What Margrete spoke about.

23 Apr

2024

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EU’s response to the repeated killing of humanitarian aid workers, journalists and civilians by the Israel Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip (debate)

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Madam President! The world has not in my time seen a worse attack than Israel's on Gaza with hunger, thirst and medicine as weapons, on top of the continuous bombardment and shootings. 34 000 are reported killed, half of them children. No horror surpasses this. With the killing of aid workers, we lose arms and legs in the disaster area, but our eyes are also blinded. The fact that Israel is denyin…

13 Mar

2024

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The immediate risk of mass starvation in Gaza and the attacks on humanitarian aid deliveries

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Mr President, have you made it clear that our civilisation is under real threat? The situation is obviously bad for the ill-treated population of Gaza, but everything worsens when the majority here and among the governments do not dare to mention Israel's 57-year occupation of Palestine, in which the reality has happened. An occupation that has only gotten worse and worse, and now in Gaza culminat…

27 Feb

2024

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War in the Gaza Strip and the need to reach a ceasefire, including recent developments in the region (debate)

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Madam President! I would say that it has been a very good debate today, with so many people supporting the fact that the massacre in Gaza must stop now and that we must embark on a two-state solution. But one thing has been frightening, and that is how few people have spoken of such a clear verdict by the International Court of Justice a month ago – very clear – demanding that the bombing stop – i…

27 Feb

2024

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War in the Gaza Strip and the need to reach a ceasefire, including recent developments in the region (debate)

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Anders Vistisen! Have you ever been there? Have you seen how much UNRWA manages with schools, with emergency aid, with everything that was really Israel's job, because as an occupying power they have a duty to provide for it? They haven't done anything. The evidence that exists – for there are stingy vessels – but the evidence that exists is worth nothing. A few years ago, Israel accused UNRWA of …

16 Jan

2024

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Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2022 (debate)

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Madam President! Yes, thank you, Madam President, and also thank you to the Ombudsman. Much has been said about the importance of proper transparency for our citizens to keep up, and here I would like to highlight in particular the good work Emily O’Reilly has done to keep up with this. Because if we don't have this to run right, then we're on it, and that's why it's so important that we have a go…

16 Jan

2024

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Humanitarian situation in Gaza, the need to reach a ceasefire and the risks of regional escalation (debate)

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Mr President! Yes, thank you, Mr. President. “If this is not genocide, what is it?” Gillian Levy asked in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz the day before yesterday. And then he gave full support to South Africa's indictment of Israel at the Hague court with an accurate review of the appalling attacks on Gaza. Here it is also worth remembering that the great hero in the fight against apartheid, Archbi…

12 Dec

2023

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Need to release all hostages, to achieve a humanitarian ceasefire and prospect of the two-state solution (debate)

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Mr President! Also thanks to Borrell for his speech. The fact that the EU must now demand a ceasefire with an end to the bombing of Gaza, the release of all hostages and free access to humanitarian aid should not be discussed. It's already thousands of dead too late. But the prospects for the two-state solution are muddy, Commissioner. Indeed, the EU is actually reinforcing illegal settlements and…

22 Nov

2023

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Humanitarian situation in Gaza, the need for the release of hostages and for an immediate humanitarian truce leading to a ceasefire and the prospects for peace and security in the Middle East (debate)

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Mr President! And thanks to Borrell for a nice speech. There is one point that has not been discussed at all today, and that is the threat that is happening now in Lebanon. Yesterday, nine people were killed, including two journalists and an old woman. 45-46 000 are internally displaced. 45 000 olive trees have been destroyed, cut down, scattered with ‘white phosphorus’. And let me quote what the …

18 Oct

2023

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The despicable terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel, Israel’s right to defend itself in line with humanitarian and international law and the humanitarian situation in Gaza (debate)

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Mr President! No matter who is behind this horrific bombing last night, we must not, and it was horrific, forget that Gaza is currently completely imprisoned. Nothing can get in. Egypt will allow it. Israel will not. They bombed children and adults. Three thousand have already been killed here in the last few days in Gaza, and we have to deal with that as well. And if our condemnation, absolutely …

5 Oct

2023

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Urban wastewater treatment (debate)

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Mr. President! Thank you to Nils and to colleagues for a good cooperation! In fact, the Commission's proposal was fine and it has made our work much easier. But there was still room for improvement, and we managed to get through a lot. A few important points: On the whole, we have been able to maintain, or even raise, the level of ambition. We have received more attention to reducing energy consum…

13 Sep

2023

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Reviewing the protection status of wolves and other large carnivores in the EU (topical debate)

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Madam President! We all know that wolves eat grandmothers. So, of course, they must be exterminated. Everyone who eats grandmothers, let's go somewhere else. In Denmark, more than 20 000 piglets die per day. If we are so concerned about animal welfare, then we should not look the other way. And let me say that we know very well that if we take care of our own livestock – as Róża Thun, not least, d…

11 Jul

2023

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Relations with the Palestinian Authority (debate)

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Madam President! Israel's long-term occupation of Palestine must end. Israel must retreat behind the Green Line. The PLO has accepted a status of the remaining 22% of historic Palestine, including East Jerusalem. It is the only chance for peace and freedom in both Palestine and Israel. The EU owes it to the peace wing, not least in Israel, to move from words to deeds. They feel abandoned by us. Wi…

19 Apr

2023

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Keeping people healthy, water drinkable and soil liveable: getting rid of forever pollutants and strengthening EU chemical legislation now (topical debate)

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Madam President! When some of us shouted back in the 70s that the pesticides would go into the groundwater, we were dismissed with the absurd accusation: "Doomsday prophets, it will take at least 30 years!" Yes, now we are there, everywhere in Europe we have the great generational pollutions that we are struggling to fight, and that struggle has filled my nearly 50 years of political activity. But…

14 Mar

2023

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Deterioration of democracy in Israel and consequences on the occupied territories (debate)

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Mr President! The legal framework underway in Israel is a disaster for Israel's democracy. But that was already the gap with laws that clearly discriminate against Israel's Palestinian citizens, let alone those in occupied Palestine. For 55 years, their lives have gone from bad to worse. I 2022 blev 146 civile dræbt, heraf 39 børn. Most of the IDF is unpunished. Land was stolen by settlers, houses…

13 Mar

2023

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Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States (Effort Sharing Regulation) - Land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) - Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (debate)

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Madam President! Thank you to the rapporteur and also to Commissioner Timmermans. We have achieved a fairly good result and we are particularly pleased that we have tightened up the Commission's proposals in several important areas. The most important thing is, of course, that the reduction path towards the 2030 targets has been tightened, and so that we have closed this loophole that the Commissi…

13 Mar

2023

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Activities of the European Ombudsman - annual report 2021 (debate)

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Madam President! First of all, thank you to the rapporteur for a good report. I would just like to say that the Greens will once again vote in favour of these three ECR amendments. We actually think they are good and don't really understand why you don't vote for them. But first of all, thanks to Emily O'Reilly, and I will not repeat all the praises that come from those comments. There is no time …

13 Mar

2023

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Signing of acts adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 79)

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Madam President (start of speech off mic) ... I was there, the leader of the delegation, and it was a clear shock that Ana Miranda was kept out, as it was also a shock – it wasn’t a shock; it was a surprise – that our Chair, Manu Pineda, was denied. Again, we were denied access to Gaza. I haven’t been there since 2010. I think now that the Parliament should be… I know that you responded to it, but…

14 Dec

2022

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Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2021 (debate)

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Madam President, thank you to the rapporteur and colleagues who worked on this file; the result is overall balanced and positive. It’s good that we reiterate the request to the Commission to revise its approach to petitions, which the Parliament already considers to be in breach of the Treaties. It leaves many citizens who filed individual petitions without adequate protection of their rights. I a…

13 Dec

2022

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Prospects for the two-State solution for Israel and Palestine (debate)

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Mr. President! Now we are again faced with a resolution that talks about a two-state solution and that we must return to the negotiating table as if the parties are equals. We constantly overlook the fact that one party occupies the other and has been doing so for 50 years. And there is no chance that the basic problem itself will be solved until the occupation is lifted and we can have real negot…

3 Oct

2022

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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - Serious cross-border threats to health (debate)

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Madam President! First of all, thank you for a good collaboration with a skilled dealer team. We Greens have particularly focused on a holistic view of health. When our nature and environment are threatened, our health is also threatened. Deteriorating biodiversity and increasing pollution pose a general health risk, increasing the risk of new pandemics. This holistic approach has now come into pl…

9 Mar

2022

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General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030 (debate)

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Madam President! Thank you to the Commissioner, and especially to you, Grace, for a very good job. And although we could have liked the level even higher, there are many good things in the text. I would like to take this opportunity to highlight the holistic approach. We must stop thinking in boxes if we are to deal with the climate crisis, the destruction of nature, the depletion of topsoil, the …

20 Oct

2021

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UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, the UK (COP26) (continuation of debate)

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Mr President! I participated in 2009 in Copenhagen, the following year in Cancún and in Paris in 2015. The mood was always alarmed, but especially after Paris we welcomed the lightening of the results. Afterwards, the level of ambition rattled down again, and the discouragement grew. Fortunately, young people are now on the streets. They and we know that in Glasgow it is their very future that is …

5 Oct

2021

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EU Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority: ensuring a coordinated EU approach for future health crises and the role of the European Parliament in this (debate)

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Madam President! The EU needs stronger cooperation in the field of health. The question, therefore, is not why, but how we should strengthen our health union. What have we learned from the EU's handling so far? We have learned that EU-procured vaccines work, and thank you for that. We have spent billions of euros, but have scandalously little control over how. And then we have a system that holds …

14 Sep

2021

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Presentation of the Fit for 55 package after the publication of the IPCC report (debate)

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Mr President! Yesterday we talked about the Corona crisis. We have shown that we can take drastic and immediate action if we really want to. We didn't wait until we had the vaccines. With the climate, we face a much worse danger. But here we mainly focus on finding solutions that do not interfere with our lifestyle. We've known the threat for 31 years. The last IPPC report from August was alarming…

13 Sep

2021

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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - Serious cross-border threats to health (debate)

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Mr President, COVID—19 has highlighted serious shortcomings at both EU and national level. With the new European Health Union package we should be better prepared in the future, but only if the Council agrees on stepping up efforts. I believe Parliament has done a great job. Let me highlight the most important improvements to the Commission proposal. Firstly, future decision—making has to be more …