What Sigrid spoke about.

7

Jul

2026

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Urgent measures to strengthen the competitiveness and safeguard quality jobs in the EU’s automotive sector (debate)

Madam President, morning. Let's start with some good news. June was an all-time high for electric car sales in the EU. We are setting records as we speak. Across Europe, more and more people are choosing electric cars. They are getting better, cheaper and more accessible. At the same time, let's be honest, high fossil fuel prices make the shift even more attractive. If we don't prioritise producin…

17

Jun

2026

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Electrification Action Plan (debate)

Madam President, electrifying is not just about climate policy anymore. It's about security and competitiveness. Every time we replace fossil fuels with green electricity, we reduce our own dependence on imported fossil fuels, we reduce our exposure to price shocks, we become less vulnerable to unstable energy prices and, electron by electron, we are making Europe stronger. But for this to happen,…

21

May

2026

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Need for an adaptation of the EU legal framework on sustainable biofuels (debate)

Mr President! We need biofuels to decarbonise our air transport and our shipping sector. Biofuels are important, because aviation or shipping cannot just be easily electrified. But fortunately, cars can run on green, European power. So on a continent with limited space and a lot of pressure on our nature, we have to ask a simple question: Is it really wise to grow soy, corn or wheat to pour it int…

20

May

2026

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Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap (debate)

Mr President! I can't believe that something as important and valuable as care work is all too often both unpaid and invisible. Let's talk about what care really means. It means being there for each other. We reach out when someone needs us. Maybe it's your old grandparents. Maybe it's your burnt-out, stressed-out friend. A lonely acquaintance who needs you. A school student struggling with well-b…

20

May

2026

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

Mr President! If you pollute, you will have to pay for the clean-up and discharge yourself. If not, everyone else will do it. I don't want to pass the bill on to my children or grandchildren. But the populists, the anti-Europeans out there on the right, who are trying to trick you into thinking that it is the payment through the ETS system that has caused energy prices to explode - that is simply …

30

Apr

2026

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How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by animal diseases? (debate)

Madam President! In fact, I think we can do this much better. I think we owe it to European farmers to take the world situation and the challenges they face seriously. The challenge for European agriculture is not about plant proteins or what you can call your veggie burger or your plant sausage. It's far, far bigger than that. Climate change, drought and extreme weather are, of course, hitting ou…

27

Apr

2026

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Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU (debate)

Mr. President! Think about how you dress. Keep an eye on your drink when you're in town. Perhaps, as a woman, you have also received some of these well-meaning advice. Take care of your tea at home in the living room. Do we really want to add that to the list? Because at an online academy, men exchange experiences, teach each other to stun, rape their partners, and share it on the internet. It's t…

25

Mar

2026

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Energy security, independence and supply in the geopolitical context - ensuring market stability and affordable energy for industry and citizens (debate)

Mr. President! One hundred million euros. It is Europe's extra energy bill every day, because it is really, really expensive to be dependent on imported fossil fuels. And yet we see it happening again and again. Iran is just the latest geopolitical crisis and the consequences - we already know them: soaring bills, enormous uncertainty. It affects citizens, industry and businesses. Then there is…

25

Mar

2026

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Energy security, independence and supply in the geopolitical context - ensuring market stability and affordable energy for industry and citizens (debate)

The most expensive and the stupidest, it's not the green transition. The most expensive, stupidest and worst thing for Europe is then to continue to be so dependent on black energy. So you're talking against better knowledge if you think it's not worth investing in renewable energy sources. If you think it won't make us both richer and safer as a continent to put up more wind tur…

11

Mar

2026

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Building Europe's clean, independent and secure energy following the 2026 North Sea Summit (debate)

10

Mar

2026

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Presentation of the Energy Package (debate)

Mr. President! When the world becomes more uncertain, we in Europe can feel it directly. When Russia invaded Ukraine, energy prices exploded, and now we see again how the situation in the Middle East is causing oil prices to go crazy. It hits the Europeans. But it doesn't have to be that way. It is not written in stone that it should be so. We can give Danes and Europeans access to green, safe and…

12

Feb

2026

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Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate)

Mr President, I struggle to understand why we're not more angry. Maybe it's because as women we are told to smile more. But it's 2026 – women are done waiting politely for rights that should be the basic, should be the bare minimum! The fight for women doesn't stop at Europe's border. In the US, it seems that more weight has been put towards the emails of a dead man, rather than the testimonies of…

12

Feb

2026

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Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate)

12

Feb

2026

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Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate)

10

Feb

2026

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European response to the attacks on the Ukrainian energy system causing a humanitarian crisis (debate)

Mr President, year after year, Putin continues his aggressive war. People are dying, but not only on the battlefield. People are freezing from the cold. The systemic targeting of Ukraine's energy system is not only a military tactic, it's designed to break civilian resilience. When electricity is cut, when hospitals struggle to operate, when heating systems stop functioning, what's the result? Sur…

10

Feb

2026

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Building a stronger European defence in light of an increasingly volatile international environment (debate)

I just can't help but wonder: when you say it's important for the EU not to undermine NATO, I think that the one person who is undermining NATO right now is not sitting in this Chamber, but in the White House in the US. The biggest threat to NATO at the moment seems to be coming from within. So how do you see that it is not in this House that we are undermining NATO? It's from the US. I think the …

21

Jan

2026

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European Council meeting (joint debate)

I think you're wrong if you think climate policies and security and defence policy differ that much. The solution is the same: free ourselves from Russian gas. And let us not be naive and think that we can just switch from Russian gas to American LNG. If we go your way, deciding to treat these as completely different topics, we are doomed to fail, we are doomed to replace just one dependency with …

20

Jan

2026

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

Mr President! Thank you. When you look out into the world, you can get worried, whether you look at Beijing or Moscow or Washington, there is plenty of bad news, but it is important that we in Europe do not shy away. We shouldn't be afraid or make ourselves smaller than we are. On the contrary. We are the best place to be if you ask me. We have so much to give to this world and we have so much we …

20

Jan

2026

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Brutal repression against protesters in Iran (debate)

Mr President, let us not forget the name of Jina Mahsa Amini. Remember 'Woman, Life, Freedom', a fight that must not fade away. The Iranian regime's surge in death penalty executions and brutal abuses against peaceful protesters cannot stand. Iran's ayatollahs gun down children and raid hospitals because a whole nation is rising. It's making Tehran tremble. A generation is fighting for their futur…

20

Jan

2026

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Territorial integrity and sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark: the need for a united EU response to US blackmail attempts (debate)

Mr President! Zusammenhalt. Eenheid. Yhteishenki. Collaboration. Solidarity. Sammanhold. Unity. Unity. It's not just words. This is the backbone of the European project. This is the one being tested right now. So thank you to the countries that contribute to the security of Greenland, who cherish what matters: International order. Mutual respect. Together, we say it loud and clear to Trump: Leave …

16

Dec

2025

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European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ (debate)

Mr President, I have some news to share with you. If you are against abortion, don't have one. No one is forcing you. But don't confuse your personal choice, your opinion or your beliefs with your right to decide what's right for others. Because making women suffer through unwanted pregnancy has nothing to do with protecting your so-called values. You want to silence women, but guess what? You can…

16

Dec

2025

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

15

Dec

2025

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Breeders' protests following a lumpy-skin-disease outbreak in France: implications of the EU approach on sanitary and on animal health (debate)

Mr President! 10 million! So many pigs die every year from stress, hunger and disease in the Danish stables. That's the equivalent of a pig dying every three seconds. 1, 2, 3 – take a moment and imagine if we were talking about puppies. And the animals that are lucky enough to survive in the stables are sent on round-the-clock journeys under unbearable conditions and heat. But honestly. Living bei…

27

Nov

2025

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Outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference - Belém (COP30) (debate)

I think it is safe to say that it is broad scientific consensus – also confirmed by all of the experts we have had for numerous visits in the ENVI Committee, in the ITRE Committee and here in the European Parliament – that the changes we see and the rising temperatures we see on our globe right now are proving to be caused by human activities. It is caused by the way we live, the way we produce an…

27

Nov

2025

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Outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference - Belém (COP30) (debate)

Mr President, we are tired of waiting. The young generation of Europe has had enough. Empty promises and failed attempts do not suffice anymore. The agreement from COP was, let's be honest, disappointing. Where is the roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels? It lacked the courage and the speed that the climate crisis demands, but it also proved that the world can still come together. There is a found…