What Klemen spoke about.

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Apr

2024

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EU’s response to the repeated killing of humanitarian aid workers, journalists and civilians by the Israel Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip (debate)

Dear President! Despite the tragedy we are witnessing, the future of Palestine and the Palestinian people remains the key to peace and stability in the Middle East. Israel's military operation, although condemned to failure from the outset, has gone into a dead end, as the Palestine issue has no military solution and no solution in violence. If I had it, all the bloodshed would already exist. What…

11

Apr

2024

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Internal markets for renewable gas, natural gas and hydrogen (recast) - Common rules for the internal markets for renewable gas, natural gas and hydrogen (recast) - Union’s electricity market design: Regulation - Union’s electricity market design: Directive (joint debate – Reform of the energy and electricity markets)

Mr. President! The energy package ahead of us is the conclusion of more than two years of intensive negotiations and the response to the rapidly changing challenges in Europe's energy sector. Undoubtedly, it was marked by the Russian aggression against Ukraine and the energy crisis. Part of this process was the regulation on gas stocks, which, as is already clear today, has helped to bring down en…

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Mar

2024

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Deterioration of living conditions in the EU (debate)

Mr President. Dear Sir/Madam, In terms of prices, the internal market is not working as we wanted and planned. On the one hand, we have a price rise that threatens the well-being of citizens, farmers who are dissatisfied with farm gate prices. We observe unusual and extreme fluctuations in raw material prices. It is true that the energy crisis and high energy prices contributed to inflation and pr…

27

Feb

2024

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Closer ties between the EU and Armenia and the need for a peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia (debate)

Mr President, dear colleagues! After the tragedy in Nagorno-Karabakh, when more than 100,000 Armenians were forced to leave their homes, the South Caucasus is boiling again. Instead of taking a sincere approach to finding a lasting peace agreement with Armenia, Azerbaijan threatens and already threatens territorial integrity and sovereignty, as well as its inviolability of borders. In light of the…

27

Feb

2024

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War in the Gaza Strip and the need to reach a ceasefire, including recent developments in the region (debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues! The tragedy we are witnessing in Gaza, after months of fighting, does not have a military solution and the extreme positions so often defended in the past, even today, do not bring a solution for the Palestinians or for the Israelis. With all the suffering we are witnessing, the time has come for a diplomatic solution. We must achieve an immediate cessation of fig…

27

Feb

2024

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Unitary supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products - Unitary supplementary certificate for medicinal products - Supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products (recast) - Supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products (recast) - Standard essential patents (joint debate - Patents)

Mr. President! If we are serious about the technological breakthrough under the Green Deal and if we want to be among the champions in green technologies, then we need a unified and fully harmonised European system of intellectual property rules and norms, the backbone of which must be the unitary patent system. All global competitors are strategically building patent families, which are the basis…

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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)

Mr. President! Dear Sir/Madam, Water, which is a natural resource and a source of life that we are accustomed to using in unlimited quantities and for various needs – from drinking, washing, watering, production to cleaning – is becoming less and less self-evident due to climate change, and water is simply not enough for all our needs. We therefore need to act now and take a sustainable and compre…

17

Jan

2024

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Situation in Serbia following elections (debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, once again the certified irregularities that occurred in these snap elections have proved that Serbia has a serious issue with meeting basic democratic standards and in conducting free and fair elections. We have been aware of these issues for years. However, what is new is the brutal openness with which these irregularities took place. In fact, it looked like the…

17

Jan

2024

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Security and defence implications of China's influence on critical infrastructure in the European Union (A9-0401/2023 - Klemen Grošelj) (vote)

– Mr President, when we speak of China as a direct or indirect owner of critical infrastructure, we need to bear in mind that its socio-political system is profoundly different from ours. The main element of the Chinese system is a full and complete military-civilian fusion that means the state leads state-directed programmes and plans to make use of all state and commercial power to strengthen th…

13

Dec

2023

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European Defence investment programme (EDIP) (debate)

Dear President! I know it's unpopular to talk about spending public money on military equipment and armaments, but unfortunately we live in a time when credible and dissuasive defence has become a necessary part of our daily lives. The time for peace dividends has come to an end, and the time has come to respond rationally to this as the European Union. We therefore urgently need a legal framework…

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Dec

2023

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Small modular reactors (debate)

Madam President, honourable! The report on SMRs opens a debate on the role of nuclear technology, adding to the range of technologies that will be key to the success of the green transition, including nuclear and especially new technological solutions such as SMRs. While I am in favour of nuclear technology and particularly innovative technologies, I am also aware that neither nuclear technology i…

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Nov

2023

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EU enlargement policy 2023 (debate)

Madam President. The package before us does not communicate much new. I am disappointed that the Commission has not found a way to open negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina already at the end of this year. This would be a blue geopolitical move, politically and even more so given the importance of Bosnia and Herzegovina for the Western Balkans. The second concern is that the Commission, and th…

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Oct

2023

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A true geopolitical Europe now (topical debate)

Madam President! Dear Sir/Madam, Although the Commission has declared itself geopolitical, the actions and, above all, the recent public announcement of the different opinions and positions of the Commissioners on one of the biggest crises we are witnessing in the Middle East, unfortunately reinforce us in the belief that it is anything but a truly geopolitical Commission. The cacophony of views a…

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Oct

2023

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2022 Report on Montenegro (debate)

Madam President! Although the report on Montenegro was relatively quickly and successfully coordinated, like others in the region, it conceals the fact that there is no expected progress – neither in Montenegro nor elsewhere. Worst of all, while the EU's rhetoric on enlargement is changing, decisions are being taken to encourage countries in the region to implement the necessary reforms, there is …

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Oct

2023

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Recent developments in the Serbia-Kosovo dialogue, including the situation in the northern municipalities in Kosovo (debate)

Mr President, events in northern Kosovo are still raising more questions than providing concrete answers. Regardless of the background, we need to condemn in the strongest possible way the use of force by illegal paramilitary forces. We need to have a thorough, impartial investigation for EULEX on what actually happened and who is responsible. Despite the harsh words and accusations coming from di…

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Oct

2023

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Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia (debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, in the tragic events unfolding in Nagorno-Karabakh, once again people are forced to leave their homes and traces of their culture are being slowly but persistently erased. At the same time, what is more shocking and devastating is that the foundation of the modern rule-based international order is undermined again. The ethnic cleansing of Armenians in Nagorno-Kara…

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Jul

2023

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State of the SME Union (debate)

Dear Sir/Madam, Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for just under two thirds of Europe's GDP and more than two thirds of private sector jobs. These are the companies without which our European economy cannot exist, just as our societies would not be well-being without them. We talk a lot about reducing the administrative burden. With each new Commission action, our SMEs are faced wi…

11

Jul

2023

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2022 Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina (debate)

Dear Sir/Madam, Today, on the day of remembrance of the genocide in Srebrenica, it is in a way right to talk about the future of BiH. About her European future. As a post-election candidate country, BiH is at an important turning point, which will determine whether it will follow the path of reforms for the benefit of its people, or whether it will become a scene of geopolitical strife with local …

11

Jul

2023

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Commemorating the 28th anniversary of Srebrenica (statement by the President)

Madam President. Colleagues and colleagues. Srebrenica is a place of remembrance and remembrance. When I remember Srebrenica, I remember in 1995, when my concern was how to complete my graduation, while horrors were happening just a few hundred kilometers away, which were unimaginable then and still are today. During the break-up of Yugoslavia, we saw a lot of things. We saw Vukovar, we saw Škrabi…

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Jun

2023

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Investigation of the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware - Investigation of the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware (draft recommendation) (debate)

Mr President. Dear Sir/Madam, The findings of the PEGA Committee have shown that, despite the democratic tradition of the European Union, no one is immune to the abuse of new technologies. If we follow the Citizen Lab report, Slovenia is no exception. New technologies, when used legally and in accordance with democratic values, norms and principles, can of course contribute to our security in the …

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May

2023

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2022 Report on Serbia (debate)

Madam President! Last week we were struck by mass shootings in Serbia. The loss of innocent lives is always a tragedy, so I would like to express my sincere condolences to the families and residents of Serbia and to all those affected by the recovery as soon as possible. In these difficult times, the EU must stand by the Serbian people and commit to unconditionally supporting Serbian society in it…

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Apr

2023

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EU Rapid Deployment Capacity, EU Battlegroups and Article 44 TEU: the way forward (debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, when we speak about EU Rapid Deployment Capacity, we first need to be realistic. Lessons from the war in Ukraine have sent modern military thinking back to the basics. The war in Ukraine has shown how limited EU and the Western military and defence industrial capabilities are. Any idea of a double approach separating NATO and EU capabilities is meaningless and cou…

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Apr

2023

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Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System - Monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions from maritime transport - Carbon border adjustment mechanism - Social Climate Fund - Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System for aviation (debate)

Mr President-in-Office! Colleagues! Dear Commissioner! Package Fit for 55 i.e. a 55% reduction in emissions is clearly an ambitious and comprehensive response by the European Union to the challenges of climate change, which threaten not only our environment and well-being, but also our lives. As an ITRE member, I contributed my share to the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). It must ensure…

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Mar

2023

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Resumption of the sitting

Mr President, dear President-in-Office, dear colleagues! On Sunday, the twelfth, we marked the twentieth anniversary of the death of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić. The death of a great democrat and a proven proponent of the European idea was a major blow to democracy in both Serbia and the Western Balkans. Although the anniversary was marked by the commemoration of colleagues from S&D, for w…

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Feb

2023

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Access to strategic critical raw materials (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Minister, colleagues. The issue of raw materials is a question of the future of European industry. Without access to raw materials at competitive prices and in the necessary quantities, there will be neither a green transition nor a related technological breakthrough. That's why we need two things: an effective and economically sound circular economy model that ensur…