Isabelle LE CALLENNEC

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• 2026-02-09 “E-000521/2026 Answer given by Executive Vice-President Fitto on behalf of the European Commission The Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) is implemented under shared management, with Member States responsible for designing and implementing measures in line with their specific exposure to Brexit-related impacts. As the assessment of submissions is ongoing, the Commission is not yet in a position to provide further details. For detailed information on individual measures, reference can be made to the French Managing Authority, which is the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion. The possibility to transfer resources to other EU instruments, including REPowerEU chapters of the Recovery and Resilience Plans, was introduced by the co-legislators in 2023 to provide flexibility in light of evolving geopolitical and economic circumstances. Transfers were voluntary decisions taken by the Member States concerned. France decided to transfer part of its allocation to its REPowerEU chapter, reflecting national investment priorities, notably for energy renovation in buildings including dwellings, and zero fossil industries. Member States have used the BAR to support a broad range of measures, including support to businesses affected by new trade barriers, reinforcement of border and customs capacities, investments in port infrastructure and targeted support to the fisheries sector and coastal communities. In France, support focused notably on ports and infrastructure, fisheries, border management and business adaptation. In line with the BAR Regulation (EU) 2026/211 1 , the Commission will carry out an evaluation of the instrument by June 2027 and will submit an implementation report to the European Parliament and the Council by June 2028. 1 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2026/211/oj/eng.”
  Cohesion and rural funding
• 2025-11-14 “E-004550/2025 Answer given by Mr Kadis on behalf of the European Commission Informal targeted consultations of stakeholders have already started and will be followed by a public consultation, planned for the first half of 2026. A technical meeting with Member States experts is scheduled for the first quarter of 2026. The Commission underlines that compliance with Article 58(6) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2842 1 operates independently of the adoption of any supplementing legislation. Moreover, the co-legislators did not envisage any mandatory use of the empowerment under Article 58(12) of Regulation (EC) No 1224/2009 2 . The obligation to make information available ‘in a digital way’ is formulated broadly, allowing compliance through a range of means that enable digital data transmission. Finally, the Commission does not have the power, through delegated legislation, to postpone the 2026 implementation deadline established by the co-legislators in Regulation (EU) 2023/2842. The Commission will continue working with stakeholders and Member States to develop supplementary rules that can support them and further harmonise and simplify the traceability framework, without undermining the policy objectives of the revised fisheries control regulation. 1 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/2842/oj/eng. 2 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/1224/oj/eng.”
  Environmental regulation of fisheries
• 2025-09-29 “P-003784/2025 Answer given by Executive Vice-President Mînzatu on behalf of the European Commission In order to assist national authorities, citizens and businesses in the application of Directive 2003/88/EC, in 2017 the Commission adopted an Interpretative Communication on the Directive, based on the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and aimed at enhancing legal certainty and clarity on the obligations and flexibilities of the Directive. The Interpretative Communication was updated in 2023 1 . It contains a section on paid annual leave and its interaction with other types of leave, including sick leave, and takes into account the judgment of the CJEU in case C-78/11 2 . 1 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52023XC0324(01)R(01). 2 Judgment of 21 June 2012, case C-78/11, Asociación Nacional de Grandes Empresas de Distribución (ANGED) v Federación de Asociaciones Sindicales (FASGA) and Others, ECLI:EU:C:2012:372.”
  EU policy on permanent and fixed-term employment
• 2025-02-10 “P-000590/2025 Answer given by Ms Roswall on behalf of the European Commission In preparation of the next Conference of Parties (CoP) to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) 1 that will take place on 24 November – 5 December 2025, the Commission, in cooperation with the experts from the Member States, has identified a number of species that required to be analysed in view of potential EU listing proposals. Amongst others, the listing of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla, currently listed in Appendix II) in Appendix I was considered in this context, taking into account the advice from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea. However, the analysis and the input from Member States experts, stakeholders and other Range States of European eel have led the Commission to conclude that it is necessary to further analyse the potential impact of the uplisting of the European eel on the conservation status of the species. Therefore, at this stage, the Commission does not intend to propose to the Council listing of European eel in CITES Appendix I. 1 https://cites.org/eng”
  Environmental regulation of fisheries
• 2024-11-07 “E-002471/2024 Answer given by Mr Jørgensen on behalf of the European Commission Following the European Court of Auditors’ (ECA) recommendation 1 to assess the potential employment, skills and social implications of developments in the offshore renewable energy sector and for other users of the sea, notably fisheries, the Commission has launched a call for tender to analyse these aspects in detail. The contractor has been selected, and the kick off meeting took place in August 2024. The scope of the study will cover the topics raised by ECA in the recommendation, with a specific focus on the fisheries sector. The final report is expected by August 2025. 1 https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/publications?ref=SR-2023-22”
  Energy (green transition)
• 2024-10-14 “E-002060/2024 Answer given by Executive Vice-President Šefčovič on behalf of the European Commission In June 2022, following the request from social partners, the Commission decided to launch a process to strengthen the social chapter on the employment of non-EU fishers by EU shipowners in sustainable fisheries partnership agreements (SFPAs). The process included discussions in the Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee on Sea-Fisheries and three consultative technical meetings held between October 2022 and December 2023. Those consultations were completed with exchanges with Member States in the Council. The outcome of this work was presented to social partners on 12 September 2024 and corresponds to the text currently proposed in new implementing protocols to SFPAs. The fact that this text replicates almost literally specific suggestions from social partners, shows the high level of responsiveness from the Commission to social partner’s requests. The new social provisions largely transpose provisions from Directive 2017/159 1 on the implementation of Work in Fishing Convention of the International Labour Organization (ILO) applicable to all crew onboard EU fishing vessels. SFPAs do not set a minimum wage. To support decent working conditions onboard EU fishing vessels, they promote relevant international standards and require to not contradict International Maritime Organization and ILO Conventions. As regards the legal opinions requested, the Honourable Member should consider using the channels available under Annex II to the Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the Commission, which covers the forwarding of confidential information to Parliament’. 1 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.L_.2017.025.01.0012.01.ENG”
  Environmental regulation of fisheries
• “Thank you very much. And thank you to the Co-rapporteur. Now, before it's too late, I think that we need to get into the position of the beneficiaries. That's the member states, the companies, the regions, cities and associations on our territories. And we should start from the need that they have. They know what these needs are because they have projects on the ground, and we should work bottom up rather than top down. For me, that's certainly one of the conditions for joining in with this European project and our requests are to have funds which are well identified by the people involved, Cap, etc., etc., etc.. So all of these funds, they're all well known. And then if the wetin and they are the better use they are and then we should look at the most the outermost regions and make sure that they have appropriate financing for their specificities. The European preference in the Competitiveness Fund. Transparency in financing for beneficiaries in third countries. The same thing that we request for our European beneficiaries and rationalisation of certain spending, for example, joining together certain agencies would allow us to make savings on the idea of performance. This is quite an abstract idea and is therefore quite a suggestive idea as well. I think flexibility can't be made in the detriment of visibility. And I'm talking here to the representatives of the commission who are here this afternoon. How can we apply the Commission's approach and the area of performance to the different programs within the European Union? The idea of results and carrying projects out of objectives. All of this will be very difficult to really objectify the idea of the costs is objectively more subject to interpretation. And so for this reason, we need to set out clear criteria. And in an ideal world, we would bring the Council, the Parliament, the Committee of the regions, all of these into where when we enter the process, when we're setting out these criteria. Thank you.”
  Funding for OCTs and outermost regions
• “(17:27:20 – 17:29:23): Thank you, chair. Thank you for this presentation. Article 17 of the CFP regulation dictates there should be transparent and, objective criteria, including social, economic, and environmental criteria when looking at fishing opportunity allocation. You've just explained to us what the consists of. And the European Commission, obviously, seeing as this is a member state competence, commission can only recommend and provide guidance. I'd like to know how this Vardemecum was received on the 1 hand by the member states, but also perhaps amongst the professionals, the fishers themselves, or organizations out, around Europe. You said some member states have taken into account your proposals and have started to implement them. The margin to maneuver seems to be present there. And I think the best way to make progress on this is to look at how small scale fishers are understanding this. In purse personal capacity, I wouldn't say we can put or pit small coastal fishers against this industrial fishers. So then we're looking at tacking quotas on a multi annual nature, but also in the the particular sea basins we're talking about. Because before you look at fishing opportunities, you need to look at this, and this is the commission's responsibility to look at the overall volumes. This morning, we had a discussion on how to improve this and simplify this. I don't think we can, avoid the debate on MSY. So I'd like to know how the Vare Mekam was received by those stakeholders involved. Oh, and Thank you. The floor to, missus Lavan. The floor is yours. Thank”
  Environmental regulation of fisheries
• “Thank you chair. Thank you, Commissioner, for being here today and for your ongoing dialogue with the Parliament on the agenda for cities. But let's not forget about rural territories. As you know, we've talked a lot about the MFF, and it's not always in a positive tone. There are concerns about the architecture, the amounts, the role of territories and management bodies. Now mayors are following our activity, and I was actually the mayor of a small city, and I had high expectations with regard to Europe. In terms of the housing committee, I can confirm that housing is a major issue and requires significant investment. On the mid-term review of the cohesion policy, you announced doubling of funds for investment. Are you able to let us know which regions and member states will harness that? When it comes to filtering funds into housing in the future? Mff where will the funds be for a dedicated housing policy that will be announced soon? Is it only the national plans or will this fall elsewhere? I would also like to take the advantage of you being here to talk about the outermost cities. You talked about the omnibus for 2026, but territorial, geographical and climate specificities means that European legislation has to be adapted. This is a very sensitive issue. And you've just recalled this, and I would thank you if you cannot forget about them, including in financial terms. Thank you.”
  Cohesion and rural funding
• “Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you very much for this extremely useful presentation on institutional investors and housing. Now in France, institutional investors have more or less withdrawn from the market because there are because it's not lucrative for them. So for us in a number of member states. There is there are a lot of people who want to own property in France. We're talking about mortgage terms that are now long, getting longer and longer. 20, 25, 30 years then takes a lot longer for people to actually own property. There have been boosts to the property, to the property market, and now access to credit has become much more difficult. So I would like to take advantage of you being here to point out to you of the the prudential policy of the ECB, of course. Ecb supervision of the 100 largest banks in the EU have taken down the risk in the system banks, banking system. But even today this supervision has become actually quite penalizing. It could potentially actually keep people from being able to access credit, which is something that we need in order to make sure people can have their property needs met.”
  ECB monetary policy
• “I can see others 20 billions margins five billions on two competitiveness. Other 20,000,000,007 billion for margins. Global EU. And there's billions available in this as well. And when you add all that together that starts to make quite a lot of money. And now listening to what you've said you can there's obviously there are a lot of us calling for us for funds to be made available for structural funds. So I think we need to take into account the analysis from the Court of Auditors. We need to take into account now. Thank you for doing it now. It's the right time to be highlighting these points. So. What will the European Commission retain from this. So it can correct in programmes such as for the future MFF. I have a question for the Court of Auditors as well. I'll be looking at the performance auditing as well. Now there's obviously outcome indicators and etc. etc.. Will the Court of Auditors. Look at the performance approach from the Commission to, to try and take into account to look at the impacts as well? I think that could be very very useful. Obviously we need to do that beforehand as well before it's too late.”
  Accounting and auditing of EU budget
• “Thank you very much, Madam Chair. And, uh, I'd like to thank our speakers for their contributions on this issue of short term rentals. This is something that we find in many of our member states. Housing is the remit of member states. But listening to you, it does seem that the European Union could play a role in regulating these kinds of rentals. This obviously doesn't prevent member states from looking for solutions. And you've described some of the ones that they've tried. In France, for example, we have the la mer, which aims to rebalance the rental market between these very short term rentals and longer term rentals, which we absolutely need in France. Our special committee is writing a report and will be making proposals to improve the situation and your contribution today. And I've listened very carefully to what you've said. It really comes at the right time. The president of the European Commission has said that she wants to deal with some of the issues that you raised that relate to these short term rentals. I mean, there's no thought of banning them. The idea is simply to regulate them. You've recalled the directives that we're going to have to look at, and that's something that I found particularly interesting in your presentation. So the services directive in particular, and also the E-commerce directive, and as we've just heard, there are many obstacles that need to be got over. In addition, there is a huge variety of authorities that regulate these kinds of things. There are more and more disputes, and also the fact that we don't really know how to act to the European level at the moment. I mean, personally, I think this should remain a member state remit. And as you said, member states are trying to deal with the issues with their laws and regulations. They're trying to find a solution, but it would nevertheless be interesting to hear what EU value added could be here in terms of regulation. And it would also be interesting to hear from the Commission and the task force, because I know they're working on it. Thank you.”
  EU regulation of short-term rentals
• “Thank you. Madam president. Commissioner. Housing is a member state. Competence circumstances are different in different member states. Nonetheless, the commission is presenting a European plan for affordable housing. Basically, it's about encouraging, recommending and inciting member states to invest in housing within their national plans. 2028 2034. What I note at this stage is that there's a will to put out an inventory and an initiative here as to measures which could impact on demand and try to rectify that and state aid reform, reduction of administrative formalities to increase the supply of affordable housing where there is a need is also something that can be achieved through simplification. Please a moratorium on standards. We need to ensure that we mobilise both public and private sector funding for restoration and renovation with the help of the EIB, with the Investeu programme, Social Fund for climate, the Cohesion Fund. If we still keep it, of course, the work is only just beginning.”
  EU housing policy
• “(15:08:42 – 15:09:57): Thank you very much. Madam Vice President, welcome. You've had a lot of questions on the mergers, guidelines the issue of European champions. But I'd like to mention something I'm very concerned about, and that's foreign countries meddling or rather countries meddling when it comes to blocking the mergers, and missus Young Corten talked about that. And mister Ferber talked about the role that the commission could play when applying the criteria when it comes to giving the mergers a green light or not. So who decides on a merger? Companies or strategy boards or shareholders who might really have that information? Or will we end up in a system where their political strings are pulled or whether the commission or where the commission's political interests prevail? Now on nuclear power, you talked about the energy crisis. And you said something, and I fully agree that consumers do care about the price of energy. So what, role could nuclear power play to bring the prices down?”
  Foreign interference in Europe
• “Merci, merci. Pour la réponse de la commission. Nous avons nous allons avoir a faire face a ce qu'on appelle un nivel démographique. Et cette question des liens intergenerational est absolument majeurs moi Simple. En fait IL y a des intentions dans ce qui nous proposé la question. C'est quelle traduction concrete dans le corps dans les régions ou dans le plus et dans leur reglement performance. On est en train de travailler sur la on n'est pas de bonnes intentions, mais a un moment donné IL faudrait effectivement introduction concrete dans ces textes qui se préparé et notamment dans le tout n'est pas d'argent. Mais quand meme c'est important merci.”
  Cohesion and rural funding
• “(11:47:43 – 11:49:33): Thank you very much, and thank you to the 3 of you for being here today because, indeed, this is work that has crossed DG. So it's really important for us to understand how you're working together. Now turning to our colleagues, members of the European Parliament. Do you have any other questions to ask? Or do you think we have enough information so that we can make progress on this? Okay. Thank you very much for your presentations. Very valuable, very tangible, useful. There's a lot of work that remains to be done to improve the situation. I think there is clear political will that has been expressed. This work also needs to be done at European level. But as you have underscored, member states have a role to play, so we all, need to do our bit there. You very much. The work continues. It must continue. And thank you to everyone for your commitment and your participation today. It's really important for us to show citizens, and it's important for them to know where their seafood products come from. So it's important for us to have messaging out there to explain what the reality is. European fisheries are the the most stringently, controlled around the world. That's maybe not the the case for other areas. It was said very put very well by our first speaker. Consumers need to be aware, and, retailers also need to be aware where, these products are coming from. Thank you very much. So it was somewhat reassuring to hear what has been implemented, but we really do need to keep up our efforts. Thank you very much.”
  Environmental regulation of fisheries
• “So that would be an increase in 10% for our banks for by 2032. The French Federation of Banks wants to let the ECB know about this. Now France is a bit of a special case. When we borrow, we borrow at a fixed rate, not at a variable rate, which is more common in other European countries. The risk, the real risk is covered by loan paybacks. And then that. And so before it lends out money, the bank makes sure that the person or that household has the capability of paying back. But because they are penalized by these, by they but they are penalized by these rules. I don't want to go back to the crisis, though. I just want to say I'm very happy to have you here. It is something that French banks are really having to deal with these prudential rules that have made it more difficult to access credit at a time when we really need it. So I just want to provide you with this information and say thank you.”
  Financial regulation
• “Yes. Thank you very much, chair. The good use of EU funds is necessary, and we need to ensure that the funds are efficiently used. It is vital for the recipient countries and also for contributing countries like France. What we often hear at occasions door is that it's too complicated, too bureaucratic, and that it takes months before the funds actually reach the recipients receiving the reading the report from the ECA. It seems that we're not resolving the problem of eligibility for cohesion funds. This is often where the issues first creep in. And so it needs to be clear what the priorities are here and what the conditions are that need to be in place so that we don't end up with error and fraud. I've got a question on costs. I was wondering how we can optimise the checks. There are four. We've got the first level at National, then we've got the commission, then we've got the ECA later on. And so there is a difference now between the figures from the UK and from the member states. But couldn't perhaps you be working together instead to try to really optimize the checks and audits that are carried out?”
  Accounting and auditing of EU budget
• “Madam president Commissioner, the commission had an opportunity to present its pact to the United Nations Conference. There are tremendous expectations and these were largely met. A number of EPP proposals were included. For example, your plan to develop the blue economy, to make the most of aquatic resources while preserving a biodiversity and putting in place ocean diplomacy. I also welcome the question of food security, fighting illegal fishing, modernizing the fishing fleet. We support you in your pragmatic case by case approach, based on a scientific basis for ocean protection. The EU has taken the lead and therefore has a roadmap. It also needs finance. The financial and regulatory means of ocean. With 27 member states, starting with the revision of the Directive on Maritime Areas. The EPP will work hard to ensure that this pact is not just a message in a bottle, but actually leads to sustainable development of our oceans for the foreseeable future.”
  EU ocean policy
• “Thank you. Chair, I apologize for arriving late. We were in the Regi committee and we were debating the upcoming MFF. Hoping that there will be enough funds for housing. Now here we're talking about demographics, and I'd like to talk about the fall in birth rates in European countries. And there was a survey that was carried out in my country on networks, meaning that young French people are hesitating to have children or maybe not having them at all. 42% do not believe in the future. They lack trust in the future, and 42% of that is comes from purchasing power. And frequently that is linked to how expensive housing was. So as a representative from the task force, the Commission adopted in 2020 4th October a number of tools for the countries. Are there any specific actions for housing for families, specifically young couples, that we should use as a standing policy for the future. Thank you.”
  EU housing policy
• “(11:38:42 – 11:45:26): Your microphone, please. Thanks. Anais. You. Thank you. Good morning. I would like to maybe focus on a couple of issues mentioned here this morning. Very interesting discussion and and productive for us. I would refer to the IO dialogues and to catch. Through the IO dialogues, BNE contacts formally, informally, we are in contact with all 93 third countries that are exporting to the EU. And we have seen and thank you to, mister Daddou for acknowledging it, the successes and the changes in third countries through the years of efforts put by European Commission in revamping these third countries' systems overall in control and enforcement. We are working with most of the flag of convenience countries identified internationally as or commonly understood as flag of convenience. Let me clarify that being a flag of convenience is not per se, illegal. Therefore, it would be easier for us if it if it was a clear avenue for us to tackle, this element through the regulation being it illegal, but we have to focus on the legalities behind the concept of the flag of convenience. And, we have seen as well these, changes in third countries under dialogue where entire fleets leave this registry of this country we are in dialogue with to go to another country. Same way that the reduction on port entries for sent by certain fleets, we are seeing it when we enter in a dialogue with a third country and the country is the third country is, revamping the system. If there are EU nationals involved, they will see the revamping of the system. They will see the enforcement system, the control system reinforced a better management in that third country. So that's what we can do, let's say, through the avenue of that flag state, third country where our EU nationals can legally have a a vessel flag. But, also, we have transmitted all the information we receive. We have transmitted to our member states on any potential links to red country's ownership, beneficial ownership, etcetera. And we are really attentive to this. And we every time we come across a potential crime, being it labor, tax, money laundering, etcetera, we are in close contact with the competent services. We work with Interpol closely, but, also, we have seen during years investigations by Olaf that we have initiated, let's say, that are not public and known, but they are happening. Even currently, there are some with the public prosecutor. We cannot, of course, disclose anything, but this happens. And we are I mean, the intelligence we gather, we communicate to the competent authorities, FISMA, tax suit, and we investigate. The same happens I mean, the example mentioned of Thailand, for instance, where we, reacted and involved our colleagues, And we are in close contact, and I will if you, allow me pass the floor to my colleagues in the trade and and and grow who are dealing with the forced labor regulation, we are going to be in close contact for sure in the future. And, regarding catch, catch is a jewel. So we cannot put it at risk. It's painful. Our operators are complaining. Yes. Our member states are complaining. Yes. Because it's painful, because it was easier with a paper that can be forged. Now we have seen since January more verifications, rejections, etcetera than in years because we gather a lot of intelligence and the controls are better carried out by our member states. Now it's working, but we have to go through a period of adjustment. And, of course, I mean, we are putting our best on this. We are 15. Let me remind you. And our member states might not have devoted to these services to the control of the catch certificates so many resources in the past, but they need to do it now. We do our best with the system, with the communications. We are dealing with the communications with all third countries. Oh, I have gone overtime. We've we are working with third countries pushing for them to use directly use catch or being it interoperable, but, is the way forward for sure. The intelligence we are gathering and we are that we allow that it allow it will allow us to work with third countries is, huge. Thank you. And, yeah, I don't know if if I may yeah. Briefly to our colleagues on forced labor. Thank you. We Yes. Thank you very much. Thank you for touching on, forced labor. My colleagues are there are maybe a couple of minutes left if you have questions. But you have the floor, first of all.”
  Environmental regulation of fisheries
• “So how can we improve things? Because these scientific observations are vital since it's based on on that that we set up the quotas, the tax. Now we can use modern tools such as AI to perhaps assess things better. So I think we should use these modern technologies so that we can help. In having very precise assessments of the biomass. And a final question. In your page 31 of your report. You give an idea of the potential activities of predators in the environment. So based on your findings. When it comes to cormorants. Do you think that the estimated annual consumption of 25 million juvenile codfish by cormorants, is this something that perhaps we should explore? And when it comes to. Grey seals who also feed on the cod. How do they affect these cod populations? And if we look at peer review, the lack of peer reviewed reports on the behavior of cormorants, is that something we should look into? And now my question for the commission. What are you going to do with the conclusions of this report? And Commissioner Costas Kadis went to the Baltic Sea in one of his first trips. So I think that's a good sign. Thank you.”
  Environmental regulation of fisheries
• “Yes. Thank you very much. On the question of construction. Well, this is something that we talk about a lot in this special committee. I have several questions. You talk about the cost of construction having gone up all over Europe. But for years now, we've been trying, along with the professionals of the sector, to decrease this kind of construction. And we have the codes and the rules and the cost of labor. So talking about these regulations, what do you think of the Energy Performance Directive? Has this had an impact on the labor costs of in the construction sector? And this is something that perhaps we can deal with here in this committee in our report. And is this going to boost renovation? You spoke about the possibility of finding workers. And this is something that we looked into with the commissioner who came to the committee. Ireland perhaps has done well, has perhaps done better than others in this regard. So how do you explain the fact that some countries manage to be more productive than others and have fewer difficulties in finding workers in the sector, and the construction companies might be very, very small companies. So how can we increase their productivity? Those are my questions. Thank you.”
  Energy performance of buildings
• “Thank you, Madam Commissioner. Yesterday I was at the International fair that is held in Cannes, the real estate fair. And I did put forward. Mr.. Our rapporteurs report and the Commission's plan to contribute to solve the housing crisis or the housing crises, because one of the proposals we spoke particularly of the need of cooperation, public private corporation. But I was also asked about European funding in the area of housing, the support of the EIB and the pan-European platform, and Investeu and eRDF within the framework of the future budget. So my question to you, sir, is this will these funds will. Will they be they be kept? And what are the sums of money involved?”
  EU policy on urban development
• “We.Thank you very much for this presentation. Thank you. Chair. Thanks for the attempts to explain this, but it's still very complicated, I have to say. We've requested simplification, but I think we're getting ever more complicated for the eRDF funds, the Cohesion Funds, the Just Transition Funds and other funds represented €452 billion. The ESF on its own was 100 billion. The European Social Fund has been identified by managing authorities both at the national or regional level for what it is, but with the MFF in the future, this will become completely vague and the it will be watered down. The ESF will be watered down. I'm trying to understand. I've read the correlation tables and the future union budget. I'm trying to find the lines that correspond to the ESF. I've just listened to you and you're talking about the national and regional plans, the EU facility for social Innovation. The investor you points, but I can't see where the hundred billion is going tomorrow perhaps. And the needs are there in the social sphere. So how will the regulation be implemented? And so it seems Kafkaesque, I have to say, harmonised follow up for spending and performance. The performance regulation implements a single system to classify each spend expenditure with coefficients a European coefficients. Results, indicators and performance indicators will be used and we will geolocate the results on the territorial level. You've mentioned 900 indicators, not just for the social aspects but 900. What are these indicators and who's going to determine them. My feeling is that this is going to be worse than it is today, and I'm really concerned. I'm really concerned about this. I can completely assure you that mere mortals will not understand this. Um, we're reading the documents. I've spent time on this and effort, but it's what you're. What you're preparing is just so complicated. And I wouldn't be at all surprised with European election results with this kind of thing.”
  EU expenditure on social policy
• “Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Here in the House Committee, we have regularly reiterated the key role played by the EIB, and the EIB has set out objectives for €6 billion in 2026. You mentioned several examples of projects in 2025. I'd like to know, is the report that we can consult, which includes the exhaustive list of those projects? Is it possible to have an idea about the rate, the interest rate for the loans as well? Secondly, under the objectives of the EIB, there is significant focus on renovation and new building. You mentioned housing tech EU, which has €500 million for innovation. Could you say what type of companies will be eligible for those funds? And based on what conditions. And third question, I imagine that you are following the latest news from the Commission and Parliament, especially when it comes to the MFF 2028 to 34. We want to know what the fate of the housing sector will be, because it's not explicitly mentioned in the national plans or in the competitiveness envelope. Furthermore, we want to know how the performance regulation will be applied specifically to the housing sector. What do you think? Because you have experience of criteria, you select the projects that will be subject to the criteria. So I'd like to know what you have to say about the performance there. Thank you.”
  EU policy on urban development
• “(09:58:46 – 10:02:12): Thank you very much, and thank you for being here. Illegal and unreported fisheries has a problem from an economic and a security point of view. It ruins the seas, and it can be linked to organized crimes of various types. We're seeing a marginal it's not a marginal issue. A third of all catches might be concerned, 500,000 tons imported for more than €1,000,000,000. We have a framework, particularly the IUU regulation of 2008, which is based on the access to our markets through catch certificates and card system, red cards and yellow cards. This has made it possible to make some advances. We've had more pressure on third countries' real reforms in some member states, but this provision is not sufficient. The court of auditors has shown that there's only partial efficiency of this European system. The difficulties are manifest. We've got reflagging. We've got flags of convenience. And then certain flags continue to feed into our EU fisheries. There are cracks because of interactions between member states. Despite the fact that we have digital tools, it's mainly paper based, which leads to certain problems, and the sanctions are too disparate and are not very dissuasive, which compromises conditions of competition and which shocks the European fishers. Let me give you an example. The situation in Mediterranean is particularly worrying. In the administrative letter from Frederic Villeries, we alerted the commission of IUU fisheries by Tunisia, Turkey and Morocco, including in EU waters, and this had direct knock on effect on security at sea and for our fishers. The stocks have been depleted and we have more and more competition at sea. France is affected in its overseas territories. In Guyana, for example, we think that there's up to 4 times the legal amount of fisheries by other countries. In the resolution adopted in 2022, we talked about the issue of the Chinese fisheries in African and Indian waters. It's been increased by 80% despite the fact that we have depleting stocks. I would ask the panelists what solutions they see to preserve European fisheries against this unfair competition and how can we make sure that illegal fishing landings sometimes based on forced labor no longer exceeds to the European markets and cannot be consumed by European consumers.”
  Environmental regulation of fisheries
• “(16:25:28 – 16:27:12): Thank you, madam. Thank you, chairwoman. Costa Cadiz, during an agri fish forum at the March, said that they were going to work on amendments to the MFFAF, and that was very good news. In the European Parliament, in the Pesh Committee, and in the plenary in December, we adopted an excellent report on the renewal of the fleet and its decarbonization. We are specifically asking for a modification of articles 13, 17, 18, and 19 of the EMPAF regulation. We are experiencing a widespread energy crisis, and so this is why the sector needs immediate, support in state aid, which has been done. And in the long term, we need to find decarbonization solutions. So I've got 3 questions. Based on this midterm evaluation that you've just presented to us, we've got demands from the sector, and we heard from them this morning from member steps member states and the, partnership, plans of the green transition that you mentioned. So what provisions does the commission intend to evolve? When will it be able to present to us a legislative proposal proposal to review the MFFAF? We spoke this morning about simplifications. When can we ensure that public funding are aimed towards the, energy transition of the MFAT under the current CFP and the future CFP, the EIB activities, and state aid? Thank you very much. Thank you, miss Miranda Pav.”
  Funding for fisheries and aquaculture
• “Yes, thank you very much, Madam Chair. We've spoken a lot about agriculture. And of course, it's necessary for food security and sovereignty. These have to remain EU priorities. And I think that this means that they have to be reflected clearly and specifically in the budget. Now, fisheries. Fisheries is a common EU policy. And yet uh, instead of 6 billion we now have 2 billion has been reduced uh greatly. And. You've said that there will be an extra, extra money for the cap. So I think you should be able to find the 4 billion that we need for fisheries. We've got Cyprus at the helm. We have Costas Kadis, who is a Cypriot commissioner, and he's the fisheries commissioner. So. All the members of the fisheries committee in the European Parliament would like to see this €6 billion be put back into MAF. Thank you very much.”
  Funding for fisheries and aquaculture
• “(11:49:37 – 11:49:54): think that was the last item. So, dear colleagues, we will start again. We will resume at 01:30PM with a very important hearing with our commissioner, Costas Cadis, commissioner for fisheries and oceans, when it comes to evaluating the common fisheries policy, CFP. Thank you very much.”
  Environmental regulation of fisheries
• “Yes. Thank you for your presentation. I've been here for a year. And for a year I've heard, especially my Scandinavian colleagues warn us since the beginning of the mandate and certainly before that about the Baltic Seas state of health. And, uh, I'm sensitive to that now. Now regarding this multiannual action plan, I'd like to check with you for the dates of this plan and question perhaps more for the Commission. What will be the next one? And taking into account the conclusions of this report, we can ask, as you saw in your last slide, what are the actions that will be taken in future? You've said you're trying to understand why we didn't meet our objectives, and you mentioned overfishing. And I'm surprised because there are quotas. So who is not respecting the quotas? That is my first question. And my other question, as you mentioned, which are scientific advice. Why in some areas scientific advice is, uh, Agreed to by local stakeholders and in other areas in the Baltic Sea. This is contested because you said sometimes they are too optimistic compared to the biomass. The biomass that has been observed in the Baltic Sea. So. So why is there why does this happen? And when it comes to these stocks, you said there is an unclear or uncertain assessment of the stock.”
  Environmental regulation of fisheries
• “Thank you. Madam president. Commissioner, the social and economic consequences of Brexit are still making themselves felt, particularly in Brittany, Normandy and France on the 19th of May. We called for reciprocal access to the fishing zones to be renewed until 2038. That is necessary, but it's not sufficient. And we don't want further restrictions to be introduced because of unilateral measures from the UK side. If you don't consult partners as new areas for marine protection are brought in, there's also a danger there. We would encourage a case by case, science based approach, taking on board the pragmatic advice of fishers both from the UK and EU sides in the channel and the North Sea. We need a regional management plan bringing together all of those who are affected, which of course means the UK in first place, but also coastal states including France and the Channel Islands.”
  Environmental regulation of fisheries
• “Then there is the issue of economic competitiveness. All EU programs must be based on economic competitiveness. There must always be a contribution to European priorities. That must include the strengthening of the single market, digitalisation and support for SMEs, as well as innovation, skilling, productivity and reduction of strategic dependence. Then there's the single portal or the single gateway. The single gateway should not lead to further administrative burden. Similarly, if there are multiple programming approaches, that should be simplified because they are a major, um, operational issue for our regions as things currently stand. Final point, we will pay very close attention to the do no significant harm principle D n s h. So I'm repeating that term in French d n s h. The Commission is establishing guidelines on this matter, but we need a strict framework for those guidelines in the writing of those guidelines. Isn't there a risk with the DNS? Couldn't some territories be disproportionately affected? Couldn't many projects be excluded from scope, even if they are important and structural projects. So I think that we still have some way to go. Thank you.”
  Overall simplification of regulation in the EU
• “(11:09:22 – 11:11:22): And thank you for having begun to outline some of the potential solutions. Now I noted that you talked about the forced labor regulation. I'm wondering whether that might create some opportunities for carrying out further checks and inspections. I would like to focus my comments on the activities of the European Commission, and maybe DG Mare could explain exactly what is being done. Because when we listen to our colleagues, the real question is why the situation is still a problem. Now we've heard on a number of occasions that the problem is not specific to the EU. It's a problem of the member states. Therefore, I would like to know whether we have clearly identified who is responsible for what and who is expected to take action, and that has to be the case for all our policies. And I also would like to know why there aren't any more sanctions because you do have rules. Have you been able to assess the reasons why people aren't being penalized and sanctioned once we have the information? What would you recommend? What might have been recommended by the court of auditors or other institutions? So there were the various consultative councils which have issued recommendations. So what we are concerned with here is why very little is happening. Why are the problems proliferating? And we'll give the floor now to the speakers in their original order. So let's hear first from mister Orbina. You've got 5 minutes, sir. 5 minutes. Thank you.”
  EU law enforcement cooperation in criminal matters
• “Thank you very much, chair. The aim of this directive is to transpose the BNG into European law. And we spoke about this in June. It's a matter of environmental protection, of protecting marine. Uh, and fishing resources. So I have, uh, various comments and questions to the commission. So after 60 ratifications, this bbnj agreement will come into force. Where are we with the ratification? What's happening with the member states who have not yet signed up? And if they haven't signed up, why? A second question. Fishing is excluded from the scope of chapter two on marine resources. But what about chapter three on obligations and environmental evaluations and pre authorizations for activities that will have an impact? Is high seas fishing concerned under chapter three? Fisheries is not excluded from chapter four, so protected marine areas and management tools will also apply to fishing activities. So we need to ensure, as my colleague said, that we have a balance between resource preservation and environmental protection, while at the same time ensuring food security and socio economic concerns. A final comment on the transposition deadline. It's a mere six months. Isn't that a bit too short? Thank you.”
  Environmental regulation of fisheries
• “(14:57:46 – 15:00:39): You very much. We're now going to quickly give the floor to the coordinators for 2 minutes. We will start with madam Le Kalianek. The president Thank you, chairwoman. Thank you for this study that is warning us on the numerous risks. It will be very useful to us, particularly when we are in the midst of negotiations of the MFF 20 28 to 2034, which, as you said, undermines with the NRPs the very principle of a, common policy. Now there are many different recommendations, and the EPP would like to join them. So budget allocated to fisheries needs to be increased and needs to have a clearly defined scope. So in plenary, last week, we adopted an interim report asking for a minimum of €7,000,000,000. The 2,000,000,000, is unacceptable. The main measures linked to fisheries, including marketing and processing and decarbonization of fleets need to be explicitly included in appropriate budget lines. This is a priority for us. The parliament has also adopted a report on the modernization of the fleet. We know what needs to be done. We need to evolve state aid and also modify some of the articles of the MFAP. Like you, we think fisheries and agriculture needs to benefit from the funds of the European competitiveness funds to innovate and decarbonize. The performance regulation needs to be bolstered by clearer definitions when it comes to output indicators and a better alignment of the CFP aims, including specific indicators regarding to the fisheries fleet, aquaculture, processing, and, small scale fishing. I am rapporteur for an opinion on this in this committee for the performance regulation. We spoke about it this morning, actually, and I can confirm that this regulation needs to be reworked and must be improved, technocratically speaking. But we will discuss this with our colleagues. Now when it comes to implementation, you also questioned the principle of DNSH, and I'd like to thank you for that. This is a great unknown for now. And when it comes to the social side, like you, I was very surprised that this was reduced to 0% when, of course, we know that fisheries contribute to social aspects. Now I have 1 question. In your study, did you address fisheries in our outermost regions? Because that is something that affects a certain number of member states. Thank you. Thank you, mister Rodriguez. Thank you, Chad. I will speak in Portuguese. So”
  Funding for fisheries and aquaculture
• “Thank you, Madam Chair. And thank you very much for that enlightening those enlightening contributions. So construction is about 10% of EU GDP and employs more than 13 million people. It's an extremely diverse sector, more than 35 different types of jobs. It is embarking upon the energy transition and it is incorporating more and more new technologies. But businesses, especially small businesses, have to deal with a labor shortage which is holding Construction objectives have been set out, make the sector more attractive to attract new talent, especially young people and qualified persons, to better anticipate future needs in skills, to prepare workers for the future and improve working conditions, and finally to develop lifelong learning so that workers can adapt to. Energy saving building construction methods. The questions are simple how can the EU help the sector tackle this skill shortage today and tomorrow? Based on what they're saying, they don't want new legislation. They want an implementation. If the directives and regulations are going in the right direction. They also insist on. Worker posting and they want simplification. They need to support productivity and innovation. So I'd like to ask the commission, will these companies be able to avail themselves of the competitiveness fund of the upcoming Multiannual Financial Framework? Thank you very much.”
  Funding for vocational training
• “Um, thank you for the questions. These are actually quite challenging. Um, so first of all, about the collection and use of data. I think your points are very valid. But if we are talking now about improving affordable housing supply, this data is, uh, like on social housing, where it is and where there is a demand. And the highest, uh, longest waiting list, it's really important to plan around it. So I think if we had the data like this, it would definitely be used by people who plan affordable and social housing, for example. And then where do we need regulation and where do we need directive? That's a big question, and it's very, very hard to just answer it on the spot. But we definitely do need regulation when we talk about benchmarks, about decency, of housing, um, or how much money should people spend on housing, um, that it shouldn't. Um, um, you know, um, make them lose, um, possibility to access services such as healthcare. So anything that regulates around that should be definitely addressed. And then the directive direction is, uh, yeah, probably more like, um, uh, Encouraging public private partnerships or using innovative solutions to build homes and things like this. That's just my on the spot opinion, and we didn't really write recommendations around that. But thank you very much. And I think about this. It's a very interesting question. Thank you.”
  EU housing policy
• “(15:42:39 – 15:44:50): much, madam chair. The fisheries and agriculture flags are there to help implement MFAP on on a local scale, so on the ground. And they work with projects across the board requesting subsidies and sometimes in implementing the projects themselves. And these flags are taking advantage of local marine resources, preserving the local coastline. They're maintaining the attractivity of the areas, maritime governance, and spatial management of coastal regions, etcetera. I've received representatives of flags from Brittany in my region. They came to the fisheries committee, actually. You may know, I'm turning to the representative for the commission here, that they're extremely worried about the budget and the fate that is in store for them. Because without appropriate support, this mechanism will no longer work. Can the commission reassure them? Because they are the ones who have to deal with the welter of administration that then increases the cost. Is there gonna be a simplification? Because if MFFAF, the MFFAF budget is gonna be reduced, which obviously we don't want to happen, this will be a risk. And looking at MFAP that we're gonna be turning to in a later item on the agenda, there's a strong potential of synergies between MFAP and Invest EU given that the 2 financial instruments can, be complementary. Except the criteria to benefit from MFAP or Invest EU are by no means the same. And if this synergy is a pretext to reduce the overall envelope of MFAP, then we cannot accept this. And the flags will be the main victims of this development. So sounding a note of of warning there. If you could reassure us reassure them in your answer, I would appreciate that. Thank you. Senor Rodriguez. Mister Rodriguez.”
  Funding for fisheries and aquaculture
• “The complexity of procedures. This is very important to the simplification. Simplification is necessary in order to ensure that actions are more efficient on the ground. Also funding. You talked about land and regional regional funds from the European Union and the um, the MFF as well. We need more ring fencing. This is also very important and we've taken these things into account also construction costs. You mentioned these things. Uh, often they are higher, a lot higher than in mainland France or in the mainland countries concerned. And I've understood that you would like a derogation here in terms of CE, the CE mark. And the idea, if I've understood, would be to, well, Brazil and Guyana, Canada for the West Indies, that you would have derogations and adaptations for these areas that would differ from the mainland. I think we need to work very hard on the initiatives that have already been announced. These countries, the outermost regions, are one of the least developed regions. You know that when we have these national plans, that's chapter six dedicated to these countries. But you know that the this funding is left over to the member states. So that's something to remember. It is a problem and we will need to work further on that. But we have certainly thought about your issues and we are trying to implement solutions.”
  Funding for OCTs and outermost regions
• “Thank you. Chair. Thank you to the presentation. Thank you to the court. Obviously, this is a fantastic time to receive this because we're looking at the next MFF program. We need to make sure we don't make the same mistakes again. Obviously, we should have funds for crisis crises or problems that arise. But we also need to make sure they're built in in the right manner. Listening to you, the verdict is quite harsh, really. It's like regular funding is being or regular payments are coming from a fund, which is supposed to be for ad hoc events. So the flexibility instrument was is didn't take in the, the actual needs and requirements. You also said that the framework is too complex. You said that there's overlapping funds as well. There's obviously rules which lead to a rapid mobilisation of funds. But they're they're simplification. Simplification could improve things even better. Now the framework is set up for a vast range of possibilities and said that reducing funds for emergency situations and also leads to a drop in sectoral policies or the funds available for sectoral policies. So in the future, when I look at the architecture of the future MFF and look at it line by line, chapter by chapter, let's look at chapters one, two and three. For example, I can see a number of lines which says others or margins under heading one.”
  Conditions to access EU budget