What Ondřej spoke about.

5 Oct

2023

CS Speech

Urban wastewater treatment (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I heard a few years ago that water is a rare matter of course and that is actually a beautiful statement. And we definitely need to protect the water, and we want the water to return to the environment clean. That is why we support this proposal as such, there are a lot of good provisions. At the same time, however, we must be aware that all the objectives conta…

17 Apr

2023

CS Speech

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)

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Mr President, tomorrow's climate package, which was agreed during the Czech Presidency, will not help much to protect the climate, while weakening European states. Key industries such as steel, glass, cement, porcelain, metalworking and chemical production will be put under enormous pressure thanks to the high cost of emission allowances. In many cases, the climate tariff to protect local industry…

29 Mar

2023

EN Speech

Fluorinated Gases Regulation - Ozone-depleting substances (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the protection of the ozone layer is one of the priorities of Renew Europe and, therefore, we really welcome the agreement that is put on the table on the ozone-depleting substances. We believe that further restriction of those substances will help close the ozone layer and as such will contribute to the public health. So I believe we will be able to support thi…

17 Jan

2023

CS Speech

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

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Mr President, Commissioner, we need Europe to be self-sufficient in the development and production of medicines and active substances. We lag behind America and Asia, and we depend on these locations. It is therefore essential that the production and development of medicines for Europe take place primarily in Europe. Please prepare appropriate programmes to channel funding towards strengthening ph…

13 Sep

2022

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EU response to the increase in energy prices in Europe (debate)

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Madam President, Madam Commissioner, Minister Bek many thanks for your inspiring speeches. However, there are four elements that I have been missing. So first, introduce a cap on the price of the allowances, ideally below EUR 40. Secondly, for the gas imported to Europe, try to distinguish between the LNG and the pipeline gas in order to reduce the risk that the ships will sail somewhere outside E…

7 Jun

2022

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Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System - Social Climate Fund - Carbon border adjustment mechanism - Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System for aviation - Notification under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) (joint debate – Fit for 55 (part 1))

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Madam President, I would like to also drop a few words on the Social Climate Fund, as the Renew Europe shadow rapporteur. This week we are going to vote the Parliament position on this fund, and I am proud to say that this fund has been one of the political priorities of the Renew Europe Group. The EU has quite steep green ambitions and this bears a risk of a negative social impact and therefore i…

24 Mar

2022

CS Speech

The Power of the EU – Joint European Action for more affordable, secure and sustainable energy (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, Minister, I certainly welcome the European Commission's measures to reduce the impact of high energy prices and the measures that result precisely from the war in Ukraine. And yes, we are building even more renewables, and yes, let's focus on energy efficiency, but please, not across the board with that energy efficiency. It is precisely because of the war in Ukraine…

15 Feb

2022

CS Speech

Strengthening Europe in the fight against cancer(debate)

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Madam President, more than 3 million people in Europe fall ill with cancer every year and 1 million people, including 2,000 young people, die. These numbers show the severity of the disease and how crucial it is to tackle cancer together. Prevention, early diagnosis and access to quality care can save lives. That is why we need to build Europe's top cancer centres working together across Europe, e…

24 Nov

2021

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A European Action Plan Against Rare Diseases (debate)

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Madam President, I am very proud that within the TRANSFORM MEP Interest Group, we help to promote the enormous potential of transformative therapies for rare disease patients. One of the key challenges today is lack of data. Methods based on the collection and use of real world data represents a possible solution. Therefore, the European Health Data Space shall enable usage of real world data in t…

6 Oct

2021

EN Speech

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)

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Madam President, high energy costs are a risk to citizens and businesses and the key factor is the price of the allowances. It is unpredictable and it has grown too high. Therefore, it is time to introduce a maximal predictable price and also to limit the trading with the allowances only to businesses among the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), with no more speculations and no more investment funds …