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How can we talk about rule of law and not resoundingly condemn this criminal prosecution and demand his release? Laura Ferrara NI. Gli sforzi della Commissione nell'individuare gli sviluppi in settori chiave come il sistema giudiziario, il quadro anticorruzione, il pluralismo dei media e altre questioni riguardanti il sistematico bilanciamento dei poteri non bastano, bisogna andare oltre.
Ho sempre sostenuto un meccanismo di monitoraggio ampio, che comprenda tutti i valori europei dell'articolo 2 del trattato sull'Unione europea al fine di tutelarli e, soprattutto, al fine di prevenirne le violazioni.
Paulo Rangel PPE. To protect the rule of law is so essential, not only outside the EU, but especially inside the EU. The simple fact in Europe is, if you want to become a member, if you want to stay a member in the European Union, you have to guarantee rule of law and democracy. Here indeed, Commissioner, we see room for improvement in the reports, especially, on the one hand, regarding the scope.
We have to address it. We have to make it stronger to keep the trust of the citizens and hopefully also of the rapporteur. Fabienne Keller Renew. Le rapport vous le propose. Tampoco la de los derechos fundamentales ni la de la democracia. Porque, en esta casa, el Estado de Derecho y los derechos fundamentales se defienden. Nicolaus Fest ID. Genauso ist es in dem Bericht: Es geht eigentlich nur um Polen und Ungarn.
Besonders absurd wird es allerdings, wenn Sie einen zunehmenden Antisemitismus vorwerfen. So, wie er jetzt ist, kann man ihn nur in die Tonne treten.
W przypadku Polski sytuacja jest odwrotna. If you are working with solidarity for migrants and refugees, regardless of their background and their colour of skin, you can be subject to governmental harassment. If you work for the independence of the judiciary or for civil society freedoms, the Government will seek to counteract you.
This is just what Putin would like us to be. He would like these anti—democratic developments to get a hold of Europe and to develop and to get more countries walking that way. But we are not going to let it happen. So I call on the Commission, I call on the Member States — there is nothing more important than to protect democracy and human rights, please.
If we do that, we can then take care of the rest of the planet and create more equality. But we have to get the democracy thing right first. La proposition de directive de la Commission pour agir contre les poursuites abusives, les «SLAPP», est un pas important.
Diese Stasi 2. Das sind chinesische Vorbilder. Jean-Paul Garraud ID. Beata Kempa ECR. To jest skandal. Dlaczego tak jest? Ich habe versucht, das Mikrofon abzustellen, das ist nicht gleich gelungen. Aber jetzt muss ich streng sein. Spain has done none of these in obedience to the recommendations of the Council of Europe. In fact, last week, the former president of Catalonia was convicted again for the exhibition of a bayonet. This is systemic, this is serious.
My lawyer, during the process that led to removing my immunity in this Chamber, was being spied on by Spain as the process was going on. Well, if this is not serious and systemic, what is it? Pierre Karleskind Renew. Wie teuer das dann wird, wissen wir nicht genau. Ich habe es satt, dass wir immer wieder in diesen Situationen landen.
Gilles Lebreton ID. EU nema komentara na to. Prijavljen je. EU nema komentara. Vladavina prava ovdje je mrtvo slovo na papiru. Jak to jest? My na opozycji wiemy, z kim mamy do czynienia. W ust. To w odpowiedzi na pierwsze pytanie. Taka jest prawda. Ilhan Kyuchyuk Renew. At least, dear Commissioner, Member States cannot complain this time, saying that you are using your instruments in your toolbox for some of them and not for others.
Lastly, we should continue insisting on our call on the scope of the report to be extended to all elements of the rule of law, including equality before the law, monitoring the protection of fundamental rights, the safeguarding of the rights of minorities, access to justice, and the instruments employed in the fight against discrimination and hate speech.
I think it is important if we can develop the scope of the mechanism. That was the right conclusion of the rapporteur. The Polish Government has crossed all the lines. Judges and journalists are muzzled. Citizens cannot exercise their rights. But the Commission and Council failed to act and become even more silent. And we lack clarity about the actions against Hungary. Madam President, the current war in Europe is between autocracy and democracy.
These were also your words, Mr Reynders. If we want democracy and rule of law to win, we must be more firm and more persistent. And the rule of law report also aims that we act timely upon backsliding countries.
And Greece is one of them. Commissioner, please act upon the pushbacks, and the criminalisation of journalists and NGOs rescuing migrants and defending their rights. Impunity paves the way for autocracy. Jean-Lin Lacapelle ID. Respectarea statului de drept este obligatorie pentru toate statele membre ale Uniunii Europene. Que el Estado de Derecho en cada uno de los Estados miembros es cosa de todos los europeos. Este Parlamento foi muito claro: o recurso aos fundos europeus exige o respeito dos valores europeus.
Jestem Polakiem. Il y a un rapport, vous le savez, sur la charte des droits fondamentaux. Le rapport alors ne suffit pas et nous devons utiliser les autres instruments. I think it was a very good debate. And I think that we can clearly see, and a lot of you have given examples for this, that the situation is challenging and that in certain parts it has actually deteriorated.
And that is something that we need to strongly keep an eye on, not only in the rule of law report, but also with all the other instruments that we have. Because I believe that, despite this backlash, we can still make it happen to defend the rule of law in the European Union.
But for that, we actually need a European Commission that does not only do the paper work well, but that also has the political will and determination to stand up for the rule of law when wind is blowing in their faces. I hope that with the commitment that the Commissioner has just given, we can we can see that happen in the future. Let me take the last of my time to really thank the constructive work that has been put into writing this report, not only the shadow rapporteurs, not only the MEPs, but also the staff, the people from the Secretariat, the APAs.
I think we have really pulled this off in a very future—oriented and constructive way, and you have made this report clearer and broader and better. I really believe that this approach that we form overwhelming big majorities from the left to the EPP to stand up for the rule of law in this House is something that has proven to be very successful.
We have actually shown that this is not a matter of whether you are a liberal, a Christian democrat or a green, or whether you are from Finland, Spain or from Poland, that this is really something about the fundament of our societies and of the European Union.
I believe that this is important because at the end of the day, it is in all of our interests to defend the rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights. Having said that, I hope that we can get a very large and broad majority for this report tomorrow, so I ask you for your support tomorrow.
Gunnar Beck ID , schriftlich. Ich denke eher im Gegenteil. Machen wir uns nichts vor: Wenn die EU von Rechtsstaatlichkeit spricht, spricht sie eigentlich von Linksstaatlichkeit.
Tom Vandenkendelaere PPE , schriftelijk. De staat van de democratie in de wereld baart zorgen. Waar de waarheid niet aan het licht mag komen, functioneert de democratie niet. Is het tijdperk aangebroken waarin democratie met uitsterven is bedreigd?
In Rusland en China is de democratie ver zoek. In de Verenigde Staten staat de democratie onder druk. In onze eigen Europese Unie is de achteruitgang van de rechtsstaat in sommige lidstaten zorgwekkend. Dat zijn we aan onszelf verplicht, aan onze burgers, aan onze geschiedenis. Democratie en transparantie gaan hand in hand. Die boodschap, dat voorbeeld moeten we blijven geven aan de rest van de wereld. Daarom doet dit Europees huis van de democratie een oproep aan de Commissie om een offensievere rol te spelen en de democratie te verdedigen met alle middelen waarover ze beschikt.
Der Abbau von Rechtsstaatlichkeit darf nicht zum Trend werden innerhalb unserer Union. Doch der Knackpunkt ist folgender: Nur Berichte zu schreiben reicht nicht. Ilhan Kyuchyuk, rapporteur. On the reform agenda, North Macedonia has delivered sustained results. The report recognises the continuous effort to strengthen the rule of law, judicial independence and minority rights, counter corruption, and transparency and political dialogue between government and opposition parties.
It contains a comprehensive overview of pending reforms that the country should adopt on issues like electoral reform, media improvement, accountability and public institutions, and engagement with civil society.
Having said that, and considering the broader geostrategic context, we are all aware that the postponement of the official start of the accession negotiations is a lose—lose situation — both for North Macedonia and for us, for the EU.
These are historic times and they require firm and timely decisions. It is time for leadership. It is not time to follow one or other political opinion. More than ever today we have to send a strong European message — not to the political elite of North Macedonia or to our member countries, but to the citizens of North Macedonia, because they deserve it.
Didier Reynders, Member of the Commission. First, let me thank the rapporteur, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, for the report on North Macedonia.
The Western Balkans have been a priority of this Commission since the beginning, and today they are more than ever a geostrategic priority for us. It is in our common interest to speed up the enlargement process. The EU Member States took an enormously historic decision in March when they decided to open accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania.
Now we need to deliver on our promise and officially launch this process with both countries as soon as possible, and before the end of the French Presidency. To speed up the accession process, the Commission has also upgraded its own toolset. We revised our enlargement methodology, putting an even stronger focus on fundamentals such as the rule of law and democracy.
It is important that the EU use the full potential of its instruments, capacities and power. North Macedonia has demonstrated its commitment to European Union values and determination to advance on its EU path. At the same time, the country continues to show its determination to advance on EU reforms.
As you have rightly pointed out in your report, North Macedonia has maintained a steady pace of progress in the implementation of reforms, in particular in key areas such as the judiciary, the fight against corruption and organised crime. More than ever, the work of Parliament is key as a forum for political dialogue. It is important that all parties act constructively in this regard.
I would like to thank the European Parliament for strengthening democratic processes in North Macedonia, including through the Jean Monnet dialogue. During this current situation, the EU and North Macedonia are facing common challenges — increase of energy prices, inflation and concerns about the uncertainty of the future. We remain committed to help North Macedonia in every way we can, including through our financial assistance. The implementation of the instrument of pre—accession assistance and of our economic and investment plan will strengthen connectivity and contribute to greener and more digital economies, which will reduce dependencies.
To make our investments a success we need the region to push ahead on building a common regional market. Let me underline also the importance of good neighbourly relations. Pending bilateral issues between Bulgaria and North Macedonia need to be resolved as a matter of priority. The Commission is involved in helping both sides in this process. It is of utmost importance that efforts continue to find a mutually acceptable solution to pending bilateral issues.
To conclude, it is important that North Macedonia continue to deliver on reforms and that the EU deliver in return. The official launch of accession negotiations through the first Intergovernmental Conference will be the strongest possible signal the EU could send to the country, to the region and beyond. Thank you, of course, for your report. Thank you for your attention. I am looking forward to our discussions. In der Vorbereitung zum heutigen Tag habe ich mir die Reden des letzten Jahres durchgelesen.
Das ist eine schlechte Nachricht. Das ist deshalb eine schlechte Nachricht, weil in vielen Bereichen Nordmazedonien tiefgreifende Reformen angestrebt hat und umgesetzt hat. Wir brauchen diese Staaten. North Macedonia did everything it was requested to do, and yet we still do not know the date the country deserves. They underwent substantial reforms, including to strengthening its democracy and fighting against corruption, and even changing their name.
And contrary to some others, North Macedonia has fully aligned with the European Union sanctions against Russia. There must be no excuses for further delay if we want to preserve our credibility. It is also necessary to keep the pro—European aspiration in North Macedonia and the whole Western Balkans region. Given the changed geopolitical context of the Russian aggression on Ukraine, strengthening the enlargement policy is more important than ever.
In June, a positive decision on starting the accession negotiations with North Macedonia and Albania is a must. They are waiting now for over ten years for the accession talks to start, while having fulfilled the conditions. Until now, the citizens supported brave pro—EU leaders. This must be a wake—up call to the EU, and especially Bulgaria, that we must live up to our promises now.
Russian influence is still rising at our doorstep in the Western Balkans. We can make democracy win from autocracy if we practice what we preach. This moment may be the last opportunity, so I urge the Council: no further delays. Anna Bonfrisco, a nome del gruppo ID. Stelios Kouloglou, on behalf of The Left Group.
North Macedonia and the government have done everything we have asked, but still the case is not going on. We have to fight the nationalism and the history that prevents that, coming this time from Bulgaria. Also, we have to prevent the nationalism and the history that is coming also from the Greek Government, because after the historic agreement of Prespa, there are three memorandums to be implemented between Greece and North Macedonia to finalise the agreement.
The Greek Government is not implementing the memorandum, and is not bringing the memorandum to the Parliament to be voted. You know why? Because they are afraid of nationalism and history. So are you going to do something on that as the Commission? Are you going to ask Mr Mitsotakis to bring the memorandum, as the agreement of Prespa stipulates, or do we leave again history and nationalism to prevent the future?
Fabio Massimo Castaldo NI. This tells us a lot about our relationship with this country which, since it embraced the European perspective in , has undergone significant reforms and international efforts — even changing its official name. June may represent the point of no return. It means strengthening reformers throughout the region and contrasting and weakening those anti—European forces that depict us as unreliable, and the European future of the Western Balkans as an illusion.
The Commission report on North Macedonia stresses once again how the country has met all the conditions to start negotiations. This Parliament strongly agrees. We owe it to this country. We owe it to the leaders who reach out to neighbours and minorities at home in the true spirit of reconciliation.
We owe it to the North Macedonian people. The Bulgarian veto does not solve any of the existing problems and none of the issues which were raised today. The veto affects not only North Macedonia negatively, it also affects the European Union negatively, and most negatively affected is Sofia and Bulgaria itself.
I fully support that. I support the candidacy and the opening of Moldova, of Ukraine, of Eastern Partnership countries. This is a peace and stability issue.
Ilhan Kyuchyuk, I congratulate you on your report. Identities matter. Identities in the Western Balkans matter more than all, so we should resolve this dispute. North Macedonia is close to my heart, the same as Bosnia and Herzegovina. Shared power, the Ohrid peace agreement, the Prespa agreement — all these agreements should be respected. So for all these people in the Eastern part who never went through what happened with Yugoslavia, how it dissolved, I would ask you to just learn a bit about history.
What Milosevic started we should really resolve. So respect the agreements, respect minorities, respect shared power, respect the Dayton Peace Agreement. Dorien Rookmaker ECR. The Council decided to start negotiations in Why are they not getting things done, like they promised the people of the West Balkan countries?
The EU is founded on the promise of peace. Offering all of the Western Balkan countries, especially Macedonia, membership of the EU contributes to peace in Europe. But our actions, or rather the lack of action, point in the opposite direction. Political stability in the Western Balkans is important for humanitarian, economic and political reasons.
It makes sense to act accordingly. They are in need of that as well. The Council has to act now! I fully agree with what has been said by colleagues Schieder and Olekas. Bulgaria at this critical moment in history has a unique chance to give a strong message to Russia, to Europe and to Skopje. But the time has also come to hold the other 26 Member States accountable for further delay from today onwards, because expressing, like Monday at the Foreign Affairs Council, full commitment and unwavering support is not going to do the trick anymore.
The other 26 Member States have to work together accordingly, to help Bulgaria to overcome this hurdle. Bulgaria has a unique chance to do a historic decision in this lifetime. More than ever, the European Union needs to deliver on its commitments. North Macedonia belongs in the European Union, and the official launch of accession negotiations provides the best guarantees to ensure that the rule of law, fundamental rights and European values are implemented in practice in the interests of all citizens.
So thanks again for this debate and for your report, and for your support. Certainly — answering to Madame Zovko — the rights of minorities should be at the forefront of this accession process. I am trying to send a clear message in my report as well. To Mr Yordanov, I would like to assure him that I start with the Friendship Treaty and the Prespa agreement, and I finish my report again with the Friendship Treaty and the Prespa agreement, because they are the backbones of our report — not only our report, but they are the backbones of the strategic relationship between North Macedonia and Bulgaria, and between Greece and North Macedonia.
They bring historical reconciliation. I concur with our colleagues saying that our credibility as the European Union is at stake.
So to finish on a positive note, thank you colleagues and shadow rapporteurs for your contributions. Isabel Santos, Relatora. Era muito importante que isso acontecesse. Let me start by stressing once again that Albania and the Western Balkans remain a geostrategic priority for the European Union.
At this very sensitive time for European security, it is crucial to send the strongest possible signal to our closest neighbours and to repeat our commitment to their EU accession. Now more than ever, we need to move forward by officially opening accession negotiations with the holding of the first intergovernmental conference. This confirms its full commitment to advance on the EU path. Therefore, we keep up our engagement with Albania in every way we can, including through our financial assistance.
To this end, the economic and investment plan has entered full implementation, and we stand ready to assess what can be accelerated within the IPA assistance. The vetting process of the re—evaluation of judges and prosecutors has advanced steadily and continues to deliver tangible results.
The extension of the constitutional mandate of vetting has been recently voted. The institutions for the self—governance of the judiciary have continued to be fully functional and operate effectively.
So the country has delivered tangible and sustainable reform, with the adoption of a number of significant legislations in the areas of the population census and the efficiency of the judiciary. Nonetheless, we do expect further progress, notably on media freedom, the adoption of the remaining by—laws on minority rights, the judicial map, and the establishment of a new integrated cases management system complying with EU standards.
The Commission will continue to monitor this thoroughly, and the same goes for the track record of the effort to counter corruption and organised crime. Sometimes I think maybe we need also you to take over this issue to move quicker forward. I think it is important in the outline to say also Albania undertook a very important reform and also deserves that we start with the negotiation now. It is for the Albanian young generation, which also want to see their future in the European Union.
They want to see us also to start for them and to open the door to come to this European future. There is a long path, but we have to start to go it.
Ilhan Kyuchyuk, on behalf of the Renew Group. I must say that during the last year in domestic politics, Albania has made progress when it comes to EU integration. That was possible only because of the good relationship between the opposition and the government.
I would say that the important and constructive political dialogue and the willingness to compromise on key issues between the government and opposition is vital to advance the EU accession process.
The report also clearly highlights the positive step that the government has taken under the administrative preparations for the upcoming accession negotiations. Of course, we are all aware that Albania has fulfilled the conditions and delivered sustained results across the fundamentals, and is completely ready to convince the first intergovernmental conference.
This is something that I fully support. But unfortunately, Albania continues to suffer from the dispute between Bulgaria and North Macedonia. Certainly, I am the one advocating that the country should a have a certain role to play in the European Parliament, in the European Union , and the European Parliament should be vocal in supporting the EU—Atlantic role of both countries.
There is just one minor point on the Vlora airport construction and the reduction of an environmentally protected area, but these concerns we can raise.
On another point, more or less the report reflects very much also the important points that we brought in, important points praising, on the one hand, the substantial reforms Albania has delivered.
Albania has done all their homework. Yes, there is a lot of work to do still on media reform, on fighting against criminal activities in the country, on media freedom, clearly. But also on the question of plurality in the country, political plurality. Because what we see now is two parties which are not really reflecting two different political standpoints, but two different regions of the country fighting each other on a very rude way. So, plurality also in terms of party politics is something we have to see.
Then we have the situation that Albania is coupled in their accession talks with North Macedonia. There are some good reasons to do that. But we have to be aware — and this is to the colleagues from the Bulgarian side — that advocating to keep up this veto in terms of having negotiations is blackmailing and not negotiations. This should be acknowledged. I think we should push all our governments to put pressure on Bulgaria to finally lift this deadlock so we can start accession talks as early as possible.
Il popolo albanese vuole l'Europa nel suo futuro, l'Europa faccia la sua parte. I fully agree with High Representative Borrell when he says that this situation is not only harming the candidate countries but is also harming us, presenting tremendous costs in terms of credibility and political perspective. It gives to Russia and other players who want us weak and divided.
Dear colleagues, Albania has made its homework. Albania has achieved concrete reforms and real progress, and is demonstrating its willingness to advance in its accession process. My plea to our Bulgarian friends is to lift their veto so that the Council can do finally the right thing. We have huge challenges coming in the near future. We are all aware of that, and I strongly believe that we can better face them if we overcome our divisions. Dear colleagues, the time is now. Albania is Europe. Europe must be together with Albania.
We are going as the Foreign Affairs Committee next week, and I will have the pleasure that we convey the messages that we are having today here.
But the one message that we should convey to the Western Balkans, to Albania and to all the other countries — North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro — is that they are not forgotten. They are not forgotten, they are there and we are there for them. We want them in the European Union. The enlargement must continue without stopping. There is no other Union than the European Union.
There is no other choice than European Union. There is no peace and security without the Western Balkans in the European Union.
As well, I repeat, as I repeated with North Macedonia, together with Moldova, together with Ukraine, we have to consider the European Union as a peace project. It is how it started, and on the way maybe it lost its sense, but now we are coming back to our roots. The European Union is a peace project. We have to bring the Western Balkans to the European Union. We will start with Albania, North Macedonia, and continue.
This process will not end. We must therefore ensure a clear pathway for those countries aiming to join our Union. When progress is made, appreciation must be shown. Albania is one of those countries that have shown most progress on their commitment to European integration and democratic transformation, and have clearly shown alignment with the EU foreign policy — not least when it comes to joint actions with the EU Member States after the horrific Russian invasion of Ukraine.
One way of showing the country it is on the right path is by opening the accession negotiations with that country, and to schedule the first intergovernmental conference. With this said, the Albanian political parties must overcome political disputes to strengthen democracy and the economy further. Every stone must also be turned to fight organised crime and corruption.
But it is clear that the Albanian Government and citizens see the European Union as their home. In the s, the Western Balkans provided us with this grim reminder. We must never forget that only through cooperation and dialogue do we overcome hatred, competition and violence between nations.
The European Union is a forum for Member States to reach compromise through words, not arms. By invading Ukraine, Russia challenges these core values. The Western Balkans aspire to join the EU because they share these values, but the spectre of war still hangs over the region. By continuing to stall on the aspiration of EU membership of Balkan states, the EU and Member States are threatening a fragile peace, breaking promises and presenting themselves as unreliable partners.
I recently visited Albania, as you can see, and saw first—hand the growing disillusionment with the EU integration process. Albania has made great strides. So we need an immediate start to accession negotiations. If we stall further, not only do we fail to live up to our responsibility, but we risk strengthening the hands of those who undermine the values at the heart of the European Union.
The future of the entire region lies in the European Union and it is in our strategic interest to bring it closer to the European Union. We look forward to adopting the negotiating framework and holding the first intergovernmental conference with Albania as soon as possible. So thanks again for your support. We will try to move forward. W marcu r. It is clear that the European Union remains united in the face of the continued brutal oppression by the Lukashenko regime in its support for the Belarusian people.
Today there are almost 1 political prisoners throughout the country, on top of the many thousands who have been detained over the last 18 months for exercising their democratic rights. The brave leaders and activists of the democratic opposition in Belarus are also under sustained attack.
Many, like Viktar Babaryka and Maryia Kalesnikava, are already in prison on politically motivated charges. Just this month, Sofia Sapega, the girlfriend of blogger Roman Protasevich, who were both detained after the Belarussian authorities forced their flight to land in Minsk in May last year, was sentenced to six years in prison. Opposition leaders forced into exile, including Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Pavel Latushko, and countless others, are facing very serious criminal charges in their absence.
The European Union has stood by the people of Belarus from the very beginning of their legitimate struggle for democratic freedom. Among the beneficiaries are victims of repression, civil society, independent media, [inaudible] small businesses, health and culture. Independent media inside and outside of Belarus are exposed to growing threats. Thanks to our financial support, independent journalists and social media influencers continue to tell the truth and reach their audiences in Belarus.
Belarussian students who were forced to leave the country or unable to continue their studies in Belarus are now benefiting from the opportunity to study in the European Union. Work on the next assistance package is ongoing to provide further support to civil society, [inaudible] victims of repression and small and medium-sized enterprises in exile.
In parallel, we have also suspended all of our engagement with the central authorities, including at the technical or expert level. This, combined with our robust sanctions regime, isolates the Belarusian authorities and shows that they cannot act with impunity. Finally, we have been supporting the International Accountability Platform for Belarus, which has been gathering and preserving evidence of human rights violations committed in Belarus.
Thank you very much for your support and for your attention. I will, of course, follow your debate and try to understand what more can be done on the basis of your observations. Lukashenko now has used his country as a launchpad in a war of aggression. He is extending the use of the death penalty and there is now the prospect of nuclear weapons being deployed in Belarus. Furthermore, Lukashenko is also fully responsible for the continued brutal and systematic crackdown against his own people.
As the Commissioner just said, there are 1 political prisoners, and 40 people were detained since The recent systematic persecution of trade unionists shows that Lukashenko is willing to do whatever it takes to suppress the remaining organised voices of dissent and supporters of a democratic Belarus.
Lukashenko is famous for being as slippery as an eel. We must make sure he does not escape full responsibility this time. Now he has targeted trade union leaders as one of the last organised opposition forces. They join in detention thousands of political prisoners, including former presidential candidates who are serving decades—long sentences handed down by the Lukashenko controlled courts.
The European Union should show its solidarity with the detained trade union leaders and request their immediate release. And we should continue our support or maybe strengthening of the Belarus opposition force inside and outside the country.
You mentioned this, Commissioner. Lukashenko should not fool himself that such illegitimate action, the total harassment of the Belarus society, will sooner or later lead to a hard landing and the fall of his regime.
The result of his almost three decades of rule: free—thinking and pro—European Belarusians are forced to seek refuge abroad. Having crushed and imprisoned the political opposition, Lukashenko has now set his sights on the independent trade unions that defy him. The political persecution and imprisonment of trade union activists is completely unacceptable, and requires our strong response. It is clear that Lukashenko can only be stopped by sanctions and the further isolation of the Belarusian regime.
Let us not make the mistakes of the past, when it was thought that dialogue with him would reconcile the democratic choice. Lukashenko is just a vassal of Putin and will not become anything else. His attempt to balance himself and to seek contact with the outside world is merely an attempt to survive. Colleagues, while being critical about Belarus regime, I strongly believe in the European future of the Belarusian people. And very finally, let us not forget the nuclear power plant in Astravyets on the EU border, which threatens the whole of Europe.
The missiles on Lviv, Kyiv and Vinnytsia were fired from Belarus. Russian troops entered Bucha and Irpin from Belarus, from Gomel. When the Russians started to retreat from Kyiv, they used places in Belarus to send the looted goods. Russians did all this because the Belarusian dictator, Aleksander Lukashenko, allowed them to do so. Before he became an accomplice to atrocities in Ukraine, Lukashenko spent 27 years torturing his own people.
In we saw the awakening of the free Belarusian spirit. Hundreds of thousands marched in the streets with flowers and white and red flags. Just because we do not hear the voices of victims does not mean that the violence has stopped. On the contrary, the number of political prisoners in Belarus has reached more than 1 Among them are the trade union leaders and many other innocent representatives who were arrested last April.
Their crime was the resistance of the violent regime and their demand for fundamental freedoms. Our decisive actions now should speed up this fall.
Thierry Mariani, au nom du groupe ID. Parce que les effets politiques, on ne les voit jamais. Beata Mazurek, w imieniu grupy ECR. Diese sehen sich nun massiven Repressionen ausgesetzt. Repressionen sind inakzeptabel. Deshalb ist es richtig, dass sie sich dagegen zur Wehr setzen. Mann an der Maschine und Mann in der Werkstatt. Andrius Kubilius PPE. Today we are standing together with all the persecuted fighters for a democratic Belarus and with the legitimate leader of democratic Belarus, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.
We should not be naive: our appeals to the Lukashenko regime to release imprisoned fighters for democracy will not be answered. That is why we cannot stay only with resolutions, which have been repeating such language for several years. Belarus is not a far away country somewhere in Africa, with some human rights problems.
Belarus happens to be next door to us , in the geographical centre of the European continent. We need to understand our own responsibility, we need to look into what kind of mistakes we have made that allowed those atrocities and that military aggression to happen in the centre of Europe, in our vicinity.
Today we need to learn one very clear lesson: if in our region we are not able to stop an authoritarian regime in its violations of human rights from the very beginning, then at some time later those regimes will become new fascist regimes and international criminal aggressors.
That is why we now need to understand a very simple truth. The situation in Belarus will be radically changed for the better if Putin and Lukashenko are defeated in Ukraine and if Ukraine will get candidate status.
That is why we need to support Ukraine and together with them to win the war in Ukraine. I think we see a pattern here. Over the past few months, trade union leaders in Belarus have been arrested.
Their headquarters have been searched and their members are being spied upon. This is an attack on all Belarusian workers and a violation of their rights. The freedom of association and the right to organise are non—negotiable. And therefore, we call for the immediate and unconditional release of all leaders and members of the trade unions in Belarus and for all charges against them to be dropped. Vlad Gheorghe Renew.
Andrzej Halicki PPE. But the brave Belarus people resisting will prevail. We assure you: we have not forgotten about Belarus and about you, you will get your country back, and your freedom. Miriam Lexmann PPE. Today, there are over 1 political prisoners in Belarus and civil society and human rights organisations and numerous media outlets have been closed down. On the contrary, as we continue to support the people of Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression, we must also redouble our support for the people of Belarus, because we cannot have free and sovereign Ukraine without a free and sovereign Belarus.
Kolleginnen und Kollegen! A cere eliberarea acestor oameni nu este deci suficient. Chiediamo quindi che vengano rilasciati tutti gli oppositori, i leader, i rappresentanti sindacali detenuti arbitrariamente per motivi politici. Sandra Pereira The Left. Your statements confirm the importance and relevance of all support to the people of Belarus.
We distinguish very clearly between the government of Belarus and the people of Belarus and their aspirations for democracy. Sanctions target the regime which supports the aggression and these restrictive measures will evolve along with developments on the ground. Ordinary citizens who are against the Russian invasion of Ukraine will continue to receive our unwavering support.
I look forward to continuing and deepening our cooperation, and we will, with the Commission, pursue our shared goal: a free, democratic and prosperous Belarus. And we will continue to see how it is possible to take other kinds of initiatives with your support. Thanks again for that. Aurore Lalucq, rapporteure. In my view, it is a great success that more than countries have signed up to this agreement. My dear colleague Ms Lalucq said that this is an historical agreement, and I tend to agree.
As is clear, this is not an EU proposal, it is the implementation of a global agreement. I firmly believe that the approach taken by the Commission, to avoid gold-plating and efforts to improve the text, was the right one and it has my full support. I am also glad that after the debate that Ms Lalucq has described, we are presenting to the Plenary a text that simply confirms that we support this global agreement, and we believe we should move forward.
The European Parliament only provides the opinion. I hope that the message will be first an urgent call for the Council to go forward without hesitation, to approve and start to implement the agreement; secondly, I believe it should be a signal of the great appreciation of Europeans that there is an ability to find a global agreement on such an important topic; and last not least, I believe it should be an urgent call on other countries to go forward and implement this.
I hope Parliament will provide this signal tomorrow, with a very strong majority. Once more, let me say thank you for the good cooperation with the other rapporteurs. Panie Morawiecki! Billy Kelleher, on behalf of the Renew Group. And I urge everybody now to come together to ensure that it is implemented and that there is no further deviation or prevarication. It was very difficult. My country had major concerns and reservations, but we came to the table in good faith and eventually, like another countries, we signed up to it.
And bear in mind this suits large countries, small countries, developed countries and developing countries. And I think to have certainty and consensus around a global taxation system on corporates, I believe, is a very welcome step in the right direction.
And I would urge that we now take this particular decision and implement it quickly. The Lalucq report recommends that, and a strong, broad signal of consensus in this House, both from left and right, would, I believe, send a strong message to the broader global community. But more important, we now need certainty. We need certainty for business to ensure that they can plan ahead to create opportunities and investment; but more importantly, that Europe remains competitive, that we create employment for our citizens across the entire continent.
So I commend the report and I look forward to voting tomorrow to recommend this to the world. Donc, si vous pouviez nous entendre, merci. Mehr Steuergerechtigkeit liegt besonders uns am Herzen.
Seien Sie also ehrlich: Sie wollen nur mehr Steuern, keine Gerechtigkeit. Und dies wollen wir ohne Wenn und Aber, nur konsequent.
Eugen Jurzyca, za skupinu ECR. Mairead McGuinness, Member of the Commission. Good evening, colleagues. As you know, the implementation of the two pillars of the global agreement in will ensure that our tax system reflects the new reality of our economies and allows for a level playing field between all business models where all companies, including digital ones, pay their fair share of taxes in the right place.
That is why Pillar 2 needs to be urgently adopted. So I thank you for accepting this race to ensure a swift implementation of the international agreement. In our implementation of Pillar 2, we remain closely aligned with the details of the global agreement, providing only for necessary adjustments to preserve compliance with EU law. Second, the Directive will apply to all groups with a turnover of more than EUR million.
The Commission agrees with the general spirit of most of the amendments proposed by Parliament, and we, of course, share the sense of political urgency to have a swift adoption and implementation of the Directive. We have already travelled a long way and expectations are very high. So the ball is now in the court of the Council. I would like to underline that while we fully share the view that there is a need to advance as fast as possible on the finalisation of the Pillar 1 rules, creating a conditionality between the pillars would be legally questionable in the light of case law of the EU Court of Justice.
Let me finish by strongly encouraging the last opposing Member State to reconsider its position and agree to the latest compromise. Mas essa competitividade tem de ser justa, equilibrada e, claro, transparente.
Temos, pois, muito trabalho pela frente e precisamos de maior empenho. Engin Eroglu Renew. Das ist nun mal Zeit der Dinge. Wir diskutieren heute die Mindestbesteuerung von internationalen Konzernen mit 15 Prozent. Tomorrow, the Parliament will speak. Clearly, we want the minimum level of taxation for multinational groups to be swiftly adopted. I have to say that my group is really puzzled by what is going on in the Council at the moment.
We need to tell Poland very clearly that they need to unblock it and they need to do it now. And if that is not the case, colleagues, the risk really is that if the EU does not apply this deal, the US may not do it either and maybe the whole deal may fall. So, I think we cannot afford to do that. So, all the pressure needs to go to Poland, I hope that next week we will have good news.
But otherwise, if that is not the case, we will have no other option than to explore other legal ways, like Article , or maybe enhanced cooperation. But we cannot fail this time. Antonio Maria Rinaldi ID. Michiel Hoogeveen ECR.
Tegelijkertijd zijn wij ook voorstander van een interne markt met voldoende concurrentie. Dat betekent ook belastingconcurrentie. Op een moment dat onze burgers keihard worden getroffen door stijgende prijzen, zijn bijkomende lasten voor bedrijven niet het juiste antwoord, want wie gaat extra bedrijfsbelastingen betalen? Werknemers, zoals bleek uit onderzoek van het IMF, consumenten en aandeelhouders. Bijkomende kosten zijn ook extra bureaucratische regels, waar we in de EU helaas al wereldkampioen in zijn.
Deze richtlijn leidt ertoe dat grote bedrijven extra advocaten, juristen, accountants en consultancykantoren moeten betalen. Ook overheden zullen een nieuw leger aan bureaucraten moeten aannemen. Het water loopt altijd naar de zee. Het is een wereldvreemd idee dat landen die nu hun bedrijven al belastingvoordelen toekennen geen andere manier zullen vinden om voordelen toe te kennen aan multinationals.
Dit voorstel zal vooral veel ongewenste neveneffecten hebben. Laten we het heroverwegen. Manon Aubry The Left. No podemos aprovechar —como ocurre en este Parlamento— cualquier oportunidad para constantemente hablar de la necesidad de subir impuestos. Hay que bajar impuestos. Because just when solidarity is key, the Polish Government blocks us, blocks us from earning EUR 60 billion extra each and every year. This is not how the EU works. Morawiecki, your citizens want a minimum tax; your most important allies, including the US, want a minimum tax; and this Parliament wants a minimum tax.
Thank you, Aurore Lalucq, for a great and excellent report. Hiermee kan immers belastingontwijking worden tegengegaan, en dat is ook voor ons een belangrijk punt. Waar ik mij wel zorgen over maak, is de royale toekenning van gedelegeerde bevoegdheden aan de Commissie in het verslag zoals dat nu voorligt.
Op die manier geven we de Commissie wel heel veel ruimte op het vlak van belastingen en een wel heel ruim mandaat, en ondermijnen we de positie van de lidstaten, terwijl belastingheffing toch echt een bevoegdheid is en moet blijven van de lidstaten.
Ook betreur ik het dat er geen effectbeoordeling is gedaan. Op deze manier is namelijk niet inzichtelijk hoe het voorstel in de praktijk uitwerkt. Alleen dan kunnen we belastingontwijking echt tegengaan.
Chris MacManus The Left. Today is a necessary legal step for the implementation of what was agreed at the OECD, and that agreement should be implemented.
That is long overdue. All countries which signed up should implement the deal as soon as possible. The OECD is not representative of the developing world yet it is a step forward. The Irish model, which sees a huge amount of revenue coming from a tiny number of companies, is fraught with risks and now is the time to invest in a more balanced economy whilst protecting foreign direct investment and the jobs created.
This agreement can be really historic. We are representing the citizens of Europe, and this can be a really great moment. Vidimo posljednjih godina veliku alokaciju kapitala koja se slijeva prema vrhu. Ja sam prvi za oporezivanje velikih. EU-Kommissionen er med os. Bem se pode dizer que podemos estar perante uma taxa em que alguma coisa muda para que, no essencial, tudo fique na mesma.
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This is a peace and stability issue. Ilhan Kyuchyuk, I congratulate you on your report. Identities matter. Identities in the Western Balkans matter more than all, so we should resolve this dispute. North Macedonia is close to my heart, the same as Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Shared power, the Ohrid peace agreement, the Prespa agreement — all these agreements should be respected. So for all these people in the Eastern part who never went through what happened with Yugoslavia, how it dissolved, I would ask you to just learn a bit about history.
What Milosevic started we should really resolve. So respect the agreements, respect minorities, respect shared power, respect the Dayton Peace Agreement. Dorien Rookmaker ECR. The Council decided to start negotiations in Why are they not getting things done, like they promised the people of the West Balkan countries?
The EU is founded on the promise of peace. Offering all of the Western Balkan countries, especially Macedonia, membership of the EU contributes to peace in Europe. But our actions, or rather the lack of action, point in the opposite direction. Political stability in the Western Balkans is important for humanitarian, economic and political reasons. It makes sense to act accordingly. They are in need of that as well.
The Council has to act now! I fully agree with what has been said by colleagues Schieder and Olekas.
Bulgaria at this critical moment in history has a unique chance to give a strong message to Russia, to Europe and to Skopje. But the time has also come to hold the other 26 Member States accountable for further delay from today onwards, because expressing, like Monday at the Foreign Affairs Council, full commitment and unwavering support is not going to do the trick anymore.
The other 26 Member States have to work together accordingly, to help Bulgaria to overcome this hurdle. Bulgaria has a unique chance to do a historic decision in this lifetime. More than ever, the European Union needs to deliver on its commitments.
North Macedonia belongs in the European Union, and the official launch of accession negotiations provides the best guarantees to ensure that the rule of law, fundamental rights and European values are implemented in practice in the interests of all citizens.
So thanks again for this debate and for your report, and for your support. Certainly — answering to Madame Zovko — the rights of minorities should be at the forefront of this accession process. I am trying to send a clear message in my report as well. To Mr Yordanov, I would like to assure him that I start with the Friendship Treaty and the Prespa agreement, and I finish my report again with the Friendship Treaty and the Prespa agreement, because they are the backbones of our report — not only our report, but they are the backbones of the strategic relationship between North Macedonia and Bulgaria, and between Greece and North Macedonia.
They bring historical reconciliation. I concur with our colleagues saying that our credibility as the European Union is at stake. So to finish on a positive note, thank you colleagues and shadow rapporteurs for your contributions. Isabel Santos, Relatora. Era muito importante que isso acontecesse. Let me start by stressing once again that Albania and the Western Balkans remain a geostrategic priority for the European Union.
At this very sensitive time for European security, it is crucial to send the strongest possible signal to our closest neighbours and to repeat our commitment to their EU accession. Now more than ever, we need to move forward by officially opening accession negotiations with the holding of the first intergovernmental conference. This confirms its full commitment to advance on the EU path.
Therefore, we keep up our engagement with Albania in every way we can, including through our financial assistance. To this end, the economic and investment plan has entered full implementation, and we stand ready to assess what can be accelerated within the IPA assistance. The vetting process of the re—evaluation of judges and prosecutors has advanced steadily and continues to deliver tangible results. The extension of the constitutional mandate of vetting has been recently voted.
The institutions for the self—governance of the judiciary have continued to be fully functional and operate effectively. So the country has delivered tangible and sustainable reform, with the adoption of a number of significant legislations in the areas of the population census and the efficiency of the judiciary.
Nonetheless, we do expect further progress, notably on media freedom, the adoption of the remaining by—laws on minority rights, the judicial map, and the establishment of a new integrated cases management system complying with EU standards. The Commission will continue to monitor this thoroughly, and the same goes for the track record of the effort to counter corruption and organised crime.
Sometimes I think maybe we need also you to take over this issue to move quicker forward. I think it is important in the outline to say also Albania undertook a very important reform and also deserves that we start with the negotiation now. It is for the Albanian young generation, which also want to see their future in the European Union. They want to see us also to start for them and to open the door to come to this European future.
There is a long path, but we have to start to go it. Ilhan Kyuchyuk, on behalf of the Renew Group. I must say that during the last year in domestic politics, Albania has made progress when it comes to EU integration. That was possible only because of the good relationship between the opposition and the government. I would say that the important and constructive political dialogue and the willingness to compromise on key issues between the government and opposition is vital to advance the EU accession process.
The report also clearly highlights the positive step that the government has taken under the administrative preparations for the upcoming accession negotiations. Of course, we are all aware that Albania has fulfilled the conditions and delivered sustained results across the fundamentals, and is completely ready to convince the first intergovernmental conference.
This is something that I fully support. But unfortunately, Albania continues to suffer from the dispute between Bulgaria and North Macedonia.
Certainly, I am the one advocating that the country should a have a certain role to play in the European Parliament, in the European Union , and the European Parliament should be vocal in supporting the EU—Atlantic role of both countries. There is just one minor point on the Vlora airport construction and the reduction of an environmentally protected area, but these concerns we can raise. On another point, more or less the report reflects very much also the important points that we brought in, important points praising, on the one hand, the substantial reforms Albania has delivered.
Albania has done all their homework. Yes, there is a lot of work to do still on media reform, on fighting against criminal activities in the country, on media freedom, clearly. But also on the question of plurality in the country, political plurality. Because what we see now is two parties which are not really reflecting two different political standpoints, but two different regions of the country fighting each other on a very rude way. So, plurality also in terms of party politics is something we have to see.
Then we have the situation that Albania is coupled in their accession talks with North Macedonia. There are some good reasons to do that.
But we have to be aware — and this is to the colleagues from the Bulgarian side — that advocating to keep up this veto in terms of having negotiations is blackmailing and not negotiations.
This should be acknowledged. I think we should push all our governments to put pressure on Bulgaria to finally lift this deadlock so we can start accession talks as early as possible. Il popolo albanese vuole l'Europa nel suo futuro, l'Europa faccia la sua parte. I fully agree with High Representative Borrell when he says that this situation is not only harming the candidate countries but is also harming us, presenting tremendous costs in terms of credibility and political perspective.
It gives to Russia and other players who want us weak and divided. Dear colleagues, Albania has made its homework. Albania has achieved concrete reforms and real progress, and is demonstrating its willingness to advance in its accession process.
My plea to our Bulgarian friends is to lift their veto so that the Council can do finally the right thing. We have huge challenges coming in the near future. We are all aware of that, and I strongly believe that we can better face them if we overcome our divisions. Dear colleagues, the time is now. Albania is Europe. Europe must be together with Albania. We are going as the Foreign Affairs Committee next week, and I will have the pleasure that we convey the messages that we are having today here.
But the one message that we should convey to the Western Balkans, to Albania and to all the other countries — North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro — is that they are not forgotten. They are not forgotten, they are there and we are there for them. We want them in the European Union. The enlargement must continue without stopping. There is no other Union than the European Union.
There is no other choice than European Union. There is no peace and security without the Western Balkans in the European Union. As well, I repeat, as I repeated with North Macedonia, together with Moldova, together with Ukraine, we have to consider the European Union as a peace project.
It is how it started, and on the way maybe it lost its sense, but now we are coming back to our roots. The European Union is a peace project. We have to bring the Western Balkans to the European Union. We will start with Albania, North Macedonia, and continue.
This process will not end. We must therefore ensure a clear pathway for those countries aiming to join our Union. When progress is made, appreciation must be shown. Albania is one of those countries that have shown most progress on their commitment to European integration and democratic transformation, and have clearly shown alignment with the EU foreign policy — not least when it comes to joint actions with the EU Member States after the horrific Russian invasion of Ukraine.
One way of showing the country it is on the right path is by opening the accession negotiations with that country, and to schedule the first intergovernmental conference. With this said, the Albanian political parties must overcome political disputes to strengthen democracy and the economy further. Every stone must also be turned to fight organised crime and corruption. But it is clear that the Albanian Government and citizens see the European Union as their home. In the s, the Western Balkans provided us with this grim reminder.
We must never forget that only through cooperation and dialogue do we overcome hatred, competition and violence between nations. The European Union is a forum for Member States to reach compromise through words, not arms. By invading Ukraine, Russia challenges these core values. The Western Balkans aspire to join the EU because they share these values, but the spectre of war still hangs over the region.
By continuing to stall on the aspiration of EU membership of Balkan states, the EU and Member States are threatening a fragile peace, breaking promises and presenting themselves as unreliable partners.
I recently visited Albania, as you can see, and saw first—hand the growing disillusionment with the EU integration process. Albania has made great strides. So we need an immediate start to accession negotiations. If we stall further, not only do we fail to live up to our responsibility, but we risk strengthening the hands of those who undermine the values at the heart of the European Union.
The future of the entire region lies in the European Union and it is in our strategic interest to bring it closer to the European Union. We look forward to adopting the negotiating framework and holding the first intergovernmental conference with Albania as soon as possible. So thanks again for your support. We will try to move forward. W marcu r. It is clear that the European Union remains united in the face of the continued brutal oppression by the Lukashenko regime in its support for the Belarusian people.
Today there are almost 1 political prisoners throughout the country, on top of the many thousands who have been detained over the last 18 months for exercising their democratic rights. The brave leaders and activists of the democratic opposition in Belarus are also under sustained attack. Many, like Viktar Babaryka and Maryia Kalesnikava, are already in prison on politically motivated charges. Just this month, Sofia Sapega, the girlfriend of blogger Roman Protasevich, who were both detained after the Belarussian authorities forced their flight to land in Minsk in May last year, was sentenced to six years in prison.
Opposition leaders forced into exile, including Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Pavel Latushko, and countless others, are facing very serious criminal charges in their absence. The European Union has stood by the people of Belarus from the very beginning of their legitimate struggle for democratic freedom.
Among the beneficiaries are victims of repression, civil society, independent media, [inaudible] small businesses, health and culture. Independent media inside and outside of Belarus are exposed to growing threats. Thanks to our financial support, independent journalists and social media influencers continue to tell the truth and reach their audiences in Belarus.
Belarussian students who were forced to leave the country or unable to continue their studies in Belarus are now benefiting from the opportunity to study in the European Union. Work on the next assistance package is ongoing to provide further support to civil society, [inaudible] victims of repression and small and medium-sized enterprises in exile.
In parallel, we have also suspended all of our engagement with the central authorities, including at the technical or expert level. This, combined with our robust sanctions regime, isolates the Belarusian authorities and shows that they cannot act with impunity.
Finally, we have been supporting the International Accountability Platform for Belarus, which has been gathering and preserving evidence of human rights violations committed in Belarus. Thank you very much for your support and for your attention.
I will, of course, follow your debate and try to understand what more can be done on the basis of your observations. Lukashenko now has used his country as a launchpad in a war of aggression. He is extending the use of the death penalty and there is now the prospect of nuclear weapons being deployed in Belarus.
Furthermore, Lukashenko is also fully responsible for the continued brutal and systematic crackdown against his own people. As the Commissioner just said, there are 1 political prisoners, and 40 people were detained since The recent systematic persecution of trade unionists shows that Lukashenko is willing to do whatever it takes to suppress the remaining organised voices of dissent and supporters of a democratic Belarus.
Lukashenko is famous for being as slippery as an eel. We must make sure he does not escape full responsibility this time. Now he has targeted trade union leaders as one of the last organised opposition forces. They join in detention thousands of political prisoners, including former presidential candidates who are serving decades—long sentences handed down by the Lukashenko controlled courts. The European Union should show its solidarity with the detained trade union leaders and request their immediate release.
And we should continue our support or maybe strengthening of the Belarus opposition force inside and outside the country.
You mentioned this, Commissioner. Lukashenko should not fool himself that such illegitimate action, the total harassment of the Belarus society, will sooner or later lead to a hard landing and the fall of his regime.
The result of his almost three decades of rule: free—thinking and pro—European Belarusians are forced to seek refuge abroad. Having crushed and imprisoned the political opposition, Lukashenko has now set his sights on the independent trade unions that defy him. The political persecution and imprisonment of trade union activists is completely unacceptable, and requires our strong response.
It is clear that Lukashenko can only be stopped by sanctions and the further isolation of the Belarusian regime. Let us not make the mistakes of the past, when it was thought that dialogue with him would reconcile the democratic choice. Lukashenko is just a vassal of Putin and will not become anything else. His attempt to balance himself and to seek contact with the outside world is merely an attempt to survive.
Colleagues, while being critical about Belarus regime, I strongly believe in the European future of the Belarusian people. And very finally, let us not forget the nuclear power plant in Astravyets on the EU border, which threatens the whole of Europe. The missiles on Lviv, Kyiv and Vinnytsia were fired from Belarus. Russian troops entered Bucha and Irpin from Belarus, from Gomel. When the Russians started to retreat from Kyiv, they used places in Belarus to send the looted goods.
Russians did all this because the Belarusian dictator, Aleksander Lukashenko, allowed them to do so. Before he became an accomplice to atrocities in Ukraine, Lukashenko spent 27 years torturing his own people. In we saw the awakening of the free Belarusian spirit. Hundreds of thousands marched in the streets with flowers and white and red flags. Just because we do not hear the voices of victims does not mean that the violence has stopped.
On the contrary, the number of political prisoners in Belarus has reached more than 1 Among them are the trade union leaders and many other innocent representatives who were arrested last April. Their crime was the resistance of the violent regime and their demand for fundamental freedoms. Our decisive actions now should speed up this fall. Thierry Mariani, au nom du groupe ID. Parce que les effets politiques, on ne les voit jamais. Beata Mazurek, w imieniu grupy ECR. Diese sehen sich nun massiven Repressionen ausgesetzt.
Repressionen sind inakzeptabel. Deshalb ist es richtig, dass sie sich dagegen zur Wehr setzen. Mann an der Maschine und Mann in der Werkstatt. Andrius Kubilius PPE. Today we are standing together with all the persecuted fighters for a democratic Belarus and with the legitimate leader of democratic Belarus, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. We should not be naive: our appeals to the Lukashenko regime to release imprisoned fighters for democracy will not be answered.
That is why we cannot stay only with resolutions, which have been repeating such language for several years. Belarus is not a far away country somewhere in Africa, with some human rights problems. Belarus happens to be next door to us , in the geographical centre of the European continent. We need to understand our own responsibility, we need to look into what kind of mistakes we have made that allowed those atrocities and that military aggression to happen in the centre of Europe, in our vicinity.
Today we need to learn one very clear lesson: if in our region we are not able to stop an authoritarian regime in its violations of human rights from the very beginning, then at some time later those regimes will become new fascist regimes and international criminal aggressors. That is why we now need to understand a very simple truth.
The situation in Belarus will be radically changed for the better if Putin and Lukashenko are defeated in Ukraine and if Ukraine will get candidate status. That is why we need to support Ukraine and together with them to win the war in Ukraine. I think we see a pattern here. Over the past few months, trade union leaders in Belarus have been arrested. Their headquarters have been searched and their members are being spied upon.
This is an attack on all Belarusian workers and a violation of their rights. The freedom of association and the right to organise are non—negotiable. And therefore, we call for the immediate and unconditional release of all leaders and members of the trade unions in Belarus and for all charges against them to be dropped. Vlad Gheorghe Renew. Andrzej Halicki PPE. But the brave Belarus people resisting will prevail. We assure you: we have not forgotten about Belarus and about you, you will get your country back, and your freedom.
Miriam Lexmann PPE. Today, there are over 1 political prisoners in Belarus and civil society and human rights organisations and numerous media outlets have been closed down. On the contrary, as we continue to support the people of Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression, we must also redouble our support for the people of Belarus, because we cannot have free and sovereign Ukraine without a free and sovereign Belarus.
Kolleginnen und Kollegen! A cere eliberarea acestor oameni nu este deci suficient. Chiediamo quindi che vengano rilasciati tutti gli oppositori, i leader, i rappresentanti sindacali detenuti arbitrariamente per motivi politici. Sandra Pereira The Left. Your statements confirm the importance and relevance of all support to the people of Belarus. We distinguish very clearly between the government of Belarus and the people of Belarus and their aspirations for democracy.
Sanctions target the regime which supports the aggression and these restrictive measures will evolve along with developments on the ground. Ordinary citizens who are against the Russian invasion of Ukraine will continue to receive our unwavering support.
I look forward to continuing and deepening our cooperation, and we will, with the Commission, pursue our shared goal: a free, democratic and prosperous Belarus.
And we will continue to see how it is possible to take other kinds of initiatives with your support. Thanks again for that. Aurore Lalucq, rapporteure. In my view, it is a great success that more than countries have signed up to this agreement.
My dear colleague Ms Lalucq said that this is an historical agreement, and I tend to agree. As is clear, this is not an EU proposal, it is the implementation of a global agreement. I firmly believe that the approach taken by the Commission, to avoid gold-plating and efforts to improve the text, was the right one and it has my full support.
I am also glad that after the debate that Ms Lalucq has described, we are presenting to the Plenary a text that simply confirms that we support this global agreement, and we believe we should move forward. The European Parliament only provides the opinion. I hope that the message will be first an urgent call for the Council to go forward without hesitation, to approve and start to implement the agreement; secondly, I believe it should be a signal of the great appreciation of Europeans that there is an ability to find a global agreement on such an important topic; and last not least, I believe it should be an urgent call on other countries to go forward and implement this.
I hope Parliament will provide this signal tomorrow, with a very strong majority. Once more, let me say thank you for the good cooperation with the other rapporteurs. Panie Morawiecki! Billy Kelleher, on behalf of the Renew Group. And I urge everybody now to come together to ensure that it is implemented and that there is no further deviation or prevarication. It was very difficult. My country had major concerns and reservations, but we came to the table in good faith and eventually, like another countries, we signed up to it.
And bear in mind this suits large countries, small countries, developed countries and developing countries. And I think to have certainty and consensus around a global taxation system on corporates, I believe, is a very welcome step in the right direction. And I would urge that we now take this particular decision and implement it quickly.
The Lalucq report recommends that, and a strong, broad signal of consensus in this House, both from left and right, would, I believe, send a strong message to the broader global community. But more important, we now need certainty. We need certainty for business to ensure that they can plan ahead to create opportunities and investment; but more importantly, that Europe remains competitive, that we create employment for our citizens across the entire continent. So I commend the report and I look forward to voting tomorrow to recommend this to the world.
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