What Christel spoke about.

29 Mar

2023

DA Speech

General Product Safety Regulation (debate)

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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…

16 Mar

2023

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

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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…

15 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)

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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 …

14 Feb

2023

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CO2 emission standards for cars and vans (debate)

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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…

13 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)

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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 …

17 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)

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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 …

17 Jan

2023

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

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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…

16 Jan

2023

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Shipments of waste (debate)

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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 …

16 Jan

2023

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30th Anniversary of the Single Market (debate)

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Mr. President! Thanks for that. It is often said, and Mrs Vestager has also said it today, but it can withstand yet another repetition. The single market is nothing short of a crown jewel in European cooperation. Over the last 30 years, the single market has created jobs, prosperity and well-being in the European Union, and that is how I hope it will continue. We celebrate today and congratulation…

14 Dec

2022

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Defending democracy from foreign interference (debate)

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Mr. President! Corruption. Interference in European decision-making processes. Elected people who do not live up to the trust that voters have placed in them. Yes, that is one of the things we have seen this week in the biggest scandal ever in this House. It does not belong in a democracy. It does not belong in the European Union and, of course, it does not belong in this Parliament. Autocratic re…

14 Dec

2022

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 15 December 2022 (debate)

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Mr. President! Ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner! We have now had the internal market for 30 years. We have managed – with an open economy – to create a fair framework for competition. A fair competition. It has created jobs and it has created growth. Now we are in a new global situation, where we are challenged from China with their state aid and from the United States with not least the new "In…

24 Nov

2022

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Establishing the Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030 (debate)

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Madam President! Commissioner, please! A pleasure! Digitalisation is becoming increasingly important in our society, in our everyday lives and in our economy. But even though digitalization has already changed a lot in our lives, we must dare to go even further. Digitalisation ensures jobs, growth and prosperity. That is why I welcome the ambitious goals set out in the programme. If the EU is to b…

21 Nov

2022

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Prevention, management and better care of diabetes in the EU on the occasion of World Diabetes Day (debate)

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Madam President! Thank you, Commissioner. Thank you for a good introduction and for acknowledging the major challenges of diabetes in the EU, where almost every ninth EU citizen has diabetes - either type one or type two. That is why it is very important and good that we are debating this today and are now also adopting a new resolution. There is a lot we can do and there is a lot we should do. Th…

10 Nov

2022

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A high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (debate)

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Madam President! Commissioner Vestager! The EU must be at the forefront of digital development. This ensures growth, prosperity and well-being. But with digitalization comes new challenges. We have become more vulnerable to digital threats. As for example, as we also heard Mr. Løkkegaard say, our country Denmark the other day has been hit by a hacker attack, which put large parts of the train traf…

17 Oct

2022

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Sustainable maritime fuels (FuelEU Maritime Initiative) - Deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (debate)

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Mr President! International shipping is one of the sectors where CO2 emissions have increased most significantly since the 1990s. And by 2050, emissions are expected to increase by up to 130% in shipping. We therefore desperately need a green transition of shipping. New technologies and new types of green fuel have been taken up in other sectors. We need shipping to set in motion a similar develop…

4 Oct

2022

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Radio Equipment Directive: common charger for electronic devices (debate)

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Madam President! Commissioner, please! We've been talking about it for a long time, as we've just heard. In fact, almost as long as I've been a member of this house. But now it's finally happening: We get this common charger for our electronic devices, and I think we can be proud of that. I think we've all been in this very frustrating situation. The mobile phone has run out of power, and the char…

14 Sep

2022

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State of the Union (debate)

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Madam President! The biggest test for a community is how to deal with the crises you face together. And if Putin thought that with his invasion of Ukraine he could divide us, could divide the EU, then he was wrong! We have proved that when international rules and European values are attacked, we stand together. We did that during the coronavirus, and now it is the inflation and energy crisis that …

4 Jul

2022

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Digital Services Act - Digital Markets Act (debate)

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Mr President, thank you, colleagues, for a very good debate today and to you, Margrethe. I was going to say the same as you just said here – finally, we are at the end of the beginning, because tomorrow we vote and then we have the legislation in place. And then the hard work will begin. And I count on you, Mr Breton and Ms Vestager, I count on you – you need to do a very good job. It will be toug…

4 Jul

2022

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Digital Services Act - Digital Markets Act (debate)

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Oh, ma'am. The President! New technology has always changed the world. It has created amazing benefits and lots of opportunities, but with new opportunities, new challenges will also come. This also applies to our intermediary services. The digital has at the same time made the distance between us shorter, but also dug the ditches deeper. You can write to people from all over the world, but judgin…

3 May

2022

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Artificial intelligence in a digital age (debate)

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Madam President! Colleagues, Commissioner! What do you see when you hear the term artificial intelligence? Robots taking over the world? A dystopia of Orwellian dimensions? Or maybe an app that can diagnose skin cancer just as accurately as experts? Or the Bluedot machine that predicted the COVID-19 pandemic before the WHO did it? Artificial intelligence, like everything else, has at least two sid…

7 Apr

2022

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Right to repair (debate)

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Madam President! One planet is not enough if the whole world lived as we do here in Europe. If the whole world built houses, bought cars, clothes and electronics, as we do in Europe, then we would need 2.8 planets. It goes without saying that the way we live, produce and buy in Europe is not sustainable. We need to get away from this use-and-throw-away mentality. An important step towards more sus…

6 Apr

2022

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022: including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation (debate)

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Madam President! Commissioners, colleagues. The pictures from Butja are horrific. The killing of innocent civilians. A man on his way home with a bag of potatoes. Another who comes cycling, piles with female next to the road, naked and burned. The pictures are so gruesome that they are hard to describe. We lack words, but right now we need words, we need political words and we need action behind t…

9 Mar

2022

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General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030 (debate)

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Madam President! Every year, Earth Overshoot Day moves forward. The day marks when we have used the amount of resources that the Earth can regenerate in an entire year. In 2021, the day was already 29 July. We must dare to have high ambitions if we want a green planet with resources that our children and our grandchildren can live good lives on - also in the future. And that is precisely what is c…

9 Mar

2022

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Batteries and waste batteries (debate)

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Madam President! In 1991, batteries were something we put in the remote control, in the alarm clock and in the walkman. Today we have batteries in everything from mobile phones to electric scooters and electric cars, not to mention batteries in industry. And the consumption of batteries will not be less preliminary. It is important for our green transition that more things are powered by electrici…

8 Mar

2022

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Foreign interference in all democratic processes in the EU (debate)

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Oh, ma'am. The President! The fight against disinformation and fake news has never been more important. We are seeing right now how Putin's propaganda machine is an active part of the war in Ukraine. Disinformation is a direct threat to our free and democratic world and has become the tool of choice for authoritarian regimes to undermine election results, citizens' decisions and trust in society. …