Jan-Christoph OETJEN

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• 2025-09-26 “E-003748/2025 Answer given by Mr Tzitzikostas on behalf of the European Commission The following Member States have submitted their draft national policy frameworks (NPF) for alternative fuel market development and infrastructure deployment, as per Article 14(1) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 1 by 1 December 2025: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden. The Commission sent a reminder in May 2025 to Member States who had not submitted their draft NPF by then. In September 2025, the Commission has opened pre-infringement dialogues with the Member States that had not submitted their draft NPF by September 2025. 1 Regulation (EU) 2023/1804 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 September 2023 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, and repealing Directive 2014/94/EU, OJ L 234, 22.9.2023, pp. 1– 47: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32023R1804.”
  EV charging infrastructure · Road transport environmental policy
• 2025-09-10 “P-003497/2025 Answer given by Mr Brunner on behalf of the European Commission The Commission announced the appointment of the EU Solidarity Coordinator during the meeting of the Solidarity Platform ‘Pact’ 1 in April 2025, as recalled in the Communication on ‘State of play on the implementation of the Pact on Migration and Asylum’, published on 11 June 2025 2 . In light of his position in overseeing the Pact implementation, Mr. Michael Schotter 3 , Director for Migration and Asylum at the Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs in the Commission, currently performs the role of the EU Solidarity Coordinator. The role and tasks of the EU Solidarity Coordinator are set out in Regulation EU 2024/1351 4 , Articles 15 and 60, and in Regulation 2024/1359 5 , Article 7. The Commission is working to ensure that the solidarity mechanism will work on the ground. To prepare the implementation of the solidarity mechanism, the Commission convened three Solidarity Platform ‘Pact’ meetings in April, July and September 2025. The Commission will also launch the annual migration management cycle in accordance with Regulation EU 2024/1351. 1 The Solidarity Platform ‘Pact’ format has been created to support the Member States in implementing the Voluntary Solidarity Mechanism and will transition towards the becoming the Technical-Level EU Solidarity Forum. 2 Commission Communication ‘State of play on the implementation of the Pact on Migration and Asylum’, 11 June 2025, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52025DC0319. 3 https://op.europa.eu/en/web/who-is-who/person/-/person/COM_0000C4AD2. 4 Articles 15 and 60 of Regulation EU 2024/1351 of 14 May 2024 on asylum and migration management, amending Regulations (EU) 2021/1147 and (EU) 2021/1060 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 604/2013; and Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1359 addressing situations of crisis and force majeure in the field of migration and asylum and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1147. 5 Regulation (EU) 2024/1359 addressing situations of crisis and force majeure in the field of migration and asylum and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1147.”
  Asylum & border control
• 2025-07-24 “E-003085/2025 Answer given by Executive Vice-President Séjourné on behalf of the European Commission Electronic parking discs are not regulated at EU-level, like physical parking discs, which are harmonised in most Member States, following the approval of a report on the standardisation of physical parking discs by ECMT/OECD (European Conference of Ministers of Transport – Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) on 31 March 1979. To facilitate international transport, the Ministers agreed to adopt a parking disc structure based on arrival time. The standardised model for the physical parking disc pursuant to the report mentioned above shall bear the words ‘time of arrival’ (Ankunftszeit in German) in the language(s) of the country concerned. The specimen parking disc contained in the report also bears the internationally recognised parking sign corresponding to traffic symbol No 314. The Commission already confirmed a minimal impact on free movement in the context of earlier written questions linked to physical parking discs (E-000513/2023, E-000584/2023). In view of the overlap of the German requirements for electronic parking discs with the standardised model for physical parking discs it arrives at a similar conclusion with regard to electronic parking discs. At this time, the Commission does not have any specific measures defined in its current agenda for developing standards at EU level. The matter of electronic parking discs involves diverse technical, regulatory and regional considerations that are currently being managed at Member State level. The Commission continues to monitor developments in this area and remains open to dialogue with stakeholders to better understand the evolving landscape and any emerging needs for harmonisation or standardisation that may arise in the future.”
  EU transport infrastructure integration · EU Competition policy
• 2025-07-24 “E-003086/2025 Answer given by Mr Tzitzikostas on behalf of the European Commission In 2024, the Commission launched a Fitness Check 1 of the legislation concerning airports and airport capacity. The Fitness Check is looking backward to assess the functioning of the Airport Charges Directive 2 , Slot Regulation 3 and the Groundhandling Directive 4 , and see whether current rules are promoting the efficient use of airport capacity. EU airport legislation needs to contribute to a well-functioning EU aviation market that delivers competitive and sustainable services and connectivity to consumers. Adequate competition and a level playing field between airports, airlines and other service providers, is one of the specific objectives against which the legislation is being evaluated. The Fitness Check will also consider the Draghi report's warning about outdated slot rules hindering competitiveness and the shift to cleaner aviation among other relevant issues. An Open Public Consultation was launched on 5 August 2025 to gather feedback from stakeholders and the wider public, remaining open until 28 October 2025. The Fitness Check is expected to be finalised towards the end of 2025. Based on the outcome of that analysis, the Commission will decide on next steps such as whether there is a need to change the legislation, including the Slot Regulation. If the Commission decides to launch an impact assessment process to explore specific possible legislative solutions, indications of possible timing could be given at that time. Given the link with the Commission’s overall competitiveness priority also for this sector, Commission is indeed also following up on this in the context of tracking progress in implementing the recommendations from the Draghi report and the Competitiveness Compass. 1 https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14193-Aviation-fitness-check-of-EUairport-legislation_en. 2 Directive 2009/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on airport charges, OJ L 70, 14.3.2009, pp. 11–16. 3 Council Regulation (EEC) No 95/93 of 18 January 1993 on common rules for the allocation of slots at Community airports, OJ L 14, 22.1.1993, pp. 1–6. 4 Council Directive 96/67/EC of 15 October 1996 on access to the groundhandling market at Community airports, OJ L 272, 25.10.1996, pp. 36–45.”
  EU Competition policy · Decarbonisation of aviation sector
• 2025-03-05 “E-000930/2025 Answer given by Executive Vice-President Ribera on behalf of the European Commission The Polish Regulation of the Council of Ministers of 28 August 2018 on State aid granted to certain enterprises for the implementation of new investments was a regional investment aid scheme. It was put in place by Poland under the General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER) 1 . It remained in force until 31 December 2022. The GBER sets out criteria that enable Member States to grant State aid directly to companies in line with EU State aid rules, without requiring notification to or approval by the Commission. The most recently available figures show that in 2023, 88% of all new State aid measures were implemented by Member States under the GBER, and even 93% of total new non-crisis measures. The GBER thus makes an important contribution to reducing administrative burden on Member States to grant necessary, proportionate and appropriate State aid while preserving the level playing field in the Single Market. 1 Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty, http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2014/651/2023-07-01”
  State Aid · EU Competition policy
• 2024-12-18 “E-003038/2024 Answer given by Mr Brunner on behalf of the European Commission A swift and effective implementation of the Pact on Migration and Asylum 1 (Pact) is a top priority for the Commission. Almost all Member States have submitted their national implementation plans to the Commission. The Commission is in regular contact with all Member States and is supporting them in making sure that they will be ready to fully implement the Pact in June 2026. The Commission will regularly inform the European Parliament and the Council about the state of play with regard to the implementation of the Pact, in line with its obligations under the Asylum and Migration Management Regulation 2 . The Commission also kindly refers the Honourable Members to the exchanges taking place within the Working Group on Asylum – Implementation of the Pact/Common European Asylum System (Asylum Working Group) of the European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs. 1 https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/migration-and-asylum/pact-migration-and-asylum_en 2 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1351/oj/eng”
  Asylum & border control
• 2024-11-08 “E-002483/2024 Answer given by Mr Brunner on behalf of the European Commission Swift and effective implementation of the Pact on Migration and Asylum 1 is a top priority for the Commission. The obligation for Member States to establish national implementation plans stems from Article 84 of the Asylum and Migration Management Regulation 2 , which specifies that ‘by 12 December 2024, each Member State shall, with the support of the Commission and relevant EU bodies, offices and agencies, establish a national implementation plan setting out the actions and the timeline for their implementation’. In the common implementation plan presented on 12 June 2024, the Commission invited Member States to share their draft plans by October 2024 to support this overall process. Almost all Member States submitted their draft national implementation plans by that date. The Commission is engaging in dialogue with all Member States to support the development and implementation of their national implementation plans. The Commission will inform the Parliament and the Council about the state of play of the common implementation plan and the national implementation plans on a six-monthly basis, in line with its obligations under the asylum and Migration Management Regulation. 1 https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/promoting-our-european-waylife/migration-and-asylum/pact-migration-and-asylum_en 2 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202401351”
  Asylum & border control
• 2024-09-30 “P-001878/2024 Answer given by Mr Hoekstra on behalf of the European Commission 1. The Commission is aware of its obligation under Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2405 (ReFuelEU Aviation) 1 and aims to publish its report in the shortest time possible. The report will address important issues involving the entire value chain of the aviation fuels ecosystem. In preparing this report, the Commission conducted an extensive stakeholder consultation process which highlighted, among other things, the high complexity of the issue at stake and the necessary measures to be made to the already existing flexibility mechanism. Therefore, the Commission recognises that more time was necessary to produce the report. The document is being finalised and the European Parliament will be notified as soon as the report is published. 2. The work under the preparatory action on Establishing a book and claim system for SAF (sustainable aviation fuel) will directly relate to recommendations contained in the Commission report. It will be implemented in close cooperation with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) over a period of three years. 1 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/2405/oj”
  Energy (green transition)
• 2024-09-30 “E-001879/2024 Answer given by Mr Hoekstra on behalf of the European Commission The Commission is aware of its obligation under Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2405 (ReFuelEU Aviation) 1 and aims to publish its report in the shortest time possible. The Commission agrees that its publication would be timely to feed into the work being conducted by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). The report will address important issues involving the entire value chain of the aviation fuels ecosystem. In preparing this report, the Commission conducted an extensive stakeholder consultation process which highlighted, among other things, the high complexity of the issues at stake. The outcome of the consultation also showed very diverging views and expectations from economic operators regarding the benefits and risks associated with the set up or recognition of a system of tradability of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) incorporating elements of a book and claim system, sometimes even within the same stakeholder group. The assessment of any possible improvements or additional measures to the SAF flexibility mechanism will be made against the objectives of the Regulation and more specifically against the main objective of the SAF flexibility mechanism to allow a lead-time of 10 years to the SAF industry and all relevant stakeholders to make the necessary technological and logistical investments to ensure compliance with the supply of the minimum shares of SAF at all EU airports as of 2035 2 . 1 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/2405/oj 2 As described in Recital 45 of ReFuelEU Aviation.”
  Energy (green transition)
• 2024-08-22 “P-001541/2024 Answer given by Executive Vice-President Vestager on behalf of the European Commission While the Commission cannot comment on ongoing cases 1 before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the spirit and letter of EU emissions legislation is well-known. These cases concern vehicles for which the new European driving cycle (NEDC) is the reference test. The CJEU clarified in its judgment in case C-128/20 2 that the emission behaviour must comply with the standardised NEDC test conditions, as well as with Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 715/2007 3 and with implementing measures, not only at the moment of the procedure of type-approval, but also during normal conditions of use of the vehicle present in the territory of the EU. The Commission has not taken the view that these vehicles should comply with these rules in ‘any driving situation’, including when driving full load and incline and any report making claims in that sense is therefore misleading. The Commission will continue to promote solutions that favour clean and healthy air as well as a predictable and implementable legal framework for EU citizens and operators. 1 Joined cases C-251/23 and C-308/23, Mercedes-Benz Group. 2 Judgment of 14 July 2022, GSMB Invest, C-128/20, EU:C:2022:570, paragraphs 40-42. 3 OJ L 171, 29.6.2007, p. 1-16.”
  Road transport environmental policy
• “Madam president. President, your council presidency will be full of geopolitical challenges. We hope that Europe will be strong, strong, strong and decisive and rapid and. And that we need to have the right response in this time. But I have to say, geopolitical strength comes above all from economic strength. That's why it's correct that you're focusing on us as Europe, being independent, that we're sovereign, that our economy is strengthened. Simplification and deregulation are the right instruments for that. Speed up this process. President. Be courageous. Go beyond what the Commission is proposing because we have we have room for manoeuvre there. Start trade agreement. Mercosur is the right step. We must have the next step which will strengthen our economy as a whole. Give. Allow core industries to act for the industry so that they're autonomous, so that the we can keep jobs in particular for the automotive industry. That's an important step. You can go further than what is proposed. Make sure that quick decisions are taken because we have no time to lose. Thank you.”
  Overall simplification of regulation in the EU
• “Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I would like first to address my two previous speaking colleagues and invite them to study what has already been decided, because you you talk as if there has been no pact on asylum and migration, that there has been no debates will be implemented from from June on. So please be update when you, uh, take the floor here in the committee. But, uh, I would like to address first, um, Commissioner O'Flaherty, um, because there has been, uh, this, uh, this week the approval in council as well on safe third country, uh, concept. Um, and, uh, we will see that most probably there will be some member states attempting to, uh, cooperate with third countries on the externalization of migration policies. So, um, you talked about the safeguards that we need that need to be in place, uh, to, uh, to safeguard dignity, human rights standards, um, and good processes. Do you think that with the, regulation that has been put in place. Those safeguards are in place as well. Or do you think that we, uh, lack of, uh, clear European standards, uh, because it's up to the member states that will negotiate and see how they will do those processes? Um, what is your opinion on, uh, on this? Um, and the question to, uh, to Jonas, um, because we will see as well. Um, we see already as well the reflections about the Frontex mandate, uh, in the commission and upcoming changes, um, are, are prepared, um, by commission, do you see? Because there's no mechanism to include automatically Frontex in those, uh, those operations. Um, do you see room for, uh, an improved role of Frontex as a safeguard of a unified European standard in the treatment of. Of migrants even outside the European Union. Thank you.”
  Asylum & border control
• “Thank you. President. Colleagues. Commissioner. Infrastructure is the light acts as the veins of our industry. And that's why we need appropriate infrastructure networks. Now we need appropriate financing, but we also need member states to be prepared to deal with bottlenecks, particularly in cross-border situations. I think that should be a priority. Let me also say that I believe that we should have our own financing instrument for infrastructure, because we know that otherwise infrastructure infrastructure funding falls by the wayside and money is spent on other things. So I think that when it comes to the next MFF, we should have an own instrument which provides enough Funding so that we can make investments in military infrastructure and dual use infrastructure. I think. That would help if we could say that we could use infrastructure, which is so important for businesses, for military purposes as well. Thank you.”
  EU funding for transportation
• “Mr. president, dear colleagues, the Commission President has proposed a new series of omnibus legislation. So a new series of legislation for reducing bureaucracy and good. And I say this to the Commissioner because you are responsible for this. Be ambitious. Go even further. You see that there is a political majority here in the House to go even further than what has been proposed by the Commission. I think it's very important. And the member states want to see this reduction in bureaucracy as well. We have the Draghi report, which all sounds good. We have good proposals in the Draghi report, but they need to be implemented. Uh we're talking about decarbonisation, but we don't want to just go into a dead end with this. We need a better framework so that we have investment in these alternative fuels in maritime, in aviation, we need this if we're going to achieve our decarbonisation targets. So we need better framework conditions in place in order to achieve that. So we can really use all of the technologies available to improve our climate targets. Thank you.”
  Overall simplification of regulation in the EU
• “President. Colleagues. Maritime and aviation are hard to abate. Sectors difficult. Partly impossible to electrify. That is why we need liquid fuels. And obviously the mandates that we have put in place are not sufficient to kickstart the investment in those liquid fuels. From my point of view, we need to keep the mandates, but and not to lower ambition. But we need to help the industry to to de-risk the investments that are needed. And we need a holistic liquid fuels strategy that covers all of the modes of transport. You proposed the double sided auction system. This is a good first step, I think. Please put the money in order to make it make it possible. But we need as well a book and claim system. A European book and claim system. Especially for the. In order to kick start the investment. The de-risking investments by the EIB is an important tool. But we need as well the money and the help from the member States because from the European side alone it is not possible. We have the aim of the industry being competitive on the one hand and sustainable on the other hand. Therefore, we need a holistic approach for the whole ecosystem, for investments that those European champions that we have in the aerospace sector, they can they can thrive, have jobs. That is why we need help for investment in R&D as well, so that the future European aviation sector is sustainable, European and competitive. Thank you.”
  Decarbonisation of aviation sector · Decarbonisation of maritime transport
• “It's a baseline that is set, and we want market players to play their role in order to to get the infrastructure in the place, and not only by a decision of of politicians, because we as politicians, we have set a standard and a framework but we obviously don't know where the best spots are, where to put charging infrastructure. This shall be done by by the companies. And lastly, on price transparency, I would encourage Mr.. Mr. Prescott and commission as well to look into the solutions that are already on the market because there are big companies. One is French, one is German. There are some other smaller players that are organising the access to charging infrastructure and where you can compare prices. So this is something where I'm not necessarily see that we need a European regulation on price transparency. If there's a lack of transparency, obviously we need one. But maybe we should use existing tools that are on the market already as well. And I would like to ask, Commissioner, in which sense they take this into account. Thank you.”
  EV charging infrastructure
• “Madam president. Commissioner, Minister. You can talk about intelligence when you're looking at a regulation that came to being when the world was a different of a different nature, and that it's time to redefine it. So it's correct, Commissioner, that we do look at this and change it and make sure that penalty payments for car manufacturers aren't due, or that these car manufacturers don't have to give money to the Chinese or American competitors. That makes sense. This flexibility that you brought in hence is something we can support. But I would ask for flexibility in the rules to achieve climate objectives. I don't want to water down the climate goals, but I want to make sure that the achievement of these climate goals can be achieved through alternative fuels as well, because that will help reduce CO2 emissions as well. Commissioner. So I don't think we need to bring forward a revision, but your approach, I think, should include alternative fuels that are on the market so that they can be used in the car industry and a request. Don't just look at cars. Look at HGVs as well because action is needed there.”
  Road transport environmental policy
• “Thanks a lot. Thanks a lot. Chair the colleagues. Uh, so, first of all, I would like to thank, uh, our colleague, Mr. Richie, for, um, the good presentation we had. We had good discussions, and I think that he, uh, made a good resume of, uh, what is what are the open points? Um, I would like to say that, um, for me, um, having clear rules for the passenger is important. This does not mean that everything is free or that everything is, uh, perfect. But a passenger has to be able to understand, uh. What? Uh, what is his rights are, uh, and not, um, so, um, I'm very much in favor of, uh, discussing how we could have, for example, clear communication. What are the options for hand luggage? And for me, it's clear that a personal item that you can store under the seat in front of you has always to be free. And I think that, uh, standardization on, uh, trolley sizes, depending on the type of, uh, aircraft used. So regional aircraft or, uh. Short or medium haul flight, um, that we should work on this, but I don't think that is a one size fits all approach is the right here. And I don't think that, uh, giving, uh, all passengers the right to carry a trolley with them for free should be the rule. Because I think that, uh, companies.”
  EU policy on aviation safety
• “(10:58:18 – 11:00:50): Yes. Thank you. Thank you, Chair. And, first of all, I would like to say, on behalf of colleagues Jonsky and Danielson as well that we had a very interesting meeting at the headquarters of European Aviation Safety Agency. We were was the Executive Director, Florian Guerme, who was discussing with us about the situation in the aviation safety area, about the role of EASA as a as our body to ensure safety. And I think that we all agree that safety is nothing we can discuss about, but we just have to ensure it. And most importantly, from my understanding is that we have a need of a strong aviation safety agency because they're not only making sure that all safety aspects are guaranteed and controlled, but they're as well the certifier of new applications in the aviation sector of drone applications, of new aircraft types, etcetera. And at the moment, they have an issue because they risk becoming the bottleneck. And obviously, they don't want to become the bottleneck in bringing to the market new aircraft types, new technologies. But they become it because they are restrained in the number of people they can hire, even though they are not paid by the budget that we give them, but they're paid by the industry. But nevertheless, they cannot hire the amount of people necessary. So I think and we agreed to this among the participants that we, as a trend committee, should support EASA in the upcoming discussions on the MFF in getting leeway on hiring more people that are not paid by taxpayers' money, but paid by industry in order to, make this successful. Thank you.”
  EU policy on aviation safety
• “Um, I think that this file is of utmost importance if we want to accelerate the market uptake of clean technologies in logistics. Um, and, uh, at the moment, it's not moving forward. Weights, dimensions, addresses, uh, clean technologies, but it addresses as well, uh, driver shortage. It, uh, it addresses as well. Uh, the question of um, uh, having more goods on the road with less CO2 emissions. So I think it's a win-win. File and I would be happy to hear your views on how you see the advancement of this file in the council. And the third point for me is sustainable fuels. Um, we all agree, I guess, that we need sustainable fuels for aviation and maritime. I would see them as well for the road. But this is not the main, um, uh, request or the main task I have. We see at the moment that we don't have enough investments in new, uh, facilities producing alternative fuels for the market, and we will need it. Uh, so I would like to hear your views on this. Um, we talk a lot about de-risking those investments that are for green technologies. Um, what does the Polish presidency foresee, um, as actions in this, uh, A field for the during their presidency.”
  Road transport environmental policy
• “Thank you very much. President. Colleagues for 12 years, member States wait before responding to what the commission had proposed in 2013. And what's come out of this? Instead of strengthening passenger rights, they're being weakened. And instead of a three hour delay for a European flight leading to compensation in the future. It would be only after four hours that you get compensation. Now, colleagues, this attack on passenger rights is something that we here in the Parliament will not go along with. That is very clear. And all of this is also connected with this trick. It's the first time that we've had a first reading position of this kind in the council, and therefore not given the Parliament much room for manoeuvre in terms of how we respond to this proposal. So let's have a look at the situation when it comes to passengers. Where are the problems? The problems are that nowadays there are some airlines, not all, but some airlines that hide how you're supposed to get your compensation. We have problems with hand luggage and instead of dealing with these problems, you're weakening passenger rights. And I think we should be doing the opposite in the Parliament. We should be pushing for improvements, for example, when it comes to standards for hand luggage or when it comes to standards for compensation. That would be progress for passenger rights, and that's what we will be looking at in negotiations with member states as a Parliament. Thank you.”
  EU policy on aviation safety
• “Mr. president. Commissioner. Pricing in the EU also means that there will be shifts when it comes to traffic, which will be redirected via non EU hubs. Emissions. The ETS is the key instrument to reduce CO2 because it means that we'll be reducing CO2 where it's the most affordable. That's why we need to strengthen this instrument instead of inventing complex systems for individual sectors, trying to have a top down approach. We should also invest in clean, carbon neutral technologies, renewables, but also small modular reactors and nuclear. That's what we need. The main issue today is our dependence on foreign fossil fuels. We should create our own climate neutral energy.”
  Extension of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
• “So, colleagues, thank you for that. We can now proceed without further ado to elect the chairman because the committee is indeed quoted as is required. Could I therefore now ask for nominations, please? Mr. Keyser.”
  Recruitment policies in the EU
• “Thank you. Thank you. Chair. Dear colleagues. Um, I would like to thank my colleagues, Novakov and Richie, um, already for what they have been saying and for a very good cooperation that we had with all the shadow rapporteurs on the two files, because it's not the only one file. It's two files that we merge into one Parliament's position at the moment. And we had this, uh, this strong and good cooperation, despite some differences that we had, uh, which is normal because we're in different political groups. Right. Um, because the, um, after, um, as, uh, Andrei Novikov already said, uh, council moved finally after 11 years, um, and said, well, we have a position now, please Parliament adopt this. Right. This is what will become law because it's US Council. We know everything. Uh, and you just have to sign on the dotted line. But we will not sign on the dotted line. But we will, uh, have a tough negotiation, uh, with the council on this and this. But this behavior of council just made us stick together even stronger between, uh, the the political groups. And it has already been said, and I want to echo this, um, reducing the time or making it longer, uh, from 3 to 4 hours, uh, which leads to compensation is not acceptable for us here in the Parliament.”
  EU political integration
• “There are a lot of things, a lot of nitty gritty, where we can work on the details, where we can, uh, discuss the technicalities. Um, but, uh, and indeed, uh, you mentioned that under extraordinary circumstances, I think we have a very reasonable, uh, position. Uh, but there are things really that go to the core, uh, of the rights of the passenger. And, uh, so those, uh, those, uh, change of rule from 3 to 4 hours is something that we will not accept here in the, in the parliament. That's why it's important that we will have tough negotiations, but negotiations that address those critical topics from the beginning because we can talk about the nitty gritty and then at the end we will we will have the big topics. Uh, and I see already what council will do. They will say, oh, now you have to jump. We mentioned we managed already to agree on the whole of the text. It's only the 3 or 4 hours thing. Uh, now Parliament please, uh please move. But, uh, I think we should start in the negotiations with those tough cookies, uh, at the beginning. Because if we don't manage to solve those tough cookies, I think it's not worth continuing the debate until the end. Thank you.”
  EU policy on aviation safety
• “Thank you. Chair. Um, and thank you to the panelists for their the presentations. You know, I'm pushing since a long time for a book and claim system already in the first refuel aviation regulation. And I'm obviously in favor of extending the scope of or the amount as well of, of allowances to push, uh, market uptake. But I have three technical questions, uh, to you. So first, um, uh, DHL, you were talking about uptake of SAF inside Europe and outside Europe as well. So my question to you, should we design the Intra-eu, uh, booking claim system or should we include extra EU players with the problem that is, uh, obvious that we might have, um, issues in, uh, certifying proper, uh, cf. Second question. Um, and this is a bit into the direction of colleague Danielson as well at the moment. Um, we're discussing about self scarcity as well in the future. Um, so what would be from your point of view, the effect of a book and claim system in a moment of scarcity of, uh, of CF, we all agree that we want to push for investments so that scarcity is not, uh, will not happen. But what would be the effect of, uh, booking claim at the moment of scarcity? And the third one, um, there are some people that claim that we should only do a book and claim system for SF and not for the whole, uh, possibility of read compliant, sustainable aviation fuels. What's your position on this? Thank you.”
  Decarbonisation of aviation sector
• “Thank you. Chair. Um, and welcome, commissioner to Tran Committee. And thanks for, uh, delivering, uh, your presentation for the 2025, um, work plan. Um, and I would first and foremost, uh, thank you for mentioning, um, that you will work on single digital booking and, uh, mdms. Uh, we have been waiting for this. In the last period already. And I think it's, uh, really worth, um, that we, uh, look into this and make it easier for passengers to travel across borders in, in Europe. Um, I would like to follow up on the strategic dialogue on, on automotive, because this is clearly one of the most important and stressing topics that we have in Europe. And I urge you, um, to find a solution for the fines that are, uh, foreseen in this regulation. Um, I think it's, uh, absurd, uh, that with the regulation that we have and the pooling mechanism, uh, European carmakers are about to send money to China and to, uh, and to America. Uh, instead of supporting the own competitiveness. So, um, I think this is really important and stressing. Um, topic. I know that, uh, in the in the work program and announced by commission president, you're looking as well into the CO2 standards regulation and how to, um, address alternative fuels in this. And I would like, uh, to invite you to not only look into E-fuels, but into all the fuels that are in the defined and the red, um, so that we can use the whole potential in order to decarbonize the fleets quicker than what is foreseen.”
  Road transport environmental policy
• “Position of chair. We need to proceed by secret ballot in the form of an electronic vote. I remind that each member taking part in the vote has only one vote, with the following distributions of the votes among the political groups. Ep 12 votes. S&d nine votes. Patriots for Europe five votes. Ecr five votes. Renew Europe five votes. Greens three votes. The left three votes. Esm two votes and Non-inscrits two votes. So please note that the election shall be won in the first round by an absolute majority of votes cast, which includes only votes in favor of each candidate. Abstentions are not counted, so if you abstain or if you don't vote, this does not make any difference because only the positive votes for either Elisabeth Vozemberg or Roman Haider will count. And then we need the majority of the votes cast for one of the two candidates. If the first round is not successful and we need to go to a second round, then it can be won by the candidate obtains the highest number of votes cast, which includes only votes in favor of each candidate in the event of a tie. The oldest candidate shall be elected. So I do not know who is the oldest, and we won't ask this question. Um. Uh, in order of politeness and, uh, um, we can start now. The electronic vote. I would like to remind that in order to proceed with the electronic vote, all full members and substitutes taking part in the vote need to have their voting cards, which are already inserted into the slot. And we already did, um, the test vote. So we will now move to the secret ballot using the electronic voting system. The electronic buttons shall be attributed in the following alphabetical order. So the green button is for Roman hider and the red button is for Elizabeth Rosenberg. So red for Elizabeth Rosenberg, green for Roman Hider. I declare the vote open. Now white is abstention. So green for Roman Heida Reed for Elizabeth Rosenberg. Please vote. Now white is abstention. Green. Heida. From the Patriots group. Reed. Rosenberg. From the EPP Group. I can close the vote. We need a moment. And we need a moment. To fill in the paperwork.”
  EU political integration
• “Madam president, Commissioner, colleagues, Europe is not To competitive. I think the commission has drawn the right conclusions from its analysis. Costs are too high. They need to drop for industry, for consumers. We need to tackle the costs of bureaucracy. I would even go further than today's proposal. We need to be more innovative. We take more initiative. We have some of the best projects here. We will only achieve our targets if we have more competitive industry. We need to look at the jobs being created. We need long term jobs and there will only be long term jobs if industry is competitiveness. It's not enough, just more regulation or subsidies. We need more competitiveness. If we get the right investment to Europe, we can only achieve this competitiveness. If European companies are producing innovative products, if costs drop to allow them to do that. So we need to focus more on this, how we can bring costs down, how we can make companies competitive over the long term, and how we can put in place new regulations and subsidies. Thank you.”
  Overall simplification of regulation in the EU
• “Yes, thank you, chair, and thank you for the interesting insights. I was part of Korea delegation as well. I just wanted to say that I think that the most promising avenues are, from my understanding right. Pooling. Right. Hailing. And buses. Small buses in Germany is it's called they authorized Holland as level four pilot. So We have developments in different companies. Mercedes is here. I'm from Lower Saxony. I would like to mention Moia and others. So my understanding is that the biggest regulatory issue that we have is that we have different security standards for for the vehicles themselves. And for me, the aim should be that we, that we have a high standard and that we don't import, let's say the, the lowest standards from other parts of the world is this my question to you is, is this just wishful thinking, or do you think that it's that it's possible? My impression is that China is just a gigantic test bed for autonomous driving, which obviously Germany is. Europe is not. My question to you, and this goes on testing on the one hand, and to services on the other hand is where how much is it European regulation that is hampering it and how much is it national regulation that is hampering it, especially on services would be interested in in hearing if we might see a patchwork inside the European Union as well in countries that allow it and other countries that don't allow autonomous driving services for ride pooling, ride hailing.”
  Regulation of vehicles insurance
• “Thank you. Chair. Um, and I would first like to thank the rapporteur for his work so far. Um, and thank the the colleagues for good cooperation so far. I really think that we need to make sure that we have a regulation that will fit to what will happen afterwards, because we will work on the ticketing proposal that will come up, will be proposed by the Commission sooner later this year, not sooner, unfortunately, later this year. Um, and, uh, in this ticketing proposal, I hope that we will have a big emphasis on multimodality. So today we're working on the passenger rights that are linked to this, but we don't know yet how the regulation on the ticketing will look like. So in a way, we're doing the second step, uh, before the first step. And for me, it's unfortunate because, um, I really think that in the regulation or in the situation that we have today, we cannot say, okay, you're late, uh, your bus is late and you miss, uh, the train. So the bus company has to compensate for you missing the train. Um, if this is not a single ticket, if this is not the same ticket, and it's clearly stated that it's, uh, work together if it's decided by the customer. This is not a multi-modal ticket, but it's two different tickets, and you cannot make the one company responsible, um, for the passenger planning a too short, uh, or planning that he might have a delay or that he needs to, uh, to walk from A to B. So, um, for me, it's a little bit, uh, bizarre that we're working on this first. So I'm, um, more with, uh, with Jessica on this point that we have to make sure that multimodal contracts will be proposed. Um, and as they're not existing yet, uh, we're, um, I think that we need to create the market conditions for them to be able to be presented. And this we will have with the ticketing proposal. So let's hope. I hope that we can carefully look at the content in the multi-modal Passenger Rights file. Thank you.”
  EU transport infrastructure integration
• “I would like to echo what Mr. Ritchie said on the procedure, and it's very annoying that in council, apparently the member states are wanting, uh, to, um, go for this first reading position, which will lead us, uh, not to be able to negotiate properly between Parliament and Council. This is not only a bad precedent, but it's as well, um, the wish of the council just to decide what is in two, six, one regulation and then put us, uh, the revolver on the chest and say, either you agree or nothing will happen because they will not agree to any amendments that we will table. And this is not the right procedure. So I urge really, all member States to come to reason and, uh, give this regulation a proper, um, uh, possibility to be negotiated between Council and Parliament. Thank you and sorry for having been long. Madam chair.”
  EU political integration
• “Thank you, chair. And thank you, ministers, for being with us and for presenting your priorities. And I want to encourage you to, uh, fight for enough funding in CEF in order to fulfill the needs. As mentioned already by other colleagues. Not only for military mobility, but especially for military mobility, will be a hard fight and a tough fight in the MFF negotiations. But I'm sure that you will succeed, and I hope so. I would like to address three topics that are close to my heart. Um, two are concerning, uh, files that are not moving forward as quickly as I would like them to see moving forward. And I would like to start with air Passenger Rights. Um, so the 261 regulation on air passenger rights is, uh, an old story. And, um, we all agreed that, uh, during pandemic, an update was not not possible, but pandemic is over, and, um, there is a proposal on the table On the enforcement. The enforcement proposal where air passenger rights in two, six, one regulation is touched. But we do not open the big topic. And I think that it's time to address this. And I would like to hear your, um, views on this topic. Second, I would like to talk about weights and dimensions.”
  EU funding for transportation
• “Yes. Thank you. Thank you chair. Um, and thanks from my side to the to the speakers as well. I've um questions to Aurelia first. Um, so, uh, you know that we don't agree on limiting it to, uh, to ESF. We discussed this previously. Um, um, because the, the, the advantage of not being necessarily physically present, uh, goes for ESF and goes for, uh, Biocef the same way. Um, so, um, what is your argument, um, of limiting it to ESF, but having a competitive advantage to, uh, towards, uh, Biocef this would, I would be interested in this. And, um, uh, interestingly, you said you wanted, um, a booking claim system inside the European Economic area, but refuel aviation is limited to the European Union. Um, ETS is a European economic area. So if you could elaborate a little bit about the distinction and what the difference would make for you to put in the basket. Norway and Iceland basically, uh or not. Um, and then to Mr. Burke, thank you for, uh, for your, uh, presentation as well. I fully agree with you. Um, and I think that, uh, tackling fuel suppliers in not only in the, uh, in a virtual way via book and claim system, but in a physical way on airport grounds, uh, is an, is a task that we should not shy away from. Um, do you think air services regulations or ten 082208 could be a good tool to open the market a bit, uh, to oblige um, airports to, uh, to open to other fuel suppliers.”
  Decarbonisation of aviation sector
• “Thank you. President. Commissioner. Colleagues. Well, as the rapporteur from the Transport and Tourism Committee on this file, I'd like to begin by saying that consumer protection was key for us. It has to be key for clear to consumers when they have booked a package trip and when they haven't, because sometimes they think they've got insurance, but they haven't. So clear information for consumers is key. Package travel is an excellent product and it provides more security for travelers who don't have to book all the individual services. And so we want to boost package travel. But at the same time, people think about flying to a sunny destination when they think of package travel. But it's much, much more than that. I mean, there are bus trips to the Black Forest. That's a package travel that's often offered by SMEs. In addition, there are travel offices that do excellent work advising consumers in terms of their insurance, etc. and we certainly don't want to get in the way of that work. Because they're doing an excellent job. So that's something that we, uh. Uh, continue to take account of. And I hope this kind of advice continues to be given. Thank you.”
  EU policy on aviation safety
• “Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Chair. Thank you, Commissioner, for presenting. Uh, as the program. Um, I would like to follow up on sustainable aviation fuels as well, because this is, uh, from my understanding, and I agree with Johan Danielsen, uh, we are in a crucial moment. In a crucial moment, because we need to, uh, deliver in order to keep the targets. And to be very clear, I want to keep the targets that we have, uh, put in place. But at the moment, production is not there yet. So I pretty much welcome that the commission focuses on this topic. And I really think as well, that the double sided auction system that is proposed in, from, from commission, that this is the right approach because we need to de-risk the investments into, uh, the production of alternative fuels. And by the way, not only ESF, but all the range of fuels available for the aviation sector, because every, um, uh, everything that helps for decarbonising, uh, is, uh, welcome. But, um, the problem is that this is a new initiative, an innovative, uh, solution. And my fear is that the state aid rules that we have, um, are, uh, not as flexible enough not fit for Or the use of this double sided oxygen system. So I would like to know how the Commission will ensure that state aid approval process is agile enough to deliver the pilot action in time to keep the most promising CF projects on track to meet the 2030 targets. And I would like to join as well the plea from from Jessica on the book and claim system. I really think that especially for the SMEs, uh, we will need a book and claim system in order to be able to kickstart, um, production. Unfortunately, uh, commission proposal falls short, uh, on, uh, on this topic. So I would like to hear from you a bit more on how you see the process on book and claim, because it's foreseen in Refuel Aviation, that you have to work on a on a proposal, but yet it's not there.”
  Decarbonisation of aviation sector
• “Mr. president. Commissioner, this is a regulation which is an example of exactly why the Parliament should be deeply involved in legislation in the European Union. There has been a lot of people who have been exercised about the original proposal, which came from the commission. Don't misunderstand me. The circular economy is absolutely vital, but it's got to be practicable for industry and it can't be imbued with so much bureaucracy and admin that it becomes impossible in the real world. And therefore we have sought to restructure this proposal with a bit more realism. And so I say to the Commission, this has been our endeavour dealing with having a realistic amount of recycled material in newly made cars. We obviously have an industry in Europe which is facing difficulties. We need to be balanced in our approach, and this is what we have sought to do in this legislation. This is why the Free Democrats support it. Thank you. **Nicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ @Co-Chair: Mr. Volker.”
  Ecodesign & durability
• “Mr.. President. Commissioner. Honourable members. Aviation is a strategic sector, the backbone of our economy. Many people take flights between cities around Europe. Time and again since 2018 2019, we have seen jamming of navigation data, attempts to jam the radio signals. Russia in particular, is waging hybrid warfare targeting aircraft. Trying to spoof, uh, give them a different navigational position. This is a growing problem. You must recognize it. We need action. We as Europeans must invest in our own defence. Aviation must be protected as a strategic sector. And a lot of people are affected here. This is attempted mass murder targeting European citizens. We must take action. We must invest in research that has been mentioned. We have an ICAO meeting in Montreal this week. We need to raise the matter there. We need rules in place. Make it clear to Russia that this type of hybrid war cannot be tolerated. Thank you.”
  EU-Russia relations (from March 2022)
• “Thank you. Chair. Thank you, ministers, for being with us in our committee meeting today. I would like to join my colleagues in Parliament's position on air passenger rights, but I want to focus more on what happens on the road, especially weights and dimensions. You mentioned, Minister, that you will be working on this. I know that you have a very slim majority in the council for the general approach that has been achieved. But I must say that this slim majority may not be enough for the ambition that we have to decarbonise road transport, and we need the additional weight if we want to have trucks with battery going on the streets. So we will need more flexibility from the council on this matter. And my second question goes into or is concerning the proposal of the Commission on Greening Corporate Fleets. You mentioned that you want to work on this, and I would be interested in council's first assessment of this regulation, because we are talking a lot about simplification and cutting red tape. And my first impression is at least that this regulation is adding red tape and is not helping the simplification agenda of the Commission. And additionally to that, it's interfering in Member States competences. So I would be interested in in the assessment of the Cypriot Presidency. And lastly, we have in the automotive package as well a proposal concerning the CO2 standards for heavy duty vehicle, which is an urgent one. So I was wondering if you are considering an urgent procedure, as we do in order to make it happen as quickly as possible, that we adjust the targets that are set out.”
  Corporate fleet electrification: binding zero-emission quotas vs. voluntary approach · Road transport environmental policy
• “Thank you very much, Commissioner. Colleagues, ladies and gentlemen. The automobile industry is in crisis, and I think, indeed, we have to act right now. And as free Democrats, we've been fighting for quite some time to use all technologies for decarbonization in Europe to promote that. In other words, in other parts of the world, in China as well, my friends, there are also hybrid solutions, range range extenders and also alternative fuels as well. Those ought to be taken into consideration in Europe as well, so that we can also be on that particular front, active. Uh, it's this is not against e-mobility. Indeed. Uh, Commissioner Hoekstra, as he said, we have to do everything possible for e-mobility, uh, and that we are to promote that to all extents possible. And it's necessary. That's necessary. But to be the best colleagues. And Mr. Hoekstra has touched upon this, that there not not be that obligation put on the shoulders of our citizens. Uh, there there are hybrid solutions. There are alternative forms of fuel as well. And e mobility is a possibility, but citizens ought not be forced in one direction or the other.”
  Road transport environmental policy
• “Mr. president. Commissioner. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for talking about biofuels. I think we need to make a real effort to decarbonise, but. We keep hearing about the discussions about petrol tanks and about food. But we need to be more innovative. We need to have a strategy that looks at production of biofuels in Europe. Obviously, that does also mean that we need to become more autonomous, and these alternative fuels need to be used for shipping and for aviation, but they also need to be used for road transport. So the fleet that we have of old vehicles, we need to think about how they can be decarbonized, because now we need to look at capacity and maximum capacity. If we want to use biofuels in areas where we don't have any alternatives. We need to make sure they're now available. Thank you.”
  Biofuels (RED II)
• “So we need um, uh, weights and dimensions. And if we don't get it, um, we will need to tackle CO2 standards for heavy duty vehicles. In any case, this is a question that will come up because we did it for cars and we will do it for cars. So what do you think about our strategy on heavy duty on, uh, um, the shipping side? I would like to ask if you see the need to adapt, uh, refuel maritime time if the IMO agreement is, uh, is accepted. Um, or do you think with the Sustainable Transport Investment plan that will be launched in the second half of the year, we will manage to have the ramp up of alternative fuels that is needed. And as the last more remark, um, the ministers you talked about having less bureaucratic burden and I can only agree. So we should see that the legislation that is ongoing should not add bureaucratic burden. And if you think of trafficking of transport operators, for example, which is one of your presidency's priorities, I think on transport operators this would add bureaucratic burden. Thank you.”
  Decarbonisation of maritime transport
• “I would like to to say as well to, to colleague that we, we all agree that the, the free choice is the best way to do. Right. And I have always supported technological neutrality, of course, but for having free choice is as well being able to charge a car. This is part of the free choice of people. So I think that it's contrary to to technological neutral approach to have targets for electrical charging infrastructure for the member states so that people actually can have a choice to choose the mode of transport and the way of the powertrain they they want in that sense. I'm interested in hearing from Mr.. Mr.. Pesca. The numbers that are indeed and colleague Constanzo mentioned this different in the member states and we see that actually in some member states is going quite rapidly and others it's going not so fast. And my question to the commission is if they are in discussions with the member states that are, let's say, lagging behind a little bit on how to have a quicker implementation of the goals, which are a baseline. Let's remember this, colleagues. The goals are not per definition the non plus ultra that we need to achieve.”
  EV charging infrastructure
• “Thank you chair. Thank you. Ministers especially as well for highlighting competitiveness is one of the guiding principles for your presidency, I think. Well, as a liberal, I can only agree. But it has to be done then in the in the right way. So I would like to to come to some of the topics that you have mentioned already. Um, first, on air passenger rights, I pretty much agree that it's important that we move on this topic, but the question is in which direction? And we have heard different, uh, sounds coming out of, uh, the Danish government on, uh, on air passenger rights. So I would be interested in how you see it. Possible striking a deal on such a complicated topic in such a short timeframe. Um, which is short, because you decided to use the procedure, you, um, decided to use, uh, so we're under a huge pressure. Um, and, uh, um, on Parliament's side, I can only say that we are very united in our approach. Um, I, uh, pretty much appreciate that. Uh, you want to come to a council position on weights and dimensions? Which dimensions is a crucial file for the greening of the transport sector? Because you know that already today the market uptake of zero emission heavy duty vehicle is very low and it's very low as well, because the, the additional, um, weight that this has, the battery is not compensated.”
  Decarbonisation of aviation sector
• “So I'd like to welcome everybody very warmly to this meeting, and I now declare it open. Could I just remind members that this meeting will be web streamed? And what we're doing here is holding our constituent meeting to appoint the chairman and the vice chairs, whom we will proceed to elect shortly according to the provisions of article 219 of our rules. So the procedure will be as follows. First of all, we will proceed to elect the chair pursuant to the rules, and we will then proceed to elect the four vice chairs. We have interpretation in all EU languages available. And we can now then move on to the first formal point on the agenda, which is to proceed to elect the new chair of the committee. I need, of course, to ascertain that there is a quorum. Ascertain who is entitled to vote. And so there are a number of full members who are represented by other members of their group for purposes of the vote today. And I am obliged, pursuant to the rules, to read this out so that it can be minuted. First of all, Tom Berenson, who is represented by Robert Lintz, is represented by Mr. Vishik. Lara Wolters is Dantchik, who is represented by Mark Markus Ferber. Humberto. Humberto is represented by Silva, Sousa. Helder and Mr. Zeller will be represented by André Kutilek. Could you please tell me now, colleagues, if there are any other substitutes who are voting on behalf of full members which have not been notified to the secretariat? Apparently not. In which case we can take note of all that and minute it today.”
  Multilingualism in EU institutions
• “Um, I would like to add, um, that you have our full support, uh, concerning CEF, uh, and the funding for infrastructure in Europe. I really think that this is an important matter not only concerning military mobility, but as well on military mobility. I want to mention this, um, and concerning investments, um, we need more investments on alternative fuels. We need them for maritime and for aviation staff especially. And I was a little bit, um. Surprised not to see more initiatives in that. What has already been, uh, leaked on the clean industrial deal. So maybe it's only a leak and it's not complete. Then I'm happy. But I really think that, um, we need to work on de-risking, uh, investments in this, in this area. And in order to make those fuels available for the decarbonisation of aviation and of the maritime sector. And I would like to ask again to look into book and claim on aviation as well, because this can be a flexibility in the in the market, at least inside, uh, inside Europe. This is a request from Parliament. I know that your services are reluctant on this, uh, on this topic, but I really think that this could help, at least inside Europe, in order to make the market uptake quicker. Thank you.”
  Decarbonisation of aviation sector · Decarbonisation of maritime transport
• “(10:31:41 – 10:34:26): Thank you. Thank you, chair, colleagues. Let me maybe first say that I was fighting for technological neutrality already in the last mandate. So I was keen on seeing the proposal from commission. And I must say that I was quite disappointed when it was on the table. Technological neutrality is a concept that is there to keep jobs and keep European competitiveness. That's why it's requested by the Draghi report as well. For all those, for, who the bible, is replaced by Draghi reports, please be reminded by this. I agree with the rapporteur that we need realistic targets and that especially in the light duty vehicle sector, we are lagging way behind the foreseen trajectory. So I think it's right that we adapt this more consequently than on cars. I think as well that we should keep our overall ambition concerning the reduction of CO2 emissions overall. But and I would like to give more flexibility to the carmakers to reach this carbon reduction. So I'm in favor of keeping the full compensation of CO2 emissions by the carmakers, but in broadening the scope to especially green aluminum and broadening as well the calculation of fuels. I'm in favor of earlier averaging, earlier application of the possibilities for carmakers to use green materials. And I'm in favor of introducing the vehicle category for cars running exclusively on alternative fuels, like it has been already agreed during the last mandate, but not put in place by commission, unfortunately, in the last mandate. I want to add as well that I agree with Wifi and Constanzo that it's about jobs. And if we want to keep jobs that are competitive and that are that we can keep for the future, I think that we should look at how the transformation of the suppliers is going on. And that's why I think plug in has to play an important role. And we need to adapt the regulation to this and to make sure that plug in hybrids, which are requested by by customers as well, can be useful in this transformation. Thank you, and excuse me for being long.”
  Road transport environmental policy
• “Madam president, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it seems to be quite outrageous when technologically openness is being sold here, when it's actually being mis-sold, because 90% of new cars are still meant to be electric cars. Alternative fuels, according to the rules, should only constitute 3% of the fuel produced. That's you're selling this as openness. This is Martin Weber who ordered this. But it's von der Leyen that's meant to implement it. In fact, what we're seeing is more red tape binding quotas here mean that there's more bureaucracy problems, restrictions for companies. That's unjustified. It would have been quite simple. You could have just said alternative fuels would have to be something that you could calculate according to the CO2. Ceilings. And we'd be able to achieve our climate goals with the tools that we had at our disposal. Instead of that, you're still pushing rules, pushing bureaucracy. That's not what we wanted to see achieved, and we're going to have to make sure that in the process, in the future, this gets corrected. The next speaker on behalf of the Greens is Michelle.”
  Road transport environmental policy
• “Thank you, Mr. President. Commissioner colleagues. Obviously. Public transport is a good way of getting people from A to B, especially for commuters, and it's important to look at how public transport systems work. I think it's good that the European Union is supporting public transport infrastructure and its modernisation, but I think what would constitute true progress and would be a real benefit from EU intervention would be if we had integrated ticketing and multimodal transport. There's plenty of scope to develop there. Because what we're seeing is people going by car to the station and then taking the train. Ideally, they should be able to get to the station by a comfortable public transport and so not need the car. I hope we'll be seeing a proposal from the commission so that we can simplify ticketing so that it's going to be one click on the mobile phone in an app to enable passengers to start their journey, regardless of what forms of transport they use during that journey. I think that would constitute a huge step forward for public transport in Europe.”
  EU transport infrastructure integration
• “So, dear colleagues, we have the result. Elizabeth Rosenberg is elected with 33 votes in favor. And I congratulate you. Please give me the total results. We had 46 votes. The number of required majority is 24 with 33. Elizabeth has the needed majority. Roman Haider received 13 votes. And I asked our new trend chair, Elizabeth Rosenberg, now to join me here up and to take over the meeting. Thanks a lot. Thank you.”
  EU political integration
• “Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Chair. Um, and thanks for this, uh, impressive presentation. Uh, I really think that it showcases, uh, the need for a strong, uh, safe budget. Uh, and, uh, you can be sure that, uh, in this committee, at least you have the whole support. Um, and we will fight for it, uh, in the negotiations, um, on the MFF. But, uh, I'm interested in hearing because you showed, uh, the sustainability spending, the cross-border spending. Um, do you think of, uh, new pillars, maybe a multi-modality spending? Because we think a lot about how to boost multi-modality. Is this something you're considering? Uh, in, um, in the further development, uh, of, uh, of CRF, uh, and I'm interested in hearing about, uh, which modes have been most oversubscribed. Why? Because, um, so in Germany, the last government spent a lot of money in, in rail infrastructure. Uh, and there was even more money that than what could have been spent, because it's we have a lack of planning capacity. Lack of building capacity. Um, so I'm interested in hearing where you have, uh, oversubscription. Um, and if you foresee, uh, alternative fuels as, um, one of the big new spending areas next to military mobility. Um, well, I know that it's, uh, up to political decision at the at the end, that's for sure. But I would at least have your, uh, have your views on this, on how to, um. Yeah. Develop, uh, the instrument. Thanks a lot.”
  EU funding for transportation
• “Thank you, madam chair, dear Elena. So first, let me say, I'm in favor of decarbonization, and I don't think that electrification is a threat to Europe. But we're talking a lot in last year's about reducing bureaucracy and cutting red tape. So if there is a new regulation on the table from the commission that is regulating a sector that has not been regulated before, we need very good reasons. Obviously, the situation in the member states is widely different. We have different market uptake of EV and different situation concerning the available infrastructure for charging, especially in the countries. And we have as well very different systems of taxation and of incentivizing or not incentivizing the market uptake of electric cars. So I want to say first that I don't like the proposal from the commission in the sense that they try to regulate the taxation, which is a competence of the member state and not a competence of the European Union. So, I'm not very happy with Article 4. Then, what does the commission aim for? The commission is aiming for creating a secondhand market. But already today, without this regulation, EVs that are on the secondhand market, they are not bought by people. People don't buy them because it's old technology. And, as long as we're in this situation where technology is evolving, I think this will continue. Second, we have a leasing situation where leasing companies are mainly banks or they are regulated as banks. So, the decrease of the value of the car has to be put into their leasing scheme. So leasing will become very expensive if we regulate it under this regulation. That's why I'm in favor of taking out several areas like leasing, like rental, like small and medium companies. And some people here say, yep. This is made to support the car industry. I just want to say the car industry does not ask for this regulation. Thank you.”
  Road transport environmental policy