What Rasmus spoke about.

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Apr

2025

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Recent legislative changes in Hungary and their impact on fundamental rights (debate)

Madam President, it's actually easy to feel embarrassed when you listen to the far right today. All your hate and your lies is embarrassment to this House. I'm sorry, we're standing here today discussing fundamental rights in EU. It's in the Treaty. We are all here because we want to be here. All the countries part of EU is here because they want to be here. And your answer is lies and is hate. I …

11

Mar

2025

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Clean Industrial Deal (debate)

Madam President, how can we ensure that 'circular economy' is more than just words in the headlines in the EU's new industrial policy? That is more or less the question I asked you at your hearing in October, Commissioner. Here we are now with the Clean Industry Pact proposal, which, I admit, contains the word 36 times. circular or circularity. But where are the concrete policies and financing to …

12

Feb

2025

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US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, the World Health Organisation and the suspension of US development and humanitarian aid (debate)

Madam President, the time is now for the EU to step up and show global leadership. We have been in this situation before. Last time that man took office in the US, his first act was to undermine global cooperation in the field of climate change. And today it's the same. It's all about 'drill, baby, drill', instead of actual actions. We hear from the far right today that there's no money for green …

11

Feb

2025

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Political crisis in Serbia (debate)

Madam President, the other day, I read from world famous artist Marina Abramović on her social media that the students of Serbia are the heroes of today, and they are. They are – and the protests are indeed something that should call us to stand up and stand next to them, because what is the protest about? It's about fighting corruption, it's fighting for transparency, for accountability and for d…

22

Jan

2025

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EU financing through the LIFE programme of entities lobbying EU institutions and the need for transparency (debate)

We live in a challenging time where political dialogue and debate are at risk of being silenced. Civil society organisations and NGOs are crucial contributors to our common know‑how, our cohesion and our lawmaking. Without civil society, public policy will end up being dominated solely by the interests of multinational corporations. Let me give you one example: PFAS. If we only listened to industr…

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, I was both surprised and really concerned when I saw the topic line of today's debate. Good impact assessments on the Green Deal were already carefully done and reviewed. So what new assessment could we draw today that regulatory action to tackle environmental degradation and growing greenhouse-gas emissions is even more pressing today than it was yesterday? These policies are precis…

16

Dec

2024

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Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

Madam President, I would like to raise a point of order under Rule 10(4) in the Rules of Procedure, which clearly states that Members shall not resort to offensive language. More specifically, it concerns a debate we had last time we met here in Strasbourg on recent legislation targeting LGBTQI people, where certain Members of this House from the extreme right used both foul and defamatory languag…

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Nov

2024

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Need to adopt an ambitious international legally binding agreement on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment

Mr President, yes, plastic is everywhere, as we've heard many speakers before me saying. I mean, it's in the supermarket, our homes, look in your bags – it's everywhere. We even wear it. And then sometimes we feel good because we see it's recycled, but much too often it's downcycled and therefore it ends up again in landfills and in the oceans. What is so important with this treaty and with the ne…

27

Nov

2024

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Recent legislation targeting LGBTQI persons and the need for protecting the rule of law and a discrimination-free Union (debate)

Madam President, I don't know if I'm more sad or angry about this debate today. Yes, perhaps indeed it's 'sad'. Sad to see that we are actually discussing rights, fundamental rights. I mean, I'm soon turning 50 – I know you can't see it, but I am! – and in my lifetime I didn't think I would live to see rights be turned back in Europe as we see right now. Fundamental rights for people to live as wh…

26

Nov

2024

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Outcome of COP 29 and challenges for international climate policy (debate)

Mr President, this year we have witnessed devastating floods in Central Europe, wildfires in Greece and most recently, human catastrophe in Spain – all driven by climate change. Climate change is no longer a distant future scenario. It is here. It's tangible, it's costly, and it's dangerous. Climate change has entered a new and more critical phase, but the way we talk about it remains the same. An…

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Oct

2024

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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections (debate)

Mr President, dear Commissioners, dear Council, any budget discussion is actually a discussion about whether we are trying to adjust reality to the budget in front of us, or should we try and adjust the budget to this reality we are facing? I have an example. For as long as I've been following EU budget negotiations – first in the national parliament and now here in the European Parliament – it's …

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Sep

2024

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Possible extradition of Paul Watson: the danger of criminalisation of environmental defenders and whistle-blowers, and the need for their protection in the EU (debate)

Mr President, today, I want to emphasise the fundamental principle of fair trial. Japan is demanding the extradition of environmental activist Paul Watson following his arrest in Greenland. The same Japan which has repeatedly ignored international laws on whaling. Now, the focus must be on Watson’s legal rights. I am deeply concerned that Denmark may extradite Paul Watson on too weak of a basis. D…

19

Sep

2024

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Droughts and extreme weather events as a threat to local communities and EU agriculture in times of climate change (debate)

Mr President! It's a bit funny with the title of today's debate, which is about extreme weather, as that's just what the new normal weather is. Therefore, the discussion should not be about what we do in the short term, but how we actually act. Action that actually works also in the future. It is about making climate adaptation that is nature-based. It is about how we can transform an overly indus…