What Angelika spoke about.

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Nov

2022

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

Madam President, Vice-President of the European Commission! Colleagues! First of all, a heartfelt thank you to our rapporteur Bart Groothuis for his excellent report and also to the colleagues in the political groups who have all worked on this dossier. The importance of cybersecurity is currently demonstrated by Russia's hybrid warfare with computer attacks and massive disinformation campaigns. W…

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2022

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Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Sustainability reporting makes sense, not only for the climate and the environment, but also from the perspective of companies that can demonstrate that they operate sustainably. However, abdominal pain gives me two circumstances. Firstly: Especially our medium-sized companies are currently really overwhelmed: Taxonomy, Deforestation Ordinance, …

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 20-21 October 2022 (debate)

Madam President, Mr Vice-President of the Commission, Mr Minister, ladies and gentlemen! Since the beginning of Russia's brutal war of aggression against Ukraine, the question has accompanied us: What measures can we take to ensure that energy remains affordable in Europe and that houses do not get cold in the coming winter? I think our people and businesses expect concrete answers from us. I am p…

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Keep the bills down: social and economic consequences of the war in Ukraine and the introduction of a windfall tax (debate)

Mr President, Mr Vice-President of the Commission, honourable representatives of the Council, ladies and gentlemen! Winter is just around the corner. Many households and businesses are asking themselves: How can I still pay my electricity and gas bills? How do I cope with the high cost of living? It has already been said by many colleagues: Valuable time has been wasted. But now we finally have Co…

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Oct

2022

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An EU approach for Space Traffic management - an EU contribution addressing a global challenge (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen. The turn of the tide in Europe is also a special turn of the tide for European space travel. Russia is known to have terminated cooperation in space with Europe at the end of February 2022. Of course, this also has a serious impact on us in Europe. I think it is really time for us to be resilient and future-proof in this area. There are more and mo…

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Oct

2022

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Russia’s escalation of its war of aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, Mr Vice-President of the European Commission, Mr Council representatives, ladies and gentlemen! Russian partial mobilization, nuclear saber-rattling, illegal annexation of the occupied territories: Putin is waging an increasingly aggressive war of aggression. Ukraine defends itself bravely, fights for itself, but also for our interests and needs our full support. I welcome the fact t…

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Sep

2022

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Implementation of the Updated New Industrial Strategy for Europe: aligning spending to policy (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen! First of all, a heartfelt thank you to our rapporteur, Tom Berendsen, who presented an excellent report on the industrial strategy for Europe and who, above all, made it very clear in the report that what we need to do is to preserve added value in Europe. Our entire industrial policy must be geared towards securing jobs he…

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Sep

2022

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State of the Union (debate)

Madam President, Madam President of the Commission, Mr Council representatives, ladies and gentlemen! Ukraine still needs our maximum possible support. Madam President, you said: “It is time to support, not for appeasement.” I can only support that. But the war also hits the mark on our citizens and businesses: High inflation, horrendous energy prices, households no longer have room for manoeuvre,…

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Sep

2022

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Renewable Energy Directive (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, We want to achieve climate neutrality in the European Union by 2050. However, climate protection is only associated with security of supply, energy efficiency and affordability. And that is why, with regard to the expansion of renewable energies, I think it is wrong to make the use of hydropower and forest biomass unprofitable through strict regula…

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Sep

2022

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Deforestation Regulation (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, ladies and gentlemen! Deforestation and forest degradation must be tackled with all possible means. Our forests around the world are our green lungs. We absolutely must protect them. As CO2 sinks, they make a valuable contribution to our climate, even if they are managed sustainably. The Regulation provides for the most extensive d…

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Better regulation: joining forces to make better laws (debate)

Mr President, Mr Vice-President of the Commission, ladies and gentlemen! Better legislation has been a matter of heart for us in the European Parliament for years, and therefore a thank you to our rapporteur, who has presented an excellent report. I would like to highlight an initiative that is particularly important to me, for which I have also made myself strong: I think the most important thing…

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 23-24 June 2022 (continuation of debate)

Mr President, Mr Vice-President of the Commission - the President of the Council has already left Parliament here, very interesting - ladies and gentlemen! Granting candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova has been right, is a big, important milestone. We in Parliament were the first to call for this, and it is just right to continue to support Ukraine and Moldova, as is planned. However, it is una…

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Jun

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Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States (Effort Sharing Regulation) - Land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) - CO2 emission standards for cars and vans (joint debate – Fit for 55 (part 2))

Mr President, Vice-President of the European Commission, ladies and gentlemen! I am talking about CO2 emission standards for cars and light commercial vehicles. And I have two announcements. Firstly: I think electric cars have a good future. It is crucial that the charging infrastructure is set up and made available. I am convinced that if this is the case, throughout the European Union, then the …

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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! Commissioner! Ladies and Gentlemen! Reducing our dependence on Russia for exports is the order of the day. In this respect, I also welcome the proposal that the Commission has now put forward in the context of REPowerEU. It is gratifying in this proposal that there are good ideas for financing the ambitious plans. The aim is to exploit synergies and flexibility between existing EU fu…

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The social and economic consequences for the EU of the Russian war in Ukraine - reinforcing the EU’s capacity to act (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen. This terrible war now lasts 70 days, bringing so infinite suffering and destruction. I think we really need to do everything we can to end this war as soon as possible. And with that, it is also necessary to increase the pressure on Putin wherever possible. I very much welcome the sixth package of sanctions. I believe it is a huge mark-up – on the …

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2022

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Artificial intelligence in a digital age (debate)

Madam President, Vice-President of the European Commission, ladies and gentlemen! Artificial intelligence can be a great asset to our society and our economy. Today, we are already realizing that artificial intelligence is used in a wide variety of ways in everyday life: For example, artificial intelligence is used in music streaming platforms, and artificial intelligence is used in online languag…

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Apr

2022

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Data Governance Act (debate)

Madam President, A heartfelt thank you also to all those who took part in the debate today. I would also like to use my two minutes to thank you. Monsieur le Commissaire, cher Thierry Breton, merci. Merci Beaucoup pour tout ce que vous avez fait aussi pour présenter cet acte. And then I would like to thank the shadow rapporteurs once again. It has been a great pleasure to work together on this dos…

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Data Governance Act (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner Breton, ladies and gentlemen! We are currently witnessing a turning point, triggered by this terrible, terrible war in Ukraine. The coronavirus crisis and climate policy are not the focus of attention, and this also applies to digital policy. Nevertheless, we are also experiencing an overdue turn of events in data and digital policy, which begins today with the adopti…

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Apr

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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)

Madam President, Mr Vice-President of the Commission, Mr High Representative, ladies and gentlemen! The ongoing Russian war of aggression and the associated humanitarian suffering in Ukraine are shattering and horrifying for all of us. The pictures from Butscha that reached us on the weekend are unbearable. War crimes against innocent people – men, women, children – must be punished. Those respons…

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

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, Even before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, our citizens and European companies were already feeling the exploding energy prices. Due to the war in Ukraine, the situation has deteriorated dramatically. Yesterday in Germany a liter of diesel cost more than 2 euros. We have to react. We need to make sure that energy remains afford…

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Feb

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Strengthening Europe in the fight against cancer(debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen! Cancer is a terrible disease that affects almost every family in Europe. We account for 10 percent of the world's population in Europe, but a quarter of all cancer cases diagnosed worldwide are attributable to patients in Europe. I think cancer must really be one of our top priorities, but it is also a matter of heart to me…

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2022

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Digital Services Act (continuation of debate)

Mr President, Vice-President of the European Commission, ladies and gentlemen! Paul Krugman, a Nobel laureate in economics from the USA, predicted in 1998 that the Internet would hardly reach a greater importance for the economy than the fax machine. How wrong he was and how wrong he was! Today we know: The Internet has not only completely changed our economy, but also our daily life, our society,…

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

Madam President of the Parliament, Mr President of the Republic, Mr Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen! First of all, the success of the French Presidency of the Council! Monsieur le PrésidentYou spoke of peace as a European promise. Peace is the greatest achievement of our European Union. For this, we need a strong Europe that is united, that is a reliable partner in the world. But that is stil…

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2021

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Digital Markets Act (debate)

Madam President, Madam Vice-President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! Fair play must also apply in the digital world. We therefore need a strong sword to tackle distortions of competition and anti-competitive behaviour. Existing competition law is not sufficient to ensure fair rules. It is therefore very good, ladies and gentlemen, that the Digital Markets Regulation is on the table. I think …

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2021

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State of the Energy Union (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, I think that the current situation report on the Energy Union is extremely helpful and contains good news. Firstly: We have reduced our CO2 emissions by 31% since 1990, with a very efficient instrument, namely emissions trading. This is also clearly underlined in the report that we have relied on the right instrument, a market…