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6

Oct

2021

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European solutions to the rise of energy prices for businesses and consumers: the role of energy efficiency and renewable energy and the need to tackle energy poverty (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, we are in a real energy crisis on the brink of winter. You cannot take measures to close, as happened in my country, the Hunedoara Energy Complex without having alternative measures. Utilities are not a luxury for citizens, they are natural necessities, we learned this from Maslow. We cannot have millions of citizens who, now, in my country and in other states, canno…

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Sep

2021

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Government crackdown on protests and citizens in Cuba

Commissioner, Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, let me first express my sympathy to the victims in Cuba and say that yes, solidarity must not be within the national borders of a state or of the European Union, solidarity must not have a political colour. But we need to look at what we, the European Union, could do about what is happening in Latin America, in Cuba - here is this resolution, co…

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Jul

2021

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Sustained price increase of raw and construction materials in Europe (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, as Vice-President of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, I am very pleased that today we are debating an extremely important subject, namely building materials, the lack of building materials, and I congratulate the Commission, and I congratulate you, Commissioner, on the fact that you mentioned in your speech that we have…

6

Jul

2021

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The creation of guidelines for the application of the general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, protecting the budget of the European Union is an essential obligation of all European and national institutions. After all, the European Union budget means citizens' money and that is why it must be protected, but let us not forget that the European Commission has the lever, Commissioner, and that is why I believe that the Commission must monitor breaches of th…

5

Jul

2021

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Financial activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2020 - Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2019 (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, today we are analysing a very important report. The European Investment Bank, as we know, is of particular importance in financing, especially now, after the pandemic crisis. However, I must express my dissatisfaction and I am surprised that the President of the EIB, in his speech, has shown that he is satisfied with how much he has financed SMEs, …