What Cindy spoke about.

14

Dec

2021

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European framework for employees' participation rights and the revision of the European Works Council Directive (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, tomorrow we will vote on the report on more democracy at work. If we can learn an important lesson from the pandemic, it is about the future of our jobs. We must focus on quality jobs with decent working conditions, and for this we need a strong involvement of the social partners. We have taken many initiatives in this House in recent months, and t…

19

Oct

2021

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The Right to a Healthy Environment (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, ladies and gentlemen, many wise words have already been said here and I will focus my intervention today on the importance of a healthy environment in the context of public health. You will not blame me as coordinator of the BECA committee. The Commission has already made major statements on the Green Deal, the Zero Pollution Action Plan, the new Chemical Stra…

18

Oct

2021

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Protecting workers from asbestos (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, here is a satisfied Member of Parliament. We can finally vote on this groundbreaking report. I would therefore like to thank the rapporteur and the shadow rapporteurs for their very constructive cooperation. 88,000 Europeans are still dying from asbestos. Even though its use has been banned since 2005, asbestos remains the main cause of work-relate…

15

Sep

2021

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Identifying gender-based violence as a new area of crime listed in Article 83(1) TFEU (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, one in three women in the EU is confronted with some form of violence. One in three. Just because they are women. The annual cost of gender-based violence is estimated at €290 billion. Behind all those figures there are always stories and broken or taken away lives of women, mothers, daughters and girlfriends. Colleagues, I want to be crystal clear…

13

Sep

2021

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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - Serious cross-border threats to health (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, if we have learned anything from this COVID-19 crisis, it is that patchworks of measures in the various Member States do not provide a solution. On the contrary, we need more Europe in the field of public health, more coordination, faster agreements, better preparation and smoother cooperation. Together we can save more lives. What we have learned …