What Markus spoke about.

26 Feb

2024

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Transparency and targeting of political advertising (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen! To name Ross and Reiter is important for the reconstruction of the devastated culture of debate of recent years. There I am going completely d'accord with the previous speakers, although I am fundamentally of the opinion that the responsible citizen is in many cases himself able to come to the conclusion from whom a political message comes. It is much more diffi…

12 Dec

2023

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Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen! It would probably not have required any clairvoyant skills in the past to foresee that in today's world we are in a predicament when it comes to the supply of critical raw materials and materials. And instead, we find ourselves today and only doctrinate around the symptoms, as in the past. The symptoms, that is what we are seeing right now, but the real causes, …

20 Nov

2023

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Framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero technology products manufacturing ecosystem (Net Zero Industry Act) (debate)

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Madam President, Finally, finally, one might think, politics is doing its job: Reducing red tape, simplifying permitting procedures and speeding up market access. That's what our companies are thirsty for, especially in today's world. But far from it: Only the chosen come into these pleasures. This report creates measures for niche sectors, which should be a matter of course for all industrial and…

4 Oct

2023

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Energy Charter Treaty: next steps (debate)

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Madam President, and all the key words were just back in the game. Ladies and gentlemen, when the European Union, which is usually so fond of international organisations, leaves such an organisation or such a body, all alarm lamps should actually be tackled. For me, the exit from the Energy Charter Treaty now means the visible expression that we are also moving into a dead end internationally with…

12 Jul

2023

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Delivering on the Green Deal: risk of compromising the EU path to the green transition and its international commitments (debate)

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Madam President, Yes, Mr. Timmermans, you won't know, but I'm a human friend, and I like to give free voting tips. I think I saw your survey results today. We are currently standing at 22% in Germany, you are around six, for example. I'm happy to give you my tip. And we are now talking about what problems the Green Deal could have in its implementation now. Mr López has just fabulated that it woul…

12 Jul

2023

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State of the SME Union (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen! The outstanding importance of small and medium-sized enterprises has already come out excellently here today. In fact, if you read the agenda item on the situation of the European SME Union here on the agenda, you might think that we also want to do justice to this importance here. But in the preparation of this speech I have already stumbled upon the first litt…

15 Jun

2023

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The water crisis in Europe (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen! My very first congratulations today go to the Republic of France for the construction of six new nuclear power plants, which has been decided. And of course you will find yourself in good company, because we have at least 30 to 45 new nuclear power plants to be built in the EU. Now I do not belong to the climate cult, as we find it here on the left, but I fin…

14 Jun

2023

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Make Europe the place to invest (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Make Europe the place to invest! I had originally thought of this as a small humorous introduction this afternoon, especially when I look at the recent statements of our German Minister for Economic Affairs, Mr Habeck, regarding possible gas shortages, who said that before people froze, we would throttle or even shut down our industry. He referred to a Europe…

8 May

2023

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Methane emissions reduction in the energy sector (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen! The green NGO Clean Air Task Force, which weighs in at a good $11 million, seems to have co-written the basis for the compromise amendments to this report, despite denial on the part of the green rapporteur Paul. This is also supported by a meeting between the MEP and the lobby organisation in question, by corresponding reports by Politico and the magazine The E…

14 Mar

2023

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Resumption of the sitting

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Madam President, Yesterday we had a rather mixed sentiment about the Building Efficiency Directive and that is why I would have a request under Rule 59 of the Rules of Procedure. We have seen the chaos that is now spreading in the Council with regard to the abolition of the internal combustion engine. We already see the opposition of two Member States to the Building Efficiency Directive, and we a…

13 Mar

2023

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Energy performance of buildings (recast) (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, The proposal on the energy efficiency of buildings proves that there is no retreat from the ideas of Brussels' world changers. So now the home, the last refuge from the gender and climate craze, must believe in it. From 2028, the EU-wide obligation for the installation of photovoltaic systems in all new buildings, from 2032 in all houses. Public buildings sho…

21 Nov

2022

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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Madam President, The automotive supplier Schaeffler has cut 1,300 jobs due to the switch to electromobility. Borgers went bankrupt and is currently in bankruptcy. This list could be continued as desired, because according to a study by the consulting firm Horváth, three quarters of our suppliers suffer from the massive increase in energy, raw material and production costs. In Germany alone, the en…

15 Sep

2022

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Implementation of the Updated New Industrial Strategy for Europe: aligning spending to policy (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Exactly three years ago, I was in front of the factory gates of the Audi company in my home region of Ingolstadt and already pointed out at that time that the 200,000 jobs in the automotive sector in Germany were at stake, especially in the supplier sector. At that time it was not at all foreseeable that today, three years later, we could face the most seriou…

13 Sep

2022

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Renewable Energy Directive (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, It is sometimes shocking to see how the reality of life is being talked about here today, also in this report. We have had a 30% increase in electricity prices over the past decade, 50% more than last year. We now have advance payments that are 200 to 600% higher than last year in the energy sector. The problem of infl…

4 Jul

2022

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Digital Services Act - Digital Markets Act (debate)

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Mr President! Ladies and gentlemen, I can hardly understand this positive criticism. When I look at the text of the law, I often see the wet dream, the wet dream that has come true for so many fetishists of the sovereign state. We may not have succeeded in digitising public administration. The digitalization of block maintenance in the form of Trusted Flagrs However, we seem to be able to do so in…

22 Jun

2022

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Future of EU-Africa trade relations (debate)

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Madam President, Good evening, ladies and gentlemen! Well, based on target groups, the present proposal was also sold as a possible instrument against the increasing activity of our global competitors from Russia, Turkey and, of course, also from China, and we have just heard that, to the exclusion of any neo-colonial or even colonial hints. Well, the question is: Greta Thunberg and Carola Rackete…

19 May

2022

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The REPowerEU Plan: European solidarity and energy security in face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including the recent cuts of gas supply to Poland and Bulgaria (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen! If the last new building is paved with solar modules of Chinese production and the 10H regulation has finally fallen in Bavaria and elsewhere, then we may also notice here that all this is of no use to us. Ladies and gentlemen in the Commission, perhaps you will finally get down from your ivory tower. We do not need constant expansions of competence in your favo…

24 Mar

2022

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The Power of the EU – Joint European Action for more affordable, secure and sustainable energy (debate)

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Madam President, Mrs Paul, in your words: We need a strong solar industry in Europe. What that led to, we saw last time. It was a billion-dollar grave. It didn't work the way you imagined it. Ladies and gentlemen, it already takes a lot of audacity – many here in the room would say courage – to build ideological airlocks like the Green Deal here as a special sign of special foresight, to be caught…

23 Mar

2022

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Macro-financial assistance to the Republic of Moldova (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, There is no doubt that we must also provide assistance to those states that are providing unselfish humanitarian aid here. Nevertheless, I should also like to point out the signs we are sending out with macro-financial assistance. At the very least, this is also about giving the impression of future EU membership - and…

15 Feb

2022

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EU-Africa relations (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that we should also acknowledge – and it is a very multifaceted debate today – that we should also look at the fact that we are in global displacement competition, that our decisions here in the House, as well as in the Commission, are too often alien to the world and stand out. The fact that we are in a g…

14 Feb

2022

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A European strategy for offshore renewable energy (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Contrary to my many previous speakers here, I have serious concerns about the further expansion of offshore wind energy, not only with regard to fisheries and environmental protection, as has already been mentioned, but also with regard to the development of energy prices. The costs are also not competitive in offshore wind energy and must be supported by exp…

14 Dec

2021

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Implementation of the Kimberley Process Certification scheme (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen. The Kimberley process is certainly a process of success, as you can already see. We now have 85 states that are committed here and that want to help ensure that diamonds are free of blood in the future and that they are also mined under decent conditions. In this respect, of course, it is a process that we must monitor carefully, which the …

14 Dec

2021

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New orientations for the EU’s humanitarian action (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen. You may be surprised, but both my party and my group are in principle in favour of humanitarian aid as well as development aid as aid for self-help. We therefore differ more in the ‘how’ than in the ‘if’ in this specific question. Development aid can never be a vehicle for clientele policy. However, this report is also a drumbeat of the Zei…

13 Dec

2021

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Health technology assessment (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, In the opinion of the German Medical Association, the present proposal is particularly welcomed by one, namely industry. She says the proposal would increase the risk of external interference in the future. It is, of course, about lobbying, and this lobby, which is of course very, very active here in Brussels, is pl…

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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Madam President, Well, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, one could almost be surprised to find this item on the agenda here today. After all, the perpetrators of precisely these high electricity prices are also sitting here, among other things. So we're trying to cure a disease we've caused ourselves. Look, one or the other colleague has now speculated about it, we have found reasons abr…