What Elisabeth spoke about.

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Apr

2025

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Delivering on the EU Roma Strategy and the fight against discrimination in the EU (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen! I want to stay on the topic and not go too far. The EU Roma Strategy is an attempt to create a framework with ambitious targets for Roma equality, inclusion and participation by 2030. But let me also take a critical look at this policy. While the EU invests millions in anti-discrimination programmes and consolidates quantifiable targets in the areas of education…

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Feb

2025

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Boosting vocational education and training in times of labour market transitions (debate)

Madam President, Ladies and Gentlemen! Yes, vocational training is a key component of the European labour market strategy. Austria has an independent and long-developed tradition here. At a time when the EU labour market is facing a shortage of skilled workers, it is important to show how to respond to the changing labour market by strengthening teaching and continuing vocational training. Yes, Au…

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Jan

2025

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Addressing EU demographic challenges: towards the implementation of the 2023 Demography Toolbox (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, The present Demography Toolbox leaves many questions open and also gives many only vague formulations. This approach overvalues administrative solutions rather than addressing the fundamental structural issues. The root causes of the demographic crisis, such as economic uncertainty and lack of future prospects for young people, are not sufficiently addressed. Th…

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Jan

2025

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Need to enforce the Digital Services Act to protect democracy on social media platforms including against foreign interference and biased algorithms (debate)

I am missing the question now to give an answer, but listen to yourself and your colleagues here today. You are an example of how you are afraid of freedom of expression – and I do not change my mind about that either.…

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Jan

2025

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Need to enforce the Digital Services Act to protect democracy on social media platforms including against foreign interference and biased algorithms (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen. In particular, I greet all those people who have so far been able to form an opinion for themselves and who want to do so in the future. Because the Digital Services Act It is truly a particularly worrying encroachment on our digital freedom. Under the guise of consumer protection, a censorship apparatus has been created here that threatens our freedom of exp…

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Nov

2024

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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (debate)

Please also read the statistics. I am only sufficiently aware of these statements, including from the regional parliaments. We have good evidence in the crime statistics, which are also published.

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Nov

2024

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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Today, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, we must speak an inconvenient but important truth. Violence against women is not an abstract statistic, but a daily reality that deeply shakes our society. In recent years, we have seen a worrying development. Violence against women has increased, not least due to challenges of immigr…

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Oct

2024

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World Mental Health Day - need for a comprehensive EU strategy on mental health (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. My focus today is very consciously on children and young people – above all because until recently I was in a classroom myself and could or had to see what challenges and changes are coming to us. Our answers are half-hearted at best, not to say: Not enough. A third more girls with anxiety disorders in clinics since 2019. Eating Disorders and Depression Rise Dra…

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Sep

2024

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The devastating floods in Central and Eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen! The recent storm disaster has severely affected not only Austria, but also many of our neighbouring countries in Central Europe. The images of the devastation and the reports of the affected communities are shocking. These events remind us how vulnerable our societies are to the forces of nature and how important it is to be prepared for such crises. Although…