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听听President. 鈥� The next item is the debate on a Commission statement on the creation of a European initiative for an annual designation of European capitals for children ().

I would like to inform Members that there will be only one round of political group speakers, therefore no catch-the-eye procedure, and no blue cards will be accepted.

听听Dubravka 艩uica, Vice-President of the Commission. 鈥� Madam President, honourable Members, I want to thank you for presenting this initiative. Working on democracy and demography, we have the word demos, meaning people. Our work in the European Commission also signifies taking into account the views of all generations in our democracy.

When it comes to children, I want to make the point that they are our agents of change. Throughout my mandate, children have made it clear to me that they are engaged citizens and eager to participate in their democracy. Equally, making children鈥檚 rights a reality in all dimensions must take place at all levels of governance. This includes the local level, the cities, the regions. This is where we can see how we can make a difference in children鈥檚 daily lives.

The European Union continues to put children鈥檚 rights at the heart of its efforts. Just three years after its adoption, the Commission has delivered on the commitments to turn the Strategy on the Rights of the Child into action. It is about empowering local and regional actors to cover all dimensions of children鈥檚 rights. Everything from health and social inclusion to services and protection against violence.

I would like to single out one key issue that we have collectively tried to address together throughout this mandate, and it is child poverty. In the European Union, one in five children is affected by poverty and socioeconomic exclusion. Many of these children live in cities, it is not only in rural areas. When it comes to the implementation of the European Child Guarantee, our key instrument to tackle child poverty, cities play a crucial role in delivery of services such as early childhood education and care, education, including school-based activities and healthy lunches, and also housing, which is a key problem in Europe nowadays.

So it is essential to continue investing in children. It is essential to fully implement the European Child Guarantee. Also in the next mandate, child poverty in the European Union must be eradicated once and for all.

Cities are key actors in democracy. The participation of children in political and democratic life is a right, it is also a necessity to make our democracies more resilient from within 鈥� it鈥檚 not only from outside. So children want and they have the rights to be included in developing solutions to their problems. They want to be involved in decisions at home, at school, in their cities, regions, countries, but also at the European level. That is why we have launched the European Union Children鈥檚 Participation Platform, together with children, civil society organisations and the European 合法博彩网站. I also want to thank the Intergroup for children because we really cooperate, this is very good collaboration.

We, therefore, learnt about your initiative to establish a European capital for children with interest. In this vein, we also need to recall that any initiative involving children needs to be comprehensive. As you are probably aware, similar ideas have been developed at the European Union level. For example, the very successful European Capital of Culture, European Capital of Democracy 鈥� the European Capitals of Inclusion and Diversity Award also recognises the role that cities and local authorities play in fostering diversity and inclusion. The objectives that you set out with this initiative are at the heart of some existing funding schemes.

The European Commission Citizens Equality, Rights and Values programme fosters children鈥檚 engagement and participation. It also supports citizens鈥� engagement and participation in the policymaking process. Civil society and international organisations have developed initiatives that aim at supporting cities in becoming more attuned to children鈥檚 needs, and empowering children in voicing their ideas. For example, a Child Friendly Cities Initiative has been led by UNICEF with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child since 1996.

All these initiatives require a thorough and complex process of preparation and management. This would also require exploring all existing mechanisms which could already support such an initiative as the European capital for children. I will end now here, listen to your remarks and then, in the end, I will express our position.

听听Sabine Verheyen, im Namen der PPE-Fraktion. 鈥� Frau Pr盲sidentin! Zun盲chst einmal m枚chte ich mich bei den vielen Unterst眉tzerinnen und Unterst眉tzern f眉r diese Initiative bedanken听鈥� zum Beispiel bei der Pr盲sidentin Roberta Metsola, die vom ersten Moment an sehr positiv war, bei den beiden Vizepr盲sidentinnen Gabriele Bischoff und Ewa Kopacz, die sehr unterst眉tzend an dieser Initiative beteiligt waren, sowie bei den Initiatoren dieser Initiative. Denn ich glaube, ohne die Initiative von Menschen vor Ort, von Menschen auf der lokalen Ebene, sind viele Aktionen in dieser Form nicht m枚glich.

Kinder als die j眉ngsten Mitglieder unserer Gesellschaft sind nicht nur unsere Zukunft, sondern auch unsere Gegenwart. Ihre Gedanken, Ideen und Bed眉rfnisse sind von unsch盲tzbarem Wert. Ihr Wohlergehen, ihre Bildung und Teilhabe sind entscheidend f眉r die Entwicklung einer gerechten und nachhaltigen Gesellschaft. Kinder d眉rfen nicht blo脽 passive Empf盲nger von Entscheidungen sein; vielmehr ist es unabdingbar, ihre Stimme zu h枚ren und ihre Ansichten ernst zu nehmen.

Als Mitglieder des Europ盲ischen Parlaments haben wir uns erfolgreich daf眉r eingesetzt, die Rechte von Kindern zu st盲rken, sei es durch Gesetzgebung, Bildungsprogramme und Schutzma脽nahmen. Nun fordern wir die Kommission dazu auf, M枚glichkeiten zu evaluieren, um eine europ盲ische Kinderhauptstadt zu etablieren, denn es ist auch wichtig, dass wir die lokalen Gebietsk枚rperschaften, dass wir die Gemeinden und die St盲dte, die sich gerade f眉r Kinderrechte, f眉r die Partizipation von Kindern engagieren, sichtbar machen, Best-Practice-Modelle deutlich machen.

Eine solche Kinderhauptstadt w眉rde den Kindern neben der EU Children's Participation Platform eine physische Plattform bieten, um ihre Anliegen zu 盲u脽ern und Ideen zu teilen. Dar眉ber hinaus h盲tten sie die M枚glichkeit, die EU spielerisch kennenzulernen und Demokratie hautnah zu erleben. Dies w眉rde nicht nur ihr Selbstvertrauen st盲rken, sondern auch ihr Verst盲ndnis f眉r Demokratie und die EU f枚rdern. Durch die Begegnungsm枚glichkeiten von Kindern aus verschiedenen L盲ndern und Hintergr眉nden k枚nnte schon in jungen Jahren das interkulturelle Verst盲ndnis gef枚rdert werden, was Grundlage f眉r ein friedliches und harmonisches Zusammenleben in der EU ist.

Die europ盲ische Kinderhauptstadt ist eine logische Erg盲nzung zu erfolgreichen Initiativen der europ盲ischen Jugendhauptstadt. Beide Initiativen k枚nnten durch eine ausreichende europ盲ische F枚rderung ihr volles Potenzial entfalten. Lassen Sie uns die Initiative der europ盲ischen Kinderhauptstadt angehen und damit einen bedeutenden Schritt f眉r die St盲rkung unserer Kinder, der Zukunft unserer Demokratie und der V枚lkerverst盲ndigung in Europa setzen!

听听Gabriele Bischoff, im Namen der S&D-Fraktion. 鈥� Frau Pr盲sidentin, Frau Vizepr盲sidentin 艩uica! Es ist mir eine gro脽e Ehre, dass wir heute diese Entschlie脽ung des Europ盲ischen Parlaments auf den Weg bringen, eine Entschlie脽ung, die fordert, dass wir tats盲chlich eine europ盲ische Kinderhauptstadt starten und dass wir den Mut haben, die Kinder, ihr Wohlbefinden, ihre Rechte, ihre Chancen und Teilhabe in den Mittelpunkt zu stellen听鈥� nicht als Anh盲ngsel, nicht sozusagen nebenbei.

Im Oktober haben wir einen offenen Brief gestartet, und 49 Abgeordnete aus vielen Fraktionen haben ihn unterst眉tzt. Ich m枚chte mich auch noch einmal ausdr眉cklich bei Vizepr盲sidentin Ewa Kopacz f眉r die sehr gute Zusammenarbeit hier bedanken.

Diese Entschlie脽ung ist auch eine Erfolgsgeschichte von einem kleinen F枚rderverein aus Hamburg, der sich seit Jahren f眉r dieses Projekt eingesetzt hat. Wenn wir wollen, dass Europa eine Zukunft hat, dann m眉ssen wir den Kindern eine Stimme geben. Das hat der Vereinsvorsitzende Jan Haarmeyer erkl盲rt, der auch hier heute unserer Debatte folgt und den ich sehr herzlich begr眉脽e. Wir brauchen eine starke Kinderhauptstadt, die muss mit Ressourcen unterlegt sein, weil wirklich die jungen Europ盲erinnen und Europ盲er unsere Zukunft sind.

Wir bauen auf auf vielen Initiativen听鈥� das haben meine Vorrednerinnen schon gesagt听鈥� in Europa: der Kindergarantie, den Initiativen f眉r mehr Kinderrechte. Auch weil wir gerade in der Pandemie gesehen haben, dass Kinder ganz besonders zur眉ckstecken mussten, Kitas geschlossen waren, und dass wir durch diese Kinderhauptstadt auch ausdr眉cken k枚nnen, dass wir den Fokus wirklich wieder auf Kinder und Jugendliche lenken.

Wir wollen, dass sie an der Zukunft Europas beteiligt werden. Wir wollen sie zusammenbringen. Wir wollen, dass die St盲dte听鈥� und es ist gesagt worden听鈥� als Akteure, wo Europa stattfindet, hier auch mit im Zentrum stehen und zeigen k枚nnen, was sie wirklich alles unternehmen, um das Leben von Kindern zu verbessern.

Deshalb glaube ich, lassen Sie uns, Frau Kommissarin, daf眉r einsetzen, dass wir diese Kinderhauptstadt so schnell wie m枚glich auf den Weg bringen, dass wir den Kindern das Signal geben: Ihr seid die Zukunft, wir trauen uns, das zu machen.

听听Laurence Farreng, au nom du groupe Renew. 鈥� Madame la Pr茅sidente, Madame la Commissaire, chers coll猫gues, la place de l鈥檈nfant doit 锚tre centrale dans notre soci茅t茅. Nous en avons bien conscience, ici, au Parlement europ茅en. Nous avons cr茅茅 la garantie europ茅enne pour l鈥檈nfance en听2021 pour financer des projets en faveur de l鈥檃cc猫s des enfants 脿 tous les services essentiels: la sant茅, l鈥櫭ヾucation et une bonne alimentation. Mais il reste tellement 脿 faire pour les enfants, qui sont les premi猫res victimes de la pauvret茅 et des violences familiales. Nous devons agir dans la lutte contre les abus sexuels, contre l鈥檌nceste, pour la protection des enfants en ligne, pour l鈥櫭ヾucation au num茅rique.

Oui, une capitale serait une bonne initiative, mais nous devons avant tout progresser sur le plan r茅glementaire et social. Je soutiens cette id茅e, mais je plaide pour que les politiques europ茅ennes en faveur des enfants aient une vraie place, au-del脿 des nouvelles initiatives, qui peinent 脿 exister. Nous avons en effet d茅j脿 les capitales europ茅ennes pour la jeunesse, mais, sans financement europ茅en, elles ne peuvent pas se d茅velopper. Donnons donc plut么t de vrais moyens financiers et logistiques 脿 ces capitales de la jeunesse, et, ensuite, cr茅ons les capitales europ茅ennes de l鈥檈nfant.

听听Diana Riba i Giner, en nombre del Grupo Verts/ALE. 鈥� Se帽ora presidenta, los ni帽os y las ni帽as ser谩n los que en el futuro se ver谩n directamente afectados por las decisiones que nosotros, los adultos, tomemos hoy. As铆 que debemos garantizar no solo que sus voces, sus necesidades y sus prioridades sean tenidas en cuenta, sino tambi茅n que puedan participar plenamente en aquellos procesos que marcar谩n sus vidas. Y esto, adem谩s, debe hacerse en coordinaci贸n y cooperaci贸n con las autoridades locales, los Estados miembros y las organizaciones de la sociedad civil dirigidas por ni帽os o que trabajen con ellos. En este sentido, las ciudades deben ser los primeros entornos seguros y protectores.

Por eso damos la bienvenida a iniciativas como las capitales europeas de la infancia, aunque debemos garantizar que, para que alcancen su m谩ximo potencial, se complementen con otras iniciativas existentes 鈥攃omo la Capital Europea de la Juventud鈥� y que sean codirigidas por los propios ni帽os a trav茅s de sus organizaciones y clubes.

Al fin y al cabo, como nos recuerda Antoine de Saint-Exup茅ry, todas las personas mayores fueron al principio ni帽os, aunque pocas de ellas lo recuerden.

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听听Sandra Pereira, em nome do Grupo The Left. 鈥� Senhora Presidente, 脿 designa莽茫o anual das capitais europeias da crian莽a deveriam corresponder medidas concretas que fizessem cumprir o objetivo de erradicar a pobreza e a exclus茫o social infantil, criando condi莽玫es de igualdade de oportunidades para que todas as crian莽as possam ter um desenvolvimento integral, equilibrado e saud谩vel. De outra forma, como tantas outras iniciativas, propalam鈥攕e objetivos sem que lhes corresponda a a莽茫o necess谩ria para os concretizar.

脌s crian莽as deve ser garantido o direito a brincar no local onde vivem e sem medos, a desfrutar da natureza e de espa莽os verdes, de equipamentos que fomentem a pr谩tica desportiva, da cria莽茫o e frui莽茫o cultural, sem discrimina莽玫es e viol锚ncia. As cidades, vilas e aldeias, e os territ贸rios, devem promover equipamentos adequados que garantam estes direitos e uma oferta alargada de transportes p煤blicos de qualidade que possibilite a mobilidade para poder usufruir.

Esta iniciativa n茫o ilude o problema real: uma em cada quatro crian莽as na Uni茫o Europeia s茫o afetadas pela pobreza e a exclus茫o social. Este 茅 tamb茅m o resultado das pol铆ticas da UE de empobrecimento, ao mesmo tempo que cauciona os lucros crescentes dos grandes grupos econ贸micos.

Exigem鈥攕e respostas que assentem em tr锚s eixos fundamentais: a garantia da salvaguarda dos direitos pr贸prios das crian莽as; direitos sociais e laborais para os pais ou cuidadores; e servi莽os p煤blicos universais, gratuitos e de qualidade.

Num relat贸rio recente, do qual fui relatora, elencaram鈥攕e propostas que falta concretizar: o aumento da oferta p煤blica e universal de servi莽os de creches e educa莽茫o pr茅鈥攅scolar; o refor莽o do investimento em servi莽os de sa煤de ou educa莽茫o universais, p煤blicos e de qualidade; a garantia de condi莽玫es decentes na habita莽茫o; o acesso a uma nutri莽茫o equilibrada ou a transportes acess铆veis; a conex茫o entre a concretiza莽茫o dos direitos das crian莽as e a efetiva莽茫o dos direitos dos seus pais, nomeadamente atrav茅s da defesa do trabalho com direitos e com sal谩rios justos, bem como do acesso aos direitos parentais, incluindo o direito 脿 amamenta莽茫o; a defesa e a afirma莽茫o do direito a brincar.

Para al茅m destas, imp玫em鈥攕e ainda medidas que consagrem um caminho de garantias e refor莽o dos direitos dos pais, nomeadamente a redu莽茫o do hor谩rio de trabalho para as 35 horas semanais; refor莽ar a prote莽茫o social das crian莽as, nomeadamente atrav茅s da universaliza莽茫o e refor莽o do abono de fam铆lia; a limita莽茫o do trabalho por turnos, noturno, ao fim de semana e em labora莽茫o cont铆nua; o combate 脿 precariedade; e creche gratuita para todas as crian莽as at茅 aos tr锚s anos e a cria莽茫o de uma rede p煤blica de creches, que 茅 o que temos defendido em Portugal.

听听Dubravka 艩uica, Vice-President of the Commission. 鈥� Madam President, thank you, dear honourable Members, I have listened attentively to your remarks, and thank you for your visions and for your proposal.

I can agree that we have to give children a voice. As a preliminary draft assessment, the Commission believes that such an initiative would require analysis, preparation, building on existing initiatives and already available funding schemes, in close consultation with all relevant stakeholders.

But coordination is necessary. These stakeholders would include 鈥� I will repeat 鈥� international organisations such as Unicef and key children鈥檚 rights organisations. The provisions and safeguards of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child will need to underpin this proposal, with the best interests of the child at the centre.

It is also important to consult local and regional stakeholders, and especially children themselves, on their priorities and their needs, which could be broader than this specific initiative. Joining forces is key to make a change in children鈥檚 lives 鈥� together with the European 合法博彩网站, with Member States, local authorities, international and civil society organisations, practitioners, the whole society and children themselves.

In this vein, I also want to thank this House for your engagement and partnership in making the European Union Strategy on the Rights of the Child and the European Child Guarantee a reality for every child. At this stage, we take good note of welcoming and underlying principles, and the importance of embedding children鈥檚 rights in local realities.

We also note that this initiative seems to be at a preliminary reflection stage. To conclude, we therefore invite you to analyse this proposal in more detail, taking into account existing initiatives and mechanisms. We will evaluate your proposal.

And I have to tell you, on a personal note, when I was a mayor back in 2000, I established a Children鈥檚 City Council so children could elect or select their own mayor, because we know that democracy starts at a very early stage. You might have noticed that we adopted in the European Commission the Defence of Democracy package, which was announced by President von der Leyen in this House. Today, we have to defend democracy 鈥� it鈥檚 obvious, unfortunately.

So where do we start? We have to defend democracy from within. It鈥檚 not only about disinformation and something which comes from different third countries; it鈥檚 also within. We have to make our children be literate to differentiate between what is fake and what is a lie. What is true? What is this information? What is genuine information?

So we have to start from a very early stage and this is what we are proposing. This is very important. We established the Children鈥檚 Participation Platform, which is now operational, so children can express their views there. So I think that this is very important.

I see Ms听Bischoff here remembering the future of Europe. You know that we incorporated one third of youngsters into this exercise, and youngsters for us are children from 16 to 25 years old. So we know when we talk about the future of Europe, we talk about their future. So how can you talk about them without them? And we want to have them in.

I think this initiative is excellent. It鈥檚 always about resources, so let鈥檚 see how we can join forces and how we can find resources. So at this stage we take good note, but it doesn鈥檛 mean that we cannot develop this initiative in the next mandate. Thank you very much for this initiative and let鈥檚 stay in touch.

听听President. 鈥� We thank you, Commissioner. I have received one motion for a resolution to wind up the debate1.

The debate is closed and the vote will be held tomorrow.

(The sitting was suspended at 10.12)

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PRESIDENZA: ROBERTA METSOLA
President