What Rachel spoke about.

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)

Mr President, throughout Europe, and certainly in the Netherlands, there is a screaming shortage of housing. More and more people are seeing a roof over their heads turn from a right into a luxury. That is unacceptable. The EU has no competence in the field of public housing and should continue to do so. What the Commission should do, however, is to analyse which European laws and regulations unne…

20

Jan

2026

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CFSP and CSDP (Article 36 TEU) (joint debate)

Mr President, let me start with a question of principle: What European soldier is really willing to die for the EU and a flag and institution with which most citizens hardly feel connected? Our soldiers swear allegiance to the Netherlands, not to Brussels. It is precisely for this reason that military cooperation must remain a competence of NATO, where sovereign states cooperate on the basis of eq…

18

Dec

2024

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Restoring the EU’s competitive edge – the need for an impact assessment on the Green Deal policies (topical debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the Green Deal, Fit for 55, the ETS, the Net-Zero Industry Act: rule by rule and one even stricter than the other. The EU is creating a swamp of legal uncertainty that our companies are stuck in. And meanwhile, we see the US deregulating and China is fully supporting its companies. Here in Europe, we are champions of stacking rules without properly examining in advance …