What Mohammed spoke about.

18 Oct

2022

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UN Climate Change Conference 2022 in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt (COP27) (debate)

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Mr President, in Glasgow we completed the Paris rulebook. In Egypt we have to deliver on the Paris Agreement on our climate goals. When it comes to decarbonising the world, we have a momentum to engage with developing countries to share the benefits and advantages of the global energy transition. Let this African COP be more than just a symbolic gathering, let’s pave the way for a real European-Af…

18 Oct

2022

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Keep the bills down: social and economic consequences of the war in Ukraine and the introduction of a windfall tax (debate)

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Mr President, while I am standing before you, millions of households are in danger of a dark scenario this winter. Not only the energy bill rises, but also the expenses for daily groceries and transport. And this energy crisis is exacerbating existing social inequalities. During the COVID crisis, a new billionaire was added on average every 30 hours. What would that be like? Who benefits the most …

13 Sep

2022

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

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Mr President, when we talk about the energy crisis, the most important thing for my group is to answer one question: how can we ensure that energy bills remain affordable for households and small and medium-sized enterprises? Combating energy poverty has always been a priority for the Social Democrats. Today, the number of people at risk of energy poverty is enormous. Almost no one has EUR 1 000 t…

12 Sep

2022

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Energy efficiency (recast) (debate)

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Mr President, using our energy more efficiently is one of the most important ways of saving energy. After all, we don't have to generate every kWh that we don't have to use. The Energy Efficiency Directive is good, but implementation is lagging behind. I talk a lot with people who want to make their homes more sustainable, but often this hangs because of a lack of money or knowledge and because of…

22 Jun

2022

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Carbon border adjustment mechanism (A9-0160/2022 - Mohammed Chahim) (vote)

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Mr President, so if the colleagues would wait, you know, I have to refer back something. And we know what happened two weeks ago! So first of all, thanks everyone for the hard work in the last year, and especially also the last two weeks. I think the result is well-balanced and you’ve seen the support in this House. It gives us a very good starting point in the negotiations with the Council. But M…

8 Jun

2022

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Carbon border adjustment mechanism (A9-0160/2022 - Mohammed Chahim) (vote)

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Yes, yes.

8 Jun

2022

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Carbon border adjustment mechanism (A9-0160/2022 - Mohammed Chahim) (vote)

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Madam President, for the CBAM Chahim Report, I would like to ask on, based on Rule 200, the referral back to the Committee, and that we will not vote today.

7 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))

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Mr President, Commissioner, Council. We have been discussing the whole day that we need to make sure that the climate law targets will be achieved by the position of Parliament. I think that every sector needs to contribute its fair share to the EU climate effort if we want to reach the Paris Climate Agreement and climate law targets, and it’s the same I think for land—use change and the forestry …

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, I will be a bit shorter than I was this morning to compensate for the time, of course, that I took this morning. I think all the arguments are on the table. We know where we stand. The real topic of debate is, are we going to deliver on the climate law? We need a Parliament that pushes for ambition because we know it will not come from the Council. It is unacceptable that we are risk…

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, Commissioner, Madam Minister, dear colleagues, this week the Parliament can make history by supporting the CBAM proposal. We will extend our carbon pricing system to producers outside the EU because that’s what we are discussing today. After months of hard work we found compromises that were not easy to find, but I think will be supported by different majorities in this House. Let…

6 Apr

2022

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022: including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation (debate)

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Madam President, I promise you I’ll stay on time. Yesterday, the EU launched a fifth package of sanctions against Putin and his allies. We strongly welcome this and the establishment of the EU and Ukraine joint investigation team. We have to collect evidence and investigate war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine, as we have witnessed in Bucha and other places. But the question is: is th…

5 Apr

2022

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Question Time (Commission) - von der Leyen Commission: Two years on, implementation of the political priorities

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I mean, it’s postponed to June 22 and I mean summer, so, I mean summer is, let’s say ...

5 Apr

2022

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Question Time (Commission) - von der Leyen Commission: Two years on, implementation of the political priorities

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A very short follow-up, because I think the latest moment for us to really still tackle these two very important issues within this legislative period is, let’s say, June 2022. So let me just ask a fairly simple, strict yes or no question. Can we expect these two legislations, let’s say, by 22 June 2022, yes or no?…

5 Apr

2022

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Question Time (Commission) - von der Leyen Commission: Two years on, implementation of the political priorities

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Dear President von der Leyen, two and a half years ago, you shared with us your vision on the European Green Deal and called it our ‘Man on the Moon’ project. You’ve had the full support of S&D on this. However, we can only call the Green Deal a success when we finish it as a whole. That is what my Group has signed it for. Lately we have seen some adjustments in the timeline, some legislative file…

4 Apr

2022

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Sixth Assessment Report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (debate)

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Madam President, the IPCC is very clear: we have no time to waste. The previous IPCC report already stated that everything needs to be done to combat climate change. We only have a small window to secure a liveable future, and this window is closing. How many times do we still have to tell each other we need to do more, we need to act now, take leadership, lead by example? Also now, the IPCC repor…

23 Mar

2022

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Need for an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the EU in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (debate)

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Madam President, first and foremost, I would like to emphasise that the European Green Deal and its underlying strategies will make our food system in Europe more resilient in the long run. And I am therefore a bit amazed by the EPP attempt to use this crisis to undermine and delay the European Green Deal, the Farm-to—fork strategy and the biodiversity strategy. We should stay on track to reach th…

8 Mar

2022

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Rising energy prices and market manipulation on the gas market (debate)

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Mr President, let me be very clear: We need to get rid of Russian gas. It is not only undesirable, but even immoral to continue to bait Putin's treasury at this time. And those who think that the prices have only just been shot up by sanctions, make no mistake: The prices were already high. Putin has been tampering with gas prices for a long time. We need to get rid of such manipulative practices …

15 Dec

2021

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 16-17 December 2021 - The EU's response to the global resurgence of Covid-19 and the new emerging Covid variants (debate)

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Mr President, we continue to look away from a global approach, with the risk that there will soon be a mutation that we are no longer protected from. And that's how we're back to square one. The only way out of this crisis is to give everyone the opportunity to get vaccinated. Sharing knowledge and licensing plays an important role in this. But we always hear the same arguments: producers who say …

24 Nov

2021

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State of the Energy Union (debate)

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Mr President, when it comes to the state of the energy union there is both good and bad news to consider. The good news is that the energy and climate objectives for 2020 have largely been met and renewables overtook fossil fuels as the number one power source in the EU. Overall, the EU energy and climate trends in 2020 were quite positive, but they still fell short of what is really needed to ach…

24 Nov

2021

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

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Mr President, the COVID variants that dominate today are so contagious that we will only achieve group immunity with a very high percentage of those vaccinated. Some experts hope for 90% or more. Currently we see that the delta variant mutates further. To prevent the virus from mutating even further, everyone should be able to get protection from a first or second shot. From a preventive point of …

24 Nov

2021

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Outcome of the COP26 in Glasgow (debate)

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Mr President, I hear a lot of mixed reactions after the COP26 in Glasgow, but personally, I’m a half-glass full person, maybe even a little bit more than a half-full and I think I’m not the only one. Just after COP26, I read a very interesting interview with a prominent professor in climate science, also one of the lead authors of the IPCC reports, who said she was much impressed by the results of…

22 Nov

2021

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A European strategy for critical raw materials (debate)

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Mr President, the energy transition is essentially a material transition from fossil fuels to raw materials that are essential for the production of solar panels, windmills and batteries, but also, for example, the production of hydrogen and raw materials that are now often found in many other products. We're going to need a lot more raw materials, because it's simple: Without solar panels, withou…

20 Oct

2021

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UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, the UK (COP26) (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, Minister, two years ago I was also here for my first plenary speech, and even then it was about a climate resolution: the climate resolution for the Madrid COP. And even then that climate resolution was full of wishes and desires, but to be honest, we went to the climate summit with few concrete plans at that time. We had a call: "Join us!", but it…

18 Oct

2021

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Farm to Fork Strategy (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, Gandhi once said that the civilisation of a society can be measured by the way it treats animals. Inspired by this and looking at the Farm to Fork strategy, I would like to say that the civilisation of a society can be measured by how we deal with animals, climate and biodiversity. The current mass production of processed food and intensive livesto…

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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Let me start with a statement. Politicians who merely link the excessive price increases we face today to our climate plans are fooling their constituents. In addition, they do not seem to be interested in a good analysis to arrive at solutions that help in the short and long term. But it's our job to protect households and our entrepreneurs. It is unacceptable that these people will soon be out i…