29
Apr
2026
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EU strategy in response to the ongoing Middle East crisis, its implications on energy prices and the availability of fertilizers (joint debate)
Madam President, there's one thing this crisis makes clear: that we need more renewable energy and more energy efficiency. 98 % of the oil and gas that we consume in Europe, we import it from foreign powers, often from foreign powers with whom we do not share values. And it's hurting our citizens, the higher prices that we are seeing, it's hurting our industry. So we need to build on the Green Deal. And that is why I am genuinely puzzled by large parts of this House who work to dismantle the Green Deal. The speakers that we've had on this floor just previously actually voted to just dismantle or to reject the climate target for 2040. The EPP Group, I saw on social media, they call the phasing out of combustion engine cars by 2035 a 'historical mistake'. Why do you do this? Do you think that post and that policy will age very well when you look at the prices for oil and the prices we can foresee and the dependency that we have? Why not change the policy in a green direction so that we get independency from fossil fuels? That's what we need. Who makes the historical mistake? Well, perhaps you should look in the mirror.