What Auke spoke about.

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May

2026

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Reviewing the ETS system to support European competitiveness (topical debate)

Mr President, nobody in the European Union has any idea what energy actually costs, because the world price has been replaced by unaffordable energy taxes, by CO2 ‑ levies, by transitional coercion. But without clear prices determined by supply and demand, companies no longer know what energy can really cost, what is scarce and what they should invest in wisely. In 1974, Friedrich von Hayek was aw…

16

Dec

2025

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Presentation of the automotive package (debate)

10

Mar

2025

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Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Republic of Moldova (debate)

Mr President, Moldova wants to join the Union quickly. And that is not easy, because there are serious problems. The economy, the rule of law, human rights violations, including against women and minorities, the state of prisons, the quality of governance and the fact that a significant proportion of the labour force has already left for the EU. However, the discussion was not about these issues, …

26

Nov

2024

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2025 budgetary procedure: Joint text (debate)

17

Sep

2024

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The future of European competitiveness (debate)

Mr President, the European Commission – the entire EU – is squatting on the remains of dilapidated foundations. What once started as free trade is now an inextricable tangle of regulations. These regulations kill every form of innovation and free enterprise, as we learn from Mario Draghi's report. The conclusion must therefore be that we must get rid of all those oppressive regulations. Unfortunat…