What Katri spoke about.

The aim of the proposal to strengthen the circular economy and the self-sufficiency of the European automotive industry is the right one. In Parliament's reading, the Commission's proposal has been made more realistic. There are now too many cars disappearing from registers to third countries instead of getting our precious minerals into circulation and reuse in Europe. However, the implementation

Mr President, I am pleased that the Erasmus+ programme is also very widely supported here in the European Parliament, and we know how important student mobility is for the human capital of our entire continent. And it is very gratifying that Britain is also returning to this programme and Canada, for example, is willing to join it. I refer to Amendment 166. In my view, it must be self-evident that

Mr President, it is, in a sense, understandable that countries whose businesses are suffering from sanctions are in pain with them. And while the production of these soope castles throughout the world is almost exclusively in the hands of Russia, for the downstream producers of the Greek and Italian fur industry, these imports have been important, because for them soope castles are such a key raw

Mr President, well, I think we haven't yet seen how it's going to be in the EU legislation, whether the ideas that the Commission has, does the Member States still to have a veto to decide about these mines and potential? No, House, they have. At least in the Finnish legislation, it is, so far, the municipality who has the final say whether they want to have a mine or not. I do hope that the same

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the problem with the Restoration Regulation is its restrictive nature at a time when Europe's biggest issues are getting away from fossil fuels imported from outside Europe. These oil-based materials should be replaced by a more sustainable European alternative, but unfortunately the artificial 1952 deadline in the Restoration Regulation de facto u

Madam President, especially today, blaming the EU seems to be quite fashionable, and I must admit that I also quite often do that. But if one puts aside the bad mood, and the populism heard, especially in the morning, it has not been a failure to agree, for example, about the inner market. Obviously, nothing is perfect that's been made by people, but it is not a minor thing to have a 100 million i

Mr President, the world must be taken as it is. Indeed, we here in Europe may not always fully remember the difficult circumstances in which many people in the world are forced to build and survive their lives day after day. So I voted in favour of Amendment No 13 because Christians, especially those who convert to Christianity, are the most persecuted religious groups in the world and perhaps we

Mr President, as the northernmost parliamentarian of the European Union, I now send you my greetings from the spawning river of Atlantic wild salmon. This is really critical. I have grown up along the Tornio River, Europe's largest salmon river, and I do not underestimate any point of view from the fishing industry or professional fishermen, but salmon stocks are at such an alarming level that if

Mr President, for decades, Finland has championed the bioeconomy. Our economy is heavily based on that, but the bioeconomy is also so much more. Bioeconomy is an answer for several wicked problems of our time. The bioeconomy is not just wood, it is how to replace fossil-based solutions that we eventually need to get rid of with renewable local solutions based on bioeconomy and largely, yes, on woo

Mr President, I understand that the automotive industry is a key economic sector in many European countries and employs around 13 million people on this continent. It is clear that if we are talking about strategic autonomy, then industry is at the heart of it, both in the automotive sector and in the rest of the industry. At the same time, of course, the great debates about taking action to comba

Madam President, dear colleagues, the history of the Balkans is well read across the Europe. Hopefully, the years to come will show how the Balkans region, in all its diversity and uniqueness, will be a stable part of Europe. The development of the Balkans secures, for its part, the peace of the entire continent. Especially in the current geopolitical situation, EU enlargement also has a security

Madam President, Finland did an energy taxation reform already in the 90s before the EU membership and divided energy taxation into CO2 emission and energy content. This enabled energy policies, at the same time, to cut emissions and increase the share of domestic renewable energy. If the energy is local, so is the positive employment effect. I understand that the shift from the local coal product

Mr President, last weekend Finland celebrated the Day of Remembrance of the Fallen. We know the price of freedom and independence. It's immeasurable. Each EU member state is responsible for the future and security of the Union. Eastern borders and anyone who sees what is happening with Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine know that striving to get rid of strategic dependencies is the foundat

Madam President, it is highly important to talk about rail safety in Europe and hopefully now lessons have really been learned from these horrible tragedies. Europe is very well connected with cross-border railways, especially while looking from my perspective, from the High North. Finland only has one electrified railway to Western Europe, now to Sweden. This obviously should have been done years

Mr President, the EU is trying to improve its competitiveness, while at the same time many of its investments are on hold. The electricity grid lacks capacity, and industrial projects are stuck waiting in a permit maze. Permit processes must be accelerated. One problem keeps recurring: long waiting times. Months and sometimes even years pass while authorities process permits and courts handle appe

Mr President, acknowledging the fact is that every Member State must be prepared to make hybrid contributions or to violate sovereignty, including with regard to drone attacks. Of course, a special role is played by the EU's border with Russia, which Finland also has 1,343 kilometres to defend. Europe needs to overcome its dependencies in all areas. As far as drone operations are concerned, we are

Mr President, last year, Russian gas was purchased in the European Union for a total of around EUR 15 billion, according to Eurostat. This money has gone to Russia's fossil energy and to support their war economy. Europe has reduced Russian gas and oil compared to the baseline situation before the war in Ukraine, but until a few years ago it was from Russia that the most oil and natural gas came h

Mr President, a century ago, even Finnish newspapers advertised ivory luxury items. The world has changed indeed, and a more effective ban on ivory trade and all other measures to prevent illegal wildlife trade deserve our support. The importance of the issue is emphasised by the fact that this Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, is indeed the largest g

Mr President, there are 32 million SMEs in Europe, i.e. about 99% of all businesses in the European Union. Tax rules and tax fragmentation, of course, have an impact on the business environment and European competitiveness, but at the same time taxation is largely a national competence and must continue to be so. However, it is of paramount importance that tax rules are simplified and that regulat

Mr President, one may ask why antisemitism needs to be addressed separately, not just as part of other forms of racism. However, the history of antisemitism is unique. It rises repeatedly, during different eras, among different cultures and religions. After the Holocaust, Europeans said: 'never again'. But once again, Jewish people are afraid for their safety. Synagogue-guarding has had to be incr

Mr President, the taxation of large digital platforms is being developed internationally to match the growth of the large digital economy. The aim here is to find ways to tax the activities of companies that would be located in countries where they do not have a physical presence. The OECD and the G20 are working to establish tax standards for digital businesses and to ensure that they pay appropr