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Debate: Presentation of the programme of activities of the Slovenian Presidency
Date: TUESDAY, 6 JULY 2021
Speaker: Karlo Ressler
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: HR

Poštovana predsjedavajuća, poštovani premijeru Janša, kolegice i kolege, u vrijeme strelovitih promjena u Europi, 30 godina od slovenske neovisnosti, vaše predsjedanje ima odgovornost usmjeriti europski kurs prema zajedničkom oporavku.  Drago mi je da, kao izvjestitelj Parlamenta, zajedno s Vijećem, pod slovenskim predsjedanjem, imam priliku sukreirati europski proračun za 2020. Proračun kojim političke deklaracije moramo pretvoriti u konkretne mjere, mjere daljnje digitalizacije Europe, uz razvoj i odgovornu primjenu umjetne inteligencije, jačanje zdravstvene unije, podrške zemljama zapadnog Balkana te gradnji sigurnog okruženja što uključuje i osnaživanje schengenskog područja. Ove prioritete možemo ostvariti jedino zajedno, usmjereni na budućnost, suradnjom na zajedničkim ciljevima, s ciljem da ni jedna regija, nijedan sektor, ni jedna generacija ne ostaju zapostavljeni.  Program predsjedanja pokazuje da Slovenija to razumije. Slovenija ima kapacitete za provesti to i zato vam želim puno uspjeha u sljedećih šest mjeseci na zajedničkom radu na zajedničkim ciljevima.
Debate: Presentation of the programme of activities of the Slovenian Presidency
Date: TUESDAY, 6 JULY 2021
Speaker: Eric Andrieu
Political group: S-D
Country: France
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, Monsieur le Vice-président, Monsieur le Premier ministre, les débuts de la présidence slovène de l’Union européenne sont pour le moins houleux. Monsieur le Premier ministre, vos propos calomniant des eurodéputés, mais aussi des juges et des journalistes, ont choqué l’Europe entière, vous le savez. J’entends bien volontiers que, comme vous le dites vous-même, l’Union européenne rassemble des pays aux traditions différentes, aux cultures différentes, qu’il y a des différences qui doivent être prises en compte et respectées. Mais je voudrais rappeler ici qu’il y a aussi un socle commun que sont les valeurs européennes, celle du respect des normes démocratiques, celle du respect des droits fondamentaux de chaque individu – et ce, quelles que soient ses orientations politiques, religieuses ou sexuelles, quelle que soit sa couleur de peau et qu’il soit homme ou femme. Il ne peut pas y avoir de compromis avec le respect des droits fondamentaux et cette nouvelle présidence ne saurait être une excuse, chers collègues, pour fermer les yeux face à des comportements qui, je le répète, ne sont pas acceptables au moment de cette nouvelle présidence.
Debate: Presentation of the programme of activities of the Slovenian Presidency
Date: TUESDAY, 6 JULY 2021
Speaker: Siegfried Mureşan
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President, I would like to welcome Prime Minister Janša back to the European Parliament.  The people of Slovenia have achieved so much in the last 30 years. Slovenia joined the European Union, Slovenia was the first member of the new EU Member States to become a member of the euro area, and today Slovenia is a member of the Schengen area. The people of Slovenia enjoy all of the benefits of the European Union. They can choose where they work and where they travel – freely all over the European Union – and the young people of Slovenia can study everywhere in the European Union. More than 25 000 young Slovenians so far, through Erasmus scholarships, have discovered Europe and studied in other Member States of the European Union.  Today, Slovenia is at the heart of all decisions made at European level. Colleagues from Slovenia here in the European Parliament, together with us, are making decisions for the whole European Union and also for the best of Slovenia. In the last months, we have also made decisions together on vaccines which have helped us to overcome the pandemic. Together we have implemented the Recovery and Resilience Facility, which will help modernise electricity and the railways and help tourism in Slovenia. It will help digitise the Slovenian economy, renovate buildings and have many other concrete benefits. On this note, there is a lot for us to do together in the next months. Good luck to Slovenia for the Presidency in the spirit of EU values.
Debate: Presentation of the programme of activities of the Slovenian Presidency
Date: TUESDAY, 6 JULY 2021
Speaker: Marek Belka
Political group: S-D
Country: Poland
Language: EN

Madam President, I perceive the role of the presidency to be to guide us through political and economic challenges we might face in the EU. The voice of the presidency should give a certain shelter from storms, such as huge divisions between countries. The programme of your presidency on paper gives hope that the most crucial topics are addressed. You want to guide our community through a crucial economic recovery process. You plan to discuss with us the future of Europe, helping us understand what we want and expect. You aim to address our global position with a focus on ensuring security and stability in our neighbourhood. These points, I have to say, gain my full support. Still, there is one thing that is non—negotiable: our fundamental values of which the rule of law is core. The rule of law is about making all citizens feel safe, maintaining and strengthening the freedom of the press, respecting the rights of minorities, and ensuring a fair process to every citizen. Sure, no country is perfect in this respect, but the recent years have started to create a division between the Central European States and the rest. It is your chance, Prime Minister, to prove that this is not the case. Please address the breach of the rule of law in the EU. Do not ignore any country that might undermine our common values, including your own country.
Debate: Presentation of the programme of activities of the Slovenian Presidency
Date: TUESDAY, 6 JULY 2021
Speaker: Milan Zver
Political group: PPE
Language: SL

Spoštovana gospa predsedujoča, spoštovani predstavnik Komisije, gospod Šefčovič, spoštovani predsednik Janša. Najprej hvala predsedniku Janši za predstavitev programa predsedovanja. Jaz mislim, da je dokaj uravnotežen. Na eni strani imamo nekaj pomembnih, močnih točk, ki se dotikajo vprašanja varnosti, zlasti kibernetske, na drugi strani pa so politike in naloge, ki nas čakajo zlasti pri digitalnem in pa zelenem prehodu. Vendar ni veliko časa, da bi govoril o programu, raje bi se dotaknil ali pa odzval na nekatera stališča kolegice Fajonove in kolega Grošlja in še nekaterih drugih, ki postavljajo slovensko vlado, predstavljajo kot nedemokratično, neučinkovito in podobno.  Dejstva vas negirajo. Kadar je bila slovenska desnosredinska vlada, zlasti vlada gospoda Janše, na oblasti, je v Sloveniji bila najvišja gospodarska rast, najmanj brezposelnih, socialna država najmočnejša, celo nataliteta je bila v tistih časih bistveno višja.  Ampak, če vas ta dejstva, ti fakti ne prepričajo, naj povem, da je v Sloveniji tudi indeks medijske svobode bistveno višji v času Janševe vlade in je bil tudi indeks demokracije v Sloveniji bistveno višji v času desnosredinskih vlad.
Debate: Presentation of the programme of activities of the Slovenian Presidency
Date: TUESDAY, 6 JULY 2021
Speaker: Maroš Šefčovič
Language: EN

We would also know what would be the key messages our fellow Europeans will be signalling to us through the debates under the Conference on the Future of Europe. And I’m sure that one of the key messages we will get from them will be the message of trust. Trust our fellow Europeans want us to consolidate vis-à-vis their future, the future of Europe. They would like us to see how we can consolidate further trust in democracy, in free media, in full respect of the principle of non-discrimination, but also in transparent governing, independent courts and the rule of law.  And I would like to use also these concluding remarks to reassure all the honourable Members that the Commission will present the second edition of our Rule of Law reports in the coming weeks. And I can assure you that the situation in each and every Member State will be scrutinised according to the same criteria.  We in the European Commission look forward to discussing these reports, be it here in this House or in the General Affairs Council, where I can assure you that these debates are very detailed and very, very intense.  To conclude, I really would like to thank you Mr Prime Minister, for highlighting the importance of the Western Balkans for the European Union. We hope that during your Presidency, we will not only send a strong signal to our strategic partners from this region, but that we will be able to start accession processes for Albania and North Macedonia. We all know how important and how fair this step would be.  So, Mr Prime Minister, good luck with the Presidency and let’s have the best possible results in the next six months, because we know that Europe needs it.
Debate: Presentation of the programme of activities of the Slovenian Presidency
Date: TUESDAY, 6 JULY 2021
Speaker: Andor Deli
Political group: NI
Country: Germany
Language: HU

Az elmúlt évek során már több uniós soros elnökség tűzte zászlajára a bővítés témakörét, de úgy tűnik, nem volt meg a bátorság és a politikai akarat ahhoz, hogy a Nyugat-Balkánt határozottan és végérvényesen az EU-hoz kapcsoljuk. Szlovénia kiváló ismerője a Nyugat-Balkán térségének, ezért arra kérem és buzdítom a szlovén soros elnökséget, hogy tegyen meg mindent annak érdekében, hogy végre sikerüljön közös álláspontot kialakítani a bővítés iránt szkeptikus tagállamokkal. Ez kiemelten fontos lenne Szerbia, mint a térség megahatározó országa vonatkozásában.
Debate: Presentation of the programme of activities of the Slovenian Presidency
Date: TUESDAY, 6 JULY 2021
Speaker: Sylwia Spurek
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Netherlands
Language: PL

To niedopuszczalne, że nie usłyszałyśmy ani słowa o prawach kobiet, przeciwdziałaniu przemocy ze względu na płeć i finalizacji ratyfikacji konwencji stambulskiej. Wśród priorytetów słoweńskich istotną rolę odgrywa jednak rolnictwo, choć wydaje się, że po raz kolejny troszczymy się przede wszystkim o sytuację ferm hodowlanych, w tym tych przemysłowych, pozostawiając na boku środowisko i ochronę zwierząt.  W zakresie tego drugiego tematu można byłoby mieć pewne nadzieje – w programie prezydencji zwrócono uwagę na problem dobrostanu zwierząt. Ale czy zbliżający się koniec przeglądu legislacji w sprawie dobrostanu przez KE będzie szansą na przynajmniej częściowe naprawienie błędów popełnionych w trakcie prac nad WPR i poprawę sytuacji zwierząt hodowlanych, szczególnie tych w hodowlach przemysłowych?
Debate: Presentation of the programme of activities of the Slovenian Presidency
Date: TUESDAY, 6 JULY 2021
Speaker: István Ujhelyi
Political group: S-D
Country: Belgium
Language: HU

Különösen érdekes, hogy a szlovén elnökség saját programja szerint kiemelt figyelmet fog fordítani az Európai Unió alapértékeire, beleértve a jogállamiságot, de hasonlóképp kiemelten akarják kezeli például a médiapluralizmust is. Mindez akkor lenne hiteles, ha a szlovén kormányfő – egyébként orbáni recept alapján - ne járatná csúcsra a fake-news ipart, ne járatná le politikai ellenfeleit minden lehetséges eszközzel, ne hajtaná érdekei alá a nyilvánosságot és ne támadná vállalhatatlanul a független igazságszolgáltatás tagjait. A szlovén uniós elnökségtől sokat várunk, de keveset remélünk. Janez Janša politikai mentorától tudjuk, hogy nem azt kell figyelni, amit mond, hanem amit tesz. Személy szerint kiemelt figyelemmel fogom kísérni, hogy miként viszonyul majd a szlovén elnökség például az általam kezdeményezett és részben kidolgozott Európai Egészségügyi Unió megvalósításához, amelyről eddig pozitívan nyilatkoztak: kérdés, hogy amikor a szavakat majd tettekre kell váltani, mi marad a populista szólamokból. Vigyázó szemetek tehát Janšara vessétek!
Debate: Presentation of the programme of activities of the Slovenian Presidency
Date: TUESDAY, 6 JULY 2021
Speaker: Carlos Zorrinho
Political group: S-D
Language: PT

Contudo, a Presidência eslovena esteve longe de ter um início auspicioso. Num momento em que a União estabelece uma relação clara e umbilical entre a assunção, pelos Estados-Membros, dos valores partilhados do Estado de Direito e a sua capacidade de acesso aos recursos financeiros solidários proporcionados pela União, o propósito da nova Presidência de promover uma cultura do Estado de Direito em toda a UE através do debate inclusivo e permitindo que os Estados-Membros aprendam com a experiência uns dos outros é interessante.  Contudo, a referência ao respeito pelos sistemas e tradições constitucionais nacionais constitui, na atual situação política eslovena, e no quadro das evoluções verificadas noutros países, de que a Hungria ou a Polónia são exemplos, uma ameaça à prevalência desse Estado de Direito. Os valores fundadores partilhados da União Europeia não são negociáveis.
Debate: Connecting Europe Facility - Streamlining measures for the realisation of the TEN-T - Railway safety and signalling: Assessing the state of play of the ERTMS deployment
Date: TUESDAY, 6 JULY 2021
Speaker: Roberta Metsola
Country: Poland
Language: MT

Il-punt li jmiss fuq l-aġenda huwa d-dibattitu konġunt dwar: - ir-rakkomandazzjoni għat-tieni qari tal-Kumitat għall-Industrija, ir-Riċerka u l-Enerġija u l-Kumitat għat-Trasport u t-Turiżmu, dwar Il-Faċilità Nikkollegaw l-Ewropa (06115/2/2021 – C9-0214/2021 –  - ir-rakkomandazzjoni għat-tieni qari tal-Kumitat għat-Trasport u t-Turiżmu, dwar Ir-razzjonalizzazzjoni ta' miżuri li jmexxu 'l quddiem it-twettiq tan-network trans-Ewropew tat-trasport (10537/1/2020 – C9-0215/2021 –  - ir-rapport ta' Izaskun Bilbao Barandica, f'isem il- Kumitat għat-Trasport u t-Turiżmu, dwar Sikurezza u sinjalar ferrovjarji: Valutazzjoni tas-sitwazzjoni attwali tal-użu tal-ERTMS (
Debate: Connecting Europe Facility - Streamlining measures for the realisation of the TEN-T - Railway safety and signalling: Assessing the state of play of the ERTMS deployment
Date: TUESDAY, 6 JULY 2021
Speaker: Marian-Jean Marinescu
Country: Spain
Language: RO

Este al doilea regulament în acest sens. Vreau să vă reamintesc că în 2011, Comisia a propus 50 de miliarde pentru această facilitate de conectare a Europei. Nici atunci nu s-a reușit să avem 50 de miliarde. Acum avem doar 33 de miliarde, deci dacă în 2011 Comisia a considerat că e nevoie de 50 de miliarde, vă dați seama că acum acești bani, acest buget, nu este cel suficient.  Să sperăm că el va fi cheltuit eficient. Avem un slogan, „Shift2Rail”, pe care dorim să-l îndeplinim până în 2030. Eu cred că dacă vrem să-l îndeplinim trebuie să avem „rail”, trebuie să avem cale ferată, iar în acest moment, în opinia mea, în Uniunea Europeană nu există o cale ferată, un sistem de cale ferată la nivelul cerut pentru transferul dinspre drum și dinspre rutier și dinspre aer spre cale ferată.  Statele membre, după cum vedeți și în buget, au, după părerea mea, un discurs paralel. Se vrea decarbonizare dar, în același timp, nu se vrea să se asigure bugetul necesar pentru acest lucru. Vă reamintesc că fără buget, fără bani, fără investiții din celelalte fonduri europene, nu vom ajunge în 2030 să avem îndeplinită această țintă.  Pe de altă parte, cred că mai este nevoie, pe lângă cheltuirea eficientă a banilor, și de o guvernare europeană în acest sistem, în acest mod de transport. Avem nevoie de standardizare, avem nevoie de interoperabilitate și s-a văzut că în modul în care este gestionată calea ferată în acest moment, nu se poate ajunge la această situație pe cale ferată.  Vrem trenuri de noapte, însă trebuie să schimbi locomotiva, să schimbi conductorii, nu ai regulamente armonizate între statele membre. Deci trebuie făcut foarte mult. Deci eu pledez pentru o guvernare europeană pentru a putea armoniza, în primul rând, toate regulile din acest mod de transport și, în al doilea rând, pentru a îndrepta, direcționa investițiile acolo unde sunt necesare. Și acest lucru aștept de la Comisie.  Am depus un proiect-pilot în acest sens. Nu știu dacă am răspunsul cuvenit de la Comisie. Se pare că nu, însă repet, dacă vrem să punem în aplicare sloganurile pe care le avem, trebuie să avem o gestionare la nivel european. Grupul PPE va vota în favoarea acestui regulament. Mulțumesc colegilor din Parlament, raportorilor din umbră pentru sprijinul acordat. Mulțumesc, bineînțeles, coraportorilor, pentru că am fost o echipă foarte unită și mulțumesc și Comisiei Europene pentru că a ajutat în unele situații foarte mult.
Debate: Connecting Europe Facility - Streamlining measures for the realisation of the TEN-T - Railway safety and signalling: Assessing the state of play of the ERTMS deployment
Date: TUESDAY, 6 JULY 2021
Speaker: Cristian-Silviu Buşoi
Political group: PPE
Country: Poland
Language: EN

The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) will be a key EU funding instrument that promotes growth, jobs and competitiveness through targeted investment in infrastructure. Particularly important now while mainstreaming Green Deal ambitions for 2030 and aiming for climate neutrality by 2050, the CEF will seek to better integrate the transport, energy and digital sectors. CEF for Transport focuses on decarbonisation and making transport connected, multimodal, sustainable, inclusive, safe and secure. We need projects on building missing cross-border links and removing bottlenecks along main trans-European transport corridors, and we need to better connect the Union from west to east and from south to north. CEF for Energy contributes to the transition towards clean energy and the completion of the energy union. It will aim to make EU energy systems more interconnected, smarter and digitalised. We need CEF for Energy to focus more on cross-border energy projects and, as Commissioner Vălean has just mentioned, it will promote the interoperability of networks and a better integration of the internal energy market.  Finally, CEF for Digital aims to improve digital connectivity by creating very high capacity broadband networks, better digital services and 5G networks along important transport axes.
Debate: Connecting Europe Facility - Streamlining measures for the realisation of the TEN-T - Railway safety and signalling: Assessing the state of play of the ERTMS deployment
Date: TUESDAY, 6 JULY 2021
Speaker: Isabel García Muñoz
Political group: S-D
Country: Greece
Language: ES

Han sido meses de mucho trabajo, duras negociaciones, y me gustaría felicitar a los ponentes por el buen resultado obtenido. El próximo MCE continuará impulsando la inversión en infraestructuras sostenibles y la descarbonización del transporte, creando valor añadido europeo y reforzando la cohesión socioeconómica y territorial de la Unión. El Pacto Verde Europeo exige una movilidad más sostenible, inteligente y resiliente, y hemos conseguido que este nuevo MCE responda a estas necesidades y sea marcadamente verde, al destinar el 60 % del presupuesto a proyectos que favorezcan los objetivos climáticos de la Unión y al priorizar modos de transporte más sostenibles, como el ferrocarril, las vías navegables y las autopistas del mar. La financiación del transporte en los próximos siete años ayudará a mejorar la movilidad de los europeos, haciéndola más segura, innovadora y accesible para todos, incluidos los pasajeros con movilidad reducida. También favorecerá la multimodalidad, reforzando la conexión con los puertos y aeropuertos. Al mismo tiempo, mejorará también la eficiencia del transporte de mercancías por ferrocarril, haciendo especial hincapié en los nodos urbanos, cuellos de botella, enlaces pendientes y proyectos transfronterizos. Como se pueden imaginar, este acuerdo supone una oportunidad para avanzar en el desarrollo de las redes y los corredores transeuropeos, como el atlántico y el mediterráneo, que recorren España, y un importante impulso socioeconómico para nuestras regiones, como la mía ⸺Aragón⸺, con el paso del corredor cantábrico-mediterráneo. Por otro lado, el acuerdo sobre las «RTE-T inteligentes», que también aprobamos en este Pleno, ayudará a acelerar la ejecución de la red, gracias a una mayor claridad y simplicidad en los procedimientos de autorización y contratación pública, de especial importancia para los proyectos transfronterizos. Esto proporcionará seguridad jurídica a los promotores y, por tanto, será también un mecanismo de atracción de inversión privada esencial. Por último, el nuevo MCE hará hincapié en las sinergias entre los sectores del transporte, de la energía y el digital, lo que promoverá un esfuerzo intersectorial más eficiente en ámbitos como la movilidad conectada y automatizada y los combustibles alternativos, y beneficiará a toda la ciudadanía europea.
Debate: Connecting Europe Facility - Streamlining measures for the realisation of the TEN-T - Railway safety and signalling: Assessing the state of play of the ERTMS deployment
Date: TUESDAY, 6 JULY 2021
Speaker: Ciarán Cuffe
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Ireland
Language: EN

And in recent days, we’ve seen extreme heat in Pakistan, record temperatures in Canada, with hundreds dying. Is this the beginning of irreversible climate change? We must err on the side of caution.  Political groups claim the European deal, the Green Deal, will save us, yet the Connecting Europe Facility, it predates the European Green Deal and it doesn’t align with it. The legislative safeguards on infrastructure are insufficient. They undermine our climate goals. Decarbonisation – it’s not even a specified objective. There’s a major carbon lock-in with the risk that these transport and energy projects that last for decades The ‘do no significant harm principle’, it would have helped the worst excesses, but it was rejected by the negotiators. Yet it is enshrined in other funding instruments like the MFF. So why exclude the Connecting Europe facility?  This week, we saw the Gulf of Mexico on fire from a gas leak. We saw a mushroom cloud over an oil refinery in Romania. We can and we must do better. So instead of funding more gas, airports, motorways and the military, let’s prioritise rail, waterways and public transport.  By tabling a rejection amendment within the Greens group, we are asking negotiators to reconvene and update the CEF with key provisions, including the ‘do no significant harm principle’. EU funding needs to align with the ‘not harm’ and ‘not harm our environmental goals’.
Debate: Connecting Europe Facility - Streamlining measures for the realisation of the TEN-T - Railway safety and signalling: Assessing the state of play of the ERTMS deployment
Date: TUESDAY, 6 JULY 2021
Speaker: Roman Haider
Political group: ID
Country: France
Language: DE

Aber gerade diese Zusammenarbeit erweist sich leider bisher sehr oft als sehr problematisch. Das hat auch etwa der Bericht des EU—Rechnungshofs aus dem letzten Jahr zum Brennerbasistunnel sehr deutlich gezeigt. Der Brennerbasistunnel ist ein Paradebeispiel dafür, wie Zusammenarbeit nicht funktioniert: völlig mangelhafte Koordinierung, fehlende Zulaufstrecken, ungenügende Bahnhöfe und vor allem enorme bürokratische Hürden verzögern die Inbetriebnahme dieser Strecke immer weiter, und sie stellen auch die Wirtschaftlichkeit in Frage. Die neue Richtlinie enthält jetzt doch einige positive Ansätze, insbesondere im Bereich zwischenstaatliche Zusammenarbeit und bürokratische Hürden. Ich hoffe deswegen, dass die neue Richtlinie zu einer deutlichen Verbesserung für kommende überregionale Verkehrsprojekte führt. Und aus diesen Gründen werde ich den Berichten auch zustimmen.