What Virgil-Daniel spoke about.

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, Commissioner, I have listened very carefully to your speech. Yes, we must learn from the mistakes of the past. All the crises that have passed have shown us that dependence on fuels, on imports from elsewhere is not good. But have I learned this? We go forward, we go with renewable energy and we continue our dependency. We continue our dependence on imported technolo…

11

Mar

2026

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

Madam President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, Europe is talking here today about the energy potential of the North Sea. This is a legitimate and necessary discussion. But European energy security is not only being built in the north, it is being built in the south, and in the east, and in the west. I come from an Eastern country and that is why I am very interested in the Black Sea a…

10

Mar

2026

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Presentation of the Energy Package (debate)

I really don't understand your question, but I can tell you that, from my point of view, what I talk here, it's about prosumer – that we have to encourage in Europe prosumer. And we started at the end of 2021 in Romania. We modified the law to encourage them. Until now, we have more than two gigawatts – or more than the two reactors that we have in Romania. This is a part of the solution, not the …

10

Mar

2026

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Presentation of the Energy Package (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the energy crisis has taught us a very clear lesson: Europe's energy security depends not only on imports or infrastructure, but also on our ability to produce energy closer to citizens. Therefore, the role of the prosumer is essential. Today, millions of Europeans are already investing in local renewable energy production. In Romania, over 300,000 prosumers, with an in…

16

Dec

2025

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Phasing out Russian natural gas imports and improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies (debate)

8

Jul

2025

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

Mr President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, Europe's energy transition must be accelerated, but not in any case. We need a strategy that combines decarbonisation with energy security and industrial competitiveness. For me, this means strengthening investments in nuclear energy, stable renewable capacities and emerging technologies, from small modular reactors to hydrogen production and energy sto…

18

Jun

2025

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Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, it is time to recognise a simple truth: Without modern and interconnected power grids, our energy policies remain mere intentions. The green transition will not succeed if some regions are condemned to energy isolation, high prices and low competitiveness. We have proposed and supported amendments requiring concrete measures, urgent investments and i…

7

May

2025

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The role of gas storage for securing gas supplies ahead of the winter season (debate)

Madam President, I don't know how many remember, Commissioner, but you and I certainly remember, because in 2022, when I was Minister for Energy, we worked together and we were able to approve the Gas Storage Regulation. It was a tough time, a time when we were struggling in the energy council to get rid of our dependence on Russian gas. Today we have learned from the lessons of the past and today…

12

Feb

2025

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Competitiveness Compass (debate)

Madam President, Mr Vice-President, yes, the Competitiveness Compass shows very clearly the European Commission's concern about the competitiveness of European industry. We have a European industry which, unfortunately, is currently suffering from competitiveness in battles with other industries. If in the Draghi report it appeared that European energy is three times more expensive than that of Ch…

18

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)

Mr President, dear colleagues, in recent days, Romania and Europe have been hit by devastating floods. More than 20 people lost their lives, 7 of them in Romania, in the affected areas, and many more are still missing. Thousands of people were evacuated and houses, roads and critical infrastructure were destroyed. The material losses are enormous, but the human losses are the ones that hurt us the…

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Sep

2024

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State of the Energy union (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, the State of the Energy Union Report 2024 shows that we have made significant progress in the clean energy transition, with 50% of electricity in the European Union coming from renewable sources. However, to achieve the 2030 energy and climate targets, we must continue to improve our energy efficiency, accelerate electrification, especially in the heati…