Doslovný zápis z rozpráv

Pondelok, 13. marca 2023 - Štrasburg

11. Podpis aktov prijatých v súlade s riadnym legislatívnym postupom (článok 79 rokovacieho poriadku)

  President. – I would also like to inform you that since the adjournment of Parliament’s session on the 16 February, I have signed, together with the President of the Council, one act adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure in accordance with Rule 79 of the Rules of Procedure.

I would also like to inform you that, on Wednesday, I shall sign, together with the President of the Council, six acts adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure.

The titles of the acts will be published in the minutes of this sitting.

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  Guy Verhofstadt (Renew). – Madam President, last night, the film of Aleksei Navalny won the Oscar for the best documentary. I think, personally – and I hope that everybody can agree – that it’s an important sign of recognition after we as Parliament – you remember that – honoured him with the Sakharov Prize. And again, I think that with this award, the world recognised that Russia and its autocratic regime is a threat to all who want to live in peace and stability and democracy and with human rights, whether they live in Russia or outside Russia. I think that Parliament, during this session, has to stand by them and to put back on the table the liberation of Aleksei Navalny and with them of all political prisoners, first of all of Belarus, like Ales Bialiatski, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, or, for example, political prisoners in Georgia, such as former President Mikheil Saakashvili, such as Russia’s Vladimir Kara-Murza, who is in prison, Aleksei Gorinov, and many others arrested for speaking out against the war in Ukraine. I can tell you that families and supporters of the last three are visiting the European Parliament this week, so let’s welcome these families with wholehearted support and put the entire weight of a democratic Europe behind their causes.

  Ana Miranda (Verts/ALE). – Señora presidenta, quiero comenzar mi intervención pidiendo que se respete la inmunidad diplomática de las eurodiputadas y los eurodiputados y que no haya injerencia de terceros Estados en el ejercicio de sus funciones.

El 20 de febrero formaba parte de la misión oficial de la Delegación para las Relaciones con Palestina del Parlamento Europeo y estaba autorizada a entrar por el Gobierno de Israel. Mi sorpresa fue que al llegar al aeropuerto de Tel Aviv me pidieron entrar, me tuvieron varias horas sin información y, finalmente, me expulsaron, como sabe la presidenta. Es inaceptable, desproporcionado e injustificado: una afrenta diplomática e institucional. No a mí, como eurodiputada gallega, al Parlamento Europeo. Israel no me ha humillado a mí, ha humillado al Parlamento Europeo, y esto no puede consentirse. Basta ya con la impunidad de Israel, que hasta decide quién debe entrar en Palestina.

Señora presidenta, es imprescindible que los miembros del Parlamento Europeo tengamos libertad para ejercer nuestro trabajo cuando participemos en delegaciones oficiales. No podemos permitir la injerencia de otros Estados en nuestras relaciones internacionales.

El Parlamento Europeo tiene que defender a los miembros que defendemos los derechos humanos y no a los corruptos que andan libremente por el mundo.

Señora presidenta, me gustaría agradecerle sus gestiones y su solidaridad.

  Margrete Auken (Verts/ALE). – Madam President (start of speech off mic) ... I was there, the leader of the delegation, and it was a clear shock that Ana Miranda was kept out, as it was also a shock – it wasn’t a shock; it was a surprise – that our Chair, Manu Pineda, was denied. Again, we were denied access to Gaza. I haven’t been there since 2010.

I think now that the Parliament should be… I know that you responded to it, but it is not them to decide. It is us. And it was, as said by Ana Miranda now, clearly against the European Parliament, not against these persons.

Let me add here what once Elliott Abrams said in – I think it was in Washington – when somebody asked about the EU role in Israel, and he said, ‘EU, they are payers; we are the players’. I think we should do something about this here now.