What Angelika spoke about.

22 Nov

2021

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A pharmaceutical strategy for Europe (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, First of all, I would like to congratulate our rapporteur on her excellent report. There is so much inside, dear Dolors Montserrat, you could go into a lot of things. I think it is great that the report is written from the patient's point of view, that patient organisations have their say, that the topic of European Health …

22 Nov

2021

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A European strategy for critical raw materials (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, I quote from Mrs Bentele's report: Only 1 % of raw materials for wind turbines, less than 1 % of lithium batteries, less than 1 % of fuel cells, only 2 % of raw materials relevant for robotics and only 1 % of silicon photovoltaic assemblies are produced in Europe. On the other hand, we set ourselves the most ambitious climate …

5 Oct

2021

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The future of EU-US relations (debate)

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Mr President, Madam Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen, After the election of Joe Biden, there were high expectations that the transatlantic relationship would improve quickly and efficiently. Unfortunately, these expectations have not yet been met: AUKUS, uncoordinated withdrawal from Afghanistan, no progress in reducing tariffs. It is true that the US is our most important strategic partner. B…

15 Sep

2021

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State of the Union (continuation of debate)

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Mr President, Madam President of the Commission, Mr Council representative, my dear colleagues! I would like to make two comments on the state of the Union: Firstly, on COVID-19 crisis management and what the European Union has done in this difficult and challenging time. I think it has not gone badly, Madam President of the Commission. You mentioned youth in your speech, and I think that's great.…

14 Sep

2021

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Presentation of the Fit for 55 package after the publication of the IPCC report (debate)

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Mr President, Mr Vice-President of the European Commission, Mr Council representatives, ladies and gentlemen! I think it is good that the Fit for 55 package is finally on the table and we can discuss it. The bad flood disasters in the summertime, especially in my home country, in my home country, in Belgium, in the Netherlands, have shown the urgent need for action. I would like to make two commen…

7 Jul

2021

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A new ERA for Research and Innovation (continuation of debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, I have to go straight to my previous speaker: Mr Botenga, it was not the big pharma industry that developed the COVID-19 vaccine here, it was a start-up. It was a 100-man operation. And this company, thank God, has been supported with European funding. Otherwise, if this support and these small, medium-si…