What Roman spoke about.

15 Sep

2026

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Devastating heatwaves, wildfires and droughts in Europe: lessons from summer 2026 (debate)

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Madam President, the Global Wildfire Information System is an initiative of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, GEO, Copernicus, NASA and ESA. And this Global Wildfire Information System says the number of wildfires is decreasing annually. Europe has hit a new low this year with around 5.4 million hectares of affected land, and the world is no different. Until 31. Around 120 mill…

14 Sep

2026

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Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures - Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund - Market stability reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): ceasing the invalidation of allowances

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Mr. Colleague! ETS and CBAM increase the cost of energy production, mobility and investment across the EU, and they are in fact anti-industrial, burdening our farmers and driving up the costs for households, even though they are already so heavily burdened. And meanwhile, China, India and everyone else continue to produce without any constraints. My question to you: Do you know about the degree to…

6 Jul

2026

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Air passenger rights (debate)

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Madam President, Overall, this reform of air passenger rights is to be welcomed. We have been able to fend off the Council's attack on existing air passenger rights and have even implemented minor improvements. We have been able to defend the core rights of passengers, the compensation amounts and the proven Three ‑ Hours ‑ rule in case of delay. Especially for the families, I am pleased that the …

18 Jun

2026

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Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles (debate)

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17 Jun

2026

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The resilience of the European transport sector and the need to ensure the supply of essential goods amid ongoing geopolitical instability (debate)

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(Start of speech when microphone is switched off) ... We are delighted that the issue of resilience is being addressed here today, as this is one of the largest construction sites in the European Union. The Commission's current policy is doing everything it can to weaken Europe's resilience. It is as transparent as it is tiring to take any development of world politics as an occasion to justify on…

21 May

2026

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Periodic roadworthiness tests and technical roadside inspection (Roadworthiness package) (A10-0139/2026 - Jens Gieseke) (vote)

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Mr President! Dear colleagues. This challenge is an act of parliamentary self-defence. About 30 members of the Committee on Transport from the Greens, Socialists, Liberalalas and even parts of the European People's Party want to negotiate an instrument of mass surveillance without a plenary debate – past the plenary – directly in trilogue. Under the guise of road safety, mass surveillance of all v…

20 May

2026

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Reviewing the ETS system to support European competitiveness (topical debate)

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Mr President! The EU Emissions Trading System does not need to be reviewed; it must be abolished – deleted without replacement. Emissions trading is by far the most anti-economic and stupid measure in the history of the EU. Without purpose, the competitiveness of our economy in all areas will be destroyed. Emissions trading makes production more expensive. Emissions trading makes energy more expen…

28 Apr

2026

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Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 (debate)

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Mr President! This Commission proposal for the multiannual financial framework is nothing more than an ice-cold coup attempt. The Commission wants to gain power over the budget, and the Member States should only be supplicants and paymasters. If a state does not obey, there is no money – this is obviously what the ladies and gentlemen in the Commission imagine. And then the Union's own resources a…

10 Mar

2026

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Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing (debate)

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Madam President, The Commission has therefore discovered that housing in Europe is in crisis, and although the EU has no competence in housing because it is the responsibility of the Member States alone, the Commission now wants to solve this problem. Aha! Commissioner, I have a tip for you: Talk to the responsible housing officers in the Member States. I am happy to help and organize an appointme…

9 Feb

2026

DE Answer

European Central Bank – annual report 2025 (debate)

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9 Feb

2026

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European Central Bank – annual report 2025 (debate)

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20 Jan

2026

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Air passenger rights (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, let's talk about Tacheles. The airlines are to spend huge sums on sustainable fuels. And to get them involved, the Commission and the Council are ready to sacrifice the rights of 440 million European consumers: free hand luggage, automatic compensation from three hours delay – this was normal for years. Now it should be four hours, and the hand luggage remains questi…

16 Dec

2025

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Presentation of the automotive package (debate)

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27 Nov

2025

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Outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference - Belém (COP30) (debate)

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27 Nov

2025

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Development of an industry for sustainable aviation and maritime fuel in Europe (debate)

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22 Oct

2025

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UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30) (debate)

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Madam President, Ten years of the Paris Climate Conference, and the left half of Parliament – with the sympathetic voices of the European People’s Party – applauds a work of destruction that is driving our economy into the abyss. Germany and Austria are facing an economic catastrophe, France is ungovernable – and what is the EU doing? It is sending even more money abroad for pointless climate meas…

22 Oct

2025

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 23 October 2025 (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen! I say it very clearly: This 2040 climate target – 90 per cent emission reductions – is not ambitious, but an encroachment by the Commission that threatens our lifestyle. Billions of euros in costs, industries fleeing abroad, jobs being lost, families falling into poverty - who decided? Not the workers, not the peasants, not the people – no, it is an unelected…

8 Oct

2025

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Europe’s automotive future – reversing the ban on the sale of combustion cars in the EU (topical debate)

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Mr President! I say it very clearly: The ban on new cars with internal combustion engines from 2035 was one of the dumbest ideas and stupidest decisions of the EU in its entire history. It was also a decision with particularly negative consequences for the whole of Europe. With one blow, the EU has virtually pulled the floor under the wheels of the European automotive industry. Over the past six m…

8 Sep

2025

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Investments and reforms for European competitiveness and the creation of a Capital Markets Union (debate)

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Madam President, The core of this report is simple: The EU needs more money for the energy transition, for armaments, for everything. And where is it supposed to come from? Of the private savings, new debts, new EU taxes, even more centralization. The Green Deal It is a gigantic flop. The energy transition has failed, and ruinous energy prices and a depressed economy remain. The borrowing of NextG…

17 Jun

2025

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Latest developments on the revision of the air passenger rights and airline liability regulations (debate)

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Madam President, For 12 years, the EU has not been able to agree on new air passenger rights – 12 years. Now suddenly comes a regulation that worsens rather than improves the rights of passengers. Instead of being three hours late as before, compensation should only be paid after four hours in the future; This is a clear step backwards in consumer rights and consumer protection. How can such a thi…

17 Jun

2025

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EU framework conditions for competitive, efficient and sustainable public transport services at all levels (debate)

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Mr President! What are we talking about here? In truth, this agenda item exists only to satisfy the Socialists' need for more rules and more money. This need of the socialists for the money of other people is well known, but we must first repair the individual traffic, which the socialists have almost driven to the wall with green and black help anyway. What about the air passengers? What about th…

21 May

2025

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Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism (debate)

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Mr President! The CO2CBAM is nonsense. Emissions trading is nonsense. All this CO2Pricing is complete nonsense. A worldwide unique nonsense. By the way: The whole world laughs at this EU nonsense. This bullshit makes energy more expensive, it makes industrial products more expensive, it makes people’s lives more expensive – and now CBAM also makes imported goods more expensive. And by the way, it …

2 Apr

2025

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The importance of trans-European transport infrastructure in times of stalling economic growth and major threats to Europe’s security (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! There are circles in the European Parliament who want to switch everything in Europe to a war economy. By the way, they are exactly the same ones who wanted to replace trucks with cargo bikes five years ago. These colleagues are lost anyway, so my appeal is to the MEPs of the European People's Party and to the Social Democrats. The EU, firstly, …

31 Mar

2025

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Savings and Investments Union (debate)

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Mr President! The Savings and Investment Union is nothing more than a scam at the expense of citizens. The Commission is not concerned with free access to capital markets, but with using private savings for its own questionable policy projects – projects such as the Green Deal or the readiness 2030 upgrade programme. Instead of looking for expensive means in the financial markets, the private savi…

12 Mar

2025

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Action Plan for the Automotive Industry (debate)

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Madam President, With the ban on combustion engines and ever stricter emission standards, the EU is deliberately destroying the European car industry, and because of the emission standards, our car manufacturers must even reduce CO2 emissions.2-take out loans with the competition, and then threaten fines of at least 15 billion euros. And who now thinks he is saving the European car industry if he …