Kris VAN DIJCK

ECR

Kris VAN DIJCK

MEP · Belgium

Plenary speeches · European Parliament

Plenary speeches · EU Parliament

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33

Since July 1, 2024

Time at the Floor

0.7h

≈ 43 min

Average speech length

1:20 min

≈ 1.3 min · Rank 479/690

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7

Jul

2026

NL Speech

EU-Mexico (joint debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, this modernised agreement with Mexico comes at a crucial time, for various reasons. On the geopolitical front, we are strengthening our position in Latin America and building a reliable partnership in a region where other players are also trying to increase their influence. In economic terms, this agreement also opens up new opportunities for our companies, including th…

17

Jun

2026

NL Speech

Electrification Action Plan (debate)

15

Jun

2026

NL Speech

EU-US trade deal (joint debate)

20

May

2026

NL Speech

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

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, yes, the EU must decarbonise, but please do not let it become deindustrialisation, with sectors and jobs disappearing. I advocate a certain sense of reality. The world has changed, the geopolitical context has changed. Talk to our companies and you'll hear the signals. I am thinking of Russia's war of aggression, which has increased energy prices. …

18

May

2026

NL Speech

Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, European steel is not just a raw material. It is the backbone of our European industry. If we lose our steel industry, we lose control of our future. The new protective measures are therefore an important step to counter unfair competition, often from China, which is undermining our industry through dumping and massive state aid. This is only a first step for us. The en…

28

Apr

2026

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Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 (debate)

Mr President, regulatory burdens and inconsistent, overlapping regulations lead to legal uncertainty, which makes it particularly difficult for our companies. And that's not good. Take now the mass of delegated and implementing acts fired at our companies and referred to in the report. Thank you, Mr Žalimas! The Treaty makes it clear that delegated acts can only supplement or amend non-essential e…

10

Mar

2026

NL Answer

Single Market: how to move from an incomplete single market to one market for one Europe (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I think my statement was very clear. One internal market, one internal capital market, one energy market and, where necessary, other ways of working together. Because together we must stand strong in a geopolitical world where we would otherwise be supplanted among other imperial forces. So yes, we need to be strong together.…

10

Mar

2026

NL Speech

Single Market: how to move from an incomplete single market to one market for one Europe (debate)

Mr President, Minister, Commissioner, today we are talking about a single European internal market. But is it there? What is an internal market without a single capital market? Without a single energy market? Our entrepreneurs experience 27 different markets every day. We can only regain strength in these geopolitical, turbulent times if all obstacles to a single internal market are removed. I am …

11

Feb

2026

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Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rights (debate)

Mr President, social dumping and unfair competition are a real scourge, because people, companies, but also our internal market suffer greatly. After all, our internal market is built on mutual trust. Free movement of people and services can only exist if we take each other seriously in our rules and our enforcement. That is why, tonight, I would also like to call for the mutual recognition of pro…

9

Feb

2026

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

21

Jan

2026

NL Speech

Preparations for the EU-India summit (debate)

Mr President, High Representative, next week's EU-India summit offers a historic opportunity to reach a trade agreement after 18 years of negotiations. An agreement with India would be extremely important in these turbulent geopolitical times, given what Trump has said today, and from an economic point of view. The potential for cooperation with this huge country is largely underexploited. An ambi…

20

Jan

2026

NL Speech

Brutal repression against protesters in Iran (debate)

Mr President, what began in Iran as a protest out of economic despair has become a national resistance to decades of oppression. Today, this resistance is on the streets. The regime reacts with bullets and with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which we should have designated as a terrorist organization much earlier. The regime reacts with silence and shuts down all communication and the inte…

16

Dec

2025

NL Speech

Grids package and tackling raising energy prices through robust infrastructure (debate)

15

Dec

2025

NL Speech

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr President, Commissioner, at this very late hour, I would like to bring one more thing to your attention. The Draghi report is very clear: Europe needs to make informed strategic choices in the sectors and value chains that determine our competitiveness and autonomy. Semiconductors and biotechnology are very important, but not enough. Circularity and real energy autonomy, including nuclear energ…

25

Nov

2025

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Effective use of the EU trade and industrial policy to tackle China’s export restrictions (debate)

Let China sleep, because when China wakes up, the whole world will tremble. Commissioner, Napoleon Bonaparte taught us this more than 200 years ago, but with the help of the West, China has become a giant that is now using its dominant position to put pressure on our economy and our industry through export restrictions on critical raw materials and technologies. I am not calling for the decoupling…

24

Nov

2025

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

7

Oct

2025

NL Speech

Time to complete a fully integrated Single Market: Europe’s key to growth and future prosperity (debate)

Mr President, the completion of our European single market is absolutely crucial for growth and strategic resilience. Due to insufficient integration in areas such as digital services, energy and capital, the EU remains overly dependent on external actors. The cost of the fragmented internal market is also too high. We are talking about the trade deal with the United States, but the IMF calculated…

6

Oct

2025

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr President, several large petrochemical companies have recently announced closures, investment breaks and layoffs in Europe. I've been hearing big words and combative speeches for quite some time now. Words, words, words, but concrete European actions are not forthcoming. Or worse: EU rules frustrate the business case of new investments. Take the example of chemical recycling where plastic waste…

8

Jul

2025

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Need for the EU to scale up clean technologies (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, today our policy is still going too far wrong. I regret that. Firstly, we need to realise that a transition that is necessary is not going to happen from today to tomorrow. Copenhagen was not built in one day. But don’t let ‘best’ stand in the way of ‘better’. Fnuik, for example, the business case for blue hydrogen not through restrictive regulation that only embraces g…

22

May

2025

NL Speech

Choose Europe for Science (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I am pleased that there is a realisation that investment in research and innovation is an absolute necessity for our competitiveness. I am also proud that Flanders is a frontrunner in this and even expresses the ambition to evolve from 3.5% to 5% of GDP. The average in the European Union is now around 2.2%, which is far from sufficient. Our productivity suffers. In this…

6

May

2025

NL Speech

A unified EU response to unjustified US trade measures and global trade opportunities for the EU (debate)

Mr President, the announcement by the US President about the new trade tariffs has undeniably caused a major shockwave worldwide, including here in the EU. In a short period of time, we have moved from a rules-based trade policy to a trade policy based on power and shamelessly used as a means of pressure. I call on the Commission, above all, to keep a cool head and to negotiate constructively and …

5

May

2025

NL Speech

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

5

May

2025

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Preparation of the EU-UK summit (debate)

2

Apr

2025

NL Speech

Energy-intensive industries (debate)

Mr President, our industry is losing the competitive battle. The text before us is therefore not sufficient. Too little, but hopefully not too late. We have to keep going and be realistic. The phasing out of the free CO2Emissions allowances for European industry are currently too high a risk that we cannot afford without a well-functioning system for taxing what comes from outside the EU. Furtherm…

13

Mar

2025

NL Speech

Action Plan for Affordable Energy (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the cost of energy in the EU is too high, and that is why citizens and our businesses are suffering. So the question is: "how do we make this energy cheaper, while we also need more and more electricity?" I follow the Commission when it comes to realising the Energy Union and, among other things, better connecting the European grid. What am I missing in this note? That …