What Karima spoke about.

5 May

2022

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Impact of Russian illegal war of aggression against Ukraine on the EU transport and tourism sectors (B9-0223/2022) (vote)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the Committee on Transport and Tourism is submitting to you a resolution on the war in Ukraine and its consequences for the transport sector. As you know, transport was part of the first package of strategic sanctions against Russia, from banning Russian-flagged vessels from European ports to banning Russian operators from European skies. But this is not glob…

3 May

2022

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

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Russia’s aggression against Ukraine since the end of February has put transport at the forefront of the news, be it for the delivery of humanitarian supplies, essential foodstuffs, in particular through seaports, or the transport and evacuation of refugees. Freight and passenger transport are at the heart of Ukrainian resistance to the Russian inva…

9 Mar

2022

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European Semester for economic policy coordination: annual sustainable growth survey 2022 – European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the annual sustainable growth strategy survey 2022 (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, this vote comes at a pivotal moment: signals of a lull in the pandemic, an extremely uncertain conflict at the gates of the European Union and finally an upcoming revision of the rules on the economic governance of the European Union. All this in a disastrous climate context, as evidenced by the reading of the latest IPCC report. These events combined impose …

16 Feb

2022

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Charging of heavy goods vehicles for the use of certain infrastructures (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, tonight we want to show that the results of the negotiations between Parliament and the Council on the road charge file fall short of our expectations. This is a much less ambitious text than at first reading in October 2018. Four years later, the polluter-pays and user-pays principles are almost absent subscribers. The external costs of road transport, i.e. air…

15 Dec

2021

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Stocktaking of the European Year of Rail (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the year of the train is about to end and it is time to talk about results. Results not only of the communication operation of the Connecting Europe Facility, but also of the relaunch of rail in Europe. And this is where the results can be said to be long overdue! We can no longer just take small steps. While it is still worth recalling, we are fac…

20 Oct

2021

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

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Mr President, Commissioner, Council representative, ladies and gentlemen, when it comes to climate, the question is not to be pessimistic or optimistic, but realistic. Are we going to listen to the scientists? Are we going to listen to this inconvenient truth? The success of COP26 will not be based on words or promises, but on facts and tools to deliver on our commitments. So what are we waiting f…

5 Oct

2021

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Assessing the Union’s measures for the EU tourism sector as the end of the Summer season nears (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner Breton, ladies and gentlemen, tonight's debate is of major importance. As I recall, the tourism sector accounts for 12% of jobs across the European Union, with some 27.5 million employees. 90% of enterprises active in this sector are SMEs, with a significant share of precarious and seasonal jobs, and many undeclared or partially declared jobs. Here is a first image, b…

8 Jul

2021

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Decent working and employment conditions in the aviation sector - Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on aviation (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the Committee on Transport and Tourism of the European Parliament, we wanted to have this debate with you, Commissioner, at the dawn of the summer season, which is the most important for the aviation sector. The pandemic we are going through has led to a drop in air traffic of more than two thirds compared to 2019 and has disastrous ec…

7 Jul

2021

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Review of the macroeconomic legislative framework (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we are experiencing a 'polycrisis': a health crisis, an ecological crisis, a social crisis, an economic crisis. Thus, we see that the economic turmoil of recent years has highlighted our need to reform our macroeconomic framework, including fiscal policies. Everyone will tell you. All observers, experts, politicians, academics, all agree on this…