Jacek OZDOBA

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What Jacek OZDOBA has said (25)

• 2026-07-08 “(15:14:19 - 15:15:30): President, we cannot speak about organized crime, drug related crime without speaking about illegal migration. The coalition which governs in the EU is responsible for letting in many illegal immigrants. So if you want to fight drugs, you also have to fight illegal migration. And if we think about consequences, helping the illegal immigrants by non government non government organizations. The left side of the political spectrum does not want to talk about it. In my country, I was part of the government which stopped illegal migrations. We were removing them. And what is happening? You are adopting solutions, which concern the migration pact, and you want, those migrants, many of whom are criminals. You just want to move them to different member states. So our response is e easy. 0 illegal immigrants, then we won't have problems with drive. *Antonella SBERNA @Chair: (15:15:30 - 15:15:34): This is Escura Almanza, please.”
  Asylum & border control
• 2026-07-07 “(10:10:55 - 10:12:07): Madam president, it's enough to take a look at 2 big countries, China and The US, apart from the EU. And soon, they will be joined by India and Brazil. What happens if Chinese cars are cheaper? It's because production costs in Europe are higher. Why are they state of the art? Because their cost energy costs are lower. The same goes for The US. Their energy costs are twice as low because of, fuel as well. But what are we what are we debating about here? Let me ask you a simple question about ETS too. We should withdraw from it soon. The, prices of fuel will even be higher. AI needs more energy, which means even higher costs. We should we could ask a simple question. I do not want to be unkind to, mister commissioner, but perhaps those who have come up”
  Extension of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
• 2026-07-07 “(09:57:58 - 09:58:16): colleague, I think I could agree with what you've said. But, under the last mandate, there was a voting to the detriment of the European automotive industry. Do you think that the EPP should vote in the same way for e t s 2, or do you think we should abandon e t s 2? Thank you.”
  Extension of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
• 2026-06-15 “(17:55:24 – 17:56:41): Thank you very much, president. I am astounded because everyone here is, sizing Trump, so is the center. But when it comes to the North Stream, Trump was right. What happened in 2018? Trump was warning the Germans, but the others as well against the potential disaster. Now you are in dire straits and you want to be innovative. You want the green deal. You want new energy. You have a new transition, but you want to have as a b plan Russian gas. Who is being pro Russian here? You are criticizing Trump, but who helped Ukraine when you were helpless? It was Donald Trump. It was Donald Trump and Elon Musk who gave access to the satellite system paving the way towards good communication. It wasn't the EU towards Trump. It it was Trump. It was your this is your independence.”
  EU-Russia relations (from March 2022)
• 2025-10-24 “E-004201/2025 Answer given by Mr Hoekstra on behalf of the European Commission The Emissions Trading System for fuel combustion in buildings, road transport and additional sectors (ETS2) complements national and EU policies and measures to reduce emissions in these sectors by 42% by 2030 compared to 2005 1 , helping to achieve Member States’ overall 40% emissions reduction target under the Effort Sharing Regulation. The European Parliament and Council proposals to postpone the start of ETS2 by one year to 2028, subject to a final agreement between the co-legislators, further underlines the importance of complementary national measures to ensure Member States meet their binding 2030 targets under the Effort Sharing Regulation. The operational impact of ETS2 on the Commission budget is explained in section 3.2.2. of the Legislative Financial Statement accompanying the 2021 proposal 2 . The costs for national public authorities were assessed in section 6.3.4 of the impact assessment 3 . Member States are not required to share administrative and staffing budgets related to the implementation of specific EU policies. ETS2 is a key component in a mix of policies and measures supporting EU competitiveness by helping to reduce dependence on fossil fuel imports and creating opportunities for cleantech companies. Fossil fuel imports cost the EU nearly EUR 400 billion in 2024 and this dependence on volatile global markets has been a driver of high energy prices for EU companies and households alike. The EU is a global leader in clean innovation, such as heat pumps and batteries. In 2024, Europe's clean tech exports reached EUR 80 billion, generating opportunities and additional jobs in clean industries. 1 Details can be consulted in section 6.3.1. of the impact assessment accompanying the 2021 proposal for the revision of the ETS Directive: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:7b89687a-eec6-11eb-a71c01aa75ed71a1.0001.01/DOC_1&format=PDF 2 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:52021PC0551 3 Impact assessment accompanying the 2021 proposal for the revision of the ETS Directive: https://eurlex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:7b89687a-eec6-11eb-a71c01aa75ed71a1.0001.01/DOC_1&format=PDF.”
  Climate efforts · Extension of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme · Road transport environmental policy
• 2025-10-22 “E-004161/2025 Answer given by Mr Hoekstra on behalf of the European Commission The Regulation on Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action (GR) 1 required Member States (MS) to prepare their long-term strategies (LTS) with a perspective of at least 30 years 2 by 1 January 2020. Updated strategies are to be submitted by 1 January 2029 and every 10 years thereafter. In 2019, under the GR, Member States also submitted their final integrated national energy and climate plans (NECPs) for the period 2021-2030. The plans were then updated in 2024. By October 2025, all the MS, except Poland, had submitted their national LTS, which can be found on a dedicated website together with summary tables for each MS 3 . The latest Commission’s assessment of the national LTS can be found in chapter 11 of the Staff Working Document accompanying the Climate Action Progress Report 2024, including an overview of the strategies (Table 11.2) 4 . A rough estimate based on LTS points to a reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 5 of around 86% by 2050 for the EU: this means that roughly 630 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent would still need to be cut or absorbed to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. The summary tables for each MS include the total amount of emission reductions, the investments, and the expected energy savings, when available. The Commission published its latest assessment of the updated NECPs 6 in May 2025. The aggregation of the projections submitted by MS shows that the EU is on track towards meeting the EU 2030 climate goals. GHG emissions are expected to decline by 54% by 2030 compared to 1990. On investments, MS provided only partial information. Hence, it is not possible to provide an aggregate figure for the EU. The information included in the NECPs is not sufficient to provide an estimate of the overall expected savings by 2030. 1 Regulation (EU) 2018/1999. 2 Ibid, Article 15. 3 https://commission.europa.eu/energy-climate-change-environment/implementation-eu-countries/energy-andclimate-governance-and-reporting/national-long-term-strategies_en. 4 SWD(2024) 249 final. 5 Excluding Land Use Land Use Change And Forestry (LULUCF). 6 COM(2025) 274 final.”
  Climate efforts
• 2025-07-17 “E-002980/2025 Answer given by Mr Hoekstra on behalf of the European Commission Taxes and charges levied on electricity bills are a matter of national competence and vary widely across Member States. They accounted for 25% of household electricity bills in 2024 1 . This share has been declining (it was 41% in 2019), but did increase in 2024 due to the scaling back of temporary support measures introduced following the invasion of Ukraine. Electricity retail prices also vary greatly across Member States. For instance, in Poland, household electricity prices (including taxes) are below the EU average. However, taxes and levies account for a greater share (48%). The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) is not an EU tax, but fossil-fired power plants pass on their ETS-costs to electricity consumers. The more emission-intensive the generation mix of a country, the higher the ETS costs. These costs have reduced from an average of around EUR 84 per tonne of CO2 equivalent in 2023 to EUR 64 in 2024, contributing to the year-onyear fall in electricity prices. The impact of ETS2 on households across Member States is assessed in the Commission’s impact assessment 2 . It shows that direct costs to low-income households can be lowered by helping finance investments that ultimately save both fuel and money. It also shows that households benefit from a balanced economy-wide climate policy where emissions are lowered cost-effectively through carbon pricing, while the carbon price itself is kept in check through complementary national measures that target obstacles to low-cost emissions reduction. The revenues from ETS2 will be reinvested to help finance both of these aspects of the transition. In particular the new EUR 86.7 billion Social Climate Fund will support vulnerable households. 1 Report on energy prices and costs in Europe, COM (2025) 72 final. See in particular Fig.4. 2 SWD(2021) 601 final, see part 1/4, Section 6.3.3.2.”
  Climate efforts
• 2025-07-11 “P-002848/2025 Answer given by President von der Leyen on behalf of the European Commission Member States have the power to deal with criminal procedures according to their respective national legislative frameworks. The Honourable Member’s attention is drawn to the fact that, pursuant to Articles 11 and 19 of the Protocol (N°7) on privilege and immunities (PPI), the President and the Members of the Commission benefit of the immunity from legal proceedings in respect of acts performed by them in their official capacity, including after they have ceased to hold office. Pursuant to Articles 17 and 19 PPI, this immunity is granted in the interests of the EU and may be waived by the Commission when it considers that such a waiver is not contrary to the interests of the EU. As regards costs in possible criminal proceedings, the principles set out in Article 24 of the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants apply.”
  EU political integration
• 2025-03-04 “E-000900/2025 Answer given by Executive Vice-President Virkkunen on behalf of the European Commission Freedom of expression and information is a pillar of democracy and protected under the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU 1 . The Digital Services Act (DSA) 2 helps create a safer digital space where fundamental rights are protected online. The DSA defines the responsibilities of online platforms operating in the EU regardless of its origin and makes sure that EU citizens know when and why online platforms remove content via statements of reasons. These need to be submitted by platforms to the DSA Transparency Database 3 . This is particularly important because almost all content removals online are done based on private rules set by online platforms. The DSA also helps keep EU citizens and minors safe from illegal content, such as child sexual abuse material and terrorist content. The Commission is investigating X 4 for suspected breaches of, inter alia, the systemic risk provisions of the DSA 5 . Providers of designated platforms have to diligently identify, analyse and assess various systemic risks and put in place effective mitigation measures. The current investigations against X include risks linked to civic discourse and electoral processes in the EU, including those related to its algorithmic systems 6 . The Commission ordered X 7 to retain internal documents and information regarding future changes to the design and functioning of its recommender algorithms, while also requesting internal documentation relating to past changes. The Commission also ordered access to certain technical interfaces (APIs) to allow direct fact-finding on content moderation and virality of accounts. These measures will allow the Commission to take all relevant facts into account in the assessment under the DSA of systemic risks and their mitigation. 1 Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. OJ C 326, 26.10.2012, p. 391–407. 2 Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Digital Services Act), OJ L 277, 27.10.2022, p. 1–102. 3 https://transparency.dsa.ec.europa.eu/ 4 Designated as a very large online platform under the DSA. 5 Including amongst others Article 34(1) and (2) and 35(1). 6 https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/list-designated-vlops-and-vloses 7 https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-addresses-additional-investigatory-measures-xongoing-proceedings-under-digital-services”
  Digital platforms liability for harmful and illegal content · Disinformation & online freedoms
• 2025-03-04 “E-000901/2025 Answer given by Ms Lahbib on behalf of the European Commission While there is no plan for a unified database of accessible locations, the resource centre ‘AccessibleEU’, proposed by the Commission Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2021-2030, monitors accessibility across Member States 1 . The European Accessibility Act 2 allows Member States to opt-in for the built environment. The Commission issued a standardisation request to revise standards on the built environment 3 by 15 September 2025, aiming for a harmonised European standard 4 , which supports ‘buying accessible’ as in Public Procurement Directives. However, the European standardisation organisations highlighted delays. Once published in the Official Journal of the EU, if businesses follow these standards, they may have presumption of conformity with the Act’s accessibility requirements. The European Disability and Parking Cards will be implemented through Directive (EU) 2024/2841 5 . As per article 20, a report on the Directive's application will be submitted every four years, with input from Member States and stakeholders. The Commission monitors the timely and correct transposition of these directives. 1 AccessibleEU resource centre’s monitoring framework. https://accessible-eu-centre.ec.europa.eu/accessibilitymonitoring-0_en 2 Directive (EU) 2019/882 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on the accessibility requirements for products and services https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/882/oj/eng 3 EN 17210:2021, Accessibility in the built environment, https://standards.cencenelec.eu/dyn/www/f?p=CEN%3A110%3A0%3A%3A%3A%3AFSP_PROJECT%2CFSP _ORG_ID%3A65077%2C2274045&cs=1EBB531650B5200F9683431EC41E4AED1 4 European Standardisation Mandate 587 https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/documentsregister/detail?ref=C(2022)6456&lang=en 5 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L_202402841”
  EU policy on disability inclusion & accessibility
• 2024-09-26 “P-001841/2024 Answer given by Mr Lenarčič on behalf of the European Commission The Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) 1 works on a 24 hours / 7 days basis to carry out its mandate that includes, among other tasks, monitoring of unfolding or potential disasters and their impact. In this context, the ERCC daily monitors the forecast estimates for potential flooding across Europe, through the dedicated European Flood Awareness System (EFAS) 2 of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service. The EFAS complements national systems, contributing to monitoring and raising awareness about floods and related events, while retaining the supporting role that the Commission has in this field. As of 13 September 2024, due to the heavy rains and strong winds which affected large parts of Central and Eastern Europe, Member States such as Poland, Germany, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania pro-actively activated the Rapid Mapping of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service 3 for floods. Poland activated the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) 4 on 18 September 2024. From the onset, the ERCC was in contact with the national civil protection authorities of Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania and Slovakia to raise awareness about possible upcoming floods and offered support through the UCPM. 1 https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/what/civil-protection/emergency-response-coordinationcentre-ercc_en 2 https://www.copernicus.eu/en/european-flood-awareness-system 3 https://emergency.copernicus.eu/mapping/ems/rapid-mapping-portfolio 4 https://civil-protection-humanitarian-aid.ec.europa.eu/what/civil-protection/eu-civil-protection-mechanism_en”
  Climate efforts
• “I will speak in Polish colleagues. The fact that Europe actually ensured a crisis for itself is one thing, and a green crazy group actually made this crisis our day to day reality that impacts businesses and people across Europe. But where do we find Europe, who used to be expressed solidarity that with countries that were warning against this? Um, where is Europe that used to freeze funds because it didn't like the government of Poland, whereas Europe now that was thinking about green energy, basically to destroy the entire energy security system across Europe. So where is this European Parliament? Where are you all that are That expressed solidarity with Mr. Schroeder. I said two weeks ago, imposed sanctions. It's a it's someone who's not welcome here. And then they were crying. Hypocrisy. Auburn is not a hypocrite. President of a Polish political party. Kaczynski is not a hypocrite. You are hypocrites because you destroy the security of energy in Europe.”
  EU approach to energy security (home-made vs import sources)
• “Thank you very much, Madam President. Let's begin with the fact that we should be having a more serious debate about the MFF that are setting out a disaster for us. Now, if we look at the debt, it's going to last for generations. But let me come back to the report we're talking about now. Euro taxes should be rejected. You want to make life easier for Europeans, including the Spanish. Then you should chuck out the ETS, amongst other things. Would you support ditching the Green Deal, I ask you.”
  Own EU resources
• “I will speak in Polish. Ladies and gentlemen. Well. Dumplings with insects inside. And other things like A sausage with these insects products or carbonara. That's a menu which would surprise people. And discussion on this, in my belief, is a waste of time given the issues, the problems that agriculture has today. If we are arguing in this room that allergenic elements are involved, why not mark them? Why should people eat these insects without knowing that they are eating them? So liberty should consist of choice, and choice should be obvious. And the EU has often, and the Commission has often been mistaken, yet it hasn't drawn conclusions from the Their mistakes. And I agree with our French colleague that we should scrap this proposal. We should mark the products adequately to allow conscious choice. And this is a no no direction for European agriculture.”
  EU policy on novel foods
• “Ladies and gentlemen. Uh, should the ETS be thrown away? Well, if you want the answer, look at the streets of Warsaw. Now that we are talking, when we are talking here, the streets of Warsaw are full of people who are protesting against the climate policy. All your beautiful slogans about the ETS. But look at the, uh, our financial instruments yesterday. Uh, you were praising Angela Merkel here in this room. Don't you remember where the ETS comes from? Uh, the gas was supposed to be, uh, transported by Nord Stream one and two to Europe. This was your Strategy. And now in Lithuania, we see drones, which maybe have been financed by the money from Nord Stream. So think about it. Why did you need this? What did you need this, uh, ETS for? If it's blocking the development of European economy?”
  Extension of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
• “These are not ambitious goals. This is just nonsense. Things are being suggested which would just harm the European economy. The European Union is being forced into this huge crisis. And Denmark has a completely different perspective because of its history and its economic situation. There is pressure being exerted by the Commission regarding this. Goal of 90% by 2040. $0.10 for a litre of petrol. That's how much it's going to cost. €400 for a home per per household in Belgium. This is the kind of costs we'll be looking at. If we implement this proposal. As the Danish presidency wants to. We should be thinking about out the people and not looking at these texts prepared by lobbyists. Also, the geopolitical reality means we have to spend more on defence, on armaments. And yet we're not doing it. We're just heading directly into an energy crisis. Despite what the actions taken by the Russian Federation and the war that's ongoing. We need to stabilize the market. Denmark has wind energy, but other parts of Europe does not have that option due to their geography. Coal and nuclear energy are important energy sources. We need to use coal energy. That is a clean energy source, just as the example of Japan demonstrates. So I want Denmark to understand the geopolitical reality, because what we're hearing here in this room, it is going in the wrong way. It will be the wrong decision for the EU and it will only lead to crises. And we will lose the confidence of our citizens. Thank you.”
  Energy (green transition)
• “I will speak in Polish. First of all, I agree with my colleague from Spain who said the truth about the green energy, how it can lead to a crisis. Please note the issue of ban on registration of emissions emitting cars. No, but what I need is, uh, comments about, uh, the burdens on the armaments industry, when indeed the Russian Federation changed its whole economy to armament, and burdening this industry with additional costs is irrational. Therefore, I think, as a commissioner, you should request the Parliament and introduce appropriate legislation freeing the entire sector related to the armaments sector of additional costs. And the other issue is the issue concerning EU competitiveness worldwide. In a situation when behind the ocean, President Donald Trump introduces a rational policy which will increase the economic development, will be left in the back and Europe organizes its own problems. And finally, a comment on the new energy sources. There are only three stable sources of energy. It's the coal, wind and the nuclear energy. The issue of geological location in the north of Europe results in photovoltaics is not really effective. The same for wind energy. So we have to stabilize networks with coal gas or with nuclear energy. Poland has significant resources of coal, which could help Europe, and modern technologies related to minimizing the negative consequences of using coal have long been available. For example, Japan, which hasn't got its natural resources. However, it also uses the coal technology. Thank you.”
  Energy (green transition)
• “Thank you very much so what is the recipe for a successful single market that's something we can start work on from this Thursday by voting out president von der Leyen. Now they can count how many tons of CO two are being emitted but not jobs lost in Europe at the commission we are paying more on this continent than elsewhere we are paying for this ideology so that is the best response when it comes to the vote this Thursday. We must kick out von der Leyen there's no more emissions in Europe because there's no more jobs there's no more factories Europe is no longer a place for production we're dependent on third countries we are not a leader anymore quite the country continent is agonizing. We have the major challenges of Mercosur we have raw materials that we have to import from outside of Europe this is the situation we have and you can respond on Thursday by voting against von der Leyen.”
  Von der Leyen
• “Ladies and gentlemen, now the funds and the national recovery plans have become a tool of influencing the election process in many countries, and Poland is a good case in point. Bailey said that that they will starve Poland using financial means. And this is exactly what happened. Despite crisis in the economy, despite the war in the Ukraine. Certain institutions did not receive their funding. The revenue. That was a political decision. Now we need to consider why it was the case that certain member states were blocked from acquiring the the funding. Catherine Bailey and President von der Leyen was an atrocious case of influence over a democratic process in Poland, and that is to replace one prime minister with another, one government with another. And that clearly demonstrates that we have a case of violation of law.”
  EU Supervision of the Rule of Law
• “Thank you very much. President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen. You will destroy European agriculture. Get your hands off the Polish farming system. Your idea of approving the Mercosur agreement will lead to a situation where we will be simply outcompeted. We have to discuss all of this. You are trying to kill European agriculture. So I'll say it again. Hands off Europe's agriculture. If anyone has a different opinion. I could say that we could soon be voting about Ursula von der Leyen's commission, if we will have to think about how we vote there, if we are going to approve Mercosur. Let's hope that Mrs. Ursula von der Leyen does what she has to so she can keep her office. But I think it would be better if she were to leave. The speaker is cut off.”
  Trade relations with Mercosur
• “Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. This is crazy. You need to be crazy or under the influence of lobbyists. Because what do you call a situation where the political circles are adopting a solution? Then you deregulate them, you announce it as a success. You take a family photo celebrating it, and then you introduce even worse solutions. So maybe you should think about what you're voting for. Now my question is, where are all the experts from the committee? Where are all those clever people who adopted all of this? Are you going to tell me, and all the Europeans, that the solutions that are going to ruin the European industry were adopted with fake expert opinions? Did anyone get a bribe or was anyone so wrong? And now you propose to make the European fleets green, greener and greener? Perhaps you should withdraw from all of this and you should do away with the ban. At all. It will be best for Europe.”
  Energy (green transition)
• “Madam Minister, I appreciate your strategic document. I think you're probably going to go in a completely different direction for a very simple reason. Because Poland, representing the interests of the EU that has a border with the Russian Federation, ought to focus on security as a priority. We can focus on our targets. But if Putin focuses on the army solely and the economy focuses on army, and we are now concentrating on an energy system that is going to be not favourable for the EU, what is the French perspective? They have nuclear energy. We do not have nuclear energy. We can pick from gas, coal, uh, PVC, solar. And that's our perspective. No nuclear as I said. So there's no possibility whatsoever for us to accelerate this pseudo transition. Let me stress once again, coal is financing renewable energy sources, and it's important for the Polish presidency to come up with initiatives to stop the ETS. The ETS to can be scrapped altogether. Prime Minister Donald Tusk talked about it. It's very interesting because he contradicts his own political party, the EPP and the European Parliament, but also registering a combustion fuel cars, because the market ought to verify that and shouldn't be done by legislation. There's no research on that or we don't know anything about the impact on social life. I know the media supports you, but we ought to ask Europeans. Europeans ought to be to be asked how they want to live, what they want to drive, how they want to heat their houses, and they ought to be left alone. And this is the only reason why you're still here, because you're lying about the reality. Suddenly, the EPP wants to withdraw from the ETS to scrap ETS. One. What's behind it? Security. Putin is going to drive his tanks into the EU soon. And now you're discussing how wind turbines ought to function. I congratulate you, Madam Minister, but undoubtedly we're going to go back to the law on wind power in Poland in the future. You are leading us straight to catastrophe. The results for Europe are dramatic. 30. 40%. This is what the ETS tax costs today.”
  Energy (green transition)
• “Yes, thank you very much. President. Commissioner. Dear colleagues that make America great again, make Europe great again. And these are words that are very important because if Europe wishes to be a competitor in the trade sector, then it has to go back to its roots and go back to the original ideas that we heard around this room. We've had hours of discussion here, which is not reflected in any kind of good solution for our economy. Drill, baby. Drill. That's what the president of the United States says. And what does Europe say? Well, let's close down industry. Let's shut down development of business and bans on registration for diesel cars, and the United States continues on its way. If the European Union wishes to be competitive and wants to have good trade relations with the United States, then we have to act differently. Ursula von der Leyen. Basically, her approach has failed. With the United States, we know that the European economy is suffering the impacts of all of this.”
  EU-US trade relations
• “President, ladies and gentlemen, Everywhere. Every time that we touch upon motor vehicles, we need to remind ourselves of a huge problem that the European Union is creating. Very soon, we will be operating within a world in which combustion engine vehicles will not be possible to be registered. Every car which will be registered will need to be an electrical one. This e-mobility will lead to gigantic problems not only higher cost of insurance, but also higher costs of maintenance, a lack of infrastructure, a great demand for electricity. All this reform, all those changes within the within the system of power grid functioning, all this leads us to a catastrophe. And we should treat this element as key, as a key problem. We need to scrap this stupid idea by the EPP, and it's only then that we should move on to think about new market based solutions concerning closed. **Nicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ @Co-Chair: I don't know if it was just the interpretation, but I think the word stupid idea was used. I leave that up to the interpreters to decide if it was an insult or not. Mr. Tynkkynen has the floor now.”
  2035 ICE phase-out: strict zero-emission target vs. flexibility for carmakers · Road transport environmental policy
• “Thank you very much I speak in Polish. Ladies and gentlemen I suggest that this be fair very simply all revenue from ETS1 should be sent for modernization in Central Eastern Europe if the German state feels responsible for ETS1 and ETS2 because there are billion of euros coming from households in the form of tax. I can't agree with the European Commission if someone is making money speculating on this this is robbing people but I have a piece of bad news because you drove here by car by a normal car not an electric car can't you see the difference in the level of economic development in member countries. It's a clever system which will damage Europeans and you can tell me anything you want that you are in favor but it was your president who your former president the president of EPP said six months ago that ETS2 will make governments fall because gas will be the will be more expensive so no coal no natural gas no fuel for your cars so what do you do next if wood is bad if coal is bad if natural gas is bad so what do we have what are you left with heat pumps and the geopolitical situation is dramatic and you're sitting here happy talking about ETS and being safe stable energy sources. It's only about gas coal or nuclear first you wanted to Nord Stream one Nord Stream two you see how that ended I can understand that in Spain you don't see the Polish perspective with photovoltaic installations but when you face blackouts there's no wind there's no sun then we're gonna face an energy crisis. We are no longer attractive as a place for economic development and now you can multiply expert economies but let's see who's paying them perhaps we will have an investigative committee here in future perhaps the the law how many of those reports are factual. One point five million households in Poland are at such a level of energy poverty that it will be dramatic to them but it is the same will happen in Portugal Croatia France many other countries and you will pay for that because you can't see families. Yes I'm concluding the simp then my simple question to conclude are you able to tell us that the living cost for Europeans will not increase dramatically and we will not lose in competitiveness because of those idiotic solutions thank you.”
  EU approach to electricity market and prices