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Debate: Recent ecological catastrophe involving plastic pellet losses and its impact on micro plastic pollution in the maritime and coastal habitats
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Clara Aguilera
Political group: S-D
Country: Spain
Language: ES

Señor presidente, quiero, sobre todo, en estas primeras palabras, agradecer a toda la sociedad civil, especialmente gallega, el esfuerzo que está haciendo para recoger y eliminar los residuos en las playas de Galicia. La sociedad civil gallega está demostrando estar a la altura de las circunstancias, muy por encima incluso de este debate.  Señorías, dejemos en paz al sector pesquero gallego. Es un sector profesional que hace su trabajo bien. No mezclemos unas cosas con otras. Esperemos, comisario, y usted lo ha dicho bien, que esta nueva catástrofe medioambiental sirva para tomar medidas europeas eficaces de prevención para evitar nuevos vertidos y los daños medioambientales que ocasionan estos microplásticos. Aprendamos la lección de esta situación tremenda.  Pero ante todo hay que actuar. Y ahí es donde se está midiendo el Gobierno gallego, que está demostrando una gran negligencia. Hay que evitar el impacto medioambiental. Es fundamental tomar medidas y limpiar y después buscar responsabilidades.  Y, señorías, permítanme decir que es inaudito que al PP español, europeo y a la extrema derecha, que ya se fue hace rato, les preocupe que traigamos este debate aquí porque hay elecciones. Si ellos traen toda la basura que ellos generan en España para hacer los debates aquí y criticar a Pedro Sánchez... Menuda cara dura. Señores negacionistas del cambio climático, la mejor muestra: el PP español. No tienen crédito.
Debate: Recent ecological catastrophe involving plastic pellet losses and its impact on micro plastic pollution in the maritime and coastal habitats
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Niclas Herbst
Political group: PPE
Country: Hungary
Language: EN

Mr President, this is a very important issue for all of us in Europe, and it truly is just the tip of the iceberg, so let’s just put the election campaigning aside. And my question would be, also to the Commissioner, how did the Spanish Government inform you? And how were France, for example, as a neighbouring country, informed by the Spanish Government? That is a crucial European question. I recognise that not many colleagues here talked about, for example, the legislative package on maritime security. And I also remember that somebody who spoke one month ago here in Parliament, Mr Sánchez, did not talk about this issue at all. Frankly speaking, he did not talk about European issues at all. So my question would be, how did the Spanish Government inform the European government?
Debate: Recent ecological catastrophe involving plastic pellet losses and its impact on micro plastic pollution in the maritime and coastal habitats
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Isabel Carvalhais
Political group: S-D
Country: Italy
Language: PT

Senhor Presidente, Caros Colegas, milhões de péletes nas praias galegas é, sim, uma catástrofe ambiental. As autoridades regionais podem dizer que não são tóxicas, mas nós estamos a falar de material não biodegradável em larga escala, que permanece por tempo indefinido nos ecossistemas marinhos, prejudicando, ameaçando esses ecossistemas, ameaçando, por isso também, a própria indústria pesqueira e mariscadora, e as comunidades galegas que vivem também do turismo costeiro. Claro que, no imediato, há que ter uma ação rápida para tentar mitigar o impacto ambiental e económico, porque esse sim, eu acho que ainda se vai fazer sentir, quando chegar o verão. Mas, após a resposta imediata, a União Europeia necessita realmente de medidas que ajudem a prevenir acidentes desta natureza, sobretudo nas exigências a impor às frotas sob bandeira de conveniência, que atuam sob padrões de segurança e de proteção ambiental muito abaixo dos europeus. E registo, por isso, como positivo as palavras do senhor comissário, e aguardamos, então, por mais ação concreta.
Debate: Recent ecological catastrophe involving plastic pellet losses and its impact on micro plastic pollution in the maritime and coastal habitats
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Jordi Solé
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Bulgaria
Language: ES

Señor presidente, todo el apoyo al pueblo  En mi país, en Cataluña, desgraciadamente, también conocemos el problema de la contaminación por pélets en las costas, una situación particularmente grave en la playa de La Pineda, cerca del polígono petroquímico de Tarragona. Después de haber interlocutado con todos los actores de la cadena de valor y haber propuesto compromisos de buenas prácticas, y también, hay que decirlo, tras un papel muy relevante de la sociedad civil, el Gobierno catalán ha abierto expediente a ocho empresas químicas, y la Fiscalía, hace apenas dos días, también ha decidido actuar. La cuestión es que tiene que ser posible encontrar el origen de estos vertidos y penalizar a sus responsables. En este sentido, la nueva legislación europea —a la cual, señor comisario, damos la bienvenida— debería dar más herramientas, tanto para prevenir los vertidos y, por tanto, la contaminación, como para que estos no queden impunes si se producen.
Debate: Recent ecological catastrophe involving plastic pellet losses and its impact on micro plastic pollution in the maritime and coastal habitats
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Petros Kokkalis
Political group: The Left
Country: Hungary
Language: EN

Mr President, dear colleagues, yesterday here we debated about the decision of Norway to drill the deep sea in the Arctic, and we asked for a moratorium. If that doesn’t happen, they drill. Do you know what they will find? They will find plastic. There’s so much plastic. Ska calculated there is 100 billion tonnes every year. There is a great plastic garbage patch – Plastic Island –in the Pacific Ocean, which is three times the size of France. And there are five of these islands, and we produce more and more plastic. So dear Commissioner Sinkevičius, when this mandate began, we talked about a blue deal. And you’ve done a great job. You pushed forward the ocean agreement at the Biodiversity COP15 Kunming-Montreal. You reached an agreement on the Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement (High Seas Treaty). I think it is time to be serious about our zero pollution commitment on the Green Deal, talk about the next mandate and realise that we must stop the plastic addiction. Plastics are fossil fuels, and the people of Galicia are suffering from another oil spill, like Grace said, 20 years later. We must deal with that and realise that transitioning away from fossil fuels, as we discussed in COP 28, includes getting away from plastics.
Debate: Recent ecological catastrophe involving plastic pellet losses and its impact on micro plastic pollution in the maritime and coastal habitats
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Marc Tarabella
Political group: NI
Country: Austria
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, chaque année, des millions de tonnes de plastique sont déversées dans les océans et cette pollution menace la vie marine et détruit les écosystèmes. D’après une étude de l’ONU, 100 000 mammifères marins meurent chaque année à cause de l’ingestion de plastique ou de l’emmêlement dans les débris plastiques. Plus grave encore, d’ici 2050, on pourrait compter plus de plastique que de poissons dans les océans. Mais il s’agit également d’un enjeu de santé publique puisque nous ingérons près de 50 000 particules de microplastiques par an. Il est évident qu’à terme, les conséquences médicales pour chacun d’entre nous, pour nos enfants et pour leurs enfants, représentent un immense danger. La proposition de la Commission sur la prévention des pertes de granulés plastiques constitue une bonne base de travail, mais le Parlement européen se doit d’être encore plus ambitieux. Il est plus que temps d’agir pour lutter contre cette catastrophe écologique et sanitaire qui, hélas, malheureusement, se répète.
Debate: Recent ecological catastrophe involving plastic pellet losses and its impact on micro plastic pollution in the maritime and coastal habitats
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Sara Cerdas
Political group: S-D
Country: Czechia
Language: PT

Senhor Presidente, Senhor Comissário, Caros Colegas, esta catástrofe traz a má memória do trágico acidente com o navio Prestige, de há 20 anos. Mais uma vez, a ação desleixada do ser humano causa uma crise ambiental nestes territórios, e esta catástrofe terá graves consequências e não apenas para as comunidades afetadas. E, ao contrário do que a deputada Lídia Pereira diz, este não é um problema regional. Este é um assunto europeu. Como relatora—sombra para a revisão da diretiva que prevê as regras para a poluição provocada por navios, defendo sanções mais pesadas para quem polui e uma fiscalização mais apertada, e as autoridades competentes devem prever uma avaliação de impacto ambiental destas catástrofes e a implementação de medidas preventivas para evitar futuros desastres ambientais. Uma palavra final de solidariedade para a Galiza e os nossos irmãos galegos e aos que incansavelmente trabalham para mitigar as consequências desta catástrofe.
Debate: Recent ecological catastrophe involving plastic pellet losses and its impact on micro plastic pollution in the maritime and coastal habitats
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Malte Gallée
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Spain
Language: DE

Herr Präsident, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen! Wenn 26 Tonnen an Plastikpellets ins Meer fallen, dann ist das tragisch, dann ist das ein Unfall. Aber vor allem ist es verantwortungslos von den Unternehmen, die genau das verantworten, von den Schiffereiunternehmen, von den Unternehmen, die diese Pellets genau so verfrachten, dass es die Möglichkeit gibt, dass sie ins Meer fallen. Und genau das ist doch das riesengroße Problem, dass Umweltverschmutzung einfach immer noch viel zu billig ist. Es ist eine ökonomische Kalkulation der Unternehmen. Es ist ein Risiko, das sie eingehen. Und genau das müssen wir ändern. Und genau deswegen ist es so wahnsinnig wichtig, dass wir diese Verordnung zu den Plastikpellets jetzt auf den Weg bringen und wirklich sicherstellen, dass auf internationaler Ebene die Ozeane, dass auch die Arbeit in diesen Regionen betrachtet wird. Es ergibt natürlich keinen Sinn, wenn wir sagen, wir schauen nur, dass die Pellets innerhalb Europas auf unseren Binnengewässern nicht von Bord gehen. Wir brauchen internationale Standards. Das sind wir der Umweltbewegung schuldig. Das sind wir all den Menschen schuldig, die jetzt gerade in ihrer Freizeit die Pellets aus dem Sand kratzen.
Debate: Recent ecological catastrophe involving plastic pellet losses and its impact on micro plastic pollution in the maritime and coastal habitats
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Virginijus Sinkevičius
Language: EN

We are committed to reducing plastic litter at sea by 50% and microplastics released into the environment by 30% by 2030. Some may be inclined to look at these targets as sort of nice figures, but when pollution strikes for real, like on the Spanish coast, we see that environmental concerns climb to the top of the political agenda.  So success will depend on our joint coordinated efforts to support decisive and rapid actions and decisions at all relevant levels.  Regarding maritime transport, dear colleagues, I heard your request and we are ready to consider its inclusion in EU law. For instance, to forbid the carriage of pellets in bulk and to work together on ensuring good quality packaging and safe storage on board ships. We are also calling on all parties involved to act at international level.  We urge all Member States to unite their efforts at the International Maritime Organisation for a swift conclusion of the deliberations on this topic.
Debate: Implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and future perspectives
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Dimitrios Papadimoulis
Country: France
Language: EL

Το επόμενο σημείο στην ημερήσια διάταξη αφορά την έκθεση του κ. Gabriel Mato, εξ ονόματος της Επιτροπής Αλιείας, σχετικά με την τρέχουσα κατάσταση όσον αφορά την εφαρμογή της κοινής αλιευτικής πολιτικής και τις μελλοντικές προοπτικές (
Debate: Implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and future perspectives
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Francisco José Millán Mon
Political group: PPE
Country: Spain
Language: ES

Las sucesivas crisis derivadas de la COVID-19, la guerra de Ucrania, el impacto del  Necesitamos —como pide el informe de Gabriel Mato— una reforma que tenga en cuenta de forma equilibrada las consideraciones económicas y sociales y no recoja preponderantemente una visión medioambientalista. La cadena mar—industria es un actor fundamental en la economía europea —y debe seguir siéndolo—, y es un actor clave en la producción de proteína animal de la más alta calidad. Tenemos que diseñar una PPC que nos garantice un sector pesquero moderno y competitivo, especialmente en términos económicos y sociales, y necesitamos también un replanteamiento institucional de la pesca en el organigrama de la Comisión Europea.
Debate: Implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and future perspectives
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Carmen Avram
Political group: S-D
Country: Romania
Language: RO

În țara mea, România, de exemplu, sectorul de pescuit e captiv în ape tulburi și periculoase. Anii de pandemie au ținut pescarii la mal. Apoi a venit războiul din Ucraina, care s-a extins și în Marea Neagră, mine plutind în derivă, au ajuns până în zonele de exploatare românești, punând în pericol ambarcațiunile și viața echipajelor. Așa că pescarii noștri n-au mai putut ieși în larg. În tot acest timp, nu doar economia a avut de suferit, ci și bioeconomia per ansamblu, pentru că, dacă invazia Rusiei a generat pierderi financiare considerabile pescarilor care n-au mai avut acces la stocurile de pește, ecosistemul din Marea Neagră s-a dezechilibrat din cauza înmulțirii speciilor prădătoare care au provocat daune însemnate biodiversității acvatice.  Prin urmare, raportul pe care îl votăm astăzi nu trebuie privit sub nicio formă ca o armă între ceea ce, din păcate, a devenit o luptă între interesele sectorului și cele de mediu. El trebuie înțeles ca o propunere de reconciliere a celor două în noua realitate, cea în care sectorul îmbătrânește accelerat, în care siguranța la bordul navelor trebuie îmbunătățită urgent și în care trebuie să dispară atitudinea discriminatorie la adresa pescuitului și, evident, a agriculturii.  Pentru că ambele, repet, au un rol fundamental nu doar în asigurarea hranei noastre, ci și în protecția și conservarea mediului. Rog deci Comisia să abordeze realist și pragmatic viitorul politicii comune de pescuit, așa cum o cer vremurile. Mulțumesc raportorului pentru efortul și înțelegerea de care a dat dovadă și sper că votul de astăzi va păstra echilibrul din compromisul atins.
Debate: Implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and future perspectives
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Pierre Karleskind
Political group: Renew
Country: Ireland
Language: FR

Sauf que le monde n’est pas idéal. Le monde vit des réalités. La pêche, les réalités, elle les a prises dans la figure au cours des années qui viennent de se passer. On a parlé à l’instant des crises qui ont été vécues – je pense au Brexit, puis à la Covid, puis à l’Ukraine. Le secteur de la pêche a été profondément secoué, et en même temps qu’on demandait, dans le cadre de cette politique, l’ajustement de ce secteur de la pêche, il devait faire face aux nécessités de résilience, aux nécessités de décarbonation. Ce matin, dans la presse française, il est écrit que le secteur de la pêche au pays basque est prêt à vaciller. La réalité, c’est que l’intégralité de ce secteur est prête à vaciller. Alors si nous ne sommes pas capables, dans les années qui viennent, de mettre concrètement sur la table des euros sonnants et trébuchants pour enfin renouveler une flotte de pêche vieillissante et quasiment au bord de la faillite, nous n’y arriverons pas. En tout cas, une chose est sûre: la pêche ne supportera pas une crise de plus, ses fondements seront trop ébranlés.
Debate: Implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and future perspectives
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Ska Keller
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Sweden
Language: EN

The Common Fisheries Policy is an attempt to safeguard that common precious resource that we have – fish stocks. It was last reformed in 2013, but it still hasn’t been fully implemented. In cases where it was implemented and where scientific advice was followed, where investments in marine protection were made, stock has recovered and this has benefited fishers.  We have to continue on that path. I would say it is time to double the efforts in order to implement the common fisheries policy and to make sure that we safeguard the oceans for future generations. If we want new legislation, then we should look at legislation to double climate protection and to stop the pesticide pollution, for example, that goes into the ocean, because without fish there will be no fishers.
Debate: Implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and future perspectives
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Bert-Jan Ruissen
Political group: ECR
Country: France
Language: NL

Onnodig beperkende maatregelen die hun doel voorbijschieten, zoals de aanlandingsverplichting en het pulsverbod, moeten van tafel. Vissers moeten voldoende toegang houden tot hun visgronden. Het TAC- en quotasysteem heeft zonder meer zijn waarde bewezen, maar zorgt bij de huidige invulling met soms wel hele drastische jaarlijkse kortingen voor heel veel onzekerheid. Het pleidooi van de rapporteur voor een meerjarig quotum steun ik daarom van harte.
Debate: Implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and future perspectives
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Rosanna Conte
Political group: ID
Country: Hungary
Language: IT

Negli ultimi dieci anni siamo passati da una totale mancanza di obiettivi per la gestione della pesca a degli obiettivi politici, se non elettorali, che in alcuni casi sono impossibili da conseguire o estremamente difficili da mettere in pratica. Il risultato è la sfiducia dei pescatori nei confronti della politica e dell'Unione europea, in quanto le misure adottate sono inadeguate e prive di una solida base scientifica, e la sfiducia della società, che non vede gli auspicati miglioramenti all'ambiente e finisce per considerare i pescatori dei fuorilegge nemici del mare, invece di riconoscere il loro ruolo per garantire sicurezza alimentare e sviluppo delle comunità costiere. Nella futura politica comune della pesca occorrerà ripristinare il bilanciamento tra i tre pilastri della sostenibilità, riallenandone gli equilibri. Diamo alla pesca, all'acquacoltura e all'intera catena del valore dei prodotti ittici il posto che meritano, inserendoli al vertice dell'agenda politica dell'Unione europea.
Debate: Implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and future perspectives
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: João Pimenta Lopes
Political group: The Left
Country: Romania
Language: PT

Uma reforma profunda da Política Comum de Pescas deve assentar numa gestão de proximidade e descentralizada, que envolva os pescadores nas soluções e na implementação. Medidas concretas para uma modernização e promoção do setor das pescas em cada país, nomeadamente na pesca de pequena escala, costeira e artesanal, com o objetivo de assegurar a sua viabilidade socioeconómica, no quadro ainda da soberania dos Estados—Membros sobre o seu território e recursos. Porque não há pesca sem pescadores, Senhor Comissário, como por vezes a Comissão parece ignorar. Quem vive e trabalha neste setor espera medidas concretas e imediatas, para assegurar a sua continuidade.
Debate: Implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and future perspectives
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Marc Tarabella
Political group: NI
Country: Austria
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, la population mondiale devrait atteindre 10 milliards de personnes en 2050 et nourrir une telle population est l’un des principaux défis mondiaux de cette époque. Les Objectifs de développement durable des Nations Unies, qui incluent l’éradication de la faim, pour assurer la sécurité alimentaire d’ici  2030 – ils seront sûrement prolongés à 2050 puisque cet objectif est loupé. Pour atteindre ces objectifs, nous devons changer radicalement nos habitudes de production, de consommation et d’accès à l’alimentation. La pratique d’une pêche durable est indispensable si nous voulons répondre aux futurs besoins alimentaires de la planète et nous devons dès lors mettre tous les moyens en œuvre afin d’assurer la transition énergétique du secteur de la pêche et de l’aquaculture de l’Union européenne, en appliquant pleinement l’approche fondée sur les écosystèmes. Il est également primordial de mettre davantage l’accent sur la dimension sociale et sur l’amélioration des conditions de travail à bord des navires. La politique commune de la pêche a donc plus que jamais besoin d’être réformée et adaptée en conséquence, comme devrait d’ailleurs l’être aussi la politique agricole commune, et être enfin totalement en phase avec les impératifs sociaux et environnementaux de notre temps.
Debate: Implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and future perspectives
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Colm Markey
Political group: PPE
Country: Belgium
Language: EN

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the common fisheries policy aims to support fishing communities, sustain fishing stocks, protect the environment and ensure fair distribution of opportunities across the EU. The common fisheries policy is fair for some, but not for all: 85% of the fish that’s taken out of Irish waters is taken by countries other than Ireland, with Ireland getting 15%. When it comes to reciprocal arrangements with third countries, they are worth about 60 million to third countries, but Ireland gets approximately 1 million in return. When it comes to processing those fish, many of the European fish go to Iceland and the Faroe Islands to be processed there, losing the opportunities of the multiplier effect in the local economy in Ireland. And finally, this has all been compounded by Brexit: 40% of the value of fish transfers to the UK came from Ireland; 15% of Irish quota was lost to the UK. The common fisheries policy in many ways serves unsustainable fishing by Norway, Iceland and the Faroe Islands at the expense of countries like Ireland. It’s a common fisheries policy for countries outside the EU and not for some countries within the EU, and we need to ensure that it’s much more sustainable, and we have to make sure that the opportunities that are there are for European fishermen in particular.
Debate: Implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and future perspectives
Date: THURSDAY, 18 JANUARY 2024
Speaker: Predrag Fred Matić
Political group: S-D
Country: Poland
Language: HR

Poštovani predsjedavajući, povjereniče. Ne možemo očekivati da ribari smanje ribolovne napore ili ulože novac za prelazak na korištenje održivih ribolovnih alata, dok isplate za privremeni prestanak ribolovnih aktivnosti kasne i po nekoliko godina. Od čega da ljudi žive? Svjesni smo važnosti održivog ribarstva za našu ekonomiju, ali moramo se podsjetiti glavnog socioekonomskog cilja zajedničke ribarstvene politike, a to je dostojanstven životni standard. Socioekonomski aspekti i sigurnost opskrbe hranom trebaju biti integralni dio ZRP-a, no potrebno je očuvati ravnotežu između ekoloških, gospodarskih i socijalnih ciljeva kako bismo osigurali održivost ribarskih zajednica. Suočeni smo s izazovima, posebno na Mediteranu, gdje je potrebno ubrzati obnovu ribljih stokova, a za to je trenutno najbolje rješenje nova Uredba o obnovi prirode. Godinama se ništa ne poduzima i borba protiv nezakonitog ribolova nije međusobno isključiva s obnovom morskih područja. Kada se priroda obnovi, povećat će se i riblji fond, osigurati dugoročna opskrba ribom i dostojanstvo ljudi koji žive od ribarstva.