What Elena spoke about.

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in 1951 we were born on a problem, that of the critical raw materials of that time: energy and steel. Today they have other names: lithium, cobalt, rare earths – and, of course, the cost of energy. Europe has no sovereignty in this. Yet no transition, green or digital, is possible without these subjects. We, as Conservatives, strongly believe in te

Commissioner, you were surprised that many of us asked for the same thing. Yes, the conservative group called for this debate, as did the Populars and as did the Patriots. It was hard to come here and talk about this. And yet, gas is everywhere, it's in our homes, it's in our factories, it's in our cars. I asked a friend who has a Golf, the European car by definition, that the Green Deal is destro

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, this weekend's family photograph was India, China and Russia together in India. Commissioner Kubilius, you are one of the few Commissioners with a very practical approach and you have reiterated that today. It is neither time for peace nor for war, and it is in crisis. status quo. Then we cannot ask European industry to produce for our security, while with other

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we must recognise that the strategy of the economy, of the bioeconomy, is a great deal. The Greek word "bio" refers to the cycle of life. I will focus on fuel and its use. If applied with a view to technological neutrality, it must also focus on the issue of fuels. And let's talk about biofuels produced in Europe with European raw materials and European workers

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, thank you for your clarity, your hardness and your analysis. It is on the recipe that we have differences, because, as you recalled, but I remember, even two years ago, in July 2024, there was a debate here on theautomotive. What's changed? Nothing compared to the Commission’s approach – little, I would say – while the market has significantly d

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, in order to have strong companies and quality work, we need a complete manufacturing industry, and the predictability of the rules is the minimum condition for our companies to be able to invest, to grow, to remain in Europe. Instead, too often we have done the opposite: excessive, often incorrect, gold-plating, which we are trying to correct today. On the on

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the issue of readiness, of crisis preparedness, certainly touches on the issue of security in the broadest spectrum, there is that of defence, there is that of the economy, there is that of personal security. And today it's all cyber security. Faced with this increasingly complex and hybrid environment, it is important to work on what capacity E

I believe, however, that the will of women must be very clear, because otherwise in the debates we return to years and years and years of defense. I don't have so much faith in justice, I don't have so much faith in debates: I have more confidence in the woman's will and in her sensitivity and in her ability, even when she is in a matter of difficulty, to respond, even to respond in a debate. But

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, sexual violence against women is a serious crime to be punished with certainty and harshness. To make this crime punishable, without a doubt, it is necessary that, as the Istanbul Convention says, there is a case-by-case assessment. That is, the certainty of the crime must be unassailable in the debate to reach the just and harsh punishment of the rapist. It

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, you have referred to the crises, the energy crises that exist, which are historic; you have also given good advice to governments. But let's think about what we have to do here. Governments get along and have their sovereignty in these choices. But what can the Commission do? Well, he can do a lot. And it is true that in the face of contin

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, there is still much to be done in Europe to ensure equal pay for men and women doing the same work. Even in Italy, women employees earn up to 25% less than men. This translates into a pension almost halved compared to that of colleagues. These differences in pay stem from the complex reconciliation of work and family: Women are called upon m

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, if we are to strengthen the European research area, research must be free, open and not ideologically directed. In my writing of the Space Act, as rapporteur, I mainly tried to simplify rules, procedures, bureaucracy, as you also said, and authorisations, to develop a favourable ecosystem in Europe for the whole sector, in this case space. Resea

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, it is a little late, but let us repeat it. Article 4(2) of the Treaty on European Union states that the Union shall respect the essential functions of the Member State, in particular national security, which remains the exclusive competence of the State. This applies to all Member States and also to Hungary. But there are double standards in this House. There

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, cybersecurity is freedom and autonomy and is therefore a priority, and the Commission has done well to develop this. Cybersecurity Act for important objectives such as ensuring citizens and businesses on essential services today, which depend on and are managed by networks. And the second focus is to be able to strengthen the European supply chain of technolo

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, let us immediately make it clear that China is our biggest problem in terms of industry and market balance. Their hyper-production capacity, the infinite possibility of supplying very expensive raw materials, the low cost of labour, the unlimited state subsidies and the almost total absence of environmental laws put European productions, compared to China, compl

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we are in a time of war and production in the armaments sector in Europe needs to be rethought - that is what EDIP is for. EDIP is fundamental, it is openly aimed at the defence industry and its competitiveness, so we must strive for ever greater European autonomy, it is obvious, but we must not think that this autonomy should or can exclude all

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we have a growing problem of internal security within the EU, in our cities, in our homes. On the one hand, we need a whole-of-society approach to security and defence, as the Niinistö report reminds us: strengthening our military capabilities and rethinking the role of leverage, service, especially for young people, and a broader reserve. On the o

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, it has been inspiring to work as a shadow rapporteur on this important dossier, because works councils can play an important role today. I say this after having managed 350 complex crises in my land of work and having always found the solution with the help of workers. Companies and workers are unique today and the look that must be taken is not that of a rea

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, you have declared the future of the electric car, echoing von der Leyen's words, and someone has also said so. I wonder if you are producers, analysts, experts. You give me the idea of being with the size of the Soviets, with the proposal of the little car electric, the Lada, or battery factories that aren't there yet. Then there is realism and the

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, anti-Semitism is growing in Europe. And who is responsible? Those responsible are those who do not condemn the brutal aggression of October 7: families in homes, young people at a concert, children killed, women raped, elderly people beaten. Those who pay for and supply weapons to Hamas are responsible. And those strange NGOs that feed anti-Semitic propaganda

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I think it is very appropriate that, apart from the events that are happening today, which means that we are very close to Poland, but it can happen anywhere, we are starting to discuss this issue a few days ago. Space Act. It has a lot to do with security. It has a lot to do with Europe's sovereignty in the management of its own data and contro

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, clean technologies are Europe's heritage. The cultural approach to respect for the environment is European – certainly more so than other nations in the world – but what we risk today is being out of the market. We need to return to a pragmatic approach and a principled approach to technological neutrality. It is written in our treaties, it is not