarme ni diez segundos.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  and preparation of the Special European Council meeting of February  - Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Harald Vilimsky
Political group: ID
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Herr Präsident! Ich habe den Kollegen Tertsch auf Spanisch nicht verstanden, weil ich des Spanischen nicht mächtig bin, aber ich glaube, dass er sich aufgeregt hat darüber, dass diejenigen, die hier kritische Worte verbreiten, abgedreht werden vom Präsidium und dass diejenigen, die hier im Sinne dieses EU-Zentralismus reden, mehr und mehr an Zeit zur Verfügung gestellt bekommen. So, kommen wir zum eigentlichen Thema, dem ich mich widmen möchte, nämlich der Ungarnfrage. Ich bin ja ein bisschen schon im Verdacht, auch ein halber Ungar zu sein, nachdem ich mehrfach auch schon für Ungarn das Wort ergriffen habe, was nicht der Fall ist. Ich bin zu 100 Prozent Österreicher und habe aber auch ein hohes Gerechtigkeitsempfinden, weil ich glaube, die Art und Weise, wie hier mit Ungarn und seiner Bevölkerung umgegangen wird, nicht redlich, nicht anständig ist. Ungarn sind ein wertvoller Teil der europäischen Völkerfamilie und haben es sich nicht verdient, behandelt zu werden, so wie Sie die Ungarn behandeln. Ich weiß schon, Orbán fährt eine Politik gegen die Zentralisierung hier. Das ist eine politische Meinung. Ich kann ihm da nur Recht geben, und das ist gut so! Orbán macht eine Politik, wo er sich gegen illegale Migrationsschübe ausspricht, wo er sich gegen Asylmissbrauch ausspricht. Recht hat er! Orbán macht eine Politik, wo er sich für konservative Werte und für die Familie ausspricht. Recht hat er! Wenn man etwas tun möchte, wo etwas nicht in Ordnung ist, widmen Sie sich bitte den Dingen hier. Widmen Sie sich dem Beschaffungsvorgang etwa im COVID-Impfstoffbereich, wo immer noch die Kommunikation zwischen der Kommissionspräsidentin und dem Pfizer-Chef unter Verschluss ist... ... und den Hunderttausenden Euro in den Reihen der Sozialdemokraten, Katar. Danke, dass Sie auch mir das Wort abdrehen.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  and preparation of the Special European Council meeting of February  - Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Ivan Vilibor Sinčić
Political group: NI
Country: Czechia
Language: HR

Poštovani predsjedavajući, naime, istaknuti hrvatski televizijski novinar jednom je rekao, ušli smo u EU da bi mogli raditi u Europi. Pa ima li neka unija u koju treba ući da bi dostojanstveno radili u Hrvatskoj, odgovorio sam. U prvom desetljeću nakon Domovinskog rata domaći izdajnici za kikiriki su europskim korporacijama prodali 95 posto hrvatskih banaka, telekomunikacije, velik udio u naftnoj, farmaceutskoj i drugim industrijama. Što nije prodano u prvom desetljeću, prodano je u drugom desetljeću, uključujući i turističke kapacitete. Kakvi Kopenhaški kriteriji i vladavina prava? Molim vas lijepo! Ukrajina, ili ono što ostane nakon što se sklopi mir, postaje savršen kandidat za Uniju. Osiromašena, demografski prepolovljena, preplavljena korupcijom i ratnim profiterima, dužna do Boga na sve strane. Zemlja u takvom stanju lako se odriče obiteljskog srebra. Zelenski je već sastančio s američkim Blackrockom koji cilja na poljoprivredne površine Ukrajine.  Što ostane radno sposobnog stanovništva od ukrajinskog naroda doći će raditi u zapadnu Europu. Hrvati, moji Hrvati, se danas pitaju za što su se borili. Ukrajincima želim bolju sudbinu.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  and preparation of the Special European Council meeting of February  - Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Petri Sarvamaa
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Mr President, let’s start with a fact: European Union decision-making is paralysed. The Council should face that fact and start doing something about it. Article 7.2 was not put in the Treaty for nothing. it is there for a reason. So please roll up your sleeves and start the work to save this European Union. Another fact: the Commission would have had time to make the decision on those EUR 10.2 billion after the last notification letter from Hungary on 12 December, but the Commission rushed to the decision in 22 hours simply to make it before the European Council meeting. And we still don’t have really a very good idea on the basis of that decision, but we will find out. We will roll up our sleeves, we will do the digging once again, and we are ready to use the legal means that we have. So this is unfortunately where we are on this continent, in this European Union. From the citizens point of view, it sure doesn’t look good. The vast majority of people simply cannot understand why one Member State is let to keep 26 others hostage.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  and preparation of the Special European Council meeting of February  - Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Edina Tóth
Political group: NI
Country: Slovakia
Language: EN

What a surprise that Brussels is turning away its head when the Tusk government is trampling on democracy! Don’t you think that double standards are applied in Brussels, and the whole rule of law procedure is only used to impose leftist ideologies?
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  and preparation of the Special European Council meeting of February  - Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Eider Gardiazabal Rubial
Political group: S-D
Country: Romania
Language: ES

Señor presidente, que no hubiera un acuerdo el pasado diciembre sobre la revisión del marco financiero plurianual no fue una buena noticia. Tenemos que tomar decisiones presupuestarias urgentes, porque de ello dependen políticas fundamentales. Podemos empezar por la más evidente: el apoyo financiero a Ucrania. Sin acuerdo en diciembre para movilizar 50 000 millones de euros, vamos a tener que tirar una vez más de imaginación y de instrumentos excepcionales para no provocar un problema a los ucranianos mayor del que ya tienen. Podemos seguir con STEP: una respuesta, a todas luces, insuficiente si de verdad queremos apoyar las inversiones en tecnologías críticas. Y es una respuesta insuficiente, sí, pero al menos existiría si se aprobara la revisión del marco financiero. Podemos hablar también del Pacto de Migración y Asilo, que no tiene fondos, o de las consecuencias de la guerra de Ucrania en los países vecinos, por nombrar solo algunas de las necesidades y de los problemas que tenemos encima de la mesa. Así que espero que en el Consejo de febrero no salgan de la sala hasta que no hayan encontrado un acuerdo, pero un acuerdo coherente con sus propios compromisos. Espero también que a la reunión de febrero no le sobrevuele ninguna liberación casual de fondos para Hungría. Ya les advertimos en su momento de que no compartíamos en absoluto su evaluación sobre los cumplimientos del Gobierno de Hungría y, por eso, tal y como hemos acordado, vamos a evaluar esa decisión y actuaremos en consecuencia. Esta Unión —que se basa en valores, en principios y en compromisos— no puede flaquear ante nada ni ante nadie. Y en el próximo Consejo, la Comisión y el Consejo tienen una magnífica oportunidad para debatir.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  and preparation of the Special European Council meeting of February  - Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Katalin Cseh
Political group: Renew
Country: Sweden
Language: EN

Mr President, dear colleagues, I am honestly unsure if the European Commission fully comprehends the extent of the damage it has done by giving in to Viktor Orbán’s blackmail. Because it invited not just Orbán but every single aspiring European autocrat to follow the same old extortionist tactics: destroy democracy, weaken the EU from the inside, wave around the veto card and, when the time comes, just be ready to accept huge sums of money and accept the humiliation of being sent out of the room to go to the bathroom or have a coffee. Congratulations! Amazing achievement! But you know, there is also an even more serious problem here. You, with this decision, opened the door wide for even further abuse. Just consider what happened right before the EU decided to unblock billions of euros to the Orbán Government and praise them for this great progress in rebuilding the rule of law, on the very same day that Hungary introduced the so-called sovereignty protection bill – a piece of legislation that is shockingly oppressive, even with the Orbán regime standard. This law threatens journalists and civil society organisations with jail time for participating in international funding programmes. Its intention is crystal clear: to crush dissent, to silence independent media and threaten opposition parties or anybody who would like to stand up against this regime. And I’m seriously asking this: does the Commission view this as progress? Do you think this deserves a reward? Because this is the signal that you just sent. You practically gave a green light to this law. And as so often before, the European Parliament will not stay silent. We will remain the only protector of democratic values among the EU institutions. We will see you in court!
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  and preparation of the Special European Council meeting of February  - Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Damian Boeselager
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Slovenia
Language: EN

Mr President, Minister, Commission, let me react to some of the statements that have been made in this House today. So, first of all, the Commission President called this ‘the hour of democracy’ and I fully agree. But I just wonder why we start this hour of democracy with a wrapped Christmas present and billions of euros for Viktor Orbán, an autocrat. Second, I hear from Mr Zanni from the far right, that the far right is just filling a void. I also agree. It’s filling a void that we don’t want to go into – a place where basically you walk away from content, from policy proposals, towards populism, towards undermining judges and elections, towards a nativist propaganda. We are not afraid of your policy proposals. They are mostly thin and boring. What we are concerned about is the autocratic tendencies that we see happening in Hungary at this point, and that we also see in this House, sadly, presented from time to time. So, I ask the Commission to wake up, to pick a side; to take away with us, together, Orbán’s veto; to suspend the Hungarian Presidency; and, of course, to unblock the funds for Ukraine.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  and preparation of the Special European Council meeting of February  - Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Ryszard Czarnecki
Political group: ECR
Country: France
Language: HU

Tisztelt Elnök Úr! Magyarország nagyszerű történelemmel rendelkező és meghatározó európai ország, európai nemzet. A magyar kultúra nagy hatással volt az európai kultúrára és közös európai hagyományainkra. Természetesen a magyarok is sokféle politikai véleményt képviselnek, szabad döntéseket hoznak, és a saját útjukat járják, Mint minden nemzetnek a magyaroknak is kijár a tisztelet. Az elmúlt esztendők európai politikai vitái nyomán viszont az a határozott benyomásom, hogy Magyarországot számtalan politikailag motivált és igazságtalan támadás éri. „(
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  and preparation of the Special European Council meeting of February  - Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Mislav Kolakušić
Political group: NI
Country: Greece
Language: HR

Poštovani predsjedavajući, svaki euro u proračunu Europske unije uzet je građanima Europske unije, bilo oni umirovljenici i nezaposleni, zaposleni školarci. Oni za taj novac žele bolji životni standard. A što su dobili? Dobili su ogromnu inflaciju. Inflacija je posljedica stotina milijardi eura spaljenih na nepostojeće zelene politike, na nepostojeća cjepiva i sada s jedne strane imamo Orbana, koji želi zaštititi proračun Europske unije i ne dopustiti da 80 milijardi eura građana Europske unije završi u rukama Blackrocka preko Ukrajine, a s druge strane imamo gospođu von der Leyen, koja je danas ponovno pobjegla sa svog radnog mjesta. Kukavički je pobjegla jer ne može izdržati da provede tri sata na svom radnom mjestu. Pa potrebno je poslati zaštitare da je dovedu. Gospođa tri sata ne može raditi u mjesec dana. Pa šta je to? Sramota!
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  and preparation of the Special European Council meeting of February  - Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Andrzej Halicki
Political group: PPE
Country: Finland
Language: PL

Szanowni Państwo! To są bardzo ważne wydarzenia. Ten grudniowy szczyt i ten nadzwyczajny szczyt przed nami, który odbędzie się pierwszego lutego, to fundamentalny moment do budowy bezpieczeństwa europejskiego.  Pomoc Ukrainie jest jego najważniejszym zadaniem. Bez wygranej Ukrainy nie będziemy bezpieczni w Europie. I w tym zadaniu budowy Europy silniejszej i bezpieczniejszej musimy być razem. Bezpieczeństwo jest wspólne, jest jedno. I w tym zadaniu też musimy być bardzo rozsądni i skoncentrowani na tym, co jest głównym celem – integracja Europy na fundamencie praworządności. Bez akceptacji tej zasady Wspólnoty bowiem nie będzie. Polski rząd, często tu dziś przywoływany, będzie w tym zadaniu bardzo konsekwentny. Donald Tusk już pierwszego dnia swojego rządzenia w Polsce przyjechał do Brukseli po to, żeby potwierdzić, że będziemy uczestnikiem wspólnych działań w ramach Prokuratury Europejskiej. Pierwsza deklaracja – współpraca z OLAF-em, prawo musi być jednakowe dla wszystkich, a przestępcy będą ścigani. To fundamentalna kwestia. Nieważne, czy ktoś jest politykiem, czy uprawia inny zawód. To, że polityk trafia do więzienia, nie oznacza, że jest więźniem politycznym. Jest po prostu winnym. A prawo musi być egzekwowane i jednakowe dla wszystkich. W tym zadaniu przywracania praworządności Donald Tusk i jego rząd będzie konsekwentny, stanowczy i dzień po dniu będzie realizował to zadanie, by Polska była częścią Europy demokratycznej i praworządnej.
Debate: Conclusions of the European Council meeting of - December  and preparation of the Special European Council meeting of February  - Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds
Date: WEDNESDAY, 17 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Heléne Fritzon
Political group: S-D
Country: Austria
Language: SV

Herr talman, kommissionen och rådet! Ja, Rysslands brutalitet i Ukraina fortsätter, och infrastruktur attackeras, familjer splittras och liv går i spillror. Vi står som passiva åskådare när Ukrainas folk kämpar i skyttegravarna om vi inte är beredda att agera gemensamt. Att EU:s ledare ännu inte har lyckats enas om stöd till Ukraina är därför häpnadsväckande. Här har högerkrafterna ett stort ansvar. Populism och extremism är en farlig väg framåt – farlig för Ukraina, för Europa och för mitt land Sverige. Rysslands invasion av Ukraina är inte bara ett anfall mot ett enskilt europeiskt land; det är ett angrepp mot oss alla, mot demokratin och mot vår säkerhet. Det behövs samling, att vi står tillsammans i en osäker tid, att vi har handlingskraft, att vi agerar gemensamt och att vi står upp för fred och säkerhet i Europa.