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Volker Schnurrbusch

MEP · Germany

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Since July 1, 2024

Time at the Floor

0.8h

≈ 45 min

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1:16 min

≈ 1.3 min · Rank 587/694

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8 Oct

2026

EN Speech

EU strategies for islands, coastal communities and outermost regions (debate)

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Well, that's not quite true. As I said, our thing is not the utopia, to change the world climate. We have to adjust to the world climate. That's the point that we have to do. We can adjust. We have adjusted all the time. I live in a region that was underwater for hundreds of years, and then we built dams and dykes, and we secured our coast. The Netherlands wouldn't exist if the Netherland people h…

8 Oct

2026

EN Answer

EU strategies for islands, coastal communities and outermost regions (debate)

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Thank you for your questions. Very interesting. We don't know how much the factor of man-made existence affects climate. We don't know that yet. Scientists are not on the same page on this question. But we as politicians have the duty to help our people to battle the effects of climate change. We have the climate change – that's a reality – and we have to live with it. And we have to ensure that o…

8 Oct

2026

DE Speech

EU strategies for islands, coastal communities and outermost regions (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner! Islands are not only holiday destinations, but home to 17 million citizens. Away from the postcard motifs, they have to live with the downsides that islands can bring with them: poor infrastructure, high cost of living, unpredictable weather events. But even these citizens should have a right to remain. It is therefore important to counteract ag…

7 Oct

2026

DE Question

Implementation of the Nature Restoration Regulation (debate)

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16 Sep

2026

DE Speech

The impact of the implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) on SMEs, its administrative burden and challenges for the European Single Market (debate)

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Mr President! Ladies and Gentlemen! The EU Packaging Regulation is nothing short of an imposition for small traders, self-employed persons and craft businesses! Those who send only a few parcels to other EU countries should deal with registrations, fees, reporting obligations and authorised representatives in the individual Member States. This is not the way to create a single market, it is the wa…

16 Sep

2026

DE Speech

Stop gold-plating, relieve SMEs: Member States must implement EU legislation without adding extra bureaucracy (topical debate)

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Madam President, Ladies and Gentlemen! Between 2019 and 2024, around 13 000 legislative acts were adopted in the EU. legislative acts, delegated acts and 5 700 implementing acts. Unfortunately, Member States like my own like to impose additional requirements. By 2029, Ms von der Leyen promises to reduce the burden on businesses by at least 25%, and on small and medium-sized enterprises by as much …

9 Jul

2026

DE Answer

Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up (debate)

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Thank you, Mr Colleague, for the question. Of course, there are a variety of problems that bring fishermen to the brink of ruin; I didn't deny that either. But it is quite clear that seals and cormorants also belong to the problem area. I come directly from Schleswig-Holstein, I live on the Baltic Sea, and the fishermen there give up because the cormorants really eat away the fish. It is a fact; T…

9 Jul

2026

DE Speech

Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! The fishermen in the Baltic Sea do everything that politics demands of them: Fishing quotas have been reduced, herring and cod have been spared, but stocks have not recovered. What is the EU's response? Decommissioning premiums – this year for the last time. Compensation for seal fretting expires at the end of 2027. And after that? Nothing more! Th…

9 Jul

2026

DE Speech

Joint communication on humanitarian aid (JOIN(2026)0025) (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! The less real influence the EU has worldwide, the more it stages itself as a great moral power. Nothing against aid in acute emergencies and the protection of humanitarian personnel, but your resolution wants to turn humanitarian policy into a permanent, multi-billion dollar instrument with its own implementation architecture and sprawling politica…

7 Jul

2026

DE Answer

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

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Thank you for the question. You allow me to reply in German again. Of course, the market also produces a market for electric cars; That's not a question at all. We also never rejected the idea that there should be electric cars, but we have always said that there must be both or more forms of propulsion. Because electric cars are suitable for many purposes – as the Commissioner said, for taxis, fo…

7 Jul

2026

DE Speech

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

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! The Commission is concerned about the competitiveness of our car industry and the safeguarding of jobs. Seriously? Who put this great industry on the wall? Why are our companies in the deepest crisis in their history? Why are tens of thousands of workers being laid off? This is also the result of your policy. They have presumed to intervene in a…

18 Jun

2026

DE Speech

Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles (debate)

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17 Jun

2026

DE Speech

The resilience of the European transport sector and the need to ensure the supply of essential goods amid ongoing geopolitical instability (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! The transport sector, like the economy as a whole, suffers from the Commission's failed energy policy. As the EU continues to strangulate the economy and is ineffective in terms of foreign policy, we need to watch global competitors overtake us in all areas. The transport sector plays a central role not only for trade and industry, but increasingly…

17 Jun

2026

DE Speech

Electrification Action Plan (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! The Electrification Action Plan is another example of a planned economy. Forcing electricity to reach 32% of the final consumer by 2030 is a utopian goal that completely misses reality. The Green Deal has failed at all levels and is jeopardising the competitiveness of our economy. Renewables can make a contribution, but they are unsafe and not d…

21 May

2026

DE Speech

Periodic roadworthiness tests and technical roadside inspection (Roadworthiness package) (A10-0139/2026 - Jens Gieseke) (vote)

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Mr President! Dear colleagues! The Roadworthiness Directive is not suitable in this form. It only increases the cost of technical tests, makes them more expensive for our companies and is more impractical. Although proven testing facilities and systems exist in many Member States, the EU is committed to regulating something that does not require further regulation. In addition, studies show that m…

21 May

2026

DE Speech

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

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! The so-called climate policy of the EU forces the European airlines to decarbonise and thus to a planned economy. The quotas of ReFuelEU Aviation and the simultaneous end of the free ETS-Certificates are a disaster with announcement, because the market for alternative fuels for airlines in the EU is practically non-existent. Imports of e-fuels from…

19 May

2026

DE Speech

Presentation of the Fertilisers Action Plan (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! Our food sovereignty is more important than ever. We need to increase our domestic production. But how will this work if fertilisers become unaffordable due to uniquely high energy costs worldwide, cost drivers such as CBAM, and unrealistic environmental regulations? This puts our farms at the limit of their livelihood, and many farmers have to …

18 May

2026

DE Speech

The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen! This report wants more protection for the Baltic Sea, but it risks further accelerating the decline of fishing in the Baltic Sea. Europe already imports most of the seafood consumed here. And what does the report propose? More restrictions, more uncertainty, more pressure on our fishermen – this means less European fish on the plates and more imports from third …

20 Jan

2026

DE Speech

Air passenger rights (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! It is not often that we praise the EU, but air passenger rights are among the positive exceptions. It is good that customers can rely on airlines to claim adequate compensation in the event of delays. It is good that Parliament has opposed the Commission's and the Council's attempts to soften this rule. It is good that exemptions from liability …

16 Dec

2025

DE Speech

Presentation of the automotive package (debate)

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16 Dec

2025

DE Speech

Presentation of the European Affordable Housing Plan (continuation of debate)

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27 Nov

2025

DE Speech

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

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27 Nov

2025

DE Speech

Development of an industry for sustainable aviation and maritime fuel in Europe (debate)

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26 Nov

2025

EN Speech

Fishing opportunities 2026: ensuring the sustainability of fish populations, marine ecosystems and coastal communities

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, when we talk about fishing opportunities, we must first of all focus on the sustainability of our coastal communities. Because it is thousands of small scale fishers who carry a disproportionate burden of European policy today. Over the past 20 years, the European fleet has shrunk by almost one third in capacity, yet Europe imports 70 % of the seafood it cons…

26 Nov

2025

DE Speech

The situation of Christian communities and religious minorities in Nigeria and the Middle East, and Europe’s responsibility to protect them and guarantee freedom of conscience (topical debate)

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