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Debate: European Child Guarantee
Date: WEDNESDAY, 28 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Loucas Fourlas
Political group: PPE
Country: Italy
Language: EL

Κυρία Πρόεδρε, κύριε Επίτροπε, κυρία Υπουργέ, όσο υπάρχουν παιδιά που πεινούν, κανένας από εμάς δεν μπορεί να κοιμάται ήσυχος. Όσο υπάρχουν παιδιά που δεν έχουν πρόσβαση σε υγειονομική περίθαλψη, όσο υπάρχουν παιδιά που κακοποιούνται, που δεν έχουν πρόσβαση σε καθαρό περιβάλλον και αντιμετωπίζουν συνθήκες κοινωνικού αποκλεισμού, δεν έχουμε το δικαίωμα να εφησυχάζουμε. Όσο υπάρχουν παιδιά που δεν μπορούν να μορφωθούν διότι δεν υπάρχουν υποδομές, όσο υπάρχουν παιδιά που δεν έχουν στέγη πάνω από το κεφάλι τους, δεν μπορούμε να μιλάμε για Ευρώπη της ασφάλειας, της αλληλεγγύης και της κοινωνικής δικαιοσύνης.  Κυρία πρόεδρε, κύριε Επίτροπε, κυρία Υπουργέ, ζητούμε μια εγγύηση για τα παιδιά, που θα τους επιτρέπει να ζουν σε συνθήκες ασφάλειας και να μεγαλώνουν απολαμβάνοντας όλα όσα δικαιούται ένα παιδί να απολαμβάνει. Έχουμε υποχρέωση να αγωνιστούμε εδώ, σε αυτό το Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο, για να το εξασφαλίσουμε. Επενδύοντας και προστατεύοντας τα παιδιά μας διασφαλίζουμε καλύτερο μέλλον για όλους μας. Για όσο μας χρειάζεται έστω και ένα παιδί, οφείλουμε —αν θέλουμε να λεγόμαστε άνθρωποι— να είμαστε εκεί, δίπλα του.
Debate: European Child Guarantee
Date: WEDNESDAY, 28 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Heléne Fritzon
Political group: S-D
Country: Austria
Language: SV

Fru talman! I en rapport om barnfattigdom från organisationen Rädda barnen citeras en 15-årig pojke. Han säger: ”Jag tänker på vår situation rätt ofta även på lektioner, och då försvinner jag iväg i tanken och så missar jag vad de har pratat om. Och ibland hänger jag inte med i skolarbetet på grund av vår situation.” Förutsättningarna för god hälsa, lyckad skolgång och meningsfull fritid är mycket sämre för barn som växer upp i ekonomisk utsatthet.  Miljontals barn inom EU lever i dag i en situation där man riskerar att drabbas av fattigdom, och pandemin försvårar det ytterligare. Det är helt oacceptabelt. Barnfattigdomen drabbar barnets barndom och riskerar att påverka barnens liv på lång sikt och få konsekvenser också för samhället. Därför välkomnar jag barngarantin, som ger oss möjligheter att lyfta barns rättigheter i EU.
Debate: European Child Guarantee
Date: WEDNESDAY, 28 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Margarita de la Pisa Carrión
Political group: ECR
Country: Slovakia
Language: ES

Señora presidenta, la pobreza infantil es un asunto crítico que debe solucionarse poniendo todos los recursos que la Unión tiene a su alcance. Es a los niños a quienes deben llegar los fondos, pero no debemos imponer para conseguirlo una ideología o socavar la soberanía de los Estados miembros siguiendo el dictado de entidades supranacionales o la Agenda 2030.  Esta propuesta solicita el desbloqueo de la Directiva antidiscriminación y pide la creación de una autoridad europea para la infancia que supervise a nuestros países. Ni la educación ni las políticas sociales son competencias de la Unión. Proclama una educación pública universal, como si la privada fuera menos legítima. También pretende acabar con la educación diferenciada, tratándola de segregadora, cuando es una opción más que ha demostrado científicamente sus beneficios.  Necesitamos una visión plural de la educación que ofrezca a los padres la posibilidad de elegir. No se puede imponer un modelo único de vida, y menos con un enfoque interseccional o basado en la ideología de género, que destruye la armonía de las relaciones y la familia. Si queremos una sociedad esperanzadora para nuestros niños, planteemos políticas sociales que pongan la prosperidad de la familia en el centro de sus prioridades.
Debate: European Child Guarantee
Date: WEDNESDAY, 28 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Leila Chaibi
Political group: The Left
Country: Cyprus
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, aujourd’hui, la France a transmis son plan de relance à la Commission européenne et manifestement, aucune leçon n’a été tirée de la crise que nous traversons. C’est le retour au grand galop du monde d’avant et de ses mesures austéritaires. En effet, en échange des financements européens, la France s’engage à réformer l’assurance chômage et à relancer en profondeur la réforme des retraites. Alors, Monsieur le Commissaire Schmit, Madame Zacarias, vous êtes venus ici nous parler de la stratégie de l’Union européenne sur les droits des enfants. Mais comment l’Union européenne peut-elle protéger les enfants si leurs parents sont confrontés à une austérité et une précarité que vous entretenez? La crise nous l’a montré: vos coupes budgétaires à tout va nous ont menés droit dans le mur. Et si nous commençons à nous en sortir, c’est grâce au service public, aux investissements publics et c’est grâce à la solidarité. Alors demandez plutôt aux États membres d’investir dans l’éducation, dans les logements, dans la culture, dans l’emploi, dans la protection sociale pour que la garantie pour l’enfance garantisse réellement un avenir aux enfants européens.
Debate: European Child Guarantee
Date: WEDNESDAY, 28 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Cindy Franssen
Political group: PPE
Country: Hungary
Language: NL

Voorzitter, commissaris, staatssecretaris, collega’s, met deze kindergarantie zetten we een belangrijke stap vooruit in een ruimere strategie voor de rechten van het kind en deze strategie moet gebaseerd zijn op de drie grote pijlers van het VN-Kinderrechtenverdrag: “Participation”, “Protection” en “Provision”. Het is goed dat meer dan tienduizend kinderen werden betrokken bij het opstellen van de strategie, maar wat mij betreft mag die participatie van kinderen ook structureel verankerd worden.  We moeten onze kinderen, álle kinderen, beschermen tegen allerhande vormen van misbruik en geweld. De pijler “Protection” kan geen dode letter blijven en daarom is het hoog tijd dat er wetgevende initiatieven komen.  Wie niet inzet op jonge kinderen dreigt een ganse generatie te verliezen. En vergis u niet, als we kinderarmoede willen aanpakken, kunnen we dit niet los zien van de gezinnen waarin ze opgroeien. We hebben ook structurele maatregelen nodig.
Debate: European Child Guarantee
Date: WEDNESDAY, 28 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Manuel Pizarro
Political group: S-D
Language: PT

Senhora Presidente, Senhor Comissário, Senhora Secretária de Estado, a dura realidade de 18 milhões de crianças em risco de pobreza corrói os fundamentos da União. Assumo, por isso, a proposta de uma Garantia para a Infância que existe graças à persistência do S&D. Ela contém aspetos positivos, mas é, ao mesmo tempo, dececionante porque não é vinculativa, ao contrário, por exemplo, dos 5% do Fundo Social Europeu que terão de ser canalizados para programas de combate à pobreza infantil nos Estados-Membros mais afetados.  Realço, aliás, um problema estrutural que pode pôr em causa a eficiência desta Garantia: a falta de dados rigorosos sobre os números da pobreza infantil na maioria dos Estados—Membros. Sem dados de qualidade será difícil monitorizar e avaliar a implementação da Garantia para a Infância. Apelo, por isso, à Comissão para que mobilize recursos para apoiar o Eurostat e os Estados-Membros na recolha e tratamento de dados de natureza multinacional. Sem boa informação não haverá boa execução e é isso que as crianças europeias nos exigem, uma mudança de paradigma.
Debate: European Child Guarantee
Date: WEDNESDAY, 28 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Angel Dzhambazki
Political group: ECR
Country: Germany
Language: BG

Г-жо Председател, г-н Комисар, г-жо Представител на Съвета, колеги, тук днес изразявам своята позиция, позицията на родителски организации, между които организацията „РОД“ е най-голямата и най-значимата и най-стойностната в България. Ние сме против разглеждането на детето като самостоятелен субект извън семейството. Конституцията на нашата държава възлага задължението за отглеждането на децата и възпитанието им на техните родители и държавата само подпомага, само и единствено подпомага, не се меси безпричинно, не определя, не взема решения, а подпомага. Семейството в България се състои по Конституция от жена, мъж и техните деца. Това ще рече, че децата се отглеждат и възпитават от техните родители, а не от някого извън семейството, а не от някого, който взема решение някъде другаде. По въпроса с доходите обаче, средният доход на българските семейства ще бъде далеч по-нисък от средния доход, сметнат в Европейския съюз. Това обаче ще постави много от българските семейства в риск децата им да бъдат квалифицирани като семейства в риск и ще ги заплаши с рестриктивни мерки, като крайната от тях е отнемането, разбира се. Видяхме това вече в т. нар. „Стратегия за детето“. Не може да се поставят такива критерии, средни за Съюза, при положение че има държави, които не отговарят. При тази заплаха много от семействата ще бъдат изправени пред риска да имат само едно дете. Ние, в България, обичаме децата си, гледаме ги и знаем как да се грижим за тях. Има и законодателство, което помага, когато има истински въпрос, истински проблем, а не някой гратанджийски измислен, така че не на нас тези номера.
Debate: European Child Guarantee
Date: WEDNESDAY, 28 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Gabriele Bischoff
Political group: S-D
Country: France
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin, Frau Staatssekretärin, lieber Kommissar, werte Kolleginnen und Kollegen! Armut macht krank. Armut macht Stress. Armut macht Angst. Armutserfahrungen von Kindern prägen diese ihr ganzes Leben lang, und das betrifft im Moment bei uns 18 Millionen Kinder. Diese Kinder erleben früh, was Ausgrenzung ist, wenn sie nicht teilhaben können, wenn sie in engen, dunklen Wohnungen wohnen, in schlechten Gegenden, und es an vielem fehlt. Und wenn sie denken, schlimmer geht es nicht, dann kommt eine Pandemie, die ein Brandbeschleuniger für Armut ist, und trifft sie auch noch besonders hart. Deshalb ist es wichtig, dass wir jetzt den Schritt gehen für eine europäische Kindergarantie und dass wir verbindliche Schritte gehen. Dafür haben wir als S&D—Fraktion lange gekämpft, damit die EU und die Mitgliedstaaten die notwendigen Ressourcen bereitstellen und die Initiativen starten. Kindergarantie, armutsfeste Löhne der Eltern, gute soziale Dienste – das ist der Dreiklang, der diese Kinder retten kann.
Debate: European Child Guarantee
Date: WEDNESDAY, 28 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Alicia Homs Ginel
Political group: S-D
Country: Croatia
Language: ES

Señora presidenta, señor comisario, señora secretaria de Estado, durante los últimos siete años, desde el Grupo S&D, hemos defendido la necesidad de atajar los niveles de pobreza y exclusión social de la generación más joven. Nos ha costado dar el paso, alcanzar un consenso, pero por fin hemos entendido que invertir en infancia es invertir en estabilidad y en prosperidad. La Garantía Infantil es, junto a la Garantía Juvenil y la Directiva sobre salarios mínimos justos, una herramienta clave a la hora de asegurar el bienestar de las generaciones presentes, pero, sobre todo, de las generaciones futuras. E implementarla de forma efectiva no solo supone garantizar el acceso a servicios básicos dentro y fuera de la escuela a millones de niños y niñas europeas, va mucho más allá: implica romper el círculo vicioso de pobreza y de transmisión de falta de oportunidades entre generaciones. En definitiva, implica evitar tener otra generación perdida en Europa. Ahora más que nunca necesitamos la Europa social.
Debate: European Child Guarantee
Date: WEDNESDAY, 28 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Nicolas Schmit
Language: FR

C’est un message, mais ce message doit être traduit en actes. C’est un message qui va aller à Porto, que j’emporte à Porto, et j’espère que tous ceux qui ont la possibilité d’aller à Porto l’exprimeront. S’il y a un engagement clair, ferme, concret – oui, concret – qui doit être pris à Porto, c’est que nos enfants nous sont chers et parce qu’ils nous sont chers, nous ne pouvons tolérer qu’ils soient pauvres, qu’ils soient exclus, que leurs rêves soient brisés. Merci pour ce débat, j’ai reçu le message.
Debate: European Child Guarantee
Date: WEDNESDAY, 28 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Ana Paula Zacarias
Language: PT

As nossas duas instituições têm reafirmado de forma reiterada a importância da luta contra a exclusão social e a discriminação, bem como da proteção dos direitos das crianças. Estou, pois, confiante de que, enquanto União, estamos no bom caminho. Coincidimos no diagnóstico da situação. O nosso empenho deve ser agora transformar tudo isto em estratégias e programas concretos. Estes devem ser concebidos de modo a possibilitar o acesso efetivo e livre das crianças a serviços essenciais, abordando a questão da transmissão intergeracional da pobreza e da exclusão social, a fim de permitir a participação plena das crianças na sociedade. O pilar europeu dos direitos sociais e o seu plano de ação e a Garantia para as Crianças, a garantia europeia de proteção infantil, será um instrumento muito importante para os Estados-Membros estabelecerem e implementarem os planos nacionais de forma a que nos permita alcançar o objetivo de, até 2030, reduzir em, pelo menos, 5 milhões o número de crianças em risco de pobreza ou exclusão social. Só de uma forma conjunta, com uma cooperação positiva e produtiva entre o Conselho e este Parlamento, poderemos ajudar a alcançar reais progressos e ajudar a construir o futuro das nossas crianças, acabando, de uma vez, com a pobreza infantil e com a exclusão.
Debate: European Child Guarantee
Date: WEDNESDAY, 28 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Klára Dobrev
Political group: S-D
Country: Poland
Language: HU

Számoljuk fel az iskolai szegregációt, valamint a digitális különbségeket az oktatásban, különösen a COVID-válság okozta nehézségeket orvosoljuk sürgősen. A gyermekek kapjanak kiemelt figyelmet a helyreállítási tervekben is. A gyermekgarancia az első lépés afelé, hogy minden egyes gyermek egyenlő esélyt kapjon Európában, ehhez azonban szükség van az európai családi pótlék bevezetésére. Nyújtsunk megfelelő jövedelmi támogatást a családoknak, és teremtsünk minden gyermek számára egyenlő esélyeket, hogy megtörjük a szegénység csapdáját.
Debate: Announcement of voting results
Date: THURSDAY, 29 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Damian Boeselager
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Slovenia
Language: EN

Mr President, by now I have spent more time as a remote Parliamentarian than as under normal circumstances. I have learned to negotiate laws via Webex, I engage with citizens over Zoom, and I plead with the Commission via Teams. My team at home is constantly working remotely and my office is as empty as the plenary in Strasbourg. Even though I’m proud to say that this institution has weathered the circumstances really well, I can’t wait to go back to normality. But what will the new normality look like? What can be learned from these times? And what do we really want to return? We don’t have these answers yet but the discussions over the 2022 budget were very much marked by these questions. And so I want to thank the shadow rapporteurs, but also the Bureau and especially the EP administration for finding good solutions and for really engaging in this debate and scrutinising the budget in the best way we can to find answers and to create space for these answers. Together we agreed to strengthen the legislative capacity of this House. We agreed to find ways to travel less, to be more efficient and to be greener and more transparent. We agreed to pay more attention to gender—related budgeting and – and that’s very important for me as well – we created space for the Conference on the Future of Europe to work. So, because of all of these reasons and also because it was my first rapporteurship, I would like you to vote in favour and I ask you for that.
Debate: Union Anti-Fraud Programme -
Date: THURSDAY, 29 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Pedro Silva Pereira
Country: Bulgaria
Language: PT

Segue-se o debate sobre a recomendação para segunda leitura da comissão do Controlo Orçamental referente à posição do Conselho em primeira leitura com vista à adoção do regulamento do Parlamento Europeu e do Conselho que cria o Programa antifraude da União e revoga o Regulamento (UE) n.º 250/2014 (05330/1/2021 – C9 0108/2021 –  (relatora: Monika Hohlmeier ( Gostaria de informar os senhores deputados de que, como sabem, em todos os debates deste período de sessões, não há o procedimento “catch the eye” nem perguntas ao abrigo do “cartão azul” e, além disso, tal como nos outros períodos de sessões, estão previstas intervenções a distância a partir dos nossos gabinetes de ligação do Parlamento Europeu nos Estados-Membros. Gostaria então de começar por dar a palavra à nossa colega Monika Hohlmeier, relatora deste dossiê. Tem a palavra.
Debate: Union Anti-Fraud Programme -
Date: THURSDAY, 29 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Johannes Hahn
Language: EN

We ultimately had very fruitful negotiations on this legislative proposal. All three institutions showed commitment to resolve the diverging views and find political agreement, and I have to stress – and I like to stress this – in one single dialogue in December 2020. The Anti-Fraud Programme is the only Union programme dedicated to directly protecting the Union budget. Considering the pandemic and the unprecedented funds that are being mobilised to help our Union recover, it was crucial to finalise the negotiations swiftly. The Anti-Fraud Programme can now be implemented as soon as possible. I would like to thank the European Parliament and the Council for the work on this initiative. I would particularly like to thank the rapporteur, Ms Hohlmeier – but she rightly mentioned also Tamás Deutsch – for their commitment to bringing the negotiations to a successful outcome. Thank you also to the co-rapporteurs for their engagement. The programme will finance the various actions of Member State and partner authorities to protect the Union budget. The programme combines financial support to national authorities with the financing of two EU-level operational programmes – the Irregularities Management System and the Anti-Fraud Information System. We ensure continuity in supporting the Member States in their efforts to protect the Union budget under the predecessor programme, the famous Hercule III, and financing new actions. At the same time, the new elements will reflect important adaptations to the new institutional framework and the arrival of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office. We also help Member States to prepare to fight new trends and patterns of fraud. The Anti-Fraud Programme ensures not only cooperation between the Union and the Member States but also with authorities from participating third countries, reinforcing the preventive aspect of the programme and its actions. I wholeheartedly welcome the adoption of the regulation. It will shape long-term Union anti-fraud actions and, indeed, will protect taxpayers’ money.
Debate: Union Anti-Fraud Programme -
Date: THURSDAY, 29 APRIL 2021
Speaker: José Manuel Fernandes
Political group: PPE
Country: Ireland
Language: PT

Por exemplo, no que diz respeito ao  Para além disso, os projetos, nós devemos saber onde é que eles estão localizados, quem são os beneficiários finais. Dessa forma, podemos medir aquilo que é a coesão territorial, mas também quem são os beneficiários finais, em termos dos fundos europeus. E, neste ponto, considero incompreensível, inaceitável, que o Conselho, os Estados-Membros, não tenham aceite algo muito simples: uma plataforma digital a nível europeu onde, no que diz respeito aos projetos financiados pelo mecanismo de recuperação e resiliência, se soubesse quem são os beneficiários finais deste fundo. É inaceitável que o Conselho não tenha aceite algo que é simples, que é conhecer não só onde o dinheiro está a cair, mas quem são os beneficiários desses mesmos fundos. Felizmente, a Comissão Europeia e o Parlamento fizeram neste domínio uma declaração com este objetivo. Termino, agradecendo o trabalho da Monika Hohlmeier, todo o empenho também da Comissão, e agora espero que este programa, neste programa e com este programa haja mais coordenação para evitarmos a fraude e a evasão, para evitarmos a fraude neste domínio. Transparência é uma condição essencial para nós termos também a confiança dos cidadãos europeus.
Debate: Union Anti-Fraud Programme -
Date: THURSDAY, 29 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Tsvetelina Penkova
Political group: S-D
Country: Croatia
Language: EN

The new EU anti-fraud programme, unfortunately, is one of the smallest EU programmes, and despite the efforts of Parliament to increase the budget to EUR 321 million during the MFF negotiations, it had to come back to the initial Commission proposal of 181 million.  However, despite that, we have still managed to enhance previously funded activities such as financing equipment to combat fraud and further support the operational and investigative activities within the Member States. Together with my colleagues from this Parliament, and from the previous one, we have succeeded in including in this regulation quite significant and important provisions that increase the transparency of the programmes and the funding, clarify the protection of financial interest in the projects and ensure synergies between the different findings.  We have also highlighted the Member States’ role and responsibility in that matter. Thanks once more for the collaborative work, and we hope that the programme will continue to be as successful and important as it is now.
Debate: Union Anti-Fraud Programme -
Date: THURSDAY, 29 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Alin Mituța
Political group: Renew
Country: Germany
Language: RO

Însă nu trebuie să uităm că aproximativ 80 % din bugetul european este gestionat, de fapt, la nivelul statelor membre, nu direct de către instituțiile europene, iar la nivel național, calitatea controlului poate să varieze foarte mult. De aceea, cred că este necesar să întărim capacitatea de control și de raportare a fraudelor la nivelul statelor membre și tocmai acest lucru îl poate face Programul de luptă antifraudă.
Debate: Union Anti-Fraud Programme -
Date: THURSDAY, 29 APRIL 2021
Speaker: Joachim Kuhs
Political group: ID
Country: Greece
Language: DE

Sie haben es selbst gesagt: Wenn das nicht gelingt, wenn sie nicht zusammenarbeiten, dann fehlt ein wesentlicher Erfolgsfaktor für die Bekämpfung des Betrugs. Wenn uns das nicht gelingt, dann ist alles umsonst. Dann können wir noch so viele Vorschriften machen, noch so viele Regeln machen, dann sind sie sogar eher kontraproduktiv, denn sie erhöhen die Bürokratie, sie verringern sie nicht – das ist doch ganz klar. Deshalb: Wir müssen mehr daran arbeiten, dass hier auch ein Umdenken bei den verschiedenen Mitstreitern und bei den Behörden stattfindet. Es kann nicht sein, dass es in bestimmten Ländern sozusagen zum guten Ton gehört, hier Gelder abzuzwacken und dann keine Rechenschaft mehr abzugeben; und andere, die wollen das gerne. Deshalb: Wir müssen hier mehr zusammenarbeiten. Wenn uns das nicht gelingt, ist alles umsonst.