Claire FITA

What Claire FITA has said (9)

• 2026-07-15 “(14:45:13 - 14:46:46): Thank you very much, madam chair. I'll be speaking French. Thank you very much, minister. It's a real pleasure to be able to have a discussion with you, and thank you very much for coming this afternoon. I have 3 questions. 1 is on the energy crisis and the national derogation clause. The energy crisis is still at the heart of our concerns. This clause is triggered when the member states request it. So it's those who have some, budget margin that trigger the clause and those that don't really hesitate to trigger it because of the link to debt, and this means that the protection isn't equal among Europeans. So I'm wondering whether the council will deal with this issue or not. Now the whole issue of energy flexibility of 1.5% of GDP and the link to defense, how can we make sure that member states don't sacrifice 1 priority or the other. So this whole issue of, is it energy or is it defense? And then, of course, when it comes to the energy crisis, we have the challenge of decarbonization, but it also means that we need a European budget that has enough money to fund it in the long term. So what is the Irish presidency planning to defend? Thank you.”
  Energy transition (state support)
• 2026-07-14 “(17:57:32 - 17:58:43): Madam Fete, if you want to take the floor and then mister, colleague Hetman. Yes. Thank you very much, madam chair. There are 2, key requirements I would insist on for these future plans. Firstly, the importance of fully recognizing the specific vulnerability of Mediterranean regions. Secondly, guaranteeing an effective role for the regions. When it comes to Mediterranean regions, wildfires have affected all areas, but these regions are particularly hard hit. They face drought, water spread water stress, and other climate phenomena as well. And this must be fully acknowledged in the future partnership plans, which must give rise to adequate funding and investment. Secondly, something that's been mentioned at length here today, we cannot build effective plans for our regions without the regions. And so recognizing the unique nature of the Mediterranean, making sure that they have their full say that will make the EU stronger, fairer, and closer to all of our citizens. Thank you. Please.”
  Cohesion and rural funding
• 2026-06-23 “Thank you, chair. I will speak in French. Executive vice president, commissioner. The communication of the semester in 2026 has been explicit. The country specific recommendations have become a framework tool for your for country specific reform, but there's a strong political choice as for to have restrictive recommendations. For the commissioner, should, France change its policies towards, environmental taxes, how will the commission recognize the choices of of the national governments? And if there is a country that refuses to follow these recommend fiscal recommendations, will they see suspension of their NRPP payments? These, the structure of these recommendations are are part of the national reforms. Don't you think that these should be subject to a formal vote by national parliaments before their adoption by the council? I'm convinced that the European semester cannot function as a technocratic process, negotiated behind closed doors without including national parliaments. Finally, vice president. Currently, it's important, in light of what we're seeing in France. France is asking the commission to apply the with 80% of our, civil model working working time directive. Is there anything specific we can do to to support this?”
  European Semester (social dimension)
• “Thank you, Madam President. The benefit for some is now making many Europeans poor. Energy prices are rising and companies are making in decent profit in France. The fuel distributors have actually seen their margin increase by 500%. And like Spain, we need concrete measures to protect Europeans. And the first thing to do would be to tax maxi profits. We need to have these financial resources to be able to redistribute them and to be able to invest in our energy sovereignty, and we need to do that now before those huge profits disappear. Europe needs to take action, and it's not the people who need to be paying, but the people who are profiting.”
  Taxation of windfall profits
• “Clearly, jobs, quality jobs here in Europe are essential. And that is what I want to highlight. And the when it comes to European preference, which we should have within this single market, which, as I see it, which is an essential tool of protection so that we can protect our jobs but create new ones to adapt our single market and deepen it with social justice, and which we need so much to defend the European project.”
  EU policy on forced redundancies
• “Madam Vice President, Mr. Vice President, 450 million citizens. It's a single market rules, protections for companies, workers. That's our single market. But today it can't just be an economic space. It has to be a real power, a political power. In today's world, we might be weak in open market without protections becomes a trap. And if there's no political will in the market, we can. We are offering a offering us up to the others. But defending the single market isn't just deregulation. It means protecting it, reorienting it, and having a real European preference for public procurement is investing in strategic sectors massively. And it is quality jobs being created here in Europe. Our compass should be simple European preference for our sovereignty and our jobs. Thank you.”
  "Buy European" provisions
• “Thank you very much. President. Commissioner. More than €90 billion were the profits Google's profits in 2024. In seven seconds, Google cashes in what an average household does in a year. And of course, what is happening on the digital revenue is skyrocketing while people's wages are going down. And I think that this unfairness needs to be tackled. Let us do that and let us do it now. So if the US is going to withdraw from the OECD agreement, then we have to set the example. We have to make sure that multinationals pay what they should pay where they make their profits. So yes, to a digital service tax. In Europe it's about justice because every euro that meta Google or Amazon doesn't pay its r SMEs. Our farmers, our public services, among others that shoulder the burden. Fiscal justice is a tantamount to making sure that we're sovereign rather than powerless. Thank you.”
  Priorities of taxation policy in the EU
• “(10:25:20 – 10:26:02): jobs quality jobs here in Europe are essential, and that is what I want to highlight in the when it comes to European preference, which we should have within this single market, which as I see it, which is an an essential tool of protection so that we can protect our jobs, but create new ones to adapt our single market and deepen it with social justice and which we need so much to defend the European project. Thank you. The next speaker, Corinne de Figuero. Please.”
  EU social policy (political compass)
• “Thank you, Madam Chair. And thank you, Commissioner, for this very valuable. Information that you've given us. Obviously, this is something that we're all concerned about, but I wanted to go back to what you mentioned as a priority, which I share this transition towards decarbonization. So moving away from our dependence on fossil fuels, which makes us dependent on crises such as the one we're living through now. As a commissioner, do you think that that has consequences on the resources we use for decarbonization, but also the timetable? I mean, should we speed things up? So could you suggest something there? And then a second question on the reactions of the different member states to tackle this crisis. What's your assessment of the various proposals that are on the table? I mean, you talked about the principles that the Commission raises for the actions of each member states. So what would be your initial assessment of the various proposals that have been made and their effectiveness for consumers and also for member states budgets? Thank you very much.”
  Energy (green transition)