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EU response to the humanitarian situation following the earthquake in Türkiye and Syria (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, honourable colleagues, of course, I also start by expressing my condolences to the families who have lost a member, two or more, and to congratulate the rescue teams - and from my country they have been there - teams that have done their duty, they have also taken out people who are living after 100 hours, but that is not enough. I've seen politics here. I think we'r…

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Preparation of the EU-Ukraine Summit (debate)

Madam President, Minister, Commissioner, I want, first of all, to thank my fellow citizens who have helped Ukrainian refugees, millions of Ukrainians, since the start of this bloody conflict. Yes, everything must be done to stop the massacre of the civilian population, because innocent citizens are dying there and I believe, Commissioner, that your message given today is a timid message of peace, …

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Preparation of the Special European Council meeting of February, in particular the need to develop sustainable solutions in the area of asylum and migration (debate)

Mr President, Minister, Commissioner, of course, as the President has said, the issue of migration must be resolved - we have been hearing these things, at least I have been hearing them since 2014 - I think not with fences, as has been said here, because it would be the return to primitive, I think by very clear measures, by very clear implementation, by very clear procedures in which to define w…

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2023

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Revision of the European Works Councils Directive (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, from the outset I want to say that yes, we need to adapt the legislation, we need to strengthen workers' rights and the relationship between works councils and workers. But, Commissioner, you do not think that in management the personal example is very important, and I will refer here to three things that have been said. It is confidential informat…

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Protection of the EU’s financial interests - combating fraud - annual report 2021 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the fight against fraud and the protection of public money must be the constant concern of both the European Union and the Member States. Unfortunately, if we look at the figures, we find that we are taking a step back, because if we see the causes of fraud in 2021, compared to 2020, they are the same. Although we have added an institution with …

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2023

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Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2021 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, esteemed EIB team, dear colleagues, we all know that banks in general are very important for the economic development and social life of people, but now we are talking about the EIB. And yes, the European Investment Bank has also been through the problems of the pandemic and the crisis, and we all know that we have all faced this crisis. As a member of the CONT Commi…

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

Madam President, Commissioner, of course, it is good that we are looking at how to increase industrial competitiveness. First of all, we must have a European industry. Let's not forget that we depend on imports. There is almost no industrial product to which we do not need imports to supplement. Therefore, I believe that in order to start capacities that complete the value chain for each product w…

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

Madam President, Mr President of the Council, Commissioner, I must say that I liked the conclusions, they are correct, they are good. It is important how we apply them, because I remind you that we have a two-year reindustrialisation strategy and nothing has happened. Now we have an industrialization plan, I hope it's in the sense of that strategy, but I would add three things that, frankly, I'm s…

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

Madam President, Prime Minister, ladies and gentlemen, I too wish to express my hope that the Swedish Presidency will bring good results. Prime Minister, you said you wanted a more ethical, greener, safer Europe. I haven't heard the word fair, more social, more just. Because, look, yesterday we paid tribute to 30 years since the establishment of the internal market and we still do not have a singl…

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2023

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr President, Commissioner, it is almost a year since the war between Ukraine and Russia led to the loss of lives. And there perish not only Ukrainians and minorities. My country has helped, received millions of Ukrainians and helped Ukraine. What is the reward? President Zelenskyy promulgates a law, although he was warned, and I made these steps, not to promulgate the law prohibiting minorities, …

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2023

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30th Anniversary of the Single Market (debate)

Mr President, Minister, Commissioner, colleagues, the internal market - everyone has said here - is the heart of the European Union, it is the platform. You called it in every way. Yeah, it's like a house: base, foundation. But it's not just the foundation that matters. It is important how we build. That's why I think it's good to think about 30 years now: how to modernise the internal market, how…

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2022

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Major interpellations (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that everyone knows that the security of critical infrastructure has shared competence and responsibility. Obviously, the Member States have the obligation to take all measures to secure themselves, but also the Commission, because we cannot, it has been said here, cross-border, companies cannot defend themselves. That is why I believe…

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2022

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Defending the European Union against the abuse of national vetoes (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, if it has yet to be demonstrated that the right of veto is anachronistic, we are thinking of the vote on 8 December, when Austria misused that right of veto. Abusively because it had no legal argument present in the Schengen Regulation and, behold, it keeps almost 40 million people out of the Treaty right of free movement of citizens within the Eur…

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

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, today's topic: the energy crisis and its effects, war, security, transatlantic relations, all have effects on the citizen. But I admit that I am surprised that this issue, which has been dragging on for 11 years, does not appear on the agenda of the Council on 15 December, namely the discussion about the absolutely aberrant and non-legally cover…

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2022

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The recent JHA Council decision on Schengen accession (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, what I have been listening to today, I have been listening to for 11 years. Thank you, Commissioner and Minister, for supporting us. The problem is the result. It was not Romania and Bulgaria that were defied by Austria's vote, but the European institutions, because today you said that we meet all the conditions. Commissioner, the College of Commissioners also…

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2022

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Question Time (Commission) - “Protection of strategic infrastructure from China's influence”

Commissioner, I wanted to ask: do not think that investments from China or from another third country, if they meet environmental, social, quality standards, we could accept them, because we still have a global economy and those investments might go, look, to America or elsewhere and we become, to be in a competition, to say, unequal. Do you not think that if we imposed in product quality standard…

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2022

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Question Time (Commission) - “Protection of strategic infrastructure from China's influence”

Mr President, thank you, Commissioner, for the answers you have given so far. Of course, you said there are 11 strategic sectors. Obviously you don't answer everything, but my question was related to what you said: that there must be a risk assessment. Now, when we speak for the 11 sectors, do you know if there is an impact assessment? Is Europe ready to protect all its strategic infrastructure wi…

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

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I do not think that anyone disputes the need, the need to have this Renewable Energy Directive, the energy efficiency of buildings, but, especially in the context of the global energy crisis, we need a balanced energy system. Every country has a different energy mix and we have to think about how to get the bills to the citizens. That's what int…

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2022

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Towards equal rights for persons with disabilities (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I am also nervous now because I am talking about our colleague, we are talking about people with disabilities. We have studies, we have research done, what impact there is in society on these people, the UN Convention. But in practice, in every country, the first problem for these people is accessibility, and we have seen that even in the Europe…

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Establishing the Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, I am pleased that we are debating this subject and this issue, digitalisation. Of course, we know that the proverb exists in all situations: “the road to hell is paved with good intentions”. It is very important and I am glad that you spoke, Commissioner, that not only investments in technology are enough, but we also need to increase skills, because now, when we spe…

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The need for a European solution on asylum and migration including search and rescue (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Commissioner, we have been debating this issue of a single solution in the European Union on the issue of migration for seven years. I'm skeptical and have reason to be. We have talked here about a united Europe, solidarity, humanity, rights, but we have a service blocker that is the Council. And I'm setting an example to be well understood. If my 11-year-old country is…

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Question Time (Commission) - Future legislative reform of the Economic Governance Framework in times of social and economic crisis

Mr President, Commissioners, of course, when we make a legislative change, we also think about the impact. It is very good that you also explained to the answers you gave, that you wanted to leave a greater ease for the fiscal space, depending on the degree of indebtedness of each state. My question is: Did you think that at the same time we have to implement a new strategy for the reindustrialisa…

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Gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges (debate)

Dear colleague, after what you have presented to us, I think you have not read at all the document that we are debating now or you do not understand anything. You say that 40% would be the percentage, that it would be discrimination for the population, which is over 50%. Where is the discrimination? That's a problem. Second, how do you see the problem of women having competence on boards of direct…

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Gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges (debate)

It is inexplicable to me what you are saying here and I ask you: Have you ever read an anthropological study? Do you know what native qualities women have? Credeți că dacă se pune această cotă, nu se mai ține cont de criteriile de calitate, de competență? Or what were you thinking? Mathematically, there are 60% of university graduates, it is clear that there can be only 8% on the boards of directo…

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Resilience of critical entities (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we often speak very technically and perhaps less intelligible to citizens. In fact, what does the resilience of critical entities mean? It means that we are now thinking, through this directive, to increase the resilience of some sectors that ultimately have to do with their quality of life, their lives. Energy, health, food, space... 11 areas, as …