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A Green Deal Industrial Plan for the Net-Zero Age (continuation of debate)

It is clear that urgent action is needed to improve the EU's competitiveness. We must have the courage to invest in Europe and renew our industry. We must react to the US Inflation Reduction Act, but we must not at the same time fall into protectionism. The new Green Deal Industrial Plan presented by the European Commission on 1 February in response to the US package contains some steps in the rig…

6 Oct

2026

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Effective measures to protect and empower children in the digital world (debate)

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Madam President, honourable Members, thank you very much for your interventions. It was very good to listen to the different views expressed today here. I think that today's debate has shown the determination of this House to make the online world a safer place for everybody, but especially for children and the generations to come. Many of you underlined how important a part of our everyday life t…

6 Oct

2026

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Effective measures to protect and empower children in the digital world (debate)

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Madam President, honourable Members, thank you very much for your interventions. The important points you were raising show that there is very strong momentum now and ambition also to move forward quickly. Like many of you said, during the last years we have seen that the digital environment has been developing very fast, as have business practices. The recommender system of social media, especial…

6 Oct

2026

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Effective measures to protect and empower children in the digital world (debate)

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Madam President, honourable Members, for too long, our children have been engaging with technologies that were never created with their well-being in mind. Algorithms decide what they see and notifications pull them back in. Platforms compete for every second of their attention. With the Digital Services Act, we ensured that healthy, safe and secure online environment is more than an objective. It…

7 Jul

2026

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Presentation of the Action Plan on Cybersecurity and AI (debate)

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Mr President, honourable Members, thank you for your interventions and very valuable comments. I think it is important to underline that, really, this action plan is not the end of our discussion, because this is now the real beginning of European efforts to ensure that AI becomes a strategic asset for our security, not a systematic vulnerability. And this is the European way for AI and cybersecur…

7 Jul

2026

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Presentation of the Action Plan on Cybersecurity and AI (debate)

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Mr President, honourable Members, thank you very much for your interventions. As you very rightly highlighted here, two aspects are key today: how to now ensure access to these models and also how to build European sovereignty in this field. So first, on access: we have already our AI Act in place and this blueprint, what we are now proposing, will not impose new mandatory or legal requirements fo…

7 Jul

2026

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Presentation of the Action Plan on Cybersecurity and AI (debate)

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Mr President, honourable Members, today, the Commission has adopted a new action plan on cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. It follows a commitment I made to this House in May, in light of the unprecedented cyber security capabilities of the latest models. Such models can be used not only for defensive, but also for offensive objectives in cyberspace. Their new capabilities are marking a s…

16 Jun

2026

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Achieving digital sovereignty and resilience for Europe, in light of recent developments affecting access to advanced AI technologies (debate)

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Mr President, honourable Members, thank you for this very encouraging and lively debate, because you have illustrated also very well why tech sovereignty is so crucial at this time and age. Many of you were very much underlining how important it is to build up our own capacity on AI. And I very much, of course, agree. We have also great strengths here because we have, for example, 30 % more AI eng…

16 Jun

2026

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Achieving digital sovereignty and resilience for Europe, in light of recent developments affecting access to advanced AI technologies (debate)

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Mr President, honourable Members, I very much agree with what many of you said, that Europe has everything that is needed to be competitive in technologies. So, I think it is important that we are building to our own strengths. It is good to also underline that we have world‑class science and research in Europe. We have a very strong industrial base in Europe. We have also huge potential in our st…

16 Jun

2026

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Achieving digital sovereignty and resilience for Europe, in light of recent developments affecting access to advanced AI technologies (debate)

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Mr President, honourable Members, on 3 June the European Commission adopted the technological sovereignty package. This is a crucial step for Europe: we are positioning ourselves for the future of digital technologies and addressing our strategic dependencies. Europe needs to be in a position to make its own choices, avoiding dependence on single dominant suppliers. Because we live in a world wher…

19 May

2026

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EU cybersecurity and preparedness in view of advanced AI systems (debate)

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Madam President, Minister, honourable Members, thank you for this very active debate. It really shows that the topic is very timely and requires our attention, because in today's world, cybersecurity is a very crucial, core part of our overall security. And in an increasingly AI-driven world, cybersecurity advancements, but also threats, now unfold at machine speed. And the situation demands that …

19 May

2026

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EU cybersecurity and preparedness in view of advanced AI systems (debate)

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Madam President, honourable Members, thank you for this opportunity, for this very timely debate. Artificial intelligence can be used for good and for bad, and this applies also in cybersecurity. AI can equip cyber-defenders with powerful tools to protect our critical infrastructure. At the same time, it poses grave risks when exploited by malicious actors, and this has now expanded to a new level…

10 Feb

2026

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Presentation of the action plan against cyberbullying (debate)

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Mr President, honourable Members, today marks the Safer Internet Day, celebrated in over 160 countries around the world. This day highlights the importance of making the internet a better place for everybody, especially our children and young people. This same key objective is a high priority of my mandate. In Europe, we can be proud of our unique framework to protect minors online. At its core is…

21 Jan

2026

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Presentation of the Digital Networks Act (debate)

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Madam President, honourable Members, today the Commission adopted the Digital Networks Act. This proposal is strategic for Europe's place in the world. At a time of geopolitical tensions and rapid technological development, connectivity is no longer just about faster networks. It's about our competitiveness, our resilience and our sovereignty. The Draghi, Letta and Niinistö reports all stressed th…

21 Jan

2026

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Restoring control of migration: returns, visa policy and third-country cooperation (topical debate)

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Mr President, honourable Members, I want to thank everybody for your comments and contributions. With the Pact on Migration and Asylum coming into force this June, we are at the beginning of a crucial year of migration management. So, this is the right time for a new European asylum and migration management strategy, which we will present very soon. The proposed return regulation, the anti‑smuggli…

21 Jan

2026

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Restoring control of migration: returns, visa policy and third-country cooperation (topical debate)

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Mr President, honourable Members, the EU has turned a corner on migration policy. Irregular border crossings at the EU's external borders fell by 26 % last year. The number of persons detected ‑ 178 000 ‑ is at the lowest level since 2021. And this is not happening by chance. It is the result of policy changes by the EU and the Member states. It is the result of growing trust and solidarity among …

20 Jan

2026

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Presentation of the Cybersecurity Act (debate)

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Madam President, honourable Members, thank you very much for your contributions and also for the very positive feedback and strong support we have in this House. I think that we all very much agree that this proposal comes at a time where Europe is facing the most severe security threats for generations, we can say, and the complex geopolitical context and very rapid uptake of emerging technologie…

20 Jan

2026

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Presentation of the Cybersecurity Act (debate)

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Madam President, honourable Members, today we adopted a new cybersecurity package, a proposal for a revised Cybersecurity Act and a set of simplification measures. This is what Europe needs now. Almost daily, we see cyberattacks against our critical infrastructure – on hospitals, energy, water management, transport or public administration infrastructure. These operations are often part of a wider…

20 Jan

2026

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Tackling AI deepfakes and sexual exploitation on social media by making full use of the EU’s digital rules (debate)

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Madam President, honourable Members, presidency, I want to thank you all for your very important contributions, and I share your concerns. We need to work together further to ensure that, in the age of AI, the EU remains a safe and secure place, especially for our children. The spread of non-consensual intimate images and sexualised deepfakes reminds us that new technologies come with new forms of…

20 Jan

2026

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Tackling AI deepfakes and sexual exploitation on social media by making full use of the EU’s digital rules (debate)

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Madam President, honourable Members, Presidency, sharing of non-consensual intimate images and child sexual abuse material is horrendous. It is a violation of fundamental rights, including human dignity, privacy and children's rights. These horrible practices are not new, but what is new is the scale and the speed with which artificial intelligence is now amplifying them. With AI, anyone with very…

16 Dec

2025

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EU Defence Readiness (joint debate)

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Mr President, honourable Members, rapporteurs and shadows, thank you for all your work. And also thank you for this very timely debate. It very clearly shows a very strong commitment to deliver on European defence readiness by 2030, a commitment for Europe to step up, to invest in defence and also to be ready to defend itself. It is also good to hear your support for the EU‑wide military mobility …

25 Nov

2025

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Digital Package (debate)

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Mr President, honourable Members, I want to thank everybody who contributed to this discussion for your very valuable inputs. Why are we proposing this package? You are very well aware about the Draghi report and the innovation gap we are facing. We are very committed as a Commission to make Europe faster and easier and simpler for businesses, especially our start-ups and SMEs, to make sure that E…

25 Nov

2025

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Digital Package (debate)

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Mr President, Honourable Members, last week, the Commission adopted the first digital simplification package. Our goal is very clear: making life easier for our companies – especially the smallest ones – and for consumers, while remaining true to our values and our high standards. In Europe, we have all it takes to succeed – we have talent, we have infrastructure, and we have a large single market…

25 Nov

2025

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Protection of minors online (debate)

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Madam President, Honourable Members, rapporteur and all the shadow rapporteurs, I want to thank you very much for your work. As President von der Leyen has repeatedly stated, the protection of minors online is an absolute priority for the Commission, and we know that this is also a high priority across our Member States, as well as in this House, as your report very clearly shows. Therefore, at th…

12 Nov

2025

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Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT) (short presentation)

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Mr President, honourable Members, special thanks to the rapporteur and to all other Members who have been working with this BEFIT file. We all agree on one thing in this very complex geopolitical environment: Europe must strengthen our competitiveness, productivity and economic resilience. BEFIT is an important instrument to achieve that. As we speak, multinational companies face a complex tax env…