What Katri spoke about.

12 Mar

2025

EN Speech

Accelerating the phase-out of Russian gas and other Russian energy commodities in the EU (debate)

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Mr President, if we wish honestly to be self‑sufficient and independent in security, then defence isn't enough. The only way to be really self‑sufficient, independent and strategically autonomous is to also be independent when it comes to local food and energy production. While the EU doesn't pose significant fossil fuels, the only way to truly secure our backs is by strong independent defence, an…

20 Jan

2025

EN Speech

Powering Europe’s future - advancing the fusion industry for energy independence and innovation (debate)

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Madam President, colleagues, the EU's largest greenhouse gas emissions come from energy production. To genuinely cut these emissions, we must take the adoption and development of nuclear energy and renewable energy sources seriously. Nuclear energy is crucial, balancing power alongside renewable energy sources. One of the biggest issues with the transition to electrification is the huge need for p…

20 Jan

2025

EN Speech

Heat record year 2024 - the need for climate action to fight global warming (debate)

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Mr President, esteemed colleagues, this year has been the warmest on record. The Paris Agreement is in real danger, as mentioned here several times already. As the northernmost MEP, I surely do my best to save the winters for the coming generations too. We've been living through an era of acute crisis throughout the 2020s, so signs of impact of climate change are continuously emerging across the g…

18 Dec

2024

FI Speech

Restoring the EU’s competitive edge – the need for an impact assessment on the Green Deal policies (topical debate)

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Mr President, the fight against climate change is extremely important and it only makes sense that we should always act as sustainably and in balance with nature as possible when it comes to natural resources. Moderation is probably a good guideline. Unfortunately, however, in the last period, Europe did so on the basis of the green transition, which is an important issue, including, unfortunately…

26 Nov

2024

FI Speech

The Autumn 2024 Economic Forecast: a gradual rebound in an adverse environment (debate)

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26 Nov

2024

FI Speech

2025 budgetary procedure: Joint text (debate)

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14 Nov

2024

FI Speech

Enhancing Europe’s civilian and defence preparedness and readiness (debate)

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Mr President, thank you to President Niinistö for his report on improving Europe's crisis preparedness. I dare to say that history and geography have taught us Finns to prepare for many kinds of crisis conditions, and traditionally, both as families and as a nation, they have always wanted to prepare for a bad day, as the saying goes. An example in Finland is the Act on Security of Supply and, as …

23 Oct

2024

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U-turn on EU bureaucracy: the need to axe unnecessary burdens and reporting to unleash competitiveness and innovation (topical debate)

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Mr President, bureaucracy paralyses competitiveness in the EU and weakens us in the global market. According to the Draghi's report, over 60 % of the enterprises in the EU consider the regulation an obstacle to investments, and over half of the small and medium-sized enterprises consider regulation and administrative burden to be their biggest challenge. We have lagged behind the United States in …

9 Oct

2024

FI Speech

Taxing the super-rich to end poverty and reduce inequalities: EU support to the G20 Presidency’s proposal (topical debate)

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Mr President, the cornerstone of the welfare state is the very widely accepted progressive taxation. You pay taxes and receive high-quality public services in return, which you can also seek to decide on democratically in public duties. It is very important that taxation continues to be a national competence. But there is a huge need for international cooperation in tax evasion, exchange of inform…