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Debate: The gender perspective in the COVID- crisis and post-crisis period - The EU Strategy for Gender Equality - Closing the digital gender gap: women’s participation in the digital economy
Date: THURSDAY, 21 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi
Political group: PPE
Country: Sweden
Language: EL

Δυστυχώς, η πανδημία έχει οδηγήσει σε οπισθοδρόμηση και οι οικονομικές συνέπειές της αναμένεται να πλήξουν τις γυναίκες πιο σκληρά από τους άνδρες. Τις σοβαρότερες ανησυχίες εγείρει το γεγονός της αναφερόμενης αύξησης της βίας σε βάρος των γυναικών σε ολόκληρη την Ευρώπη και ιδίως της ενδοοικογενειακής βίας, όταν τα θύματα έχουν κλειδωθεί με τους κακοποιούς τους για εβδομάδες ή μήνες λόγω των μέτρων καραντίνας και περιορισμού των μετακινήσεων.  Στο πλαίσιο αυτό, και ως αντιπρόεδρος της Επιτροπής Γυναικών και Ισότητας των Φύλων, ζητώ και θεωρώ επιβεβλημένο να ενσωματωθεί η διάσταση του φύλου στα νέα οικονομικά εργαλεία της Ένωσης για την αντιμετώπιση της κρίσης με προσανατολισμό στις ανάγκες των γυναικών. Κυρίως, όμως, καλώ όλες τις γυναίκες που υφίστανται ή έχουν υποστεί βία ή οποιαδήποτε μορφή σεξουαλικής κακοποίησης ή παρενόχλησης να καταγγέλλουν με θάρρος τέτοια περιστατικά και αξιόποινες πράξεις, χωρίς να φοβούνται τον κοινωνικό στιγματισμό από αρρωστημένες συνειδήσεις και ξεπερασμένες νοοτροπίες. Οι αξίες και ο πολιτισμός μας επιτάσσουν μηδενική ανοχή στη βία.
Debate: The crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong
Date: THURSDAY, 21 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Ewa Kopacz
Country: Bulgaria
Language: PL

Kolejnym punktem porządku dnia jest debata nad siedmioma projektami rezolucji w sprawie represji wobec opozycji demokratycznej w Hongkongu ( _______________ * Patrz protokół posiedzenia.
Debate: The crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong
Date: THURSDAY, 21 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Marco Campomenosi
Country: Portugal
Language: IT

Il concetto, che noi abbiamo a lungo difeso, di un paese e due sistemi è concretamente in pericolo: credo che su questo molti colleghi siano d'accordo con me e credo che tutte le risoluzioni presentate dai gruppi vadano nella stessa direzione. Avvocati, giornalisti, attivisti politici e giovani vengono privati della loro libertà soprattutto a seguito dell'entrata in vigore della legge sulla sicurezza nazionale che mette in pericolo l'autonomia di Hong Kong, che era difesa dall'accordo di uscita della Gran Bretagna stipulato fra Gran Bretagna e Cina. Quindi invito alla collaborazione proprio con il Regno Unito e con l'Amministrazione americana che, immagino, seguirà un po' il passo sui rapporti con la Cina seguito dall'Amministrazione uscente. E poi non posso che sottolineare, come membro della commissione per il commercio internazionale, il disagio che molti di noi hanno subito, anche molti governi, rispetto a un'accelerazione nella conclusione del negoziato sugli investimenti fra UE e Cina, che ci ha un po' sorpreso alla fine dell'anno. Non era probabilmente il momento giusto per concedere alla Cina un risultato di questo tipo. Concludo con le parole di un missionario da quarant'anni in Cina, Franco Mella, che protesta da tempo di fronte alle carceri dove sono rinchiusi molti attivisti e che ci invita a non far perdere la speranza a queste persone.
Debate: The crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong
Date: THURSDAY, 21 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Manu Pineda
Country: Czechia
Language: ES

Se trae aquí por enésima vez el tema de Hong Kong, que dejó de ser una colonia europea hace ya treinta años. Es solo una excusa. En cada Pleno se encuentra una para hablar sobre China.  Este debate refleja la vocación colonial de algunos grupos que actúan como si Europa aún fuera la metrópoli que puede imponer sus decisiones a China, y ponen su servilismo a Estado Unidos por encima de los intereses de los trabajadores y empresas europeos.  No parece muy inteligente agredir e insultar a la República Popular China en cada Pleno. Si realmente queremos construir un mundo multipolar, necesitamos estrechar nuestras relaciones con Pekín. Porque los peligros del actual modelo unilateral los conocen bien, por ejemplo, los 12 000 trabajadores y trabajadoras de Airbus en Europa que pueden quedarse en la calle por el chantaje de Estados Unidos al sector aeroespacial europeo.  La Nueva Ruta de la Seda, un proyecto que parece destinado a transformar cómo los países se relacionan entre sí, nos brinda una oportunidad que no deberíamos despreciar. Es urgente pasar del actual modelo, en el que el más fuerte se apropia de los recursos ajenos imponiendo su ley, a uno basado en el beneficio mutuo y las relaciones horizontales.  Celebramos el acuerdo estratégico Unión Europea-China y esperamos que, frente a los exabruptos de algunos de aquí, podamos seguir trabajando por un orden global basado en el Derecho internacional, la lucha contra el cambio climático, la paz y la soberanía de los pueblos.
Debate: The crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong
Date: THURSDAY, 21 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Nathalie Loiseau
Country: Poland
Language: FR

Nous avons appris que la Chine ne respectait pas ses engagements internationaux sur Hong Kong, pris au titre de la déclaration conjointe avec le Royaume-Uni. Nous avons appris que le parti communiste chinois a peur de la transparence. Combien de temps et quelle négociation difficile a-t-il fallu pour que l'OMS puisse envoyer enfin une mission à Wuhan pour enquêter sur les origines de la pandémie de la COVID-19, dont la dimension planétaire et les conséquences désastreuses justifient pourtant que toute la lumière soit faite partout où c'est nécessaire? Nous avons appris enfin que la Chine nie l'évidence, celle du sort atroce réservé au peuple ouïghour.  Tout cela, nous l'avons appris sans aucun doute possible au moment même où la Chine conclut avec l'Union européenne un accord sur les investissements. Cet accord suscite chez nombre d'entre nous des doutes, car ce que nous avons appris, nous ne pourrons pas en faire abstraction, car dans cet accord, il y a un texte que nous attendons encore, mais il y a aussi un contexte. Et dans ce Parlement, il y a une démocratie, la démocratie européenne qui s'exprime et qui dira ce qu'elle a à dire.
Debate: The crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong
Date: THURSDAY, 21 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Bert-Jan Ruissen
Country: France
Language: NL

In China hebben religieuze minderheden het zwaar te verduren door aanklachten op basis van de nationale veiligheidswet. Gaat deze inperking van religieuze vrijheden ook werkelijkheid worden in Hongkong? Dat is onze grote vrees. De EU moet samen met de internationale gemeenschap de handen ineenslaan en krachtig stelling nemen. Dus niet een investeringsakkoord sluiten met daarin vage beloftes over mensenrechten op het moment dat de mensenrechtensituatie in China in het diepste dal zit sinds decennia. Maar gerichte acties nemen tegen alle verantwoordelijken voor de schendingen van fundamentele rechten van Hongkongers en Chinezen.
Debate: The crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong
Date: THURSDAY, 21 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Evelyne Gebhardt
Language: DE

Die chinesischen Behörden untergraben damit die vereinbarte Autonomie der Sonderverwaltungszone immens. Es ist bezeichnend, dass das nationale Sicherheitsgesetz genutzt wird, um unliebsame Personen festzunehmen und die Meinungsfreiheit zu zensieren. Mit der heutigen Entschließung hat das Europäische Parlaments seine Position untermauert, dass das Vorgehen der Machthaber in China und der Verwaltung Hongkongs nicht unbeobachtet bleibt. Wir beharren darauf, dass das nationale Sicherheitsgesetz, das mit seinen weitreichenden Kompetenzen die Grundrechte der Hongkonger Verfassung massiv beschneidet, zurückgenommen werden muss. Zusätzlich müssen alle der zu Unrecht inhaftierten Oppositionellen unverzüglich freigelassen werden und die auf dem nationalen Sicherheitsgesetz basierenden Vorwürfe fallen gelassen werden. Im Hinblick auf den steigenden Druck auf die demokratischen Kräfte in Hongkong muss der Rat als nächste Maßnahme gezielte Sanktionen gegen die Entscheidungsträger in der Hongkonger Verwaltung in Betracht ziehen. Und wir erwarten, dass die Fragen der Grundrechte auch bei den kommenden Abkommen mit China zum Tragen kommen. Denn Handel ist wichtig, ja, aber nicht um jeden Preis.
Debate: The crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong
Date: THURSDAY, 21 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Jordi Solé
Country: Bulgaria
Language: EN

We have witnessed incarcerations, disqualification of lawmakers, pressure of the media and even prosecution abroad. All this in clear violation of the Sino-British Joint Declaration and the basic law. It’s time for the EU to take further actions, for instance, by using the new human rights sanctions regime. And, one last remark. With increasing human rights violations happening in China, rushing to reach an agreement on investments as the Council did, might harm our credibility as a global human rights actor. When scrutinising the agreement and voting on it, this Parliament cannot ignore the worrying situation of human rights in China.
Debate: The crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong
Date: THURSDAY, 21 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Miriam Lexmann
Country: Spain
Language: EN

Article 21 of the EU Treaties clearly states that the Union’s external action shall be guided by the values and principles on which the Union was founded – in particular, democracy, rule of law, the universality of human rights, fundamental freedoms, and respect for human dignity.  Dear colleagues, the Chinese Communist Party and its collaborators in Hong Kong continue to strip away the city’s high degree of autonomy and suppress Hong Kongers’ freedoms, including political rights. They are using the so—called ‘National Security Law’ as a pretext to destroy Hong Kong’s democracy and put in jail pro—democratic activists and politicians.  These developments are highly worrying. It is no longer sufficient to be concerned. We also have to learn a lesson that pure economic engagement is not a way of supporting democracy and human rights, as we used to think. If the Union wants to be a credible actor, and truly engage in value—based foreign policy, we must use our economic position as the leverage to support those who are oppressed, rather than to reward human rights abusers. Otherwise, we might become morally co—responsible for these crimes and abuses.  To support the people of Hong Kong, our steps must include: implementing the July 2020 Council Conclusions on Hong Kong, including the lifeboat scheme, suspension of extradition treaties and support for civil society; using the Magnitsky Act to sanction Carrie Lam and other Chinese and Hong Kong officials; and make it clear to the Chinese Communist Party that this House will take human rights into consideration when asked to endorse the investment agreement and any future agreement with China and other regimes supressing human rights. It is time for the European Union to act. It is time to defend freedom. It is time to stand with Hong Kong.
Debate: The crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong
Date: THURSDAY, 21 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Seán Kelly
Political group: PPE
Country: Greece
Language: EN

The Hong Kong police arrested 53 representatives of the democratic opposition and activists on charges of subversion under the national security law for Hong Kong, freezing many assets relating to these individuals. This is the latest in a long series of arrests of the  democratic opposition and other actions aimed at undermining democratic institutions in Hong Kong. It’s not just on the streets where censorship is taking place, but over the internet as pro-democracy websites are blocked, further limiting freedom of expression and access to information, which have damaging consequences for both civil liberties and democracy. The unilateral introduction of national security legislation by the Government in Beijing is an attack on the city of Hong Kong’s autonomy, rule of law and fundamental freedoms, and degrades the integrity of one country, two systems, which is a breach of China’s commitments and obligations under international law.  With my colleague, Barry Andrews, I would also like to highlight the case of Richard O’Halloran, an Irish citizen and father of four from Dublin, who has been refused permission to leave China since March 2019. Richard has not been arrested, charged or personally accused of any wrongdoing; he was just unfortunate enough to be caught up in an investigation into another individual, whom he had never met during the period on which to investigation is focused. I would call on the Chinese Government to allow Mr O’Halloran to come home as there is no legitimate reason for him to be kept against his will. I also call on the Chinese Government to listen carefully to what the Members of Parliament are saying today and to act accordingly. That is in the best interests of everybody and good relations with the European Union. Good morning and the best of luck to the people of Hong Kong.
Debate: The crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong
Date: THURSDAY, 21 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Isabel Santos
Political group: S-D
Country: Hungary
Language: PT

Desde então, e apenas neste curto espaço de tempo, mais de 400 políticos ativistas foram alvo de intimidações, detenções arbitrárias e condenações. Chamo a vossa atenção para o caso dos 12 militantes pró-democracia capturados pela China, dos quais 10 foram condenados a pena de prisão por travessia ilegal das águas continentais. Entre esses encontra-se Tsz Lun Kok, um jovem cidadão de Hong Kong, também com nacionalidade portuguesa, logo, cidadão europeu.  Junto a minha voz à do Alto Representante no pedido da imediata libertação de todos estes jovens, mas impõe-se à União Europeia uma abordagem firme e sem tréguas, com consequências, de todas as violações de direitos humanos em Hong Kong e também na China continental, no Tibete e em Xinjiang.
Debate: The crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong
Date: THURSDAY, 21 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Svenja Hahn
Political group: Renew
Country: Finland
Language: EN

It’s time that the Commission and the Member States acted. It’s time you turned words into action. So, here’s a reminder: work with the US towards defending liberal democracy against a systemic rival. Use the human rights mechanism to sanction responsible individuals in China and their accomplices in Hong Kong. Insist that civil and political rights are restored. The democratic opposition must be freed and allowed to run in the next elections. Brave people of Hong Kong, the European Parliament will keep fighting for you with the tools of democracy that you are deprived of. Freedom will prevail. We stand by your side.
Debate: The crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong
Date: THURSDAY, 21 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Gunnar Beck
Political group: ID
Country: Germany
Language: EN

The EU is censoring free speech and social media are silencing dissent. Some Member States are imprisoning their own citizens for holding referenda. Others don’t allow referenda at all, and in Germany the biggest opposition party is placed under surveillance for opposing immigration in a year of major elections, and in Germany too, a law is passed to punish vilification of the EU’s flag and symbols, with three years in prison.  Countries used to start wars to overcome internal strife and dissent. Today, the West finds fault with the rest to exert soft power, yet Western liberal democracy is no longer liberal and long ceased to be democratic. The West is trying to pull a trick that’s no longer working.
Debate: The crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong
Date: THURSDAY, 21 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Reinhard Bütikofer
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Italy
Language: EN

One last sentence to some panda huggers from ID and GUE: if you hate your own political system so much that you think you have to find excuses for acting on behalf of a foreign aggressive power, that’s not positive, that’s not progressive, that is despicable.
Debate: The crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong
Date: THURSDAY, 21 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Emmanuel Maurel
Political group: The Left
Country: Greece
Language: FR

Cet engagement n’a pas été respecté, cette parole n’a pas été tenue, mais on ne découvre rien. Ce n’est pas la première fois que la Chine viole délibérément les règles qu’elle s’était engagée à respecter. C’est le cas à l’OMC ou à l’OMS et ce le sera aussi demain à l’OIT. Et malgré cela, des dirigeants européens pourtant si prompts à dénoncer les dictatures étrangères détournent le regard, soit parce qu’ils considèrent qu’on peut faire confiance aveuglément à la Chine - et ils se trompent -, soit parce qu’ils sont cyniques et considèrent que la taille et la richesse du pays justifient cette amnésie collective. Et c’est le cas au moment où on signe un accord d’investissement en catimini. Ce n’est pas seulement une erreur économique, c’est aussi une faute politique au regard de la situation à Hong Kong, au regard du sort des Ouïgours persécutés, au regard aussi des lanceurs d’alerte de Wuhan qui ont été réduits au silence. Alors, il faut que l’Europe se réveille et qu’elle cesse de fermer les yeux.
Debate: The crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong
Date: THURSDAY, 21 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Fabio Massimo Castaldo
Political group: NI
Country: France
Language: IT

Signora Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, già il 30 giugno 2020, data in cui la tristemente nota  Da allora, infatti, la situazione non ha fatto che peggiorare: da dicembre Joshua è per l'ennesima volta in carcere, insieme a molti altri attivisti, e poche settimane fa abbiamo assistito all'arresto da parte del governo di 53 politici pro-democrazia sulla base delle disposizioni estremamente ampie e vaghe di questa legge draconiana. Gli abitanti di Hong Kong hanno espresso chiaramente le loro richieste pacifiche di libertà e di autonomia ma le autorità hanno sempre scelto di rispondere con una repressione e una violenza crescenti, e la totale asimmetria di potere fra Pechino e Hong Kong rende questa situazione ancora più complessa. La mia domanda è, allora, come abbiamo fatto a dimenticare questo tema nell'ultimo accordo sugli investimenti con la Cina? Come abbiamo permesso che il nostro impegno divenisse retorico? Questa lotta di Hong Kong non è soltanto una lotta che appartiene alla popolazione ivi residente, è una lotta di tutti coloro che credono nella democrazia e nella difesa dei diritti umani a livello globale.
Debate: The crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong
Date: THURSDAY, 21 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Juan Fernando López Aguilar
Political group: S-D
Country: Germany
Language: ES

Señora presidenta, ayer la amplia mayoría de este Parlamento Europeo celebró como una buena noticia y una ventana de esperanza la llegada de Biden a la Casa Blanca y celebró la salida de Trump, cuya negación a la cooperación con la Unión Europea y al multilateralismo es seguramente el contexto de la autonomía estratégica, la diplomacia de la Unión Europea de la que trae causa el Acuerdo global de inversiones que la Unión Europea firma con China en diciembre de 2020. Pero en ningún caso ese contexto puede perjudicar la apuesta clara de la Unión Europea por los derechos humanos y su protesta ante la detención arbitraria e ilegal de periodistas, estudiantes, abogados de derechos humanos y candidatos a las elecciones locales, que viola claramente el Derecho internacional, el acuerdo sino-británico de 1984 y el estatuto de Región Especial para Hong Kong concedido por China en 1997, que le garantiza elecciones plurales y un poder judicial independiente. Y, por tanto, este es el momento en que el Parlamento Europeo tiene que alzar la voz para decir que ningún acuerdo puede justificar mirar hacia otro lado. Y que este Parlamento toma muy en serio su apuesta democrática por los derechos humanos. En China y en todas partes.
Debate: The crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong
Date: THURSDAY, 21 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Bernard Guetta
Political group: Renew
Country: Austria
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, appelons un chat un chat. En débattant ce matin de la répression politique à Hong Kong, nous parlons d’une puissance ascendante qui s’assied sur l’accord «un pays, deux systèmes», détient un million de Ouïghours en camp de travail forcé, menace Taïwan, se projette en mer de Chine méridionale et affirme sans honte que la dictature serait préférable à la liberté. Pour la démocratie, le régime de M. Xi est un défi à nul autre pareil, et se pose donc à nous la question de l’accord sur les investissements. Nous débattrons des mois durant de ses clauses économiques et de son principe même mais notre devoir politique, à nous, parlementaires, est de dire dès maintenant à M. Xi, que nous ne pourrons en aucun cas ratifier cet accord tant que son régime n’aura pas ratifié les conventions internationales contre le travail forcé.  C’est une condition sine qua non sur laquelle nous pouvons nous accorder en un rien de temps. Alors mes chers collègues, faisons-le! Ce clair message, délivrons-le maintenant!
Debate: The crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong
Date: THURSDAY, 21 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Yannick Jadot
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Croatia
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, chers collègues, cette résolution dit combien le Parlement européen ne s’est jamais résigné à la répression à Hong Kong et dans le reste de la Chine. C’est aussi un terrible aveu d’échec puisque malgré nos dénonciations, jamais la dictature n’a été aussi brutale, violente, cynique en Chine. Et puisqu’on parle de cynisme, comment accepter qu’Angela Merkel et Emmanuel Macron oublient la pire dictature du monde, oublient ses dénonciations, oublient les valeurs de l’Europe pour vendre des voitures, des maisons privées de santé ou des systèmes de surveillance? Chers collègues, on ne peut pas d’un côté dénoncer un régime politique et, de l’autre, faire des affaires en cynisme. Ce Parlement aujourd’hui ne doit pas simplement s’interroger sur l’accord d’investissement avec la Chine: il doit le dénoncer! C’est une erreur de souveraineté démocratique, économique, numérique, énergétique de l’Europe. C’est, comme cela a été dit, une faute politique! Donc suspendons dès maintenant toute discussion, toute négociation avec la Chine.
Debate: The crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong
Date: THURSDAY, 21 JANUARY 2021
Speaker: Assita Kanko
Political group: ECR
Country: France
Language: EN

Madam President, when it comes to human rights, the EU has two faces. It’s happy to issue statements of concern, passing its judgment on countries around the world, but our support for democracy and human rights is less vociferous when it comes to selling German cars. Brave young men and women stand on the front lines of the battle between freedom and autocracy. They include Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam, currently in jail for defending the democracy that we all take for granted here. What are we doing to support them? What signal are we sending to them, when we close our eyes and sign an investment agreement with the very regime that is trampling over democracy in its neighbourhood, murdering Uighurs and threatening democratic Taiwan? What actions will the EU take regarding that investment agreement with China if the PRC continues to break human rights and international labour laws? Know that Hong Kong is a test of the resolve of the free world. Right now, the EU is shamefully failing that test and I deeply feel ashamed for that?