What Tsvetelina spoke about.

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Sep

2022

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Energy efficiency (recast) (debate)

Mr President, the past six months have shown us that energy efficiency is a matter of national security. Every kilowatt—hour we save can reduce our dependency on outside suppliers. Working on the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, I can assure you that the importance of the use of some of the transitional fuels is crucial for us to be able to achieve the climate goals by 2050. I appreciate…

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Jul

2022

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Objection pursuant to Rule 111(3): Amending the Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act and the Taxonomy Disclosures Delegated Act (debate)

Mr President, this is not a debate about values, this is not a debate about or against the green goals that we have all set ourselves and around which we have all united. This is a debate on whether to allow for the temporary financing of energy sources that are key for European citizens and industry. The question is not whether we will continue to invest in them because they are needed, the quest…

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Jul

2022

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Madam President, Commissioner, the precarious situation we are in since the start of the war in Ukraine requires us to think about our energy security. We need to develop our own technologies and produce the energy we need within the European Union. The European nuclear sector is one of the most innovative in the world. We must maintain our position and the European Union's high-quality jobs in th…

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Jun

2022

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EU islands and cohesion policy (debate)

Mr President, dear Commissioner, Mr Omarjee, it’s been said many times that islands and remote areas are probably the regions that need our support the most. Some of those areas are so isolated that their economy relies only on agriculture and tourism. Two weeks ago, with colleagues from the Regional Development Committee, we visited the remote Spanish island of La Palma, part of the Canaries, whe…

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May

2022

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The REPowerEU Plan: European solidarity and energy security in face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including the recent cuts of gas supply to Poland and Bulgaria (debate)

Dear Commissioner, dear Members, the primary objective of any energy policy is security of supply and affordable prices. First, we need to ensure affordable prices. Competitive prices are achieved only if we work with all possible partners, and not through sole dependence on a single supplier. We also need to develop our own resources. This is the only way to ensure security and independence. We n…

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May

2022

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Discharge 2020 (debate)

Madam President, we welcome the work of the European Commission in 2020. Of course, we also take note of the Court’s findings, showing that there are still problems requiring improvement both at EU level and at Member State level. We ask the Commission to carry on taking measures to reduce the outstanding payments, as well as to continue to deal with outstanding issues, in order to increase the tr…

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Mar

2022

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

Mr President, the energy crisis that began last year is now deepening and the situation in Ukraine is intensifying the situation, so we must find solutions now. Europe has only one way forward and this is energy independence and affordable electricity prices. We must develop domestic EU renewable technologies. We need additional funding for that and we need to guarantee stable renewable energy. Th…

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Feb

2022

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Madam President, Commissioner, energy prices have been the biggest contributor to rising inflation in recent months. The most serious problem is that once again the most vulnerable citizens will bear the crisis the hardest. They expect quick solutions from us, not ideological disputes. To solve this problem, we need to offer strong and unified pan-European positions when negotiating the long-term …

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Nov

2021

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Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report 2020 (debate)

Madam President, 2020 was a difficult year, which affected Europe’s society and economy in an unprecedented way. It did, of course, affect the implementation of the EU funds in EU programmes. In this context, it is positive to note that the report concludes that the revenues for 2020 are regular, legal and free of material error. Of course, it is good that the estimated error in expenditure remain…

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Nov

2021

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State of the Energy Union (debate)

Mrs. Simpson, I won't get tired of saying that the energy transition is necessary. I will also continue to argue that the different starting position of the Member States must be taken into account in this transition. The most vulnerable cannot bear the brunt of the burden. Every social system is as strong as its weakest link. Once coal plants are phased out, we will need stable baseload capacity.…

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Nov

2021

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Madam President, thank you to the Commissioner for being here. We are in the middle of the economic and social crisis now, and I don’t think we speak enough about the European SMEs, which are the driving force of the European economy because they represent about more than 60% of the EU GDP and more than 100 million jobs. So they’re responsible for our economic and social integrity. The current cri…

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Oct

2021

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Insurance of motor vehicles (debate)

Mr President, dear Commissioner, dear Ms Charanzová, first of all, I would like to thank you for the hard work and also to thank all the fellow shadow rapporteurs who’ve been working hard on this file and our respective teams. In May 2018, the European Commission proposed to amend the Motor Insurance Directive in five main areas. The first one was the insolvency of the issuer, where it was propose…

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Oct

2021

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Increased efforts to fight money laundering (debate)

Mr. President, in recent months we have witnessed alarming financial scandals. The sanctions against Bulgarian citizens under the Magnitsky Act and the massive revelations of abuses in the Pandora Papers, which involve a number of European and Bulgarian citizens, show that the problems are of an international nature and Europe must act with common efforts. The new legislative draft proposed by the…

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Sep

2021

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Brexit Adjustment Reserve - Draft amending budget No 1/2021: Brexit Adjustment Reserve (debate)

Mr President, dear Commissioner, dear colleagues, I would like to start first by thanking Mr Arimont and all of my fellow shadow colleagues who worked hard on this file. During the short but tough negotiations, we did experience first-hand just how big an impact Brexit is having on the European economy. We saw that the negative effects and the commercial disruptions are unevenly distributed, even …