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May

2023

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Social and economic costs of climate change in light of the floods in Emilia Romagna, Marche and Toscana and the urgent need for European solidarity (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, dear Commissioner! My sympathy goes first and foremost to the people of Emilia-Romagna who have lost their lives, lost their loved ones, lost their belongings. And I know what I'm talking about, because two years ago we had a similar catastrophe in my homeland in Rhineland-Palatinate in the Ahr Valley, where over 100 deaths were also to be lamented. And, ladi…

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)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! It looks like a piece from the Tollhaus. We are in the midst of humanity's greatest crisis, the twin crisis of climate change and species extinction. The scientific community agrees on how rare it is. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the World Biodiversity Council, the World Food Organisation and the United Nations all urge action to …

9

May

2023

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Methane emissions reduction in the energy sector (A9-0162/2023 - Pascal Canfin, Jutta Paulus) (vote)

Madam President, colleagues, according to Rule 59(4) of our Rules of Procedure, I would like to ask you for a vote to refer back to the responsible committees for interinstitutional negotiations. And thanks to all the colleagues for this very nice birthday present for me.…

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May

2023

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Methane emissions reduction in the energy sector (debate)

Mr President, thank you Commissioner, thank you colleagues for a great work of good cooperation on this file. And I think it is a file where each and every political group, where each and every Member State, has their own preferences, has their own special issues, which have to be taken into account. And I think, having concluded the negotiations within the two biggest committees in this House, wi…

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May

2023

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Methane emissions reduction in the energy sector (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, dear Pascal, ladies and gentlemen! It has already been said: Methane is our second most important climate gas and over 20 years 80 times more potent than CO2, and methane concentrations in the atmosphere are at record highs and continue to rise every year. Time is pressing. In its latest report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said: If we don't want to bre…

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Apr

2023

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Keeping people healthy, water drinkable and soil liveable: getting rid of forever pollutants and strengthening EU chemical legislation now (topical debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! The weaknesses of the current chemicals regulation for PFAS became over-clear last year, when more than 17,000 contaminated sites with PFAS in the EU were made public. More than 50 years ago, the manufacturer Dupont found out that its products – per- and polyfluorinated alkylated substances, PFAS – are highly harmful to health and hazardous to t…

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Apr

2023

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Energy storage (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, I have heard a lot of calls not only in this House, but also at home in Germany, that we should not go forward with the ramp—up of renewable energy while we don’t have enough storage for two weeks of no wind and no sun. The first problem we will run into when ramping up renewable energy is not the famous Dunkelflaute of those two weeks, but the first…

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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, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! Two and a half years ago, in this House, as rapporteur for the MRV regulation on CO2 emissions from international maritime transport, I presented Parliament's position, and already at that time the European Parliament voted by a large majority in favour of the inclusion of shipping in emissions trading. Tomorrow is finally here! For the first time …

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Mar

2023

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Energy performance of buildings (recast) (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! The cheapest energy is the one we don't use. This has never been so true as in today's times, when far too many people had to choose between warm apartments and warm meals, because Russia's war of aggression and the associated energy crisis has multiplied their heating bills. That's why it's not just our climate goals that require rapid action. …

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Jan

2023

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Surge of respiratory infections and the shortage of medication in Europe (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! After two years of coronavirus, in which wearing masks and lockdowns prevented many infections, we are now witnessing a massive increase in respiratory diseases, and Member States' health systems are already being put to the test again. Now I often hear that this is due to the obligation to wear masks, which has weakened the immune system of citize…

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Nov

2022

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A post-2020 Global biodiversity framework and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity COP15 (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! 69 %: Global populations of wild birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles have declined by 69% over the past 50 years. These numbers are dramatic, and species extinction is even more threatening than the climate crisis, because biodiversity on our planet ensures us drinkable water, clean air and fertile soils. The upcoming World Biodiversity Conference…

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Nov

2022

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A truly interconnected Energy Single Market to keep bills down and companies competitive (topical debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! The whole of Europe is feeling painfully what dependence on fossil imports means. And while our citizens, our industry, our craft businesses suffer from the high prices, those who would like to leave everything and everyone to the market are complaining of a market failure. The market follows the models exactly. It depicts scarcity, and it does …

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Oct

2022

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UN Climate Change Conference 2022 in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt (COP27) (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! Glasgow has been a year now, and not a single one of the promises made there has been kept. Only 19 countries have submitted new climate targets, although everyone had promised to finally get on the under-2-degree path. A Global Methane Pledge was signed with great gesture to reduce methane emissions. But so far, not a single country has a function…

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Oct

2022

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Sustainable maritime fuels (FuelEU Maritime Initiative) - Deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! Maritime shipping has so far been excluded from all climate protection measures. The Sustainable Marine Fuels Regulation would – I say consciously: we would have had the chance to put a hard-to-decarbonise area on the path to climate neutrality, which according to all available studies and scenarios will even grow in the coming decades. However, ev…

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Sep

2022

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Energy efficiency (recast) (debate)

Mr President, yes, Madam Grapini, I closely listened to you because I was a shadow on the directive and, to me, it’s also very, very important that all Member States are looked at according to their situation, to their socio-economic situation, to the gains which they have already made. But, exactly this is laid down in the formula in the annex where – what you have talked about, the BIP, the situ…

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Sep

2022

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Energy efficiency (recast) (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! Ever since I became involved in energy policy, and that was at a time when I was still able to count my gray hair, people have been talking about the sleeping giant of energy efficiency. However, it has never been possible to achieve national or European objectives. Why? Because all the beautiful goals were never binding. Because it has always been…

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Jul

2022

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Sustainable aviation fuels (ReFuelEU Aviation Initiative) (debate)

My question is, actually when you’re talking about that we need to keep the cost at bay and we need to democratise aviation, are you aware that about 20% of the world’s population are in a situation to be able to enter a plane on economic reasons and that 1% of the world’s population is responsible for more than 50% of emissions, and that the ticket prices reflect less than one third of the cost w…

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Jul

2022

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Sustainable aviation fuels (ReFuelEU Aviation Initiative) (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! There is no doubt that flying has brought people together and enabled international exchange to a degree that could not have been imagined 100 years ago. But equally undoubtedly, flying is the most energy-intensive form of mobility and relies entirely on fossil fuels. With ReFuelEU Aviation, the switch to more sustainable fuels is now to be heralde…

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Jul

2022

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Recent heat wave and drought in the EU (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, A few days ago, a study was published that the current heat wave in the south and southwest, southeast of Europe and the associated drought will occur much more frequently in the future. This means that not only do we need to become much faster in climate protection, but we also need to push ahead with adapting to changing conditions. We must tackle this giganti…

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Jul

2022

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Taxing windfall profits of energy companies (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, It must seem like mockery to the citizens. Ukraine is fighting for its survival. Russia's curtailment of oil and gas supplies leaves many fearful of being cold in the winter. Huge amounts of tax are being mobilized to support Ukraine, but also to support the economy, which is suffering from these high energy prices. But those who benefit from the enormous price …

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Jul

2022

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Objection pursuant to Rule 111(3): Amending the Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act and the Taxonomy Disclosures Delegated Act (debate)

I would be very interested in knowing how nuclear energy can actually lower the prices for our citizens because, as I just told you, in the UK nuclear energy is only viable when you pay a premium which is about three times the premium which is paid for wind or solar energy. And all the more, I would like to know where in Europe would we be able to source the uranium we need to run those nuclear po…

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Jul

2022

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Objection pursuant to Rule 111(3): Amending the Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act and the Taxonomy Disclosures Delegated Act (debate)

When you talk about affordable prices – I often hear this from supporters of nuclear energy: Do you happen to know what has been promised to the future operator of Hinkley Point 3, which is now the most modern nuclear power plant to be connected to the grid in Europe? That he gets 11.3 cents per kilowatt-hour, 35 years, inflation-protected - do you really find that cost-effective?…

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Jul

2022

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Question Time (Commission) Increasing EU ambitions on biodiversity ahead of COP 15

Thank you very much for giving me your space. And I’ll be very brief in trying to make the circle to come back to where we started, because the question was EU ambitions on biodiversity ahead of COP 15. And I think if we’ll look at the restoration law which you presented last week, it is already quite good. But the crucial point is, what means of governance do we have? What means of actually enfor…

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Jun

2022

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Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States (Effort Sharing Regulation) - Land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) - CO2 emission standards for cars and vans (joint debate – Fit for 55 (part 2))

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, In its latest report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) put the importance of healthy ecosystems in very clear terms: Restoration and the end of ecosystem destruction are central to all climate change mitigation scenarios and essential in adapting to their impacts. We in the European Union, which has already destroyed or irreversibly damaged m…

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Jun

2022

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Question Time (Commission) Reducing the use of pesticides and strengthening consumer protection

Madam President, Thank you, Commissioner, for being ready to give answers at this late hour. I also do it very briefly. I have been wondering for some time why we must always agree or be informed that residue levels of pesticides, which have long been banned in the European Union, are allowed on products that can still be bought in our shops. In some cases, these quantities are even increased, as …