What Kira Marie spoke about.

24

Apr

2024

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The attack on climate and nature: far right and conservative attempts to destroy the Green Deal and prevent investment in our future (topical debate)

Mr President! Europe must be the greenest continent in the world. We need a Europe that runs on green energy, takes care of the planet and restores nature instead of destroying it. We need to be the ones who put the climate bar first, so the rest of the world has to keep up. But someone's trying to stop us. That is, the Conservatives and the Liberal Group with the Left, the Radical Left and the Mo…

27

Feb

2024

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War in the Gaza Strip and the need to reach a ceasefire, including recent developments in the region (debate)

Mr President! In Gaza, children are dying of starvation. Families eat grass, and the lucky ones get animal feed. Women receive caesarean section without anaesthesia, and children are amputated without anaesthesia. We hear about mothers who can't breastfeed because they don't get enough food and because there's no substitute. Over 10,000 children have already been killed and many more injured. Enti…

6

Feb

2024

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EU2040 climate target (debate)

Mr President! The warmest year ever measured. The wettest month in man's memory. The driest summer in 100 years. Climate change has long since ceased to be something we need to worry about if our children are going to experience. Some of us discover it most in the scary articles we read on the web. Others have ruined their lives. Climate change destroys people's homes every day, destroys entire ci…

11

Dec

2023

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Role of tax policy in times of crisis (debate)

Madam President, unfortunately, those that have been misusing this debate to spread false claims and watered down the report did not even show up for today’s debate. Allow me to be extremely honest: those that claim to stand for less or low taxation are selling false promises. If you want lower taxes, how are we going to face the huge societal challenges that we need to face? We are facing a war a…

11

Dec

2023

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Role of tax policy in times of crisis (debate)

Madam President, dear Commissioner and dear Members, I’m standing here today as the rapporteur for the tax policy in times of crisis, the report by the fiscal subcommittee. I think we should start by recognising that the role of taxation as a policy instrument to redistribute revenue and steer behaviour remains underutilised in European policymaking. We all collectively pay every single day a high…

12

Jul

2023

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Tax the rich (topical debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, dear Commissioner, dear Council, since 2020, the richest 1% have captured almost two thirds of all new wealth. Two thirds! That is nearly twice as much money as the bottom 99% of the world’s population. Some might think that this is only a problem for the US and it is not a European one. Well, they could not be more wrong. Wealth concentration in Europe is high, e…

10

Jul

2023

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Banking Union – annual report 2022 (short presentation)

Madam President, I think it is clear to all of us that even though the Banking Union is important, it might not be as interesting as, for example, the Nature Restoration Law. But I’m very happy to see the Commissioner and the Chair and greet them, because the last year has further shown the value of the Banking Union, while also calling for our collective efforts to continue in building a framewor…

30

Mar

2023

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Strengthening the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women (debate)

Mr President, I thank Samira again for her tireless efforts to fight for women, and all kinds of women. And thank you very much, colleagues, for all of your remarks. I’m extremely happy that we are finally voting on this agreement and that we move forward with this important piece of legislation. I envision a future where employees are valued for their work regardless of their gender. A future whe…

30

Mar

2023

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Strengthening the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women (debate)

Mr President, dear Commissioner, dear Council and dear colleagues, today we are here voting on a historical and essential piece of legislation. We are here because we stand against pay discrimination. We stand against power abuses and because equal pay for equal work should not only be a founding principle in our Treaties, but also a fact on the ground. We are here because we care. We want to make…

5

Apr

2022

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Strengthening the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women (A9-0056/2022 - Samira Rafaela, Kira Marie Peter-Hansen) (vote)

Mr President, today’s vote is about gender equality. It is that simple. It was about gender equality when the FEMM and the EMPL Committees voted in favour with a big majority and it is about gender equality today. Since then, some have argued that the pay transparency directive is unnecessary because we have almost succeeded in closing the gender pay gap. But honestly, we are tired of women being …

23

Mar

2022

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Suisse Secrets - How to implement anti-money laundering standards in third countries (debate)

Mr President, we’ve heard it all before. We’ve had this debate before. LuxLeaks, the Panama Papers, Pandora Papers, Paradise Papers, and so on. And now Suisse Secrets. I wonder how many scandals do we need to take this crime seriously. We learned from all those leaks that we have in the recent years that not only Switzerland but several EU countries have actively helped Russian oligarchs to launde…

16

Feb

2022

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One youth, one Europe (topical debate)

Mr. President! Tårnhøj rent with too small rooms. Another friend who goes down with anxiety, depression or stress. Unfortunately, the job went to someone with more experience. Does that sound familiar? It does that for me and for my peers who live in this world every single day. The pandemic has deprived us of some of the most valuable years of our lives. A whole high school time, a study start, a…