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Jul

2022

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Objection pursuant to Rule 111(3): Amending the Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act and the Taxonomy Disclosures Delegated Act (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, in order to get rid of fossil energy, Europe needs to invest in all low-emission energy sources, including nuclear power. Already today, half of Europe's zero-emission electricity comes from nuclear power and we know that the need for electricity will only increase in the future. It is therefore appropriate to support the Commission's approach here, which considers that…

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Jul

2022

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Digital Services Act - Digital Markets Act (debate)

Mr President, dear colleagues, Commissioners, as the ITRE rapporteur, I would like to thank all the colleagues for their excellent cooperation on this DSA. The DSA sets landmark standards for a safer and more transparent digital space for users, and also a level playing field for businesses. We can also say that it puts Europe to the forefront in regulating the online world. As ITRE rapporteur, my…

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Jun

2022

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Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States (Effort Sharing Regulation) - Land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) - CO2 emission standards for cars and vans (joint debate – Fit for 55 (part 2))

Mr President, it is good that Europe is ambitious in climate policy. It is the only way forward. We should be ambitious, but also realistic. Carbon leakage must be avoided to preserve European competitiveness. Environmental, economic and social sustainability must all be taken into account. If implemented correctly, the Fit for 55 package can both reduce emissions and also generate growth. We need…

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May

2022

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Use of the Pegasus Software by EU Member States against individuals including MEPs and the violation of fundamental rights (topical debate)

Mr President, dear colleagues, the Russian attack on Ukraine has profoundly highlighted the importance of democratic values and freedom of expression in society. In a society based on the rule of law, the freedom of expression is a cornerstone. For a functioning democracy, it’s essential that those holding power can be scrutinised and criticised for their actions. The media has a key role in this.…

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Mar

2022

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The Power of the EU – Joint European Action for more affordable, secure and sustainable energy (debate)

Madam President, every day we Europeans keep funding Putin’s war by importing Russian fossil fuels. This is completely unacceptable, unsustainable and also an immoral situation. Since the beginning of the EU energy union and the Russian occupation in Crimea, there have been efforts to decrease our energy dependency on Russia. However, the direction has been the opposite. The energy dependency rate…

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Feb

2022

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Harmonised EU approach to travel measures (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, now that the COVID-19 pandemic has been going on for two years, we need to assess where the European Union has succeeded and where we need to improve for the future, because it is unfortunately quite clear that this pandemic will certainly not be the last. Vaccines have often been introduced here today. From the outset, the European Union started investing heavily in va…

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Jan

2022

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Protection of animals during transport - Protection of animals during transport (Recommendation) (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, there are major shortcomings in the transport of animals. This is reflected in the work of the committee and in this report. In particular, there are two major problems, one of which is in the regulation governing the transport of animals in general, which was adopted more than 15 years ago. Since then, the world has changed. More research has come…

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Jan

2022

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Digital Services Act (debate)

Mr President, as the rapporteur for the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), I would like to thank all the colleagues from other committees, rapporteurs and shadows, for their good cooperation on this dossier. In the ITRE report, my focus as the rapporteur has been on ICT industry innovations and small and micro-enterprises. It is important for European businesses, especially for our…

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Nov

2021

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European Partnership on Metrology (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, rapporteur and shadow rapporteurs. I am very pleased that a partnership has now been established under Horizon Europe, specifically in the field of metrology, i.e. measurement science. I believe that this is a very important opening for Europe, because measurement science is, of course, an essential basis for all our scientific research and innovation, so that we have r…

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Oct

2021

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Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, rapporteur, only by investing in research and development will European industry remain successful and competitive, and we will be able to face major global challenges. I find it quite successful that this way of allocating EUR 20 billion of Horizon funding to joint projects between businesses, industry, research institutes and science to address precisely these major c…

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Oct

2021

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Climate, Energy and Environmental State aid guidelines (“CEEAG”) (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the green transition requires really large investments from industry and society. The Commission has estimated that reaching the increased 2030 climate targets alone will require up to €350 billion of investment every year. This means that industry, businesses and especially SMEs need support for this big transition. I welcome these openings from the Commission, which p…

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Oct

2021

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European solutions to the rise of energy prices for businesses and consumers: the role of energy efficiency and renewable energy and the need to tackle energy poverty (debate)

Mr President, the European Union has actually achieved quite a lot of the goals that were set for the Energy Union at the time. Emissions have been reduced, renewable energy has been increased, energy efficiency has been improved, but instead we have not succeeded in reducing energy dependence. On the contrary, Europe's dependence on imported energy has even increased. This is particularly true of…

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Oct

2021

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The Arctic: opportunities, concerns and security challenges (debate)

Mr President, international interest in the Arctic is constantly growing and must therefore be given a much stronger role in all the European Union's policies. In the European Parliament, when we talk about the Arctic, we often focus only on environmental and climate policy, which is very important, but it is great that this report sees the opportunities and challenges of the Arctic much more broa…

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Sep

2021

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EU Blue Card Directive (debate)

Mr President, Europe needs more skilled labour from the rest of the world. This requires faster and smoother pathways. It is a good and welcome step that the blue card is now being renewed. We know that until now its criteria have been so high, both in terms of the level of training required of the talent, the level of pay and the employment relationship, that very little has been done with the Bl…

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Jul

2021

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A new ERA for Research and Innovation (continuation of debate)

Mr President, strengthening the European Research and Innovation Area is of the utmost importance for the competitiveness of the European Union as a whole. The current COVID-19 crisis has once again underlined the important role that science and research play in responding to the great challenges facing humanity. We have been building a common European Research Area for over 20 years, but there is…

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Jul

2021

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Connecting Europe Facility - Streamlining measures for the realisation of the TEN-T - Railway safety and signalling: Assessing the state of play of the ERTMS deployment (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the co-rapporteurs, thank you all for the good cooperation in bringing this important regulation into force. We have really many years of negotiations behind us, and I am very glad that this week we can finally endorse this Connecting Europe Facility regulation, which will fund over EUR 30 billion in the next seven years for important cross-border …