What Mauri spoke about.

13 Mar

2023

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Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States (Effort Sharing Regulation) - Land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) - Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (debate)

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Mr President, the reformed emissions trading system has the most important role to play on the road to 55%, but it is also important that the burden-sharing sector is able to cope with the 40% obligation entrusted to it. The burden of reduction is distributed among countries in very different ways. Five countries have a 50 % reduction obligation, with a minimum reduction obligation of 10 % and 12,…

13 Mar

2023

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Energy performance of buildings (recast) (debate)

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Mr President, the committee's proposal tightens up the Commission's original proposal in an unacceptable way. For new buildings, the zero-emission requirement by 2028 is more understandable, as is the need for the entire building stock to be climate neutral by 2050, but for existing residential buildings, the energy efficiency class requirements by 2030 and 2033 are disproportionate. If the achiev…

13 Feb

2023

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REPowerEU chapters in recovery and resilience plans (debate)

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Mr President, the main objectives of the EU are certainly to reduce the EU's dependence on Russia in energy matters and to promote the use of renewable energy. The most important way to do this is to support the use of renewable and sustainable bioenergy. However, this is not explicitly mentioned in this report, although almost all other similar renewable energy sources are mentioned. Similarly, t…

18 Jan

2023

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Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2021 (debate)

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Mr President, information in Europe is turning far too slowly into new products. However, the EIB has performed its mandate well. I believe that it is precisely the EIB's muscles that should now be strengthened. This is what we need to improve both our strategic investments and our competitiveness. Strengthening the EIB would be a radically better option to address the challenges of the US IRA tha…

14 Dec

2022

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Upscaling the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (debate)

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Mr President, when NextGenerationEU was decided, the decision was supposed to be unique, but the world is changing all the time. Microchips, batteries, defense: money would be needed for many new needs, but the EU does not have that either. The same is true in most Member States. They're indebted. They are not in a position to comply with fiscal rules. Therefore, taking extra money from there is a…

13 Dec

2022

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Renewable Energy, Energy Performance of Buildings and Energy Efficiency Directives: amendments (REPowerEU) (continuation of debate)

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Mr President, the target of 45% is a tough one. Parliament and the Commission – the EU – are now heavily reliant on solar and wind power. Raising the installed capacity from 150 GW to 600 GW for solar power, from 180 GW to 500 GW for wind power and from 18 GW to 40 GW for biogas or biomethane requires radical action to be successful. The idea of a core development area is good and certainly usable…

12 Dec

2022

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A long-term vision for the EU's rural areas (debate)

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Mr President, in order for the EU's rural areas to thrive, they must be able to provide jobs, services and functional infrastructure. The rapporteur has dealt with these issues with merit. A prerequisite for modern rural areas is that they are connected by fixed broadband connections to digital service networks. A report by the European Court of Auditors a few years ago shows that this condition i…

21 Nov

2022

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Borrowing strategy to finance NextGenerationEU (debate)

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Mr President, first of all, thank you to the rapporteurs. Indeed, COVID was now at risk of driving the European economy into crisis. However, unlike the financial crisis, the EU was able to use common funds to help Member States facing greater difficulties. Our solution was a recovery instrument. We decided to take on a large amount of common debt for the first time. It was a strong expression of …

14 Sep

2022

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Economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU: the 8th Cohesion Report - EU border regions: living labs of European integration (debate)

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Mr President, rapporteurs, Commissioner, although I have said this many times before, both here in Parliament and in previous years at Council meetings, I will say it again: EU cohesion policy has produced both good and bad results. Differences between countries, measured by many indicators, have narrowed, and that is a good thing. But at the same time, differences within countries in many cases h…

13 Sep

2022

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Renewable Energy Directive (debate)

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Mr President, the committee's report defines almost all energy produced from primary wood pulp as non-renewable. This would be a major mistake if Parliament were to accept this. The most valuable part of the tree must be used. More important is more important, but the side streams generated in industry must first be retrieved and used for heating, transport fuel and also for electricity production…

5 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)

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Mr President, nuclear power is an emission-free form of energy. However, there are concerns that only two countries have resolved the final disposal of nuclear waste: Finland and Sweden. So, despite the risks, nuclear power is, as the Commission says, an important option in the energy transition and deserves positive treatment in the taxonomy. However, in the same act, the Commission also proposes…

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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Mr President, the ITRE Committee tabled a number of amendments to the Commission proposal for which it has competence with the ENVI Committee. We tabled amendments on benchmarks, conditionality, funds and the prevention of carbon leakage. Many of them were taken into account by ENVI. Thank you to the rapporteur, Mr Liese, and to the committee for all this. In emissions trading, sectors at risk of …

6 Apr

2022

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Global approach to research and innovation: Europe’s strategy for international cooperation in a changing world (debate) (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, the EU's research strategy must be based on academic freedom. However, I believe that this principle must also recognise the role of science and its applications in the great challenges that Europe is facing today. There are many issues in Europe's industrial strategy where we are easily vulnerable to the necessary scientific knowledge. Vulnerability is heightened by Ru…

4 Apr

2022

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Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (debate)

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Mr President, when the market stability reserve started from the beginning of 2019, it was thought that it would stabilise and increase the price of allowances. That's the way it's been. Prices have gone up a lot, up to $100. Stability is not true. Volatility is still far too high. At a time when the emissions trading system is being tightened up, it is very important that we have a mechanism that…

9 Mar

2022

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Batteries and waste batteries (debate)

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Mr President, the Batteries Regulation provides a good framework for action by the European Union to take a long step towards electric mobility. However, many bottlenecks need to be opened. One of the challenges is raw materials for the battery industry. We rely on recycling and reuse and that's good, but we also need a huge amount of virgin battery raw materials. Some of which were already identi…

22 Nov

2021

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A European strategy for critical raw materials (debate)

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Mr President, we are talking about strengthening strategic autonomy in the European Union. There is a subject. Our dependence on the rest of the world is alarming when it comes to so-called critical raw materials. The Commission Communication identifies 30 ores and minerals as critical. In addition to these, 137 other substances are of concern. In the EU, we are particularly dependent on the very …

10 Nov

2021

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European Partnership on Metrology (debate)

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Mr President, I would firstly like to thank the rapporteur for the excellently managed work and also for the good presentation, the presentation of the changes that we made together during that work. By the way, we live in a world of measurement and measurement. In hospitals, our diagnoses and treatments are based on the fact that the functioning of our body can be monitored and measured very reli…

20 Oct

2021

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An EU strategy to reduce methane emissions (debate)

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Mr President, this has already been said many times, we emit much less methane into the atmosphere than we emit carbon dioxide, and methane emissions remain there for much shorter periods of time. But methane emissions are immensely more dangerous and harmful than other greenhouse gas emissions. That's why they have to be attacked. Agriculture accounts for the largest share of man-made methane emi…

19 Oct

2021

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Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe (debate)

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Mr President, I would firstly like to thank the rapporteur for the smooth and constructive conduct of the negotiations. They were used for a while. They were challenging, but speed was needed to deal with them due to the late start of these joint projects, for reasons other than those of Parliament. The EU has a strong foundation in basic research, which we are determined to develop. But it is vit…

6 Oct

2021

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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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Mr President, fossil electricity is being driven down, and that is good. However, the rapid rise in the price of electricity proved that if sufficient renewable and emission-free capacity is not built, bad things will happen. And as the integration of the European electricity market progresses, so will the countries that are building more and more emission-free and clean energy themselves. Volatil…

14 Sep

2021

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Presentation of the Fit for 55 package after the publication of the IPCC report (debate)

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Mr President, the IPCC also proves that there is a real need to reduce emissions from transport and that electric and hydrogen cars are coming. The Commission is making a commendable contribution. However, by 2030, more than two hundred million internal combustion engine cars will still run on Europe's roads. Reducing emissions from these cars is now a matter of great urgency. You'd rather have a …

7 Jul

2021

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A new ERA for Research and Innovation (continuation of debate)

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Mr President, freedom and independence of science are important issues, as is cooperation between those who exploit science and its results. We need a more efficient ERA, which we hope will be able to attract more researchers, especially young researchers, to a career as researchers. I also hope that the 3% target for R&D funding, which has been set since Lisbon, will finally be met. Otherwise, th…