What Jytte spoke about.

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Oct

2021

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Climate, Energy and Environmental State aid guidelines (“CEEAG”) (debate)

(without microphone) to stop the climate crisis, the Paris Agreement. The climate issue has gone from being almost obscure to becoming a central part of EU policy through the Green Deal. Most recently, we received a climate law that significantly raises the EU's climate ambitions. At the same time, many policy areas have not kept up with these developments. State aid is one such important area whe…

18

Oct

2021

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Farm to Fork Strategy (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. Agriculture accounts for as much as one tenth of the EU's greenhouse gas emissions. Although one third of the EU budget is spent on agriculture, often with a climate bias, emissions are not reduced. A report by the European Court of Auditors notes that these climate efforts have had no climate impact for a whole decade. Terribly alarming. This is not good enou…

7

Oct

2021

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Human rights situation in Myanmar, including the situation of religious and ethnic groups

Mr President, thank you very much. Myanmar's military launched a coup d'état in February. Democratically elected representatives were arrested and a state of emergency was imposed. A well-known human rights organisation has analyzed more than 50 films showing the systematic use of lethal force in Myanmar. The military uses weapons normally used in combat and targets them at people, civilians, in t…

5

Oct

2021

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The Arctic: opportunities, concerns and security challenges (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. In recent decades, the Arctic has been characterised by peace and constructive international cooperation. But the melting ice in the Arctic, with rising sea levels, is a huge wake-up call for us. Copernicus satellites show that between 1994 and 2017, 11 trillion tonnes of ice disappeared in the Arctic. Severe sea level rise is a threat to millions of people li…

5

Oct

2021

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EU Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority: ensuring a coordinated EU approach for future health crises and the role of the European Parliament in this (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. Madam Commissioner Kyriakides! The new Emergency Preparedness Unit, HERA, is an important step towards a common Health Union, and the European Commission is taking a step in the right direction. The forerunner, the Hero Incubator, has played an incredibly important role in ensuring the coordination of policy, research, industry in the fight against variants of…

5

Oct

2021

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The future of EU-US relations (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. The EU and the US have been ahead of the rest of the world with the goal of climate neutrality by 2050. President Biden has rejoined the United States in the Paris Agreement. Together, the EU and the US make up one fifth of emissions and one third of the world economy. We have a historic responsibility for emissions, and together we can and must make a difference…

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Sep

2021

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EU transparency in the development, purchase and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, thank you very much. In country after country, restrictions are now easing. Smittotal in the EU is declining instead of increasing at this time, as last year. It is clear that the rapid vaccination within the EU has made a difference and that we are now moving towards brighter times. However, the pandemic is not over. New waves and mutations are lur…

14

Sep

2021

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Direction of EU-Russia political relations (continuation of debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. Climate change is our single biggest security threat. Decarbonisation will change the geopolitical dynamics of the world – be sure! It is in Russia's own interest not to fall behind in the climate transition. Therefore, the EU, together with the US, needs to step up efforts ahead of COP 26 to foster dialogue and engagement with Russia, in order to jointly tack…

14

Sep

2021

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Natural disasters during the summer 2021 - Impacts of natural disasters in Europe due to climate change (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. I would like to start by sending a thought to all of you who have been affected by this summer’s severe forest fires, heatwaves and floods, to all the hundreds who have lost their lives – I am thinking of your relatives. I also think of all of you who have lost home, forest or perhaps a beloved pet. All the way up to Sweden, global heating has shown its power thi…

14

Sep

2021

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Presentation of the Fit for 55 package after the publication of the IPCC report (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Even for those of us who follow climate change on a daily basis, this summer's IPCC report was a real horror read. Ice melting is faster and faster. By 2050, we can expect at least one ice-free summer at the North Pole. Sea level is rising faster. In the worst case scenario, we could get up to two meters of sea rise by the end of the century. We expect increasing…

13

Sep

2021

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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - Serious cross-border threats to health (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Hopefully we are now heading towards brighter times with less strained intensive care and eased restrictions. However, it is now that we must learn the lessons from the pandemic. Not only is there a risk of a fourth wave or new mutations of the virus around the corner, but it is also about our way of life, unbalanced with nature, which increases the risk of futur…

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Jul

2021

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Plans and actions to accelerate a transition to innovation without the use of animals in research, regulatory testing and education (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. The Directive on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes states that it is an important step towards achieving the ultimate objective of replacing all procedures on live animals for scientific purposes and that it is desirable to replace the use of live animals in procedures by other methods which do not require the use of live animals. The aim of …

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Jul

2021

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The case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran

Madam President, thank you very much. I demand that Iran's new President Ebrahim Raisi immediately and personally commit to withdrawing the threat of an execution of the Swedish citizen and academic Ahmadreza Djalali. He must be released immediately and unconditionally so that he can return to his family in Sweden. Iran must immediately guarantee that Djalali receives adequate care, that he has ac…

7

Jul

2021

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Establishment of Antarctic Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and the conservation of Southern Ocean biodiversity (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. In the spring, on horrific satellite images, we could see an ice block larger than Gotland breaking away from Antarctica. Global warming is accelerating at the poles. In just 30 years, Antarctica warmed up by 1.8 degrees. Antarctica is the last uninhabited continent and has an extremely diverse biodiversity and a variety of red-listed species. In the Antarctic…

7

Jul

2021

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General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030 (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. The EU as a region is a world leader in policies to protect our nature and our environment. It is an important tradition that since the 1970s we have had environmental action programmes as guiding years for environmental policy. For the eighth time, we will now adopt such a program and it will guide us right. It should paint visions and follow up that all parties…

7

Jul

2021

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European Medicines Agency (continuation of debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. The pandemic is far from over. We still have a lot of work to do to vaccinate the whole world, but we also need to start working in parallel against pandemics, against future health risks. Neither the EU nor the Member States were prepared for the crisis we are going through. It's really no understatement to say that. Today we are taking an important step towa…

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Jul

2021

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State of play of the implementation of the EU Digital COVID Certificate regulations (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. The EU Digital COVID Certificate has already played an important role in enabling more people to meet their loved ones after a difficult time of pandemic. It is now time for Member States to integrate testing into the COVID certificate, and it is also time to ease the restrictions now that it can be made infectious. It is also time for the Commission to ensure th…