What Linea spoke about.

5

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! Ladies and gentlemen. Now is the time to make a choice that could be fatal to our climate goals: Indeed, we have the last chance to stop the Commission’s hopeless decision to include natural gas – a fossil fuel – in our green investment taxonomy. A decision that is pure greenwashing of natural gas. Honestly, this is an opportunity we must not waste! Otherwise, we risk binding ourselv…

7

Jun

2022

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Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States (Effort Sharing Regulation) - Land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) - CO2 emission standards for cars and vans (joint debate – Fit for 55 (part 2))

Mr President! These days will probably be some of the most important of my time as a Member of the European Parliament. Right now, we're really moving on to climate legislation. We are usually a house that pushes ambitions upwards, and I really hope that we will continue to be when we have voted on the many important pieces of legislation this week. Fortunately, we have reached a strong and green …

4

May

2022

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Competition policy – annual report 2021 (debate)

Mr. President! We have something very special together in the EU: Our single market. This is probably our greatest success at all. It is the very foundation of our Union that lifted us in many ways, and it has given us a common voice and clout on the global stage. How did we create the success? Among other things, there are strong competition rules. Rules that ensure that we trade with each other …

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Apr

2022

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Sixth Assessment Report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (debate)

Madam President! Thank you for taking the floor, and thank you to the 270 researchers behind this report. It is not news that we are busy in the fight against climate change. The shocking thing about the UN's sixth climate report is how many people are already being affected by climate change. Millions of people are being displaced by extreme weather, about half of the world's population is experi…

9

Mar

2022

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European Semester for economic policy coordination: annual sustainable growth survey 2022 – European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the annual sustainable growth strategy survey 2022 (debate)

Madam President! We will never forget the last two years. They've been bizarre, and they're going to be expensive, too. We are in the midst of Russia's terrible war in Ukraine, we have had a severe pandemic with deaths and lockdowns and also long periods of economic downturn. Crises cost money and bills have to be paid. Many of these bills will be paid by our children. The next generation will be …

20

Oct

2021

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UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, the UK (COP26) (debate)

Mr President! It was almost six years ago that the countries of the world made an important climate agreement. They met in Paris. They'll be back in Glasgow soon. I would really like to remind you of something, because how much can you really forget in six years? It was, for example, the agreement that we should put a global price on CO2. We haven't done that yet. It was also the agreement that we…

6

Oct

2021

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European solutions to the rise of energy prices for businesses and consumers: the role of energy efficiency and renewable energy and the need to tackle energy poverty (debate)

Madam President! It has become more expensive to have the lights on in this room and to have the microphone on. And when it can be felt on people's bills, it creates turmoil in European politics. Because what should we do to prevent a lack of energy sending the prices of skyrocketing? I understand that the Commission is considering a solution where we need to buy more natural gas and store it. But…

14

Sep

2021

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Presentation of the Fit for 55 package after the publication of the IPCC report (debate)

Mr President! A few days ago, I spoke to a man from the shipping industry. He had to buy new ships. But he had doubts: What technology should he bet on? Is there enough green fuel? When will he pay for the ship's pollution, and what will it actually cost? He was insecure and I can understand it. A lot of European companies are in exactly the same position right now. There are many unknowns in clim…