What Maria spoke about.

15 Feb

2023

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

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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…

14 Feb

2023

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Response to the situation in Tunisia (debate)

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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.…

14 Feb

2023

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Establishment of an independent EU Ethics Body (debate)

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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…

14 Feb

2023

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CO2 emission standards for cars and vans (debate)

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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: …

13 Feb

2023

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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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…

13 Feb

2023

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

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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…

13 Feb

2023

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REPowerEU chapters in recovery and resilience plans (debate)

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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…

13 Feb

2023

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

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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…

2 Feb

2023

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Preparation of the EU-Ukraine Summit (debate)

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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, …

1 Feb

2023

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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)

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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…

19 Jan

2023

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Revision of the European Works Councils Directive (debate)

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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…

18 Jan

2023

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

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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 …

18 Jan

2023

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

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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…

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, 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…

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, 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…

17 Jan

2023

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

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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…

16 Jan

2023

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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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, …

16 Jan

2023

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30th Anniversary of the Single Market (debate)

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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…

15 Dec

2022

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Major interpellations (debate)

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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…

14 Dec

2022

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

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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…

14 Dec

2022

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

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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…

13 Dec

2022

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The recent JHA Council decision on Schengen accession (debate)

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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…

13 Dec

2022

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

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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…

13 Dec

2022

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

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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…

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, 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…