Fabienne KELLER

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• “You know, that it's a tsunami of small packages. It's, uh, doubles every year in the ports and the airports. There are other aspects to them as well, calling into question the forms of distribution in our cities, uh, by the shops and businesses, so that we can control what's coming into the European Union and ensure that security is maintained and that transport remains efficient. So these customs revenue, this customs revenue can be rapidly set up and, uh, of exemption from VAT for small amounts as well. So that is, uh, how we're working with the two rapporteurs on own resources. Thank you to have included the work in the MFF because. You can't spend. You can't have any ambition if you don't have resources, particularly truly European resources, not just resources from the Member States. And the report sends a clear signal on governance. The Parliament has to be fully involved. And of course, it's a battle. We need to weigh this up all together. We all have to have our weight in the negotiations. So thank you for the excellent collaboration with you and with you, Mr. Chairman, as well. Always very committed to these topics through the annual budgets as we did in November. It's always a there are always a certain number of response Various to defend. Uh. Uh, so, uh, excellent work. And with almost all of our colleagues on the thematic reports and the regulations for each budgetary line.”
  Own EU resources
• “Thank you. Chairman. Because I am speaking on behalf of Anouk van Brugge, who is unfortunately unable to attend today's meeting. Uh, she. So I read her words. This is why I'm speaking in English as well. Uh, and I will try to speak slowly for the interpreters because they asked me. So in, uh, I think some of my predecessors were full of energy and very fast. Uh, the report serves as a clear wake up call. The European Union must act swiftly and with determination to reinforce our business climate and also to help the creation of jobs for our citizens. Private capital markets will play a key role in closing the investment gap. Deepening our capital markets is therefore not optional. It's essential. Renew welcomes the draft report by Mrs. Lalucq and has tabled several proposals aimed at further improving its clarity and impact. One element we would like to emphasize, especially given the current international security environment, is the need to revise the Eib's exclusion list in order to strengthen European security and strategic autonomy. We believe that the financing of weapons and ammunition should not be longer categorically Excluded on behalf of my colleague Anouk van Bruck. Thank you all.”
  Defence spending
• “The member states may often use fossil fuels and, um, emit carbon. And how would that have a knock on effect? Turning to cohesion now. Could you give us more detail? What about local authorities, local stakeholders? How will they be involved in decisions on the competitiveness fund? Allow me to thank you for coming up with this idea. It is vital for the EU to invest in strategic priorities. We have the Draghi letter reports. My group is solidly behind this. But what about life? Is that still part of the competitiveness Fund? This is the life fund covering biodiversity. Another question. What about the allocation funds. Will there be a specific heading for enlargement? I tried to skim read, but I couldn't find it in your slides. Now, I am pleased to note that Erasmus seems to have been increased by 50%. The smart conditionality access to funds linked to compliance with European values. All that is being respected. Turning now to financing. Can you tell us a little bit more about debt and a possible common borrowing instrument. We have a bubble. Some reference to 395 billion. In times of crisis that's under own and moving on to own resources. I'm a shadow rapporteur on own resources. I'm delighted that you've come forward with proposals, but we need you to hold the line in the years ahead. We know that you've backtracked on some proposals from a few years ago. Thank you for the tangible proposals and ambitious proposals.”
  Own EU resources
• “I would really sincerely like to thank the people who have described and submitted the the situation. First of all, the representative for the commissioner who could not come. Thank you for your work. The fact that there should be no discrimination on the basis of one's sexual orientation is in the Charter of Fundamental Rights. So in the European treaties. We've been working on this. We're trying to quantify it. We're trying to understand how many people are touched by this and these terrifying conversion treatments. So thank you. It's really an honor for Europe that the commission is carrying out this type of work. And I'd also like to welcome all the people who speak and all the militants. But you're more than militants, your lobbyists. And for us, this is a complementary term in Europe. But you are people who are convinced you are committed to what you're saying. It's you can hear that, that this summit is your experience, too. You've spoken about this and you've created this energy over a thousand, over a million signatories. So I want to say you have all our support. A few years ago, France wrote some laws on this, but even other countries to EU countries have. This is good practices and we have to be able to give some response and protect our youth, both girls and boys, whatever gender they are and whatever their sexual orientation is. And we must ban any type of violence or type of conversion or any type of aggression. We should welcome and accompany support in their personal journey. I now give the floor to my colleague Rachel.”
  LGBTIQ+
• “Thank you. Chairman. Commissioner, it is a strange state of affairs. Thank you for being brave enough to present the budget to us. Thank you for your commitment to dialogue. Over the past few months, we have worked together, discussed matters together. Now, today's announcement does come at a difficult time. That is true. I have a few questions for you. The first slide shows the general ambitions for the MFF comparing the different MFF programmes. Now, Commissioner, we all know that from 2014 to 2020 we had the young couple in 2020, 2027. We had the next generation EU recovery plan so that comparison is not reasonable. What we are seeing is some decrease as some backsliding on European commitment. We don't have the MFF plus a special plan. So what can you say about that particular point? Turning now to the national plans, I would echo what Siegfried Muresan said. Quite clearly, the European Parliament opposes these national plans. They are not European in nature. They allow member states to pick and choose different policies. It means we no longer have a shared goal at European level, nor do we have underlying indicators. At this point, I have to say that I'm amazed that the migration fund is being placed in national plans. We're talking about a ten year timeline. Migratory flows may shift between different borders and member states. What about the eRDF? Would that be in the national plans? What about the Just Transition fund? It would be a shame if it would be put under the national plans.”
  Conditions to access EU budget
• “Yes thank you very much thank you Commissioner thank you Magnus Brunner for visiting us today. Firstly thank you very much for your explanation just waiting for you to put your headphones on I'm just wondering about the priorities thank you very much for the reminder about responsibility when it comes to implementing legislation it's especially important because unfortunately as you know the Parliament does not have the ability to carry out checks on itself where its powers are concerned the treaties granted this responsibility to the European Commission for implementation and this is why we often come to you with this question. Allow me to share the priorities of my group simplification yes but dismantling no especially when it comes to the asylum and migration pact and this is what we saw yesterday there's been dismantling of a a balance that took ten years to negotiate it was a a full mandate where work was done on this subject so a proposal if we want to legislate well is it possible to present impact assessments as our working methods provide for in the way that you're presenting. We've legislated badly when it comes to safe third countries safe countries of origin no impact assessments and for the colleagues who were at the shadows meeting we spent ten minutes in analyzing with the external action service what the situation was in in India not much more time was spent on on the situation in Egypt or Colombia how do you expect us to work like this when I tell the rapporteurs that there is a a legal risk then they said oh well then you'll have to lodge an appeal with the court of justice that was the answer that came back how can we work in conditions like this we've legislated poorly and Commissioner we've upset the stability here the risk is that this pact is now unstable there were some subtleties to it and it's problematic when it comes to the implementation. My second point follows on from this the asylum and migration pact this is our priority we have to apply rules at the borders we have to use screening Eurodac data accelerated processes at the borders we have to implement the directive on conditions for receiving migrants we need to make sure that all of these tools are properly used in the European Union returns as well on a voluntary basis where possible so that this is sustainable. So I'll end there but can you tell me in a few words where we are with this pact now and what method are you going to use of course we are lagging behind about a month now but that delay in itself is a source of concern because these we have these accumulated delays which lead to the undermining of the credibility of these texts we need to have solid legislation on this thank you very much for your responses in advance.”
  Asylum & border control
• “You won't be surprised. This one's on migration. On safe countries. Now you're going to be making some announcements on Thursday. If I've understood correctly on third countries. So could you explain the consistency between the European list of safe countries and national lists? We see that the seven countries I'm leaving aside. Countries that want to join the European Union, but the seven other countries on member states safe lists are between 3 and 9 times, which shows that they're not necessarily on all the lists. And also they're not on all member states lists. So where is the consistency? Now, according to the regulation, it's the European list. That should be the one that goes. But I'm quite surprised about that because usually the European Union works on the basis of convergence. I mean, there are discussions and we come closer together. So it's quite surprising to see a country imposed as a safe country when it isn't seen as such in all member states. And then a further question, if I may. Subsequent to the other ones, we might like the procedure to be more rapid. But if this is someone who comes from a safe country, how can we be sure that they've had an individual examination of their situation with regard to their rights, rather than just simply looking at their country of origin before them being declared inadmissible as a migrant or refugee.”
  Asylum & border control
• “Uh, other expenditure might overshoot that. So it's the same exercise each year. I think we need to find reasonable savings to enable the House to nevertheless comply with its obligations. So I would subscribe to the questions put by the rapporteur and my colleagues from the Socialist group. Perhaps I could stress or concentrate on 1 or 2 more technical elements. There are some lines that are extremely important remuneration of salaries and remuneration. Could you share with us the um, the details of the calculations. How is it that some items increase, others decrease? There's 1220 a line in the budget. So the persons are placed on leave in the interest of service. It seems to be a bit random but um 1200 remunerations pensions. So perhaps you could share your calculations with us. Then there's the issue of translation. That's something that we will need to look into. Interpretation. Translation. The role of artificial intelligence, as the rapporteur has said. When it comes to a current business, a number of meetings. Possibly there's an increase there. As I was saying. So perhaps we could have, um, one, two, 20. Then there's energy consumption. Are we seeing that's going down? Luxembourg, Strasbourg, but not in Brussels. Energy expenditure. So what's happening. The energy mix. Energy efficiency. They're not exactly the same thing. So the question is can we have a little bit more information on that overall line within the budget. Otherwise we welcome this excellent spirit of cooperation. I think we want a budget that works, that's operational, that enables us to be ambitious, but that serious and effective at the same time. So thank you, sir.”
  Multilingualism in EU institutions · Energy efficiency
• “(16:49:58 – 16:51:00): Yes. Thank you very much. My question goes to Mr. Deport. At the moment, the post trade infrastructure like Euroclear is required to report essentially the same data, transaction records, settlement instruction, position informations to multiple supervisors in multiple formats under multiple legal regimes. The commission's proposal introduces a centralized ESMA data hub designed to change that. You report once, the regulator distributes. In principle, they should reduce costs and improve data quality, but the history of EU level data infrastructure projects gives some grounds for caution about how quickly these things actually work in practice. So how significant is the current reporting burden in concrete terms? And what would you need to be true about the design and government of the ESMA hub for it to generally deliver on the report once promise rather than becoming an additional layer on top of the existing obligations.”
  EU regulation on financial data access
• “I hadn't actually asked for the floor initially, but thank you. Thank you to Mr. Sousa Silva. Mr.. For the work that they've done on this proposal. Can I link this, if you don't mind, with the previous debate, perhaps the tax for this budget could be revised upwards. Not necessarily overnight, but you know This agency needs to be strengthened. So we support the proposal. But perhaps the adjustment of the tax, which would be useful in, say, making savings on the EU budget itself, could be something we could look into because we have you know, we're talking about rather small amounts. Thank you.”
  Own EU resources
• “Thank you very much, chairman. Commissioner, thank you for coming back, uh, to work on this. We have. We're not we're not there yet. We've got two years and three months ahead. And we appreciate the respect and the wish to construct a Europe solid and resilient budget to serve citizens. First of all, I'd like to remind you that we're not happy at all at the with the national envelope system, with three other colleagues we wrote before the end of last month. National envelopes aren't sufficient. The question of the role of Parliament, the place of the regions and the place of Parliament as colleagues, um, uh, Morrison and others have said. And we would like to see some strong proposals on the questions that bring us together. Some three questions, a little bit technical in the idea. Is the can lines be modified if there's a new crisis that could be part of the national the annual process? Well, how would that work? Who would, um, do what? Second question in this annual process will be, will there be a more strict breakdown of the lines, or will you have the same level of consolidation in and in the proposal for this year that would enable the Parliament to better understand what are the different subjects expenses, and it would also allow better budget control. Third question. Question could you clarify the flexibility. I'm thinking about the question of transfer amounts without authorization that you envisage modifying. Thank you.”
  Conditions to access EU budget
• “Thank you very much, Mr. Brzozowski, for being here. The Venice Commission is an important institution under the Council of Europe. And thank you for sharing your. Views here. Your very important body. You have updated your criteria. You work together with various partners. In so doing. Rule of law is of course very important for my group and for this, uh, assembly. For those of us who are here. Not everybody's here. Some of us have abandoned the ship, but I'm glad to have the floor, because normally there's two groups that speak before me. But they haven't spoken today because they're not in favor of the rule of law. So they haven't come here to debate with you. And that's an interesting point. But if you, uh, questions quite specific ones. I'd like to thank you again for your action, for your tenacity, your credibility and everything being so legally solid. That is what makes the Venice Commission so well respected. You mentioned the culture of the rule of law. How can we develop such a culture? Lawyers and judges in particular. Cannot be alone in this. How can we share this knowledge and understanding? And the question of the separation of powers, for example, I think we were talking about rules and we're talking about a regulation or this omnibus regulation to simplify our rules in the digital area.”
  EU Supervision of the Rule of Law
• “Thank you. I am terribly sorry, but I wasn't actually here for the presentation. I had so many, you know, busy meetings. So I do apologize, but I have some questions and hopefully, um, you know, they will be relevant. And I would like to hear the responses. Now, the cbam and extending it to, uh, processed products. Uh, could you tell us something about that? Uh, and perhaps expand a little bit on that issue? And my second question goes along with the previous one. Will there be own Resources, which could be perhaps entering into a new area and then customs and income, which is, of course, for the budget. It's not own resources. I'm aware of that. We've had a recent revision. I'm thinking on small packages, for example, parcels and that tax. So could you suggest anything that would enter within that area? I'm terribly sorry. I was in another committee. And you know, these are questions that I think would be it would be interesting to me to have your response.”
  Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
• “Thank you. I'll be speaking French, Commissioner. Dear Mr. Seraphin, thank you very much for your presence here today and for your explanation on this funding for this crucial aid for Ukraine as it fights the Russian aggression aggressor significant amounts. And the interests as well represent significant sums when compared to the size of our budget. Like my colleagues, I have no doubt about the need for the EU to mobilise funds to support this defence effort and also to support the Ukrainian economy in general. But let me go back over there questions and perhaps try and get some more detailed answers. Now. On the current MFF. You say that there won't be any problems, but it's a kind of snowball effect. So in 2027, the interests will be totally covered by the 2027 budget. Now that is a pretty poor precedent, I think, Commissioner, which could mean that for any additional assistance, which will certainly be necessary from the upcoming MFF, the interest will lead to reductions in programmes. Or it'll be taken from the Ukraine line from the upcoming MFF. But there's not actually a great amount of funding in there. There's a problem when it comes to the overall amounts, because roughly every one and a half years we've had to put amounts in for Ukraine.”
  Russia-Ukraine conflict (10th term)
• “Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for being here this afternoon. To introduce yourself, I'll be speaking in French. I have three matters to address with you. So you've had a fabulous career in the judicial at you national level and then European level. Eurojust. You're still administrative director. Can you tell us something about that legal expertise and how that could be an asset in the post of executive director of the European Drugs Agency. And the second question, this is something that you touched upon, but could you tell us something about better cooperation between the drugs agency and the other agencies, such as the one you're very familiar with, Eurojust or your neighbour Europol, that you cooperate with a lot, or maybe others? Eu Lesar, for example. Thirdly, could you share your experience, your actions in the area of drugs which has not been your main focus of interest so far? But can you share with us some information, uh, some things that may have particularly struck you?”
  EU law enforcement cooperation in criminal matters
• “Thank you. Uh, just, uh, support, um, uh, full support. As Mr. Lewandowski just said to the rapporteur for this, uh, transfer for the Committee of the regions. Uh, Madam Chair, if I may, just to say something on 26, I'd like to thank the rapporteur, uh, Mr. Nemec, for the proposals. And I would in particular like to say that I support the creation of ten posts in the court of Justice that's currently under threat and for other institutions. I would just like to say that efforts should be made to help them to ensure that they are in conformity with their regulatory framework, particularly when it comes to cyber security. For each of the institutions. So that was for 26. As you chair had suggested, I cover this as well. Thank you very much. You said I could cover it in the 2025 debate. No problem. There's always, uh, wherever there's a will, there's a way.”
  Cybersecurity investments for critical infrastructure
• “Merci beaucoup, Monsieur President. Thank you. Chair. I would agree with these requests for transfers from the various DGs from the Parliament and the institutions. Thank you.”
  Discharge of EU institutions and agencies
• “I apologize Missus Gregory it's not too far it's just on the screens as usual in this room we cannot see anything so maybe you could refer to the but because I think it's a page of the report because maybe you could give the number you know so that we can go through the we can try to to have a to to read it but may I ask the secretariat Mister President if we have a presentation like this to have it printed just a few slides so we can follow the presentation here it's impossible to know even the I I'm sorry I may be too old but I cannot read the title key findings Azirium report okay but nothing is possible to read so I don't know if I think it's the third time I am asking for that whenever we have a presentation if we can have this in a form that makes it accessible. That makes that it's really a presentation.”
  Multilingualism in EU institutions
• “Thank you very much. Chair, thank you very much for the presentations. Mr. Thomas on Digital Service Act. Sorry, tax. Thank you for making that very complete presentation. You mentioned several tax possibilities. Could you choose the one that you think would do best over time and would be the fairest when it comes to the different member states? And I did hear what you said about a digital sales tax predominantly. So that's my second point. But perhaps after all, we've talked small packages. So I guess we need to tax modes of trade which predominantly affect non European actors selling very low quality low priced goods. Now, Mr. Desiderio, now looking at your five tax proposals, I was wondering about the risk of flight capital flight if the rich leave the European Union. If you tax these high profit businesses, the risk is that they will shift to another country. So have you given some thought about how to address this risk of flight of the tax base? And I would also thank you for having recalled these objectives. Although taxation is always a delicate subject, there are many obstacles, but thank you for having prepared a list of what you think would be fair when it comes to fair taxation. Thank you.”
  Priorities of taxation policy in the EU
• “Madam president, president. Dear Nikos Christodoulos, Commissioner. Colleagues, the asylum and migration pact is due to come into force in June 2026. This pact will mean that we can have accelerated procedures at the Borders Rapid Regiment of Asylum requests, harmonised decisions and effective returns for those who can't stay in Europe. I'm proud that its implementation will be a clear priority of your presidency, but the application of the pact will only have any sense if we keep the goal of a balance between strictness and humanity. Let's protect our borders and protect persons. These are not contradictory objectives. Europe should never give up. What is what is constitutes its identity. Respect of human dignity. The right of asylum and the rule of law. The Cyprus presidency. President. It's. I'm proud to be here with you this morning. It's the chance to implement the European response, which which has been so much expected on this major subject.”
  Asylum & border control
• “Thank you. A very specific question. First of all, thank you for that presentation. Was very interested by your replies to some of the questions that were already asked, but something that concerned me. There's a problem in terms of delay in the implementation of the instrument for the customs equipment. Could that have an impact on the implementation of Cbam? If this equipment is delayed, could that in turn have an impact on Cbam? Thank you.”
  Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
• “I would really sincerely like to thank the people who have described and submitted the the situation. First of all, the representative for the commissioner who could not come. Thank you for your work. The fact that there should be no discrimination on the basis of one's sexual orientation is in the Charter of Fundamental Rights. So in the European treaties. We've been working on this. We're trying to quantify it. We're trying to understand how many people are touched by this and these terrifying conversion treatments. So thank you. It's really an honor for Europe that the commission is carrying out this type of work. And I'd also like to welcome all the people who speak and all the militants. But you're more than militants, your lobbyists. And for us, this is a complementary term in Europe. But you are people who are convinced you are committed to what you're saying. It's you can hear that, that this summit is your experience, too. You've spoken about this and you've created this energy over a thousand, over a million signatories. So I want to say you have all our support. A few years ago, France wrote some laws on this, but even other countries to EU countries have. This is good practices and we have to be able to give some response and protect our youth, both girls and boys, whatever gender they are and whatever their sexual orientation is. And we must ban any type of violence or type of conversion or any type of aggression. We should welcome and accompany support in their personal journey. I now give the floor to my colleague Rachel.”
  LGBTIQ+
• “Mr. president, Commissioner Serafin. Madam colleagues, I would like to thank the Commission for responding for groups. Wrote a letter to you. We take note of your constructive proposals on the role of the regions, changes in Cap, role of Parliament. As colleagues have said, unfortunately, you kept the structure with the national All plans were not in favor of that. We regret that fact, but we would like the objectives to be clearly European in order to accompany our policies at European level. I'd like to repeat a proposal from Renew Europe, which is to add to the additional proposals a European semester on rule of law on an equal footing with strategic autonomy and European defence protection of rule of law, as Valerie said. Talking about corruption, this protection of rule of law of the European budget needs to remain an absolute priority. Thank you Commissioner.”
  EU Supervision of the Rule of Law
• “Thank you very much. Chair, perhaps the speakers are coming in now. So thank you very much. I'll speak in French. I would like to support what Luca said. Vice chair. Who? Speaking on behalf of Dina. Now, transport is normally more, uh, an energy, a more masculine subjects. But we're very pleased, uh, to highlight the success of these programs. So let me say that as a French person, I am involved in some of the big transport projects in France and these European uh, this European financing is a real, um, gives us real leverage, uh, and really helps working with neighboring countries as well. We have more cooperation at a local level across border level. And this really allows us to better connect our countries for transport, for people, for goods. And as a number of colleagues have said as well, in terms of energy, there are very clear challenges at the moment. It is very important to better connect and to optimize, uh, energy mixes to rebalance, whether it's, uh, more traditional energy sources, renewable energy sources, electric. So thank you very much for your work. Uh, chair And thank you to the Commission for being ambitious, even though perhaps we could, uh, go further. I think, uh, the Europe of energy perhaps, uh, hasn't always been as far ahead as it could. Uh, but connecting Europe in this area, I think is very important. Transport really connects people activities. So having more and more connections. We've had a long history, uh, where people only dealt with transport at a national level. I think this is very strategically important and the work should continue. So thank you very much for what I think is a report with broad consensus.”
  EU transport infrastructure integration
• “We should be doing this with national and regional players, specifically when it comes to paying out the funds as quickly as possible and if possible, before the young people leave abroad. That will help those who are in families or students that, um, have a little bit less cash flow. And I think that's something that can also be done within the culture committee as well. We will also assist and encourage member states to help those young people in their times of need, specifically when they need a little bit of boost in cash. So I'd like to congratulate Lucia and all of the colleagues that have been working on this. This is really one of our flagship policies. We have one right after the other when it comes to transport and energy to another flagship policy of the EU. It's one of the best selling points of Europe, I think, with our citizens in the world around. Thank you.”
  EU volunteering programs
• “I would really sincerely like to thank the people who have described and submitted the the situation. First of all, the representative for the commissioner who could not come. Thank you for your work. The fact that there should be no discrimination on the basis of one's sexual orientation is in the Charter of Fundamental Rights. So in the European treaties. We've been working on this. We're trying to quantify it. We're trying to understand how many people are touched by this and these terrifying conversion treatments. So thank you. It's really an honor for Europe that the commission is carrying out this type of work. And I'd also like to welcome all the people who speak and all the militants. But you're more than militants, your lobbyists. And for us, this is a complementary term in Europe. But you are people who are convinced you are committed to what you're saying. It's you can hear that, that this summit is your experience, too. You've spoken about this and you've created this energy over a thousand, over a million signatories. So I want to say you have all our support. A few years ago, France wrote some laws on this, but even other countries to EU countries have. This is good practices and we have to be able to give some response and protect our youth, both girls and boys, whatever gender they are and whatever their sexual orientation is. And we must ban any type of violence or type of conversion or any type of aggression. We should welcome and accompany support in their personal journey. I now give the floor to my colleague Rachel.”
  LGBTIQ+
• “Thank you very much. I too should like to use this opportunity to thank all of those who assisted us in working on this budget, and state that in our reflection on simplification, as soon as we came up with a budget and of course, we are responsible for managing it, perhaps this process could be simplified, lightened in the future because transfer within the institution are in charge of their budget. So just an idea. Technical information is useful, of course, but perhaps not taking the time within the committee. Thank you.”
  Conditions to access EU budget
• “Thank you very much Chair. I would agree that we vote in favor yet these are significant increases. I have asked for further detail in previous exchanges. We need to be strict with this budgetary line which is about us. We know that there have been scandals plaguing certain groups within this institution. I think this budgetary line which regards Parliament must be something that we control very strictly.”
  Discharge of EU institutions and agencies
• “Thank you chairman. I will be speaking French. I would like to very warmly thank Carla Tavares and Sacred Mirrors for this excellent foundation, for the important report that they have done, and we are fully aligned with the fact that Europe needs a budget which is at the level of our ambition. And of course, it's important when we talk about European defence. Just a few comments. Nevertheless, Siegfried, you said no Europe a la carte. However, uh, the, uh uh, ah, uh, putting us at risk is perhaps not during the first year of the implementation of the MFF, but as the MFF progresses, uh, arbitration, uh, comes into force. Uh, I would like to welcome your work done on budgetary nomenclature and propose that we take it further. Uh, on the 020204, uh, technical reference there. That's the cap. Because the more you identify a clearly European policies, the more that we will be able to monitor the implementation of what has been decided by the different member states and to consolidate that at European level. I think the work on the nomenclature can be done in connection with the work of the committees, where there are various policies that we could propose to split them so that we have a sincere budget, which allows us to follow the policies and follow the indicators. Thank you, dear Carla, for having recalled the importance of own resources. It's the question of the size of the budget. We receive a lot of people who want more money, but to get more money, you have to have more money overall and also a customs income as well. And particularly thinking about the tax on small packages, I don't see any difficulty in applying that in terms of security environment, uh, better control of what is entering the European Union.”
  Size of EU budget
• “Thank you very much. Chair, thank you for giving me the floor. I'd like to thank the rapporteur for her work on this file. We are very much in agreement. We think that the single market and the customs union is very important if we want to have a strong single market. So thank you much, very much for this work. It might seem, uh, quite technical, but having a well functioning custom system is very important for safeguarding our single market. I will be tabling amendments on this, uh, budgetary assessment, but as you've given me a little time here, uh, customs duties are a very useful European resource. It's a shared resource for the budget. So I very much welcome the council's decision to increase customs duties on small packages. We have seen amounts almost double in terms of the small packages entering every year, and there's obviously a massive drop in the controls. Um. As there are limited resources for customs and technology for checking these small packages. So I would call for a complimentary increase in these European customs duties. I think the gap in prices when we look at the Asian Chinese distributors and our European market is considerable. So I think we could have perhaps a multiplying factor of ten on the current duties which are being applied. There you go. Uh, uh, it's not an own resource Exactly. But customs duties that could be increased if we're a bit stricter on these smaller packages that are causing a lot of work for customs. There's also potential security issues as dangerous products could enter. So thank you very much.”
  EU policy on custom fee on non-EU imports
• “CBAM extended to transform the products, which is, for me, a goal because otherwise we risk leakage on the basic products. So exactly.”
  Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
• “Thank you very much. I'd also like to say thank you from my side to Mr. Cordova and to Mr. Silva for giving the presentation. Beef. It's something that I've heard about for some time now. I have the feeling that here finally, we might at least have a symbolic advance here. I don't know if we have all of the elements of harmonization that have been retained here, but at least to have, uh, something common, uh, to hold companies accountable, uh, at a European level, I think this is definitely a step forward. And as that has been said by my colleague, it's certainly a step forward when it comes to drawing up a new own resources. It's been around five years, as the report states, that we committed to the Interinstitutional Agreement in December 2020, and we barely made any progress in the area of own resources. I'm looking towards the commission. Uh, obviously, the EU budget is the one that will benefit from these own resources. I think it's, uh, good to have, um, this, uh, corporate income tax for financial groups. Now, this won't give us enough resources to reimburse the debt we have to do from the next year, but it is a step forward. It's another useful tool for us. And I will be tabling minor amendments to try and emphasize, uh, certain points, particularly on the issue of, uh, own resources, mentioning the OECD and asking the Commission to stop, uh, blocking, uh, on this subject so that we can finally make some progress. Thank you. Colleagues.”
  Own EU resources
• “Mr. president, Commissioner, dear colleagues, tomorrow we will vote on the European Parliament's position for the next MFF. We are calling for a European budget, which is ambitious. Commissioner for the future of our Union. Now, since the previous mandate to the EU has been under scrutiny. Following the declaration of war in Ukraine and the brutal change of the US on the international stage, it is vital that the EU is in line with its responsibilities. All the actors that we're meeting businesses, farmers, universities, agencies, local actors, everyone's asking for the same thing for more money. All of the committees and commissions are asking for the same thing. And so where are we in terms of own resources? We're stagnating. Where are these new resources? How are we going to finance this next budget? And also make sure we pay back the next generation EU debt without reducing the current programs, but without also putting more burden onto European citizens. We can see that own resources are absolutely essential for our budget. So I reiterate this and I have to reiterate this, Commissioner. The call of my group and this European Parliament is that we make specific, um, specific, um, progress on this point. We need to act. And that time to act is now.”
  Own EU resources
• “You very much Chairman. I'll be speaking French. Thank you very much Director General Mrs Grigori. You've reminded us how much you've helped us in implementing the migration pact. Mr Bae the implementation date for the pact is next June. I know that your stock in trade is criticizing migration but that's not our job. What we need is to have a coordinated Europe that's capable of acting but also fully respecting migrants as human beings because that's what they are. Yes we need to be firm but also show humanity. Madam Director General a couple of questions for you. You presented a very interesting list of your tasks supporting the implementation of the ten blocks which are required for implementing the pact. That's a lot of work, it's a real concrete action. If I understood correctly you've had some difficulties with a number of those missions so could you just tell us exactly where that's working well or others where there are more problems. I get the feeling that the implementation of the border procedure is difficult in setting up the centers so could you tell us a little bit more about that. Second question on page thirty nine of your report you tell us about the state of play on the change of changes to the list of safe countries. Well I realize that's quite a lot of work, I realize the legislation is already changing and you note that on the tables following a decision by the Court of Justice the Netherlands have withdrawn Georgia and India from their list of safe countries and Italy has had to remove Colombia. Now these three countries are listed as safe countries of origin on the European list as part of the regulation on that subject. Could you give the technical analysis of that? Of course legislative decisions is up to us but when it comes to a technical analysis of the situation in those countries could you tell us a bit more. Another question safe third countries well that's a concept that you comment on in your report that already exists in current legislative text. Greece has long designated Turkey as a third country but the Greek authorities were subject to a sentence from twenty twenty three because the Greek authorities consider that a request is not eligible if asylum seekers do not readmit their nationals and they consider that they are not competent to analyze those cases. Well could you analyze, could you tell us about your analysis of that situation? Could you tell us a bit about the readmission guarantees and the situation of people who were returned under those circumstances. I'll remind you that these people are returned to Turkey and under the safe third country rules how can we have the necessary guarantees for asylum cases involving those countries?”
  Asylum & border control
• “Thank you very much chair. I too would like to say a few words about this mission, this mission to the island of El Hierro. I'd like to thank the secretariat for organizing this mission perfectly. It was very difficult and went off without a hitch. It was very rich in terms of the number of people that we're able to meet, elected representatives at the local level. It's not always so easy all of these different important people that we brought to El Hierro from the different agencies and the government so thank you very much for your organization and commitment there. We were in Spain we saw that all of our countries are indeed going through difficult times and as a French woman it's obvious that there are tensions at a local and regional level as well as at a central federal level in Madrid that can often hamstring our debates but we were able to participate nonetheless. National authorities very clearly called for the pact on asylum and migration to be enforced and they called for better checks from third countries at these areas of departure. And then when it comes to the Canary Islands those who are in charge of protecting unaccompanied minors I thought all of that was very well organized but given the high influx I think that sharing this burden between different Spanish regions would help to shoulder that burden. And then as Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar said we were all very struck by the fact that a port we visited and it was very calm when we visited it and then the next day we learned that there was this complete disaster. The very worst that happened when the boat was about to to land was and people were about to disembark there was an incident the boat was overturned and people lost their lives it was devastating. Moreover the judiciary that we met with public prosecutor's office they asked us for technical support for example they mentioned drones in order to identify smugglers and to have images of the boats that are arriving to work out who is heading up all of this who who are the smugglers and who are the victims. And then I also wanted to say that I was very impressed by Frontex's activities in the Canadian Islands. There are thirty five members of staff they're helping local authorities they work in perfect harmony to identify register migrants and finally we visited center I was taking different flight because I was going back to Strasbourg so I visited a different center called Oja Frija in Gran Canaria and there I was struck by the number of people four hundred young people older than the people we find that we met within La Frontera and there was a lot of tension there. These are young adults who need to be kept busy and they're they're waiting they've been kept waiting so setting up this center echoed the firm echoed the closure of the other center that we see there's a lot of tension there and we saw solidarity coming from local authorities they called for cooperation at the Spanish level as well as at a European level and they wanted to share out different tasks to shoulder the heavy burden. And I think this is the same solidarity we expect to see as a European level between member states when it comes to future prospects all of the stakeholders asked for there to be close cooperation and dialogue between Spain and the EU as well as countries of origin to fight against smuggling to allow legal avenues legal pathways to be opened so that we can control this at a European level while upholding our rules and enforcing our rules to to combat this very serious challenge.”
  Asylum & border control
• “Like other colleagues and other groups. We want this EU budget to allow us to invest in key areas that include strategic autonomy, strategic autonomy. It's our hobby horse. But it became clear after the Russian attacks on Ukraine that this was leading to death. Rape, kidnapping of children and that Russia is the link to one of the groups in this house. So we really want to step up our spending on defence. We also want more funds for research and for horizon. We also want to invest more in health. There have been swingeing cuts to health halfway through the mandate. We've forgotten about Covid, you know, in the US turning away from vaccines, and we need to have coordinated action on health. There's also culture industry, the Competitiveness Fund. The budget should also show solidarity. I'm also aware of the need to look at crisis prevention, especially in light of climate change. Then there's biodiversity under the Life programme, which is important humanitarian assistance. You know, the US is stepping back from that. And then there's also development. So I've put forward some quite technical proposals in all those areas. And I establish the nomenclature of the budget better. I think we that is better wording, better nomenclature than what the Commission has put forward that will allow us to monitor the different programmes as the annual budgets are implemented. Colleagues, I therefore want to say I'm looking forward to us working together on this proposal so that we have a strong Parliament proposal on the future MFF.”
  Size of EU budget
• “(15:21:49 – 15:24:46): you very much, mister chair, and thank you for including this on the agenda before the June 12. Thank you to commissioner Brunner and to mister Yonides for coming at this difficult moment, a moment where member states are making efforts, but they are far from, reaching the targets as shown by the report. To miss Ellers, who hopes that this pact will fail, I would like to respond. The pact is balanced and outlines measures that will help us to deal with migration in terms of controls and in terms of screening. And you cannot proceed if analysis is not carried out and if you do not work in nonentry zones, which were included in the pact when it comes to asylum seekers. And this is the point that I would like to ask you about because the implementation of the pact is what is raising challenges because we need many efforts from member states. We need resources and to take into account these new rules. We also need mutual trust, which was mentioned by the 2 of you to ensure that what is done in 1 member state can be done in another member state, can be replicated. So we can see that we are lagging behind when it comes to screening, when it comes to the implementation of accelerated procedures at borders because we are dealing with hefty numbers here. And when it comes to Eurodac, can we guarantee credibility or a timeline to ensure that there's more effectiveness when it comes to implementing these texts, which will not be operational on June 12? I saw in the conclusion that you would like to hash out perspectives, in a more reasonable with a more reasonable time scale to ensure that this is all implemented in most member states. My second question will pertain to Italy, a country that is at the center of the European debate on migration. However, your evaluation, which we can read, we see that there are gaps when it comes to screening, when it comes to controls at the border, when it comes to controlling the entry of people as well as operational preparedness. What guarantees and what monitoring can the commission guarantee to ensure that the situation in Italy does not, put the situation in a difficult situation? Thank you.”
  Asylum & border control
• “Thank you very much, chair. I too, should like to join the broad majority of people here that have spoken. And specifically our rapporteur Lucia yard. I'd like to really state how the renew group feels strongly about this program that has been in place for a long time, and that means that people can exchange around Europe and to the hard right that criticizes this program. I'd like to give them some facts. Thousands, millions, even of young people that we can meet in small groups around Europe and that have told us that thanks to this European opportunity meant that they've been able to have an openness of mind and a better knowledge, something that has been strengthened throughout the course of their life. And Erasmus, there's nothing new here. Cathedrals, the workers that worked there, they moved about Europe to get the best possible techniques and training with the people, with the best knowledge in those skills that was based in culture, science, knowledge, know how. And they have now applied it to our modern model. And thank you, Mr. Strauss, for his commitment. And I think the entire culture committee has been very committed to this as well. And I'd also like to state that, uh, to our colleagues from the Greens. Mr.. Uh, just to say that we know that Erasmus has changed a lot, uh, that there has been a chance for people, for example, to move about Europe with, uh, trainee trainers who are there to assist them and to chaperone them, which is a huge improvement when it comes to the improvement of the program itself.”
  EU volunteering programs
• “Sorry, Mr. President, I have a hard time to follow. We are on draft. Amending budget number two is 0.5. Did we do already? Other section 26.”
  Accounting and auditing of EU budget
• “Thank you, Madam President. Commissioner Serafin, Minister for European Affairs, Mary Bieler. Colleagues. Honourable members. Commissioner. Next week, on the 16th of July, you will present your proposal. My group renew and the Parliament expects something simple. An ambitious, truly European budget. It would be unthinkable for the next multiannual Financial framework not to set out new own resources. The new own resources set out in the 2020 Interinstitutional Agreement have not yet been put in place. The commission is talking about cuts to finance repayment of debt under next generation EU. The EU budget is already small and covers a host of sectors. And you're talking about further reductions. Like many of us, I've spoken to farmers, journalists, judges, Europeans in general. There is a clear verdict here. They are all calling for more resources. European citizens want to see more resources deployed. Commissioner, Minister, I call on you to take action so that together we can shape a European budget that will allow us to work together to meet the expectations of our citizens so that we can hold real clout on the international arena so that we can live up to our ambitions. Thank you.”
  Own EU resources
• “And in terms of artificial intelligence. And I'm not sure that our AI omnibus regulation is in line with the recommendations of the Council of Europe. And more specifically, can your checklist be used as a benchmark to ensure that when we simplify, we don't take out the essential in terms of breaches of the rule of law. And finally, there's an annual rule of law report, which the Council of Europe has been doing for a long time, which the European Union has been doing for less long. But we've copied you. So with these tools, and how can we work together to improve the effectiveness? So it's an annual review which allows us to see what has got better, what has got worse, and to share analysis. Which concerns all our member States and beyond that. So how can we use that to to use it as a tool to promote the rule of law? Sorry, I've gone on about three questions, but thank you again for your action and you have our full support. We're very glad to see you here and I'm happy to see that again. It's a woman who's chairing the Venice Commission. Thank you.”
  EU Supervision of the Rule of Law
• “Thank you very much, chairman. Thank you very much for being here today. I'll be speaking French. I have three questions for you. Your career has been very European. You're very familiar with the challenges of collaborating with the 27 countries. Can you give us some ideas about how to better coordinate the member states in the fight against drug smuggling? What haven't we tried yet? What could we promote and what could we better do together? Secondly, you contributed to the adoption of a common position on the regulation broadening the mission of the previous drugs observatory under the French presidency. Can you tell me some of the main elements of your five year vision for that agency? Lastly, you chaired the board of the observatory. Before it changed name. So you have quite specific experience here. What specific lessons have you drawn from that experience? And what would you carry through into your role as the Executive Director? So what would you carry forward?”
  Regulation of drug precursors in the EU
• “Uh, other expenditure might overshoot that. So it's the same exercise each year. I think we need to find reasonable savings to enable the House to nevertheless comply with its obligations. So I would subscribe to the questions put by the rapporteur and my colleagues from the Socialist group. Perhaps I could stress or concentrate on 1 or 2 more technical elements. There are some lines that are extremely important remuneration of salaries and remuneration. Could you share with us the um, the details of the calculations. How is it that some items increase, others decrease? There's 1220 a line in the budget. So the persons are placed on leave in the interest of service. It seems to be a bit random but um 1200 remunerations pensions. So perhaps you could share your calculations with us. Then there's the issue of translation. That's something that we will need to look into. Interpretation. Translation. The role of artificial intelligence, as the rapporteur has said. When it comes to a current business, a number of meetings. Possibly there's an increase there. As I was saying. So perhaps we could have, um, one, two, 20. Then there's energy consumption. Are we seeing that's going down? Luxembourg, Strasbourg, but not in Brussels. Energy expenditure. So what's happening. The energy mix. Energy efficiency. They're not exactly the same thing. So the question is can we have a little bit more information on that overall line within the budget. Otherwise we welcome this excellent spirit of cooperation. I think we want a budget that works, that's operational, that enables us to be ambitious, but that serious and effective at the same time. So thank you, sir.”
  Multilingualism in EU institutions
• “Chair. I'm speaking in French. I'd like to thank Siegfried and Carla, our co-rapporteurs. Thank you for this proposed report. It's a good basis. Uh, been a good atmosphere. There are some restrictions, but we are looking to the 2028, 2034 period My group has tabled some amendments to stress our priorities and I'll walk you through them. Now, you've all kind of gone into a list, but I want to say what we understand by a strong, ambitious EU budget. It means having own resources and a long term perspective. That's why I'm bringing the two subjects together. So if we're going to talk about the structure, we also have to look at the size of the budget. Let me stress the importance of putting the council under pressure. Sebum is supposed to be in force from the 1st of January, but it should become an own resource. Would depend on the council for that. Then after that, we must improve ETS and get more coming into the EU budget. But some will go into national budgets, so we need to look at the own resources basket that the Commission has tabled. Let me also stress customs duties. Customs duties aren't an own resource, strictly speaking, but they will help us boost the budget in the long term. So we should look more at small consignments. Small consignments coming into the Union. Now let me look at the priorities for the next MFF. We want it to protect the rule of law which is constantly under fire. The budget should serve the citizens and it should be accessible for final beneficiaries. We also want the Parliament to have a clear and strong role in the steering, and in the breakdown of the MFF priorities.”
  Own EU resources