What Franc spoke about.

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Sep

2022

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New EU Forest Strategy for 2030 – Sustainable Forest Management in Europe (debate)

– Dear rapporteur, thank you for the balanced proposal for a strategy on forests, which is a very important strategy, as we have already heard. I come from Slovenia, which is the third most forested country after Finland and Sweden, where forests have been sustainably managed for centuries. We have 80% of the forests owned by individuals - farmers. They are the ones who have managed these forests …

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Jul

2022

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Recent heat wave and drought in the EU (debate)

Mr President-in-Office! As we can see, frequent heat strikes, droughts are becoming more frequent, especially in the southern part of Europe, which also includes my country, Slovenia, in this southeast, and agriculture and forestry are certainly the biggest victims of this phenomenon. I therefore agree with my colleagues who stress how important it is, on the one hand, to strengthen civil protecti…

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Jul

2022

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Objection pursuant to Rule 111(3): Amending the Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act and the Taxonomy Disclosures Delegated Act (debate)

Dear Commissioner, I would like to express my sincere thanks for the fact that you have prepared a delegated document which, in the first phase, identifies green technologies, technologies that enable the production of low-carbon electricity, as well as technologies that enable the transition to a low-carbon society. Why will I support the document? Because, for the first time, I/we are responsibl…

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Jul

2022

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Objection pursuant to Rule 111(3): Amending the Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act and the Taxonomy Disclosures Delegated Act (debate)

Mr Mayer, one simple question. I'm from Krško. I was mayor for 13 years. The nuclear power plant in Krško is Westinghouse's technology. This is American technology. And it is not correct that, as has been the case many times, you are misleading the public about a Russian technology in Krško. This plant was ranked among the best nuclear power plants in Europe in the stress tests. And it is also amo…

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Jul

2022

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Adoption by Croatia of the euro on 1 January 2023 (debate)

Mr. President! Allow me to begin by congratulating the people of neighbouring Croatia, its government on the successful implementation of all the reforms that led to Croatia fulfilling all the conditions for joining the euro area and, on the other hand, on the willingness of the people to join the euro area framework. I come from Slovenia, where, after we joined the European Union in 2004, we deci…

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Jun

2022

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Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States (Effort Sharing Regulation) - Land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) - CO2 emission standards for cars and vans (joint debate – Fit for 55 (part 2))

Mr President, honourable, with the Fit for 55 legislative package, we are responding, on the one hand, to climate change and codifying the commitments made in the Climate Law and also in the Paris Agreement. We intervene in many areas that will affect our lives; on the one hand, efficient energy use, renewable energy sources, and on the other hand, reducing emissions from transport, buildings and …

6

Jun

2022

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EU islands and cohesion policy (debate)

Dear rapporteur, Mr Omarjee, Commissioner, Mr President. 20 million Europeans live on 2400 islands in 13 countries and many of these islands face demographic problems as young people leave the islands. Natural obstacles such as remoteness, mountainousness, as well as numerous natural disasters such as fires and, last but not least, a tour of the island of La Palma, where the volcano caused a real …

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May

2022

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Election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (debate)

I support some elements of this amendment to this legislation in the part where we are talking about younger people who have access to elections. I also support facilitating access for people with disabilities. In any case, I am very reserved and I am opposed to transnational lists. We are all elected in the states. We have our own constituencies, we address the voters, and then we answer to those…

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Apr

2022

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022: including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation (debate)

Madam President, thank you for the floor. The Russian aggression and barbaric killing of people proves that the world we thought we were living is collapsing before our eyes, a world where dignity, human life, is respected. Putin did not take over Ukraine in two days. Apparently, he won't take it in two months, and we can probably prepare for a two-year long war, as military experts predict. Putin…

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Mar

2022

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Need for an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the EU in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (debate)

–Ukrainian disaster. Russia's aggression on 27 February shattered the European dream that our security will be taken care of in NATO and in the United States, that we will have energy security guaranteed in Russia, and also in food security, which is better taken care of than the first two, we see how dependent we are on the market of Ukraine and also Russia. Even before this war, we saw major inc…

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Mar

2022

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Implementation of the 2021-2027 cohesion policy (debate)

Honourable Commissioner, Honourable Chair, Colleagues! The 8th Cohesion Report has made it very clear that cohesion policy is a success and we urgently need cohesion policy in the future, because there are still large disparities between regions. And this basic principle of solidarity, which cohesion policy is, must continue to work actively and with sufficient resources in the future. The Covid c…

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Oct

2021

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The outcome of the Western Balkans summit (continuation of debate)

Mr President. Dear Commissioner Mairead McGuinness, esteemed Minister Anže Logar. I am pleased that today we are discussing the conclusions of the summit on the Western Balkans, which took place in Brdo. We have the order Thessaloniki 2003, most recently Sofia 2018, Zagreb 2020, Brdo 2021. That is, we have been talking about this for almost 20 years, and as we see, the biggest initiative, the init…