Adnan DIBRANI

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• 2026-06-15 “03:12 – 18:04:32): colleagues, tonight, last night, rather, I watched football together with many of my compatriots, and you may know that Sweden won 5 1. What a wonderful, wonderful end to the previous week. Now if we were to go to the finals, then I think we have to pay 300,000 Swedish crowns to get a ticket for the World Cup final. That's completely unreasonable. You know, look at the situation. The so called dynamic pricing pricing, sorry, an algorithm which just changes constantly without any kind of oversight. And this is not good for the fans. It's not good for football. It's to our detriment, in fact. You know, if you love sports, you know, that's why you go and watch football. It's not because you want this money to go to entities that are just trying to bleed you dry, squeeze you for every penny you've got. You know, it's a question of European economic independence we're talking about here. We can't let The USA or others set the standards for us. Surely, we in Europe should decide for ourselves. What are the rules of the game here in this on this continent. Culture, sports should be for everyone. It shouldn't be something for the elite. It shouldn't be a luxury. Everybody should be entitled to watch their footy.”
  Broadcasting of sports events
• 2026-03-04 “P-000903/2026 Answer given by Mr McGrath on behalf of the European Commission Any processing of personal data, including in the context of AI development, must comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 12 . Such processing must be based on one of the six lawful grounds for processing 3 . It is the obligation of the controller to select the most appropriate ground 4 . The controller must also meet all other GDPR requirements, including regarding transparency and processing of special categories of personal data 5 . As regards the alleged transfer of personal data to Kenya, any international transfer must comply with the specific rules under the GDPR 6 . The enforcement of the rules of the GDPR in individual cases, such as the case at hand, lies with the national data protection authorities and courts. The Commission has proposed targeted amendments of the GDPR 7 . They enhance legal clarity, cut unnecessary administrative burden for operators and data protection authorities and contribute to a more consistent application of the GDPR which also benefits data subjects. The Commission considers that the amendments comply with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union 8 and that no additional fundamental rights assessment is required beyond what is already set out in the accompanying Commission Staff Working Document 9 . 1 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation), OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1–88. 2 European Data Protection Board, Opinion 28/2024 on certain data protection aspects related to the processing of personal data in the context of AI models. 3 Article 6(1) GDPR. 4 Article 5(2) GDPR. 5 Article 13, Article 14 GDPR and Article 9(2) GDPR. 6 In particular, Chapter V GDPR. This can be done, for example, by putting in place a transfer instrument (such as a contract) that provides for appropriate data protection safeguards and enforceable rights for individuals (Article 46 GDPR). Companies using such a transfer instrument must, in accordance with the Schrems II judgment of the Court of Justice, assess whether they can ensure a level of protection that is essentially equivalent to that in the EU, including in light of possible conflicting laws in the third country (e.g.on government access to data). 7 Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2016/679, (EU) 2018/1724, (EU) 2018/1725, (EU) 2023/2854 and Directives 2002/58/EC, (EU) 2022/2555 and (EU) 2022/2557 as regards the simplification of the digital legislative framework, and repealing Regulations (EU) 2018/1807, (EU) 2019/1150, (EU) 2022/868, and Directive (EU) 2019/1024 (Digital Omnibus), COM/2025/837 final. 8 Charter of the Fundamental Rights of the European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legalcontent/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:12012P/TXT. 9 See also Commission Staff Working Document accompanying the Commission’s Proposal, SWD (2025) 836 final, section 1.2.”
  International data transfers · Artificial Intelligence · GDPR
• 2025-01-29 “E-000407/2025 Answer given by Executive Vice-President Virkkunen on behalf of the European Commission On 26 April 2024, the Commission designated Shein as a very large online platform (VLOP) under the Digital Services Act (DSA). 1 Designated VLOPs are subject to several due diligence obligations, including the obligation to assess and mitigate risks. The Commission is actively monitoring the compliance with the DSA of the designated VLOPs. On 28 June 2024, the Commission sent Shein a request for information (RFI) 2 in relation to suspicions of possible infringements of the DSA concerning, inter alia, the so-called Notice and Action mechanism to notify illegal products, the functioning of its recommender systems and the traceability of traders. On 6 February 2025, the Commission sent Shein a second RFI 3 related to, amongst others, the presence of illegal content and goods on its marketplace, and on the measures adopted to mitigate risks relating to consumer protection, public health and users' wellbeing. Shein must provide the necessary information by 20 March 2025. Based on the assessment of Shein’s replies, the Commission will determine the next steps. This could entail the initiation of proceedings pursuant to Article 66 of the DSA. On 3 February 2025, the Consumer Protection Cooperation (CPC) Network 4 and the Commission informed Shein about the launch of coordinated action to investigate its compliance with certain obligations under EU consumer laws. The joint investigation of the CPC Network is coordinated by the Commission. Furthermore, on 5 February 2025, the Commission published a Communication on a Comprehensive EU Toolbox for Safe and Sustainable E-commerce 5 that seeks to tackle challenges stemming from low-value imports from non-EU traders, including by focusing on DSA enforcement actions. 1 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32022R2065 2 https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-requests-information-online-marketplaces-temu-andshein-compliance-digital-services-act 3 https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-requests-information-shein-illegal-products-and-itsrecommender-system 4 https://commission.europa.eu/live-work-travel-eu/consumer-rights-and-complaints/enforcement-consumerprotection/consumer-protection-cooperation-network_en 5 https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/e-commerce-communication-comprehensive-eu-toolbox-safeand-sustainable-e-commerce”
  Recommender systems · Liability for online marketplaces
• 2025-01-03 “E-000005/2025 Answer given by Executive Vice-President Ribera on behalf of the European Commission The Commission is well aware of the cost-of-living crisis and is actively enforcing competition rules in the food sector, focusing on practices that can inflate prices. It has addressed parallel trade restrictions for many products (biscuits, chocolate, coffee and beer) in the internal market 1 , imposing fines on the undertakings. It is investigating cartels in the salmon market 2 and possible anticompetitive agreements in food delivery markets 3 , and alleged abusive practices in the energy drinks sector 4 . The Commission has also investigated retailers to verify that retail alliances are such that they enable retailers to reduce prices for consumers while maintaining competition between them 5 . In parallel, the Commission launched a fact-finding exercise with the Member States in the Single Market Enforcement Taskforce, to map the occurrence of restrictions that prevent retailers from sourcing freely within the internal market (territorial supply constraints 6 ) 7 . The findings may suggest that additional measures are needed to tackle price raising practices. The Commission acknowledges calls for a new horizontal competition tool at EU level. The question is whether there are areas that a new competition tool could usefully address, which the current EU tools cannot. In 2023, two new competition-related instruments entered into force: the Digital Markets Act 8 and the Foreign Subsidies Regulation 9 . As mentioned above, the Commission is currently enforcing the existing toolkit vigorously: it is carefully monitoring the food sector. 1 https://competition-cases.ec.europa.eu/cases/AT.40632 regarding Mondelez), and https://competitioncases.ec.europa.eu/cases/AT.40134 (regarding AB InBev). 2 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_405 3 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_3908 4 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_1802 5 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/mex_23_3847 6 Territorial supply constraints were addressed in the so-called Letta report, p. 113-114, https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/ny3j24sm/much-more-than-a-market-report-by-enrico-letta.pdf. 7 https://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/smet/index_en.htm 8 See https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_6423. Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2022 on contestable and fair markets in the digital sector and amending Directives (EU) 2019/1937 and (EU) 2020/1828, OJ L 265, 12.10.2022, p. 1–66. 9 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_129. Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on foreign subsidies distorting the internal market, OJ L 330, 23.12.2022.”
  EU policy on farmer–buyer relations in the agri-food supply chain
• “(11:05:59 – 11:07:26): you very much, madam president, and welcome, commissioner. 4,000 tons of goods through, transit, through the Port Of Gothenburg every hour. 22,000 individuals who work there. So it's incredibly important as a port. We're talking here about the single market. This is basically our frontline, and we have some homework to do in the EU. We want to improve regulation. We want to make things easier for companies that want to operate from our ports out of our ports. And what we need to make sure is that the market actually works. And that's something you need to do on the ground in situ, whether it's our port or other ports throughout Europe. 2025 was a record year for EU trade, but also for dangerous products. 700,000 goods had to be stopped by customs, in our ports because they were dangerous. They were toxic, toys, fire risk, etcetera. They had to be stopped. So we need to be much tighter in our checks. And, of course, if we don't do that, then we don't have a level playing field. And this is a risk for serious companies, serious businesses, and workers because of other companies that are operating, in a way that does not comply with the rules. That's why we need checks, we need inspections, and that's why we need cooperation. It is Stanislav Stojanov. Thank”
  EU Single Market harmonisation
• “President. Thank you. Ai is used in all different places, and it really depends where you are in the market as to how it's used. But the problem then is who's determining those market rules. Now there are just a few tech companies doing that. Everyone else is lagging behind. The European Union needs to set itself apart from the others, because it needs to be able to do the best it can for its companies. We need to make it part of European industry with specific solutions for SMEs. This is important for our society as well. There needs to be more innovation, more investment and freer trade, but with the right rules. We can't have a situation where no one is responsible. That's why we need international and clear rules. Those standards need to be agreed on by all of us, and everybody needs to be able to rely on them. These rules shouldn't be a barrier to trade, but they need to be applied in a forward looking way for development and innovation. There should be technological neutrality on the basis of our values. I AI developed in Europe would be a support for all of our companies, for our industry and our competitiveness, as well as our prosperity.”
  Artificial Intelligence
• “Madam president, Commissioner, Minister. Well, there are many benefits attached to the single market. One of the most positive things is that there are no duties. But the fact that we don't have duties doesn't mean that all the limits have disappeared. For a lot of people who want to work in Europe, it's still difficult, it's still very costly, and it's still very complicated. And that's what we need to change. For Swedish employment, it's really important that the market should become a market like our own. I would like to be able to produce something today and then sell it in Europe tomorrow. Halmstad University. Um, well, I would like to be able to, um, get my degree there and then the next day work in Hamburg. And so we need funding in order to bring about growth in Europe and changing Europe. But to do that, we have to manage to overcome all of these small problems, which together have a big effect. Systems that don't intercommunicate where there is differentiation between products, we have to guarantee fair conditions for companies and workers throughout Europe. Thank you.”
  EU Single Market harmonisation
• “I have my own fan base. Dear speaker, dear Commissioner Sierra College. Dear colleagues, this is an important debate today. Hopefully it will lead to us making a historic decision tomorrow, a historic decision that will take us in the right direction and where we protect our children and young people online and in social media. Just over a year ago, I was here present at my first debate in the EU Parliament, and I discussed this very topic. Far too many children suffer online and get stuck in endless scrolling in front of their screens. I'm talking about my own children and many other children out there who feel worried about the world that they face in their phones. I'm talking about the powerlessness that you feel as a parent when you're unable to protect them. Our children's lives should not be governed by for profit algorithms generated in Silicon Valley or Beijing. That's why I've worked hard with my party, and this was one of our promises and our electoral campaign about taking back control and imposing age limits for social media. Parents have a big responsibility, but we cannot stand alone against the major tech companies. Our children are not machines for profit. Thank you.”
  Safety features & content control for child protection online
• “Thank you very much, Madam President. Commissioner. Decisions on the future of Europe should be taken in Europe. Not in Beijing, not in Washington, and not in Moscow. I wish I could have left it at that because it should have been self-evident. But in recent times it's become more and more clear that European self-sufficiency is not something we can take as a given. We can see that our European sovereignty is put at risk again and again and again, not just our airspace at in the seas, but in the digital world as well. We need to be frank and honest. Europe's been too dependent on American and Chinese tech giants. We need to make progress now and protect children's rights and social media. And if we to do that, we need to make sure that child children's health is priority number one. We need to stop allowing these, uh, profit driven algorithms to hold sway. We can't carry on in the way we've been doing. We have to ensure our digital sovereignty. The EU has to stand shoulder to shoulder. It needs to step up a gear. It's not just about the future industries in Europe. It's that Europe should be the only one to decide on Europe's future. Thank you. Thank you very much.”
  EU digital & tech sovereignty
• “Yes. Thank you. But this time I will be speaking in, uh, Jean Mark's place. So thank you for to the rapporteur for a balanced report on this fisheries agreement with Sao Tomé and Principe. As a shadow rapporteur on this file. Jean-marc has no substantial comments or amendments to make, as this draft is consistent with previous budgetary assessments from the Budget Committee on similar fisheries agreements, such as the one on Guinea-Bissau where Jean-Marc was rapporteur, and or the one on Greenland, where Jean-Marc acted as a shadow for the S&D group. It's important to underline that the support allocated under this protocol must serve the EU objectives of cooperation, especially in promoting environmental and economic sustainability, and that the effective scrutiny of this report is essential. Thank you.”
  Fisheries access for developing countries
• “Thank you very much. I'll speak slowly at the start so everyone can put their headphones on. Thank you very much to both of you for coming here today. It was very interesting to hear your answers and to hear more about the very ambitious programme you've drawn up. We're very pleased to see certain subjects coming up. E-commerce, China. We need to be very frank and honest. These platforms are bringing a whole load of goods onto our market, which do not comply with social standards and rules or environmental rules. They're dangerous to the environment and to our children. And Krystal, my colleague already mentioned this is current legislation. Enough. Do we need to do more to tackle this issue? And then with regard to the responsible person or the responsible party, what would you say about that? These are very important things in the internal market having rules applying to.”
  Liability for online marketplaces
• “Thank you chair. I'll try to wrap up since I missed everything. Sorry for my uh, like, I didn't see what time it was. I thought it was 1730, but nevertheless, I'm here now. And I'm glad that you all missed me today. I will give you. At least that's what I've heard of all the text messages and so on. Uh, I will give you an update on the progress of the committee, working on the regulation proposal to strengthen cooperation among enforcement authorities on unfair trading practices in the agriculture and food supply chain. As you know, this regulation is an important step forward to improve the effectiveness of the UTP directive and to ensure that we both protect suppliers and uphold fair competition and trading practices in the agri food value chain across the internal market. As rapporteur, I will try to start by thanking all the Shadow Shadows and members of the committee for their valuable contributions. Currently, we are working on a technical level All to bring all the contributions together and improve the text from an Imco perspective, without pre-empting the outcome of those discussions, I will give some brief remarks on my objective as rapporteur and highlight some key topics that have been raised in the amendments. First of all, this regulation is quite technical and focused on improving the legal basis for cross-border cooperation, to strengthen enforcement with respect to that and to the upcoming revision of the directive. My approach has been clear. We need to ensure that we are ambitious and concrete enough, in our opinion, to actually bring the clarity needed to remove existing barriers to cooperation and improve cross border enforcement enforcement. At the same time, we should also stay within the scope and the intention of the directive without preempting the upcoming revision.”
  EU policy on farmer–buyer relations in the agri-food supply chain
• “Thank you chair and good afternoon to everyone here in the room. I look forward to work with this very important file to support the workers of the Northvolt bankruptcy. First of all, I would like to welcome the Commission's assessment to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund. The fund is a vital tool to help workers in times of sudden restructuring. I note that more than four months have passed between Sweden submitting the application for EGF support and the Commission's final assessment. We must ensure that the next steps are faster and more efficient, and to see to it that the mobilisation is adopted in the Parliament as swiftly as possible. Having spoken to the concerned stakeholders and authorities, there is a wide consensus that action is needed. The Northvolt insolvency has hit the region very hard. In the municipality, around 1300 Northvolt employees are still without work. Many of these workers are highly skilled with university degrees and experience in advanced manufacturing. Support through EGF would help them find finds sustainable future orientated jobs, especially in the green and digital sector. This is not only about one region or one company, it's also about Europe's ability to stay competitive in the green transition while keeping workers at the centre of our policies. If we want to succeed with the green transition, we will need the skills of those workers who have lost their jobs due to this insolvency. The local community community is deeply affected and for them, the EU support is crucial. I'm confident that together we can ensure a swift and effective adoption of this file so that help reaches these thousands of workers. Who needs it a lot? Thank you very much.”
  European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
• “Thank you very much. Madam president, Commissioner, almost 1 in 4 jobs in Sweden is dependent upon exports. These are people who are on the assembly line in Volvo or forestry workers in Smaland. Three quarters of Swedish good goods exports go to the EU. I don't think I'm exaggerating if I say that the EU single market is decisive for the Swedish economy, and it has been something of a. Threatened by the tariffs imposed by Mr. Trump. It's a worrying development. We can't always control our international context, but we can control our own rules. Today, we're taking an important step on the way to improving the rules of the market, and this should benefit companies around Europe. Swedish companies should not be slowed down by difficult rules. They should get the possibility of growing and taking advantage of the fantastic single market we have. But we also need to level the playing field. We need to ensure we don't have a forest of 27 different national rules. It should be as easy to work in Munich as it is at home in London. We also need to get rid of unnecessary bureaucracy that slows down our small companies and employees. But we also have to remember that simplification is not the same as deregulation. We need to maintain our ambition. We can't weaken our targets for human beings, welfare and the environment. We need to improve things. We want smarter rules, not worse rules. When I look at Sweden, I don't see the problem with low ambition. That has led to us becoming one of the world's most innovative economies. No, we set high standards, good social standards and employment rules, long term investments, and a strong welfare safety net that makes us one of the strongest countries in the EU. We need to spread that across the EU. And companies are losing time, losing opportunities and that hurts our economy. We need less bureaucracy, more trade and common standards. That's how we can strengthen our European Union. Thank you.”
  EU Single Market harmonisation
• “Thank you, Madam President, and welcome to our Commissioner. The EU Recovery and Resilience Facility following the Covid pandemic was a historic response to historic crisis. Eu acted fast with historic loans and got us through the crisis in a much better state than we would have otherwise, but it was an exception. Loans are not a long term solution. Healthy government finances are in practice. Loans we take out today are a debt for future generations. And as every household knows, that has suffered high interest rates during this interest rate crisis. No loan comes for free. It is therefore critical that we take our responsibilities within the EU and that we repay our common debt according to the plan. If we don't do this, we will be less prepared when the next crisis strikes. I'm talking about taxpayers and my children. We need to ensure that we hand over a strong economy to our future generations. And instead of high interest rate costs, in order to be strong tomorrow, we need to take our responsibilities today. Thank you.”
  EU fiscal rules and oversight of national budgets
• “Thank you, president, and welcome to the Commissioner to this very important debate. Last year, 12 million small parcels entered the EU every day from abroad. That's a huge amount. Almost 90% of these came from China. Shen, Teemu. All these cheap importers. And it wasn't just e-commerce, which is a problem. There are other products that also arrive on our markets. For instance, toys. Eight out of ten toys sold on the internet are not in line with our safety standards. They can be harmful to our children. This isn't acceptable. These cheap foreign importers cannot be unfair competition to our companies in Europe. The platforms have a false advertising, and false business models cannot undermine our industry and our companies. That's why we need to send this clear signal to the Commission. It really is high time that we respond to this, that we take responsibility for our jobs and our citizens and our children. Thank you.”
  Trade relations with China
• “Commissioner. Chair of finance. Mr. president. Commissioner. Honourable. Minister of finance. Tomorrow we're going to be voting on the General Budget 2026. We as politicians need to distribute the tax money. Many people who are working and contribute to the European Union and well, that is the way you need to look at this. Even in times of Covid, this was the case. But all of this is expensive. Costs have gone up enormously in the union over the last few years. This is what the Court of Auditors has said, that therefore we're running out of money, and now we have a budget draft budget in front of us where a series of priorities are set. But at the end of the day, this basically. Covers interest rates. I think you need to go back to the drawing board and see how you can cover those debts before you start getting new resources from the taxpayers.”
  Size of EU budget
• “Yes. Thank you. President, I would just like to thank the rapporteur for the good cooperation on this report. We have realised that there is a crisis over the European budget. There are. And in general, there are families that can't make ends meet, companies that don't have enough funding. And then we hear that competition isn't the problem, but it's the internal market. But we do have to act, and we don't want a competition policy that is going to aggravate the situation for our European consumers. And I think we have to be able to agree on a new competition tool, which is going to allow us to overcome the competition problems we have within the internal market. We don't only have the foodstuff products, but there's also competition in the banking sector. Furthermore, we've realized, of course, that in certain of the larger companies, they're posting record profits in order to be able to act against certain actors within the European Union. I think we have to move from reaction to action, and we have to focus more, perhaps on prevention. And so the competition tool perhaps could break this concentration, act in favor of the consumers and bring down prices.”
  EU Competition policy
• “Thank you. Thank you. This was really a very interesting process and an excellent result we've achieved. Um, the food bill for a Swedish family has increased by 2000 kroner since 2020, and it's harder and harder to put food on the table. A big challenge for many families in Europe, and some of this price increase has to do with Ukraine war with tariffs and the energy prices that have shot up. But it's also partly because competition is so poor in the EU and the big food chains have market power and have got prices higher than would be rational. Um, there has been a lot of pressure on the food supply chain. It can't go on like this. Half of the food in Sweden comes from outside the EU. We need a better food market in Europe, on the one hand, and we need to ensure that competition is guaranteed across the board. We must take back control of prices because neither Swedish farmers or families with a couple of kids can afford to pay this extra money. We need a level playing field and fair prices. Thank you. Chair.”
  EU policy on farmer–buyer relations in the agri-food supply chain
• “Thank you, chair, and good afternoon colleagues. Since I was one of them, now I have a translation in Swedish in my ears since I was one of them speaking Swedish last time I thought I'm going to speak English this time. Stop. So I think with the Scandinavian MEPs needs to talk to each other more than only with this file. First of all, I want to commend the rapporteur, Ana Meyer and her team for the good and constructive process so far regarding the report and with respect to ongoing discussions, I will just make a few remarks on our priorities. On a principle level, the objective to strengthen implementation and streamlining regulation is good. Eu regulation should be smart, fit for purpose, coherent and predictable, and we definitely have work to do in this regard. However, it should not come at the cost of lowering our standards and ambitions, nor weaken the protection of workers and consumers or undermine our social and environmental objectives. That said, we need to have a balanced approach and we need to ensure that our efforts to improve regulation actually improve clarity and predictability for businesses and do not lead to increased uncertainty in that regard. I think we should be careful about rushing ahead with blanket measure simplification proposals, as we have seen in some amendments, and we have raised some concerns on this. What we are proposing instead is to ensure that we focus on better coherence and less fragmentation across the policy cycle, from the legislative stage to the enforcement stage. Principles, processes and tools needs to be aligned and coherent to enable efficient delivery on our objectives and to work in practice for all stakeholders. To wrap up again, I think we have had a good dialogue with the rapporteur and colleagues so far and look forward to continue in this manner. So thank you very much.”
  Overall simplification of regulation in the EU