What Miapetra spoke about.

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Mar

2023

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Data Act (debate)

Madam President, I’m sorry to be only now here. Physical travel from Finland took a bit longer in France. But this winter, the competitiveness of the European industry and economy have been a great cause of political discussion due to high energy prices, the war on the continent and the upheaval of the global supply chains. We need to enact more robust European industrial policy fit for this chall…

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Dec

2022

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The humanitarian situation in Ukraine due to Russia’s attacks against critical infrastructure and civilian areas (debate)

Mr President, Ukraine saw its first snow this mid—November, just a couple of days after the new wave of missile attacks targeting energy infrastructure had left approximately 10 million people, our friends, without electricity and a warm place. As we speak, organisations are providing generators in coordination with the Ukraine authorities to ensure electricity supply to critical facilities, hospi…

14

Dec

2022

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EU response to the US Inflation Reduction Act (debate)

Madam President, dear Commissioner and Minister Bek, it’s overwhelmingly positive that finally the USA is also investing in climate change and engaging for these actions in the Inflation Reduction Act, just as we debated with the colleagues ten days ago in the Congress. Also we see that the third TTC Ministerial was also positive on its concrete outcomes, on digital infrastructure and charging poi…

13

Dec

2022

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This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Slovenia, Robert Golob (debate)

Mr President, and welcome to the European Parliament. I appreciate this opportunity to have a dialogue and I saw you spoke from your heart. We all know the greetings of the past government, Janša’s government, and we are so happy that only in 5 months and 12 days you have delivered. Not everything can be changed, but you see the government building the common Europe and showing that the small coun…

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Oct

2022

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Russia’s escalation of its war of aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, Europe has a common and share a common understanding and it’s very clear we stand with Ukraine to help it defend its territory, each square meter, and to stay a sovereign state. We need to make the world see that any threat to Russians is from their own president. It’s not from NATO, the EU or Europe, it’s their president who will threaten their morality, economical stand, and sendin…

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Oct

2022

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Radio Equipment Directive: common charger for electronic devices (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner and rapporteur, I’m very proud of you all. Societies are digitalising and we do need to take many, many concrete steps to make it fair and sustainable. A universal charger of USB-C standard is a very good step that we are taking now after ten years of lobbying and making the world to see what the MEPs wanted. This is a part of the broader action to address sustainabil…

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Sep

2022

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Renewable Energy Directive (debate)

Mr President, dear Commissioner, the vote on the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) revision is a crucial enabler of sustainable bioenergy and clean hydrogen energy. Without them, our industrial decarbonisation and the objective to reach a 45% share of renewable energy from the sources in the energy mix in 2030 becomes unfeasible. We must create a predictable and legislative environment that sets am…

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Sep

2022

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New EU Forest Strategy for 2030 – Sustainable Forest Management in Europe (debate)

Mr President, it is great that this week we are discussing forests, because man must put his life within the constraints of nature. Yet I do not like the black-and-white debate that forests are either used only from an economic point of view or that forests could not be used at all, because we have also learned to use forests sustainably – replanting, protecting biodiversity and using the term ‘su…

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Jun

2022

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Global threats to abortion rights: the possible overturn of abortion rights in the US by the Supreme Court (debate)

Madam President, I wonder what year it is now. How far back in history do some people here want to take us? Human rights, women’s rights, even girls’ rights. I think Roe v. Wade is not only a concern inside the US, and as we talk here, the title is about ‘global threats’ to a person’s rights. So I think we need to work here for every woman in the world. We need to have free, safe, legal abortion, …

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Jun

2022

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The EU’s Foreign, Security and Defence Policy after the Russian invasion of Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, colleagues, the security environment in Europe fundamentally changed when Russia started the illegal and brutal attack against Ukraine. We stand with Ukraine. But facing situations like this, we need to make progress on the EU foreign security and defence policy as well. We need cohesion and effectiveness of EU external actions and we need European Union and solidarity …

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Jun

2022

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Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System - Social Climate Fund - Carbon border adjustment mechanism - Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System for aviation - Notification under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) (joint debate – Fit for 55 (part 1))

Mr President, Commissioner Timmermans. You told us well here today that we want more jobs in the industry. I think it is an excellent start because we need work in Europe and we need a sustainable transition to a climate-neutral Europe. The whole package will be voted on in this House tomorrow, but it is already clear that there will be strong support for the continuation of the ETS. We need a pri…

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May

2022

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Artificial intelligence in a digital age (debate)

Mr President, dear Commissioner, dear colleagues, getting artificial intelligence right is one of the key questions for the future – also for the European Union. This technology will shape the way value is created in our economy and who wields the power in our societies. We cannot look away from this development and just let it happen. That became clear from our work. We need to sail not drift in …

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Apr

2022

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Data Governance Act (debate)

Madam President, dear Commissioner, the Data Governance Act is a key step towards a fair European data economy. Data is a resource that we don’t take necessarily in our hands, and why? Because it is now taken and used by the biggest player leading to the monopolies. This is surely not the most effective way for society to benefit from digitalisation. With the Data Governance Act, Europe is taking …

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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, the Commission’s RePower EU communication is important. It shows how much we finance the war machine in Russia, which began one month ago today. How much does it mean? 30 times EUR 700 million. I don’t want to count that. But I find it promising that the Commission statement is now working on speeding up the transition, and looking at how the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle ca…

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Mar

2022

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Roaming Regulation (recast) (debate)

Madam President, five years went quickly. I am very happy now because I was the rapporteur last mandate. I know the mandate before, we didn't succeed. Last mandate we did and it was thanks to the good work of Parliament mainly that we managed to push down prices. And now I may congratulate the negotiators on the good results, with the right data prices, fair-use policy, even improved quality of se…

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Mar

2022

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Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on 10 March 2022 - Preparation of the European Council meeting 24-25 March 2022 (debate)

Madam President, I would say to dear Ukraine: you show us what is important in life. It is peace, it is democracy, it is the rule of law and it is friends. We don’t need more authoritarian leaders or violent nationalism, but cooperation and unity. You actually, Putin, made us love the European Union. You made us see the things that we should have done earlier, take the steps that we should have ta…

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Mar

2022

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Transparency and administrative standards - the treatment of public access requests based on Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 (debate)

Mr President, we are discussing today a very important topic that concerns a very fundamental general principle of the EU institutions, namely transparency. Trust between citizens and the institutions depends on transparency and how it’s practiced. It is central that all institutions function in a transparent manner, according to the regulation that embodies the rules on public access to the docum…

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Mar

2022

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Batteries and waste batteries (debate)

Madam President, batteries are a crucial element for our green transition and the new circular economy. As renewable energy sources become more and more important, batteries have a key role in balancing the grid. They are key in electromobility, transforming the transportation sector to carbon neutral. Demand for batteries will dramatically increase in coming years as the whole energy system is al…

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Mar

2022

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Debate with the Prime Minister of Estonia, Kaja Kallas - The EU's role in a changing world and the security situation of Europe following the Russian aggression and invasion of Ukraine (continuation of debate)

Madam President, I would like to welcome to the European Parliament the prime minister of a neighbouring country, dear Kaja. In Finland and Estonia, we share the same external border with Russia, the country that brutally, alone, attacked Ukraine. We share historical memories, too. When Sweden decided now to send military equipment to Russia, it was first time since 1939 – when they helped Finland…

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Jan

2022

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Digital Services Act (continuation of debate)

Mr President, we must be allowed to build our digital future on the basis of human rights and not let human rights disappear when online. There are many laws to protect people in real life; online life lacks rules and laws. What is illegal offline must be also illegal online. It’s urgent to tackle fake news and hate speech. The internet is global. It is no longer open and democratic, but built on …

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Nov

2021

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State of the Energy Union (debate)

Mr President, this autumn we talked a lot about energy because of the prices. Rapid measures are needed, but we may not lose the sight in the horizon. The yearly report of the energy union provides a good overview of what we have reached and what remains to be done. I thank you, Commissioner, for prioritising breaking the dependency, R&D and climate. The Member States also have a big responsibilit…

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Nov

2021

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Multilateral negotiations in view of the 12th WTO Ministerial Conference in Geneva, 30 November to 3 December 2021 (debate)

Madam President, I am glad to see that the 12th Ministerial Conference of the WTO will finally take place after postponement due to the pandemic. We need to keep the world together and trade is a good motivation. The EU remains committed to the multilateralism and open trade with rules. Important talks will be held in Geneva next week and I have three points to raise. First, the worlds need to be …

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Nov

2021

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The outcome of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, establishment of the Trade and Technology Council (TTC) between the EU and United States is highly welcomed. It provides a valuable platform to cooperate on the topical matters of today in tech and trade issues, as well as to strengthen transatlantic relations. We are living in the interconnected world, which underlines the importance of cooperation. To give an example,…

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Oct

2021

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UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, the UK (COP26) (continuation of debate)

Mr President, the last Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) science report shows us the harsh truth. Projected scenarios with different emission cutting schemes all show that keeping warming below 1.5°C will be impossible with the current rate. So we have to do more. Seeing all the videos of the fires around the globe, it’s time to speak about the climate heating, because it’s only ave…

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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, across Europe, the rise in energy prices has been dramatically rapid and it is not even winter yet. We see that countries that already have low emissions in the energy sector and diversified zero-emission electricity production have survived even now with the lowest price swings. The price fluctuates because the price of natural gas has even increased tenfold and the price of coal ha…