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Towards a strong and sustainable EU algae sector (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, of course, algae has been scientifically proven, they are also used in medicine, and in cosmetics, and yes, and alternatively, in food. I think there is a need for more funding for research, but also for good communication to the citizens, because we know what happened when we discussed and debated and there was also a resolution on alternative pro…

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2023

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Protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries - Agreement of the IGC on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (High Seas Treaty) (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I believe that the importance of fishing and the quality of water in the oceans, seas and rivers has emerged from today's debate. But one more thing came out, Commissioner: that a balance must be struck here between the situation of fishermen and biodiversity, and the preservation of clean waters. It is not fishers and fishing that destroy biodiversity the most, but was…

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2023

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The role of farmers as enablers of the green transition and a resilient agricultural sector (continuation of debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the fact that we do not have the Commissioner for Agriculture here shows only the lack of interest in farmers, the lack of interest in such an important sector. We want to change things. Commissioner, you have said some very good things. One of them is: Farmers are getting older. There are no more young farmers. I wrote to the Commissioner and prop…

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May

2023

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Empowering consumers for the green transition (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that on Europe Day we are giving a gift to consumers, to those who listen to us. Of course, this proposal for a directive is very welcome, even if over time we have amended directives and had regulations that went in the direction of increasing consumer protection against unfair practices. We find that we are in a world where we have f…

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2023

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Discharge 2021 (continuation of debate)

Madam President, Commissioners, Minister, we are debating discharge and I must say that I am disappointed with the final form of the Commission discharge report. I want to thank the Court of Auditors for always presenting in CONT extremely correctly all the things that are not good and we have to recognise them when they are not good. Why am I disappointed? Because in the negotiations made for com…

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May

2023

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Revision of the Stability and Growth Pact (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, colleagues, first of all, happy Europe Day and happy Romania too, that today is Independence Day. It is good that we are discussing the Stability Pact on Europe Day and yes, we need changes to the Stability Pact. But have you also thought, Minister, Commissioner, of a solidarity pact? How do we establish this Stability Pact if we do not think about the fact that social …

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2023

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr President, I have chosen to speak today about disinformation and human rights. They may seem unrelated, but they do, because on false information, careers were destroyed, families were destroyed, even people who ended their lives because of false information. That is why the responsibility of the European and national institutions is to find solutions to stop this wave of disinformation. How co…

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2023

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Schools scheme for fruit, vegetables, milk and dairy products (short presentation)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the future of Europe and the future of every country are children, and I am pleased that we are discussing the programme for the distribution of fruit, vegetables and milk in schools. I want to congratulate you on such a well-documented, well-argued report, and I think that tomorrow we will all vote on this report, but I would be happy for the Commission to take…

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May

2023

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Implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (short presentation)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, of course the media is very important in every respect. Informing citizens, to a large extent, is done not institutionally, through national or European institutions, but through the media. That is why we must ensure that the Media Directive is uniformly implemented in all Member States. I have to say that here too, in the media, we have to make su…

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2023

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Impact on the 2024 EU budget of increasing European Union Recovery Instrument borrowing costs - Own resources: a new start for EU finances, a new start for Europe (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I have heard the debate and I have also heard the Commissioner's presentation. However, nothing has been said about the efficiency of spending money. Because, Commissioner, as a member of the Committee on Budgetary Control, I also discussed last week with the Court of Auditors. There are always, new instruments are being created, new programmes tha…

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2023

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Cohesion dimension of EU state aid and de minimis rules (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, today we debated a very clear question, Commissioner, on State aid and the de minimis scheme. I was surprised that you came and told us directly that the Commission does not intend to change the de minimis rules, but you could see now that, regardless of the political group, everyone has asked for these state aids and de minimis rules to be gran…

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2023

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IPCC report on Climate Change: a call for urgent additional action (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, of course, I believe that the climate crisis must be recognised by everyone, but my point of view (and my point of view is that of the citizens I represent here) is that it must be dealt with globally. We cannot solve the climate crisis alone. That is why, at COP 28 in Dubai, the European institutions must clearly support, like the other continents, a strategy to mitiga…

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2023

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Energy storage (debate)

Commissioner, President, colleagues, of course, the energy market is very important for every citizen. After all, the life of every citizen depends on the cost of energy, and we know that these successive crises have led to an increase in the price of each individual bill. Commissioner, when we regulate, I think we need to take into account the impact on people and yes, we also need stock. But in …

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2023

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Strengthening the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it seems that today we are debating and voting on normality. But, frankly, I was surprised by the views of some colleagues in which they consider that there is no need to have this law, that everything is regulated between employers and unions, that it will create bureaucracy for SMEs. I come from the private sector. It's aberrant what our colleagu…

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Mar

2023

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Activities of the European Ombudsman - annual report 2021 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Ombudsman, I would like to congratulate you from the outset. You showed professionalism and courage, you had the courage to write correctly about the things that are incorrect in the European institutions and this is your role, that we are talking about the Commission, that we are talking about Parliament or the Council. What is unpleasant, however, is that we still …

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2023

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Energy performance of buildings (recast) (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we all want energy efficiency, we all want the citizens of our country to pay a lower bill. I come from the private sector and I know that before you make an efficiency, you have a cost. Before you can achieve efficiency, you need to make an investment. That's the way it is here. And I think of the citizens of my country, especially those in the…

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Feb

2023

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European initiative to promote civic engagement to protect and better support European volunteers (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I would also like to congratulate the Commission on the fact that we can discuss this subject today. Since recent years, we can see that there is a great need to involve the civilian population in the results of natural or man-made disasters. That is why I believe that we need to increase the number of volunteers in each Member State, whether we are talking about volunt…

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2023

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Availability of fertilisers in the EU (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the situation of farmers is deteriorating from day to day. The answers you gave, Commissioner, to the questions asked, do not encourage farmers. And I'll explain why. And you know that. The Commission itself showed the dramatic increase in gas prices. The Commission itself points out that we do not now have the capacity to cover the needs of fer…

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Feb

2023

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One year of Russia’s invasion and war of aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, High Representative, I would like to begin by congratulating you, Mr Borrell, for having made this extraordinary statement in your speech, namely to pronounce the word peace. I do not agree with what my colleague said before, that if we say peace we help Putin. No, we help stop people dying. And yes, you have to do this at the UN. Putin has killed enough people in Ukraine. I don't ag…

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Feb

2023

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Response to the situation in Tunisia (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, of course, we have all now seen that, in fact, Tunisia has taken steps backwards, through everything that has happened there, but that does not mean that we must abandon. This is where diplomacy comes in, Commissioner, Minister, let's see how we do not abandon the citizens, that it is not the dictators who are interesting to us and important, but the citizens.…

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2023

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Establishment of an independent EU Ethics Body (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, ladies and gentlemen, we have been discussing in the European Parliament for almost four years about the need to have a body that analyses, ethically, behaviourally, implications. But, Commissioner, do you think it is a coincidence that the President of the Commission, having promised, when she took office, that she would come up with a proposal, stopped, beca…

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2023

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CO2 emission standards for cars and vans (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, of course, the European Union is a leader in environmental protection and we must stick to it. Every step towards human health is welcome. But listening to today's debate, I thought about what two important people in Romania were saying a long time ago: What can a historian learn from an engineer? And the answer of the politician of that time was: …

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Feb

2023

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Madam President, Commissioner, since 2014, since I have been here, I have spoken several times about the rights of the child, the rights of Romanian children, who live in various states and who have been taken, simply brutally abducted, from their families, that they have been to Denmark, Norway, Finland. Now we have the case of a boy terrorized in Israel, although the court also proved that the f…

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2023

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EU funding allocated to NGOs incriminated in the recent corruption revelations and the protection of EU financial interests (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, of course, if it wasn't for this case of corruption that I think people of good faith regret, we regret it because it brings a stain on the institution we represent, I don't know if we had a debate. And I think we need to periodically propose, both the Commission and us, to analyze the work of NGOs as well. On the other hand, it would be a mista…

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2023

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REPowerEU chapters in recovery and resilience plans (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, of course, any crisis, any transition costs the poor most, poor citizens, small and medium-sized enterprises. The fact that we have an extra 20 billion through this REPowerEU programme is very good. The problem is to see how we spend it to get to the right place. And I am glad that through the efforts of several MEPs it was possible to introduce…