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• 2025-11-05 “P-004370/2025 Answer given by Mr Hansen on behalf of the European Commission In financial year 2024 (the latest available information), the average level of direct payments in Romania was about EUR 191/hectare (ha) compared to EUR 266/ha for the EU as a whole, as reported by Member States for calendar year 2023. This payment level results from the direct payments allocations based on the external convergence mechanism of the current Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and the strategic choices made by Romania in their Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) strategic plan 2023-2027. The Commission’s proposal for the National and Regional Partnership (NRP) Plans takes into account the needs for addressing external convergence. It is factored into the formula determining the overall financial envelope for each Member State in Annex I of the NRP Regulation 1 . The allocation available for each Member States takes into account where payment per hectare is projected at a level below 90% of the EU average in 2027. Additionally, the proposed degressive area-based income support, which replaces several current direct payments interventions, requires all Member States to apply an average aid per hectare between EUR 130 and EUR 240, thus proposing further harmonizing of payment levels at EU level. Moreover, the proposed 2028-2034 CAP framework introduces significantly greater flexibility for Member States, empowering them to make strategic decisions regarding allocation and payment levels. This enhanced flexibility enables Member States to tailor interventions that best suit their unique agricultural contexts, ensuring a tailored approach to achieving further convergence and addressing the diverse needs of their rural sectors. 1 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:0d5ded06-639d-11f0-bf4e01aa75ed71a1.0001.02/DOC_2&format=PDF”
  Direct payments to farmers (pillar 1) · Agricultural funding
• 2025-11-05 “E-004371/2025 Answer given by Mr Hoekstra on behalf of the European Commission The requirements in the Delegated Regulation 2023/1185 1 are essential to ensure that these fuels provide genuine climate benefits and contribute to meeting the EU’s climate target. This Regulation does not exclude any industrial carbon dioxide (CO2) sources, but fossil CO2 needs to meet conditions to be considered as avoided emissions. A sunset clause limits the use of fossil CO2 at the latest by 2041. By then, the CO2 feedstock for renewable fuels should be sourced from sustainable sources to ensure compatibility with the 2050 climate neutrality objective. These dates are subject to review considering the implementation in the sectors covered by Directive 2003/87/EC 2 of the Union-wide climate target for 2040. The criteria applies for the certification of all renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBO) consumed in the EU, even if produced in a third country, including the UK. The criterion for carbon pricing was considered necessary to keep the environmental integrity of the accounting for greenhouse gas emissions and to put EU producers, which are subject to the Emissions Trading System price, on a level playing field with non-EU producers on the EU market. 1 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2023/1185/oj/eng. 2 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02003L008720240301&qid=1766395872451.”
  Carbon capture storage and utilisation · Decarbonisation of aviation sector
• 2025-11-05 “E-004372/2025 Answer given by Mr Kubilius on behalf of the European Commission Rockets and launchers are the same thing, and the terms can be used interchangeably. In addition, no United States (US) rockets are operated directly by the EU or a European public institution. Any US company intending to launch its rocket from the territory of a Member State would need to address itself to the Member State in question in order to obtain a licence to launch. Neither the Commission nor the European Space Agency (ESA) are the competent authorities to allow US or any other company to perform launch services from European territory. The Commission is fully engaged in maintaining and fostering the EU's autonomous, reliable and cost-effective access to space, as indicated in the EU Space Programme Regulation 1 . Access to space is a key enabler and indispensable element in the overall space value chain: without access, there is no autonomous EU space policy. The EU ambition is to facilitate the aggregation of launch service demand for the needs of the European programme, to foster research and innovation in technology, and to support European critical and strategic test and launch infrastructure, without prejudice to ESA’s activities. The Commission is regularly engaging with ESA to ensure alignment of ESA’s activities with the strategic goals of the EU Space Programme. 1 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/696/oj/eng.”
  EU competences on space policy · EU-US relations
• 2025-10-15 “E-004057/2025 Answer given by Mr Serafin on behalf of the European Commission The multiannual financial framework (MFF) does not have earmarking by type of beneficiary, but several elements contribute to support small and medium enterprises (SME). A single portal will consolidate information on funding opportunities, simplifying access to and mapping of information. The European Competitiveness Fund (ECF) 1 will greatly simplify and accelerate access to EU funding, including for small businesses. Each window of the ECF shall support dedicated actions targeting start-ups, SMEs and small mid-cap companies. Support to SME can also be channelled by Member States via the national and regional partnership plans 2 for targeted investments. The Commission is committed to improve the business environment for SMEs by permanently anchoring the ‘think small first’ principle in policymaking. The ‘SME test’ is an important instrument to identify and assess the impact of Commission proposals on SMEs. The analysis of SME impacts first considers whether SMEs are disproportionately affected. If so, alternative mechanisms or flexibilities in approach that might help SMEs to comply should be considered. A compulsory annex, the SME check, has been introduced for all SME relevant new legislation. The Commission will ensure that SMEs are not disproportionately burdened through targeted simplification, funding access and cost-relief measures. The Steel and Metals Action Plan 3 (SMAP) launches ‘Omnibus’ packages to cut red tape and is part of a larger package including the Competitiveness Compass 4 and the Clean Industrial Deal 5 which reduce SME reporting by 35%. The proposed Regulation on steel 6 , implementing the SMAP, allows for quota adjustments to respond to market developments and prevent potential shortages affecting SMEs. 1 https://commission.europa.eu/publications/european-competitiveness-fund_en. 2 https://commission.europa.eu/publications/european-fund-economic-social-and-territorial-cohesion-agricultureand-rural-fisheries-and-maritime_en. 3 https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/publications/european-steel-and-metals-action-plan_en. 4 https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/competitiveness-compass_en. 5 https://commission.europa.eu/topics/eu-competitiveness/clean-industrial-deal_en. 6 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:52025PC0726.”
  Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) · EU industrial funding · Overall simplification of regulation in the EU
• 2025-10-02 “E-003841/2025 Answer given by Mr Hoekstra on behalf of the European Commission The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) Regulation (EU) 2023/956 will fully apply from 1 January 2026. The Commission is currently preparing the implementing acts for the post-transitional period of the CBAM, which will include the default values and the CBAM benchmarks. The Commission strives to ensure that the respective acts are adopted as soon as possible. In order to adequately mirror the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), the CBAM benchmarks will be based on the respective ETS benchmarks. The Commission expects that the updated ETS benchmarks for the period 2026-2030 will be adopted in early 2026. Given that CBAM benchmarks will be derived from these ETS benchmarks, the Commission expects that they will also be adopted in early 2026. Nevertheless, the Commission will provide before the end of the year additional guidance to stakeholders through provisional CBAM benchmarks. Impact assessments are carried out for initiatives expected to have significant economic, social or environmental impacts or entailing significant spending and where the Commission has a choice between alternative policy options. Therefore, the Commission has not carried out an impact assessment on the potential risks of publishing the default values by the end of 2025 and of publishing the ETS and CBAM benchmarks in early 2026. During the period 2021 to 2025, the updated ETS benchmarks were equally only adopted in the first quarter of the period in which they applied.”
  Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
• 2025-09-03 “E-003382/2025 Answer given by Ms Kos on behalf of the European Commission Since the beginning of Russia’s war of aggression, the EU and Member States have mobilised EUR 187.3 billion in support to Ukraine and its citizens as of 3 December 2025. This amount includes EUR 15 billion in bilateral financial and humanitarian assistance from the Member States. The Commission does not have access to the details of the bilateral financial assistance packages that Member States provide to Ukraine and communicate to the Commission. The abovementioned total amount also includes approximately EUR 17 billion of support mobilised by the EU and its Member States to support people fleeing Ukraine. However, support enabling the transport of goods to and from Ukraine via Member States’ territories is not included in the above quantification. This exclusion is due to the complexity of this type of support as it also generates revenues through increased traffic on EU rail, road and ports infrastructure and increased fees to be paid to national authorities.”
  EU-Ukraine relations · Russia-Ukraine conflict (10th term)
• 2025-01-17 “E-000200/2025 Answer given by Mr McGrath on behalf of the European Commission The Commission does not comment about statements that former Commissioners make in their private capacity. The Commission has no involvement in national elections. The organisation and conduct of elections are the competence and responsibility of the Member States, in accordance with their national legislation, international obligations and applicable EU law. National authorities and courts are primarily responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable rules. The Commission has no comment on the decision by the Romanian constitutional court of 6 December 2024 to annul the first round of the Romanian presidential elections. This falls under the competence and is a responsibility of the Member State. The Commission supports Member States on electoral matters, mainly through the framework of the European cooperation network on elections 1 . This brings together national authorities with relevant competence and facilitates the exchanges of information and best practices. The Commission is also working with Member States to support the application of EU law provisions which are relevant in national electoral contexts, such as the Digital Services Act 2 , the Regulation 2024/900 on the transparency and targeting of political advertising 3 (which will apply in full from October 2025), the General Data Protection Regulation 4 and the Artificial Intelligence Act 5 . Furthermore, in 2023, the Commission published a Recommendation on inclusive and resilient electoral processes in the EU 6 . 1 https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/policies/justice-and-fundamental-rights/democracy-eucitizenship-anti-corruption/democracy-and-electoral-rights/european-cooperation-network-elections_en. 2 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32022R2065. In 2024, it also published Guidelines for providers of very large online platforms and very large online search engines on the mitigation of systemic risks for electoral processes, available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legalcontent/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52024XC03014&qid=1714466886277. 3 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/900/oj/eng. 4 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj/eng. 5 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj/eng. 6 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reco/2023/2829/oj/eng.”
  Jurisdiction conflicts between EU and national courts · EU Supervision of the Rule of Law
• 2025-01-16 “E-000167/2025 Answer given by Mr Jørgensen on behalf of the European Commission The Commission continuously assesses the necessary measures in order to ensure fair and stable gas prices in Europe. During the energy crisis the EU introduced the Market Correction Mechanism 1 in response to the excessively high prices seen in 2022 and concerns that the EU might face higher prices than other markets around the world to secure gas supplies. It has now expired, and gas prices have returned to much lower levels than in the summer of 2022. However, high energy prices are hampering European business competitiveness and hurting vulnerable households. One of the main drivers of energy prices is the European dependence on imports of highly volatile fossil fuels. To address this, the Commission adopted an Action Plan for Affordable Energy 2 on 26 February 2025 as part of the Clean Industrial Deal. It aims at bringing down electricity bills for households and businesses to support the energy transition and the Union’s competitiveness. This Action Plan includes a range of measures, some of which will have impact in the shorter term to lower energy costs and address energy poverty, taking into consideration the situation of vulnerable consumers. Many of the measures aim to address the structural drivers of high energy prices in Europe by completing our Energy Union, accelerate the roll-out of homegrown clean energy sources and improve the functioning of gas markets. The Action Plan will contribute to build more transparent and competitive well-functioning gas markets, while continuing diversification and demand reduction efforts, and ultimately lower both gas and electricity prices. 1 https://energy.ec.europa.eu/topics/markets-and-consumers/actions-and-measures-energy-prices_en#marketcorrection-mechanism 2 https://energy.ec.europa.eu/publications/action-plan-affordable-energy-unlocking-true-value-our-energy-unionsecure-affordable-efficient-and_en”
  EU approach to energy security (home-made vs import sources) · EU approach to electricity market and prices
• “(17:43:16 – 17:43:19): Thank you, chair. I will speak in Romanian. Thank you very much. Now I would like to welcome this report from Mr. Resler. It requires genuine parliamentary scrutiny and a budget that concentrates on security risks and evaluation of vulnerabilities. We realize that in spite of all of this, security in the Schengen space is very much focused on the eastern border, and we have to respect that.”
  Asylum & border control
• “Developing the transport infrastructure in the EU is one of the best strategic directions, from an economic and military dimension for our cohesion. Unfortunately, Romania, because of some bad governments, is lagging behind on TNT projects for motorways and railways because of a huge red tape. Um permits um um and call for tenders and the commission isn't doing its job and is allowing the government to move at a snail's pace. And the Star Line network was ill thought in terms of where Romania is concerned. If the government has told you to get from Bucharest to Brussels, you need to change trains three times one in Sofia, one in Frankfurt and one once in Paris. So 2001 2100km become, uh, becomes much longer. Uh, Bucharest Budapest connection would make more sense. Um, and but but there were people who didn't want this.”
  EU transport infrastructure integration
• “Thank you. Chair. I will speak in Romanian. For Romanian farmers. This proposal is a disaster. And I'd like to ask you why. The European Commission has calculated an approximate of area 400 million hectares of. Arable land, which is what's been used to calculate the figures for Romania. Whereas if you look at the statistics that DG agri has, it's um that's 13.5 million hectares. So why are you negotiating? Also for a reference year? Are you prepared to take a reference year, which is closer to the reality of our country today? Because for now, you're looking at 2022 data, which is quite different. Can you also include compensations payments for farmers if they lose out after the introduction of the Mercosur agreements? And finally, the, um, there are other distortive elements.”
  Trade relations with Mercosur
• “Extreme poverty fathers crime and the recruitment of minors who've become themselves criminals such as drug dealers or are exploited, forced to beg, or subjected to sexual abuse. In other words, the poorer our children, the higher the risk of them becoming victims of organized crime. There are 2 efficient solutions to this problem provided they're applied at the same time, efficiently fighting poverty and strengthening the specialized police services who fight organized crime. If the European Union really values the safety and the health of our children, then it must urgently allocate funds to these 2 solutions. Otherwise, we tacitly accept the increase in the number of victims.”
  EU policy on criminal justice
• “Will speak in Romanian. Thank you. We try to drag out the negotiations on simplification of the agricultural package, and that's what other political groups are doing as well. And that is really a bad thing because the farmer sector has been hit by crisis after crisis, and it's not over yet. And the challenges in the future will have a knock on effect, which we don't even know at the moment, particularly for the Mercosur agreement. So I'd like to thank our president and our shadow, and I hope that all the colleagues involved will be able to finish the negotiations so that we can adopt the package before the end of October. I'd like to ask the European Commission not to confuse simplification with the Cap with negotiation, with post 2027 Cap, and I'm particularly talking about the national cofinancing of more than 200%, which has been suggested by the Commission for Climate Disasters. This is going to be renationalisation of the cap and an increase in the gap between the farmers. The external convergence has not been successful at all. And our country, my country, Romania is very much affected by this injustice. So if we're going to have payments for extreme weather conditions from the member states, we'd end up with a second rate citizens. This has already happened between 2021 and 2024. Some countries double the funds under the second pillar, which is others increased state aid, whereas others, including Romania, did not pay one single euros to the farmers from the state budget. It seems to me that we need an improvement of this situation.”
  Agricultural funding
• “As a mother, I insist that the most important thing is safety for children to develop without risk or danger. On the other hand, as a criminal lawyer, I'm aware of the extent of the phenomenon we're talking about. There should be zero tolerance of any form of child sexual abuse or exploitation. As a member of the Libe committee, I proposed amendments extending the statute of limitations, and I propose penalties criminal penalties for all of those who use artificial intelligence to create or Distribute images with child victims. These creations are the result of a sick imagination and constitute an incitement to abuse and lead to a higher risk of crimes being committed in the real world. We cannot allow any form of exploitation or sexual abuse of children. Nobody should be allowed to cover up these crimes. What are we in this Parliament for if not for our children? Thank you.”
  Safety features & content control for child protection online
• “We cannot get rid of the right to private life with the excuse of protecting children's rights. I'm a criminal lawyer and we cannot touch privacy online. But of course we have to protect children online. Both rights are not in conflict. We have to guarantee both of them. And we have to find the right solution. We have to combat abuse. But this can't lead to general mass surveillance of all citizens. Any limitation to rights can only be done in exceptional one off circumstances. That's not me. That says it. It's the European Commissioner for Human Rights who said that we need effective mechanisms to combat this material. But I would reject technological solutions which may undermine online privacy. So I've submitted amendments to this regulation in which I request that end to end encryption is intact. That's the only guarantee for the confidentiality of our communications.”
  Privacy & detection of online child abuse
• “Please ask still in Romanian. Thank you. Dear colleagues. The EU programme the EU Schools Scheme is one of the few EU programmes that combines health, agriculture and education aspects. So this is an essential programme and it must be implemented as well as possible. There is, however, a difference between the goals of the programme and the results, with negative effects on small farmers and producers. Romania is a relevant example because there, though we did not have enough support for local producers in spite of the potential that exists Starting from this base and trying to improve the program, we need to deliver an instrument that will guarantee quality, health and responsibility. We can obtain real results by integrating the school scheme into the national and regional programmes, but this requires a solid system that can ensure the functioning of programme, including during periods of crisis. That is why it is important for this proposal to focus on a few key elements. The programme. The scheme must really be adapted to the local level. There should be more flexibility, more subsidiarity which should favour local and season based supplies, and we should better integrate the scheme with regional food policies. We also need to make sure that we have adequate financing rather than suboptimal financing. For this scheme, we need to have a stable and functional support network for the producers and for the schools. As shadow rapporteur, I will support pragmatic amendments that will make this program more functional, more viable to the benefit of children and European agriculture. Thank you.”
  Agricultural funding
• “My country, Romania, contributes to the food security of the European Union, along with the other EU member states. But we have a huge handicap. Uh, Romanian farmer is severely affected by the inflation and by Ukrainian cereal being sold on the black market. We have the highest interest in Europe, and the subsidies are a lot lower than, uh, farmers in the West get. And now the European Commission is giving Romania less money than in the present. It excludes 4 million hectares from funding, and the subsidies will not be allotted for that surface. And we now have the largest commercial agreement in history that will flood our market with bad, cheap products. Romanian farmers are not second hand citizens. They respect all of the norms, and they want in exchange, that the Commission guarantee a sustainable future in agriculture. Thank you.”
  Agricultural trade: Ukraine imports
• “Thank you chair. Europe is facing its biggest housing crisis after the Second World War. This is the crisis that's at the basis of the demographic decline of our continent. A nation that cannot guarantee a roof over the head of its youth has no future. And the solution of covering the population deficit with migrants is suicide. Unfortunately, the European Commission worked in a haste and launched its proposal without listening to the parliament. After voting this report, I firmly ask the Commission to make sure that its proposal reflects our work here as a. As the ECR political groups negotiator, I have three firm messages one. No more financial crumbs. The MFF needs money. We firmly requested a clear program for housing finance likes the safe program since we find money for everything everywhere. We also need to find money for the European houses. Secondly, stop the Green Deal bulldozer because before it destroys everything. Anyone who doesn't vote for an amendment or the elimination of prohibitive green legislation will contribute contribute to the demographic death of the union. Mandatory green renovations can cost way too much over 100,000 per unit. Three no squatting. This should not be viewed as an isolated phenomenon as it affects us all. It is not only an attack on the fundamental right to private property, but a legal threat against us in general. We need a legislation that respects the citizen's wallet and the legal framework that honors the right to property and the member states.”
  EU policy on urban development
• “Are you surprised that just in three months we voted on three votes of no confidence against Commission von der Leyen? One of the main arguments against the commission is precisely the infamous Green Deal and its destructive effects on European economy. Today we are looking at the automotive industry and we must remember how affected this field was by the Green Deal policies closed factories, hundreds of thousands of jobs lost, increased costs for the production of cars, plus the dangerous producer that is China. This is precisely today we voted to help Germany and Belgium because factories in the automotive sector were were closed. Romania is ranked sixth in the production of vehicles, so it is one of the most affected countries. There are people who have just lost their jobs in Romania. The Green Deal must be suspended immediately and the European economy must be rescued.”
  Road transport environmental policy
• “(17:44:16 – 17:46:59): So as I say, I was I'm the shadow rapporteur on the e for the ECR Group. And I would like to welcome the report from mister Wressler. I completely share his vision of the need to have genuinely parliamentary scrutiny and to have a budget, which is determined by security needs and evaluating vulnerabilities. At the moment, it's the eastern border that determines the security of the Schengen space. For example, Romania manages a huge section of very exposed external border, not to say the border with Ukraine, but also the Republic Of Moldova. And recently, we were hit by 2 Ukrainian drones that lost their steering. We need to look at the exposure of different sections of the border and see how we can fight against hybrid threat. I will be entering a series of amendments to take into account the reality on the eastern border. We have to consider the length of the external border that has to be controlled and the proximity of certain border sections to 3rd countries with a high risk level, I'm thinking not only of war zones but also hybrid threats. I think a lot more effort needs to be made with a real understanding of the increased risks and increased duties required. That should be respected in funding, and that's important for the survival of the Schengen space. When it comes to hybrid attacks, we need to understand the situation. I understand that certain member states are worried about losing money through hybrid threat, but many member states have to take a closer look at what's happening in my own country. We've got drones hitting apartment buildings in Galati. So we have to take a more serious interest in these kinds of aspects. European agencies dealing with these kinds of tools should not find themselves faced with, obsolete material in responding. So we need to, respond because tomorrow will be too late.”
  Asylum & border control
• “(14:47:50 – 14:47:53): Thank you, Jerry. I'm gonna speak Romanian.The new industrial strategy of the European Commission recently launched in 2026, the IAA and the clean industrial deal seem to contradict the last few years of Green Deal policies and costs generated by the ETS. These policies made the industry leave Europe, and many industries went bankrupt in countries like Romania. Now we are going to use public money in order to choose the winners and to direct investments from Brussels. Why does the Commission think that bureaucratic planning can overcome performance? Over the last 15 years, competitiveness has dropped. Factories have closed. We have increased dependency on imports. That was the effect of the Green Deal policies on European competitiveness. Therefore, does the Commission think that we should give up altogether on ETS and the Green Deal? Thank you.”
  Extension of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
• “The EU strategy for fertilisers must not just be a list of good intentions, but a security plan for the EU. We're going through a systemic crisis. One of the likes of we've been through before. Our toxic dependence on raw materials such as potassium coming from states like Russia or Belarus. But we appear not to have learned anything from the past crises. Our farmers are suffocated by the prices of imports and by speculation on the world market. International analyses have shown that our structural vulnerability is growing, and we can't really talk about food sovereignty without having sovereignty in producing fertilisers. The long term solution is not to provide subsidies for that dependence, but to regain the EU's strategic autonomy. We need to push for EU fertilizer fertilizer production plants. This is not just a matter of agriculture. Producing fertilizer is linked to the geopolitical security of the EU. Thank you.”
  Use of fertilisers
• “The Commission finds money for a multitude of things. And yet, of the nearly 2 trillion allocated to the future EU budget, we have not been able to identify an amount dedicated exclusively to solving the housing crisis. The plan presented by the commission is well intentioned. However, it lacks a backbone a budget allocated exclusively to financing affordable housing. Today, Europe is at war with an invisible enemy. Demographic decline. Every young person who does not have a stable roof over their head. Every family that cannot afford to buy a home. Every citizen who cannot afford the luxury of a home means, in fact, the slow but sure disappearance of European civilization. Europe's security cannot be achieved through armament alone. The EU security requires European citizens with stable livelihoods and a positive demographic trend. I call on the Commission to consider, as it did in the case of the NRP, the creation of a fund with grants and loans for affordable housing. I have submitted this amendment in the House committee report, and it is a red line that I will not cross. Otherwise, this debate, the future report and any strategy in this regard will remain nothing but empty words.”
  EU housing policy
• “Right now we are negotiating and finalising the negotiations on the regulation fighting unfair trading practices. But the fisheries and aquaculture producers in Romania are being forced to pay thousands of euros, possibly unlawfully, or be excluded from certain supermarkets, although I can't show a document according to plenary rules. There is an ultimatum here to, uh, the fishery and aquaculture suppliers of a retailer, sign up with our company or lose market access. And the retailer deceitfully is invoking the regulation for the control of the fisheries sector to use it as a conformity argument for complying with their rules? So in our rules, what we are seeing an abuse of the situation with monopolies, and we need to ensure that the Competition Authority in Romania and a competent national authorities investigate. Without further ado. We should not wait for a formal complaint, uh, because they're abusing EU legislation for private monopoly purposes.”
  EU policy on farmer–buyer relations in the agri-food supply chain
• “The simplification initiative for the cap is not something unimportant or some concessions that we make to European farmers. For years European farmers have been guinea pigs to green ideology or victims of a war at the borders of the European Union, or even a variable of adjustment for negotiations with other continents. Now we have to give it central place. But there's an even even greater adversary than the Brussels bureaucracy. It's called Mercosur. So if we do not give the proper weapons to European agriculture, the fight will be lost. Because on the one hand, we eliminate the restrictions that eroded European agriculture. But on the other hand, we need to adopt a mechanism that should protect agricultural farmers from the Mercosur threat. I suggested a life vest regulation 80 from the Mercosur, uh, safeguard. And please support, uh, article 80 tomorrow.”
  Trade relations with Mercosur
• “Combating poverty is non-negotiable. There is no political group in the European Parliament that does not want this. But there are certainly groups that makes this progressive, progressive agenda with the real need to eradicate poverty. The compromise text is at first sight full of good intentions, and the progressive rhetoric sounds very good, but we need to have the courage to look a very tough reality in the eye. You do not combat poverty through progressive, progressive ideas and by by by violating the right to property, but through realistic solutions. You can't say that it is right to take someone's property and to give it to someone else. And you cannot redistribute wealth like the extreme left is trying to impose. We do not a Europe full of lazy people who are encouraged to not work and not go to school because they will get everything they need negotiated from my group, I have put forward an alternative resolution that observes the principle of subsidiarity and that wants a real integration through work and education in the local infrastructure, not through Bolshevik ideology like the extreme left is trying to impose on us.”
  Minimum income harmonisation at EU level
• “The European Commission is apparently generous, but the legislation is not in line with the times, and it is allowing the import of GMOs for feed. And the European Parliament has made requests. To not allow the GMOs for feed or for human food. And the Commission is not looking at the issues of competitiveness. We have legislation and we can see that we produce expensive products because of the legislation, and then competitors outside can produce at cheaper prices. We have to protect the health and of the environment and of the people, And we shouldn't use antiquated techniques, but look for ways to improve our yields, and we should make sure that our farmers have the competitiveness that they have lost.”
  GMOs