What Valter spoke about.

14 Mar

2024

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Healthy lifestyle and active ageing in the EU (debate)

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Dear President, dear colleagues, here we often talk about big topics, difficult topics, geostrategic interests, huge infrastructure projects and unfortunately often forget those most in need. We often forget our citizens of the third age, who are not very easy. And you know, it's not easy being an elderly person in one Croatia or in Sweden or the Netherlands. And it doesn't matter if you're 300 or…

27 Feb

2024

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Geographical Indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products (debate)

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Dear Chairman, I have already warned several times from this place about counterfeiters of honey and olive oil who put adulterated products on the shelves of shops. And then we have extra virgin olive oil, one liter on the shelf in the store for three or four euros, and the child in elementary school knows that it is impossible to produce it at that price, and the same with honey. But today I want…

27 Feb

2024

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Driving licences (debate)

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Dear Chairman. So, we, here in the European Parliament, often find compromises on this or that topic, but when we talk about road safety, I think there should be no compromise at all. We, here in this directive, have a clear priority and task, which is to increase traffic safety and preserve young lives. Dear colleagues, I ask you, when voting, to think about it. And yes, there can be no compromis…

6 Feb

2024

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Water crisis and droughts in the EU as a consequence of the global climate crisis and the need for a sustainable, resilient water strategy for Europe (debate)

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Dear Chairman, Dear colleagues, I do not know if you have ever experienced water reduction in your regions, but believe me it is neither easy nor pleasant. It is not easy for farmers, who cannot water their crops. It is not easy for tourism, which can not fill the pools. It is not easy for anyone who lives in these areas. And it's very difficult to look at weather forecasts and hope for rain, mayb…

5 Feb

2024

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Union-wide effect of certain driving disqualifications (debate)

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Dear Chairman, dear colleagues, there are too many deaths in traffic, too many, unfortunately, lost young lives and badly killed. We urgently need new common measures valid in all Member States to drastically reduce the mortality rate on our roads. That is why it is clear that the European Driving Licence Register works today on a voluntary basis and that is why I can say that it does not actually…

17 Jan

2024

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Quality jobs in a competitive future-oriented social market economy (topical debate)

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Dear Chairman, in parallel with the European shift towards green and digital, of course, both the way of working and the necessary knowledge of our fellow citizens are changing. And that's normal and expected. But what worries and saddens me is the fact that our society is increasingly divided and that the middle class is becoming smaller and thinner, and in less developed countries like Croatia, …

14 Dec

2023

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Outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (COP28) (debate)

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Dear Chairman, dear colleagues, lately too often I hear a question: ‘Are you fighting for the environment or are you fighting for people in the European Parliament?’ I think it's very bad and very dangerous and the answer should be neither one nor the other. So it is not there or, but it must be for the protection of the environment and for the economy, farmers, small and medium-sized enterprises,…

13 Dec

2023

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EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis (topical debate)

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Dear Chairman, Honourable, it is clear what young people need today: education, work and apartment. And here we come up with a problem, because unfortunately, prices have exploded, and the utilities and apartments and food and everything else. But today I will not talk about education, but I want to say that if a young person is employed with his salary, unfortunately, it is almost impossible to g…

23 Nov

2023

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Young researchers (debate)

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Dear Chair, Vice-President of the Commission, I believe and claim that young people are the most creative, the best part of our society. And I get angry when I hear that this or that country is a locomotive of Europe, when this or this technology is a locomotive. No, I argue that young people are a locomotive for the development of our Europe. And more than that. It is clear that investments in R&…

22 Nov

2023

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30 years of Copenhagen criteria - giving further impetus to EU enlargement policy (debate)

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Dear Chairman, Honourable Ladies and Gentlemen, Vice-President of the Commission, when someone asks us what kind of Europe we want in '25 or '30, I am sure everyone would say both green, and digital, and big expanded. And while we really have nothing to brag about when it comes to enlargement, we have done a lot for these first two questions. And why don't we have much to brag about when it comes …

19 Oct

2023

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Commission proposal for a Council recommendation on developing social economy framework conditions (debate)

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Dear Chairman, Dear colleagues, we see what has been happening lately and with the rise in prices, and inflation, and the drastic decline in the purchasing power of our citizens. That is why I think that it is high time now to push for the strengthening of the social economy, which as a basic idea has the primacy of the individual over capital and implies the reinvestment of most of the profits. T…

4 Oct

2023

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Decent Housing for All (topical debate)

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Dear Chair, colleagues, when allocating a household to housing costs reaches 40% of the household's income, this is an excessive and unbearable burden for that household, and I stress that according to the latest figures, 28% of young people in the European Union live in overcrowded housing. And this is our huge problem today, especially, of course, expressed in large cities and in tourist regions…

14 Sep

2023

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Segregation and discrimination of Roma children in education (debate)

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Dear Chair, a child is a child and every child has the same children's rights, the right to education, health care, food, play, etc., no matter where the child lives, who his parents are and what nationality. Moreover, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989, makes this clear, and I stress that the Racial Equality Directive has been in forc…

12 Sep

2023

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Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (debate)

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Dear Chairman, today we are discussing a very serious topic of air quality, and tomorrow, of course, we are voting on it. Air pollution is our transboundary, very serious, common problem and it is no longer just strategies, laws, measures or directives that are sufficient, but I insist here on more frequent and transparent measurement to clearly and unambiguously see the real state of affairs on t…

15 Jun

2023

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The water crisis in Europe (debate)

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Dear Chairman, climate change is here, now, around us, and drought and floods or lack and excess water are, unfortunately, becoming more pronounced. Climate change is particularly pronounced in the Mediterranean. That is why there is a problem in both water supply and food production. The only normal question is: How to help the water supply? In two ways. First, by building water retention structu…

31 May

2023

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Geographical Indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products (debate)

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Dear Chair, the Commission proposal on geographical indications can be freely called the proposal on how large fish should be eaten by small or large countries of small countries. And by no means will I support him. Why? First of all because the rapporteur, but I see, unfortunately, many colleagues from Italy also want to ban the registration of new products that by their name resemble agricultura…

10 May

2023

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The role of farmers as enablers of the green transition and a resilient agricultural sector (continuation of debate)

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Dear Chairman, we have a huge problem. In fact, the best products are not singled out on the market as such. We must put an end not only to the manufacturer's failure, but also to consumer cheating. An absolutely new EU label for the best and best quality agricultural products is needed because there must be a clear distinction between the best, best quality agricultural products and those of othe…

9 May

2023

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2022 Report on Serbia (debate)

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Dear Chairman, Commissioner, today on Europe Day, when 73 years ago the story of progress and peace building on the European continent began, I invite the Serbian authorities if they really want changes to turn to the construction of one under the quotations of the new Serbia, Serbia which, to paraphrase Robert Schuman, will not be created at once or according to a single plan, but will through co…

20 Apr

2023

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IPCC report on Climate Change: a call for urgent additional action (debate)

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Dear Chairman, it is clear that when we talk about climate change, the situation is bad and we are going to get worse. And the only real question is whether we can prevent disaster. I am afraid that all the crises, namely, that we have been through so far, have been according to what follows us small or minor, primarily because of our behavior. So let's help ourselves, let's help nature, but let's…

19 Apr

2023

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Dieselgate: suspected widespread use of defeat devices in cars to reduce effectiveness of pollution control systems (debate)

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Dear Chairman, my dear people, it has been almost eight years since the Dieselgate scandal. On the other hand, now the International Council on Clean Transport says that about 77 percent of EU diesel cars produce such emissions that indicate the presence of cheating devices on emissions in cars and have, in allegation, dubious results. We know, however, that in the twelfth month of 2020, the Court…

29 Mar

2023

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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The enlargement policy is one of the fundamental and most important policies of the European Union, the Honourable Chair, the Honourable Colleagues. On the other hand, ten years ago, almost ten years ago, Croatia was the last country to enter the European family and the logical question arises as to what has been done in terms of enlargement in those ten years. I'd say not too much. Unfortunately,…

16 Mar

2023

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European Citizens’ Initiative "Save bees and farmers! Towards a bee-friendly agriculture for a healthy environment" (debate)

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Dear Chairman, dear colleague Sokol, I will remind you that in life everything is a process and there is no switch 1-0, that is understood by you and I, but if we know what we want in 10 or 20 years, then with the help, above all the public sector, that, with financial assistance and laws and directives we can reach that goal, irrelevant whether we are talking about some other topics or in agricul…

16 Mar

2023

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European Citizens’ Initiative "Save bees and farmers! Towards a bee-friendly agriculture for a healthy environment" (debate)

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Dear President, what kind of agriculture should we, as a public sector, particularly encourage, what kind of agriculture is too small in Europe? The answer is clear. Organic, that is, organic, is something that, of course, consumers have also recognized, and that is why I think, respected colleagues, that throughout European agriculture we should take the direction that we in Istria have long take…

14 Mar

2023

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Question Time (Commission) - How to ensure energy security in the EU in 2023

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Dear Chairman, yes, thank you for this reply and I see that this topic is really in your focus and I am pleased with it. But I have one short question, here you may know the answer. In your country, if you, as a citizen, were to install solar panels on the roof of your home and make a request to your electricity supplier to connect you, how long would that take in your country, i.e. how long would…

14 Mar

2023

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Question Time (Commission) - How to ensure energy security in the EU in 2023

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Dear Chairman, when we talk about energy, in the past few people, I believe, have thought about it as seriously as they do today. There was energy, the price was OK and we were not burdened much, neither the citizens nor the energy economy. I'd say we're too relaxed. This is now clear, but since 24.2 and this unfortunate war in Ukraine, we have all suddenly become aware of the importance of energy…