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Sep

2023

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Reviewing the protection status of wolves and other large carnivores in the EU (topical debate)

Madam President, Madam Commissioner! Unfortunately, it took quite a long time for the European Commission to believe that the wolf is really a problem in Europe and that the rules must finally be changed here. The wolf population in Europe is growing and growing rapidly. We already have over 20,000 wolves in Europe. And the same goes for the cracks of sheep or cattle through the wolf here, which a…

11

Jul

2023

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Nature restoration (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner! Today we are debating the regulation on the restoration of nature. This will be voted on tomorrow. Only when I look at the title does it not agree with the specific points in it. Actually, the text would have deserved a different title, and I have considered a few suggestions for it. For example, it would fit: Forest and Meadow Decommissioning Act, Farmer's Expropria…

17

Apr

2023

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The implementation of civilian CSDP and other EU civilian security assistance (short presentation)

Mr President, Commissioner, esteemed rapporteur! Thank you very much for the points raised on a common security policy. The points you raised show, in the light of the daily news we hear, how important it is that we discuss this issue and that we really do discuss it intensively. Environmental conditions have changed. With the war in Ukraine, we see how important it is to really expand these steps…

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Apr

2023

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eGovernment accelerating digital public services that support the functioning of the single market (short presentation)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Dear Mr. Colleague, thank you very much for your report. E-Government is indeed a real topic for the future, because it really opens up a variety of topics and opens up opportunities – on the one hand for companies, which can make a contribution here or can handle simple government channels, and on the other hand, of course, for private individuals. I'm from Aus…

17

Apr

2023

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Sustainable carbon cycles (short presentation)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, First of all, I would like to thank my colleagues with whom we have been able to write and negotiate this very important report together over the last few months. With our report, we have really succeeded in sending an essential signal when it comes to how we want to and can store CO2 in the future. There are two fundamentally different approaches …

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Apr

2023

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Institutional relations between the EU and the Council of Europe (short presentation)

Mr President, Commissioner, thank you very much to my colleague for presenting the report here. Relations between the EU and the Council of Europe are very important and we have heard it now, and I have heard it myself: At first, we don't quite know what the Council of Europe is. Not only did this happen to me at the beginning of my period, but many of the population, I believe, are unaware of the…

17

Apr

2023

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Deforestation Regulation (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, First of all, a big thank you to our rapporteur, Mr Christophe Hansen, who has really put forward a great draft law here on how we can see in the future that products such as beef, such as cocoa, no longer come from areas where deforestation threatens. And this is really an important and correct approach that exists here, but which, as I said, must now also be i…

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Nov

2022

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Protection of livestock farming and large carnivores in Europe (debate)

Dear Mr President, dear Commissioner! In Austria, 680 animals were torn by the wolf last year; By November of this year, there were already 730 detected wolf tears. Yes, we can see that as a success that a species threatened with extinction has finally spread again, but we must also see the problems. And if my colleagues come here now with great ideas – we need herd protection dogs, two-meter-high…

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Oct

2022

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The urgent need for an EU strategy on fertilisers to ensure food security in Europe (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, European agriculture is facing major challenges. This year, the scarcity of fertilisers in the European Union has been particularly evident, posing a serious threat to food production. There is a gas shortage and 60% of fertilisers are imported from Russia and Belarus. But we also need to take a look at the fertiliser suppliers in the EU. At presen…

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Sep

2022

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Deforestation Regulation (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Something is finally happening! Simply put, the EU deforestation law no longer allows products such as maize, beef or soy to be imported into the EU from deforestation. A great success that we are celebrating here and a big thank you to all who have worked on it. In recent years, we have increasingly tightened the production conditions for our farm…

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Jul

2022

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

Mr President, first of all, I want to mention the sound of the Commission is very low, so maybe the technicians can increase the sound a bit. My further question would be, do you think that with regard to the COP15 resolution, can there be really part of food security, and also with the context of the war in Ukraine and with the changes of delivery of wheat to North Africa – what is your expectati…

5

Jul

2022

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

Commissioner! Thank you very much for allowing us to speak so quickly. Biodiversity is an all-encompassing crisis. I think it is good that we are consulting here, and I think it is very good that we are implementing very ambitious goals at European level. But my question is: How can we help to make the biodiversity crisis visible in other parts of the world? As Commissioner, what concrete steps ar…

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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))

Dear Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, We will decide on a variety of ambitious climate targets tomorrow, and we really have the opportunity to make Europe more climate-friendly and take the rest of the world with our technologies. However, what we are threatened with in the LULUCF Regulation is unfortunately far from reality. We want to increase the current targets of 310 million …

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Nov

2021

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The EU's role in combating the COVID-19 pandemic: how to vaccinate the world (continuation of debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, We, our continent and our world, have been in a health crisis for a year and a half, and unfortunately we still face a lot of question marks in many areas. From the European side, we were really good at the beginning. We made really big and the right cuts. We have invested in vaccine research. Vaccines were produced in Euro…

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Oct

2021

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Farm to Fork Strategy (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, I was really pleased when I heard a long time ago that with the Farm to Fork Strategy we were thinking about what the entire value chain from farm to food retail to consumer could look like. What came out in the end, however, is disappointing for me in many areas. This is where the red pen was smeared around. Goals were set that were lit…

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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)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, The security of energy supply must be affordable and guaranteed for all citizens in the future. Because we cannot bear the current enormous increases in energy prices in the long term. In my opinion, two approaches are needed to solve this problem: Firstly, a rapid halt to the current price increases. It cannot be that due to the artific…