What Dan spoke about.

14 Mar

2023

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Data Act (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, it is an extremely important act for all of us, because the way in which we have managed to adopt this act will depend on what those in the relevant industry will do in the coming period. And I want to say something to Commissioner Breton. We had a discussion before he was appointed commissioner. And then we spoke a few things and I want to say here …

13 Mar

2023

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Energy performance of buildings (recast) (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, a very good proposal for a directive, which comes at the right time. We need a European plan to increase the energy efficiency of buildings and we need a plan that is also achievable, that is also concrete, and that allows, on the one hand, a signal that people are waiting for, are tired of high bills and want to have lower bills. How can we do this? On the one hand,…

13 Feb

2023

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REPowerEU chapters in recovery and resilience plans (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, REPowerEU is the response that all European citizens were expecting to a few major concerns, which they had and are now receiving a positive signal: security of electricity supply, electricity and gas prices that are based on the right element, and not on speculation or supply shortfalls that have unfortunately arisen due to the war in Ukraine. At the same time: supp…

18 Jan

2023

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An EU strategy to boost industrial competitiveness, trade and quality jobs (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, Minister, increasing the competitiveness of European industry, quality jobs, trade, all this can only be done if we all accept that the period of naivety in the European Union's industrial policy is over. What do we need? We need to compete with those who are big players in this global market, the United States, China. How can we compete with them? Giving more subsid…

18 Jan

2023

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 15 December 2022 (continuation of debate)

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Madam President, Vice-President Šefčovič and President Charles Michel, I would like to welcome the Council conclusions. We have a correction mechanism that this time can also work and we want to see these results. We are sorry that you did not introduce them at the beginning of the year, we would not have now, to look at the top of the most profitable energy companies, with profits in the first ni…

17 Jan

2023

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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Swedish Presidency (debate)

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Madam President, Vice-President Šefčovič, Prime Minister Kristersson, I would like to ask you, under this Presidency, which I am convinced you will exercise with great success, the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union, to also consider a priority: is Romania's access to the Schengen area. You know, you're a person recognized for fairness. Sweden is a democratic country and we al…

14 Dec

2022

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EU response to the US Inflation Reduction Act (debate)

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Madam President, Vice-President Vestager, Minister Bek, I want to tell you that, after we have all seen what the consequences of Russia's war in Ukraine may be, we need to take action in the European Union. We have seen how bad it is when we have found that we lack essential elements from the European Union industry, such as: we don't have chips, we don't have enough production capacity on renewab…

14 Dec

2022

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 15 December 2022 (debate)

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Vice-President Karas, Vice-President Vestager, Minister Bek, we expect this Council to bring the long-awaited cap on electricity and gas prices, so that also in the European Union citizens and businesses can have access to electricity and gas that is based on the right price, i.e. the production price or the import price, plus an average European margin of 10-12% of profitability. End the speculat…

13 Dec

2022

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The recent JHA Council decision on Schengen accession (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner Johansson, I want to thank you for the way you have presented Romania's situation and for objectivity and support throughout this period. Congratulations and thank you very much to the Czech Presidency for the impeccable manner in which it has behaved. Unfortunately, this Justice and Home Affairs Council also brought a shameful moment: a member country of the European Un…

13 Dec

2022

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Renewable Energy, Energy Performance of Buildings and Energy Efficiency Directives: amendments (REPowerEU) (continuation of debate)

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Madam President, Executive Vice-President Timmermans, you made a very good proposal because you, and we, and all those who are interested in having energy that is cheap, and that is also available, have found that this renewable energy was not available in the necessary quantities. Why? Well, what if the average approval and commissioning of a renewable project in the European Union is seven years…

12 Dec

2022

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Order of business

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Madam President, following last week's Justice and Home Affairs Council, in which Romania and Bulgaria received treatment that was both unfair and absolutely unfair, and which violated the decision that this Parliament took regarding Romania's and Bulgaria's access to the Schengen area, I ask you on Tuesday, after Question time, to have this debate on the decision that was taken by the Justice and…

23 Nov

2022

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A truly interconnected Energy Single Market to keep bills down and companies competitive (topical debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, Minister, the purpose of this Commission communication should be a very clear one, which is to keep the bills for European citizens at an acceptable, bearable level, and for European Union businesses to be able to go through this winter and produce something. The main measure that is the safety net or the triggering of the safety net is done only if the two-week TTF …

9 Nov

2022

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REPowerEU chapters in recovery and resilience plans (debate)

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Mr President, Mr Vice-President, Commissioner, REPowerEU, for us, for the European Parliament and what we have produced in the Commission responsible for energy of the European Parliament, means an approach that supports people: have energy, have energy that is cheap, can be bearable, every citizen can pay their bill, have energy that can be at a predictable price for industry, for small and mediu…

9 Nov

2022

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 20-21 October 2022 (debate)

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Thank you for that question. Next, tonight, we have the debate on REPowerEU. Two weeks from now, we have a vote on RED IV. What we all say is this: We are starting these projects on renewable energies, because there are many investments that are financed and private. There are many investments, 20 billion in REPowerEU, including investments in renewables. There are investments in the national reco…

9 Nov

2022

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 20-21 October 2022 (debate)

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Mr President, I would also like to say good evening to President Charles Michel. It is not, as the Council and he were absent, during this period of the energy crisis. Good evening, Vice-President Šefčovič. I know that you are the one who really cares about what is happening in the field of energy and I would like to send you, and through you to the Commission, a message. We, for a year now, have …

19 Oct

2022

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 20-21 October 2022 (debate)

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Madam President, Vice-President Šefčovič, I would like to welcome (because a few things have been announced that are important for everyone by the European Commission, at least by source) that we will have a common gas purchasing mechanism, that we will have some kind of mechanism to prevent speculation and excessive volatility of electricity and gas prices, that we will also have something about …

18 Oct

2022

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Keep the bills down: social and economic consequences of the war in Ukraine and the introduction of a windfall tax (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, we are entering winter and again we have tens of millions of European citizens who do not know whether they will be able to pay their bills this winter and do not know whether they will have to give up either buying food or buying medicine, because guess what happened? This inflation has put us in an absolutely impossible position. Oil has become a prohibitive product, …

5 Oct

2022

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The accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen area (debate)

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Madam President, first of all, I want to encourage you to urgently ask the President of the European Parliament to take action against that gentleman who spoke earlier in this room and used offensive language, suburban and under the dignity of this institution, under the dignity of the prestige that we must have in the European Union. Mr Vice-President, I also thank you for the fairness that you h…

13 Sep

2022

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EU response to the increase in energy prices in Europe (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, good evening. I would like to say that I welcome the way in which certain provisions of this package have been adopted, from which you have announced a few things to us this evening, and the fact that you have touched upon subjects which until now were considered blasphemy. The fact that you are talking about a principle of solidarity, that you are talking about the …

23 Jun

2022

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Gas storage (debate)

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Mr President, Vice-President Timmermans, it is a pleasure to have you here today and to tell you that, from our point of view, this directive was more than necessary, because it eliminates one of the reasons for speculation that we had in the gas market in the European Union, namely the lack of a mandatory minimum level of storage of natural gas. And it is obvious that now we also have to look a l…

7 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))

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Madam President, Vice-President Timmermans, first of all I must say that I appreciate the great effort you are making to ensure that European industry, on the one hand, has to cope with this climate transition and the achievement of the climate targets that we have all set ourselves, and, on the other hand, clearly retains its competitiveness. And I also appreciate your frankness, when you said th…

3 May

2022

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Question Time (Commission) Europe’s Energy Autonomy: The strategic importance of renewables and energy interconnections and efficiency

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Thank you for your clarifications, Commissioner, and I am glad that this is not business as usual. My question is: Will there be an electricity or gas supply company in the European Union this winter that can sell at a profit rate of, say, more than 15%? And will we no longer have the examples that we have seen this winter, where energy or gas producers have also sold at prices ten times their cos…

3 May

2022

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Question Time (Commission) Europe’s Energy Autonomy: The strategic importance of renewables and energy interconnections and efficiency

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Madam President, Commissioner, thank you for these clarifications, and I would like to ask you whether, however, you do not believe that in these conditions that we are all going through because of the war that Russia has started in Ukraine, other types of measures than those that we take and to which we are traditionally accustomed should be taken. And the question is how exactly do you think the…

5 Apr

2022

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Trans-European energy infrastructure (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, this revision of the regulation, our group, S&D, has been asking for it since the last mandate and we have been asking for this revision because it is important to achieve our 2030 targets, our climate targets, the targets that we have all set ourselves to live in a better world. And I want to tell you that I asked for these things for a few obvious reasons. First of al…

24 Mar

2022

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

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Madam President, I thank the Commission for coming today with a document that we have been asking for for a long time. Better something than nothing, and the fact that we have a proposal today to solve the problem of mandatory storage of natural gas is welcome, and this will also lead to a fall in prices, which we so much want, and a security of gas supply. Unfortunately, Commissioner, unfortunate…