What Maria spoke about.

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Jan

2024

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Protection of the European Union’s financial interests - combating fraud - annual report 2022 (A9-0434/2023 - Maria Grapini) (vote)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the report on the protection of the European Union's financial interests, as you know, is voted on every year. I want to thank CONT from the outset, which in a large majority voted our position, and also thank the shadow rapporteurs. That doesn't mean we haven't found things to write in this report. Here is the increase in fraudulent and non-fraudulent irregu…

18

Jan

2024

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EU Action Plan: protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, of course we must have a common policy, as we do for industrial policy, for agrarian policy, but I hope it is not as bad as agricultural policy, because protecting the oceans should not lead to a ban on fishing. There are areas where people live only by fishing and then we, the consumers, must benefit from the products of the internal market of the…

17

Jan

2024

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Improving the socio-economic situation of farmers and rural areas, ensuring fair incomes, food security as well as a just transition (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, if we look at the title of the debate, we see, in fact, that it is a great hypocrisy. The Council is not present, but why did we choose this topic? Because Europe is boiling, because farmers are on the street. The Commissioner has not presented us with any solution, although the title is the Commission's statement on improving the economic and s…

17

Jan

2024

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 14-15 December 2023 and preparation of the Special European Council meeting of 1 February 2024 - Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds (joint debate - European Council meetings)

Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, if the citizens had listened to this debate, which is also called a priority, they would not only be disappointed, they would also be outraged. Nothing was said. What will the Council actually do on 1 February? What is the balance sheet? To the disgrace of Mrs. President, she left and around the end of her mandate, she did not stay for the joint debate, the pr…

16

Jan

2024

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Keeping commitments and delivering military assistance to Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the fact that we are now discussing the help that we continue to give to Ukraine, with the war going on for so long, means that American diplomacy and European diplomacy have been a failure, because people are dying every day, both in Ukraine and in Russia. The most important thing is people's lives. Of course we have to help Ukraine, but we have t…

14

Dec

2023

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Improving the strategic approach to the enforcement of EU Law (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, respect for European Union law I believe that we must no longer invent it, it is clearly laid down in the Treaty. The important thing is to look at the application and it is surprising, Commissioner, to say that when there are individual petitions, we do not take them into account, because I believe that no one should – this is how we have the slog…

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Dec

2023

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Ensuring proper functioning of EU-Ukraine Solidarity Lanes (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it is good that we are analysing, because if we are honest, we can now make it clear that the Solidarity Lanes did not work properly, and so is the title of the debate, we need to make sure that it does. Commissioner, I would invite colleagues who say it worked to come to Romania to talk to farmers. I met with thousands of farmers in Romania, in my…

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Dec

2023

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Review of the Spanish Presidency of the Council (debate)

Madam President, Prime Minister, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to congratulate the Spanish Presidency. We negotiated a trilogue on a very important directive, the gas and hydrogen market, and I congratulate you on all the work that, Prime Minister, you had as Spanish Presidency. I've been back from your country for two days, I've been to Madrid, I've visited a city hall in the Madrid area. Th…

12

Dec

2023

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Defence of democracy package (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we are discussing a very important package on protecting democracy. Nothing is more important. On 10 December we celebrated human rights and without democracy we cannot protect human rights. But do we have something to protect? We must not first correct the things that do not work now, because we have, as has been said here, cyber attacks, citiz…

12

Dec

2023

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Parliament’s call for the right to disconnect - three years on (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we must say that teleworking arose in a context of crisis, but not all activities could be done from home and not all activities can be done from home even now. That is why I believe that the first thing we need to take into account is to have the same working conditions for those who work physically, and for those who still can or want to work, bu…

12

Dec

2023

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European Health Data Space (debate)

Dear colleague, in fact, you did not answer my question. Of course I'm not skeptical. Of course, the specific question I asked you didn't answer me. You told me I didn't read the report. I read the report very well. I ask you once again, how can we ensure through this document that no data is transmitted if the patient does not request it?…

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Dec

2023

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European Health Data Space (debate)

Madam President, dear colleague, I agree with what you said. You gave an example, and I want to relate to the example you gave. If a patient goes and, of course, if what we want now (data transmission) would work, shouldn't data transmission always be done only at the patient's request? How do we ensure that no personal data is transmitted about us, about the diseases we have and, for example, at …

12

Dec

2023

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Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I do not think that anyone can dispute the need to have critical raw materials in the European Union, to produce, to no longer depend on third countries, to have raw materials for important sectors: agriculture, health, construction and even defence. Commissioner, in addition to increasing demand for raw materials, there is a problem with specialis…

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Dec

2023

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I have chosen to speak today about the functioning of the internal market. Why? We celebrated 30 years. We still have four months, this Parliament and the Commission, and I think we need to think about what we are leaving, what we are handing over to the next Parliament. Does the internal market work or not? The answer, even today, in the debate…

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Dec

2023

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Role of tax policy in times of crisis (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we are discussing a very important subject: successive crises. Where has the impact, until the end, on the citizen, certainly, of small and medium-sized enterprises, micro-enterprises? We know that every state has the right to determine its fiscal mix, to adapt it to local, national needs, but we also need to have a harmonisation. There is now a…

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Nov

2023

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Threat to rule of law as a consequence of the governmental agreement in Spain (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would first like to thank the Spanish Presidency, with whom I work very well as rapporteur, and I believe that we must respect that. Secondly, Commissioner, I want to tell you that we have warned since we introduced this mechanism for the functioning of the rule of law that it can be used with a double measure. I would like to remind you that the…

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Nov

2023

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Packaging and packaging waste (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I have always advocated that the ambitious objectives be brought into line, of course, with the reality and the situation on the ground. It is good that we all want to fight to reduce packaging waste, but let's not forget that packaging or the amount of packaging is directly proportional to the amount of fruit, food that the population consumes. Ye…

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Nov

2023

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Sustainable use of plant protection products (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, if farmers listen to us now - this debate - they will say this: Everyone knows everything. I am very curious if those who are extremely supportive of banning pesticides have been to see a cornfield felled to the ground by pests. I believe that we must protect the environment, but I also believe that we cannot do twofold, Commissioner, because yo…

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Nov

2023

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Common rules promoting the repair of goods

Madam President, Commissioner, honourable colleagues, sure, citizens often ask us what we do for them, specifically, what we do for them? Here is a new example: in addition to roaming, in addition to the common charger, we are now once again giving consumers and citizens in our countries something concrete: Right to repair. Let's not imagine that until now it has not been repaired, but everyone ha…

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Nov

2023

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Framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero technology products manufacturing ecosystem (Net Zero Industry Act) (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, of course, the Commission has set itself a reindustrialisation strategy. Ultimately, the European Union must increasingly decrease its dependence on imports from third countries. We know what happened to us in the pandemic. Value chains are not being restored and it is clear that the transition must not shatter SMEs. That is why I believe that we must rely on…

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2023

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Children first - strengthening the Child Guarantee, two years on from its adoption - Reducing inequalities and promoting social inclusion in times of crisis for children and their families (joint debate – International Day of the Rights of the Child)

Doamnă președintă, doamnă comisară, stimați colegi, au trecut 34 de ani de când s-a declarat Ziua Internațională a Drepturilor Copilului. And where are we? We have 5 million children in poverty, and I am not talking about the crisis, the pandemic, the war, I am talking about the fact that in these 34 years, in fact, the crisis related to the rights of the child has deepened. I'm not just referring…

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Nov

2023

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System of own resources of the European Union (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, nothing can be more important for the functioning of the internal market than resources, own resources. And it is good that we have this report and we are doing an analysis, but I want to say very clearly: We must stop lending money on the back of the citizen. Commissioner, we have some agencies to deal with, from Europol, the European Court of …

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Nov

2023

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Outcome of the EU-US summit (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, of course, I am also reserved for the results of this Summit. And why am I reserved? I recently visited as Vice-Chair of the Committee on the Internal Market in the United States. There were other committees present, a lot of dialogue, but let's remember that in the last term we were not able to finalize in the Trump administration the TTIP and my …

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Oct

2023

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The new European strategy for a better internet for kids (BIK+) (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, today is World Education Day, and let me extend my congratulations and ‘Happy Birthday’ to all those who work and strive for the education of children: teachers, teachers, educators and parents, and to give them the hope that today, on Education Day itself, we are talking here about something extremely important – how to have a strategy for a sa…

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Oct

2023

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Urban wastewater treatment (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the revision of the Directive after 30 years is a necessity. The treatment of urban wastewater is a matter of human health and that is why I think the revision is very welcome and I think that the focus should be on the polluter pays principle. It must not be enough for the citizen to pay to have access to clean water, because it is a citizen's rig…