What Rovana spoke about.

22

Jun

2022

RO Speech

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 23-24 June 2022, including the meeting with Western Balkan leaders on 23 June - Candidate status of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia (debate)

Mr President, Vice-President of the European Commission, Šefčovič, Minister, I agree with all the colleagues who said that we are living in a historic moment. Let's go back 70 years, to June 22, because today is June 22. On June 22, 1940, a truce was imposed on France. On June 22, 1941, Operation Barbarossa began in Eastern Europe. Today, the European Union faces its greatest geostrategic challeng…

5

Apr

2022

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Guidelines for the 2023 budget – Section III (debate)

Madam President, of course, the invasion of Ukraine has serious budgetary implications affecting the 2023 budget and beyond. We need to be ready to support Ukraine and also our citizens. Our focus should be on the provision of humanitarian aid and assistance to the millions of refugees fleeing the war. We also need to ensure that our citizens will receive the necessary support in dealing with the …

24

Mar

2022

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Refugees in Europe: CARE (debate)

Madam President, I cannot believe that I have to stand up to address war and its atrocities on our continent. Never had I expected in my political life that we would have to deal with such a tragedy in our European House. CARE is a very good title. To ‘care for’ means provide for us, to look after, to ‘take care of’ means look after, keep safe. That’s what we need to do for our Ukrainian friends. …

7

Jul

2021

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General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030 (debate)

Madam President, I would like to thank our rapporteur Grace O’Sullivan and underline the very good cooperation between the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the Committee on Transport and Tourism, ensuring an ambitious EP position on the Eighth Environment Action Programme (EAP) in view of the interinstitutional nego…