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Oct

2022

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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 - all sections (debate)

Madam President, dear Commissioner, dear colleagues, the European Union is facing unprecedented challenges and a series of crises that directly affect citizens. The effect of the pandemic and of the war in Ukraine have led to rising inflation, rising energy prices and falling purchasing power across Europe. In this context, we must identify together the best solutions and endow our Union with the …

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Oct

2022

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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, dear Commissioner, in 2021, like said, 95 million people in the EU were at risk of poverty and social exclusion. This was equivalent to 21% of the EU population, and the risks are growing with the current energy crisis and inflation rate. We are the developed part of the world, but many of our citizens have difficulties in paying their bills at the end of the mont…

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Oct

2022

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The accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen area (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Minister, that is enough! In the last 11 years, I have repeatedly insisted on Romania's accession to Schengen. The real question is who is opposed and why? All the European Social Democrat leaders declared that they support Romania's accession. I have not heard this from all the centre-right governments and I ask their representatives not only to speak here, but to g…

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Sep

2022

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Statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, we need a strong European democracy to face the current challenges. This requires us to build a resilient society, rules for fair participation, but also strong and transparent European parties and foundations that can help develop the European political and democratic debate across Member States. This regulation enables us to avoid foreign intervent…

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Sep

2022

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EU response to the increase in energy prices in Europe (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, we need a common European response against rising energy prices in the European Union. We need effective measures, but also faster implementation. It is perhaps easy to talk about this here, but it is very complicated to talk to a pensioner when he pays his bills and has a small pension. It is very complicated to talk to a young man who lives on the minimum wage and …

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Sep

2022

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Adequate minimum wages in the European Union (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, we need a European minimum wage, a decent wage for European citizens, a wage that allows citizens to have access to everything they want and we need a common regulation at European level, and we know that it has not been easy to achieve this. Unfortunately, there were governments - right-wing governments in the case of Romania - that opposed the European minimum wage, b…

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Sep

2022

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr President, Commissioner, Romanians deserve Schengen. Romania has been complying for many years with all the criteria regarding the accession to the Schengen area, and the successive evaluations of the European Commission, confirmed also in the context of the war in Ukraine, show that our country ensures the protection of the external borders at the highest standards. European leaders have no ju…

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Jul

2022

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Mental health in the digital world of work (debate)

Mr President, the issue of mental health has for too long been considered a taboo subject, although millions of people are confronted with such situations. The isolation generated by the pandemic, the digital shift and the multiple crises we are experiencing have accentuated many of these trends. The absence of real preventive measures and the lack of digital literacy have led to new problems that…

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Jun

2022

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Madam President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, the Republic of Moldova deserves the status of candidate country for the European Union, a clear and well-defined status, and in the context of the threat posed by the Russian Federation, it must be said that we cannot afford ambiguities or conditionalities. The efforts of the Republic of Moldova, in the context of the war in Ukraine, the support of …

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Jun

2022

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Draft amending budget No 3/2022: financing reception costs of people fleeing Ukraine (short presentation)

Madam President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, indeed, the European Union must not leave the Member States and Ukrainian refugees alone in the face of this unprecedented situation. That is why we have amended, here, the 2022 European budget to ensure that there is enough money to meet these challenges related to the war in Ukraine. The funds will cover part of the expenditure and efforts made by …

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Jun

2022

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Implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, the crises we are experiencing and the volatility of the current economic environment mean that the recovery and resilience plans approved last year no longer fully correspond to our needs today. Whether we are talking about agriculture or health, education or energy, pensions or social benefits, the list of priorities has changed profoundly in the c…

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Jun

2022

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The call for a Convention for the revision of the Treaties (debate)

Mr President, dear colleagues, in the context of the crises we are going through and in the light of the conclusions of the Conference on the Future of Europe, there is a need for the European Union to have new instruments to protect the population. But changing the treaties is not an end in itself. A more united, more humane, more efficient Europe is needed. We talk about such skills in the area …

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May

2022

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State of play of the EU-Moldova cooperation (debate)

Mr President, dear colleagues, dear Commissioner, but mainly, dear citizens of the Republic of Moldova, we are here for you. Parliament is here. The Commission is here. The Member States, Romania and all social democratic groups are here to help the Republic of Moldova in a concrete, practical and pragmatic way in any situation. Suntem aici pentru voi. 600 de milioane de euro pentru planul de redr…

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May

2022

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Impact of Russian illegal war of aggression against Ukraine on the EU transport and tourism sectors (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, the war in Ukraine has created additional pressure on tourism and transport, severely affected by the pandemic, for which we need to find solutions. In my country, Romania, on the border with Ukraine, there were significant costs in these two areas. We have experienced a decline in international tourism, with foreign tourists being frightened by what is…

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May

2022

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The follow up of the Conference on the Future of Europe (debate)

Madam President, I have attended the Conference on the Future of Europe and citizens have clearly underlined that they want to contribute more to the European project. Contrary to what has been said, their ideas and proposals are valuable. And also we have to acknowledge the fact that important parts of them go beyond the current treaty framework. I am particularly happy to see that citizens want …

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May

2022

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Recently, in Transnistria, a series of challenges have emerged, meant to generate potential instability in the Republic of Moldova. We must not fall into the net of those who want to start a new conflict in the region, but we must be cautious and increase both the support for the Republic of Moldova and the presence on the ground. From here, in the plenum of the European Parliament, I convey to al…

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Apr

2022

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The situation of marginalised Roma communities in the EU (debate)

Madam President, I actually had another speech prepared in Romanian, but I decided to change my intervention because I saw what the extreme right was saying earlier here in the plenary of the European Parliament. They were attacking a group of people, a group of Europeans. They were attacking the Roma community. This should never happen in this House because, when we speak about Europeans, when we…

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Apr

2022

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Implementation of citizenship education actions (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, I have been campaigning for many years for the development of education about the European Union, both as a Member of the European Parliament and as a teacher. It is time to understand that through this kind of education we ensure that our citizens better understand their rights and obligations at European level, that they have more knowledge about the …

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Apr

2022

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Guidelines for the 2023 budget – Section III (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, in this difficult situation we need an exceptional European budget that truly protects the population. Every euro we put together in the common European basket must reduce the impact of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. That is why our political group has called for the European budget for next year to protect citizens against rising energy and fo…

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Apr

2022

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EU Protection of children and young people fleeing the war against Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, dear colleagues, Commissioner, the situation is very serious. 1.8 million children have left Ukraine. 2.5 million children have been displaced inside Ukraine. In total we are talking about 60% of children in Ukraine. We are talking about destinies, we are talking about people, we are talking about young people, we are talking about children who need our support and we cannot ignore t…

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Mar

2022

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Madam President, together in this House we are called ‘the European Union’. We are safe and our citizens feel that they have a future. The Union can continue to develop, despite sometimes being hesitant. However, decision makers have ignored what might happen and did not engage enough in investing in modernising the common project. They locked the doors and the windows to our house, hoping no one …

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Mar

2022

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The deterioration of the situation of refugees as a consequence of the Russian aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Commissioner, dear colleagues, we have been to several border points with Ukraine. That is why I start by congratulating the staff dealing with border protection, especially the border in Romania, for their professionalism. Romania ensures border protection as well as any other country in the Schengen area. I thank the hundreds of volunteers who got involved to help the refugees, including my coll…

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Feb

2022

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One youth, one Europe (topical debate)

Mr President, dear colleagues, today we are debating in the plenary of the European Parliament about young people and how we can concretely support them in order to have a better future in every Member State of the Union. But we don't just have to talk about it, we have to act. For example, Ana-Maria, 25, a graduate of two faculties in my city, Alba-Iulia, told me that she is thinking of moving to…

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Feb

2022

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Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2021 - Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2021 (debate)

Madam President, we need a better common European framework that could enable the Union to act on defence, security and foreign policy. The current treaty has given the EU the possibility to have a bigger impact at global level, but we are not using the existing potential for cooperation within the Union, with NATO and our strategic external partners. We need to reinforce the European capacity on …

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Feb

2022

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Madam President, Commissioner, in recent weeks the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union has proposed the reform of the Schengen area and the creation of a specific council modelled on the euro area. Before we discuss this, it is important to talk about the enlargement of the Schengen area, namely the completion of Romania's accession process to this area of free movement. Our cou…