What Valter spoke about.

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Apr

2022

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Use of vehicles hired without drivers for the carriage of goods by road (debate)

First of all, I would like to absolutely commend this legislative proposal because, for example, some kind of car carrier from Croatia will be able to rent a vehicle in another Member State in a much simpler way, which is absolutely acceptable. We know that any such agreement reduces paperwork, has greater efficiency and, of course, saves time. But as a member of the Transport Committee, I would l…

17

Feb

2022

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Strengthening the system for protecting PDO and PGI denominations in the EU after the Prosecco/Prosek case (G-001003/2021 - B9-0004/2022)

I am very pleased to hear from the Honourable Chair, the Honourable Commissioner, that the system of protection of protected designations of origin and geographical indications across the European Union will be strengthened in the future. This, of course, is good news for our loyal farmers and for better and stronger protection of quality indigenous agricultural products. But here I want to say cl…

20

Jan

2022

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Empowering European Youth: post-pandemic employment and social recovery (debate)

–Respected Commissioners, colleagues, it is now quite clear that the coronavirus pandemic will have many negative consequences, unfortunately, and one of the most affected groups will certainly be our young people. In 2022, the European Year of Youth. I'm not going to talk about their lack of entertainment, social life, education, of course, social inclusion, but I want to talk about the problem o…

16

Dec

2021

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Barriers to the free movement of goods (debate)

The Honourable Chair, the Honourable Commissioner, our colleagues, we know that, unfortunately, the COVID crisis has disrupted European transport and mobility, especially due to the many restrictions on our internal borders. Of course, transport and tourism are the most vulnerable activities in all of this, and on the other hand, supply chains are crucial for the functioning of the internal market…

24

Nov

2021

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State of the Energy Union (debate)

Honourable Chair, Honourable Commissioners, Honourable Colleagues, Fourth Wave of the Pandemic, Tackling the Consequences of Climate Change and Raising Energy Prices. This is the moment we live in, this is our everyday life. And even before that, before this rampant energy price, about 30 million Europeans lived in energy poverty. That's about seven times more than the population of the country I …

24

Nov

2021

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Outcome of the COP26 in Glasgow (debate)

Dear Vice-President, dear colleagues, it is not only the fault of developing countries that COP26 in Glasgow has not achieved the desired results. Did they promise 100 billion euros in 2009 by 2020? Yes, it is. Has this promise been made? No, he didn't. And of course we all want a clean environment and we want a green transition, but please tell me how one, for example Bangladesh, can set aside as…

21

Oct

2021

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The outcome of the Western Balkans summit (debate)

Dear Chairman, Honourable Commissioner, Honourable Colleagues, and in fact we have been hearing for more than a decade that the European Union wants to expand into the Western Balkans. And we just listen and, in fact, nothing more than that. Unfortunately, we haven't moved much from the beginning. It seems that the European Union is not in a hurry at all and there are always new priorities, both n…

20

Oct

2021

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UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, the UK (COP26) (continuation of debate)

–Dear Chair, it is clear that the Glasgow Conference is one of the last, if not the last, chances to prevent a complete climate collapse, a climate catastrophe. I think we all finally understand that and I don't want to repeat the same thing all the time, because as the most famous climate activist would say: ‘There is much more blah blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah…

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Oct

2021

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Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe (debate)

The Honourable Chair, the Honourable Commissioners, the Honourable Colleagues, I am confident that the establishment of the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe will play an absolutely crucial role in strengthening the research and innovation capabilities of the European Union. Namely, these public-private companies are strategically important for achieving innovation goals by 2030, such as the…

18

Oct

2021

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Farm to Fork Strategy (debate)

Dear President, dear Commissioner, dear colleagues, I come from Croatia, from the country where the scene is determined, I would say, the agricultural paradox. Namely, in the last eight years since Croatia joined the European Union, a total amount of aid or subsidies has been paid to farmers of around HRK 33 billion or EUR 4.4 billion, and production is lower than eight years ago. What does that m…

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)

Dear President, Dear Commissioner Simson, dear colleague and colleague, Europe is at a turning point - an energy milestone because this is no longer the case. I say Europe, not Member States because it is clear that energy and rampant energy prices are a European issue, not just a matter of some Member States. That is why we need European measures so that citizens do not come into energy poverty a…

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Oct

2021

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Assessing the Union’s measures for the EU tourism sector as the end of the Summer season nears (debate)

Dear Chairman, Commissioner Breton, dear colleagues, I come from the most touristic region of the tourism champion in this year 2021 in the Mediterranean, from Istria in Croatia. However, although this year was, I would say better than expected, although this season was really good, it of course did not solve serious problems in this sector. Namely, one excellent season, we all know, cannot compen…

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Sep

2021

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EU transparency in the development, purchase and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines (debate)

At the outset, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to say that I am sure that the European Commission has done this work in good faith and I would like to particularly commend two excellent ideas, namely solidarity and a common European approach to vaccines. But what we need to know now is the fact that this is a very, very sensitive process in which communication must be clear, honest and above al…