What Sunčana spoke about.

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Jun

2022

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Notification under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) (A9-0145/2022 - Sunčana Glavak) (vote)

Mr President, I want to just say I’m very happy we can start to enter into institutional negotiations. So if you are in favour, thank you so much for that.

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Jun

2022

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Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System for aviation (A9-0155/2022 - Sunčana Glavak) (vote)

Mr President, according to Rule 59(4) of the Rules of Procedure, I would like to request that the file to be referred back to the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) for interinstitutional negotiations, in accordance with Rules 60 and 74 of the Rules of Procedure. Thank you very much, colleagues, for your cooperation. It’s a small piece of goodwill for today, but it’s no…

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Jun

2022

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Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System for aviation (A9-0155/2022 - Sunčana Glavak) (vote)

Madam President, dear colleagues, I think we can go with these two reports, if you agree. Yes? So we have two reports. So, Madam President, I think we can continue with this.

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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))

Dear Chair, colleagues, I would like to thank everyone who participated in the debate. Many of you have highlighted the importance of the Fit for 55 package and the green transition. And, of course, we talked about turning the European Green Deal or the European Climate Law and the Green Deal into reality. If that's the case, we'll see tomorrow. I hope he will. Our key objective is to make Europe …

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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))

Mr President, dear colleagues, climate change presents a global challenge and it has already affected the lives of people on all continents. It is very clear that global action and global cooperation is needed to mitigate the effects of climate change. Aviation is one of the fastest—growing sources of greenhouse gas emissions. Aviation accounts for 2—3% of global CO2 emissions, and the long—term p…

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May

2022

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The follow up of the Conference on the Future of Europe (debate)

Dear Chair, first of all I would like to thank Vice-President Šuica for her engagement and Mr Verhofstadt, thank you very much. However, what I would like to draw special attention to is certainly this process that has shown us that citizens are not always easily interested in such processes and political issues or direct participation as we have had in the past year. If by institutional work on 3…

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Apr

2022

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Mental Health (debate)

Dear President, Honourable Commissioners, colleagues, the times in which we live are challenging to preserve our mental health, and today, on World Health Day, we must ask ourselves whether we have exhausted our emotional reserves in the last two years. It was a time of daily adaptation to stress because, in addition to genetic conditioning, it is mental health that is subject to a number of facto…

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Mar

2022

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The need for an ambitious EU Strategy for sustainable textiles (debate)

Dear President, colleagues, Europeans, judging by the data, like to buy textiles. We buy about twenty-six kilograms of textiles a year, and we throw it away about 11, that is, more than 15 million tons of textile products are bought by residents of the European Union per year. However, 90% of European textiles are incinerated or destroyed even though they can be recycled. Of course, the footprint …

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Mar

2022

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Fair and simple taxation supporting the recovery strategy (continuation of debate)

Dear Chair, I thank the Rapporteur and agree that the topic is extremely important, especially in these challenging circumstances. The COVID-19 pandemic has already had serious consequences for the functioning of the European and global economy, which has also led to a reduction in tax revenues and, of course, indebtedness and expenditure. The result of such negative trends is an increase in gover…

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Mar

2022

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A new EU strategic framework on health and safety at work post 2020 (continuation of debate)

Dear Chair, Commissioner, colleagues, the COVID-19 pandemic has further accelerated the existing transformative processes brought about by the green and digital transitions, with a direct impact also on the labour market. To ensure the highest level of protection for European workers, we need to ensure agile European legislation for health and, of course, safety at work. These objectives also over…

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Mar

2022

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Batteries and waste batteries (debate)

Dear Chair, colleague and colleague, batteries are extremely important for industrial European competitiveness and the fulfilment of the Green Deal, of course the ambitious one. With technological development, the capabilities and performance of batteries are increased, which further stimulates, of course, their wide application. It is estimated that the total volume of industrial batteries could …

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Mar

2022

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EU Gender Action Plan III (debate)

Respect for human dignity and gender equality remains a challenge faced by millions of women and girls in their daily lives and we spend the entire evening talking about it. Today we face many obstacles to empowering our positions, and discrimination and in many cases domestic violence, exploitation and poverty are a daily reality for a large number of girls and women around the world. The G3 shou…

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Mar

2022

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Gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament – annual report 2020 (debate)

Dear Chair, Honourable Commissioners, Colleagues and colleagues, so we have other days of the year to be able to deal with these so-called women's topics, not just for one day. According to the World Economic Forum's 2021 Global Gender Gap Report estimates, if we continue our current efforts, it will take 135.6 years for the world to close the gender gap. The phenomenon of the glass ceiling remain…

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Mar

2022

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

Dear Chairman, colleagues, European and world energy markets are clearly under severe pressure due to increased demand for the purpose of economic recovery, the problem of insufficient storage and, of course, the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The rise in energy prices that we are witnessing has caused legitimate concern in the European Union, with special emphasis placed on gas, which jumped 170 pe…

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Mar

2022

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The deterioration of the situation of refugees as a consequence of the Russian aggression against Ukraine (debate)

The Honourable Chairman, Commissioners, colleagues, over two million civilians have been expelled from Ukraine as a result of the Russian invasion. Imagine the picture: Two million people, so one Paris - right now, Paris is empty. These are pictures of these people looking for their new home. The European Union estimates that more than four million people could seek refuge from Russian destruction…

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Mar

2022

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Foreign interference in all democratic processes in the EU (debate)

Dear Chair, Commissioners, colleague and colleague, I would like to thank Rapporteur Kalniete for drawing up a report which is timely in the new context of wide-ranging attempts to destabilise the European neighbourhood and undermine the dynamics of democratic processes in the European Union itself. Colleagues, work with keyboards and mobile devices takes more than a decade. I believe that we are …

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Feb

2022

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Protection of workers from the risks relating to exposure to carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxins at work (continuation of debate)

Dear Chair, Honourable Commissioner, Colleagues, I congratulate first and foremost all those who have worked on this dossier. It has been clearly stated repeatedly here that the health and protection of workers should be an absolute priority in any business. More than half of work-related deaths in the European Union are linked to cancer on an annual basis. The European Parliament has clearly defi…

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Feb

2022

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Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2021 - Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2021 (debate)

Dear Chair, Dear Commissioner, I would like to thank and congratulate my colleagues, three quarters of the citizens of the European Union wish to strengthen the Common Security and Defence Policy. We live in a period of tectonic disruptions and growing geopolitical uncertainty in international politics, as evidenced by numerous crises. The European Union's foreign security and defence policy must …

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Feb

2022

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Strengthening Europe in the fight against cancer(debate)

Dear Chair, Honourable Commissioner, Honourable Rapporteur, Colleagues, I am pleased that our report will put a strong focus on prevention and provide concrete guidance on how we can make further progress in the structured fight against cancer through different legislative amendment programmes. Where you live shouldn't be a question of whether you live. We currently have first- and second-class ci…

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Jan

2022

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Protection of animals during transport - Protection of animals during transport (Recommendation) (debate)

–The Honourable Chair, the Honourable Commissioner, colleagues, traded more than 1.6 billion animals in the Member States of the European Union in 2019, while the value of trade in live animals within the European Union in 2018 was €8.6 billion. Existing European legislation must respond to the challenges facing this growing sector, however, find balance and protect our farmers. In addition to the…

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Dec

2021

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Cooperation on the fight against organised crime in the Western Balkans (continuation of debate)

The European Union estimates that criminal revenues in the main markets amounted to 1% of GDP in 2019 and 139 billion euros in the European Union, respectively. The fight against organised crime is part of the EU accession process of the Western Balkan countries. What I would like to highlight as a major problem is the combination of political instances of crime miles, disinformation on platforms,…

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Dec

2021

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New orientations for the EU’s humanitarian action (debate)

More people than ever before are in need of humanitarian assistance. Colleagues and colleagues, according to the report, I believe you have seen this, it is about two hundred thirty-eight million people and they need help because of conflicts, numerous factors such as natural disasters, limited resources. The fact that the European Union has been hit by the pandemic and that we are in a crisis of …

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Nov

2021

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Situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina (debate)

Dear Chairman, Honourable Commissioner, colleague and colleague, we have witnessed worrying rhetoric in Bosnia and Herzegovina in recent weeks. BiH is split between ideas of violent unitarism and separatism and European supported federalism. The rhetoric we hear brings us back to the 1990s and heightens concern about a potential conflict that could destabilize the entire region after a painstaking…

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Nov

2021

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A pharmaceutical strategy for Europe (debate)

Dear Vice-President, Dear Commissioner, Dear colleague Dolors, I would like to thank you for your report. Until the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the problem of self-sufficiency of the European Union in a strategic area such as pharmaceutical production can be said to have passed under the radar. The pandemic was a moment of sobriety that revealed how dependent we are on products and supp…

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2021

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Coordination of Member States’ measures in light of increasing cases of COVID-19 in the EU (debate)

Dear Chair, Honourable Commissioner, colleague and colleague, we have seen a significant increase in the number of newly infected coronavirus cases across Europe over the past few weeks. In Croatia, the country I come from, you can get a COVID certificate if you have recovered, have been vaccinated or have been tested. Black records are breaking in many Member States, and growth trends are not pro…