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Dec

2023

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 14-15 December 2023 (debate)

Madam President! Ukraine's place is undoubtedly in the EU. The Ukrainian population has been ready for EU membership since the Euromaidandemonstrations in Kiev back in 2014, and just under a decade later, Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine has actually led the country closer to membership than ever. The war has lasted too long, almost two years. I can't stand it. The Ukrainian people deserve th…

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Dec

2023

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Environmental consequences of the Russian aggression against Ukraine and the need for accountability (debate)

Mr. President! We are approaching the second anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. And in Ukraine, people are still dying in the war. Families are divided. Home is destroyed. Nature is suffering. In the first two weeks of the war alone, air pollution in Kyiv was 27 times higher than normal. Millions of hectares of agricultural land have been contaminated by heavy metals and millions of gree…

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Nov

2023

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Strengthening the CO2 emission performance targets for new heavy-duty vehicles (debate)

Mr President! Dear colleagues! We're busy. Insanely busy. The planet's temperature is rising and Europe's role as a world leader in green technology is at risk. In fact, we have long been in the global lead when it comes to climate policy and industrial policy. If we get today's vote through well, then we have an opportunity to continue with it. Continue to show the way to reduce our CO2 emissions…

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Nov

2023

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Common rules promoting the repair of goods

Madam President! Not so long ago, my washing machine broke down, and I called the repairman to see if he would come out and fix it. It was only a little over two years old, the washing machine. Then he tells me he thinks it would be a bad idea. It will be more expensive for me to get my washing machine repaired than to go out and buy a new one. I checked it out and it turned out to be absolutely t…

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Nov

2023

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Type-approval of motor vehicles and engines with respect to their emissions and battery durability (Euro 7) (debate)

Mr President! Every year, thousands of Europeans die of poor air quality from the transport sector. We have just heard that, and we also know it from the World Health Organization. It is the biggest threat to our health in the EU, so tackling air pollution is a shared – or should be a shared – political responsibility. A responsibility for city councillors and for national politicians and from us …

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Oct

2023

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Fighting disinformation and dissemination of illegal content in the context of the Digital Services Act and in times of conflict (debate)

Mr President, truth is the first casualty of war, it is said. Online this is true now more than ever. One of the new battlegrounds in modern conflicts is social media platforms. Online the weapon of choice is not tanks and guns, but illegal content and disinformation. During the despicable Hamas terrorist attack against Israel, fake videos and pictures flooded social media. Posts on X, for instanc…

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Oct

2023

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 26-27 October 2023 (debate)

Mr President! Almost 20 months. Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine has been going on for so long. The news value has diminished. There is more time between the reports from Ukraine and Breaking News on TV contains news about other hotspots now. But our support must not falter. That is my message to the Council today. Continue the support. Continue the unity. We know that war is a marathon,…

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Oct

2023

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Effectiveness of the EU sanctions on Russia (debate)

Mr President! The EU has adopted a historic number of sanctions against Russia, and yet the war continues. Does that mean sanctions don't work? No, because sanctions are not a bulldozer who drives in and knocks over the house overnight. Sanctions are a sledgehammer that you repeatedly knock against the concrete foundation of the house - sanctions package after sanctions package. You knock the hamm…

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Oct

2023

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European Media Freedom Act (debate)

Madam President! Freedom of expression and the free media are the cornerstone of our democratic society. This has always been the case from the underground press during the World War to Charlie Hebdo's relentless fight for freedom of speech. But today we see a new and growing threat to our media. The tech giants' platform has increasingly evolved into online assembly houses, where we log on to get…

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Sep

2023

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Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (debate)

Madam President! Every year, more than 300 000 Europeans die prematurely due to air pollution in the EU. It is our responsibility, so of course we have to do something. We need to do more than what we are doing today, and that is why it is also good that we have the new legislation that increases the demands on all of us, on industry, on the Member States and so on, to do something, because that i…

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Jul

2023

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Nature restoration (debate)

Madam President! Naturen er presset. We're feeling it right now. When we drive down through Europe on our way to summer vacation, there are fewer insects hitting the car window. There are fewer and fewer places in Europe where we can drink the water directly from the tap. There is oxygen depletion in lakes and streams. Species are dying out at extremely high speeds. Nature is losing. But we can do…

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Jun

2023

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The water crisis in Europe (debate)

Madam President! Thanks for that. This summer, we are seeing the consequences of the climate crisis even more clearly than ever before. Europe is thirsty. The rivers are drying up, the water table is sinking, agriculture is under pressure and nature is suffering. There's a fight for the water. Climate action in Europe is therefore crucial. We must do what we can to avoid further climate change whi…

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Jun

2023

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Make Europe the place to invest (debate)

–Mrs President! We need companies to invest in Europe. We need to produce more ourselves in Europe. This is vitally important. This is especially true at a time when the United States to the west is trying to attract European companies, and China and Russia to the east are rattling with the sabers. We need to do better on our own. We have to be in our own right, but so can we. Men derfor er invest…

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Jun

2023

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Batteries and waste batteries (debate)

Madam President! Batteries are a crucial part of the green transition. They are, so to speak, the fuel tank of our electric cars and, in the long term, also our trucks. They are crucial for the future energy storage of solar and wind, and therefore we need to get better at recycling them. Batteries are filled with strategically important materials such as cobalt, lithium, nickel, etc. These are ma…

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May

2023

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Empowering consumers for the green transition (debate)

Madam President! Time has run out from buying, using and throwing away the culture. Instead, we want consumers to trade green. In fact, companies understand this as well. And that's why it abounds with products in brown wrapping paper with self-invented labelling schemes and printed lots of words that praise the product's sustainability, recyclability and biodegradability. But underneath can hide …

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Apr

2023

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Dieselgate: suspected widespread use of defeat devices in cars to reduce effectiveness of pollution control systems (debate)

Madam President! In 2015, we were shocked by this scandal. Extremely shaken. Cars emitted much more NOx than they had to – deliberately manipulated by parts of the industry to circumvent the requirements. And it was a scandal because trust was broken. It was a scandal because in this way we allowed people to die prematurely because the cars polluted more than they had to. Totally unacceptable! For…

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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)

Madam President! Perpetuality chemicals are one of the greatest threats to our health and to our environment of our time. And it is a scandal that the EU has not done more to protect us from them. Toxic substances like PFAS are found everywhere in our everyday lives. They make us sick, they mess up our environment, and then they reduce fertility. Honestly, action is needed now! PFAS is a cross-bor…

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Mar

2023

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General Product Safety Regulation (debate)

Mr President! More and more Europeans are no longer buying their products in the local shops on the pedestrian street. They shop online in web shops and online marketplaces, and that presents us with a new challenge. Because while our product safety rules for many years have worked in the physical offline world and worked really well and been really good, the same does not apply online when shoppi…

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Mar

2023

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European Citizens’ Initiative "Save bees and farmers! Towards a bee-friendly agriculture for a healthy environment" (debate)

Mr President! When I was a kid, the windshield on the cars was filled with insects and bees as you drove through the summer landscape. It was a sign of a healthy and diverse ecosystem. But it's not like that anymore. Insects and bees are endangered, not least because of our ruthless use of pesticides. More than 10 years ago, we adopted stricter rules on the use of pesticides in this House. This sh…

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Mar

2023

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Conclusions of the Special European Council meeting of 9 February and preparation of the European Council meeting of 23-24 March 2023 (debate)

Madam President! Competition for green jobs has intensified. Inflation deduction act in the United States, solar cells and car battery production by China, are just a few examples. The EU's green jersey is challenged both from the east and from the west. Both because several countries have become aware of the climate challenges we face. That is good, but also because it has actually become a good …

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Feb

2023

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CO2 emission standards for cars and vans (debate)

Madam President! The last move on internal combustion engines in cars is very good for the climate, and it is an absolutely necessary decision if we in the EU are to achieve our climate goals and comply with the Paris climate agreement. Men EPP er imod loven, fordi de frygter, at vi taber jobs i bilindustrien. I'm for the law. Because if we do not adopt it, we will lose jobs in the automotive indu…

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Feb

2023

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EU funding allocated to NGOs incriminated in the recent corruption revelations and the protection of EU financial interests (debate)

Madam President! We are still not on target when it comes to fighting corruption in the European Union, nor in this House. Qatargate is a clear proof of this. Every stone must be turned, and no solution must be rejected in advance. The same is true when it comes to NGOs. We cannot turn a blind eye to the fact that it was precisely an NGO that ran and organised the corruption scandal that is still …

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Jan

2023

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Implementation of the common foreign and security policy - annual report 2022 - Implementation of the common security and defence policy - annual report 2022 (debate)

Mr President! Russia’s attack on Ukraine marked a breach of decades of peace in Europe. The images from Ukraine of civilian casualties, bombed cities and weeping relatives have affected us all. Where there used to be wars in other parts of the world, it has now moved very close to the EU's borders. The war has changed the state of the world. Energy policy has become security policy and industrial …

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Jan

2023

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Consumer protection in online video games: a European Single Market approach (debate)

Mr. President! Commissioner, colleagues. Have you tried to lose interest in hobbies and friends because all you wanted was to play computer games? Or have you experienced periods when all you thought about was playing again? The vast majority of us here will probably say no, we haven't tried that. And that's not because we're better at resisting temptations, but because we're not quite as young an…

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Jan

2023

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Shipments of waste (debate)

Mr. President! These days we are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the single market, and I would like to take advantage of this opportunity to say that it is very good for the European Union that we have had this single market for so long. This is the crown jewel of European cooperation. However, the management and transport of our waste is, in fact, an essential part of the proper functioning …