What Bronis spoke about.

23 Mar

2022

LT Speech

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)

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Mr President, dear colleagues, in fact, we all probably understand that Ukraine needs peace today. This is what is needed most. But the war also affected other areas. And, in fact, if there is a shortage of food in Ukraine, there will be a shortage of food in the world too, so we have to make every effort, we have to hear what Ukraine is saying to help them sow as much as possible. This is the tim…

23 Mar

2022

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Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on 10 March 2022 - Preparation of the European Council meeting 24-25 March 2022 (debate)

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Mr President, colleagues, it has been a month of this war, this horror. Have we done enough to bring peace? I think not. We must not only listen, but also hear Ukraine, what it needs and how much we can help it. I think it is time to decide on candidate status. I also believe that we must increase sanctions against Russia. It is already clear to everyone that we must abandon Russian fossil fuels a…

9 Mar

2022

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Debate with the Prime Minister of Estonia, Kaja Kallas - The EU's role in a changing world and the security situation of Europe following the Russian aggression and invasion of Ukraine (debate)

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Mr President, Mr Prime Minister, colleagues. When Putin started this war, I hope that we all learned to listen more carefully to the warnings, because the Baltic countries have been talking about the Kremlin's plans for a long time. Secondly, we are still learning, but we are starting to respond more quickly to challenges. This is also reflected in the speed with which sanctions are adopted. Third…

8 Mar

2022

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Rising energy prices and market manipulation on the gas market (debate)

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Mr President, resources have become a political tool. In order to prevent manipulation, we need to direct investment as quickly as possible towards ensuring the independence of the European Union. Let us really speed up the reduction of the use of fossil fuels, uranium, coal. More importantly, we need to make a principled decision not to support Russia’s war with our money. We will stop importing …

17 Feb

2022

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The surge in commodity and input prices in the agricultural sector (G-001004/2021 - B9-0005/2022)

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Mr President, honourable Commissioner, colleagues, this is indeed a matter of particular importance, because, as we know, we need food every day and not once. And we all know that the situation in this area has been difficult and that it is getting worse now. It is just that the new period has received almost 10% less funding than the previous period, as well as about €10 billion for research, the…

16 Feb

2022

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EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine (debate)

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Thank you, Mr President. Mr President, dear colleagues. The Kremlin continues to escalate military conflicts, carry out politically motivated killings, destroy democratic remnants in its country, end up exerting pressure through gas price manipulation, and generate huge export profits in the shadow of sanctions. Putin wants to decide what future sovereign countries should choose. I would like to a…

15 Feb

2022

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Strengthening Europe in the fight against cancer(debate)

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Thank you, Mr President. Mr President, Commissioner, colleagues. Cancer does not have to be a death sentence. We have set this objective in this special committee, and I am pleased that both the chair of the committee supported it and the rapporteur has tried to ensure that the proposal, which improves the Commission's proposal, actually addresses this issue. This is the question of today, not tom…

15 Dec

2021

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 16-17 December 2021 - The EU's response to the global resurgence of Covid-19 and the new emerging Covid variants (debate)

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Mr President, dear colleagues, the pandemic has been going on for two years and will certainly not end soon. Today we need a clearer, simpler and more uniform order. Different rules in the countries of the European Union cause confusion, dissatisfaction and cost a lot of time. Different forms, different sworn declarations, different colours of countries – is this the best we can create today? I in…

14 Dec

2021

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Situation at the Ukrainian border and in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine (debate)

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Mr President, honourable Commissioner, colleagues, Putin is calling on the world's most powerful countries to share their zones of influence. He initiates a new Molotov-Ribbentrop pact and says Ukraine belongs to him. This is not an unexpected manoeuvre. This was gradually followed up. The Kremlin's propaganda during the referendum in the Netherlands sought to close the way for Ukraine to move clo…

24 Nov

2021

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State of the Energy Union (debate)

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Mr President, honourable Commissioner, honourable colleagues, the European Union's dependence on energy imports is as high as 61%, according to the Commission. This is the highest level in the last 30 years! This is particularly shocking given that Germany is ready to legitimise the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and tie Europe even more to Russian gas. Honourable Commissioner, how many billions of dollar…

23 Nov

2021

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Situation in Belarus and at its border with the EU and the security and humanitarian consequences (debate)

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Dear President, Minister, Commissioner, dear colleagues, today we are testing whether we will be able to remain united, uphold our values and be able to overcome crises. We must resist attacks at our borders by all means and take effective sanctions against those who use migrants, and more precisely tourists in this case, to pursue political aims, including financial sanctions, and to reimburse th…

23 Nov

2021

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Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other regulations (debate)

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Mr President, honourable Commissioner, colleagues, it would indeed be better to praise and thank how much we have all worked and what a good document we have done. But, unfortunately, I want to say that the new CAP does not address social inequalities, nor does it respond to environmental objectives, nor does it contribute to cutting red tape. For at least five years, we will divide farmers into e…

10 Nov

2021

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The escalating humanitarian crisis on the EU-Belarusian border, in particular in Poland (debate)

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Mr President, honourable High Representative of the EU, colleagues, we must recognise that our actions at the borders of Poland, Latvia and Lithuania are failing. Migration has not started today, but so far no measures have been found that would substantially address the problem. I do not understand why we are fighting fires at the border of the European Union and we are doing so little that those…

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)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, this crisis is a test for the wisdom of our governments. It is possible to artificially lower the price of energy for everyone, but this means that we will not only support the poor, but also the rich with taxpayers' money. And it does not matter whether the energy is produced from polluting fossil fuels or clean green fuels. Residents and businesses are now bei…