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RO Written Statement

Annual Report on the functioning of the Schengen area (debate)

The Schengen Agreement aims to strengthen a European area to face continuous challenges and combat security threats. Schengen membership involves cross-border participation to eliminate organised crime or terrorism. In a COVID-19 pandemic world, the Member States of the European Union and the Schengen area have introduced internal border controls as a unilateral response to new challenges. It is t…

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2026

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An updated regulatory framework for wool (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen colleagues, I thank everyone for participating in this debate on a very important topic, which is troubling public agricultural space at European level. Dear colleagues, 20 years ago, a farmer in Romania could buy a house with money obtained from the sale of wool from 600 sheep. Today, the same farmer is forced to take money out of his pocket only t…

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2026

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr. President, dear colleagues, in a moment of - I could say - profound political immaturity, Mr. Grindeanu thought to bring down the government led by Ilie Bolojan, together with his partners, from the AUR. Today, he weeps in tears for the stability of Romania. Moreover, they try to throw this responsibility on the PNL side, forgetting that, in authentic democracies, those who overthrow one gover…

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2026

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Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and Finland (debate)

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May

2026

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Europe's response to reduced US military deployments in Europe, particularly at its Eastern flank in the light of the latest US decisions (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, for decades, the partnership between the US and Europe has been the backbone of the free world. Generations have grown up without fear of war because they know that beyond the ocean there is an ally who does not abandon freedom when it is threatened. Today, however, the world is changing. Deploying American troops from the eastern flank is not just a problem …

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May

2026

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Presentation of the Fertilisers Action Plan (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, we sincerely appreciate your efforts in this direction, but Europe cannot afford to automatically turn every geopolitical crisis into a crisis for farmers. In April 2026, overall nitrogen fertiliser prices were 40% above the December 2025 level, and for farmers this is not a paper-based statistic. It is the difference between sowing or giving up, fertilizing correctl…

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2026

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, diesel fuel at EUR 2.5 per litre is no longer just a figure. It is a wake-up call for all European agriculture. Farmers no longer wonder how much profit they will have at the end of the year. They wonder if they will be able to afford to work the land next year. The crisis in the Middle East, which at first seemed limited, is already starting to produce strong e…

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2026

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How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by animal diseases? (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the reality is that between 2014 and 2024, livestock numbers in the European Union decreased by around 12%. Animal diseases, whether avian influenza outbreaks, bluetongue or other poorly managed veterinary crises, hit farms, reduce production, increase costs and put huge pressure on farmers. In many cases we have standardised measures, such as quarantine for Afr…

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2026

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, over the last ten months, the Government led by Ilie Bolojan has provided Romania with exactly what it needed – stability. It has reduced the budget deficit, prevented billions of euros from being lost from European funds and initiated key reforms. However, PSD, a party in the ruling coalition, chose to abandon this responsibility, as they promised in Brussel…

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2026

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Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing (debate)

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Mar

2026

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Feb

2026

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Cooperation among enforcement authorities regarding unfair trading practices in the agri-food supply chain (debate)

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Feb

2026

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Cooperation among enforcement authorities regarding unfair trading practices in the agri-food supply chain (debate)

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Feb

2026

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Cooperation among enforcement authorities regarding unfair trading practices in the agri-food supply chain (debate)

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Feb

2026

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Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy (debate)

Madam Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen, poverty in Europe is increasingly hunger. In 2024, 9% of the European Union population could not afford a meal containing meat or fish every two days. In some Member States, this is above the 30% threshold. These figures show us a painful truth: the problem of access to food no longer belongs to others, to distant or developing countries. This is a reali…

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2026

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Presentation of the action plan against cyberbullying (debate)

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Feb

2026

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Dec

2025

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Breeders' protests following a lumpy-skin-disease outbreak in France: implications of the EU approach on sanitary and on animal health (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, three thousand slaughtered animals, six million euros in compensation. These are not figures from a statistic, but the cruel reality in which French and European farmers live following the outbreak of lumpy skin disease in cattle. The new outbreak on the border with Spain is not just a local problem, an isolated crisis and no health accident. It…

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Dec

2025

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Amending certain CAP Regulations as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports, data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments annual performance clearance and controls and penalties (debate)

Mr Sieper, both large farmers and small farmers are equally concerned about respecting environmental standards and, at the same time, it is precisely the European Commission that has come and is today proposing, proposing and I am convinced that it will propose further, that even the large farmers you are talking about should be incentivised in terms of complying with these environmental standards…

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Dec

2025

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Amending certain CAP Regulations as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports, data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments annual performance clearance and controls and penalties (debate)

Mr. Sieper, thank you very much for this question. I want to tell you one thing: Today, farmers are the biggest and most important guardians of environmental protection. I guarantee you that every farmer is aware of what good collaboration and good respect for environmental rights mean, because it is the environment, after all, that gives the farmer sustainability. But at the same time, we must be…

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2025

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Amending certain CAP Regulations as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports, data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments annual performance clearance and controls and penalties (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner Hansen, we appreciate this proposal from the European Commission and I congratulate the rapporteur Rodrigues, as well as the shadow rapporteur of the EPP, Dan Motreanu, and all the others involved in this file. Colleagues, we must recognise that today the common agricultural policy has become too complicated, too bureaucratic and too disconnected from the reality of E…

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Oct

2025

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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections (debate)

Mr President, I, too, congratulate the rapporteurs on their work, but, dear colleagues, today we are trying to respond to historic challenges with a budget created for a world that no longer exists. It was designed for a stable, predictable Europe and not for a Europe facing simultaneously a war on the continent, a recent pandemic, record inflation, explosive energy prices. That is why the 2026 al…

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Oct

2025

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Common agricultural policy (joint debate)

Mr President, Mr Hansen, thank you for the proposal. We also thank colleagues Rodrigues and Imart for their work, but, dear colleagues, today we are talking about simplifying a policy that, unfortunately, we have complicated ourselves. We can analyse why we have come here, to the point where farmers have had to cry out their helplessness in the street, but it is not the time to look for the culpri…

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Sep

2025

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China’s unjustified decision to impose duties on imports of pork products from the EU and the need to support European farmers and workers (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, European farmers are once again being put in difficulty in trade disputes. China imposes anti-dumping tariffs of up to 62% on European pork, which is a response to Europe's legitimate pressures in the automotive sector. But those who pay the price are our farmers, family farms, processors and rural communities. European farmers thus become a bargaining chip in a…

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Sep

2025

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Cohesion policy (joint debate)

Madam President, Commissioner Fitto, cohesion policy is the heart of European solidarity. It must remain the tool to bridge gaps and support lagging regions. That is precisely why, Commissioner, I would like you to convey our very strong message within the College of Commissioners. We need a strong cohesion policy. We need an independent cohesion policy and we need an adequately funded cohesion po…