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May

2025

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A unified EU response to unjustified US trade measures and global trade opportunities for the EU (debate)

Mr President, Minister, Commissioner, colleagues, we find ourselves at a historic crossroads, not just in terms of economic policy, but also in the broader context of global geopolitics. Trade tension, of course, is nothing new. But today, in an era of deep globalisation and tightly interlinked supply chains, the consequences are more far-reaching than ever. We have seen this clearly in the past m…

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Mar

2025

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Order of business

Madam President, we, the EPP, will vote against this proposal from the Left. And the reason is that it is not only about the tariffs on cars at the moment. As you are aware, on Wednesday, Trump will announce even further tariffs on other products. And the Commission is, of course, expected to present its countermeasures in mid-April. The most important aspect for us now is to respond to this trade…

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Mar

2025

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Cutting red tape and simplifying business in the EU: the first Omnibus proposals (debate)

Thank you very much for that question. I think we can work with issues regarding sustainability and climate change. They are important. But I also see – and this is important for the Greens as well to see – that we have a problem with the competitiveness. That is why it's so important to open up these files. That's so good that the Commission comes up with the first Omnibus package to change this.…

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Mar

2025

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Cutting red tape and simplifying business in the EU: the first Omnibus proposals (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, my key message today is that this is a good first step. But it is not enough. We have to continue to work with this suggestion and this is really important for the competitiveness of Europe. We have been falling behind. We have been falling behind a lot of other great economic powers around the world and we have to change this situation. And there is a lot of things …

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Feb

2025

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Threats to EU sovereignty through strategic dependencies in communication infrastructure (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the strength of our Union is in its openness, the ability to trade, to innovate and to compete globally. However, in today's reality, Europe's communication infrastructure is heavily reliant on global actors, and Europe must be in a position where no country or individual company can dictate our digital future. I believe in a strong and resilient Europe, one that compet…

13

Feb

2025

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EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement (debate)

You said that the agreement will destroy the farmers. That is absolutely not true. Look back and see the agreement, which was actually beneficial for the farmers, even though a lot of people said that it would destroy the farmers. The Commission has, on the other side, done a very good job. They have TRQs, they have safeguards, and they have a compensation package. How can you say that it will des…

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Feb

2025

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EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, I would like to use the beginning of my speech to paint a picture of the EU reality on the global stage. Because five years ago, the UK left the European Union. A month later – COVID‑19 – the pandemic broke out in Europe. And three years ago, Russia launched a full‑scale illegal invasion of Ukraine. And at the same time, European energy prices reached record levels, …

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Feb

2025

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Preparedness for a new trade era: multilateral cooperation or tariffs (debate)

Madam President, Minister, Commissioner, it is evident that we are living in an increasingly unpredictable and uncertain trade area. Whilst China is using subsidies to boost their businesses, US is using tariffs to support theirs. The EU is, sadly, only one of the few global actors that really are playing by the international rules-based order today. The EU now must stand united in our approach to…

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Nov

2024

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Promoting a favourable framework for venture capital financing and safe foreign direct investments in the EU (debate)

Madam President, I would like to thank you for your Thank you, Commissioner. I realise that this is the last time I can address you as Commissioner. Thank you for your great work during this time. It has been mentioned before that Europe has a competitiveness problem, and it certainly is. It is, of course, sad that this is the case, but it is also good that there are so many who say that we share …

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Oct

2024

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U-turn on EU bureaucracy: the need to axe unnecessary burdens and reporting to unleash competitiveness and innovation (topical debate)

Mr President, as you said, the the headline for this debate is 'U-turn on EU bureaucracy: the need to axe unnecessary burden and reporting to unleash competitiveness and innovation'. And I couldn't agree more. That is a really important topic that we indeed need to to discuss. But reducing regulatory burden is not a goal in itself, not even competitiveness is a goal in itself, because at the end o…

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Oct

2024

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Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. I think we can all agree that Russia's unprovoked and unjustified aggression against Ukraine is in no way waning, and that a bitter winter awaits the citizens of Ukraine. While living conditions are not expected to improve, the country's funding gap is increasing to over $40 billion by 2025. Then we in the European Union must use every possible means to support U…

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Oct

2024

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Order of business

Madam President, yes, the ECJ ruling, it came only last Friday. Therefore, the EPP will reject this proposals from The Left. We think it is too early to have a debate in plenary. Instead, this issue should be assessed and analysed at the PESH Committee, in the AGRI Committee and in the INTA Committee. So no need for for a debate in plenary at this moment.…

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Apr

2024

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Conclusions of the recent European Council meetings, in particular on a new European Competitiveness deal and the EU strategic agenda 2024-2029 (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. We are finally debating competitiveness. We should have done this a long time ago, and we need to do it more and more often. As a matter of fact, Europe is falling behind; We are lagging behind almost every other country in the world. And in the long run, it means that our prosperity is declining. We must reverse this trend so that Europe becomes both richer a…

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Feb

2024

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Multilateral negotiations in view of the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi, 26-29 February 2024 (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. First of all, I would like to thank my colleagues from the other party groups for the very good cooperation with this resolution. We reached a broad consensus in committee and that bodes well for strong support in plenary and a solid European voice ahead of the forthcoming ministerial meeting. The resolution focuses on key elements such as agriculture, fisheries …

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Jan

2024

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Implementation of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) (short presentation)

Mr President, thank you very much. I would like to begin by thanking all the colleagues who fought for this free trade agreement to come into being as early as 2017. I remember how you fought uphill and against the wind, because the criticism was loud from many quarters. I think the critics were wrong. Now, seven years later, we can look at the statistics on how many benefits this agreement has br…

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Nov

2023

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EU/New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. Commissioner, thank you very much. We have seen how Europe's competitiveness has fallen recently. Fifteen years ago, the economies of the European Union and the United States were roughly the same size. If we move forward to the present day, the US economy has grown by over 120%, while in the EU we have barely grown by 50%. At the same time, India's and China'…

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Oct

2023

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Need to complete new trade agreements for sustainable growth, competitiveness and the EU’s strategic autonomy (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, thank you very much. At a time like this, you can take several different approaches. I am going to talk about one thing and only one thing and that is the Mercosur agreement. Over the last few days, I have met representatives from the Commission. I have met representatives of the Council, now they are not here. But I hear a lot of evasiveness. I hear a lot of excuses…

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Oct

2023

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EU-Switzerland relations (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner Šefčovič! I welcome Mr Mandl's report on the EU's relations with Switzerland, which stresses the importance of maintaining strong, stable and long-lasting trade relations with the EU's fourth largest trading partner. Thanks to our free trade agreement, Swedish and European companies can benefit from almost 100 percent duty-free trade. Nevertheless, t…

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Jul

2023

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State of the SME Union (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner. Europe is experiencing a growth crisis and companies are facing increasingly fierce global competition. Unfortunately, the situation is far from new. The EU has lagged behind and performed extremely weak growth figures in recent decades. It is serious, and it is urgent to reverse this trend if Europe is not to become a poor continent. Just like the …

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Jul

2023

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Industrial Emissions Directive - Industrial Emissions Portal - Deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure - Sustainable maritime fuels (FuelEU Maritime Initiative) - Energy efficiency (recast) (joint debate - Fit for 55 and Industrial Emissions)

Mr President, thank you very much. Dear colleagues, This debate has been about four different dossiers, and it is quite clear that the Ship Fuel Regulation has not received most speaking time, but it has instead been the Industrial Emissions Directive. I take this as revenue because, as far as the climate transition of shipping is concerned, we have found the right balance between competitiveness,…

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Jul

2023

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Industrial Emissions Directive - Industrial Emissions Portal - Deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure - Sustainable maritime fuels (FuelEU Maritime Initiative) - Energy efficiency (recast) (joint debate - Fit for 55 and Industrial Emissions)

Madam President, thank you very much. Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen. It is with pride that I stand here today and mark the end of almost two years of work to negotiate the law on the climate transition of shipping. It is a landmark decision that the EU is about to take. Never before has such a comprehensive and effective framework been developed to tackle maritime emissions. Never before has …

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Apr

2023

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The need for a coherent strategy for EU-China Relations (debate)

Mr President, the European Union stands for open, rules-based and fair trade. We are also the foremost defender of democracy, freedom and human dignity. It is no news that China is very different. It’s a communist autocracy with massive state control of the market, denying its citizens basic human rights and threatening its peaceful neighbours. China cannot be treated like any other trading partne…

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Jan

2023

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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Swedish Presidency (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. Mr. Prime Minister! Commissioner Šefčovič! As a Swedish and moderate, I look forward with great confidence to the Swedish Presidency. Sweden takes the lead at a time when Europe is under pressure from several parallel crises: Russia’s brutal war in Ukraine, an increasingly urgent climate challenge, electricity prices and inflation sending shockwaves through th…

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Oct

2022

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Sustainable maritime fuels (FuelEU Maritime Initiative) (A9-0233/2022 - Jörgen Warborn) (vote)

Madam President, thank you very much. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the Members and staff who have contributed to the negotiations. We can be proud of this joint success, where Europe is now taking the lead in the transformation of shipping. This is unprecedented in the world's most ambitious legislation to dramatically reduce the climate footprint of shipping. We do this in a…

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Oct

2022

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Sustainable maritime fuels (FuelEU Maritime Initiative) - Deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (debate)

. – Mr President, thank you very much. Madam Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank you very much. I find it reassuring to hear such strong support for the roadmap that we have developed between the Transport Committee, the Industry Committee and the Environment Committee. Certainly, as the Commissioner says, there are a few negative votes, but the overall feeling is predominant…