Debate on the State of the European Union 2026 (clean version)
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OTHER European Parliament
Ursula von der Leyen
And at the same time, we all know the threats that we are facing. As old assumptions and relationships have frayed, we are now dealing with an openly hostile world. A territorial war of aggression is raging on our continent. Others have erupted nearby. A fight for industrial capacity is shaping global competition.
And a battle of narratives is seeking to weaken confidence in Europe, to paralyze our democracies. But people's worries are not only linked to these big global threats. The effect of the many crises is present for many European families, not least on the cost of living and housing.
The dizzying speed of change and technology that is impacting our jobs, our livelihoods, and our societies. And it is also having a profound effect on our democracy and our discourse. We see this in the rise of the extreme and the decline of nuance, even in the way that we relate to each other. These real concerns are being weaponized to drive a wedge between us, sometimes from the outside, but too often from the inside. But our path is clear: building an independent Europe that has the power to act.
Nothing can divert us from this. Because in this world, the fate of Europe must remain in the hands of Europeans.
So our choice is clear. Do we want a strong and independent Europe that stands up for its values in this world? Or do we let divisions and dependencies hold us back? Do we want to rally around our European idea? That together we can decide our own destiny?
Or do we let our democracies be undermined by the proxies and puppets of authoritarians? And whether that is the ultra-nationalists or the anti-European, whether it's Russian interference or disinformation. The names may be different, but their goal is the same. They despise our values and they want to shatter our European unity. So let's not only fight back against that, but let's fight together for our European idea.
Honorable members, our economy has withstood the impact of the Middle East wars better than expected. And unemployment is at near record lows. But the pressures from higher energy prices and borrowing costs are biting for people and business. Clear fiscal choices will have to be made to ensure fiscal sustainability while protecting investment. So kickstarting Europe's economy is our number one priority.
We have a huge market, world-class industry and services, a rich pool of savings, and one of the world's leading currencies. And yet, we still fragment our capital, networks, and purchasing power. And this is why when we took office, we together put in place a bold plan to build an economy where innovation and energy flows across borders, where companies compete and grow across Europe, and savings finance our future. This is the logic of the Draghi and Letta report. And together we are delivering.
We have to be faster, all institutions, yes, we know this. We now have the political agreement on One Europe, One Market roadmap, and together by the end of next year, we can and we must complete this historic overhaul of the single market. In today's economy, speed is of the essence. A permit or form, a grid connection or financing decision, all of this can determine where an investment is made and where jobs are created. We need to move much faster.
And this is why we will put forward proposals to further speed up permitting. Where projects are in Europe's strategic interest, we need to massively accelerate. And where administrative burden is slowing down business and SMEs, we need to slash that too. You know that our 12 omnibus proposals are reducing administrative burden by around 17 billion euros per year. But honorable members, simplification cannot be a one-way street.
All levels have to have skin in the game. We have long spoken about the harms of gold-plating. Honorable members, yes, we are doing our best at the European level to cut red tape. But now I think it is time for the member states to step up. If we are serious about simplification, we also need a pact against gold-plating.
Honorable members, Europe cannot remain an industrial powerhouse if its energy prices are structurally too high.
When Russia cut us off the gas, we fought back. Our supplies are now more diversified, and we invested in our homegrown clean energies, and this is renewables and nuclear. But then came the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. And again, we bitterly felt the cost of our general dependence on imported fossil fuels. And let me just give you one figure.
Since the start of the conflict in the Strait of Hormuz, imported fossil fuels cost us an additional 90 billion euros, without a single molecule of energy in addition. So we need to double down on our affordable and homegrown clean energy, be it renewables or nuclear, be it biomethane or others, technologically neutral. But these energies must give us independence and drive down energy prices. For this independence, we need to electrify Europe.
Our goal is to double the share of electricity by 2040. With this, Europe could cut its fossil fuel import bill by 260 billion euros per year. But we also need to ensure that electricity we generate is available. Last year we installed more than 80 gigawatts of renewable capacity. Good.
But six times more capacity is still waiting to be connected. What a waste. And this is why we need the grids package so urgently. We must invest faster, we must speed up grids connection, we must develop storage. In short, let's make Europe's future electric.
This is a must. Honorable members, we can bring down energy prices, invest and innovate more, reform our economies, but all this is undermined if our companies do not compete on a level playing field. Our trade deficit with China is now 1 billion euros a day. It has reached a tipping point.
Some say the second China shock is looming, but it's already here. It shows in our communities and factories across our Union. It leads to deindustrialization in the industrial heartlands of Europe. This is unsustainable. And this is why we engaged in a dialogue with China to rebalance our trade.
But this dialogue must now lead to results. China's weaker domestic demand means it also needs our European market. So it is in both our interest to work together and find solutions. But let me be very clear. We will use all tools at our disposal to rebalance our relationship.
Words are good, but deeds are better. And there is another point. We still have too many dangerous dependencies. We are more than 80% dependent on China for many critical raw materials, 90% for some rare earths. We have done a lot, but we are not the only ones trying to diversify.
So, we need to urgently procure and build up reserves. No country can do this on its own.
So we need to think differently. And this is why we will establish a new European Corporation on Critical Raw Materials. It will help us obtain and stockpile what we need for electric cars, for chips and batteries, for cleantech and defense, and so much more. Not only our industry depends on this, but also our independence and our security. And this brings me to my next point on financing.
To be very clear first of all on the MFF: our budget is about our future, and any modern budget needs new own resources. And I thank you for the support of this Parliament from day one on what that topic is concerned. We must create the conditions for our companies to attract investment and grow. And this is why our work on the Savings and Investment Union is so critical. But developing capital markets takes time, and the need of our companies is urgent.
We need a banking system that is built for growth, not just for stability. And this is why we will put forward a new banking package, focusing on simplification and tackling fragmentation. We know the demand for capital is out there, but we need a greater capacity and appetite for risk. Our deep tech startups are on track to attract record venture capital investment in 2026. And this is why I announced a new Scale-up Europe fund last year.
A year on, the first investments have been made in companies such as ICEYE. ICEYE was set up by two young Europeans, Rafal from Poland and Pekka from Finland. They initially met through Erasmus some 15 years ago. Together they founded a tech startup. They developed their ideas around satellite imagery.
They got Horizon funding. They proved their technology. They grew with private investment.
And today they are one of the world's leading space technology companies with offices in Finland, Poland, Spain and Greece. ICEYE's story shows that Europe is the home of innovation and that we can reignite Europe's entrepreneurial spirit. And I'm delighted that the founders are with us today. Please join me in welcoming Rafal and Pekka. You are a true European success story.
Please rise. Honorable members, these are Europe's economic fundamentals. But our future prosperity and security will greatly depend on how we manage the tipping points of our times: climate change and artificial intelligence. On climate change, this summer was the summer of truth.
Almost no part of our continent was spared. In Belgium's High Fens, a peatland formed over centuries burned into a wasteland of ash. Flames roared from the mountains of Ireland to the islands of Greece and Croatia. In the Alps, ancient glaciers retreat further every day. The impact of all this is simply devastating.
660,000 hectares burned to ground. Some 12 million tons of crops lost. Key rivers like the Danube, der Rhein, or la Garonne are disappearing before our eyes. More than 35,000 additional deaths during the heatwaves. Care homes and hospitals dangerously overheated.
And all of this is a mere preview. These were the hottest summer months ever, but probably the coolest of the years to come.
Science is clear: Europe is warming at double the global rate. Of course the transition is complex, and we will need to adjust and learn along the way, but there is no doubt: Europe can, must, and will stay the course on our climate targets. Honorable member, this is not about mitigation or adaptation, we need both. And they need to strengthen each other. This is the only way to reach climate resilience.
But we need to step up dramatically on preparedness. We will present a new framework for climate resilience next month. It will identify 100 of the most vulnerable territories in Europe, and we will assess the risks and at which level they should be managed. It will give us a whole-of-society approach, all the way through to the local level, where adaptation matters most. And it will aim to make Europe the champion in adaptation technologies, a huge emerging market.
Whether drought-resistant crops, flood prevention, or energy-efficient cooling, Europe is already a leader, and we must capture this market. Today, only 25% of catastrophe losses in Europe are covered by private insurance. This means that far too often national budgets become the insurer of last resort. We need to take action to close this gap, and this is why the Commission will set up a Climate Insurance Alliance. Honorable members, there can be no repeat of this summer.
And this is also why we will soon present a European Heatwave Plan. We need better early warning systems and better health preparedness. We need urban adaptation and cooling, and we need to support the most vulnerables. The second point is on water and food security. We know the risks of water scarcity for our farmers, SMEs, energy, and supply chains.
Yet, European pipes lose almost one liter in every four liters, mostly through leakage.
What a waste! So we will put forward a new European Water Initiative, because water is precious for our industry and for our food security. Crops need water to grow, livestock to survive, entire harvests depend on it, and this is why we will make proposals to improve risk management and address the insurance gap. And once again, Europe's farmers have risen to the challenge of this never-ending summer, and honorable members, Europe's farmers are the best in the world and we will support them every step of their way. The next point is about wildfires.
They are getting more intense, more frequent, and more spread out. I must say I'm so proud of Europe's response, of our European assets flying across the continent. But clearly we need to think bigger and learn faster. And this is why we have asked some of Europe's most senior firefighters and emergency responders to lead the work.
They will look at all aspects of preparedness and prevention, from civil-military coordination to needs for new capabilities. And I've asked them to make proposals, including a future European firefighting fleet. Our emergency crews have saved countless lives and homes this year alone. And there's a story I would like to tell. It is the story of a Danish pilot, Rune Kinder.
His passion for flying brought him all around the world. He settled down in a small Canadian city called Terrace. He became one of the country's most experienced civilian pilots. But Rune wanted to put his talent at the service of a bigger mission. So he came back to Europe to help tame wildfires across our continent.
In July, he carried out many successful missions across Greece, and he was then supposed to get a well-deserved break. But the emergency was at its peak, so Rune decided to stay. A few days later, he was involved in a tragic accident with his fire liaison officer.
Both Rune and the officer were killed. They died as heroes. I have asked Rune's mother and his brothers to join us today as special guests. And dear Margit, dear Tue, dear Kaare, we're honored to have you. Rune gave his life to save others and today all of Europe owes him.
Honorable members, the second tipping point of our times is artificial intelligence. AI is fast becoming a foundational layer for our economy and security. Europe's stance is clear. We want to make the most of artificial intelligence to improve our societies, our quality of life, and our productivity.
And I'm an optimist that AI has the potential to benefit humanity if we get it right. But as with any powerful new technology, AI comes with the balance of possibilities on one hand, but also massive risks on the other hand. And without addressing these risks, we will never be able to unlock AI's potential. As the frontier models become more capable, these risks have become sharper and come sharper into focus.
Models being developed will allow hacking on a level we never thought possible. And they will soon be in the hands of adversaries who see the world very differently than us. At the same time, the dangers of self-improving models are becoming ever more apparent. Incidents of AI agents escaping their environment or inserting malicious code are a mere glimpse. After the Hugging Face incident, developers are ringing the alarm.
And CEOs of the most advanced companies tell us that it is time to slow down on the self-recursive models, to pace the frontier. If the people developing the technology are clear, then we should be too. The AI Act is of course a crucial piece to put in place guardrails, and it puts Europe in a position to shape global efforts of how to tackle this. So we will step up together with our like-minded partners like Canada, the UK and others.
We want to team up on model evaluation, verification, early warning, AI security and much more. And I will invite the main frontier labs for discussion on how we can support ongoing industry efforts to pace the frontier. Honorable members, it is also true that Europe will need its own capabilities, in particular to protect our national security. We need to stay in the race, because this is crucial for our independence. So we need to massively boost our computing capacity, and we will set out our ideas for how to achieve this in a clean and efficient way.
We will also develop new ways to use public and private funds to invest in the most promising European startups and companies. Honorable members, by limiting the risks of AI, we can maximize the benefits. We have already done a lot on gigafactories and tech sovereignty, for example, but the next leg of this race is not only about frontier models.
Just as with the printing press in times gone by, it was invented by a German inventor, but it was mastered and applied across Western Europe. So we do not need to develop the frontier technology to be the ones who draw the greatest value from it. The key is creating the value that AI has not yet delivered. So moving AI from the screen to the real economy and the real society, on the factory floor, on the hospital ward, in precision agriculture, in our energy grid, smart grids, for autonomous driving, for defense, this is where the real value is hidden. And it is where Europe has big advantages.
We have world-class industries that sit on the highest quality data. These data are a precious European treasure. They are what can power tailor-made industrial AI models. And let me give you one societal example on breast cancer screening, an issue many of you have campaigned tirelessly on.
Mammography screening reduces mortality by around 30 to 40% among women who attend. Early detection is of the essence. And this is where AI can step in. AI-supported mammography can identify earlier and more cancers during screening, and as a result, more women can survive. So we need AI for health.
But here again, we must do it in a European way. Do I want my doctor to have instant AI access to all the data needed to make the best diagnostic treatment and choice? Yes, of course. But do I want my doctor to be a robot, AI-assisted? No, of course not.
I do not want a robot to tell me whether I have cancer or not. The point is, AI needs to empower our doctors, not to replace them. And this is just one example.
We're now focusing on five of the highest value sectors where industrial AI has the biggest potential and we have the data in Europe: health, transport, energy, agrifood, advanced manufacturing, and defense and space. In November, we will announce game-changing initiatives across these sectors. We will invite Member States, Members of the European Parliament, industry and entrepreneurs to join us in this ambitious European project. Our approach is clear. We want artificial intelligence, we want AI to create more value, more responsibility, and at a lower cost and with less energy consumption, but above all, we want AI with human agency.
This is the essence of the European way. Honorable Members, many of the risks of AI also spill over into our social market economy. For some, AI allows them to speed up repetitive tasks to make better use of their skills, but clearly these benefits are unevenly spread between skill sets, generations and regions.
Look just at young people and the barriers they are facing just to get on the first rung of employment. Our response must keep pace. From education to employment, AI must help develop skills, improve the quality of jobs, and give workers a fair chance. And this is why we need our Quality Jobs Act, and we will deliver before the end of the year. And honorable members, next year we will celebrate the 10th anniversary of our European Pillar of Social Rights.
And we will keep delivering on its promise. We will invest in our regions so everyone has the right to stay.
We will launch a European Care Deal to address the challenges linked to our demographic changes. We have just proposed the first ever Housing Act to tackle short-term rentals and housing speculations. Because, honorable members, staying in the region is not a privilege, care is not a privilege, housing is not a privilege, they are rights. And we have to give them to our Europeans. And honorable members, when we proclaimed this Pillar of Social Right ten years ago, the world was different.
Our society has changed in many ways for the better, in others not. And today our fundamental values are being challenged. Some people even want to backslide on women's rights. They want to send us back in an age where women were second-class citizens. We have fought so hard for equal treatment, equal opportunities, equal pay.
Look around this room, finally there are many of us here: presidents, vice-presidents, group leaders, commissioners, members of the European Parliament, staffers and ushers. So let me send a very clear signal and message: women are here to stay. We will defend our rights. And we will continue to stand up for our values every single day.
And this is why together with my dear friend Antonio Costa, we will host a summit to uphold the enduring principles of our social pillar. Times may change, technologies may change, but our values do not. In Europe, people will always come first. Honorable members, in this age of tipping points, our prosperity and security will not only be built at home. This year, we signed free trade agreements with India, Mercosur, Mexico, Australia, and Indonesia.
We now have trade deals in place with more than 80 countries, more than anyone else in the world. And business is asking us for more. I can announce today a new international connectivity project. It will link the South Caucasus and Central Asia directly to the European market, what we call the Middle Corridor. Through Global Gateway, we will aim to crowd in up to 12 billion euros in public and private investment.
Our goal is to diversify routes, triple trade flows, and slash freight transit times by 2030. To make this a reality, we will organize a regional connectivity summit with the Prime Minister of Bulgaria. And honorable members, these partnerships are a strategic choice for Europe. But they also respond to the fracture in the international rules-based system. For some, the answer is to go it alone.
But this is not an option for us. Europe will always lead when it comes to defending the rules-based system. But we can no longer rely on it to be the only way to secure our interests or assume that its rules will shelter us from the complex threats that we face. In this new world, we must urgently reimagine our partnerships and build global coalitions for our resilience and democracies. And here too, only Europe, with its size and power, can take the lead.
And this is why I have invited Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada. Mark, your presence here is a symbol of the enduring friendship between our people. Our cultural, historical, and personal links run deep in the fabric of our societies. And thanks to CETA, our trade in goods has grown by 75% in less than a decade. This shows the power of our trade agreements, by the way.
We see the world with the same eyes, from AI to climate change, from the Arctic to geopolitics. And we have stood together on Ukraine, on defense, on raw materials and supply chains. But above all, dear Mark, Europe and Canada believe in democracy. That power does not belong to the strongest, richest, and loudest, but to all of us. That democracies have the freedom to choose with whom to work.
So we are joining forces, voluntarily. We will move from CETA to an alliance for the future, to create a common prosperity and economic security space. We will work on intelligent manufacturing. We will create a tech alliance. We will integrate defense industrial bases.
We will make the Arctic a flagship joint project. We will work on energy, critical minerals and batteries, on AI, quantum, cyber and economic security. This is not a partnership against anyone else, but for our common strength. In short, we want to bring the relationship with Canada to the highest level possible. And dear Mark, I said we must urgently reimagine our partnerships, so I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to being the first associate member of the European Union.
Honorable members. Europe's belief in cooperation has always been driven by peace. It is our raison d'être. Today that peace is threatened. Russia's war of aggression on Ukraine rages on and threats are mounting on our soil.
Just this week we saw it in Lithuania, Denmark and Poland. And the attempted drone attacks in Leipzig is another proof. We need to be clear about what this was. An attack using military grade material carried out by Russian operatives on European soil. An attack not only on one member state but against all of our Union.
And honorable members, we will not allow it. We should be under no illusions about what is happening here. Hybrid threats facing Europe are less and less hybrid and less and less threats. Cyberattacks, sabotage, arson, drone incursion, they are ramping up every day. So as the threat level climbs, so must Europe's preparedness.
And this is why I will propose together with HRVP a new European security strategy. We already have many tools and we are strengthening our work with NATO. But our doctrine, our institutions and our decision making have not kept pace with the new reality. Our systems are made for a different world. They are driven by well-intentioned attempts at consensus and compromise, but we need to consider if they are still fit for purpose.
For instance, Europe needs its own counter-hybrid playbook. We urgently need a consensus on how to respond to certain incidents, those which fall below armed aggression but clearly threaten our national security. In other words, a mechanism to flank NATO's Article 4, and I believe it is time for Europe's own Article 4, an emergency security protocol. When triggered by one member state, all member states should convene to coordinate a European response, to deter further escalation and to mitigate the impact. And I believe we must go further still.
For a long time, we have discussed a leaders' format focused on the security of our continent, with partners like Canada, Ukraine, the UK, Norway and others involved. This is even more urgent now, given the nature and scale of the risks at play. And this is why we will set out our ideas to make a European Security Council a reality. The urgency is clear.
Honorable members, this united front also drives our work on European defense. The surge in defense spending has led to record levels of investment in our capabilities and forces. New joint projects are getting off the ground, and we are spending more European than ever before. That's good. Bigger orders for our industry, more interoperability, more economies of scale.
Now we need to take that approach to the next level. The war in Ukraine has shown us the importance of strategic enablers. These are the critical support assets and force multipliers that any credible defense relies on, from air and missile defense to strategic transport, to air-to-air refueling, from space to cyber. These systems are essential, and we need more of them. Only together does Europe have the scale to deliver them.
And this is why I can announce a new European instrument for strategic enablers, fully aligned with NATO, of course.
Because only a strong and credible European defense posture will guarantee our security. And that there is no room for any kind of doubt. Europe will defend each and every single square meter of its territory.
Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren Abgeordnete. Was das bedeutet, zeigen uns die Männer und Frauen in der Ukraine jeden Tag. Wir wissen, dass der nächste Winter hart für die Ukraine wird. Aber wir wissen auch, dass nordkoreanische Raketen und russische Drohnen den Widerstandsgeist der Ukrainer nicht brechen können. Denn die Ukrainer kämpfen für etwas.
Sie kämpfen für den Fortbestand ihres Staates, ihrer Identität und ihrer Freiheit. Und sie kämpfen auch für unsere Freiheit und unsere Selbstbestimmung. Unsere Aufgabe bleibt es, die Ukraine dabei nach besten Kräften zu unterstützen.
Und konkret heißt dies erstens: Wir werden die Ukraine im härtesten Kriegswinter stärker denn je unterstützen. Gemeinsam mit Partnern werden wir humanitäre Hilfe leisten sowie die Energie- und Wärmeversorgung der Ukraine härten. Zweitens: Wir werden die Luftverteidigung der Ukraine stärken. Letzte Woche haben wir erstmalig dem Kauf von amerikanischen Patriot-Abwehrraketen zugestimmt. Diese müssen jetzt dringend geliefert werden.
Aber wir müssen auch unsere Abhängigkeit von einem einzigen Lieferanten gemeinsam reduzieren. Und deshalb wollen wir ein günstiges und modulares Raketenabwehrsystem mit der Ukraine entwickeln. Das Herzstück dieser Zusammenarbeit heißt Freier. Wir bringen hier die Kampferfahrung und die Innovationskraft der Ukrainer zusammen mit der Technologieführerschaft Europas und natürlich unserer erheblichen Produktionskapazität. Und Freier ist nur der Anfang.
Wir brauchen mehr. Mit den verbliebenen Geldern aus SAFE werden wir ein neues Programm für Gemeinschaftsprojekte mit ukrainischen Unternehmen auf die Beine stellen. Drittens: Wir werden unsere Sanktionen gegenüber Russland verschärfen.
Der Druck auf Russland muss weiter steigen. Und dabei braucht es nicht immer neue, sondern vor allen Dingen die Durchsetzung der bestehenden Sanktionen. Unsere Sanktionen sind schmerzhaft, sie setzen die russische Wirtschaft enorm unter Druck. Russland versucht alles, um sie zu umgehen, also müssen wir alle Schlupflöcher schließen. Because honorable members, every day this summer, strike after strike hit Ukrainian cities.
In Odessa, Russian drones struck a crowded shopping mall in broad daylight. Then they struck a second time, deliberately targeting the rescue workers who rushed in to help. This is not just war. This is a deliberate strategy of terror. But Ukrainians have proven countless times that their spirit cannot be broken.
And this summer, a little girl has shown the whole world the true essence of this. When the war began, Sasha was a six-year-old girl with a great passion. She loved gymnastics more than anything. But on a sunny day in May, a Russian missile struck her home. Sasha was rescued from under the rubble.
She spent two weeks in a coma. And when she woke up, she discovered that her left leg was gone forever. It seemed her dream had collapsed with her house. But Sasha refused to give up. Just seven months after the attack, she was back in the gym with her new prosthetic leg.
She trained harder than ever. She started winning gold after gold. This summer she travelled the world with her Dance of Freedom tour. Her aim is to tell the world about Ukrainian resilience and the fight for freedom. And she has inspired people at the Tour Eiffel and in Times Square, in Rio and in Tokyo.
And today, she wants to bring her message right here to the heart of Europe. And honorable members, please join me in welcoming Sasha. Sasha, you are a great inspiration to all of us.
The longing for peace is universal. The deep suffering in Gaza and unchecked settler violence in the West Bank have deeply affected Europeans. The Israeli government's decision to advance the illegal E1 settlement project is unacceptable.
Last year I called for Europe to act, proposing a number of measures. It is painful for many Europeans that member states have been unable to build the necessary majorities for a unified response. Some member states have moved ahead, others are considering to do so. When Europe is divided, it cannot change the course of events. The months ahead in the regions will be critical.
Despite these challenges, Europe is leading the way in supporting Palestinians. We have delivered more aid than anyone else. Through the Palestine donor group and the Team Gaza initiative, we have brought together 65 delegations. Together we have pledged nearly 1 billion euro to rebuild Gaza and support a modern Palestinian Authority. Europe supports the right to self-defense for Israel and the Palestinian people have an equal right to live in safety and in dignity.
It is Europe's role to keep the flame of the two-state solution alive. And honorable members throughout this speech I have spoken about the need for Europe to act together or risk being pulled apart. Once again this summer this reality was tested at our borders from our eastern borders to the shores of Crete and right across the Mediterranean. And of course with the crisis in Ceuta. The events may be different in nature but they have two things in common.
The first thing is that vulnerable people are being exploited by callous traffickers and smugglers by our adversaries. And this is why we have proposed a sanctions regime to hit criminals where it hurts most. And the second point. All of our external borders are European borders. So I want to address the people of Spain directly.
Ceuta's border is a European border because Ceuta is Spain and Ceuta is Europe and Europe will be there for you. The point is that the only solution is a European solution and that is the pact on migration and asylum. After years of work, we finally have a common European framework, one that gives responsibilities to all and that demands solidarity from all. And it now needs to be fully implemented because we are on the right way. And let me give you two figures.
We have seen a 55% reduction in illegal arrivals over the past two years, more than halved, and a further 37 drop this year. This is real progress. But the events of this summer show that our tools need to evolve, especially for emergency situations. Europe needs the means to protect its borders at all times, especially in scenarios when mass movements are engineered and weaponized. And this is why we will propose a new European emergency response instrument.
It will only be triggered under a strictly defined set of criteria. And in those cases, it will allow for a time-limited and strictly defined flexibility of standard procedures. The message from Europe is clear. We will always comply with our values and fundamental rights, but we will never compromise on protecting our borders because it's us, Europeans, who decide who comes to our Union and under what circumstances, and not the smugglers and traffickers. This is why we also step up our work to strengthen Frontex, especially to speed up returns.
We will improve our early warning systems, also in partnership with third countries. We will ensure that we can detect and anticipate online. And finally, we will keep tracking, tackling the root causes of illegal migration.
We need to work together with our neighbors to boost investment, to offer young people meaningful prospects, so they are not compelled to gamble with their lives. They need jobs, skills, training, apprenticeship. This is why I'm announcing today a new Mediterranean youth skills and jobs initiative. Because, honorable member, this is how we can reduce illegal migration, uphold the rights of individuals seeking protection, facilitate safe, legal migration with new gateway offices in partner countries, and defend the freedoms of our Schengen area. Honorable members, this need for collective European solutions is more important than ever.
Because it is also our European democracy that is being threatened. Time and again, we have seen disinformation and foreign interference seeking to divide us, seeking to erode trust in our democratic fabric and free media. Election campaigns poisoned by foreign propaganda, conspiracy theories built on viral deepfake videos. This is cognitive warfare. In Europe, we form our own opinions based on access to reliable, independent information.
This is how we debate, compromise and find solutions, even on controversial issues. And this openness is our biggest strength. But it is being weaponized by our opponents to distort debate and truth. So we need a collective capacity to anticipate, detect and respond. This is why last year I announced the Center for Democratic Resilience.
It is already delivering with all the member states and this house, many thanks for that, and we will step up our work, pooling our resources with member states and stakeholders. But we should be under no illusion. The threats to our democracies do not only come from the outside. We see the rise of anti-democratic, anti-European forces and we know the risks. But nothing is inevitable.
Just look at Hungary. The 12th of April will stay in our memory for a very long time. The 12th of April, the day Hungarian people took their future in their hands. They chose democracy.
They chose Europe. They brought Hungary back to where it belongs, at the heart of the European Union. Years of backsliding have started to be reversed. The fight against corruption and state capture is speeding up. There's real progress on fundamental rights, on academic freedom, and now billions of euros of investment in Hungary have been unlocked.
There is of course much more work ahead, but honorable members, this shows the hard work pays off. And thanks to our rule of law reports, any issues are now detected early and addressed through dialogue. And thanks to this house, we have strengthened the link between funds and the respect for the rule of law. With the next long-term budget, we must go even further because respecting the rule of law and fundamental rights is a must for European funds. It has to be front and center in the budget now and in future.
Honorable members, at its heart, democracy is about giving people the power to choose the society they want to live in. Today, much of this power has been taken out of the hands of parents. Young Europeans now spend four to six hours a day on screens. Children are pulled ever deeper into feeds designed to keep them scrolling. What we are witnessing is a great capture of our children.
A capture of their attention, their focus, their minds. This is depriving children of their childhood. What our children need is time, time to grow into themselves, to grow up with others, to be confronted with all the emotions and choices that come with real life. They even need time to get bored because this is when they have to use their imagination. This is when they have to talk to agree, to disagree, to form an opinion, to change their opinion.
But when a child has a smartphone, all of this is taken away. Day and night, parents see the cost. Loss of sleep, anxiety, even self-harm. And in a growing number of cases, even fatal tragedies. Like the one of Olea, a 14-year-old girl living in Belgium.
Olea took her life exactly one month ago, victim of bullying online. The story is so tragic and so full of sorrow, I was not sure whether to include it here today. But Olea's mom has spoken so movingly about her daughter and so passionately about stopping this happening to others. And I want to do her words justice, so I will speak in French as she did. She said: "Je suis persuadée que sans ces réseaux omniprésents, ma fille serait toujours là. C'est trop."
C'est trop. Honorable members, she's right. C'est trop, enough is enough. I convened a special panel of experts. We spoke to young people.
Honorable members, she's right.
We looked to Australia and others who have moved ahead. And now is time for Europe to act. And tomorrow, the Commission is proposing the Kids Act. We will take a gradual and differentiated approach. Each age has its own sensitivities and therefore each will have its own tailored protection level.
In sum: no social media under the age of 13. No personal account under the age of 15.
That means from 13 to under 15, only mini accounts, set up and supervised by parents or guardians, with limited features and time restriction to one hour a day. And between 15 and 18, safe design will be an obligation for the platforms. I am aware that many perceive the power of Big Tech as overwhelming and impossible to roll back. I disagree. We do not have to accept addictive features.
We do not have to accept children being drawn into ever more extreme content. We do not have to accept that girls have their photos used for AI-generated sexualized images. And as we do not accept this, we are reversing the burden of proof. Now platforms will have to prove to us that they are safe. Because this is not about our minors accessing social media, it is about when and how do we allow social media to access our minors.
Europe has the power to act. It is us who decide the rules, not Big Tech.
Mais nous devons aussi regagner le cœur des Européens. Faire naître ce sentiment d'appartenance à quelque chose qui nous dépasse. L'appartenance à une maison commune. La certitude qu'entre Européens, nous serons toujours là les uns pour les autres. Car il suffit de regarder par-delà nos frontières pour comprendre combien cette idée européenne est toujours vivante.
Il suffit de regarder vers l'Ukraine et la Moldavie, vers les Balkans occidentaux. Il suffit de regarder vers tous ces pays proches de notre Union. Et parce que leur futur est dans notre Union, nous proposerons bientôt des feuilles de route pour les candidats les plus avancés. Ce processus restera fondé sur le mérite. Et mesdames et messieurs les députés, je le répète, le respect de nos valeurs est non négociable.
J'ai été horrifiée par les images de funérailles de Ratko Mladić à Belgrade la semaine dernière. Il a commis des crimes contre l'humanité les plus atroces. La glorification des criminels de guerre n'a tout simplement pas sa place dans l'Union européenne.
Toutes les victimes de guerre dans l'ex-Yougoslavie méritent que l'on se souvienne d'elles et toutes leurs familles méritent notre compassion. Car voilà ce que nous défendons en tant qu'Union : la vérité, la justice et le respect pour nos valeurs. Mesdames et messieurs les députés, l'Europe restera toujours fidèle à ses valeurs. Notre Union est née comme un projet de paix. Pour que notre passé tragique cède la place à un avenir commun pour les Européens.
Des décennies plus tard, des millions de personnes voient toujours dans l'Europe une promesse, parfois aussi loin que le Canada. Et pourtant, nous oublions souvent à quel point cette promesse demeure puissante. Au lendemain de la guerre, un congrès de l'Europe s'est tenu en 1948. Il a réuni les plus grands esprits de notre continent pour réfléchir à l'avenir de la coopération européenne, pour faire grandir cette idée européenne qui est la nôtre.
Et tant que société, nous devons retrouver cette faculté de penser l'Europe. L'année prochaine, nous célébrerons le 70e anniversaire historique du traité de Rome. À cette occasion, j'annonce aujourd'hui que nous lancerons un nouveau congrès de l'Europe. Nous avons besoin de nos esprits les plus brillants de toute notre Union et de l'ensemble de notre grand continent. Ensemble, ils élaboreront une vision capable d'inspirer la nouvelle génération d'Européens, capable de reconquérir l'imaginaire européen pour que la prochaine génération puisse écrire sa propre histoire.
N'oublions jamais la naissance de notre Union. Des peuples si longtemps en guerre se sont unis pour bâtir un destin commun. Un destin de paix et de prospérité, de démocratie et de liberté.
Ils n'ont jamais écrit jusqu'où ce destin devait finalement nous conduire, mais chaque génération a construit sur l'héritage de la précédente, pas à pas, pierre après pierre. Bien sûr, nos imperfections, notre diversité et nos différences demeurent. Mais c'est précisément ce qui fait de l'Europe notre Europe, notre maison commune. Alors, mesdames et messieurs les députés, reprenons encore une fois notre avenir en main. Long live Europe, vive l'Europe, es lebe Europa.
Vielen Dank. Thank you very much for your patience. Thank you.
Thank you very much, dear Commission President.
We will now go to the first round of political group speakers, starting with the EPP group, its chair, Manfred Weber.
Manfred Weber
Madam President of the European Parliament, President of the Commission, Commissioners, Prime Minister Krani, great to have you here, dear colleagues. Well, we are facing fundamental shifts that hit Europe with three shocks. The first shock is a technological one, and that's why I thank the Commission President for putting AI in the center. Artificial intelligence, it fascinates, it scares, and it will change the way of life. That's why a revolution is ongoing, and yes, we have to answer it.
The second shock is a geopolitical one. I don't know whether you saw the pictures from the BRICS summit on the weekend, with a laughing war criminal Putin next to President Xi, discussing their idea of a new world order. For me, truly shocking pictures, and the era of naivety is over for us as Europeans. And the third shock runs through our own societies. Every month, we are losing 27,000 industrial jobs, well-paid jobs.
The best concept for a social market economy is to have well-paid jobs. And the fear created by the emotions created by this are fears among families. So, we have to find solutions. As Christian Democrats, as European People's Party, we give response. The first response for us is a different way of doing politics.
Not lecturing people, but listening to people. When people cannot afford to fuel their cars because of the conflict in the Middle East, don't tell them that this is good for climate, dear friends. Climate change is a reality, no question about this, and we have to work hard to fight against it. But we have to do it together with people and not against people. The EPP will fight for a reasonable ETS reform and we stop the ban on combustion engines as we promised.
We need innovation and not bans. And let me mention a second example for the way how we do politics. Let's not wait, let's act, and that's why big thanks to Ursula von der Leyen for the proposal on protecting our children. Children are not an advertisement target, they are our future. And we should look to Australia, our colleagues there allowing users to switch off the algorithm.
Elon Musk will not like it, but probably that's a reason for doing it, dear friends. The second response from an EPP point of view is let's act together. Ursula von der Leyen spoke about the devastating wildfires. In France, 70 Ukrainian firefighters came to help. Europe at its best, dear friends.
We must apply now the same logic to defense.
We spend on defense today more during as we had as we spent during the Cuban Missile Crisis. 6.4 trillion euros in the next 10 years. And what do we get for this? Let me be a little bit provocative: 27 bonsai armies in the future. And the threat is clear: Putin won't stop, we know it.
The airspace violation in Romania, the Polish border, today the news from Lithuania. Dear colleagues, the answer is unity and now a European pillar of defense. François Mitterrand and Helmut Kohl did not just introduce the euro, they made with the euro the European unity irreversible. No one, even not the hardest nationalist, can exit from the euro without risking a bankruptcy on national level. And that is exactly what also defense now needs.
Europeans worry about an empowered German armed forces led in the future possibly by an authoritarian AfD defense minister. Don't get me wrong, that's not reality today, but many Europeans are worried when they look to the polls.
And a single answer, our answer to this is a single market for armaments, joint command structures, European drones, European satellites, so closely connected that no one can ever undo this cooperation. Adenauer, De Gasperi and Schumann, dear friends, understood this political and historic dimension of unifying Europe in this field. The treaty for a real defense pillar has been sitting in the drawer since 1952. Let's make this old treaty now a new reality, dear friends, with a promise, and this promise means lasting peace for Europe, dear friends. This is our generation's project.
And finally, the third response from an EPP point of view: bring back growth means bring back hope to Europe. The EPP delivered on the roadmap towards a single market, let's make it now a reality. On AI, US invests 300 billion, China 290 billion. Comparing the figures from France and Germany, it's a little bit funny to see these figures. That's why the message is clear: we only can do it together.
We need a European AI fund, the new competitiveness fund, dear friends. The EPP will fight for a strong MFF for farmers, mayors and researchers. And if someone wants to cut the European fund, please stop being populist, tell us where you want to stop and where you want to cut then on this side. And dear friends, finally we need friends. Prime Minister Carney, Canada is the best example for this.
Ursula von der Leyen already referred to the big success of CETA.
And I have to say I was here in this plenary when we ratified CETA. I still remember the debate about CETA. And I really want to ask against those who opposed to CETA years ago, think again. Trade agreements are more than new markets. They are the foundation of an alternative world order, a world order where Europe is not alone anymore.
That is what is at stake when we speak about these kind of things. We win by listening to people and answering with bold solution. We win by listening to people with answering with European vision. And we win by listening to people answering with hope. The EPP fights for hope and Europe offers hope.
Thank you.
Roberta Metsola
Thank you very much, Mr. Weber. Now I give the floor to the chair of the S&D group, Iratxe García Pérez.
Gracias, presidenta. Señor Carney, bienvenido al Parlamento Europeo. Esta es su casa también, la casa de Europa. Miles de canadienses murieron en suelo europeo luchando contra la tiranía en dos guerras mundiales. Su sacrificio ayudó a construir una Europa de paz, democracia y derecho internacional.
Iratxe García Pérez
Hoy esa Europa está en una encrucijada. Usted ha demostrado valentía frente a Donald Trump y esa valentía importa, porque cuando vuelve la ley del más fuerte necesitamos aliados que defiendan la soberanía, la solidaridad y el derecho internacional. Presidenta von der Leyen, he escuchado, hemos escuchado sus mensajes y ahora las palabras tienen que convertirse en hechos. Podemos volver al nacionalismo, al odio y a la guerra o podemos defender la Europa que construimos. Nosotros elegimos esa Europa y eso significa ser valientes.
Una Europa valiente para afrontar el cambio climático. Mantengamos el Pacto Verde y la neutralidad climática para 2050. Necesitamos un plan europeo de adaptación y mitigación con inversión real. Simplificar no puede convertirse en desregular por la puerta de atrás, porque no habrá competitividad sin energía limpia, segura y asequible. Valientes también para romper la dependencia de los combustibles fósiles de los autócratas.
La guerra de Trump y Netanyahu contra Irán ha disparado el coste de vida.
Aceleremos las renovables y hagamos que quienes se benefician de estas crisis contribuyan. Presente un impuesto sobre los beneficios extraordinarios de las energéticas para financiar un bono social que proteja a las familias y les ayude a pagar la luz, la cesta de la compra, echar gasolina al coche y calentar sus hogares. Presidenta von der Leyen, el proyecto europeo no sobrevivirá si nuestros ciudadanos no pueden permitirse vivir dignamente. Hagamos realidad la ley europea de vivienda y actuemos sobre los alquileres de corta duración. Gracias por presentar la propuesta y hago una advertencia: no vamos a permitir que ahora esa propuesta de la Comisión Europea sea aquí desmantelada.
Aprobemos una ley de empleos de calidad con reglas justas para la inteligencia artificial en el trabajo y la negociación colectiva. Una Europa también valiente es una Europa feminista. Frente a una extrema derecha que quiere eliminar el delito de feminicidio, el derecho al aborto e incluso limitar el derecho al voto de las mujeres, no vamos a dar marcha atrás.
Que nos escuchen bien: nuestros derechos son irreversibles. Y necesitamos valentía, valentía para defender nuestras fronteras sin abandonar nuestros valores, defender nuestras fronteras sin abandonar nuestros valores. La migración nunca puede convertirse en un arma política. Ceuta es España y es Europa, y la solidaridad europea no puede depender de quién gobierna ni de dónde surge una crisis. Y sobre todo, valentía para defender la paz y el derecho internacional.
Hace un año usted pidió suspender la parte del acuerdo de asociación con Israel. Un año después, ¿dónde está Europa? No podemos aceptar lo que está ocurriendo. ¿Cómo es posible que no haya una sola medida contra Netanyahu? Suspendamos el acuerdo, sancionemos a los responsables y establezcamos un embargo de armas, y active el estatuto de bloqueo para proteger a la Corte Penal Internacional.
Y ser valientes también significa hacer que quien inicia las guerras pague por ellas. En Ucrania, volvamos a poner sobre la mesa la confiscación de los activos rusos congelados. Que pague Putin la reconstrucción de Ucrania y no los ciudadanos europeos.
Y necesitamos esa valentía también para defender nuestra democracia y sus propuestas sobre la ley de menores realmente son indispensables frente al diseño adictivo y a los algoritmos. Y una Europa valiente, por supuesto, necesita un presupuesto a la altura. No aceptaremos recortes en política de cohesión, agrícola o inversión social. Europa no puede hacer más con menos y tenemos ya que poner encima de la mesa los recursos propios. Finalizo, señora von der Leyen.
La Europa del siglo XXI solo será posible si las fuerzas proeuropeas trabajamos juntas. No mirando hacia la extrema derecha, sino avanzando juntos. La música ha sonado bien. Ahora hay que poner la letra. Los socialdemócratas queremos participar en esa letra.
Lo que no vamos a permitir es que la extrema derecha sea quien escriba el futuro de Europa. Señor Carney. Este mundo también es el mundo que Canadá y Europa queremos, un mundo de cooperación frente a la dominación. La Europa que ustedes nos ayudaron a construir, el mundo, el mundo que juntos defenderemos. Muchas gracias.
Roberta Metsola
Please come to a close. So. I give the floor. I give the floor now to the chair of the PFE group, Jordan Bardella.
Jordan Bardella
Merci Madame la Présidente, Monsieur le Premier Ministre canadien, Madame la Présidente von der Leyen. À vous entendre chaque année glorifier votre bilan, l'Europe serait toujours à la veille d'un nouveau départ. Pourtant, à écouter nos concitoyens, elle est surtout arrivée au bout d'un système. Car il y a désormais en 2026 deux Europes. Il y a l'Europe de ceux qui écrivent les normes, des bureaucrates qui gaspillent l'argent public et qui inventent les taxes de demain.
L'Europe qui prévoit d'augmenter ses dépenses de personnel de 40 % et celle des jets privés pour les commissaires européens de 50 %. Et puis il y a l'Europe de ceux qui doivent payer. L'Europe de ceux qui doivent payer leur essence à bientôt 2,50 € le litre en France, leur chauffage et leur ticket de course dont les montants sont toujours plus élevés. L'Europe de ceux qui travaillent toujours plus pour gagner toujours moins. Voilà en quelques mots le véritable état de l'Union européenne.
Demain, avec votre fameux règlement dit ETS 2, vous envisagez concrètement de renchérir encore le prix des carburants de 15 centimes supplémentaires par litre.
Derrière ce sigle imbitable pour beaucoup de nos concitoyens et un matraquage insupportable des classes moyennes et populaires, votre politique a une réalité très simple : la vie toujours plus chère pour nos concitoyens. Avec vous, l'ouvrier qui fait 40 kilomètres pour travailler, l'artisan qui remplit sa camionnette, la famille rurale qui n'a ni métro ni tramway ne sont bons qu'à une seule chose : payer, encore payer, toujours payer. Et malheureusement, votre Europe ne nous coûte pas seulement plus cher chaque année. Elle nous protège aussi de moins en moins. Cet été à Ceuta, des dizaines de milliers de migrants ont franchi illégalement en quelques heures une frontière européenne.
Ceuta est espagnole et doit le rester, mais la frontière de Ceuta est aussi notre frontière. Et lorsqu'une frontière peut être submergée en quelques heures, ce n'est plus seulement une crise migratoire ou une invasion, c'est une crise de souveraineté. Une Europe qui n'a plus ni limites, ni murs, ni frontières est vouée à disparaître. De Ceuta à Lampedusa, de la Méditerranée à la frontière biélorusse, les peuples d'Europe n'attendent qu'une seule chose : que vous protégiez nos frontières, que vous refouliez les clandestins qui tentent de pénétrer illégalement ou d'accoster illégalement sur notre territoire.
Ceux-là ne doivent pas être répartis dans nos villes et nos campagnes comme vous le souhaitez, réaffirmé tout à l'heure avec le pacte migratoire, mais repartir dans leur pays de départ. Enfin, regardons le monde autour de nous, en proie à la guerre, de l'Ukraine au Moyen-Orient, au terrorisme islamiste, à l'insécurité alimentaire et énergétique. Les États-Unis investissent, la Chine investit, et nous, nous réglementons encore. Nous réglementons ce que nous ne produisons plus. Nous taxons ce que nous ne savons plus fabriquer.
Et nous importons ce que nous avons nous-mêmes interdit de produire. Voilà le grand paradoxe européen, et voilà pourquoi il faut en changer et bâtir une nouvelle architecture européenne. Assumons enfin la préférence européenne dans la commande publique. Quand l'argent est européen, l'emploi doit être européen. Quand l'argent est français, l'emploi doit être français.
Supprimons massivement la paperasse, les normes absurdes et inutiles. Protégeons nos agriculteurs et nos entreprises de la concurrence déloyale. Orientons l'épargne dans des fonds souverains nationaux et investissons dans la défense, le spatial, la tech ou encore l'énergie nucléaire. Libérons-nous de l'idéologie régressive de la décroissance.
Retrouvons le goût de la puissance, de la science, de l'innovation et de la puissance. Le 21ème siècle enfin nous rappelle une vérité que l'Europe avait oubliée. Un peuple qui ne sait plus défendre ses frontières, faire tourner ses usines, produire son énergie ou nourrir ses enfants remet son destin entre les mains des autres. Depuis des décennies, vous avez demandé au peuple de s'adapter à votre vision de l'Union européenne. Aujourd'hui à Bruxelles, le temps est venu d'inverser l'ordre des choses et enfin de rendre le pouvoir au peuple.
Roberta Metsola
Merci. Merci. Now I give the floor to the co-chair of the ECR group, Patryk Jaki.
Patryk Jaki
Dziękuję pani przewodnicząca. Szanowny panie premierze, pani przewodnicząca, bardzo się cieszę, że powiedziała pani dzisiaj, że liczą się nie słowa, tylko czyny. Więc ja sprawdziłem czyny. Mianowicie sprawdziłem pani orędzie, ale nie w stosunku do obietnic z zeszłego roku, tylko w stosunku do obietnic z 2020 roku, dlatego że miała pani sześć lat na wykonanie swoich obietnic, to jest więcej niż zwyczajowo mają rządy w państwach członkowskich. I teraz tak.
Najpierw obiecała pani szczepienia i bezpieczeństwo na COVID-19. Efekt po latach: dziennikarskie śledztwo oparte na danych z 19 krajów oszacowało, że zmarnowano 200 milionów dawek o wartości 4 miliardów euro.
Potem obiecała pani instrument na rzecz odbudowy i zwiększenia odporności. Efekt po latach: raport Europejskiego Trybunału Obrachunkowego wskazuje na brak przejrzystości i ogromne marnotrawstwo pieniędzy. Polecam zresztą polski przykład rozkradania środków na ogromną skalę, w tym na kluby swingersów, jachty i solaria w pizzeriach. Potem obiecała pani zakończyć budowę unii rynków kapitałowych i unii bankowej. Efekt: żaden.
Potem obiecała pani ograniczyć biurokrację. Efekt: liczba urzędników od tego czasu wzrosła i niedawno ogłoszono kolejne nabory. Zresztą dzisiaj pani obiecała to samo, obiecując powołanie kolejnych instytucji. Potem obiecała pani, zacytuję, nową strategię przemysłową i niższe ceny energii. Jaki jest efekt?
Przemysł pada, a ceny energii od tego czasu do dzisiaj wzrosły o 100% w czasie pani kadencji. Potem, zacytuję, proponuje pani zwiększenie celu redukcji emisji do 2030 roku i mówi pani tak: z naszej oceny skutków wyraźnie wynika, że unijna gospodarka i przemysł są w stanie sobie z tym poradzić i firmy wręcz tego chcą. Firmy wręcz tego chcą, koniec cytatu. Przez ten okres, według Eurostatu, półtora miliona firm ogłasza niewypłacalność i upadłość, a Unia Europejska straciła 5% swojego udziału w światowym PKB.
Potem pani mówiła, że młodzi chcą więcej zmian klimatycznych. Efekt: bezrobocie wśród młodych wynosiło wtedy, jak pani to ogłaszała, 14,3%. Dzisiaj wynosi 15,5%. A potem mówiła pani o ustanowieniu europejskiej doliny wodorowej, fali renowacji i że Unia stanie się liderem w gospodarce. Efekt: tego akurat nie udało się zrobić, ale co udało się zrobić?
Udało się dokręcić zakrętki do butelek i z ludzi uczynić obywateli Europy przymusowo śmieciarzy. Dziś pani mówi, że chce pani ograniczyć migrację, a co pani mówiła w 2020 roku? Że migracja zawsze była i będzie rzeczywistością Europy, przez stulecia wzbogacała nasze kultury i kształtowała wiele ludzkich istnień. Więc wy liczycie na krótką pamięć ludzi. I podsumowując, powiedziała pani, że Unia Europejska jest najsilniejsza w historii.
Dane, nawet pani dane Komisji Europejskiej, pokazują, że jest najsłabsza w historii. Nigdy nie była tak słaba, że jest liderem innowacji. Jest najsłabsza w historii pod tym względem. I wreszcie na sam koniec chcę powiedzieć tak: jeżeli pani chce coś zrobić dla młodzieży, to nie cenzurować internet, ale zapewnić jej pracę i bezpieczeństwo, szczególnie kobietom, o które tak się pani martwi. Dziękuję.
Roberta Metsola
Now I give the floor to the chair of the Renew Europe group, Valérie Hayer.
Valérie Hayer
Merci, Madame la Présidente. Monsieur le Premier ministre, Madame la Présidente, j'ai écouté votre discours avec évidemment beaucoup d'attention. Oui, vous avez raison. L'Europe doit avancer sur la voie de sa puissance et de son indépendance. Mais j'irai plus loin.
Il est temps aujourd'hui de défendre une vision nouvelle, fondamentalement positive, celle d'une radicalité pro-européenne. Parce que l'été qu'on vient de vivre, c'est la parfaite synthèse des défis qui attendent l'Europe. On a échoué dans notre solidarité migratoire à Ceuta, à cause entre autres de l'hypocrisie de Madame Meloni. On a eu le référendum en Islande et ce qu'il révèle sur notre attractivité. On a eu la victoire de l'AfD.
Et bien sûr, on a tous subi une crise climatique historique dont on sait déjà qu'elle se reproduira. Alors oui, chers collègues, ces défis sont immenses. Mais ce que je veux vous dire aujourd'hui, c'est que loin de nous affaiblir, ils doivent nous renforcer. Parce que nous avons tous les atouts pour y répondre et que dans cet hémicycle, on a fait notre part du travail. On a voté un pacte asile et migration, appliquons-le.
On a voté un pacte vert, mais qu'on arrête de le détricoter, bon sang, et qu'on le mette en œuvre.
Et à cette politique de décarbonation, Madame la Présidente, j'en veux une autre. On doit mettre tout en haut de la pile la loi européenne sur la résilience climatique et la gestion des risques. Parce que décarbonation et adaptation vont de pair. Je le dis avec d'autant plus de conviction que le pacte vert est aussi un pacte de compétitivité. Un pacte d'indépendance, notamment énergétique.
Et c'est ici notre première priorité : la prospérité. Cette transition verte, comme le numérique d'ailleurs, nous rappelle une chose : le niveau de vie des Européens pour les prochaines années dépend de notre capacité à innover dans les technologies de rupture. Les greentechs, l'IA, les data centers, les biotechs, le quantique. L'enjeu, c'est celui de notre souveraineté. On doit investir massivement.
On doit protéger, c'est-à-dire défendre nos entreprises face à la concurrence déloyale. Faire de notre commande publique européenne une véritable arme industrielle, comme le font la Chine ou les États-Unis. En un mot, devenir indispensable au reste du monde. Il faut aussi qu'on prenne le leadership mondial pour un cadre légal sur l'intelligence artificielle, comme on l'a fait autrefois sur le nucléaire. Parce que je le dis franchement, ce n'est pas normal que ce soit le Pape et le Vatican qui soient les premiers à poser une limite philosophique au développement de l'IA.
Ça, c'est notre rôle de responsables politiques. Chers collègues, ce que je défends ici, ce sont des mesures de bon sens.
Si on ne retrouve pas une indépendance énergétique, économique, si on ne soutient pas nos agriculteurs, la PAC, notre sécurité alimentaire, on est condamnés à la vassalisation. Et on condamne de fait le pouvoir d'achat des Européens. Et ça, je m'y refuse. Notre deuxième priorité, c'est d'assumer la puissance. Parce que cette révolution économique, elle s'impose dans un monde qui se ferme et qui se brutalise.
Et dans ce monde, je le dis clairement, je ne veux pas avoir honte de l'Europe comme je l'ai eu il y a un an. Monsieur le Premier ministre Carney, vous avez montré ce qu'il fallait faire face à Trump. Refuser la compromission, riposter, protéger vos intérêts, parler le langage de la puissance. Sachez que le Canada est bienvenu dans l'Union européenne parce que nous partageons les mêmes valeurs et que nos intérêts sont convergents. Alors, allons plus loin.
Commençons par tous ratifier le CETA. Mettons en place un pacte de sécurité économique contre la coercition commerciale. Si Trump nous met des tarifs, on répond collectivement par des tarifs.
Même chose pour la Chine ou n'importe qui d'autre d'ailleurs. Mettons à profit nos atouts réciproques. Cultivons les échanges universitaires et continuons le rapprochement stratégique entre l'Europe et le Canada sur les terres rares, la défense, l'Arctique, l'énergie ou encore la recherche. Monsieur le Premier ministre, vous l'avez parfaitement saisi. Trump, Poutine, Xi Jinping ne comprennent qu'une chose : le rapport de force.
Et à chaque fois qu'on a joué avec nos anciennes règles, on a perdu. Regardons encore cet été. La Russie a préparé un attentat à l'aéroport de Leipzig. Hier, un hélicoptère danois a été visé par des tirs de fusées. Ces sabotages, ces cyberattaques, ces intimidations, la désinformation, ce ne sont pas des événements isolés.
Ce sont les différentes dimensions d'une même stratégie. Et nous, qu'est-ce qu'on fait ? Bah on se contente de réagir, souvent trop tard et souvent trop peu. Madame la Présidente, on doit changer de doctrine. On doit faire comprendre à Poutine que s'il nous attaque, il lui en coûtera.
Et on doit lui faire comprendre que notre soutien à l'Ukraine ne s'arrêtera pas. Enfin, chers collègues, je veux conclure mon propos en m'adressant aux pro-européens de cet hémicycle. Face à toutes nos menaces et à tous nos défis, nous devons défendre une vision nouvelle, profondément optimiste, une radicalité pro-européenne. On doit faire plus, plus d'Europe et plus vite. On doit accélérer sur notre agenda législatif et Madame von der Leyen, merci pour l'annonce, notamment de cette loi pour la protection des mineurs en ligne.
Merci pour le Conseil de sécurité européen. Vous avez notre soutien. Maintenant, dites-nous comment on peut vous aider pour délivrer sur tout ça. Comme je viens de le dire, on doit délivrer, comme on dit en bon anglais. Et on doit mettre en œuvre aussi les lois qu'on a votées.
Et là, Madame la Présidente, je vous le dis clairement, le compte n'y est pas. Sur le DSA, sur les matières premières critiques, sur l'état de droit, je pourrais en citer d'autres. On a les textes et la responsabilité de la Commission, c'est d'en assurer l'application. Chers collègues, l'Europe doit se libérer de tous ses tabous. Elle doit bénéficier de nouveaux transferts de souveraineté validés par les peuples européens.
Elle doit se doter d'outils de la puissance avec des institutions réformées pour être plus efficaces et un budget ambitieux. Et pour ça, Madame la Présidente, il n'y a qu'une seule majorité possible, qu'une seule. Et je le dis ici à mes collègues pro-européens, notamment dans la perspective de l'ami-mandat qu'on a tous. Il est fondamental que la coopération et la confiance soient restaurées entre nous. C'est la seule manière de délivrer pour les Européens.
C'est la seule manière de délivrer cet agenda de puissance avec les pro-européens et sans les extrêmes.
Chers collègues, nous devons aussi augmenter notre sphère d'influence et devenir le refuge des démocrates du monde entier. Monsieur Carne, face à l'internationale réactionnaire, construisons cette alliance des démocraties. Chers collègues, dernier mot : rien n'est jamais joué, rien n'est jamais écrit. Pensez seulement à l'Union d'il y a dix ans. Qui aurait imaginé qu'on aurait une Europe de la défense, une Europe de la santé, qu'on lancerait un plan de relance ?
Alors soyons fiers, soyons ambitieux, soyons radicaux, soyons pro-européens. Merci.
Roberta Metsola
Now I give the floor to the chair of the Greens group, Terry Reintke.
Terry Reintke
Thank you, President. Madam Commission President, Prime Minister Carne, it's a great pleasure to have you here. You're very welcome in this house, and I hope you're already feeling comfortable amongst the member states sitting here, because we hope to see you there very often in the future. Minister Byrne, colleagues, we have all lived through an absolutely devastating summer. There is no doubt about it anymore.
We are in the middle of a climate emergency. For me, the fundamental question is now: where does the Commission and where do you, Madam von der Leyen, actually stand?
Because where were you, President von der Leyen, when more than 650,000 hectares of forest burned in Europe this summer? Where was Friedrich Merz when grain farmers in Europe lost around 2 billion of their revenue in a heatwave in June? And where, colleagues, where were European leaders when 35,000 Europeans died excess heat-related deaths in Europe this summer? We didn't see an emergency task force. We didn't see ad hoc council meetings.
There was no immediate action plan. Colleagues, this is not enough. This is unacceptable. We have to do better. And now you're going to tell me, well, these leaders, they were at home dealing with the crisis, they actually had to do a lot in order to keep track, and that's true.
But honestly, I do not buy that response anymore. Because this is a crisis of European and of global magnitude. It affects all of our citizens and we will only be able to solve it if we work together, and our leaders know that.
But they are avoiding the topic. Even worse sometimes, they are weakening the Green Deal. The attacks on the nature restoration, or the opening of climate legislation, the absolute lack of determination in adaptation laws, and the complete, complete, colleagues, ideological insanity of wanting to continue to be dependent on fossil fuels. Not only do we have to stop this, the deregulation, the attacks on the Green Deal, but we have to investigate on why the European institutions were so weak on enforcing the Green Deal. And that is why my group is going to ask for an inquiry committee into the shortcoming of executing what we had already decided in the European Union in the Green Deal.
We owe this accountability to the firefighters, to the nurses, to the doctors, who sometimes gave their lives, but who gave their energy, and who very often gave their livelihoods over the summer. We are going to hold the people who are responsible accountable. What we need now is a way forward. First, a clear plan and a timeline how to phase out of fossil fuels. Second, a windfall profit tax to make polluters pay instead of our consumers.
And third, and there we see something from the Commission, a climate adaptation plan that actually makes us better prepared for the next time with the necessary funding attached in the MFF.
These issues, colleagues, have to be on the absolute top of our agenda right now. And for all of this, for all the challenges in the world ahead of us, we will need allies. And let me be clear. We are up against powerful opponents: Trump, the tech oligarchs, Putin. Many powerful people are doing everything they can to destroy the rules-based world order we are living in.
But there is one mistake, colleagues, that we absolutely must not make, and that is to believe that we are powerless. We are not. Europe is strong and Europe can be even stronger. And we have powerful friends in the world. One of them is sitting right next to us.
Believing and acting as if we are powerless will mean surrendering to the bullies of the world. And we will not surrender. We will unite, colleagues, as Europe. Let us use all our power in order to give hope to all the people in the world that need it right now. Because the demagogues, the dictators, the autocrats of this world have not won.
And we choose to stand up to them, as Europe and with our friends around the world. Thank you very much.
Roberta Metsola
Now I give the floor to the co-chair of the Left group, Manon Aubry.
Manon Aubry
Madame von der Leyen, vous avez réussi un exploit dans votre discours : ne pas prononcer une seule proposition concrète sur le coût de la vie, alors que c'est de loin la première préoccupation des Européens. Le plein d'essence dépasse déjà les 100 euros et des millions de personnes doivent choisir entre se nourrir, se loger et se déplacer. Pendant ce temps-là, les milliardaires, eux, continuent de se gaver. Voilà l'état de votre Union européenne, Madame von der Leyen. Alors, qu'attendez-vous pour bloquer les prix et taxer les superprofits des pétroliers comme Total, qui ont multiplié leur marge par quatre ?
Que l'essence atteigne 3 euros du litre ? C'est à croire que vous ne vivez pas sur la même planète, Madame von der Leyen. Mais c'est sûr, il vaut mieux continuer la quête obsessionnelle de compétitivité. Vous n'avez que ça à la bouche.
Il ne cache en réalité qu'un vaste agenda de dérégulation. Vous avez parlé, Madame von der Leyen, d'un été de vérité. Mais pourtant, dans le même temps, vous vantez l'ensemble de vos paquets omnibus de dérégulation et vous préférez la politique de la terre brûlée qui désigne l'écologie comme l'ennemi plutôt qu'un changement profond de modèle économique. Alors oui, bientôt, quand le vent aura tourné et que nous serons au pouvoir, nous assumerons de taxer les riches, de bloquer les prix des produits essentiels, de geler la dette détenue par la Banque centrale européenne, d'investir massivement dans les services publics et d'en finir avec les accords de libre-échange. Nous privilégierons les milliards d'êtres humains aux milliards de quelques humains.
Madame von der Leyen, vous ne manquez pas de culot quand même quand vous célébrez l'égalité femmes-hommes à quelques mètres d'une exposition comparant l'avortement au meurtre organisé par un groupe de votre propre majorité ici de l'extrême droite. Alors plutôt que de reprendre l'agenda de l'extrême droite, nous assumerons et nous ne nous enfermerons pas dans une Europe forteresse que vous voulez encore renforcer. Nous ne céderons pas un pouce de terrain aux fascistes qu'ils s'appellent Trump ou Netanyahou. Et maintenant, vous voulez nous vendre un Conseil de sécurité européen et faire du Canada un membre associé ? Mais qui vous a donné un mandat démocratique et populaire pour cela, Madame von der Leyen ?
Où étiez-vous quand Donald Trump menaçait la terre entière d'invasion, y compris le Canada, le Groenland ? Ah oui, c'est vrai, vous vous empressiez de signer un accord de libre-échange et de dérouler le tapis rouge à Donald Trump. La vérité, Madame von der Leyen, c'est que vous êtes en train de faire disparaître l'Europe de l'histoire.
Vous disiez l'an dernier dans votre discours : "Ce qui se passe à Gaza est inacceptable". Depuis, rien. Aucune sanction contre l'État d'Israël, pas de suspension de l'accord d'association, alors que le génocide continue et n'a jamais cessé. Vous vous cachez derrière la division de l'Europe, mais c'est pour mieux masquer votre inaction. Et puisque, pour conclure, une heure durant, vous ne vous êtes parlé en réalité qu'à vous-même, mes derniers mots seront pour les peuples d'Europe et du monde.
Comme l'écrivait Étienne de La Boétie : "Soyez résolus de ne plus servir, et vous voilà libres".
Merci. Merci. I give the floor now to René Aust, chair of the ESN group.
René Aust
Die Lage der Europäischen Union lassen sich in zwei Begriffen zusammenfassen: Kontrollverlust an den Grenzen und wirtschaftlicher Abstieg gegenüber den anderen Regionen der Welt. Seit dem 29. Juni, sieben Wochen nun, gibt es einen Angriff auf die europäischen Außengrenzen.
Und die Reaktion der europäischen Ebene: Briefchen schreiben, Verlautbarungen, warme Worte, aber keine tatkräftigen Handlungen. Dabei bräuchte es endlich ein tatsächliches Signal an den arabisch-afrikanischen Raum: Es gibt die Festung Europa. Niemand, von dem wir nicht wollen, dass er unseren Kontinent betritt, darf unseren Kontinent betreten. Und wer es dennoch tut, der muss wieder zurück dahin, wo er hergekommen ist. Der Rückstand gegenüber den anderen Regionen der Welt, der wird auch daran deutlich, was wir gerade eben in der Rede gehört haben.
Es werden die kleinen Schritte des Bürokratieabbaus, die es durchaus gibt, gelobt. Aber was alles bringt das unseren Unternehmen und Unternehmern, wenn gleichzeitig so etwas in Kraft tritt wie die Verpackungsverordnung? Und auch mit der Klimapolitik soll weitergemacht werden. Das bedeutet nichts anderes als höhere, weiter höhere Benzinpreise, weitere höhere Energiepreise und weitere Deindustrialisierung. Aber die Hoffnung ist da.
In ganz Europa steigen die patriotischen Parteien an. Und egal wie sehr man versucht uns zu unterdrücken, egal wie sehr man versucht uns zu bekämpfen, am Ende gewinnen wir doch. Das zeigen wir in Deutschland mit der AfD, das zeigt man in Spanien mit der Vox, das zeigen wir alle. Deswegen, junge Leute, engagiert euch bei den Patrioten Europas. Am Ende werden wir unseren Kontinent befreien, wir werden ihn zu unserer Heimat wieder zurückgewinnen und wir werden gewinnen.
Vielen herzlichen Dank.
I give the floor next for the Council to the Minister of State with responsibility for European Affairs and Defence, Mr. Thomas Byrne.
Thomas Byrne
You have the floor.
Thank you, President, President von der Leyen, President Metsola, honorable members, democrats all. I want to congratulate you, President von der Leyen, for your speech which set out the challenges facing our Union, but most importantly, you set out a bold vision about how we can work together to overcome the challenges. I also want to recognize the presence among us of our distinguished guest, the great Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney. I welcome you here too. Prime Minister Carney's grandfather and my grandfather came from the same county and they both joined the Irish police force at the foundation of our state and they both contributed to the rule of law in Ireland which has continued since, although your grandfather took a different turn.
But your presence here today is a visible reflection of the deep bond shared by the European Union and Canada, a bond which grows and strengthens and thank you, President von der Leyen, your proposal significantly advances the relationships between the European Union and our great friend Canada. Madam President, I welcome the strong convergence of views between the Commission and the Council which were set out in your speech.
Several of the issues that you mentioned today converge and overlap with the priorities of Ireland's presidency program. On Ukraine, our solidarity with Ukraine and its people remains steadfast. The security of Europe, our citizens, it all requires Russia's war of aggression to be brought to an end, and I welcome all the ongoing efforts by the Commission, the Council, the Parliament, by all the member states, by our friends in the UK and Canada, and indeed by the efforts of the US in this regard. On security, no country alone can address the entirety of existing and emerging security challenges, and the Irish presidency is committed to advancing a security and defense agenda which meets the needs of the European Union, its member states and its citizens. On competitiveness, we need to boost European economic competitiveness, but time is of the essence and we need to progress the implementation of the One Europe One Market roadmap without delay, our presidency is committed to that.
On enlargement of the European Union, the expansion of our Union to full members and maybe associate members is in our strategic interest. There can be no shortcuts, but we must not lose momentum in this process and I am working night and day with your Commission on this.
On our external relationships, the European Union must strengthen our relationships, including our trade relationships. Our trade relationship with Canada has meant a massively increased trade, which leads to jobs and good-paying jobs for citizens across the European Union. But we can't lose momentum in this process. We need to navigate an increasingly volatile global context. But when it comes to strengthening online safety for children and young people, and indeed all of us, we must ensure a safe and empowering online environment for them.
The Kids Act is a great idea. Now is the time to act, and the Irish presidency will work with the commission in the strongest possible way to move forward and be global leaders in this issue. You're right also to emphasize not just the opportunities of artificial intelligence, but the risks of artificial intelligence.
The rule of law, which my grandfather and Prime Minister Carney's grandfather contributed to in Ireland, are the foundations of our European Union, and we welcome the proposals that you have in this regard. The Irish presidency has worked to reaffirm the European Union's commitment to a comprehensive, just, and lasting peace in the Middle East, based on a two-state solution, which guarantees the rights of both Israelis and Palestinians to self-determination and to live in peace and safety within secure borders. We will work to continue the financial support to Palestinians, where, as you rightly remind us, Europe leads the way. Underpinning the work of the European Union into the future is the need to secure a multiannual financial framework that meets our ambitions. Securing the MFF is a top priority of the Irish presidency.
I'll continue to work with member states and with the Parliament to try to bridge different positions and foster the agreement that works for the people of the European Union and our citizens. At the General Affairs Council meeting next week, I will chair a discussion on the MFF as we seek to progress the budget negotiations before our leaders make their final negotiations and decisions. But compromise and flexibility is required from all, and while the challenge ahead of us is clear, I'm confident that we can reach agreement by the end of 2026.
Au Conseil des Affaires générales, je procéderai également à un échange de vues entre ministres sur la lettre d'intention de la Commission dont le but d'apporter une contribution au programme de travail de la Commission pour 2027. Nous nous réjouissons à l'idée de collaborer dans les prochains mois avec le Parlement et la Commission sur la déclaration commune sur les priorités législatives pour l'Union européenne pour 2027. En collaboration avec le Parlement européen et la Commission, le Conseil continuera à faire avancer les travaux relatifs à la déclaration commune ainsi que la feuille de route Une Europe en marche afin de garantir une mise en œuvre rapide de ces priorités. The theme of the Irish presidency is based on an old Irish saying: Ní neart go cur le chéile. There is no strength without unity.
Those of us who gather in this chamber may come from different political families and different ideologies. But we have to have a shared purpose. And that's to serve the people that we have the privilege of representing. The spirit of Ní neart go cur le chéile, strength with unity, will continue to guide the work of the Irish presidency in the coming months. And we gather here as democrats, in a democracy, and as participants in a great peace project.
On the subject of peace, I'm reminded of John Hume, our former MEP, who imagined the Northern Ireland peace process right here from Strasbourg. This house, our union, our institutions have overcome great challenges in the past and delivered progress, and I'm confident that we will continue to do so. Thank you.
Roberta Metsola
Thank you. You got a bit extra time because of your excellent French. Congratulations, Minister. So, next is Jeroen Lenaers, one and a half minutes, please.
Jeroen Lenaers
Yes, thank you, President. Dear President von der Leyen, thank you for today's State of the Union speech and for your commitment to a strong and independent union. I would like to make three points. First, a lot has been achieved in the past two years. We have simplified our rules and cut red tape, saving our businesses already 18 billion a year.
We have strengthened our approach to migration and returns, already halving the amount of illegal arrivals into our union. And we have put competitiveness and security back at the heart of the European agenda. We are on the right track and we need to continue. Second, I welcome today's new initiatives and priorities: the European Security Council, the emergency protocol, the strengthening of Frontex and new measures on migration, and protecting our children from the risks of social media. And we are looking forward to working on and finalizing these initiatives as soon as possible.
You can count on us. And thirdly, the future of Europe is not the responsibility of the European institutions alone. And Madame President, so many leaders have knocked on your door in recent weeks asking you to put their priorities into today's speech. And I hope you also reminded them: Europe cannot be built by asking alone. It also requires bringing something to the table.
Bring ambition, bring political courage, be prepared to step beyond national shadows and create a common European vision. Like you said today, either act together or risk being pulled apart. Because that is the only way to build a truly strong and independent Europe. Thank you.
Katarina Barley
Thank you very much, Mr. Lenas. Now, Katarina Barley, one minute.
Thank you very much, Prime Minister, Mesdames Présidentes. The digital world is being shaped by a handful of American tech billionaires, the Chinese regime and the Russian machinery of manipulation. And this leads to consequences. Developers are losing control over the AI they created. They warn that AI agents could wipe out humanity in the near future.
On social media, it is not us who decide which information we receive, but hyper-personalized algorithms that fuel outrage, division, insecurity. Our democracy is being weakened by the content of extreme parties being amplified disproportionately more than moderate ones. And the companies know exactly that this is against European law, but they still do it. We have the power to act. The EU has strong legislation, above all the DSA, the DMA, and the AI Act.
Now the Commission has to be brave enough to enforce them consistently, especially given the dangers posed to our democracy. Companies that fail to comply with European law must face more swift and tangible consequences. And finally, we need to close regulatory gaps. By now, hopefully, everyone has understood that we should not choose between innovation and regulation. We need both.
I conclude: the EU stands for information instead of manipulation, solidarity instead of division, responsibility instead of greed for profit. And we Social Democrats stand for technology serving people, not the other way around. Thank you.
Hermann Tertsch
Señora Presidente von der Leyen, 71 minutos para contarnos we will, we will, we will, we will, vamos a hacer, vamos a hacer.
Realmente, siete años después, siete años después somos los europeos más pobres y menos libres. Ese es el balance devastador de su presidencia de la Comisión. Todas las potencias, todas las regiones del mundo crecen menos nosotros. Su menos mal que tenemos esperanza. Su partido en Alemania, la CDU, se hunde y con él el gobierno de Friedrich Merz.
En Francia tendremos el año que viene un gobierno patriota con Marine Le Pen. Su mayoría aquí, esta mayoría se está cayendo en pedazos, se está diluyendo. Y en España ¿qué pasa? Su protegido, su protegido el señor Pedro Sánchez mantiene en este momento una ocupación como traidor, como bien dijo, como bien dijo Santiago Abascal, como traidor ha dejado entrar masas en Ceuta de acuerdo con Marruecos. Y ustedes no hablan de Marruecos porque Marruecos tiene comprado aquí a media, a media, a medio hemiciclo entre otros a nuestros queridos socialistas.
Esa, eso es lo que sucede en este momento y es un auténtico escándalo.
Ocupada parte de Europa y aquí no se dice quién es el agresor.
Nicola Procaccini
Grazie Presidente, per la prima volta non focalizzerò il mio intervento sulla lotta all'immigrazione illegale. Purtroppo dovremo sopportare ancora a lungo le conseguenze delle politiche del passato, ma finalmente adesso stiamo andando nella giusta direzione. Resta da finire il lavoro, ci sono ancora dei passi da fare per giungere ad un corretto governo dell'immigrazione come auspicato dai popoli europei. Condivido le parole della Presidente von der Leyen sull'eccesso di regolamentazione europea, magari mi sarei aspettato anche una parola di autocritica in questo senso, ma non fa niente, passo dopo passo. Sinceramente non ho trovato altre buone notizie nel suo discorso.
Mi lasci dire che l'inchino al al premier canadese, che saluto con grande rispetto, l'ho trovato francamente imbarazzante. Possibile che la Gran Bretagna non abbia la precedenza come membro associato?
Io credo che l'Europa non dovrebbe inchinarsi a nessuno, neanche agli USA, men che meno alla Cina. Di nuovo poi ho sentito questa ossessione per la decarbonizzazione, di cui non è sbagliato preoccuparsi, intendiamoci, ma non può essere la priorità assoluta dell'agenda europea. Presidente von der Leyen, mi permetta di ricordarle che l'intera Unione Europea è ormai responsabile soltanto del 5% delle emissioni mondiali di CO2. Ciò nonostante queste sono in crescita anno dopo anno. Dal 1990 ad oggi abbiamo ridotto le emissioni del 36%, ma le emissioni globali sono cresciute del 68%.
Possibile che questi dati non sollevino dei dubbi sulla sfrenata e solitaria corsa alla decarbonizzazione intrapresa dall'Unione Europea? Con il Green Deal stiamo massacrando la nostra economia e soprattutto stiamo consegnando la nostra dipendenza strategica nelle mani dei regimi più illiberali e inquinanti del pianeta. Concludo. Il principale problema che dovremmo affrontare oggi non è la CO2, ma la mancanza delle materie prime critiche. Senza di queste non può esserci transizione verde o energetica, né una difesa militare efficace e deterrente.
La cosa peggiore è che tutte le materie prime critiche di cui abbiamo bisogno dobbiamo comprarle da quei regimi dai quali dovremmo difenderci sia militarmente che economicamente. Ecco, io dico occupiamoci prima innanzitutto di questo e poi di tutto il resto. Grazie.
Grazie. Next Billy Kelleher, one minute.
Billy Kelleher
Thank you President von der Leyen for outlining the State of the Union address and your ambition for our people. You say ambitious about the future and focused on results. Changes are exceptional, great possibilities and great perils. And they are great perils, Commissioner von der Leyen. If you look at this particular house, you can see that there are great perils that are advocating against Europe on a continual basis.
And in my one minute I just want to make a strong plea to the center in this house, particularly to my S&D colleagues and my EPP colleagues. We have to address the fundamental issues that are facing our people from the center out. We can't have a situation where we have colleagues who at times are looking over their shoulder, flirting with the right and others trying to undermine from the left.
We simply have to be cohesive to ensure that over the next two and a half years, we can bring forward an ambitious plan and show results to the people that will be electing the next European Parliament. If we don't, if we stand divided, well, I fear that the right will continue to gain and the center will be hollowed out, and that would be shameful on all of us in the center in this Parliament. So I urge unity on the program that you've outlined for our citizens. Thank you.
Thank you very much. Next is Diana Riba i Giner, one minute.
Diana Riba i Giner
Gracias, Presidenta. Encima de su despacho, en Berlaymont, hay una carta firmada por más de 650 electos locales y regionales de 25 regiones europeas. Le piden que el futuro presupuesto, así como también las políticas europeas, no se centralicen en manos de los Estados. Demasiado a menudo hemos visto cómo esta Unión Europea se plantea como una unión de Estados, pero recordemos qué son los Estados sino municipios y regiones. Y cuando se olvida su papel, cuando la gente se siente ignorada, crece la desconfianza.
Señora von der Leyen, Cataluña, Galiza, el País Valenciano, las Islas Baleares, Euskadi, Bretaña, Córcega y tantas otras regiones estamos listas para construir Europa. No mire a su derecha ni copie sus recetas, como ha hecho tantas veces esta legislatura, porque también es esta otra lección que nos deja Alemania: siempre gana el original, nunca la copia. En su lugar, mire hacia aquí, hacia el europeísmo federalista, hacia aquellos que queremos una Europa más soberana, más democrática y, sobre todo, más justa. Muchas gracias.
Y pasan cosas como en Sajonia-Anhalt.
Irene Montero
Gracias, presidenta. Europa necesita poner los ahorros de los hogares al servicio de sus empresas. Y esto lo ha dicho usted, señora von der Leyen. ¿Usted sabe lo que le cuesta a la gente ahorrar? La gasolina, la luz, el alquiler.
¿Ha mirado usted últimamente cuánto cuesta una docena de huevos, un litro de leche? ¿Por qué siempre mueven el dinero en el mismo sentido, de abajo arriba, de las familias a los ricos y de Europa a Estados Unidos, a pagarles sus guerras, a pagarles sus negocios?
¿No se le ha ocurrido nunca a usted poner al servicio de las familias los ahorros de la banca, de las empresas energéticas, de las empresas de armamento que nadan en dinero gracias a usted? Beneficios récord. Nunca habían ganado tanto. Eso no, ¿verdad, señora presidenta? Eso sí que no.
Ahí está el problema.
Thank you. I give the floor next to Stanisław Tyszka.
Stanisław Tyszka
Pani przewodnicząca von der Leyen, to co pani dziś zrobiła jest haniebne. Zasłania się pani ukraińskimi dziećmi, żeby dalej pompować miliardy euro w korupcyjną czarną dziurę. Bo tym jest dzisiejsza Ukraina, gdzie tylko w ostatnim roku zarzuty korupcyjne usłyszeli ludzie z samego szczytu władzy: minister sprawiedliwości, wicepremier, prawa ręka Zełenskiego Jermak. I do tego państwa Europa wysłała już ponad 200 miliardów euro. Komisja powołała nawet radę audytorską, która miała pilnować tych pieniędzy, ale do dzisiejszego dnia nie przedstawiła publicznie ani jednego jej raportu.
A to są przecież pieniądze europejskiego i polskiego podatnika, tego samego, któremu każecie płacić unijny haracz od CO2. W Polsce ETS to już połowa ceny prądu dla przemysłu.
Producenci ceramiki, stali, chemii i szkła zwalniają pracowników, produkcja ucieka do Chin i Indii, gdzie energia jest tańsza, a regulacji mniej. Wy natomiast szykujecie ETS 2, podatek od ogrzewania i paliwa. Komisja umie wszystko opodatkować, wszystko zakazać, wszystko uregulować, nie umie tylko jednego: zostawić ludzi i firmy w spokoju i pozwolić im pracować. Mniej ideologii, więcej pragmatyzmu. Wojna na Bliskim Wschodzie i tak winduje ceny ropy i gazu, więc przynajmniej wy przestańcie je podbijać.
Zawieście ETS, wycofajcie ETS 2 i ani jednego euro więcej dla skorumpowanej Ukrainy, która czci ludobójców z UPA. Dziękuję.
Thomas Geisel
Frau Präsidentin, Frau Präsidentin, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, vor allem liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen von der CDU in diesem Hause, sofern überhaupt noch welche da sind. Sie werden sich entscheiden müssen: Folgen Sie Ihrer Kommissionspräsidentin oder folgen Sie Ihrem Bundeskanzler und Parteivorsitzenden. Friedrich Merz sammelt im Moment Verbündete, um dem mehrjährigen Finanzrahmen, den Sie, Frau von der Leyen, vorgelegt haben, gleich um mehrere Milliarden, hunderte Milliarden Euro zu kürzen.
Ich würde Ihnen, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, empfehlen: Folgen Sie Ihrem Parteivorsitzenden. Sie werden damit zwar seine Kanzlerschaft nicht mehr retten, aber zumindest dafür sorgen, dass nicht noch mehr Geld über Brüssel gedreht wird und die europäische Bürokratie nicht noch mächtiger wird. Die Europäische Union braucht gemeinsame Regeln dort, wo gemeinsames Handeln notwendig ist. Aber keinen zwei Billionen Euro Haushalt und schon gar keinen Blankoscheck für die Kommission, um in die Mitgliedstaaten hereinzuregieren. Vielen Dank.
Tomas Tobé
Commission President, I love Europe. And I also love Canada, so I believe in this marriage. Thank you. Colleagues, we also must face the reality that we have many threats outside and within our Union. And now is the time to protect our freedoms, to make Europe safer and build a more strong and prosperous Union for our future generation.
This is the clear top priority of the EPP Group. But to make Europe safe, we must also confront what we face with organized crime. Criminal networks operate across borders in several Member States at the same time. And their violence is spilling into the streets of our cities. We must step up our fight against these criminal networks.
We need to make Europol a truly operational police agency. This is crucial. And I also call on this House now, we have responsibility to deliver. Commission has put the proposal on the table, now it is time for us to do our part. Our citizens deserves to be safe.
There can be no place in Europe for dangerous criminal gangs except in jail. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr Tobé. Next is Javier Moreno Sánchez, one minute.
Gracias, presidenta. Madame la Présidente, en tant que président de la délégation pour les relations avec le Canada, je salue la présence aujourd'hui et demain du Premier ministre Carney et j'accueille avec satisfaction la proposition d'une nouvelle association. Vous pouvez compter sur nous, on va travailler depuis cette maison.
Javier Moreno Sánchez
Señorías, Canadá es un modelo de acogida y de integración de las personas migrantes de que debemos aprender. Cabe recordar que el Pacto de Migración y Asilo se aprobó bajo la presidencia española de Pedro Sánchez y, como bien ha dicho ayer el comisario Brunner y hoy la presidenta, está funcionando. Un pacto basado en la responsabilidad compartida y la solidaridad vinculante. La solidaridad que España ha demostrado con Lampedusa y que hoy pide para los ataques híbridos que azotaron a Ceuta. Pero hay que recordar que la mejor herramienta para combatir la migración irregular es la migración legal: Blue Card, Single Permit, Talent Pool.
Señora von der Leyen, ¿cómo cuenta promocionar estos instrumentos que casi nadie conoce? ¿Qué propuestas adicionales va a presentar para seguir impulsando la migración legal, que es necesaria y positiva, y acallar a quienes utilizan la tragedia y el dolor de tantos seres humanos como en Ceuta para sacar rédito político? Y estoy mencionando a la derecha y la extrema derecha.
Thank you.
Javier Moreno Sánchez
Debemos seguir el ejemplo de Canadá, el alma de Europa está en juego.
Thank you very much, gracias.
Harald Vilimsky
Frau Präsident, meine Damen und Herren, was für eine Schmierkomödie, was für ein absurdes Theater die linkskonservative Mehrheit dieses Hauses führt dieses Europa in seine dunkelsten Stunden. Und erblödet sich nicht, hier aufzustehen, zu applaudieren und in einem Akt völliger Realitätsverweigerung den Kopf in den Sand zu stecken. Haben Sie auch nur das geringste Interesse und eine Ahnung, wie es den Menschen da draußen geht, die kein Geld mehr haben, ihr Auslangen zu finden? Haben Sie vergessen, dass dieses Europa gegründet wurde, Frieden den Menschen zu geben? Sie stellen um auf Kriegswirtschaft.
Haben Sie vergessen, dass es eine Aufgabe dieses Europas wäre, wirtschaftliche Prosperität herbeizuführen? Was Sie tun, ist einen Green Deal zu verabschieden. Was Sie tun, ist überzuregulieren. Was Sie damit bewirken, ist Arbeitsplätze zu vernichten, den Familien das Geld zu entziehen. Das ist der falsche Weg.
Haben Sie vergessen, dass dieses Europa dafür da ist, die Pluralität seiner Völker und Staaten zu sichern? Sie haben offene Grenzen ermöglicht und ruinieren damit diese Pluralität. Treten Sie zurück, das ist mehr als schlechte Politik. Danke.
I give the floor next to Roberts Zīle, one and a half minutes.
Roberts Zīle
Prezidentes kundze, prezidentes kundze, tas šis jūsu sastāvs, sastāva runa, ko, protams, ļoti uzmanīgi klausās. Es esmu dzirdējis arī par ģeopolitisko komisiju, par līderību globālajā klimata politikā, bet es runāšu tikai par drošību. Un skaidrs, ka jūsu pieteiktās programmas skatās, kā tad viņas ir arī nu īstenotas. Eiropa, jā, ir kļuvusi stipra, vai Eiropa ir kļuvusi stiprāka piektajā gadā no kara sākuma Ukrainā? Jā un nē, un skaidrs, ka ir pieci procenti vairāk aizsardzībai paredzēti Eiropas, bet tas ir NATO sasniegumu ietvaros vairāk.
Un tai pašā laikā, vai mēs, jūs pareizi teicāt par hibrīdkara elementu, hibrīds paliek arvien mazāk un ir faktiski īstais apdraudējums, ko pieredz arī manā valstī Latvijā, austrumu pierobežā ļoti bieži. Ar nakts trauksmēm, ar skolu slēgšanām, ar vilcienu atcelšanām. Bet joprojām droni, kas ielido mūsu telpā, tiek notriekti ar dārgu aviāciju. Un šeit nav risinājums piektajā gadā kopš kara sākuma. Ar mums šodien ir Kanādas premjers, un tas ir liels gandarījums, jo Kanāda ir arī galvenais NATO spēku bāzē Latvijā, un viņi nodrošina mūsu drošību ārkārtīgi svarīgā jautājumā.
Par priekšlikumiem, ko jūs izteicāt par jauno drošības stratēģiju, jauno drošības protokolu, Eiropas Drošības padomi. Vai jūs dzirdējāt, ka aplausi bija mazāk nekā par citiem jūsu priekšlikumiem?
Ne jau tāpēc, ka vairums šīs auditorijas neuzskata to par svarīgu jautājumu, bet gan tāpēc, ka īsti netic, vai tas aizvietos NATO iespējas. Un ar šo man negribētos dzirdēt, ka šī padome atšķiras no NATO vienīgi ar to, ka tur nav ASV.
Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy
Thank you, Madam President, and thank you, President von der Leyen, for your powerful speech and your leadership. You show how to deal with the world that is changing at a dizzying speed, as you said, by building that independent Europe that has the power to act, and together with friends like Canada. And that is also exactly what Europeans want. People want a stronger Europe. People understand very well that to achieve these goals, Europe must be more united.
But these same European people have less understanding for the reasons why we're not going much faster from ambition to reality. And I'm not blaming you, Madam President, because the European spirit is very strong at the European Commission. But the European governance structure is complex, too complex.
Europe's ability to change is fundamentally hampered by anti-European forces in this house and even stronger by the national reflexes in our member states. Europe can only be stronger, can only be able to prosper if our member states and council start working with the European spirit. So please, cross the street in Brussels and spread that European spirit to the member states. Thank you very much.
Thank you. Mr. Gerbrandy, there's a blue card for you, will you take it? You get a little bit more speaking time. So, Mr. Ronza.
Bogdan Rzońca
Mam pytanie do pana, I will speak in Polish because, okay. Mówił pan, mówił pan bardzo dużo o silnej Europie, a lider partii EPP dzisiaj występując tutaj mówił o wstrząsie przemysłowym. I ma rację. Ten wstrząs przemysłowy jest, bardzo negatywny wstrząs przemysłowy. Firmy z Unii Europejskiej uciekają, przenoszą swoją działalność.
Jesteśmy świadkami tego wstrząsu, bo głosujemy co miesiąc niemal na sesjach plenarnych pomoc z funduszu globalizacji dla upadających firm w Unii Europejskiej. Podstawową, podstawowym problemem tego wstrząsu są wysokie ceny energii.
Marie Toussaint
Jak pan szybko chce zmniejszyć cenę energii w Unii Europejskiej i zapobiec temu, żeby firmy z Unii przenosiły swoją działalność na inne kontynenty?
Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy
Yeah, I don't think that was really a question, but only a stronger Europe can also make our industry stronger. By a joint European forces, we can have cheaper energy. We cannot do that alone in our member states. So I think we completely agree. The only thing is that member states still have too many national reflexes and they hamper the path towards a really united, stronger, faster Europe.
And that is what we have to achieve, also with the pro-European forces in this house. Thank you.
Madame von der Leyen, vous venez une fois de plus de nous annoncer le grand soir climatique européen. Mais malheureusement vos mots sonnent creux parce que votre mandat est jusqu'à présent porteur de régression écologique et sociale.
Marie Toussaint
Madame la Présidente, rendre hommage aux pompiers qui ont perdu leur vie pour sauver les nôtres est indispensable, mais mener les politiques qui permettraient d'éviter les mégafeux et les canicules l'est aussi, peut-être plus encore. Or vous avez affaibli non pas une, mais à deux reprises la loi contre la déforestation. Libérer les multinationales de leurs obligations climatiques, démultiplier les produits, les permis à polluer, et vous continuez à soumettre paysans et industrie à toujours plus de concurrence déloyale via des accords de libre-échange. L'Europe brûle. Les travailleurs s'appauvrissent et les prix de l'énergie comme de l'alimentation explosent.
Pourquoi donc vous acharner à défendre un modèle économique qui nous mène droit dans le mur ? Oui, un autre chemin est possible, celui du respect, de la dignité. Vous devriez déclarer l'état d'urgence sociale et climatique et interdire le travail lorsque la chaleur tue. Vous devriez revendiquer le contrôle sur les multinationales européennes des fossiles pour leur imposer d'investir dans les renouvelables et faire baisser les prix. Vous devriez mettre en place un droit de veto social pour que les Européens cessent de s'appauvrir.
Et je ne peux pas finir sans évoquer Gaza et la Cisjordanie. Madame von der Leyen, tenez les engagements que vous avez pris ici même devant nous et imposez des sanctions au gouvernement Netanyahou maintenant.
Konstantinos Arvanitis
Καλώς ήρθατε κυρία Πρόεδρε. Ένα είναι το άκρο, ο φασισμός. Εγώ αυτό γνωρίζω και τον έχουμε πληρώσει ακριβά στην Ευρώπη. Αυτή η περιβόητη πολιτική με τη θεωρία των δύο άκρων δεν θα μας βγει σε καλό.
Κυρία von der Leyen, όταν αναλάβατε ήμασταν σε ένα κρίσιμο σταυροδρόμι για το αν η Ένωση θα ακολουθήσει πολιτικές δίκαιης ανάπτυξης, ευημερίας και ειρήνης. Και επιλέξατε τον άλλο δρόμο, του ακραίου νεοφιλελευθερισμού που οδηγεί την Ένωση σε μια κοινότητα όχι απλά των λίγων, αλλά των πολύ λίγων. Δεν επενδύσατε στον πρωτογενή τομέα μας, φέρατε τη συμφωνία Mercosur. Δεν επενδύσατε στο κοινωνικό κράτος. Προσπαθήσατε και αλλάζετε την παραγωγική διαδικασία σε στρατιωτικοποίηση της οικονομίας και με συγκεκριμένα συμφέροντα.
Υιοθετήσατε όλες τις ακραίες επιταγές του κεφαλαίου και μιας παρασιτικής ελίτ. Κάνατε τα χρήματα των ασφαλισμένων καύσιμο για τα χρηματιστήρια. Υιοθετήσατε πλήρως την ιδεολογική ατζέντα της ακροδεξιάς που σε συνδυασμό με τις πολιτικές σας δημιουργούν ανιστόρητες και επικίνδυνες ανατροπές στην Ευρώπη. Η άνοδος της ακροδεξιάς και η δυναμική επάνοδος των φασιστών στην κεντρική πολιτική σκηνή, γιατί τους λέτε αντιευρωπαϊστές, φασίστες είναι, είναι αποτέλεσμα των δικών σας συνειδητών επιλογών. Η Αριστερά θα είναι απέναντι.
Thank you very much. Milan Uhrík next, one minute.
Ďakujem pekne. Prepáčte, ale to sa nedalo počúvať. Pani Leyenová, vy ste pohromou pre celú Európu a mali by ste sa pratať preč z funkcií spolu s celou Európskou komisiou. Čo ste nám tu rozprávali za nezmysly, že Európe sa darí tak ako ešte nikdy predtým? Prosím vás, kedy ste naposledy boli niečo nakupovať alebo tankovať?
Milan Uhrík
Veď podľa prieskumu 70 % Európanov povedalo, že sa im žije horšie v súčasnosti ako pred piatimi rokmi. Povedali ste, že Rusi nás odstrihli od palív, od energií. Veď vy nás normálne klamete, pretože to boli vaše sankcie a váš Green Deal, ktorý zničil energetiku v Európe, kvôli ktorému firmy krachujú a utekajú preč, kvôli ktorému mladí nemajú v Európe perspektívu. Európa potrebuje riešenia. Áno, ale funkčné riešenia, ktoré pomôžu reálne zlepšiť život ľudí a firiem v Európe.
Treba zrušiť Green Deal, zrušiť sankcie, zaviesť poriadok a ochrániť hranice. To sú riešenia, ktoré Európa potrebuje.
Thank you, Mr. Uhrík, you have a blue card, will you take it? I see. Next, Kateřina Konečná, one minute.
Kolegyně a kolegové, paní předsedkyně tady dnes začala vzpomínkou na Velkou francouzskou revoluci. Po vyslechnutí zbytku její řeči bych k tomu dodala, že až lidé zjistí, kdo ty její fantasmagorie opravdu zaplatí, tak mohu garantovat, že jednu tady budeme mít taky.
Kateřina Konečná
Paní Ursulo, je mi z vás špatně. Ne, situace v Evropě se nezlepší tím, že budete víc zbrojit, že zřídíte vlastní radu bezpečnosti, že zakážete brčka a plastové kelímky, že budete tisknout další eura, aby se sanovala korupce na Ukrajině a tragická rozhodnutí prezidenta Zelenského. Mám pro vás tři dobré rady. Nežeňte nás do války a přestaňte bojovat proti vlastním občanům s odlišným názorem, šmírovat jejich soukromí a zřizovat Velkého bratra Chat Control. Netahejte z kapes občanů další a další peníze pro vaše vzdušné zámky a sundejte už růžové brýle.
Evropa strádá, není silnější, jednotnější ani konkurenceschopnější než dřív. Naopak. Nejlépe uděláte, když se do Německa vrátíte zachraňovat rodnou CDU/CSU. Evropě to vaše zachraňování totiž stačilo.
Ms Konečná, you have a blue card, will you take it? Okay, Mr Sieper. Quickly, quickly, let's go.
Frau Kollegin, vielen lieben Dank, dass Sie die blaue Karte akzeptiert haben.
Lukas Sieper
Sie haben in sehr blumigen Worten der Frau Kommissionspräsidentin einige Vorwürfe gemacht. Eine Sache ist mir besonders im Kopf geblieben. Sie haben gesagt: Ziehen Sie uns nicht weiter in den Krieg. Angesichts der Tatsache, dass es Anschläge auf unsere Energieinfrastruktur gibt, auf unsere Flughäfen, dass es Attentate auf CEOs von europäischen Unternehmen gibt. Angesichts der Tatsache, dass Drohnen und Raketen auf europäischem Boden einschlagen und das systematisch und immer weiter eskalierend seit Jahren.
Wann sind wir denn dann eigentlich im Krieg? Wann werden wir denn eigentlich angegriffen? Erst wenn russische Panzer über die Grenze rollen? Danke sehr.
Kateřina Konečná
Jsme ve válce proto, protože tady máme politiky, kteří odmítají stejně jako vy říkat slovo mír. Neudělali jste nic pro to, nic pro to, aby na evropském kontinentě byl mír. Vy dokonce podporujete amerického prezidenta, kroky, které dělá, aby se evropským občanům žilo ještě hůř. Místo toho, abyste tady začali dělat perspektivní Evropu, která bude konkurenceschopná, tak jenom podporujete člověka, který má za sebou tolik korupčních kauz a v té na té Ukrajině se ztratilo tolik peněz, že je mi vás hanba. Běžte se postavit před ty lidi.
Thank you very much. Colleagues, President, when dictators cooperate to weaken us, we as liberal democracies have to cooperate even closer. We have to combat the enemies of our democracy outside and inside the European Union. They exist and we know it.
Siegfried Mureşan
We have to tell people why populists and autocrats are a risk for our security, for our prosperity, for our democracy, for our freedom of expression and for our freedom of the press. This is why our top priority for the next years will be to protect European citizens. We will protect European citizens offline and online. The relation between citizens and technology in Europe needs to work for the citizens. We have to put technology at work for the people, not put people to work for technology.
We shall invest in artificial intelligence because artificial intelligence makes people more productive, but on the other side, social networks makes people less productive. Citizens shall not be tools for technology, technology shall be a tool for people to be more productive. To make the relation between citizens and technology fair, we as a European Parliament propose a digital levy on technological giants. And we propose, and the European Parliament is very strongly united on proposing on using this digital levy as own resource to the budget of the European Union. This means that we will be more able to invest in security, in competitiveness, in research, to support our farmers and our regions.
The choice is clear. Either the richest people on earth, which own the technological giants, pay a fair share for their access to the European single market, or we might have to cut funding for farmers, researchers, for our security, and I strongly believe that cutting farmers would be a mistake. This is why let us work together for a strong budget based on own resources for a strong Europe. Thank you very much.
From Ms. Scuderi. Yep. Prego.
Benedetta Scuderi
Mr. Mureșan, ma proprio voi parlate di tassare le Big Tech? Proprio il Partito Popolare? Continuate a parlare di digitale e poi non ci investite. Continuate a parlare di clima e degli morti di quest'estate, ma poi qui state distruggendo la transizione. Parlate di diritto internazionale e poi avete invitato i talebani e non fate niente su Gaza.
Parlate di difesa europea e poi mettete 800 miliardi sul riarmo nazionale. Parlate di autonomia e investimenti ed è proprio i popolari che non vogliono più risorse, non vogliono tassare i ricchi e non vogliono un bilancio comune. Non siete stanchi di mentire? Lei e la Presidente von der Leyen?
Thank you very much. Look, dear colleague, your speech has nothing to do with my intervention, of course, but let me say once again. We want a strong European Union. Security, defense, protecting citizens, competitiveness, investing in research, innovation, these are our priorities for the next years.
Siegfried Mureşan
And security and competitiveness are linked. We will have to invest more in our security and we will only be able to do that if our economy is strong and the private sector will only continue to invest in Europe if it feels safe and protected. This is what we're going to do and we are strongly united as a majority here in the European Parliament for a strong Europe and the budget will be an essential tool to achieve this. Thank you.
Kathleen Van Brempt
Thank you very much, dear colleagues. Let me start by agreeing, President von der Leyen, Europe is strong. But when we are confronted with the bullies at the geopolitical stage today, think about Trump, think about Xi Jinping, we have seen a Commission and a Council that did not react from that strength, but from fear, and that must change. Yes, we need a credible trade strategy and we support the work of the Commission done on the trade deals with Australia, Indonesia, India. But bilateral agreements alone will not protect us from illegal tariffs and unfair trade practices.
We welcome today Mr. Prime Minister Carney, very much looking forward to his speech, but as leader he did stood up for Canadian workers and industries.
And let that be an example for all of us. And let us build further on a trade and really good coalition with Canada, the UK, Japan, Australia and others. And develop a real and coordinated response to any economic coercion and economic cheating. Thank you. We have given you, Commission, a powerful trade defense and anti-coercion toolbox.
Please use it when necessary. Because bullies may not act when you lift a finger, but they will understand you when you raise a fist.
Marieke Ehlers
We horen al jaren dat zonder Brussel zo ongeveer de halve beschaving instort. De realiteit is echter anders, want Brussel creëert negen uit de tien keer zelf de problemen en verkoopt dan de oplossing. Concurrentiekracht eerst kapot reguleren en dan een actieplan. Energie onbetaalbaar maken en dan een strategie. Migratie jarenlang wegkijken en dan een fopspeenpact.
Telkens is uw antwoord op de mislukking van meer Europese Unie nog meer Europese Unie.
En vandaag is geen uitzondering. Ik zie alleen maar commissarissen en politici als klapvee en de gebruikelijke Brusselse kerstboom met voor iedere eurofiel een cadeautje eronder: meer geld, meer macht, meer EU, meer regels. Maar mensen willen niet dat Brussel bepaalt wat ze eten, waarin ze rijden of wat ze mogen zeggen. Ze zijn de betutteling zat. Dus om Harry Potter te citeren zeg ik vandaag tegen de Commissie: We were better without you, happier without you.
Speaker 53
Go ahead, Mr Gonçalves, you have a blue card, you can ask your question.
Bruno Gonçalves
Thank you very much. Senhora deputada, diz que quer baixar o custo para as famílias europeias, mas vota contra a tributação dos lucros de guerra. Diz que não quer uma Europa dependente de outros blocos, mas em vez de ajudar a indústria europeia, aquilo que faz é exatamente o contrário, porque propõe Elon Musk para o Prémio Sakharov e defende as guerras de Trump que nos tornam mais pobres. A minha pergunta é muito simples. Diz que é patriota, mas rejeita a Comissão e rejeita Bruxelas.
Portanto, pergunto-lhe o seguinte: prefere Telavive como o senhor Vilimsky ou Washington como o senhor Bardella?
I have tried very hard to recognize anything from my speech in the question that you have asked, so I assume this was a pre-prepared question that you wanted to ask me, a pre-prepared question that you wanted to ask me. Of course we are patriotic, but that means strong nation states, not a strong European Union. Thank you.
Nicolas Bay
Madame von der Leyen, je vous entendais ici même il y a cinq ans, presque jour pour jour, dire exactement le contraire de tout ce que vous nous avez proposé aujourd'hui. Vous étiez à l'époque dans l'obsession idéologique des énergies renouvelables en refusant le nucléaire, vous en faites désormais la promotion. Vous nous imposiez le Green Deal et son avalanche de normes qui affaiblissent nos industries et nos agriculteurs, vous ne parlez plus aujourd'hui que de simplification. Cette lucidité, dont il est urgent qu'elle passe de la parole aux actes, est la démonstration avant tout des errements et des échecs des politiques que vous avez menées jusque-là et qui aboutissent au déclassement de l'Europe dans tous les domaines sur la scène mondiale. Mais là où vous ne changez pas, c'est la fuite en avant, toujours plus de centralisme bruxellois, la construction d'un État continental qui rogne sur les libertés de choix des États membres.
Après la dette commune, vous voulez des ressources propres, c'est-à-dire des impôts européens s'ajoutant à la fiscalité nationale déjà écrasante. Et cerise sur le gâteau, ou plutôt sur le mille-feuille bureaucratique, vous voulez créer un Conseil de sécurité européen élargi à l'Ukraine, au Royaume-Uni et même au Canada. À l'inflation normative, ajoutons donc l'inflation institutionnelle. N'avez-vous pas le sentiment du ridicule alors que l'Union européenne est si faible, si peu attractive aujourd'hui qu'un petit Européen comme l'Islande, de moins de 400 000 habitants, vient de vous claquer la porte au nez en refusant tout processus d'adhésion à l'Union européenne ?
Merci, Monsieur Ber. Now it's João Cotrim de Figueiredo, one minute.
João Cotrim De Figueiredo
Thank you, President Metsola, Minister Byrne, President von der Leyen. In this envelope and the rest to the European Union and all the Member States, I have all the bills for all the programs that we all consider crucial for the future of our Union. I'll just go through a few of them. Decarbonization, hundreds of billions of euros a year. Competitiveness, hundreds of billions of euros a year.
Defense, hundreds of billions of euros a year. There are many more bills like this, I will not bore you. But so unless we grow, we all know we cannot afford this. And to grow, we just don't have to continue to simplify. By the way, companies do not feel this simplification yet.
We don't have to just complete the single market, which by the way includes not excluding EU Inc from all sectors and all companies. And it does also include completing the savings and capital markets union to liberate two or three trillion euros of European savings to finance change. We also need to face another bill, the bill and a large bill for AI, because it is obvious that we cannot grow if we remain a mere spectator in the AI revolution. We are fully aware of the existence of existential warnings from the insiders. But as outsiders now, we are not even part of that discussion and we will not be able to pay the bills.
And you know what happens when you don't pay the bills.
Thank you very much. Next is Kim van Sparrentak, one minute.
Kim Van Sparrentak
President von der Leyen, in an increasingly unstable world where tech bros are spreading fear and chaos, the people and businesses of Europe are longing for stable leadership. On AI, if Europe is racing, I want to know where we are going. Will our approach on AI protect people? Will it make us more or less dependent on foreign companies? And will you ensure the race does not just pay for new tech bro bunkers that guzzle water and energy and harm our nature?
And I'm glad you are finally taking on the manipulation machines we are all carrying in our pockets. But if we only kick children off the platforms and fail to fundamentally change how these platforms work, Musk and Zuckerberg will pop champagne and leave all our health, safety, and democracy at risk. President, you promised to make all online services safe for all, everyone, and our democracies. We will hold you to it. Ban addictive design in a strong Digital Fairness Act.
Then we determine the rules of the game and not AI billionaires. Thank you.
Thank you, Ms. Vansparrentak. Marc Botenga is next, one minute.
Marc Botenga
Merci, Madame la Présidente. Madame von der Leyen, votre autosuffisance, votre arrogance m'a dérangé. Vous parlez du meilleur des temps, mais pour qui ? Pour vous peut-être, avec 34 000 euros par mois, pour les milliardaires. Mais pour les travailleurs européens aujourd'hui, nos trains en retard, nos routes détruites, nos hôpitaux aux abois, nos pompiers sous-équipés, un Européen sur deux qui a des difficultés financières.
Des loisirs, des sorties en famille, tout ce qui fait notre joie de vivre y passe. Prix du gaz, du pétrole évidemment nous tuent, bientôt 3 euros le litre à la pompe. Et c'est aussi votre faute, c'est aussi votre responsabilité. Parce que qu'est-ce que vous avez fait pour arrêter la guerre criminelle de Trump, de Netanyahou contre l'Iran ? Rien, vous vous êtes couchée.
Qu'est-ce que vous faites aujourd'hui pour ramener la paix en Ukraine ? Rien, vous préférez renvoyer des pères de famille ukrainiens réfugiés en Europe mourir au front là-bas. Et qu'est-ce que vous faites aujourd'hui pour taxer les superprofits, les superprofits des multinationales de l'énergie ? Rien, vous voulez activer, c'est-à-dire cibler l'épargne des travailleurs et subventionner les multinationales de l'armement. C'est votre choix, Madame von der Leyen, vous allez le payer dans la rue.
Merci.
Stanislav Stoyanov
Благодаря Ви, госпожо председател, госпожо фон дер Лайен. Обединена Европа беше мечта за поколения европейци, мечта за сигурност, свобода, благоденствие и достойно бъдеще. Днес тази мечта е подменена, а Вие продължавате да ни пробутвате нейния стар образ. Европейците виждат друга реалност: неконтролирана миграция, социално напрежение, скъпа енергия, загуба на индустрии и все по-трудно достижим достоен живот. Частни и корпоративни интереси изместват тези на гражданите, а решенията се вземат все по-далеч от тях.
Старата европейска мечта вече не съществува. Съвсем наскоро исландците показаха, че все повече европейци търсят нов път. Европа има нужда от нова мечта за реформиран съюз на суверенни държави, стъпил отново на здрава основа, съюз, изграден по волята на европейските народи, а не на неизбирани началници. Европа има нужда от нещо ново и то вече се заражда.
Thank you. Next is Dolors Montserrat, one and a half minutes.
Dolors Montserrat
Gracias, presidentas. Nuestros enemigos están poniendo a prueba nuestras vulnerabilidades. La invasión de Ceuta, ayer Lituania y Dinamarca, hace pocos días Alemania y Polonia, no son incidentes casuales. Es una guerra híbrida declarada con forma de dron, de virus informático, de frontera integridad territorial violada. Quien ataque una frontera, quien invada un territorio europeo, quien noquee una infraestructura debe saber que Europa responderá inmediatamente, sin tener que esperar a un presidente como Sánchez que se va de vacaciones en vez de defender nuestra frontera europea.
Necesitamos seguridad para ser libres y competitividad para ser autónomos. Pero seguimos funcionando como 27 mercados pequeños. Necesitamos eliminar toda la burocracia, bajar los precios de la energía, invertir en digitalización, una industria Made in Europe, nuevos acuerdos comerciales y completar el mercado único son el único camino para la Europa del futuro. Un futuro que pasa primero por crear oportunidades y empleo para todos los jóvenes. Segundo, si las tecnologías no ponen límites a su poder, Europa sí velará para que nuestros jóvenes la utilicen de forma segura, libre y saludable.
El precio de no disuadir puede ser irreparable.
Y tercero, no hay libertad cuando emanciparse es un sueño inalcanzable para los jóvenes. La solución a la vivienda es construir más vivienda, más seguridad jurídica y menos burocracia, no con recetas comunistas como la de Teresa Ribera de limitar la compra de segunda vivienda y atacar a la propiedad privada, uno de los grandes valores de la Unión Europea. Señoría, seguridad, competitividad y libertad es la verdadera Europa que necesitamos. Muchísimas gracias.
Raphaël Glucksmann
Merci, Madame la Présidente. Des mots, des mots, des mots, comme le disait Hamlet. Les mots comptent. Mais pendant ce temps en Europe, 500 travailleurs de l'industrie perdent leur travail chaque jour. Notre société est lacérée par ces usines qui ferment et notre souveraineté est minée.
Voilà le coût de 30 années de religion du libre-échange, le coût de l'humiliation heureuse face à Trump et le coût de la capitulation choisie face à la Chine. Nos batteries, nos terres rares, nos panneaux solaires, tout vient de Chine aujourd'hui.
Nous dépendons totalement des plateformes et de l'intelligence artificielle américaine. Nos aéroports et nos chemins de fer sont visés par Poutine. Et qu'annoncez-vous ce matin ? Des panels, des débats stratégiques. Il faut se réveiller.
Nous voulons un plan européen d'investissement dans les industries de la transition écologique. Nous voulons enfin la préférence européenne, des marchés publics réservés aux productions européennes, la protection de nos usines contre le dumping chinois, maintenant. Nous voulons que vous appliquiez enfin les règles que nous avons votées contre les géants américains et chinois du numérique. Nous le voulons maintenant. Le temps n'est plus aux panels d'experts, le temps est aux actions.
Alors agissons ensemble.
Petras Gražulis
Gerbiamas pranešėjau, jūs esate valdančiosios daugumos atstovas. Penki metai vyksta karas Ukrainoje, sprogdina pastatus, žudo žmones. Ar jums negėda, kad didžiausia ir stipriausia beveik pasaulyje sąjunga negali apginti Ukrainos? Per penkis metus daug žodžių, bet darbų, man atrodo, mažai.
Kaip jūs vertinate Europos Sąjungą, kuri neapgina Ukrainos jau penki metai?
Raphaël Glucksmann
La guerre en Ukraine n'est pas simplement une guerre contre l'Ukraine. C'est une guerre contre l'ensemble du continent européen, c'est une guerre contre l'ensemble de nos nations. Et donc nous devons continuer à soutenir la résistance ukrainienne. Nous devons même faire beaucoup plus que ce que nous avons fait jusqu'ici. Ce que nous devons faire désormais, c'est assumer la protection du ciel ukrainien contre les missiles russes qui visent les cibles civiles sur l'ensemble du territoire ukrainien.
Ce que des pays européens ont fait pour les Émirats arabes unis, pour le ciel d'Abou Dhabi, nous devons le faire aujourd'hui pour les villes ukrainiennes. Et donc non, nous n'avons pas fait assez pour protéger l'Ukraine et nous n'avons pas fait assez pour défendre l'Europe. Ce qu'il nous faut, c'est l'autonomie stratégique européenne, mais ça, ça commence par quoi ? Ça commence par augmenter notre soutien à la résistance ukrainienne.
Tamás Deutsch
Von der Leyen elnök asszony, önök éveken át szemérmetlenül azt hazudták, hogy Magyarországon felszámolták a jogállamot, pedig pontosan tudták, egy szó sem igaz az egészből. Azért csinálták ezt a kampányt, hogy visszatartsák az uniós forrásokat, és ezzel megbuktassák a patrióta magyar kormányt. Mai örömködése is ennek a beismerése. Az elmúlt hónapokban aztán a Tisza-kormány alkotmányos puccsal felszámolta a demokratikus Magyarországot és önkényuralmi rendszert hozott létre. Pontosan tudnak mindenről, de most mégis hallgatnak.
A fülrepesztő csendnek az az oka, hogy Brüsszel és a Tisza Párt paktumot kötöttek. Magyar Péter dolga, hogy letörölje a nemzeti szuverenista erőket a magyar politika térképéről, Brüsszel pedig ezért az uniós pénzekkel és a feltétlen politikai támogatással fizet. A Tisza-kormány pedig a szuverenitásunkat teljesen feladva, alávetett pozícióba beilleszti Magyarországot a brüsszeli birodalmi gépezetbe. De korán örülnek, mi harcolni fogunk az önkény ellen és a magyar szabadságért.
Gheorghe Piperea
Faptul că Frau von der Leyen și-a cumpărat aplauzele nu schimbă realitatea, adică supraîndatorarea UE și a statelor membre, dezindustrializarea și falimentul, sărăcia și șomajul populației. Cauzele, vizibile, dar neluate în considerare: politicile infracționale din pandemie, măsurile iraționale din Green Deal și susținerea financiară obsesivă a regimului mafiot kievean. UE este astăzi un liliputan economic care visează la inteligența artificială, dar s-a blocat în tehnologia dopului de plastic atașat petului. Green Deal nu a adus energie sustenabilă, ci taxe și dependență de China. Campioană la hiper-reglementare și cenzurarea scutului democratic, adică a cenzurii, UE ne-a adus la un pas de război, în ciuda originilor pașnice ale UE.
UE a devenit un pitic geopolitic indezirabil. State ca Islanda, Elveția și Norvegia își refuză accesul în UE, organizație centralistă de tip sovietic. Salvarea UE de la dezintegrare nu mai este acum posibilă decât dacă von der Leyen își dă demisia. Mulțumesc.
Morten Løkkegaard
Tak, kære kollega, præsident von der Leyen. Tak for en håbefuld tale. Jeg har faktisk i gang, jeg vil sige tre gange tak, og så vil jeg komme med et spørgsmål.
Første tak er for at hædre den danske helikopterpilot Rune Kynddal. Jeg ved, hans familie satte rigtig meget pris på det, der skete i dag. Det var meget rørende. Så et stort tak for at åbne over for Canada. Jeg er sikker på, at vi i morgen får en god tale fra Mr. Khani, og at der bliver skrevet historie her i lokalet i dag.
Det vil jeg også være meget værdsat for vores gruppes side og for mig selv. Og endelig en tak for at fokusere på gold-plating. Vi har jo talt meget om gold-plating. Jeg tror, vi har gjort alt, hvad vi kunne i Bruxelles efterhånden. Nu mangler vi medlemsstaterne.
Jeg er helt enig. Og så skal vi altså være sikre på, at det rent faktisk sker. Og mit spørgsmål til Dem, præsident, er derfor: Hvordan forestiller De Dem, at medlemsstaterne rent faktisk kan blive presset til at gøre det nødvendige? Fordi det indtil nu har det været et kæmpe problem. Jeg håber på at få en uddybning af det.
Tak for det.
Thank you, Mr. Løkkegaard. Damian Boeselager, one minute.
Damian Boeselager
Dear President, dear Prime Minister Khani, I'm really excited we are formalizing our long-distance relationship. Of course, our history has had its ups and downs, but hey, we recently had a bad breakup with the Brits, and you seem to be going through a rough patch with the US. So clearly, we're both open for something new.
And for us, choosing you, Canada and Mr. Carney, is quite easy. You have green hydrogen to keep us warm, you have maple syrup to keep us happy, and heated rivalry to keep us entertained. You have poutine, the Mounties, Celine Dion, and Leonard Cohen, and of course almost every famous Ryan or Justin I can think of. Furthermore, you Canadians possess humankind's rarest skill, and that is the ability to apologize, which in today's ego-denominated world is very rare. You have courage, Prime Minister, which you have shown by standing up against Trump's gaslighting, something we still have yet to learn.
And we know that Canada will never be the 51st state, and apparently maybe also not the 28th member state, even though you would be very welcome, but maybe we could become the 11th province of Canada in addition for you being an associate member here. Because we really need to double down, double-double down on our relationship. Long live Lake Ontario, across the oceans our hearts will go on. Thank you.
Pasquale Tridico
Presidente, grazie.
Colleghi, Presidente von der Leyen, l'ultimo anno la Commissione ha presentato 41 iniziative sulla difesa e 31 sul sociale. Basta questo dato per spiegare la sua unica vera priorità: il riarmo. L'Europa è spettatrice davanti all'avanzata dell'intelligenza artificiale, all'inflazione che sale, ai prezzi dell'energia e della benzina che sono alle stelle, e sempre più cittadini non riescono ad arrivare a fine mese. La difesa deve essere anche protezione sociale e sicurezza del lavoro, che lei ignora. Quando la politica smette di occuparsi della vita reale, la gente non smette di avere problemi, smette di credere nella politica.
Ed è lì che cresce l'estrema destra, non perché gli europei siano diventati estremisti, ma perché qualcuno ha smesso di ascoltarli. E i problemi in Europa rimangono: la deindustrializzazione, la povertà, le disuguaglianze, la casa. Presidente, più lei insegue la destra, più crescono i partiti neonazisti. Perché non tassiamo le Big Tech, gli extraprofitti, i miliardari per finanziare la giustizia sociale? Serve un'Europa più giusta, che lavori per la pace anziché boicottarla e difenda il lavoro e le nostre imprese, non insegua austerità e riarmo.
Grazie.
Speaker 74
Grazie, onorevole Tridico. Next, Lídia Pereira, one and a half minutes.
Lídia Pereira
Senhora Presidente, tomei boa nota das suas palavras e trago números. Nos 90 segundos que tenho, a União Europeia gasta 1 milhão de euros em importar energia, mais de 120 milhões nestas três horas deste debate. Por isso, investir em energia limpa é investir na economia. É segurança, é competitividade, é liberdade. Em 70 anos aprendemos a circular sem fronteiras e até já podemos pagar com a mesma moeda.
Mas as empresas ainda enfrentam um rolo compressor de 27 leis nacionais num mercado que devia ser único. Hoje ainda não é possível criar uma empresa reconhecida em toda a Europa. E o mesmo vale para o pacto das migrações. Não podemos continuar com 27 políticas diferentes num espaço que se quer comum. E não podemos ceder a extremos.
Portugal tem mostrado esse caminho: só há política de migrações com regras, só há dignidade se houver visto e contrato, só há bem-estar se houver integração. Os europeus não pedem que sonhemos por eles, pedem-nos resultados. E há quem os espere com mais urgência do que nós. A Ucrânia não desistiu, lembra-nos todos os dias o que significa a Europa: um projeto de democracia, de paz e de liberdade.
A presença do primeiro-ministro Mark Carney hoje mostra-nos também uma verdade importante: as democracias não podem dar-se ao luxo de estarem sozinhas e a Europa é um espaço que vale a pena defender. Muito obrigada.
Thank you, Ms. Pereira, you have a blue card, will you take it from Raquel García? From Raquel García? Yes, okay, go ahead, Raquel.
Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle
Thank you, Madam President, obrigada, senhora Pereira. Thank you so much for your speech, I can agree with a lot of what you said. One of the things that I fully agreed with you on is the fact, the need to fight extremism. And I think that fight begins in this house. And there are a number of rather extreme groups and colleagues in this house with whom your group, the European People's Party, is working.
Don't you think that we have to put an end to that once and for all and the European pro-European forces, let's see, to Europeans that we are united for the goals that we share instead of playing it with the extreme right? Thank you so much.
Muito obrigada pela pergunta. Nós somos todos democratas e, portanto, aquilo que queremos é trabalhar, privilegiando, claro, o trabalho com os democratas e com quem defende a União Europeia. Mas, senhora deputada, também temos que ser realistas.
Lídia Pereira
E se temos um programa e temos ideias, temos que as negociar com todas as forças deste Parlamento. Se a senhora deputada define à partida um cordão sanitário, nós preferimos e privilegiamos o diálogo e o compromisso que vão ao encontro daquilo que são as nossas prioridades e que têm sempre por base a democracia europeia e entregar resultados a todos os europeus.
Heléne Fritzon
Tack fru talman, president von der Leyen. I Europa ser vi en växande backlash för jämställdheten, för flickors och kvinnors rättigheter. Jag välkomnar ert tal idag, för det krävs vilja, mod och politiskt ledarskap för att ändra på attityder och strukturer. Jämställdheten måste integreras i alla politikområden, i lagstiftning, i budget. Varje euro vi använder och investerar ska bidra till ett jämställt Europa.
Och lika viktigt är det att vi använder kvinnors kompetens. Idag står en tredjedel av alla Europas kvinnor utanför arbetsmarknaden. Inget jobb, ingen lön och inte makten över sitt eget liv.
Och vi behöver kvinnors klokskap i den gröna omställningen, där det är avgörande att vi håller kursen för att klara 2040-målen. Så jag citerar gärna er, president von der Leyen: "Women are here to stay, but we need results".
Thank you. Ms Fritzon, there's a blue card for you, will you take it? Heléne? Ms Fritzon, will you take a blue card? No, okay.
Paolo Borchia, prego.
Paolo Borchia
Presidente von der Leyen, il suo è stato un monologo a senso unico, troppo scollegato dalla realtà per quelle che sono le difficoltà che l'Europa sta vivendo. Lei ha detto che abbiamo resistito bene a due guerre, ma probabilmente le sfugge quanto costano i carburanti questa mattina in quasi tutta Europa. Ha parlato di troppe regole e io sono d'accordo, ma trovo poco credibile che quelli che l'hanno applaudita siano stati gli stessi che queste troppe regole hanno votato. E poi lei ha parlato di un ruolo delle donne da difendere. Io sono il primo ad essere d'accordo, ma questa è una frase ipocrita perché questa Commissione europea non ha mosso un dito contro la progressiva islamizzazione dell'Europa.
E infine lei riconosce che importiamo troppo dalla Cina, ma Pechino non aveva bisogno di semafori verdi, quei semafori verdi che il Green Deal ha dato.
Ma le assicuro una cosa: finché c'è la Lega non permetteremo che l'Europa diventi una colonia cinese.
Johan Van Overtveldt
Priesident, voorzitter, collega's, de woorden van deze State of the Union worden hier altijd heel nauwgezet gewikt en gewogen. Maar belangrijker zijn de acties die ondernomen worden op basis van prioriteiten. En er is één sleutel die de deur naar al die prioriteiten opent en dat is economische groei. Die groei is een absolute conditio sine qua non voor een krachtdadig beleid dat onze veiligheid, defensie en geopolitieke positie versterkt en onze bedrijven toelaat internationaal te concurreren. Daarvoor is echte deregulering nodig.
Louter administratieve vereenvoudiging is onvoldoende. Europa moet meer ademruimte creëren voor creatief ondernemerschap. Minder regels, meer ruimte voor initiatief, investeringen en innovatie. En ook in het Europese budget moet er dringend meer focus komen op onderzoek en ontwikkeling. Zonder sterkere economische groei kunnen we zoveel ambities formuleren als we maar willen.
Maar we zullen ze zonder die economische groei niet kunnen realiseren. Dank u.
Thank you very much. Next is Željana Zovko, one and a half minutes.
Željana Zovko
Thank you, President, and chapeau, Madam Ursula von der Leyen, President of European Commission. I congratulate you for condemnation of horrifying scene from the state funeral of convicted butcher from Srebrenica, Ratko Mladić. European Union needs enlargement to Western Balkan as a strategic priority, but the message was sent and it is clear: Union does not trade with its values. All victims and their families deserve truth and justice and compassion. This includes the truth about 1,725 people still missing in Croatia following the Serbia's aggression against Croatia.
It also includes the missing Croats from Bugojno and eight Croatian children killed in Vitez in Bosnia and Herzegovina for what no one was held accountable. The Irish Minister mentioned the late John Hume, our former colleague who was instrumental in bringing peace to Northern Ireland.
I hope that we will be remembered in this house by fully implementing the Dayton Paris Peace Agreement that finally guarantees equal rights for all three constituent people in Bosnia and Herzegovina. And for that we need United States of America and keep working with our strongest transatlantic relations and indeed strong also trading partner. And I welcome Canadian association membership. It's good to have Canada on board. It's good to have Canada that also our people have built and our diaspora, including my late uncle who is buried there.
Finally, I welcome your call for European firefighters fleet, but we must support the firefighters who carried out heroic work this summer in Croatia and across Europe, from Brač to Omiš to all over. We need them. In our sleepless night they cannot fly. I mean they are on the ground and we need to support them. We need to give them means to keep on fighting.
Thank you. Ms. Zovko, there's a blue card. Will you take it? For Mr. Mularczyk, go ahead.
Dziękuję. Pani poseł zwróciła uwagę na na to jak ważne są kwestie historyczne w polityce Unii Europejskiej, na podejście do praworządności, praw człowieka. Wróciłem nie tak dawno z Viannos w Grecji, gdzie grecki prezydent wspomniał, że do dzisiaj Grecja nie dostała reparacji wojennych od Niemiec.
Arkadiusz Mularczyk
Do dzisiaj greccy obywatele nie mają żadnych roszczeń żadnych świadczeń. To również mamy taką sytuację z Polską. Jak pani uważa, czy Komisja Europejska pod przewodnictwem pani von der Leyen powinna zmusić Niemcy, Berlin do podjęcia dialogu z Polską i z Grecją? To jest stanowisko prezydenta Polski i Grecji, że taki dialog powinien się rozpocząć. Proszę odpowiedzieć na to pytanie.
Dziękuję.
Željana Zovko
In this group we have an intergroup for historical memory. And I think part of this historical memory is includes many issues, undiscovered communist crimes, totalitarian regimes, and many of the issues that we offer a platform for discussions and I invite colleagues to join that we continue discussing and on many also people who are still grieving leaving their land. Thank you very much.
Nicola Zingaretti
Presidente, per rilanciare l'Europa ci vuole più pace e più giustizia. Sette società digitali americane insieme valgono più del PIL dell'intera Unione e non era mai accaduto nella storia dell'umanità.
È un modello sbilanciato. La ricchezza si continua a concentrare e non si distribuisce alle persone e il sistema fiscale globale è complice. Le grandi piattaforme digitali pagano in media il 15% di imposte. I nostri commercianti, i nostri artigiani, le piccole e medie imprese ne pagano quasi il doppio. E i giovani pagheranno una marea di tasse per ripagare i debiti.
Questa è un'ingiustizia e combattere le ingiustizie è compito della democrazia, ma la politica e i governi europei oggi non fanno niente. Presidente, tocca all'Europa. Lei non ha detto nulla sulla tassa dei servizi digitali che ha annunciato nel 2020, è partita e poi fermata. Ecco, noi diciamo: paghino gli oligarchi e investiamo nell'innovazione, nella sanità, nella scuola, nella ricerca, perché non servono ora le parole. Serve che lei vada avanti per un insopprimibile, giusto senso di giustizia a cui occorre dare risposte, soprattutto per le ragazze e i ragazzi.
Speaker 85
Grazie, onorevole Zingaretti. C'è un blue card, lo prendi? No? Ok. Tom Vandendriessche, one minute.
Tom Vandendriessche
Mevrouw von der Leyen, in welke realiteit leeft uw Commissie eigenlijk? U beweert veilige grenzen te garanderen. In werkelijkheid overspoelden nog maar enkele weken geleden 80.000 illegalen onze buitengrens in Ceuta. U beweert onze welvaart en concurrentiekracht te beschermen. In werkelijkheid is elektriciteit nu al 2,5 keer duurder en gas 5 keer duurder dan in de Verenigde Staten.
En alsof dat nog niet genoeg is, legt u nog eens extra klimaat taksen op. En uw plannen voor de toekomst? Een nieuwe Europese megabegroting van maar liefst 2.000 miljard euro. Nieuwe Europese belastingen. Meer van hetzelfde, maar dan gewoon duurder.
Waanzin is telkens opnieuw hetzelfde doen en toch een ander resultaat verwachten. Europa heeft een fundamenteel ander beleid nodig, dat van het gezond verstand. Want vroeg of laat mevrouw, haalt de realiteit u in. En dan volgt de afrekening door de kiezer. En daar zullen wij voor zorgen.
Sebastian Tynkkynen
Madam Ursula von der Leyen, you have put this continent on danger. Your Green Deal is wrecking food security. Businesses beg for relief, yet the regulatory monster you built keeps growing, even as you now try to scrap your own rules. You lost the race in AI and space. You close working power plants.
You'll kill combustion car factories in 2035.
You celebrate achievements while Europeans drown in living costs. Few have ruled Europe as long as you. For most of that time, Russia's illegal war has raged. And when illegal migrants arrive, you demand solidarity. Green ideology has been your compass.
With the EPP, you formed an unholy union with socialists. Equal misery, socialism failed in Cuba, the Soviet Union, and the European Union. Only a nationalist landslide can still save this continent. Thank you.
Speaker 89
Thank you, I give the floor next to Romana Tomc, one and a half minutes.
Romana Tomc
Spoštovana predsednica Evropske komisije, dragi kolegi in kolegice. Ko govorimo o prihodnosti Evrope, največkrat omenjamo konkurenčnost, gospodarski razvoj, digitalizacijo, zeleni prehod in seveda našo varnost. A prepogosto pozabljamo na temelj vsega, na demografijo. Demografija ni le vprašanje tega, koliko Evropejcev nas bo jutri, ampak tudi kakšna bo Evropa jutri. Ni zgolj statistika ali politika, je gospodarsko vprašanje, je socialno vprašanje in predvsem je ključni preizkus za našo prihodnost.
Pri tem imamo tudi v Evropskem parlamentu izjemno pomembno vlogo. Skupina za demografijo je ena najbolj aktivnih in angažiranih v tej hiši. To je seveda tudi dokaz, da lahko demografski izziv preseže politične delitve. Evropska unija ima danes približno 450 milijonov prebivalcev. Napovedi so take, da nas bo čez nekaj let, desetletij samo še 400.
Hkrati se naše prebivalstvo stara. Do leta 2050 bo tako skoraj vsak tretji Evropejec starejši od 65 let. To seveda pomeni manj delovno aktivnih ljudi, manjšo davčno osnovo in vse večji pritisk na naše pokojninske in zdravstvene sisteme. To je realnost, s katero se moramo soočiti sedaj, ne jutri. Zato mora tudi demografija postati ena osrednjih politik in prioritet evropskega proračuna, ki je pred nami, ter stalni steber evropskih socialnih politik.
Hvala lepa.
I give the floor next to Andreas Schieder, one minute.
Andreas Schieder
Frau Präsidentin, Frau Kommissionspräsidentin, Sie haben bereits letztes Jahr in Ihrer Rede auch erwähnt, Europa leidet unter einer massiven Wohnraumkrise.
Immer mehr Menschen, vor allem junge Menschen, fragen sich: Kann ich mir mein Zuhause überhaupt noch leisten? Wohnen ist eine der großen sozialen Fragen unserer Zeit geworden und wir müssen endlich handeln, auch auf europäischer Ebene. Und der Affordable Housing Act von Wohnkommissar Dan Jørgensen ist ein wichtiger erster Schritt in diese richtige Richtung. Aber es geht darum, nicht nur den Act umzusetzen, sondern auch weiterzudenken. Wir brauchen mehr Investitionen in leistbaren und sozialen Wohnraum und klare Regeln gegen Spekulationen.
Und mein Appell an die Kommission ist auch: Leistbares Wohnen darf kein Nebenthema sein, sondern muss eine der großen Prioritäten der nächsten Jahre werden. Denn ein leistbares Zuhause ist keine Luxusfrage, es ist die Grundlage für ein gutes und selbstbestimmtes Leben überall in Europa.
Speaker 92
Mr. Schieder, will you take a blue card from Mr. Terheș Cristian? Go ahead.
Cristian Terheş
Thank you. You talked in your speech about, and I quote, "affordable housing". The question is: why the houses in Europe right now are not affordable? The policies that your group is promoting, policies that are coming from Ursula von der Leyen and her Commission, is making the prices in Europe of everything higher.
So what is your solution? Affordable pricing, that's just a statement. What exactly is your group doing and what are you asking Ursula von der Leyen to do to lower and to make sure that the prices are affordable? Thank you.
I think we have to invest more in affordable housing, which makes housing available also for the middle class, but we have to also see where is a market failure, like short-term rentals or empty vacant houses for speculation, overlooking of secondary homes. And this is also what we try to tackle with the Affordable Housing Act. You're invited to vote in favor, by the way.
Hermann Tertsch
Thank you, Mr. Schiede. I give the floor to Afroditi Latinopoulou. One minute, please.
Afroditi Latinopoulou
Κυρία von der Leyen, δεν υπάρχει μεγαλύτερη ρατσίστρια από εσάς με τους Ευρωπαίους, με αποδείξεις. Μας γεμίσατε λαθρομετανάστες, μας πνίξατε στους φόρους και τη γραφειοκρατία. Τσακίσατε τους αγρότες μας, τους κτηνοτρόφους και τους ψαράδες μας. Κλείνετε τα εργοστάσια της Ευρώπης και χάνονται εκατοντάδες χιλιάδες θέσεις εργασίας. Καταστρέψατε την πυρηνική οικογένεια.
Μας επιβάλλετε τη woke ατζέντα, την πράσινη παράνοια, την ισλαμοποίηση της Ευρώπης. Πληρώνετε από την τσέπη μας τα εκατομμύρια λαθρομετανάστες που έχουν διαλύσει τις γειτονιές μας, βιάζουν, παρενοχλούν, δολοφονούν και στο τέλος τους δίνετε και χαρτιά για να ψηφίζουν. Αλλά μας δώσατε χάρτινα καλαμάκια, δεμένα καπάκια και gay pride. Δεν είστε απλά η καλύτερη μαθήτρια της Μέρκελ, την ξεπεράσατε κυρία Φον ντερ Λάιεν. Βουτηγμένη σε σκάνδαλα με βάσιμες υπόνοιες διαφθοράς, Pfizergate, εξαφανισμένα μηνύματα και άρνηση ελέγχου σας.
Και όλα αυτά χωρίς τη νομιμοποίηση της ψήφου των Ευρωπαίων πολιτών, μόνο με τις πλάτες των σοσιαλιστών και του Βέμπερ. Κυρία Φον ντερ Λάιεν, μας ρημάξατε.
Angelika Niebler
Vielen Dank, Frau Präsidentin, Frau Kommissionspräsidentin, Herr Ratsvertreter, liebe Kolleginnen, liebe Kollegen. Das Angebot einer assoziierten Partnerschaft mit Kanada, das ja weit über ein Freihandelsabkommen hinausgeht, ist ein ganz klares, starkes Bekenntnis, das ich sehr begrüße. Es zeigt nämlich, dass wir Europäer verlässliche Partner in der Welt sind und dass auch wir in der Welt verlässliche Partner haben, die unsere Werte teilen.
Also ich begrüße das ausdrücklich und hoffe sehr, dass das eine ganz, ganz strenge Partnerschaft, eine schöne Gemeinschaft werden wird. Frau Präsidentin, Sie haben eine gute Rede gehalten. Ich danke Ihnen für Ihre realistische Standortbestimmung und auch für die vielen richtigen Themen, die Sie angesprochen haben. Unsere Sicherheit, unsere Wettbewerbsfähigkeit hier in der Europäischen Union, Vorschläge zum Umgang mit künstlicher Intelligenz und sozialen Medien. Ich finde, das ist alles richtig und wichtig.
Entscheidend ist aber, dass wir diesen Ankündigungen jetzt auch Taten folgen lassen. Denn unsere Bürger fragen sich: Was macht ihr eigentlich für uns? Ich begrüße Ihren Vorschlag eines Kids Acts, denn der Schutz unserer Kinder im Netz ist zentral. Und ich begrüße auch, dass Sie das Thema Wettbewerbsfähigkeit zu Ihrer Toppriorität gemacht haben. Tausende Jobs gehen tagtäglich in unseren europäischen Ländern verloren.
Die Menschen haben Angst, sind verunsichert. Deshalb müssen wir alles unternehmen, um unsere Wirtschaft zu entlasten und für faire Wettbewerbsbedingungen zu sorgen. Und ich sage auch: Ja, es ist richtig, Gold-Plating anzugehen und die Mitgliedstaaten zu fordern, aber auch die Kommission darf in ihren Bemühungen um Bürokratieabbau nicht nachlassen.
Ms Niebler, there is a blue card for you, will you take it? No? Okay, now Marta Temido, one minute.
Thank you, Ms Niebler.
Marta Temido
Obrigada. Senhor Presidente, também nós queremos construir uma União Europeia próspera, mas isso não acontecerá se esquecermos a proteção do ambiente e da saúde. E desde o início deste mandato que assistimos ao desmantelar do Pacto Ecológico Europeu. O regulamento antidesflorestação, a lei de monitorização das florestas europeias, o Fundo Social para o Clima, todos compromissos traídos. As ondas de calor deste verão e os incêndios florestais mostraram bem o desafio que enfrentamos e só são uma novidade para os distraídos.
Mas como disse, Presidente, quando a Europa está dividida não consegue mudar o rumo dos acontecimentos. Queremos também que não se esqueça, por favor, do compromisso com a União Europeia da Saúde, que é muito mais do que inteligência artificial ou competitividade industrial. Muitos europeus continuam a adoecer e a morrer por causas evitáveis: tabaco, álcool, poluição, gorduras saturadas e trans. Precisamos de uma agenda para a prevenção. E sim, Presidente, para tudo isto precisamos de mais recursos comuns.
E as receitas do sistema de comércio de emissões e do tabaco, aqui sim, podem dar uma ajuda.
Speaker 98
Thank you, Ms Temido, there's a blue card, will you take it? Go ahead please, Mr Madison.
Jaak Madison
Yeah, thanks so much.
First of all, you said that in the last few years Ms. von der Leyen has changed his course about the Green Deal. I have to remind you that two years ago we had elections and the voters said in Europe clearly that they would like to see a more realistic approach to the climate ideology because that's why the conservatives just said a lot of things to the socialists. But just realistically, if we go on with the Green Deal and so on to have climate change and just what is your approach? Currently we are importing about 80% of the minerals from China and from Africa controlled by Chinese. How are we going to guarantee that everybody will have electricity without fossil fuels all over the Europe?
How are you going to guarantee that?
Thank you, Mr. Madison. Thank you. Mr. Mido. Go ahead, Mr. Mido.
Marta Temido
Muito obrigado. Obrigado pela sua questão. Em primeiro lugar, eu não disse que a senhora presidente tinha desistido do Pacto Ecológico Europeu, disse que alguns nesta casa tinham desistido do Pacto Ecológico Europeu. É bom que isso fique claro. Em segundo lugar, é bom que também recordem aos europeus que eles não enchem o galão, o tanque dos seus carros com aquilo que não é pagável por eles próprios.
E isso tem a ver com a descarbonização, um roteiro verde e a eletrificação da Europa, não com aquilo que os senhores acham que tem a ver. Muito obrigado.
Thank you. Next is Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová. One minute.
Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová
Vážená paní předsedkyně, musím říct, že jsem měla připravený jiný projev, ale váš projev mě takříkajíc zvedl ze židle. Více než 30 let sloužím veřejnosti, jsem v politických funkcích, ale to, co jsem dneska zažila, je pro mě něco nepřijatelného. Možná vás teď překvapím, já také věřím v Evropu, ale v úplně jinou než vy. Silná Evropa totiž není více nařízení, regulací, omezení. Silná Evropa je diskuse.
Silná Evropa je pluralita názorů. Silná Evropa je hledání kompromisů. Silná Evropa je 27 silných států. Silná Evropa je respekt k druhým, k jejich specifikům. Silná Evropa je akceptace výsledků voleb.
Silná Evropa není propaganda. Není nálepkování. Není jediný správný názor a stavění cordon sanitaire. Silná Evropa není silná Evropská komise. Evropská komise není evropská vláda a vy nejste její prezidentkou.
Thank you, dear colleague. You want a blue card, would you answer? Okay. Esteban González Pons, Vice-President, one and a half minutes.
Esteban González Pons
Señora presidenta, el 4 de agosto apareció un dron cargado de explosivos en el aeropuerto de Leipzig. Ayer, desde el círculo más íntimo de Putin, se advirtió a Polonia de que dejaría de existir en dos o tres días. Y a finales de julio, en dos noches, más de 80.000 personas cruzaron la frontera de Ceuta. 80.000 personas no fuerzan una frontera si no lo permite el país del que salen. Tres hechos, tres geografías, un solo método.
Los ataques híbridos no distinguen entre el Báltico y el estrecho de Gibraltar. Buscan nuestra grieta y confían en que tratemos esa grieta como un problema local. Señora presidenta, Ceuta es hoy el estado de la Unión Europea. Es una ciudad que está sosteniendo sola lo que debería sostener un continente. Más de 10.000 personas deambulan por sus calles sin que Marruecos las acepte de vuelta.
España no es menos parte de la Unión Europea que Alemania o Polonia. La amenaza híbrida por el sur no es menos grave. Y quienes nos atacan de forma híbrida por el sur no deberían merecer menos sanciones que aquellos que lo hacen por el este. La grieta que buscan quienes nos provocan no está en la valla de Ceuta, está en esta cámara y estará en esta cámara el día que consideremos Leipzig un problema alemán, Varsovia un problema polaco o Ceuta un problema español. Señora presidenta, le felicito por su discurso.
Gracias por su estrategia contra la guerra híbrida, pero por favor, el flanco sur es de la misma magnitud que el flanco este.
Thank you. I give the floor to Krzysztof Śmiszek, one minute.
Krzysztof Śmiszek
Debatujemy dzisiaj o tym, w jakim stanie jest Unia Europejska. Dobrze to ilustruje sytuacja sprzed kilku tygodni w hiszpańskiej Ceucie. 70 tysięcy osób szturmowało granice maleńkiej Ceuty. Po 48 godzinach działania służb opanowano kryzys. Prawie wszyscy przebywający na terenie Ceuty wrócili do Maroka.
Ale oczywiście ekstremistyczna prawica postanowiła wykorzystać ten akt wojny hybrydowej. Ponadto, niestety, wielu przywódców państw Unii Europejskiej napisało list, także do pani, pani przewodnicząca. Czy zaoferowali w nim pomoc Hiszpanii? Nie, wykorzystano kryzys, w którym zginęło 140 osób, by skrytykować odnoszący sukcesy kraj rządzony przez lewicę. Kiedy kilka lat temu Polska, mój kraj, zmagała się z kryzysem na granicy białoruskiej, organizowany przez dyktaturę Łukaszenki, Europa zaproponowała ludzi, sprzęt i pieniądze.
I to była pomoc, której potrzebuje dzisiaj Hiszpania. Czy reakcja na Ceutę to nie był przypadek tej słynnej europejskiej solidarności, czy raczej podwójnych standardów? Nie pokonamy nacjonalistów, udając nacjonalistów. Pokonamy autokratów solidarnością Europy.
Daniel Buda
Doamnă președintă von der Leyen, realitățile prezentate de dumneavoastră astăzi aici nu pot fi contestate. Le simțim și noi și cetățenii pe care îi reprezentăm. Vorbim despre securitate și competitivitate, despre o Europă puternică. Pentru România și statele estice, amenințările la adresa securității nu sunt abstracte. Vedem dronele rusești în fiecare zi.
Dar securitatea Europei înseamnă și securitate alimentară. Ieri, fermierii din România au ieșit în stradă și mă uit la domnul Varhelyi, de la care aștept un licăr de speranță pentru ei. Vocea lor însă este vocea fermierilor europeni. Aceștia doresc să aibă șansa de a-și continua munca. După o vară fierbinte, marcată de secetă și inundații, de criza îngrășămintelor și a combustibililor, fermierii se luptă cu dușmani cu care nu-și pot măsura singuri puterile și de aceea noi trebuie să fim lângă ei.
Jean Monnet spunea că Europa va fi făurită în crize și va fi suma soluțiilor adoptate pentru depășirea acestor crize.
Astăzi, fermierii Europei au nevoie ca noi să fim la înălțimea acestor cuvinte. Când avem grijă de agricultura Europei, avem grijă de viitor. Mulțumesc.
René Repasi
Vielen Dank, sehr geehrte Frau Kommissionspräsidentin, liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen. Die europäische Erfolgsformel ist ziemlich einfach. Sie lautet: Binnenmarkt, Binnenmarkt, Binnenmarkt. Und was unser Binnenmarkt braucht, sind Investitionen und sind Einheitsrecht. Es braucht Freiheit und es braucht den Schutz auf europäischer Ebene.
Frau von der Leyen, die Omnibusses sind gescheitert. Sie sind Stückwerk und lösen das Problem nicht einheitlich. Sie bauen Schutzstandards ab und schwächen unsere Rolle als globaler Standardsetter. Wir brauchen keine Deregulierung. Die Omnibusses haben Ihre Mehrheit in diesem Haus gespalten.
Was wir eigentlich brauchen, ist mehr Einheitsrecht. Wir müssen etwas zusammen aufbauen, so wie wir es bei EU Inc tun. Aber nicht, wie es die Kommission vorgeschlagen hat, sondern wir brauchen eine EU Inc, bei der es mehr Freiheit für Gründerinnen und Gründer gibt und den Schutz der Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer auf derselben Ebene gleichrangig regelt.
Frau von der Leyen, wir brauchen eine Kommission, die sich den Schwarzbrot-Themen des Binnenmarktes zuwendet. Dann klappt es auch mit dem globalen Europa. Danke schön.
Andrzej Halicki
Szanowna Pani Prezydent, Szanowna Pani Komisarz. Z dumą dzisiaj mówię po polsku, bo przywołane przez Panią Komisarz polskie przykłady dają poczucie dumy i satysfakcji. Chciałoby się poprosić o więcej polskich pomysłów realizowanych na rzecz silnej, wspólnej Europy. Rafał Modrzewski i jego innowacyjna firma budująca bezpieczeństwo. Ochrona granicy polsko-białoruskiej tak skuteczna, że dzisiaj nie ma jednego nielegalnego migranta.
Nie tylko fizyczna ochrona, ale także prawna, zawieszenie prawa do azylu. To przykłady, że przy solidarności europejskiej i zrozumieniu możemy działać skutecznie, także w przypadku Ceuty, bo wszyscy dzisiaj jesteśmy Ceutyjczykami. Chcemy bezpiecznej Ceuty, chcemy granicy europejskiej sprawnie chronionej, skutecznie chronionej. Ale dzisiaj najważniejszym wyzwaniem jest bezpieczeństwo.
Tak, realne zagrożenie na naszych granicach, lotniskach. To już nie jest hybrydowe zagrożenie. To jest realne zagrożenie. Dlatego musimy budować koalicję siły i determinacji, by Europa była silna, sprawna, ale też bezpieczna. To jest oczekiwanie naszych obywateli.
I mam apel do was wszystkich na tej sali, bo kończymy tę debatę. Konkluzja powinna być jedna i wspólna, ponad podziałami politycznymi, na rzecz wspólnej Europy, bo ona jest atrakcyjna także dla takich partnerów jak Kanada, pozaeuropejskich. To najważniejszy projekt polityczny, by zapewnić sobie bezpieczeństwo. Ponad podziałami politycznymi budujmy koalicję siły. A przyjaciele Putina, którzy tu siedzą i chcą nas podzielić, niech zostaną w koalicji strachu.
Patrioci, którzy czasem ignorują to zagrożenie, dołączcie do koalicji siły, jeżeli chcecie być patriotami, a nie zdrajcami.
President. Citizens want to feel safe. They want good jobs, better opportunities, and they want Europe to deliver. But some politicians want Europe to achieve more with less. It will not work.
You cannot ask Europe to compete, to protect its borders and strengthen its security while cutting the EU budget. And we cannot build a stronger Europe by leaving regions behind.
Victor Negrescu
Cohesion is at the heart of the European project. Social Europe is the definition of what we stand for. Children's future should not depend on the postcode where they are born. This is why the next EU long-term budget is a defining choice. Europe has to invest more in creating better jobs, health, and education.
We need to invest in people first. This is what Europeans, this is what Romanians expect. And we must also recognize the specific challenges faced by Eastern countries that require urgent solutions. If we want Europe to deliver, we must give Europe the means to act. Thank you.
Alex Agius Saliba
President, l-Ewropa kienet dejjem pijuniera fir-regolamentazzjoni tat-teknoloġija u trid tibqa' l-istess fil-protezzjoni tal-minorenni. Nitkellem bħala missier u naf li ħafna minnkom ukoll tridu li uliedkom jiġu mħarsa. Il-ġenituri huma mħassba bis-sigurtà diġitali.
Bħala grupp soċjalista aħna nitolbu li taġixxu u nħarsu 'l quddiem għall-proposta tal-att dwar it-tfal. Il-kumpaniji Big Tech tefgħu prodotti li jikkawżaw dipendenza fis-swieq tagħna, scrolling li ma jispiċċa qatt, imħuħ qabel il-ħsieb sabiex iżidu l-ħin li nqattgħu quddiem il-mobile. It-tfal tagħna qed iħallsu prezz għoli għal dan l-aġir. Is-social media mhijiex sigura għat-tfal u jeħtieġ li jkollna età minima. Iżda dan mhux biżżejjed.
Il-konsumaturi kollha, kollha kemm huma, jistħoqqilhom pjattaformi diġitali siguri u ġusti. Għalhekk qed nitolbu li twettqu wkoll l-att dwar il-ġustizzja diġitali li jħalli impatt. Jeħtieġ li nipprojbixxu dark patterns li jimmanipulaw l-għażliet tagħna. Jeħtieġ li neliminaw l-użu ta' dynamic pricing li jnaqqru d-drittijiet tal-konsumaturi tagħna. L-Ewropa tista' ġġiegħel lill-Big Tech iġorru r-responsabbiltà tagħhom u jinbidlu radikalment.
Iżda biex nagħmlu hekk irridu nuru l-kuraġġ u nirregolaw u ninfurzaw ir-regolamenti tagħna. Grazzi ħafna.
Grazzi ħafna. Now we will do catch-the-eye. I have many requests but we'll go through them quickly. First, Mihai Szczerba.
Przewodnicząca, pani przewodnicząca Komisji Europejskiej. Dzisiejsze informacje to informacje, które mogę nazwać wprost: to krok milowy w kierunku budowy gotowości obronnej całej Unii Europejskiej.
Michał Szczerba
Pani przewodnicząca, przede wszystkim bardzo ważna informacja: nowa strategia bezpieczeństwa. Tak, ta rzeczywistość, którą mamy w Europie, wymaga nowego podejścia, silniejszego, mocniejszego. Bo odpowiedzią Unii Europejskiej na zagrożenia strategiczne ze strony Federacji Rosyjskiej musi być siła. Więc nowa strategia bezpieczeństwa, Europejska Rada Bezpieczeństwa, bo potrzebujemy konsultacji i decyzji politycznych wtedy, kiedy są one potrzebne. Bo Rada Bezpieczeństwa to również możliwość kontaktu i współpracy z naszymi strategicznymi partnerami.
I wreszcie protokół bezpieczeństwa, czyli odpowiednik artykułu 4 traktatu NATO, czyli wczesne ostrzeganie. Dziękuję za te inicjatywy.
Thank you. Next is Sandro Ruotolo.
Sandro Ruotolo
Bene il Kid Act, la risposta deve essere europea. La responsabilità è delle piattaforme, non è dei minori e delle famiglie. Non discutiamo più soltanto di ciò che i ragazzi fanno con i social, ma di ciò che i social fanno ai ragazzi. E abbiamo ascoltato da lei una proposta concreta: niente social sotto i 13 anni, accesso supervisionato fino ai 15 e soprattutto un limite di un'ora al giorno. Una scelta forte e necessaria.
Poi maggiore autonomia, sempre su piattaforme sicure.
E concludo ricordando le sue parole sulla disinformazione e le fake news. Abbiamo bisogno della sovranità digitale europea, di algoritmi trasparenti per battere le fake news. Proteggere il nostro spazio digitale significa proteggere la nostra democrazia e la libertà di ciascuno di formarsi un'opinione senza manipolazioni. Grazie.
Hermann Tertsch
Grazie onorevole Ruotolo, now Csaba Dömötör. Is Mr. Dömötör here? Yes, go ahead.
Csaba Dömötör
Megszoktuk már, hogy amikor Ursula von der Leyen bizottsága nem teljesít egy korábban meghirdetett programot, akkor ezt tucatnyi új programmal próbálja elfedni. A mai beszédében több mint 40 új stratégiát, programot és intézményt jelentett be. Csak a lényegről nem akarnak beszélni. Arról, hogy a korábbi döntéseikkel az egekbe tolták az energiaárakat. A Draghi-jelentés leírta, hogy az európai vállalatok négyszer-ötszörös árat fizetnek az energiáért a versenytársaikhoz képest.
S ennek ellenére a bizottság nem bővítette, hanem szűkítette egyes tagállamok beszerzési lehetőségeit, többek között tiltásokkal. A következmények itt vannak: az európai ipar lejtmenetben van. Csak a Volkswagen 50 ezer dolgozót rúg majd ki, de egyes helyeken 100 ezerről is írnak. És ezek után még azt mondja az Európai Bizottság elnöke, hogy Európa jobban kezelte a válságot, mint gondolta volna. Hát hol él elnök asszony?
Járt mostanában benzinkútnál? Amit látunk, az az európai állam elárulása. Éjgyanús, üres szólamok, békehelyett...
Thank you very much. Next is Geadis Geadi.
Geadis Geadi
I will speak in Greek. Κυρία Πρόεδρε, επικροτώ και υποστηρίζω την εξαγγελία σας ότι η Ευρώπη πρέπει να έχει το δικό της άρθρο 4 όπως το ΝΑΤΟ, υπογραμμίζοντας ότι η Ευρώπη θα υπερασπιστεί κάθε τετραγωνικό της μέτρο. Την ίδια ώρα που κάνετε αυτή τη δήλωση όμως, στην Κύπρο τουρκικά drones και μαχητικά τουρκικά αεροσκάφη παρενοχλούν πτήσεις πολιτικών αεροσκαφών στα αεροδρόμια Λάρνακας και Πάφου. Χρησιμοποιούν τα κατεχόμενα εδάφη της Κύπρου για να παρενοχλούν επιβατικά αεροσκάφη, επαναλαμβάνω, επιβατικά αεροσκάφη, με ένα από αυτά να αναγκάζεται να παρεκκλίνει από την πορεία του για να μη συγκρουστεί στον αέρα, θέτοντας σε κίνδυνο χιλιάδες ζωές αθώων ανθρώπων. Θα συνεχίσετε να παρακολουθείτε αμέτοχοι τις προκλήσεις αποκαλώντας την Τουρκία ως εταίρο ή θα περάσετε από τα λόγια στις πράξεις;
Κουραστήκαμε με την υποκρισία, φτάνουν τα δύο μέτρα και τα δύο σταθμά. Η Ευρώπη οφείλει να υπερασπίζεται στην πράξη κάθε κράτος μέλος της, κάθε...
Thank you.
Helmut Brandstätter
Danke schön, Frau Präsidentin. Sie haben gesagt, es geht um Taten, nicht Worte. Vor einem Jahr habe ich gesagt, Österreich-Zuschlag, wir zahlen mehr für Produkte als in Deutschland. Das verstößt gegen den Binnenmarkt. Bitte, wann tun Sie endlich etwas?
Zweiter Punkt, Democracy Shield haben Sie angesprochen. Wir haben einen großartigen Ausschuss gehabt. Jetzt geht es um die Umsetzung dieses Resilience Center. Ich erwarte, dass da dieses Parlament, dieser Ausschuss eingebunden werden. Bitte sorgen Sie dafür.
Drittens, Außenpolitik. Wir haben die Hohe Vertreterin für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik. Was tun Sie dafür, dass sie eine gemeinsame europäische Außenpolitik umsetzen kann, die wir ja dringend brauchen, was Sie auch gesagt haben? Bitte, wenn Sie dazu auch etwas sagen können. Und dann möchte ich zum Schluss noch sagen, ein österreichischer Rechtsextremer hat zuerst gesagt, die EU sei in den dunkelsten Stunden ihrer Geschichte.
Das hat mich sehr gekränkt als Österreicher mit unserer Geschichte. Bitte, es muss Ihnen klar sein, mit diesen Rechtsextremen können Sie kein Europa aufbauen.
Ignazio Roberto Marino
Grazie, Presidente Metsola. Presidente von der Leyen, ha parlato di una elettrificazione del continente europeo entro il 2040, ma quello che serve oggi, e lei ha ricordato le tragedie di questa estate, è una roadmap per cessare di usare i combustibili fossili. Le faccio un esempio: nella città di Roma si sta progettando un inceneritore da 600.000 tonnellate di anidride carbonica emesse nell'aria. Ha citato poi la situazione in Israele e Gaza. Ha detto che vuole investire un miliardo nella ricostruzione, ma prima di ricostruire Gaza bisogna cessare di distruggerla, e l'unico modo per farlo è utilizzare lo strumento che l'Europa ha: le sanzioni contro Israele per far cessare il genocidio in atto.
Infine ha parlato dell'Ucraina, e io le chiedo: perché una mattina non prende in braccio la simpatica cicheletta, si mette davanti allo specchio e dice: "Io sono Ursula von der Leyen, la Presidente della Commissione europea, e voglio convocare un tavolo di pace, voglio usare la diplomazia"?
Senhora Presidente da Comissão, é Palestina.
Catarina Martins
O nome do Estado é Palestina. O nome do país é Palestina. A União Europeia não pode dizer que apoia Israel e manda ajuda humanitária para os palestinianos. Isso não é fazer a solução dos dois Estados. Israel continua a matar.
O genocídio está em curso. E a Europa tem um acordo de associação com Israel que não para. Estamos no mesmo mercado, financiamos a sua investigação, pomos nossos programas de fronteiras, de defesa espacial, todos os programas. A senhora Presidente vem anunciar um acordo de associação, um Estado-membro associado fora da Europa, do Canadá, para termos alianças contra o autoritarismo. Mas eu não a deixo esquecer o elefante na sala: Israel.
Este não foi o discurso do Estado da União, foi o discurso da hipocrisia da União.
Loucas Fourlas
Κυρία Πρόεδρε, είπατε δεν θα υπερασπιστούμε κάθε τετραγωνικό μέτρο ευρωπαϊκού εδάφους και το χαιρετίζω. Μιλήσατε για Γροιλανδία, μιλήσατε για Ουκρανία, δεν είπατε λέξη για την Κύπρο. Θα ρωτήσω λοιπόν ευθέως και θέλω μία απάντηση από εσάς. Οποιαδήποτε επιθετική ενέργεια της Τουρκίας εναντίον της Κύπρου ή της Ελλάδας θα αντιμετωπιστεί ως επίθεση σε ευρωπαϊκό έδαφος; Ναι ή όχι;
Πολύ απλή ερώτηση, πολύ απλή απάντηση. Σημαίνει άμεση ενεργοποίηση του άρθρου 42.7 και άμεση ευρωπαϊκή απάντηση; Ναι ή όχι; Δεν ζητάμε χάρη, ζητάμε τα αυτονόητα. Ευχαριστώ πολύ.
Thomas Bajada
If we want to talk about the state of the Union, let's look at the state of our water and climate this summer. A farmer watches his harvest disappear, workers face extreme heat while doing their job, families without clean affordable water. This is the state of our Union today. President von der Leyen, a year after the water resilience strategy, you announced today a new water initiative, and I hope that you have changed your mind and will not destroy the water framework directive. This Parliament has already presented to you a more envisaged ambitious approach last year: climate adaptation integrated into water and land use policies, investment needs for resilient infrastructure, data monitoring for leakage, preparedness for the new climate.
So, Madam President, when you propose today a new set of different non-connected strategies and initiatives, I tell you: listen to this Parliament, work with us, help us deliver for our people. Our people have suffered enough this summer, see our rivers, lands and critical infrastructures. We need one single...
Speaker 50
Merci, merci. Now I give the floor to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
Ursula von der Leyen
Honourable members, thank you very much for this very lively debate and your endurance. Let me respond to some of the topics. Of course, I will not be able to cover all if I want to stay within the limits of the time and not go overdo like I did it this morning. To Morten Løkkegaard, there you are. You put, you asked me how to engage the Council to deliver faster.
I think what we have to do is put the spotlight on, have a public debate. And for example, EU Inc proposal is a very good example why, how we can put more pressure and speed on it. As you might recall, at the moment being, companies or people who want to set up a company in the European Union have to deal with 27 different legal systems and 60 different forms of company.
This is why we have proposed EU Inc, one single and simple rule for the whole of the European Union. You can set up your company within 48 hours, totally online, less than 100 euros. The IMF estimates that the 28th regime could increase our GDP by more than 3% over 10 years and the business sector is waiting for it. 100 tech founders and investors told us just last week to get EU Inc right. And therefore I'm calling on you because we have to be very careful that and that's putting the spotlight on it within the legislative process and I'm not speaking here of the Parliament.
We are turning this very straightforward regulation into one of which 27 different national variations we have as a directive. We have to be very careful that we do not turn this speedboat that is so necessary into a heavy tanker that would disappoint everyone. So please let's get EU done and let it get done right. My second point is about investment. I heard many, many priorities and you're absolutely right from social to competitiveness, from farmers to nature, from jobs to infrastructure and many, many more priorities.
The answer to that lies in a strong European budget. I'm preaching here in the wrong church, I know it, but I have to say it again, we have to get the budgetary equation right. The budgetary equation is if we want to keep national contributions stable, if we want to invest in our priorities and if we want to pay back Next Generation EU, we need new own resources. I know you are allies in that, but I want to emphasize this once again very clearly. Then I've heard critics about the summer and how to fight the heatwave impact.
I want to stand up here for the European response, the Emergency Response Coordination Centre, ERCC abbreviation, oversaw the deployment of 40 aircrafts, 18 ground teams, almost 800 firefighters have been positioned in advance in 14 different European countries. The colleagues worked day and night and indeed I think we have to thank them from the bottom of our heart for this outstanding work here.
And I use my last minute for one topic that is close to my heart. Today, honorable members, we mark the anniversary of Daphne Galizia's murder. Exactly five years ago, I had the honor of visiting her memorial with her family. I remember their hope that justice would soon be made. Today it is disheartening to see that the pursuit of justice is not over yet.
Yes, Daphne's legacy has inspired our Media Freedom Act. We passed legislation to protect journalists because they must be free to do their job safely. And we remain vigilant on this case and on media freedom across the Union with our rule of law reports. Let me be clear, Daphne devoted her entire life to seeking the truth and now truth must prevail, there can be no impunity for Daphne's murder. And I use my last 15 seconds to say, I leave this debate encouraged.
I heard critics, yes, that's democracy, but much more strong support. So here, for the pro-European, let's stand together, let's work together, let's make a strong and independent Europe together.
Thank you so much.
Ursula von der Leyen
Thank you. Thank you. Now, the final round of replies. One minute, Ms. Knafo, please stick to time.
Sarah Knafo
Madame von der Leyen, cela fait bientôt sept ans que vous ruinez les Européens et j'ai une minute pour vous répondre. Chaque année vous êtes venue à cette tribune nous demander plus d'argent. Cet argent vous l'avez prélevé et vous l'avez détruit. Vous l'avez pris à Nicolas. Son travail vaut 4000 euros.
Il en touche 2000 et ça ne vous suffit pas. Vous lui prenez encore son argent quand il fait le plein et quand il se chauffe parce que vous avez décidé que son essence et son fioul devaient payer un droit à polluer. Vous lui prenez sur chaque facture d'électricité parce que votre marché européen l'oblige à payer son courant au prix du gaz. Vous lui prenez pour rembourser les 750 milliards d'euros que vous avez empruntés en son nom. Et ce matin, vous osez lui demander encore.
Nicolas n'a jamais voté pour vous. Il n'a jamais eu le droit de vous dire non. J'ai enquêté un an. J'en ai fait un livre. Je vous l'offre parce que la prochaine fois que vous demanderez des milliards, je veux que vous sachiez à qui vous les prenez.
Désormais Madame von der Leyen vous êtes sur le banc des accusés, vous nous demandez de l'argent.
Martin Schirdewan
Frau Präsidentin, Frau von der Leyen, leider bleiben Sie sozialpolitisch ein Totalausfall. Bezahlbare Energie für Haushalte an der Tanke, bezahlbare Lebensmittel, bezahlbare Miete, das kommt bei Ihnen gar nicht vor. Die Sicherung von Industriearbeitsplätzen bei Ihnen nur eine Randbemerkung. Übergewinnsteuern für Energiemultis, für Rüstungsunternehmen oder eine Digitalsteuer für Big-Tech-Unternehmen bei Ihnen Fehlanzeige. Stattdessen versprechen Sie Geschenke an Rüstungsunternehmen, die Bilanzen der Banken sollen vergoldet werden.
Diese Politik richtet sich gegen den sozialen Zusammenhalt in Europa und ist ein reines Jobvernichtungsprogramm. Ihre Politik hilft nicht den arbeitenden Menschen, aber sie stärken die extreme Rechte in diesem Haus. Und deshalb, Frau von der Leyen, zeigt diese Debatte, dass wir keine weiteren Debatten über die Zukunft der Europäischen Union in diesem Format brauchen, sondern dass es eine bezahlbare Zukunft für die Menschen in der Europäischen Union braucht. Vielen Dank.
Terry Reintke
Colleagues, today I've criticized the President and her plans, and I will continue to do so, as I would with any politician from the democratic spectrum. But after this debate, I must very clearly say: the far right do not, neither in this house nor anywhere else in Europe, give any answers to the challenges that are ahead of us. None, zero. All I heard today were racist, anti-European, spiteful statements attacking the President and the European Union, while colleagues defending the likes of Trump and Putin in this world. With these people, no problems in Europe will be solved.
So while we are clear about our differences, a Europe of the future will only be built if pro-Europeans are working together. So let us fight and let us discuss about the best ideas, but also let us work together to deliver for the citizens of Europe. It is high time we have to act.
Thank you very much.
Dan Barna
Doamnă președintă, salut ideea de cooperare strânsă cu Canada și vă felicit pentru prezența premierului Carney astăzi aici. Statutul de membru asociat al Canadei echivalează cu extinderea Uniunii peste ocean, iar această alianță este o premisă foarte puternică de securitate și dezvoltare pentru cetățenii noștri. Dar despre extinderea domestică, dacă vreți, a Uniunii, cu noi membri aici în Europa, discursul dumneavoastră, doamnă președintă, a fost precum apa sfințită. Republica Moldova ne-a dat tuturor speranță și încredere în referendumul constituțional pentru aderarea la Uniunea Europeană și în alegerile care au urmat. Apoi, Islanda ne-a trezit la realitate cu un duș foarte rece, să-i spunem scoțian, în care a refuzat integrarea deplină.
Doamnă președintă, foile de parcurs și strategiile pe diverse domenii, iar cu precădere pe extindere, devin inadecvate în vremurile de astăzi dacă nu sunt urmate de acțiuni. În acest Parlament veți avea întotdeauna un partener pentru acțiuni concrete și pentru îndeplinirea visului european al statelor candidate.
Dar, doamnă președintă, este necesar și este timp ca această Comisie să livreze pe extindere în acest mandat. Mulțumesc.
Charlie Weimers
Thank you, Madam President, Frau von der Leyen. You've said many times that we Europeans decide who comes to Europe. And yet no more than six weeks after your migration pact came into force, 80,000 illegal migrants decided they could come into Europe. You claimed most of the illegal migrants returned, but Spanish citizens live in fear of the thousands who remain, stealing, raping, and fighting. You stated not a single person reached mainland Spain or the rest of the EU.
Hundreds have since reached Spain and the rest of the EU. Europeans decide who comes to Europe. Ceuta does not want them, the majority of this house does not want them, send them back. The age of open borders is over, the era of deportations has begun.
Tisztelt Elnök Asszony, mai beszédében minden eddiginél több volt a hangzatos szlogen. A semmitmondásé és a színházé volt a főszerep.
Kinga Gál
Pedig most pont hogy kevesebb szlogenre és több cselekvésre van szükség. Teljesíteni végre a választóknak tett ígéreteket, a valódi megoldásokat kínálni az emberek mindennapi súlyos gondjaira. Ehelyett a mai beszéd csak eltereli a figyelmet a valódi problémákról. Ráadásul a javaslatok még több hatáskört adnának a Bizottságnak a tagállamok kárára. Pedig csak szuverén, gazdaságilag cselekvőképes tagállamok tudják biztosítani polgáraik szabadságát és biztonságát.
Elnök asszony, ön maga kvázi elismerte, hogy mindent megtettek, hogy elmozdítsák a szuverenista-patrióta magyar kormányt. Az új Tisza-kormány immár szó nélkül teljesíti a brüsszeli központ elvárásait. Ezért cserébe öntől dicséret jár nekik, miközben otthon a kommunizmus legsötétebb éveit idéző önkénnyel tiporják a demokráciát és a jogállamot.
Roberta Metsola
A hipokrácia csúcsa ez, a demokrácia ünnepének ülni. Elnök asszony, elég a színházból, végre józan ész alapú politikára van szükség.
Camilla Laureti
Serve unità per l'autonomia strategica europea, un'alleanza forte delle forze europeiste per dare quelle risposte chiare ai cittadini e alle cittadine europee che vivono un momento di enorme difficoltà. Costo dell'energia, della benzina, alloggi, cibo hanno toccato livelli insostenibili. Solo il costo del cibo negli ultimi cinque anni è aumentato del 30% e chi invece quel cibo lo produce non vede un centesimo di questo aumento. Alcuni strumenti ci sono, bisogna lavorarci di più, penso alle filiere corte, a produttori più forti, a norme contro le pratiche commerciali sleali, i diritti dei lavoratori e minore dipendenza da energia e fertilizzanti importati. Un cibo equo, sano, la difesa del pianeta e il Green Deal, il reddito degli agricoltori devono stare nella stessa politica europea.
La credibilità degli impegni che si è assunta oggi, Presidente von der Leyen, si misurerà sulle azioni concrete che farà la sua Commissione e sulla coerenza dei gruppi che in quest'aula dicono di sostenere un'Europa forte.
Roberta Metsola
Grazie. Thank you very much. And now Jeroen Lenaers, last speaker, one minute.
Jeroen Lenaers
Thank you, Madam President, dear Commission President, you started by quoting Dickens: "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." That somehow aptly described also the debate that followed. I'm an optimist, and I believe when we're speaking about the future of Europe, there is so much that binds us, and the agenda you presented today should be embraced by a pro-European majority. Because giving hope and confidence to citizens also starts from this house. We cannot inspire citizens if we ourselves cannot move beyond blame games.
And there is so much we can do together. And I liked Valérie Hayer's idea of pro-European radicalism. The EPP will take care of the pro-European, I'm sure others can provide the radicalism. Colleagues, the state of the Union is the state we decide to build. And the EPP has a vision of a strong, competitive, and safe Europe, and we have a record of delivering on it.
And this is what we will continue to do. Thank you.
Roberta Metsola
All right, thank you very much. So, this concludes the debate.
Thank you, dear colleagues, we now go to the vote.
Esteban González Pons
Dear colleagues, the sitting is resumed. In relation to the decision by several committees to enter into interinstitutional negotiations, pursuant to Rule 72, paragraph 1, announced at the opening of the session on Monday, 14 September, I have received no request for a vote in Parliament by members or political groups reaching at least the medium threshold.
The committees may therefore start negotiations. I have received many requests for points of order. Unfortunately, we are very late and no point of order will be taken. We will proceed immediately to the votes. We now come to the votes.
Report by Mr. Dick Goric on establishing the Union Customs Code and the European Union Customs Authority. I have received no amendments or motions to reject the Council position. The European Parliament has concluded its second reading and the legislative act has been taken. Report by Ms. Lucia Jar and Mr. Henic Dahl on the acceleration of permit granting of defense readiness projects, Omnibus 5. Proposal to reject the Commission proposal, amendment 64.
The vote is open. The vote is closed.
And it is rejected. Amendment 65 by roll call vote, the vote is open. The vote is closed. And it is adopted. The first reading of Parliament is closed.
Report by Mr Pekka Toveri and Ms Anna-Maja Henriksson on the simplification of intra-EU transfers of defense-related products, Omnibus 5, provisional agreement, amendment 69. The vote is open. The vote is closed. And it is adopted. Draft legislative resolution, amendment 70, in favor, against.
Adopted. The first reading of Parliament is closed. Report by Mr Sven Mikser, Mr Pierfrancesco Maran and Ms Aura Salla on the defense readiness and facilitating defense investments and conditions for the defense industry, Omnibus 5. Proposal to reject the Commission proposal, amendment 2 by roll call vote. The vote is open.
The vote is closed. And it is rejected. Provisional agreement, amendment 3 by roll call vote, the vote is open. The vote is closed. And it is adopted.
First reading of Parliament is closed. Report by Mr. Adam Dibrani on establishing the Single Market of Customs program for the period 2028-2034. I give the floor to the rapporteur at maximum for two minutes.
Adnan Dibrani
Thank you, Chair, dear President, colleagues, we have the thing called the Single Market. It's our holy grail, but we live in a certain times where the competition is getting tougher. We just voted for the Customs Authority and the fundings for it is in this mandate. But it's not all, we need to do much, much more. We need to work with fair competition, anti-fraud and tax cooperation.
We need to do this because a lot has changed during these years. We have a new geopolitical challenges, we have new ways of trade, and we have a record flow of goods from all around the world. We need to do this because the single market is so important for us. We need to protect it from unfair competition. While doing that, we protect our workers, our businesses and our jobs, which I feel is the most important thing we can do.
Basically, what we try to do with this mandate is to make sure to close the gaps in the fence, but still keep a door open for our friends. We need to be fair, but not naive to all of them around us. I really hope to get a good support for this so we can take this forward in a good manner and have a better, better result after the negotiations. Thank you.
Esteban González Pons
Thank you very much. Amendments by the committee responsible, block vote. In favor? Against? Abstentions?
Adopted. Amendment 84 by roll-call vote. The vote is open. The vote is closed.
And it is rejected. Amendment 55. In favor? Against? Abstentions?
Adopted. Amendment 85 by roll-call vote. The vote is open. The vote is closed. And it is rejected.
Amendment 64. In favor? Against? Abstentions? Adopted.
Amendment 86 by roll-call vote. The vote is open. The vote is closed. It is rejected. Amendments 65 and 66.
In favor? Against? Abstentions? Adopted. Amendment 68 in two parts.
First part. In favor? Against? Abstentions? Adopted.
Second part. In favor? Against? Abstentions? Adopted.
Amendment 4. In favor? Against? Abstentions? Adopted.
Amendment 22. In favor? Against? Abstentions? Adopted.
Vote Commission proposal by roll-call vote. The vote is open. The vote is closed. It is adopted. I give the floor to the rapporteur, Mr. Di Brani.
Thank you for this. In accordance with the rule 60.4, I would like to request that the matter be referred to the committee for institutional negotiations. Thank you.
Esteban González Pons
Vote referral back in favor. Against. Abstentions. Adopted. The report is referred back to the committee for interinstitutional negotiations in accordance with rule 60.
Objection maximum residue levels for flupyradifurone. Sorry, I don't know how to read this. It's not roll call vote but we need absolute majority so we are going to check since the beginning. Please, the vote is open. The vote is closed.
And it is adopted. Report by Mr. Jarosław Wałęsa on the EU-Switzerland agreement on the transfer of passenger name record data by roll call vote. The vote on consent.
The vote is open. The vote is closed. And it is adopted. Report by Mr. Eero Heinäluoma on the EU-UK agreement regarding cooperation in the application of their respective competition law, by roll-call vote, vote on consent. The vote is open.
The vote is closed. And it is adopted. Report by Mr. Paolo Borchia on the EU-Iceland agreement on the participation of Iceland in the Union Secure Connectivity Programme. I give the floor to the rapporteur for as maximum two minutes.
Paolo Borchia
Sì, grazie Presidente, molto molto rapidamente. GOVSATCOM e IRIS² rappresentano le risposte europee alla necessità di garantire comunicazioni affidabili in un contesto caratterizzato da lacune di connettività e minacce informatiche.
Su questi due voti, da un lato l'Unione mantiene proprietà esclusiva degli asset connessi a quelle che sono le infrastrutture sviluppate, mentre l'Islanda e la Norvegia rappresentano due partner affidabili dello spazio economico europeo. In conclusione, sotto il profilo finanziario non ci sono oneri di bilancio, ma al contrario entrate con destinazione specifica, per questo chiedo il supporto dell'Aula. Grazie.
Esteban González Pons
Vote on consent by roll-call vote. The vote is open. The vote is closed. And it is adopted. Report by Mr Paolo Borchia on the EU-Norway Agreement on the participation of Norway in the Union Secure Connectivity Programme.
Vote on consent by roll-call vote. The vote is open. The vote is closed. And it is adopted. Report by Mrs Sophie Wilmès on the Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation 2028-2034.
Single vote by roll-call vote. The vote is open. The vote is closed.
And it is adopted. Report by Mr. Virginijus Sinkevičius on the nuclear decommissioning assistance programme of the Ignalina nuclear power plant in Lithuania, I give the floor to the rapporteur as maximum for two minutes.
Virginijus Sinkevičius
Gerbiamas pirmininke, gerbiami kolegos, Ignalinos atominės elektrinės uždarymas yra ne vien Lietuvos, bet tai yra visos Europos atsakomybė. Nes prieš daugiau nei 20 metų, kai Lietuva priėmė labai sudėtingą sprendimą. Piko metu net 88 procentai elektros energijos Lietuvoje buvo būtent gaminama Ignalinos atominėje elektrinėje, tai buvo priimta ne dėl Lietuvos, bet dėl visos Europos saugumo. Todėl Lietuvai tai buvo labai brangus sprendimas. Bet jis buvo būtent priimtas dėl mūsų visų.
Šių darbų mes negalime sustabdyti pusiaukelėje dėl nepakankamo finansavimo. Ir žmonės, kurie kiekvieną dieną dirba Ignalinoje, jie taip pat turi turėti užtikrintumą dėl rytojaus. Galų gale, kai mes kalbame apie atominį objektą, jo saugumas yra aukščiausias reikalavimas.
Ir šią savaitę virš Lietuvos NATO naikintuvai, ir dėkoju Italijos kolegoms, numušė droną. Tai dar kartą primena, kad grėsmės keičiasi. Todėl pirmą kartą siūlome labai aiškiai numatyti ir Ignalinos elektrinės apsaugą nuo dronų bei hibridinių grėsmių. Aš dėkoju visiems šešėliniams pranešėjams, kurie parėmė šią Europos Parlamento poziciją ir kviečiu balsuoti už.
Esteban González Pons
Thank you, dear colleague. Commission proposal by roll call vote, the vote is open. The vote is closed. And it is adopted. Report by Mr. Paolo Cuna on the nomination of a member of the Court of Auditors, Gerald Loker, by secret ballot.
The vote is open. The vote is closed. And he's been elected. Report by Mrs. Rasa Juknevičienė on hybrid warfare and the protection of the EU territorial integrity and critical security and defense infrastructure. Amendment number three, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted.
Amendment four, in favor, against, abstentions, adopted.
Amendment seven by roll call vote, the vote is open. The vote is closed. And it is rejected. Amendment number eight by roll call vote, the vote is open. The vote is closed.
And it is rejected. Amendment number nine, the vote is open. The vote is closed. And it is rejected. Amendment number four by roll call vote, the vote is open.
Number ten, sorry. Number ten. The vote is closed. And it is rejected. Amendment number eleven by roll call vote, the vote is open.
The vote is closed. And it is rejected. Amendment number five, in favor, against, abstentions, let's check. The vote is open. The vote is closed.
It is adopted. Amendment number 12 by roll call vote, the vote is open. The vote is closed. It is rejected. Amendment number 1 in favor, against, abstentions, adopted.
Amendment number 2 in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. Amendment number 6 by roll call vote, the vote is open. The vote is closed. And it is rejected. Resolution as a whole by roll call vote, the vote is open.
The vote is closed. And it is adopted. Report by Mrs. Romana Jerković on an EU cardiovascular disease strategy, single vote by roll call, no, I give the floor to the rapporteur for maximum two minutes.
Thank you, Chair. Dear colleagues, cardiovascular diseases, as you perfectly know, are the main cause of death in the European Union. Yet, for far too long, cardiovascular health has not received political attention that it deserves.
Romana Jerković
So now we are changing that. This report, alongside the Commission's Save Heart Plan, is a crucial part of that progress. And I'm sure that this report is good and it's well-balanced. And let me thank to all of you, especially to my shadows, for the valuable contribution and your willingness to find a common ground. Our message is very simple.
We must improve the lives of people living with cardiovascular diseases while we also have to do everything we can to prevent new cases. Therefore, I ask you to support our work and vote in favor of this report. Thank you.
Thank you, dear colleague. Single vote by roll call vote. The vote is open. The vote is closed. And it is adopted.
Report by Mr. Billy Kelleher on gender inequality in health, specifically as regards gender-specific conditions. I give the floor to the rapporteur as maximum for two minutes.
Come on, we need more than two, it's a big report.
Billy Kelleher
Colleagues, today we have an opportunity to adopt the Parliament's first comprehensive report on women's health. Earlier this morning, President von der Leyen reiterated Europe's commitment to equality, and she also referenced backsliding in terms of women's rights itself. What better way to do that than ensuring all genders have equal access to healthcare, that they are treated sensitively with respect and dignity, and that medical research recognizes sex and gender-based differences and invests sufficiently in understanding them. The fact that women's symptoms and reports of pain are more likely to be dismissed, or the fact that it takes average seven to ten years to diagnose endometriosis. The fact that it is in 2020 only 5% of global research funding has been allocated to women's health.
This is not equality and we need to address it today. Some within this house have tried to weaponize this report to fuel their culture wars, picking apart terminology and pitting one community against another. But frankly, I find it ridiculous and shameful, and it simply distracts from the bigger picture, which is equality in healthcare. It is clear that your interests are not the interests of women, just divisiveness and political point-scoring. We need patient-centered healthcare backed up by a comprehensive research and training and funding.
Therefore, I urge you all to support this report and send a clear message to the citizens. So into your hands, Parliament, I commit this report and I look forward to your support.
Thank you.
Esteban González Pons
Thank you very much, dear colleague. Amendment one, in favor. Against. It is rejected. Paragraph one, let's check.
The vote is open. The vote is closed. And it is adopted. Paragraph one, original text in three parts. First part, in favor.
Against. Abstentions. Adopted. Second part, in favor. Against.
Let's check. Second part. The vote is open. The vote is closed. It is rejected.
Third part, in favor. Against. Abstentions. Let's check. The vote is open.
The vote is closed. It is adopted. Paragraph two, original text in two parts. First part, in favor. Against.
Abstention. Adopted. Second part, in favor. Against. Abstentions.
I think adopted, but let's check. Second part: the vote is open. The vote is closed. And it is adopted. Paragraph 3, original text, in two parts.
First part by roll-call vote: the vote is open. The vote is closed. It is adopted. Second part by roll-call vote: the vote is open. The vote is closed.
And it is adopted. Paragraph 4, original text, in two parts. First part: in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. Second part: in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. Paragraph 6, original text, in five parts.
First part: in favor, against, abstentions, adopted. Second part: in favor, against. Let's check. The vote is open. The vote is closed.
And it is rejected. Third part: in favor, against, abstentions, rejected. Fourth part by roll-call vote: the vote is open.
The vote is closed. It is adopted. Fifth part by roll call vote, the vote is open. The vote is closed. And it is adopted.
Amendment six by roll call vote, the vote is open.
No, no, he will speak in English anyway, so it shouldn't be a problem.
Speaker 145
Shu-Wei would not be able to get the French here, you know, but normally it will be Anna speaking mostly from here, I suppose, it's only if Shu-Wei...
Yeah, but that's the situation.
Yeah?
Speaker 150
A small point we discussed with Matej about the issue about the interpretation from French into English. We were wondering maybe if Mr. Jouvet or Mr. Grudler doesn't understand, if one of them doesn't understand very clearly what was said by Hugo, I think if they could ask him to repeat it in French, because he's native in French, so he could say exactly the same thing in French if they want to. So if you feel that they are a bit upset because there is no interpretation of what he's saying, you could let them know that if they want to, we could ask Hugo to repeat it in French.
Speaker 150
No, no, no, that's why. I think we should avoid that. If they say, "We don't understand, but please send us a written form of your answer," we'd rather ask Hugo to repeat it in French. I will let them know when he comes, okay?
Speaker 152
Okay, thank you. Guys, just a very good news, and I'm showing you our star here, who exceptionally will help us with the interpretation, even though we don't have all the technical requirements in place, so it should work. Thank you so much.
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