What Adrian-George spoke about.

11

Feb

2025

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The need to address urgent labour shortages and ensure quality jobs in the health care sector (debate)

Mr President, Romania has a huge shortage of medical staff in public hospitals. There are 9,000 unoccupied doctors, 1,600 residents and 14,000 nurses. This is considering that Romania also has 26 medical graduates per 100 000 inhabitants, above the EU average of 15.5. Many Romanian health professionals are leaving to work in the European Union because of low wages, poor working conditions and an e…

23

Jan

2025

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Cryptocurrencies - need for global standards (debate)

Madam President, an aphorism that has become famous in recent years is that the rules of physics apply whether we believe in them or not. Paraphrasing and taking into account the regulatory proposal Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) we can say that these virtual currencies will exist, regardless of whether the European Union or any other Member State thinks they are good or tries to control them com…

17

Dec

2024

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Misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms, such as TikTok, and related risks to the integrity of elections in Europe (debate)

Mr President, the way this debate is conducted is a slippery slope for the future of European democracy. Talking openly about banning some media platforms just because establishment Politically, we can no longer control the narrative, we end up no longer making distinctions between our democratic system and what happens in dictatorships or autocratic systems. Censorship, no matter how many justifi…

16

Dec

2024

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Right to clean drinking water in the EU (debate)

Madam President, as an AUR MEP, a member of the Conservatives and Reformists Group, I support the fact that the European Union should develop sectoral programmes to ensure access to drinking water for all European citizens. In particular, newer countries entering the European Union must be equally supported and obliged. For example, in my country, due to successive very bad governments, guaranteed…

26

Nov

2024

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The Autumn 2024 Economic Forecast: a gradual rebound in an adverse environment (debate)

26

Nov

2024

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Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia (debate)

23

Oct

2024

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Need to strengthen rail travel and the railway sector in Europe (debate)

Mr President, the railway network in Romania is in a deep state of degradation. As evidence, for 2023, the average speed for passenger trains was 44 km/h and for freight trains 15 km/h. There were higher average speeds between the two World Wars. The Romanian network is 20% electrified. Romania has at its disposal European funds of over EUR 6 billion. The total contracted amount so far exceeds EUR…

21

Oct

2024

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Empowering the Single Market to deliver a sustainable future and prosperity for all EU citizens (debate)

Madam President, the European single market is a very good idea, which, unfortunately, in certain areas of activity is not working properly. I'll give you three examples: the energy market, where Romania, which produces more electricity than it consumes, pays the highest bills in the European Union. The second dysfunction, which is still unresolved, is agriculture. Furthermore, cereals and certain…

9

Oct

2024

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Strengthening the security of Europe’s external borders: need for a comprehensive approach and enhanced Frontex support (debate)

Madam President, the Schengen area is dead. This is evident from Germany's recent decision to introduce generalised controls at its border. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to figure out who killed the free zone in Europe. First of all, the states that made fun of the rules. The most handy example is Austria, which still blocks access with land borders for Romania and Bulgaria in vain. Second,…

8

Oct

2024

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Strengthening Moldova's resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integration (debate)

Mr. President, there are one million citizens of the Republic of Moldova who have also formally received Romanian citizenship. Many of them work in other states of the European Union and prove to be good people and workers who have fully adhered to European values. They send home significant amounts of money and, in fact, represent the real engine of the economy of the Republic of Moldova. It is b…

19

Sep

2024

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Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States (RC-B10-0028/2024)

Mr President, the Alliance for the Union of Romanians strongly condemns Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine. We support the continuation of economic and military aid to Kyiv and hope that we will have a peace summit as soon as possible. We keep in mind that it is not the weapons that will end the conflict, but diplomacy. It is also crucial to pay more attention to areas bordering the confli…

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, the floods that have occurred and the catastrophic effects on Romania highlight two aspects. First of all, the serious infrastructure problems that Romania is facing. Almost nothing has been invested in the last 35 years in terms of hydrological systematization and protection of areas where floods can occur. No flood dam in Romania has a safe operation permit. Just as no less than ha…

17

Sep

2024

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State of the Energy union (debate)

Mr President, Romania, although it is a net exporter of electricity, with production exceeding consumption by about 3.25 terawatt-hours in 2023, is currently paying around EUR 150 per megawatt-hour, the highest price in the European Union. This shows us two things: firstly, that the European single energy market is a hoax at the moment, as long as other states pay less than half. There is little t…

17

Sep

2024

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Global measures towards social media platforms - Strengthening the role of DSA and protecting democracy and freedom in the online sphere (debate)

Mr President, censorship and political control of ideas emerging on social media, defined as public space by most decisions of the CJEU and national supreme courts, are incompatible with democracy and the rule of law. The fight against disinformation should not be done through censorship, but through effective communication and transparency. The brutal and unjustified intervention of Commissioner …