What Nicolae spoke about.

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Nov

2021

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The revision of the Financial Regulation in view of the entry into force of the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner Hahn, the future European rules must increase citizens' confidence in the Union that money is well-thought out, that it is not given to anyone anyway, that relations and policies do not matter. I hope that translators know what a "pill" is because in some countries it is practiced a lot. Firstly, it is necessary to simplify the rules in order for more companies and ci…

11

Nov

2021

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The outcome of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) (debate)

Mr President, today is 11 November, it’s Remembrance Day, the day that weapons stood still in Europe. I think it is time to remember that, because working together on trade and technology is also about peace, not only about the economy. It will help us win an international competition with China and neutralise its ever-expanding power on the world stage. It is time we fought together unfair trade …

21

Oct

2021

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The outcome of the Western Balkans summit (continuation of debate)

Mr President, I know that external affairs is not the Commissioner’s topic but then the Western Balkans is not a matter of strictly external affairs. I think it concerns us almost internally. We have stated numerous times that the future of the Western Balkan countries lies in the European Union, but stating it, including at the EU-Western Balkans Summit is not enough. Words are not enough. We nee…

20

Oct

2021

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

Mr President, Mr Sinkevičius, today I am a simple postman, because I bring the voice of young people in Romania. Two weeks ago, this Parliament was holding an event called ‘The European Youth Event’ with the motto ‘The future belongs to them’. But does it really belong to them? What do these young people really want? They want a healthy planet, they want forests, they want a clean, fair, environme…

19

Oct

2021

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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022 - all sections (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, "never have so many owed so much, so few", said Winston Churchill in the midst of the war. We must live with this spirit again today, because Europe is, in fact, at war, and Europeans must see in what we are doing here, a shield. While many are preparing to emerge from the pandemic, my country, Romania, unfortunately, is entering a wave four, which is not a wave, is …

7

Oct

2021

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The state law relating to abortion in Texas, USA

Mr President, isn’t it regrettable that I am the first man today to speak in favour of this resolution on this floor? I was only a child when Ceaușescu was ruling Romania and I remember how thousands of people would rat on their neighbours and family for choosing to terminate a pregnancy. The new state law might turn Texas too into a snitch state because it might seem unbelievable, but any citizen…

5

Oct

2021

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EU Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority: ensuring a coordinated EU approach for future health crises and the role of the European Parliament in this (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, please do something! It's getting worse, a doctor from my home in Sibiu told me today. The Romanian government, which fell through a no-confidence motion, has asked for emergency help from the European Union, because today we have 15,000 new cases and 254 deaths, an absolute record. Unfortunately, the authorities only ask for help when it's too late, because they don…

5

Oct

2021

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The future of EU-US relations (debate)

Mr President, colleagues, I condemn the US-bashing coming from some parts of this House on this floor. The United States has no better friend in the world than the European Union. We have built a relationship based on history, on values and on interests, but now it’s time for the big game. We can no longer think regionally. NATO is the foundation for our collective defence, but America also needs …

14

Sep

2021

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Natural disasters during the summer 2021 - Impacts of natural disasters in Europe due to climate change (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the summer of 2021 taught us all an important lesson: no country in Europe is immune to natural disasters; Whether it is a fire, a flood, we cannot let such events become a normality for us. Passivity will cost us lives. It costs us time, recovery, reconstruction and, most importantly, it costs us the future of our children and I give you an example: My daughter is a ye…

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Sep

2021

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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - Serious cross-border threats to health (debate)

Mr President, healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have, said Churchill. But how about the European Union? Do we have a European health for all our citizens? Seventy-four per cent of Europeans want the EU to have more competences to deal with crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The crisis needs to be turned into an opportunity to build a strong European Union for Health. You h…

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Jul

2021

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Hong Kong, notably the case of Apple Daily

Mr President, a few months ago Carrie Lam said that foreign powers should not intervene in Hong Kong’s affairs because they are China’s affairs and this jeopardises national security. But what does national security really mean? Let me tell you, for the people of Hong Kong, it is the forced shutdown of the only pro-democracy newspaper, Apple Daily. It is journalists that are being detained and arr…

7

Jul

2021

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State of play of the implementation of the EU Digital COVID Certificate regulations (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner Kyriakides, Mr Reynders, I want you to imagine that you are an elderly man in a village in Romania or here in France. Just today the press is talking about a man at the ICU, unvaccinated, who said crying: “I didn’t know about the vaccine, nobody told me.” Likewise, the green certificate is a good thing and we hardly got it. Not all countries implemented it on time, not a…