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RO Written Statement

State of the Union (debate)

Madam President, Today you presented us with the state of the EU and the Commission's proposals for the future. Unfortunately, you have only presented dreams, not figures, not the impact on the lives of citizens. Trust in the EU and the EU project is falling precisely because of lack of transparency, poor communication, lack of fairness, fragmented internal market, social crisis, homeless young pe…

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2026

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Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness (debate)

Sure, you said that we very much need this single European framework, but do you think it can only work if we now put this European framework in place, as long as we have, for example, 27 public procurement systems? Because we asked, the Parliament, and the Council blocked it. I asked for a regulation. We have 27 laws for late payments. Again, he's stuck at the Council. How do you think we should …

9

Jul

2026

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Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up (debate)

I agree with what you have said about fisheries policy and the revision of the regulation. But you did not say anything and I am interested if your political group, if you look at all fisheries regulations from a social perspective, because in many areas, as it is in my country, it is a source of income for many, for small fishermen. And you talked about the need for funding. Don't you think or do…

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Jul

2026

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Harnessing the potential of a competitive and sustainable EU Bioeconomy Strategy for EU strategic autonomy (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, of course the European Union needs a bioeconomy strategy. It is only that, Commissioner, you yourself have said, there is capital, but what do we lack? Confidence. Because very often, during this period, regulations have been made in the European Union that obstruct each other. And to give you a concrete example: there was talk here of pharmaceutic…

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Jul

2026

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 18-19 June 2026 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, thank you for the information you have given us, but I would like to refer to a few points. First of all: The MFF. Commissioner, you said there were two levels. It is not clear what we are doing with own resources, because we, Parliament, have proposed very often where these new resources can come from in order not to have a smaller MFF, not to have a smaller budget …

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Jul

2026

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2025 Commission report on Moldova (debate)

Commissioner, Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the ambitious programme of the Republic of Moldova to conclude accession at the end of 2028 must be supported. It is to be welcomed, but it will not be implemented if we do not all support it. And I want from the very beginning to thank both the Commissioner and the colleagues who supported this project. I am Romanian, I am Moldovan, I know the Rep…

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Jul

2026

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Urgent measures to strengthen the competitiveness and safeguard quality jobs in the EU’s automotive sector (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, you started your intervention by saying that last year you said that the car industry is in mortal danger. And so it is. The problem is to ask why? I believe that the European Commission has embarked on a programme, disregarding the concrete situation. A private manager takes into account the global situation and this is why we are now in a situation where, globally,…

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Jul

2026

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Coordination of social security systems (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we needed the coordination of social security systems. We could have had it much earlier, but, as the rapporteur said, it took years. But it is good that we have it, because we know clearly and we all have, perhaps, examples of people who did not have health insurance, who had accidents at work, especially in the construction field. There have been…

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2026

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Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025 (debate)

Madam President, Mr President, Commissioner, the European Investment Bank - we know very well - is extremely important. I congratulate her for reaching this historic record of 100 billion in new investments. But the problem I see is that the European Investment Bank must overlap with the investment programme on the strategic plan of the European Union. Why am I saying this? We have this cohesion o…

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Jul

2026

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Air passenger rights (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I have been on the Committee on Transport for 10 years and I hoped to come to an end with this amendment to the Regulation on Passenger Rights and Air Transport, and here we are. A large majority in Parliament supports and fought very hard because - we have to admit - at Council level it was a deadlock and it was very much a deadlock. lobbying f…

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Jun

2026

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Joint Declaration on ‘Culture for Europe - Europe for Culture’ (debate)

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Jun

2026

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Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles (debate)

17

Jun

2026

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Preparation of the European Council (joint debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, again I see, and I cannot help but notice that you have a very busy agenda, but the citizen is not here. We're talking about competitiveness, but we don't have facts. We have a fragmented single market. Commissioner, I have also said, how to put in trade agreements higher tariffs on raw materials than on the finished product? How to develop industry, how do you want …

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Jun

2026

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Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and Finland (debate)

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)

15

Jun

2026

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Madam President, the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, if it remains as it is now, will certainly have a negative - peak, paradoxical - effect on the environment. And I'll explain why. Thermo-retractable films that are necessary to facilitate the handling of beer cans, other cans, other beverages, are necessary in order to be able to handle themselves, not to injure themselves, not to caus…

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2026

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EU-US trade deal (joint debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the transatlantic agreement is a necessity and we must recognise that. It's a provisional agreement, a lot of work has been done, and we still have to admit something. Mr Lange with the team managed to improve the first form of the agreement, let's remember what the first form was like. It's very good, it's provisional, and we can keep pushing. We …

15

Jun

2026

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Time for European economic independence (debate)

Mr President, of course the subject we are discussing has been valid for 30 years, since we made the internal market. We need economic independence, Commissioner, I was very attentive to what you said. How do you think we can have an industrial policy, develop, invest in the internal market, when the European Commission - in my opinion as an industrialist - has made the worst policy. We have highe…

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May

2026

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Need for an adaptation of the EU legal framework on sustainable biofuels (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we need a new legal framework for the use of biofuels. We need an energy mix. We need technological neutrality. But, Commissioner, let us stop making mistakes. Climate targets must be set in such a way that we do not destroy industry. We cannot use biofuels, which actually support decarbonisation, in such a small percentage. There is no use of biom…

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May

2026

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European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Stop destroying videogames’ (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to stress first of all how important the citizens' initiative is, and I say this for the citizens of my country and of other countries who are not yet using this instrument. The citizens' initiative allows citizens to intervene, to propose regulation to us. If we are talking about today's regulation, about stopping the destruction o…

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2026

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Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, let us look at the reality. Care services are not easy work. You have to take care of a child, an old man, a disabled person. It takes effort, but also dedication, a vocation. That is why I think the first thing we need to regulate is that these care services are really paid, not humiliating work. And yes, the figures show that 80% of the staff, th…

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May

2026

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Recent proposals to fight poverty in the EU (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that we must be realistic. We now have a social package and a proposal from the Commissioner on the anti-poverty strategy. Let's see how we build. The Commissioner has a very important role, but also a very difficult role, in the Council of Commissioners. Because yes, I said it today, when we talked about the single market, if we don't…

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2026

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High time to deliver on the Single Market, providing certainty and predictability for EU businesses and quality jobs (continuation of debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we have been talking about the single market for 30 years. We will have a single market when we understand, Commissioner, that the single market means people. Here, even today, the President of the Commission puts the social dimension on the last point. Without people with a standard of living who can support their families, we won't be able to compete. Stop …

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May

2026

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Presentation of the Fertilisers Action Plan (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the European fertiliser industry is very much affected by high energy prices and we have known it for a very long time. Because of this, many fertilizer productions in the European Union have closed, as is Azomures in my country. From November 2025 they closed the gates and left people home. The problem is keeping you in a state of uncertainty. …

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May

2026

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

We are discussing advanced artificial intelligence systems in the European Union and how we can protect ourselves. There has been a lot of debate, a lot of vulnerability. After all, artificial intelligence must be based on a well-trained human resource, systems, collaborations, as has been said here. Do you think that if we apply the Artificial Intelligence Law from August, we can face these chall…