What Charles spoke about.

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Oct

2021

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

Mr President, let’s get straight to the point. All energy will now have to be dedicated to climate disaster mitigation. For example, the funds that many countries intend to devote to the arms race will miss the technological revolution that the planet will need to complete the energy transition, a gigantic project requiring the total investment of all, starting with China, the United States, the E…

19

Oct

2021

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

Madam President, let us mention four important points for the 2022 budget in terms of development. First, the total state aid, which is about four times higher than that available to the European Commission. The Commission therefore has significant leverage, as provided for in the Treaty, to convince Member States to act in the same direction. Second, the Commission's strategic role should focus o…

19

Oct

2021

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The Rule of law crisis in Poland and the primacy of EU law (debate)

Mr President, the great collective tragedies in the history of our continent have all begun with the abandonment of the rule of law in favour of force. In the 20th century, my country experienced this experience once, once too much. Others, including Poland, have had this experience twice, twice too much. All this would not have happened if the law of force had not prevailed over the force of law.…

6

Oct

2021

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The state of play on the submitted RRF recovery plans awaiting approval (debate)

Madam President, the process is long and complicated, but compliance with the rules on compliance with the EU’s broad political guidelines can explain the sometimes laborious implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility. Let us not underestimate the scope of how the recovery plan becomes a reality. The conditionality inherent in the recovery plan allows us to make a big leap in terms of …

5

Oct

2021

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Implementation report on the EU Trust Funds and the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (continuation of debate)

Madam President, in a very tense budgetary context, the European Union has used trust funds to respond to extremely serious crises. This practice is light years away from the budgetary orthodoxy of the European Parliament. The majority of the European Parliament finally supported this approach, first and foremost to enable the EU not to remain indifferent to the suffering and misery to which refug…