What Radan spoke about.

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Mar

2024

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Energy performance of buildings (recast) (debate)

Mr President, as rapporteur for the opinion of the Committee on the Environment, I support the agreement reached on this directive on energy efficiency in buildings and I sincerely hope that it will be approved tomorrow. We all know that building renovation is good for both family budgets, the environment and our energy independence. We all also know that such a huge task cannot be achieved in any…

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2024

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

Madam President, every normal person sees the horror in the Gaza Strip and in eastern Ukraine, and every normal person wants peace in both the Middle East and Europe. He wants this monstrous carnage to stop. But the truth is that in the framework of this debate, no one said how. And we have to admit that we may not have an answer how. Because once started, war has its cruel logic of pain, of hatre…

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Feb

2024

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EU2040 climate target (debate)

Mr President, I am afraid that the debate has become a little populist, a little pre-election and has unnecessarily exacerbated populist passions on both sides of the House, and not accidentally, because it is untimely. It is untimely because we miss the elephant in the room, which is that we are far from reaching the 2030 targets, far from being ready for 55, Fit for 55. And this must be our dial…

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Feb

2024

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The need for unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after two years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, it’s two years since the start of the full scale invasion of Russia in Ukraine, but it’s also 10 years since the illegal occupation of Crimea and, let me remind you, exactly 20 years since the poisoning of President Yushchenko of Ukraine. Twenty years later, even the so-called useful idiots in this hemicycle must clearly see the intentions of the imperial regime in the Kremlin. Even …

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Jan

2024

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Quality jobs in a competitive future-oriented social market economy (topical debate)

Mr President, dear Commissioner, dear colleagues, let’s start with the most important thing I didn’t hear till now in the debate. No job is a quality job in time of inflation. No job could be a quality job if it buys less in February than in January. By the way, we as public authorities, neither in Brussels nor in our national governments, we do not create quality jobs. It is business that creates…

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Jan

2024

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The role of social award criteria in public procurement in strengthening social rights, good working conditions and inclusive labour markets (debate)

Mr President, dear Commissioner, a lot has been said during this debate about the benefits of social criteria in public procurements and reasonable arguments we've heard, and a lot has been already done to grant such award criteria. So I will focus on the risks they raise because there is no perfect solution in the economy, neither are social award criteria a perfect solution. First, it is the ris…

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Jan

2024

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The need for an EU and international response to the Houthi attacks in the Red Sea and for continued support to the Yemeni peace process (debate)

Madam President, this debate can take place from at least two or even three perspectives. Firstly, the perspective of international security and the security of international trade, knowing that a huge part of the world's trade traffic passes through the Red Sea. And here we have to state quite clearly what the situation is. The so-called ‘Houthi group’ is a terrorist group that engages in piracy …

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Dec

2023

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EU-US relations (debate)

Mr President, two hours ago, the dismantling of the monument to the occupying Red Army began in Sofia and now the symbol of its power, the Spagin assault rifle, is raining down on the ground, where it belongs. This monument had to remind us for decades that we are not part of the free world, that we are doomed to an Asian dictatorship. Why am I telling you this? I say this to remind you that the f…

12

Dec

2023

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Environmental consequences of the Russian aggression against Ukraine and the need for accountability (debate)

Thank you very much, colleague Bütikofer. I think it is in a way part of our next debate here in this hemicycle. But yes, I think that facing this war, we must always keep in mind that the free world is not a notion from the past, that there are a lot of countries – including prosperous countries – who are helping now Putin to sustain his war efforts. And I am absolutely certain that we must stay …

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Dec

2023

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Environmental consequences of the Russian aggression against Ukraine and the need for accountability (debate)

Member of the Commission. - Mr President, I must admit that it is difficult for me, against the backdrop of monstrous human casualties and destruction, to talk about the other kinds of defeats of the Russian aggression in Ukraine. However, the truth is that more and more people in Europe are feeling the economic weight, the economic problems caused by this aggression, and first of all, they are ca…

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2023

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Strengthening the CO2 emission performance targets for new heavy-duty vehicles (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, colleagues, I cannot support this bill as it is proposed simply because its objectives are good, but far from realistic. And the road to hell is paved with good goals, but unrealistic. Electric trucks, when we talk about heavy goods transport, I would like to focus there, as technology is not in an industrial readiness to enter our market. Nor are there any degree of ma…

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Oct

2023

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Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, first of all, I would like to thank the rapporteur, Maria Spyraki, warmly for her work, for her understanding, for her constructive and consensual approach to this report. Secondly, I would like to thank all these colleagues from Bulgaria, Greece, Spain, Italy, France, from all the parliamentary groups in this House, thanks to whom essential oils have been temporarily e…

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Sep

2023

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Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (debate)

Mr President, why am I in favour of this directive, despite the serious objections of some European industry? Because it gives the right solution to a key problem. New pollutants simply have no place in areas with chronic pollution. In areas where climatic and geographical conditions pose a constant risk of toxic levels of emissions into the air. Areas where people just literally, for a significan…

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Sep

2023

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Renewable Energy Directive (debate)

Mr President, it is obvious that the majority in this House support the legislative objectives of more and cheaper renewable energy, as well as renewable energy that is environmentally friendly. But we will not achieve these goals by repeating populist, I would say even ideological clichés, but by pointing out the risks and shortcomings of the legislation that is before us. Firstly, the limited de…

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Jul

2023

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Industrial Emissions Portal (A9-0211/2023 - Radan Kanev) (vote)

Madam President, once again, I request referral back to the ENVI Committee for institutional negotiations.

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Jul

2023

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Industrial Emissions Directive (A9-0216/2023 - Radan Kanev) (vote)

Madam President, based on the result of the plenary vote, please refer the matter back to the ENVI Committee for institutional negotiations because, as I said yesterday in the debate, the dialogue only starts now.…

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Jul

2023

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Industrial Emissions Directive - Industrial Emissions Portal - Deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure - Sustainable maritime fuels (FuelEU Maritime Initiative) - Energy efficiency (recast) (joint debate - Fit for 55 and Industrial Emissions)

Member of the Commission. - Madam President, we have heard fellow rapporteurs from the Socialists and the Liberals in this Parliament sharply raise the issue of the effect of industrial emissions on people's health. But believe me, the issue of citizens' health is also paramount in every discussion in my group, in the European People's Party. We have heard colleagues from both the Socialist Group …

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Jul

2023

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Industrial Emissions Directive - Industrial Emissions Portal - Deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure - Sustainable maritime fuels (FuelEU Maritime Initiative) - Energy efficiency (recast) (joint debate - Fit for 55 and Industrial Emissions)

Madam President, dear colleagues, I would like to start my presentation of the IED report with rather political than technical considerations. And I would first say that we all see in the last weeks we face quite a dangerous polarisation in our vote here in the hemicycle, in this House. A polarisation which endangers the political legitimacy of our decisions, or at least diminishes this political …

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Jun

2023

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Foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation - Election integrity and resilience build-up towards European elections 2024 (debate)

Madam President, today we are discussing the very important issue of interference in the electoral process in the countries of the European Union. In my homeland, however, Bulgaria sees the next step of hostile interference in our internal affairs, and it is interference in the post-election process, in the very formation of state governance. Today we are witnessing an absolutely unprecedented att…

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Mar

2023

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Question Time (Commission) - How to ensure energy security in the EU in 2023

Dear Commissioner, in the summer of 2022, we faced a real perfect storm in the European energy system with the problems that blocked French nuclear power plants, with the drought which impeded hydropower on a European level, with heat and subsequent peak consumption of electricity and, of course, the main reason, the war in Ukraine and the disruption of gas markets. In this period, we relied heavi…

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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)

Madam President, Vice-President, colleagues, there is one paradox, and that is that the success of European climate policy will not be measured in percentages - neither in 50, nor in 55, nor in 57, nor by 2030, nor by 2032. It will be measured in economic efficiency, the success that can make this policy attractive to the whole world and thus really help our fight against the climate. And here is …

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2023

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Energy performance of buildings (recast) (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, colleagues, the renovation policy of our building stock achieves an extraordinary number of objectives at the same time. Firstly, it is of enormous social benefit, reducing the bills of both businesses and families, of citizens. Secondly, it has an undeniable positive effect on the environment, and a significant positive effect. Thirdly, but not least, it has a huge …

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Feb

2023

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Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: EU accession (continuation of debate)

Mr President, if the question of voting on the entry of the European Union as a party to the Istanbul Convention were to be raised in this House, I would certainly vote in favour. I will vote in favour because the rights of victims of domestic violence are much more important than the interests of populist politicians. But I must warn that this may not be the right decision, because it will trigge…

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Feb

2023

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CO2 emission standards for cars and vans (debate)

Mr President, I do believe electric vehicles are the future of mobility. And I am no fan of combustion. Living in a city with detrimental air-quality problems. And furthermore, in my home country, Bulgaria, we produce no internal combustion engines and we have a strong automotive industry which might hugely benefit from a deep transformation of mobility markets. And, however, I will not vote for a…

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Feb

2023

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CO2 emission standards for cars and vans (debate)

Thank you very much, colleague Chahim, for a strong message and good example. But still, I have a very important question – because you gave perfectly well the example with the steam engine personal car, which existed for a few years and then, of course, ceased to exist in the 20s, so about 100 years ago. My very important question is, was the steam engine for personal cars administratively banned…