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16

Feb

2022

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Charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! The great opportunity for an EU-wide road toll, which would be socially just and at the same time good for the environment, is frivolously squandered with this reform. The climate urgency is so great: Road transport still accounts for 72% of CO2 emissions. We still see diesel-powered rolling halls in Europe every day. Of course, the topic of truck …

16

Feb

2022

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Harmonised EU approach to travel measures (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! As the daughter of a Frenchwoman and a German-Swiss who now lives in Spain, I live in southern Germany myself. And like you, ladies and gentlemen, we work in Belgium and France. And, of course, this is not only the case for us parliamentarians, but also for many people in the EU who live and work across borders. We have been going through a serious…

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Jan

2022

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Protection of animals during transport - Protection of animals during transport (Recommendation) (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen! Over a million citizens have asked us to finally do more for animal welfare. That's why I'm here today. In the committee of inquiry, we have been impressively proven that the lack of clear transport rules and controls has catastrophic consequences for the animals. Today we have the chance to limit the transport time from our fellow creatures to eight hours on…

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Nov

2021

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Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other regulations (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, In many important areas of the EU, we have already set ourselves clear goals: the end of the internal combustion engine in 2035, the end of harmful coal subsidies in 2025. Who would have believed it five years ago? Why can't we do that in agriculture? Why are we not working towards a concrete end to pesticides and their subsidies? Why don't we set a date on whic…

15

Sep

2021

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EU contribution to transforming global food systems to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (debate)

Mr President! We've got to figure it out, we've been totally screwed up. Driven by cheap crude oil, we ship soy over the entire ocean, then transport it with trucks over high passes of the Alps, to finally feed it in hostile mass animal facilities. We destroy rainforests, deprive the indigenous population of their livelihoods and heat the world's climate every day. We Europeans are tired of it. We…