What Adina spoke about.

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Jun

2026

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Achieving digital sovereignty and resilience for Europe, in light of recent developments affecting access to advanced AI technologies (debate)

Mr President, Madam Commissioner, colleagues, well, we are serious about competitiveness. Building state-of-the-art digital infrastructure is a necessity but is not enough. Europe does not need fibre, 5G, cloud capacity only to tick targets on a scoreboard. We need them to be used at full capacity for our businesses, researchers, hospitals, industry and public services. Too often when the Commissi…

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Jan

2026

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Presentation of the Digital Networks Act (debate)

Madam President, Madam Commissioner, dear colleagues, I really appreciate the fact that finally the Commission put forward this Digital Networks Act. It was long awaited and it brings some really well-expected and well-defined improvements regarding harmonisation for the single market, regarding the spectrum policy, cybersecurity, resilience, so on and so forth. So, I really appreciate it and I'm …

27

Nov

2025

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Harmonized requirements in the internal market on transparency of third countries interest representation (A10-0208/2025 - Adina Vălean) (vote)

Mr President, it's the same request to refer back to committee for interinstitutional negotiations, based on Rule 60(4).

27

Nov

2025

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Amending Regulations on the Internal Market Information System (IMI) and on the Single digital gateway as regards certain harmonisation requirements on transparency (A10-0209/2025 - Adina Vălean) (vote)

Mr President, according to our Rules of Procedure, I need to ask you for the referral back to the IMCO Committee so that we can start the interinstitutional negotiations.

26

Nov

2025

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Defence of Democracy package (joint debate)

Madam President, Madam Commissioner, dear colleagues, thank you for all your contributions to this debate. I have noticed once again that the challenges we had when we started to discuss this directive regarding the representation of the interests of third countries remain. The fact that it created a lot of expectation, a lot of people imagine that this is going to solve the illegal interference, …

26

Nov

2025

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Defence of Democracy package (joint debate)

Madam President, Madam Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues, complex political decision‑making is not a flaw of democracy, it is one of its defining features. But complexity can obscure processes, and when things become hard to follow, trust becomes vulnerable. This is why transparency must be a shared political value; not a matter of right or left, but a matter of political necessi…

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Nov

2025

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Digital Package (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, I welcome the Commission's digital package. Simplification done well should lead to efficiency and competitiveness. We must admit that our traditional precautionary approach has sometimes been disproportionate. We regulated some times before we innovated, and I am not sure this is a record to take pride in. Digitalisation drives economic success and eco…

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Sep

2025

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Public procurement (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, I see there is a lot of interest in this subject. I am happy to see that and a lot of very good ideas around. I think it is important because we have the responsibility to get the public procurement rules right. Nowadays, public money is a scarce commodity. We finance the green transition, we strive to grow sectors in Europe to break free from geopoliti…

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Dec

2024

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Restoring the EU’s competitive edge – the need for an impact assessment on the Green Deal policies (topical debate)

Mr President, Commissioner Ribera, colleagues, why are we here today debating the Green Deal? It began as a generous, forward‑looking idea, a vision of sustainability and innovation, a promise that Europe would lead industrially in the green transition. We told our citizens this was their license to growth and prosperity. Yet now, this vision feels tarnished. Today, for too many, it became a sourc…

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Dec

2024

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Misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms, such as TikTok, and related risks to the integrity of elections in Europe (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, disinformation and misinformation are like cracks in a foundation. Small at first, almost invisible, but if left unchecked, they can spread and erode trust, weakening the very structures that hold our societies together. Today, the cracks are amplified on very large online platforms – the town squares of our digital age. Over the last decade, the role o…

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Nov

2024

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Full accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen Area: the urgent need to lift controls at internal land borders (debate)

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Feb

2024

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Situation in Haiti on the eve of the deployment of the United Nations Multinational Security Support Mission (debate)

– Mr President, Members, thank you for the debate. The atmosphere is sombre, I would say, because of what is going on and also a bit of a negative feeling I can detect in all the speakers. At the last summit we had, EU-CELAC, the UN, partner countries in Latin America and the Caribbean agreed on the need to support Haiti in tackling the dire humanitarian crisis and in paving the way towards securi…

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Feb

2024

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Situation in Haiti on the eve of the deployment of the United Nations Multinational Security Support Mission (debate)

– Mr President, honourable Members, almost three years after the assassination of President Moïse, the multilayered crisis in Haiti rages on. We read with concern the latest report by the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti about rampant insecurity, the strength of armed gangs and the limited capacity of state institutions to restore security and rule of law. The capacity of gangs to gather …

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Feb

2024

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Union-wide effect of certain driving disqualifications (debate)

– Mr President, thank you very much, dear Members, for a lively discussion and also for a broad support for the idea and for this proposal. I’m really happy to see that apart from the divergent views on some specific issues, the Parliament, I’m interpreting, is ready to support our proposal. A few words on some of the issues which were raised. Again, we are talking here about a package. We would h…

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Feb

2024

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Union-wide effect of certain driving disqualifications (debate)

– Mr President, honourable Members, let me start by thanking Mr Vitanov and the Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) for the excellent report on the proposal for a directive on the Union-wide effect of certain driving disqualifications. As you know, this proposal is an integral part of the Road Safety Package, which the Commission adopted in March 2023, and it has close links to the Driving L…

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Jan

2024

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Implementation of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) (short presentation)

– Mr President, honourable Members, I would like to thank Mr Moreno Sánchez. The Commission welcomes the very balanced European Parliament implementation report on the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement, which reflects the overall success this agreement has been and the benefits it delivers every day. On 21 September 2023, we celebrated the sixth anniversary of CETA’s provisional app…

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Jan

2024

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Building a comprehensive European port strategy (short presentation)

– Mr President, honourable Members, the Commission would like first to thank Parliament, and in particular the rapporteur, Mr Berendsen, for this important report. We fully share the view that we need to support and improve the competitiveness, resilience and twin green and digital transition of EU ports and of the whole EU transport sector. This will allow the sector to grow in a way that is sust…

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Jan

2024

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State of emergency in Ecuador (debate)

– Mr President, honourable Members, the debate today illustrated the importance and complexity of the situation in Ecuador. Tackling the crisis in Ecuador requires addressing the immediate security situation, as well as the social, political and structural problems that have fuelled the violence over the past years. Corruption, poverty, lack of opportunities and social inequalities are breeding gr…

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Jan

2024

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State of emergency in Ecuador (debate)

– Mr President, honourable Members of the European Parliament, today I do not want to just express our deep concern about the situation in Ecuador, but, above all, to express our solidarity with the people of Ecuador and our firm condemnation of the violence and criminal attacks carried out by armed groups in Ecuador. On 10 January 2024, gangs rioted in prisons, attacked security forces and invade…

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Sep

2023

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Sustainable aviation fuels (ReFuelEU Aviation Initiative) (debate)

– Madam President, with such a sacrifice for the House, not giving the catch-the-eye possibility, I will try to be very brief. Again, thank you very much for your support. I am really keen and proud of this proposal. I do believe it’s one of its kind. Why? Because sustainable alternative fuels for aviation – this is a no brainer, this is the easiest way to decarbonise aviation while maintaining th…

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Sep

2023

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Sustainable aviation fuels (ReFuelEU Aviation Initiative) (debate)

– Madam President, honourable Members, I would like to start by sincerely welcoming the trilogue agreement reached and ask for your support for ReFuelEU Aviation. This is nothing less than a ground-breaking initiative for aviation and the fight against climate change. Sustainable aviation fuels represent the future for aviation. And we are taking this very seriously because the aviation sector is …

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Jul

2023

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Industrial Emissions Directive - Industrial Emissions Portal - Deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure - Sustainable maritime fuels (FuelEU Maritime Initiative) - Energy efficiency (recast) (joint debate - Fit for 55 and Industrial Emissions)

– Madam President, dear Members, this has been a very interesting exchange. I have taken good note of your comments. I will also pass them to my colleagues, Commissioners Simson and Sinkevičius. We look forward to the formal adoption of the three ‘Fit for 55’ files in the coming weeks. Accelerating the uptake of sustainable alternative fuels and increased energy efficiency are both cornerstones fo…

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Jul

2023

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Industrial Emissions Directive - Industrial Emissions Portal - Deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure - Sustainable maritime fuels (FuelEU Maritime Initiative) - Energy efficiency (recast) (joint debate - Fit for 55 and Industrial Emissions)

– Madam President, honourable Members of the Parliament, ladies and gentlemen, today’s debate and tomorrow’s vote shows that we are delivering on our Green Deal ambition. Let me start with the two proposals on industrial emissions. I want to thank the rapporteur Mr Kanev, the ENVI Chair Mr Canfin and all the shadow rapporteurs for the work on this file. The Commission supports the ENVI report for …

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Jan

2023

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Investment practices of sustainable investment funds (debate)

– Madam President, honourable Members, that was interesting. I’m supposed to say a few words as a conclusion. I would like to recall that the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation is still a relatively new framework. The flexibility in it was considered necessary when the file was negotiated back in 2018-2019. We’re still early days in the development of our ambitious sustainable finance agend…

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Jan

2023

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Investment practices of sustainable investment funds (debate)

– Madam President, honourable Members. Thank you, Mr Fernández, Mr Tang, for the question on the functioning of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation. Several European media outlets have recently reported about investments in fossil fuel or aviation activities by funds that categorise themselves as sustainable under the SFDR, therefore triggering doubts on the appropriateness of that to fi…