What Tiemo spoke about.

3 Oct

2022

DE Speech

Momentum for the Ocean: strengthening Ocean Governance and Biodiversity (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, This resolution, on which we are voting, is of central importance. All life comes from the water, and yet we still protect our seas far too little. We have too few protected areas. Biological diversity, the diversity of the seas, it is not properly protected. It hasn't even been properly researched. That is why, especially as a European Union, we must play an…

13 Sep

2022

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Renewable Energy Directive (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. We are in an energy crisis. But we can't get out of this energy crisis with nuclear power. We cannot get out of this energy crisis with an infinite amount of LNG. We are freeing ourselves from this energy crisis with renewable energies. This is the future. But renewable is not immediately renewable. A very big problem is the burning of our forests, and this unde…

13 Sep

2022

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Consequences of drought, fire, and other extreme weather phenomena: increasing EU's efforts to fight climate change (debate)

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Mr President! The drought we are experiencing in Europe is the worst in 500 years. It has a serious impact on life, on the economy, on people, on nature. We must therefore speed up our efforts to combat the climate crisis that caused this drought – indeed, it is man-made – seriously. Our commitment to emit at least 55% less greenhouse gases by 2030 is not an empty promise, it guarantees life in th…

7 Jul

2022

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Better regulation: joining forces to make better laws (continuation of debate)

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Madam President, I am glad that so many colleagues are interested in our report on better law—making and following this debate. Thank you very much for that. I know that we need to be quick so that everyone can catch the train back home I want to thank Mr Šefčovič for the presentation and for his promises to work hard together with the European Parliament to enhance the legislation process. It’s v…

7 Jul

2022

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Better regulation: joining forces to make better laws (debate)

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Mr President, better lawmaking should be a common goal for all EU lawmakers. It is the core of our work. We owe it to the European citizens to make sure that European legislation is ambitious, fit for the purpose, proportionate, clear, transparent and comprehensive. This can, however, only be achieved by increasing transparency, accountability, cooperation between the institutions – unfortunately,…

4 Jul

2022

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Digital Services Act - Digital Markets Act (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen! When I wrote my own-initiative report, it was very important to me to ensure that there was no more personalised advertising on internet platforms in the European Union. A large majority here in the House have followed this request and have asked the Commission to put an end to spying advertising. Unfortunately, this did not happen. It will also b…

7 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))

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Mr President, Commissioner, dear representative of the Council! I would like to start with an aspect that is a bit underexposed here, I think, in the discussion: This is the Climate Protection Ordinance. It is good and important that we raise the level of ambition in this area. The Climate Change Regulation applies to all Member States individually, and this Regulation is indeed the only instrumen…

7 Jun

2022

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Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System - Social Climate Fund - Carbon border adjustment mechanism - Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System for aviation - Notification under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) (joint debate – Fit for 55 (part 1))

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Madam President, Commissioner Timmermans! Today we are talking about the Fit for 55 package and all its elements are important; and this debate does not do equal justice to every element. Let me mention a large group of people that we have not talked about today, who are of absolute importance in achieving the climate goals: These are the workers who ensure that carbon-free products are produced, …

3 May

2022

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Threats to the safety of journalists and media freedom, on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day (debate)

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Madam President, Madam Commissioner! Max Levin, Oksana Paulina and Brent Reno: All three have fallen victim to Putin's brutal war of aggression. They were murdered and killed for their work as journalists. They risked their lives to provide us with information and truth. The free press is the mortal enemy of authoritarian dictators like Putin. Their goal is to shake the belief in the truth that th…

4 Apr

2022

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Sixth Assessment Report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner! Dear Frans! The third sub-report of the Sixth Assessment Report makes one thing very clear: The climate crisis does not wait for us to act, it continues if we do not act. First of all, I would like to begin by thanking all the scientists who, each time around the world, are increasing our knowledge of climate change with these reports, and who are also not being diss…

15 Feb

2022

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Strengthening Europe in the fight against cancer(debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner Kyriakides! Dear Véronique, congratulations on this report! Together with the shadow rapporteurs, you really presented something great here. The European Parliament makes it clear that we need four things in the fight against cancer: We need good prevention, we need good detection of cancers, we need good treatment for people who have cancer, and we need to accompany …

19 Jan

2022

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Digital Services Act (continuation of debate)

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Dear Mr President, dear Commissioners, dear Christel! The Digital Services Act is indeed a way to write a new Digital Basic Law for Europe. We want to step up the fight against illegal content, we want to protect Internet users, and above all we want to overcome national loneliness. We will take more responsibility for platforms like Google, Facebook and Amazon. Above all, we will also ensure that…

14 Dec

2021

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Digital Markets Act (debate)

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Madam President, dear Mr Andreas Schwab, Commissioners! This is, of course, a milestone in the regulation of the big tech companies. That is why I could spend my speaking time enumerating how historic this decision is and what improvements we have made in Parliament. However, I would like to focus on one aspect that is particularly close to my heart, and that is interoperability. This sounds techn…

13 Dec

2021

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Health technology assessment (debate)

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Madam President, Thanks again today. And thank God – I had just felt a little uncomfortable – there were so many doctors in the room. All is well – thank you to the colleagues. I would like to thank you again for the cooperation. I think we've done something big here. And I would like to say thank you again to our teams, thank you to our secretariats for this cooperation. I said it: Over four year…

13 Dec

2021

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Health technology assessment (debate)

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Madam President Hautala, Commissioner Kyriakides, ladies and gentlemen! It's not quite Christmas yet, but today we can, I think, unwrap a little gift. After almost four years of negotiations, after eight EU presidencies, sixteen technical and three political trilogues, the time has come: The final conclusion of the Health Technology Assessment Regulation – in short: HTA – pending. As rapporteur, I…

10 Nov

2021

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Strengthening democracy, media freedom and pluralism in the EU (debate)

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Madam President, dear colleagues, thank you very much for this debate and I think the message from the European Parliament today is clear. We encourage the European Commission to come forward with an ambitious proposal. Commissioner, thank you so much for your words. I really just wanted to underline, in your recent rule of law report, you also covered strategic lawsuits against public participati…

10 Nov

2021

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Strengthening democracy, media freedom and pluralism in the EU (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner Jourová! A critical blog post, a harsh tweet, an open letter to the government, the publication of articles after intensive research. All this sounds like harmless activities, as they are carried out millions of times a day. However, all these simple actions can have dramatic consequences. More and more journalists, NGOs and activists are facing lawsuits simply because t…

20 Oct

2021

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An EU strategy to reduce methane emissions (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Methane emissions have indeed been neglected for far too long, and they are particularly dangerous in the short and medium term because they have a strong climate impact. It is therefore extremely important that we take effective action quickly. I therefore find it somewhat disappointing, frankly, that the Commission does not want to come up with legislative …

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)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, In September 2020, Ursula von der Leyen announced: “We will build a European BARDA – an agency for biomedical advanced research and development”. What we have now received is another service in the Commission's apparatus. This is disappointing not only from the point of view of Parliament, but also from the point of view of citizens. Why…

14 Sep

2021

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

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. Since the current report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we know how much greenhouse gas is still available to the world. We all know what we have in terms of greenhouse gas budgets, and we all know that we need new commitments to achieve climate neutrality. We all in this House are responsible for our actions – in front of ourselves, but also …