What Corina spoke about.

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Feb

2024

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Calling on the Council to take all necessary steps to reach an agreement on the European cross-border mechanism file and open negotiations with Parliament (debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, the cross-border cooperation mechanism is a voluntary system that facilitates collaboration between neighbouring European land regions by applying the most advantageous laws when it comes to implementing a project. This proposal is intended to help remove the legal and administrative barriers faced by many of the more than 2 million cross-border workers and, of co…

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Oct

2023

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Taking stock of Moldova's path to the EU (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the Republic of Moldova has strongly expressed its desire to belong to the European family, being firm in the face of hybrid attacks from Russia, coping with multiple crises and welcoming with open arms the largest number of Ukrainian refugees in proportion to the number of inhabitants, just as my grandparents, when my mother was two years old, were welcomed with open a…

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Sep

2023

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Amending the proposed mechanism to resolve legal and administrative obstacles in a cross-border context (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, internal land border regions make up 40% of the territory of the European Union, home to around 30% of European citizens. As has been said, we note with sadness that it is precisely these regions that have lower economic results than other regions within the same Member State. Citizens, businesses and public authorities in border regions face specific d…

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Jan

2023

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Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2021 (debate)

Madam President, dear Commissioner thank you for the moving words that you have expressed here today and I would like also to share our and your solidarity with the people of Ukraine. Thank you very much for what you are doing for our countries. I am from Romania. So thank you once again. Coming back to the report, Mr Vice-President, the report that we are discussing today clearly outlines that th…

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Jul

2022

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Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2021 - Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2020 (debate)

Madam President, I would like to thank you all for this very fruitful debate. As we can see, the war in Ukraine, this tragedy is dominating our life and also our debates. As President Hoyer put it, what we are doing today is our testament for the future, and of course, it is our duty to do our part as a Member of the European Parliament, as a member of the Commission or as members of the EIB, as t…

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Jul

2022

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Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2021 - Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2020 (debate)

Madam President, Vice—President, President Hoyer, representatives of the EIB, colleagues, the report that we are discussing today clearly outlines that the European Investment Bank (EIB) is of great importance for the European Parliament, as it is the lending arm of the European Union. The EIB is the biggest creditor in the world, and it plays a special importance in our passing the tumultuous tim…

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May

2022

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Discharge 2020 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner Hahn, President Lehne, thank you for your clarifications. As the person responsible for joint undertakings, I would like to underline the importance of this public—private partnership in implementing specific aspects of European Union policy by engaging strategic industry partners across borders and business sectors and consolidating European research. Today, we have …

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Oct

2021

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The effectiveness of Member States' use of EU Solidarity Fund money in cases of natural disasters (short presentation)

Mr President, dear colleagues, the European Union Solidarity Fund is, in fact, living proof that the European Union is already a very concrete presence in the lives of all citizens. Whether we are talking about earthquakes in Italy, fires in Greece and Portugal or floods in Romania, this fund has shown that solidarity between European countries is essential, especially in times of crisis. To give …

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Oct

2021

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The Council's lack of will to move the European cross-border mechanism forward (debate)

Mr President, dear colleagues, indeed, internal land border regions make up 40% of the territory of the European Union, which is home to about 30% of European citizens. We note with sadness, however, that it is precisely these regions that are economically performing worse than other regions within a Member State, and that citizens, businesses and public authorities in border regions face specific…