What Cristian-Silviu spoke about.

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Mar

2023

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Question Time (Commission) - How to ensure energy security in the EU in 2023

Dear Commissioner, we should remain committed to our climate goals and also to the principles of the free market and competition. This past year and a half, when we have been living under extraordinary circumstances – with high prices of energy because of the pandemic, and then, of course, because of the market manipulation by Russia, and then because of the aggression of Russia against Ukraine – …

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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)

Madam President, dear Mr Timmermans, dear colleagues, we should remain strongly committed to Green Deal and Fit for 55 strategic goals, but we need to find the best solutions to implement these objectives in the new economic and geopolitical context. We need to take care of our industries, our companies. They should remain competitive worldwide, and the cost of energy for our citizens should remai…

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Dec

2022

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The recent JHA Council decision on Schengen accession (debate)

Mr President, dear colleagues, Commissioner, blocking Romania and Bulgaria's access to the Schengen area was an unfair act. Austria's vote against Romania, following the decisions of Austria's current prime minister and interior minister, was a strange, unfair, unjustified act. The pretexts presented publicly by Chancellor Nehammer are based on false assumptions and figures and represent not only …

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Dec

2022

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Renewable Energy, Energy Performance of Buildings and Energy Efficiency Directives: amendments (REPowerEU) (continuation of debate)

Madam President, since the signing of the Versailles Declaration, we have stepped up work in the European Parliament, and in particular in the ITRE Committee, to enable the Union to act as quickly as possible in implementing the REPOWER EU plan and adapting the Fit for 55 proposals to that plan. The Directive on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources has already been amended twi…

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Nov

2022

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

Madam President, dear colleagues, dear Executive Vice—President, I would like to start by thanking and congratulating our rapporteur and our whole team for the ability to negotiate this file since adoption in the ITRE Committee some time ago, and to thank the European Commission for the good initiative. Yes, a common level of cybersecurity in the EU is crucial for the functioning of the internal m…

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Sep

2022

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Renewable Energy Directive (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner Vălean, dear colleagues, I would like to thank the European Commission for the initiative and Mr Pieper and his team of rapporteurs for their work. We’ll be voting tomorrow on an essential part of the future of our energy sector and I know that the majority of this House will back the outcome we reached in the ITRE Committee, a very balanced one. We can all agree that th…

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Jun

2022

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Gas storage (debate)

Mr President, once again, I would like to thank President Jerzy Buzek and the whole negotiating team and also the coordinators for their extraordinary mobilisation and dedicated work to conclude fast and efficiently this very important legislation in the context of the illegal invasion of Ukraine by Russia. I would like to thank also all colleagues contributing to the debate today. The debate reaf…

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2022

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Gas storage (debate)

Mr President, Executive Vice—President of the European Commission, distinguished colleagues, at the 24 March European Summit, the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, told the Heads of State and Government that Parliament was ready to deliver the necessary political deal to ensure that our gas storage was filled next winter. I’m very glad to be here today in front of you on behal…

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2022

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Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System - Social Climate Fund - Carbon border adjustment mechanism - Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System for aviation - Notification under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) (joint debate – Fit for 55 (part 1))

Mr President, the objective of reducing emissions by 55% by 2030 is a very ambitious one, but also feasible, and I believe that most of us have committed to that objective, and I, as a Romanian MEP and Chair of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, have promoted it as an essential objective and will continue to promote it. But this goal can only be achieved if we encourage and implement …

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May

2022

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The REPowerEU Plan: European solidarity and energy security in face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including the recent cuts of gas supply to Poland and Bulgaria (debate)

Mr President, I would like to thank the European Commission, on behalf of the EPP Group and as ITRE President, for launching the REPowerEU package. The state of emergency requires emergency measures, as Commissioner Kadri Simson also mentioned. This morning we concluded negotiations between the institutions on gas storage and the European Parliament has honoured its promise to act very quickly whe…

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Apr

2022

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Global approach to research and innovation: Europe’s strategy for international cooperation in a changing world (debate) (debate)

Madam President, the European Parliament welcomes the Commission Communication on a global approach to research and innovation: Europe’s strategy for international cooperation in a changing world. We recognise that this strategy enables the Union to take a leading role in supporting international research, while facilitating global responses to global challenges. We also recognise here today that …

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Apr

2022

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Data Governance Act (debate)

Madam President, I would like to thank and congratulate Commissioner Thierry Breton for the initiative and congratulate and thank Angelika Niebler and Parliament's negotiating team for the excellent result and the successful closure of these negotiations. I had the honour, as ITRE President, to lead some of these trilogues and the final agreement we are voting on today is extremely valuable and is…

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Apr

2022

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Gas storage (C9-0126/2022 - Cristian-Silviu Buşoi) (Rule 163) (vote)

Mr President, I will be brief. The situation in energy has changed drastically and we need to address this with the urgency it requires. Energy has been used for geopolitical purposes by Russia for a long time. The Russian aggression against Ukraine has shown us that what looked like a distant possibility was instead a true immediate danger for all of us. It is now time to take decisive measures. …

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Apr

2022

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Trans-European energy infrastructure (debate)

Mr President, I would like to thank, congratulate the European Parliament's negotiating team led by Professor Krasnodębski, and also thank the Council. As ITRE President, I have led some of the negotiating trilogues and I know that it has not been easy to find a balance. Finally, however, the new legislation strikes a balance between reaching the 2030 climate target and achieving the energy transi…

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Apr

2022

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Revision of the Market Stability Reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (debate)

Madam President, I would like to congratulate the rapporteur. The Market Stability Reserve, in place since 2019, as Executive Vice-President Timmermans has just reminded us, addresses the structural imbalance between the supply of and demand for allowances on the market, with the aim to stabilise the market by removing surplus allowance from it. The reserve functions by triggering adjustments to t…

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Mar

2022

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Rising energy prices and market manipulation on the gas market (debate)

Mr President, the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) has been following very closely the evolution of energy prices over the last months. We have dedicated quite some time to receiving expertise and debating the causes and effects of the dramatic rise in energy prices, which is largely due to rising gas prices. It is important to note, first, that energy prices did not rise overnigh…

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Feb

2022

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A European strategy for offshore renewable energy (debate)

Madam President, offshore potential is recognised; offshore and ocean-generated wind energy will become increasingly competitive energy sources. I would like to congratulate Commissioner Kadri Simson on the very good strategy and my colleague, Mr Petersen, on the excellent report. As the report that we will vote on tomorrow indicates, the price of energy will also fall as these renewable energy so…

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Dec

2021

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 16-17 December 2021 - The EU's response to the global resurgence of Covid-19 and the new emerging Covid variants (debate)

Mr President, COVID-19 has shown us all that we have vulnerabilities, but it has shown us that together we can find answers and solutions and that the solidarity we have shown at European level has been an aid to many Member States, but also to countries outside the European Union. It's been almost two years since we learn lessons and coordinate for an adequate response, but we still face the lack…

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Nov

2021

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State of the Energy Union (debate)

Mr President, the State of the Energy Union shows that we are going in the right direction with the transformation and decarbonisation of our energy systems, and that we have a resilient and competitive system, despite price increases. But we have ahead of us important challenges that could also be great opportunities. The EU’s current policy framework alone would not be sufficient to allow us to …

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Nov

2021

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The EU's role in combating the COVID-19 pandemic: how to vaccinate the world (topical debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we have been struggling with a serious health crisis for more than 18 months. We are in the midst of a pandemic wave, which has taken the Member States by storm. We see how, one by one, some European states have to impose lockdown measures or other measures to limit the spread of the virus. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that the European Union…

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Nov

2021

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Outcome of the COP26 in Glasgow (debate)

Mr President, I personally consider the Glasgow Climate Summit COP26 to be a success if we act in a coordinated and sustained manner. World leaders have made a commitment that needs to be strengthened through concrete action. Our commitment as Europeans has existed for a long time. Our most important ally, the US, has said it wants to go decisively in this direction, to boost international coopera…

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Oct

2021

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An EU strategy to reduce methane emissions (debate)

Madam President, I would like to thank the rapporteur and congratulate Ms Spyraki on the very good, very balanced, report and for the good cooperation with the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE). I also congratulate Commissioner Kadri Simson on the good new strategy to reduce methane emissions. We need to strengthen the business case for capturing methane emissions. The main points …

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Oct

2021

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

Mr President, the challenge in transitioning to a cleaner future ahead of us was already enormous without the burden of the urgency to react and act. Reaching climate neutrality by 2050 means undertaking an enormous challenge, which requires a far-reaching transformation of our economies and societies, not only of our energy sector or industrial one. The realities we are facing at the moment are d…

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Oct

2021

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 21-22 October 2021 (debate)

Madam President, it is an extremely important European Council in a context where we have not definitively defeated the coronavirus pandemic and the rise in energy prices is worrying European citizens in all countries. A strong response and coordination of action at European level against COVID 19 is still needed, as there is a possibility of mutations in the future and, unfortunately, there are c…

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Oct

2021

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European solutions to the rise of energy prices for businesses and consumers: the role of energy efficiency and renewable energy and the need to tackle energy poverty (debate)

Madam President, I will speak in Romanian. – Doamnă președintă, doamnă comisar, creșterea prețurilor la energie afectează toate statele membre ale Uniunii Europene, iar țara mea, România, riscă să fie, în mod substanțial, afectată. Știm care sunt problemele, de unde provin aceste creșteri, s-au amintit și astăzi, fie că vorbim de fluctuațiile prețurilor la gaz, scăderea producției interne, infrast…