What Gheorghe spoke about.

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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))

Madam President, Mr Vice-President of the Commission, dear colleagues, in the current context of alarming increases in energy prices and inflation, the Social Climate Fund is more important than ever. The energy transition will only succeed if all Europeans can make the transition, not just a few happy people who can afford it. That is why we need a Social Climate Fund, which will be one of the to…

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May

2022

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Discharge 2020 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioners, President of the Court of Auditors, Minister, ladies and gentlemen, we must recognise the importance of the transport sector and of investment in this sector, which is going through a difficult period, that of the pandemic, and the transition to a green and digital economy. Without transportation, there is no economy. Moreover, transport affects every citizen every …

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Mar

2022

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Foreign interference in all democratic processes in the EU (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, I come from Romania where, in the mid-1940s, the foreign interference of the USSR on the democratic process cost us half a century of communism. Ladies and gentlemen, let no one else go through our experience. These days, a Ukrainian refugee who arrived in Bucharest described Russian disinformation. I quote: “When I sent filming of dead people near m…

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Feb

2022

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Strengthening Europe in the fight against cancer(debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, in April 2019, we were all campaigning to get the support of citizens to represent them in the European Parliament. For me, April 17, 2019, was the day when, after some medical tests, the doctor called me and said: ‘Mr Falcă, you are diagnosed with cancer and must be operated on urgently, even tomorrow if possible’. In that moment, in that moment, ev…

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Dec

2021

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Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2020 (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, 2020 has been a difficult year for all because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year citizens sent 1 573 petitions to the European Parliament, a significant increase compared to 2018 and 2019. This increase in 2020 is due to citizens’ concern about health, of course. The main topics of interest of the petitions submitted since 2020 concern fundamental rig…

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Dec

2021

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European Year of Youth 2022 (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, from this desk I want to convey a beautiful thought, like a letter to the young generation and to my daughter, Ana. Dear Ana, dear young people, in 2022 I wish you to be brave, just as we were, the generation of 89, with the courage with which we defeated the Iron Curtain, and to defend democracy with your beautiful minds and voices. Ana, I know you wan…

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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, dear colleagues, "the greatest wealth of man is health", says a true old Romanian proverb. The pandemic has hit the globe and all health systems, and fighting the pandemic remains a huge concern for all states until the vaccination of the population reaches a significant percentage. Dear colleagues, the European Union has played an important role in fighting the pand…

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Nov

2021

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European Partnership on Metrology (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, the European Union is providing almost EUR 10 billion in funding for 10 institutionalised European partnerships under Horizon Europe. In this session we will vote for the start of the European Metrology Partnership, through which we will be able to develop public policies and address economic and environmental social challenges. Through this partnership…

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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, Commissioner, first of all, I would like to welcome the discussions on the energy crisis in the margins of the extraordinary European Council meeting last night in Slovenia. Expensive energy is an undeniable global phenomenon today, which is why, for me and many citizens, some ideologies have lost. We now know that the European energy market is influenced by the increase in the pr…