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Oct

2024

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U-turn on EU bureaucracy: the need to axe unnecessary burdens and reporting to unleash competitiveness and innovation (topical debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen! If the bureaucracy prevails, progress falls by the wayside. This statement by Franz Josef Strauss has not lost its relevance – on the contrary. Our companies are innovative, capable of making progress if we let them; But that's just what's missing. Our companies are drowning in bureaucratic requirements, reporting obligations,…

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2024

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Urgent need to revise the Medical Devices Regulation (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen! There is no longer any doubt that the Medical Devices Regulation was well-intentioned but badly done. It has to be changed and it has to happen very, very quickly. We've lost a lot, a lot of valuable time. We here in the European Parliament have been beating for almost three years – almost three years! – Alarm. The first ch…

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Oct

2024

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The crisis facing the EU’s automotive industry, potential plant closures and the need to enhance competitiveness and maintain jobs in Europe (debate)

Mr President, Mr Vice-President of the European Commission, ladies and gentlemen! More than 13 million people work in the automotive industry. In Germany, in my home country, there are over 780,000. Europe is an autocontinent. The European automotive and supplier industry is one of the core industries of our economy. I want it to stay that way. I want jobs in the automotive and supplier industries…

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Mar

2024

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State of play of the corporate sustainability due diligence directive (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, We all agree that human rights and the environment need to be better protected worldwide. So the question is not whether, but only how we achieve this goal. I'm honest: I have considerable doubts – as I have said in many debates – that this draft law will succeed. From the outset, I warned that the European Supply Chain Act…

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Mar

2024

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Energy performance of buildings (recast) (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! Of course, the building sector must also contribute to achieving our European climate protection targets, as the building sector alone accounts for 36% of all CO2 emissions in the European Union – these are the Commission’s estimates at any rate. So the question is not whether we are decarbonising the building stock, but how we are doing it. And I …

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Feb

2024

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Next steps towards greater patient safety by swiftly ensuring the availability of medical devices through a targeted transitional period (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen. It's not five to twelve, it's five to twelve. We are putting the safety of our patients at risk and we are driving our medium-sized industry, our medium-sized companies manufacturing medical devices, out of Europe if we do not revise the Medical Devices Regulation as soon as possible. A silent death is already taking place at the manufacturers. Hea…

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Feb

2024

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Transparency and targeting of political advertising (debate)

– Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! Online opinion-forming, manipulative messages, fake news and social bots – the use of artificial intelligence can indeed influence elections and votes. We have seen this happen in the case of Cambridge Analytica. The regulation on transparency and targeting of political advertising aims to prevent such election manipulations in the future - good …

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Feb

2024

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Empowering farmers and rural communities - a dialogue towards sustainable and fairly rewarded EU agriculture (debate)

Madam President, Mr Vice-President, Mrs Council representative, my dear colleagues! Farmers have been taking to the streets for weeks now, and rightly so: Too much is just too much. Our line in agricultural policy has always been that we make policy with farmers and not against them. We have enforced that the Pesticide Ordinance does not come. We have enforced that there are no more set-asides. An…

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Jan

2024

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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Belgian Presidency (debate)

Madam President, Mr Vice-President, Mr Prime Minister, ladies and gentlemen! First of all, have a good new year for all of you. And you, Mr Prime Minister, have a happy hand in your Presidency. As we have heard, the Belgian Presidency has undertaken a great deal. I think that's good. I think it's important to set the right priorities. And for me, two things are elementary: One is the fight against…

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Dec

2023

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European Health Data Space (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! I think it's wonderful that I, like all of you, will have all my health data available on my smartphone in the future. Medical reports, X-rays, medications, medication plans – everything should be available on smartphones or other digital devices in the future. That's a great thing, isn't it? If you do not want to have this, you must of course a…

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Nov

2023

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Packaging and packaging waste (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen. In Europe, the mountains of rubbish are getting bigger and bigger. This is also due to packaging waste. Packaging alone accounts for 40% of plastics used in the European Union and 50% of paper. We must do something about it, and that is precisely the purpose of the new proposal on the Packaging Regulation. I think this proposal is good, firstly, th…

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Oct

2023

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Commission Work Programme 2024 (debate)

Madam President, Mr Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen. The reduction of bureaucracy, of the excessive regulatory burden on our businesses, our companies, must be a central concern of the Commission until the end of its mandate. I welcome the fact that concrete proposals are now on the table. When implementing the Sustainability Reporting Directive, the rules for each sector will now only come t…

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Sep

2023

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State of the Union (debate)

Madam President, Madam President of the Commission! You said today, we have to deliver today and prepare for tomorrow. In particular, we also need to strengthen our competitiveness. I can only agree with you, and I would also like to thank you for your appreciation and appreciation of our farmers today. There is, of course, a need for reform in the European Union. The figures in the economy are cl…

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Apr

2023

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Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System - Monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions from maritime transport - Carbon border adjustment mechanism - Social Climate Fund - Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System for aviation (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, I'm talking about the emissions trading system. The European Emissions Trading System is rightly at the heart of the Fit for 55 package. Every CO2 tonne emitted is priced. This creates the incentives we need to invest more in climate protection. I think this is the most important tool we have to achieve the climate goals. It m…

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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, Vice-President of the Commission, President-in-Office of the Council, ladies and gentlemen! Finally, finally, the competitiveness of our companies in the European Union is a priority for the Commission and also for the Member States. We, the European People's Party, have been calling for this for years. We can only achieve our ambitious climate protection goals if we make technolo…

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Mar

2023

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Data Act (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, We live in a time when data is the new currency. But a large part of our data treasure remains untouched so far. As of today, 80% of industrial data is never used. I believe it is really time for us to break up the data silos that we still have in the European Union. The Data Act is an important milestone for this. It final…

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Mar

2023

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Energy performance of buildings (recast) (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen! Of course, the building sector must contribute to achieving our climate protection goals. The Commission estimates that the building sector accounts for 40% of all CO2 emissions. So the question is not whether we are decarbonising the building stock, but how we are doing it. And since, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that w…

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Feb

2023

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Access to strategic critical raw materials (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen! The crises of recent years should have taught us one thing: Europe needs to become more resilient. This means that we need to reduce our dependencies and raise our domestic resources. Parliament’s report on the 2021 Raw Materials Strategy highlights: We set ambitious climate targets, but we are massively dependent on the im…

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Feb

2023

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CO2 emission standards for cars and vans (debate)

– Madam, I hope you have listened to me well; Your question is easy to answer. The question is: How do we make the transport sector cleaner, how do we manage to reduce CO2 emissions in transport as well? And I fully agree that we are relying on new technologies here – and this is not just a technology, this is not just electromobility; the production of an electric car also requires more energy – …

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Feb

2023

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CO2 emission standards for cars and vans (debate)

Madam President, Mr Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen. I think it is wrong to ban internal combustion engines. For our industrial location, this is a slap in the face. Without a doubt: Electric cars have a bright future. This is especially true if the infrastructure is expanded. If we have nationwide charging infrastructure, then an electric car is a self-propelled vehicle. But, it's never been…

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Feb

2023

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Transparency and targeting of political advertising (debate)

– Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, Online opinion-forming, manipulative messages, fake news and social bots – the use of artificial intelligence can indeed influence elections and votes. We have seen this in the case of Cambridge Analytica. The Regulation on the transparency and targeting of political advertising aims to prevent such election manipulations in the future…

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Jan

2023

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30th Anniversary of the Single Market (debate)

Mr President, Madam Vice-President, Madam Minister, my dear colleagues! 30 years of the Single Market: What a great success story for the European Union! What we haven't achieved in these 30 years: Barriers to trade have been removed, there are no more import or export tariffs for trade in goods within the European Union, craftsmen from my home region can offer their services throughout the Europe…

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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, Mr Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen. The energy transition can only succeed if we expand massively renewable energy. Why isn't it moving faster? Approval procedures take too long. This is where we have to start. The directive we are now adopting this week can do just that, speeding up procedures. I would like to thank our rapporteur, Markus Pieper, and all those who have helpe…

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2022

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Revision of the Medical Devices Regulation – how to ensure the availability of medical devices (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, Doctors, hospitals and manufacturers of medical devices have been sounding the alarm for over a year now: Important medical devices go out, are no longer manufactured, are withdrawn from the market. For example, balloon catheters for children's hearts are currently hardly available in Europe, and children with congenital heart…

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Nov

2022

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Gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen! Equality is an endless story – unfortunately. Twelve years ago, our former EPP Commissioner Viviane Reding Women's on-boardsThe directive was launched twelve years ago, laying the foundations for legislation on equality between men and women in companies in many Member States. Equality between men and women is still not sel…