Adrian-George AXINIA

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What Adrian-George AXINIA has said (22)

• 2026-06-17 “(16:00:24 – 16:01:38): In the movie, the field of dreams, they say build it and they will come. Let's, create a framework before for a new Europe that can become fully electric and then oblige all to go through this transition. Moving Europe towards green energy will happen when 4 criteria are respected, enough production, accessible infrastructure, storing capacity, but also lower prices of this energy with unrealistic targets and with giving up fossil fuel. While we still have them, we perform a sepuco, and we condemn the European citizens to energy poverty. We have to store energy, not to force states companies to, dance during a hippie song. In the case of Romania, 3 important point. Let us use our, hydro energetic potential. It is huge in our country. Do not finance NGOs that block, the projects in the courts for my country, and let us use the gas from the Black Sea in order to restart the Romanian industry, the steel industry included, and let us use, quality coal in order to avoid blackouts, which are possible everywhere. Stefan Prego. Thank you. Vice president Stefan Uta.”
  Fossil fuels
• 2025-11-11 “P-004449/2025 Answer given by Executive Vice-President Ribera on behalf of the European Commission 1. It is the ultimate responsibility of Romania to ensure compliance of the measures referred to by the Honourable Member with State aid rules. The Commission services received some information from the Member State regarding acquisition of assets of CFR Marfă by Carpatica Feroviar and, without prejudice to any future assessment by the Commission, have not currently expressed any concerns. 2. The Commission has closely monitored Romania’s approach to the operationalisation of Carpatica and the phasing-out of CFR Marfă in the context of the Commission decision declaring the aid to CFR Marfă incompatible with the internal market and ordering its recovery. The Commission will continue to monitor developments, to ensure compliance with State aid rules. 3. The Commission will continue to monitor Romania’s implementation of the recovery decision, particularly the liquidation of CFR Marfă and the auction of its remaining assets under national insolvency law. The registration and recovery of the remaining State-aid claims through the insolvency process remains a key element in ensuring a level playing field.”
  EU Competition policy · State Aid
• 2025-10-28 “E-004226/2025 Answer given by Mr Serafin on behalf of the European Commission 1. The Commission recognises the necessity of ensuring security around the EU institutions, even if the issue does not fall directly under its responsibility. As part of its duty of care towards its employees and visitors, the Commission works closely with the Belgian authorities, at federal, regional and local level, to address security concerns and to improve security and safety around the EU institutions. The Commission cannot go into detail on security arrangements, but it does play the role of primary entry-point for all security and safety-related emergency situations in and around Commission premises in Brussels, and it liaises daily with the Belgian safety and security services (police, fire brigade, ambulance). 2. In the spirit of good and sincere cooperation, the Commission is committed to supporting Belgium and the Brussels Capital Region in addressing security threats and ensuring the safety of EU institutions and personnel. The Commission does not have the mandate to monitor formally the actions of Belgian authorities with regards to security around EU institutions.”
  EU law enforcement cooperation in criminal matters
• 2025-10-21 “E-004142/2025 Answer given by Mr Tzitzikostas on behalf of the European Commission 1. In 2023 the Commission looked in detail at the rise of air fare prices at that time to better understand the industry dynamics that led to higher prices. No formal investigations were launched. The analysis has fed into the review 1 of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 2 , which is looking inter alia at issues in relation to how to effectively deliver sustainable and affordable air connectivity for all of Europe, while retaining the global competitiveness of EU carriers. 2. The study referred to by the Honourable Members with the annex containing decisions of national competition authorities was published by the Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the European Parliament. The Commission does not collate and publish the decisions of national competition authorities. 3. In 2013 the Commission proposed a revision of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 on air passenger rights. This text was complemented by a legislative proposal 3 in 2023 on enforcement mechanisms, with a view to improving the rules for obtaining reimbursement and compensation for air passengers. Both proposals are now being discussed by the colegislators. The Commission will continue to support both institutions in order to find a balanced agreement. 1 https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14620-Aviation-EU-air-services-rulesrevision-_en. 2 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2008/1008. 3 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52023PC0753.”
  EU Competition policy · Decarbonisation of aviation sector
• 2025-02-03 “E-000450/2025 Answer given by Executive Vice-President Ribera on behalf of the European Commission As set out in the Commission’s reply of 19 July 2024 1 , it is for the Member States to assess if a measure involves State aid and if so, to notify it to the Commission for assessment, unless it is covered by block exemptions. While the Commission cannot comment on exchanges with Member States due to confidentiality, it currently has not sufficient evidence to raise doubts and investigate the measures referred to in the question ex officio. Regarding the new airport in Alcochete, it is possible that public funding for airport infrastructure does not involve State aid, depending on the design of the concession agreement. The Guidelines on State aid to airports and airlines 2 (Aviation Guidelines) offer guidance on the notion of aid and the conditions for State aid in the aviation sector to be compatible with the single market. In particular, investment aid for large airports is possible under exceptional circumstances under the Aviation Guidelines. As concerns TAP Air Portugal, the Commission notes that any State aid approved by the Commission does not need to be reimbursed by the beneficiary. This includes compensation for damages suffered due to COVID-19 and the restructuring aid as approved by the Commission in 2021 and 2022 3 . The restructuring aid for TAP Air Portugal was approved by the Commission after having conducted a thorough investigation, considering comments from third parties, including competitors. Regarding the EUR 20 rail pass, Member States can introduce public service obligations (PSO) establishing maximum tariffs for passengers in line with the provisions of the PSO Regulation 1370/2007 4 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road. If the requirements of that Regulation are fulfilled, the measure is block-exempted and does not need to be notified to the Commission. 1 Reply to written question E-001390/2024. 2 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legalcontent/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52014XC0404%2801%29&qid=1741950911744 3 SA.62304. SA.63041, SA.63042, SA.100121, SA.60165. 4 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2007/1370/oj/eng”
  EU Competition policy · State Aid
• 2024-10-10 “E-002009/2024 Answer given by Ms McGuinness on behalf of the European Commission The EU has adopted 14 far-reaching sanctions packages in response to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Among the main objectives of these measures is to impair Russia’s ability to pursue its war effort by depriving it of revenues and denying it key goods and technology. Ensuring the full and effective implementation of sanctions as well as tackling their possible circumvention, including through third country jurisdictions, is a matter of priority. The EU continues to adjust the sanctions frameworks and adopted numerous measures to counter circumvention. Additionally, the EU has intensified outreach to countries at risk of being used as platforms for circumvention. Since his appointment in December 2022, the EU Sanctions Envoy has engaged in extensive outreach to such high-risk jurisdictions, including in Central Asia and the Caucasus. To date, the Envoy has visited Uzbekistan twice. These high-level contacts are routinely followed by technical meetings between the Commission and third country authorities. These exchanges are an important venue for enhancing mutual understanding, sharing information and cooperating on fighting circumvention. Both political and technical level engagement has borne tangible results, in particular as regards trade in the Common High Priority (CHP) items 1 . The Commission welcomes any concrete information in the context of sanctions circumvention so it can take action but does not comment on individual cases. The Commission has also organised capacity-building seminars to further inform third countries, including Uzbekistan, and their economic operators about EU sanctions. In all such actions, the EU cooperates closely with its partners within the G7 and beyond. 1 https://finance.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-09/list-common-high-priority-items_en.pdf”
  EU policy on Central Asia · EU-Russia relations (from March 2022)
• 2024-09-19 “– Domnule președinte, Alianța pentru Unirea Românilor condamnă în termeni duri războiul de agresiune al Rusiei împotriva Ucrainei. Susținem continuarea ajutorului economic și militar pentru Kiev și sperăm că în cel mai scurt timp vom avea un summit de pace. Păstrăm observația că nu armele vor pune capăt conflictului, ci diplomația. În egală măsură, este crucial să existe o atenție sporită pentru zonele limitrofe conflictului. Republica Moldova, stat puternic afectat de perpetuarea războiului, va avea pe 20 octombrie un referendum privind aderarea la Uniunea Europeană. Fac un apel către statele membre, către Parlamentul European, către Comisia Europeană să ofere sprijin economic, tehnic și administrativ mai mare pentru Chișinău. Basarabenii trebuie să vadă și să simtă că sunt doriți în proiectul unic european. Noi, AUR, ne dorim ca Republica Moldova să fie cât mai repede membră a Uniunii Europene. Aceasta pare să fie o condiție prealabilă a ideii noastre că este necesară și utilă o unire politică între România și Republica Moldova sub umbrela Uniunii Europene. Considerăm că ar fi un lucru bun din perspectiva reeditării în cadrul Uniunii Europene, a unei reunificării, așa cum s-a întâmplat cu cele două Germanii în octombrie 1990.”
• 2024-08-16 “E-001515/2024 Answer given by Executive Vice-President Vestager on behalf of the European Commission 1. As a rule, when restructuring aid is granted, measures must be taken to limit distortions of competition. The reduction of the number of routes that TAROM operates and the number of its aircrafts and maintaining such reduced capacity for the entire duration of the restructuring period, were put forward by the Romanian authorities among the measures to limit distortions of competition in the internal market caused by the State’s intervention. The Commission examined the financial projections of TAROM and its underlying assumptions and concluded that the restructuring plan of TAROM can restore the long-term viability of TAROM within a reasonable timeframe. 2. Without the restructuring aid TAROM would exit the market to the detriment of regional connectivity. Despite the capacity reduction, the restructuring aid enables TAROM to return to viability through the implementation of its restructuring plan and so contributes to providing regional connectivity to Romanian citizens and businesses. 3. The requested information is business secret of TAROM and as such is confidential.”
  EU Competition policy · Decarbonisation of aviation sector
• 2024-07-19 “E-001390/2024 Answer given by Executive Vice-President Vestager on behalf of the European Commission In general, it is for Member States to assess if a measure involves State aid and to notify such a measure to the Commission for assessment, in advance of any granting, unless covered by block exemptions. So far, the Commission has not received such a notification or been in contact with Portugal concerning any measures regarding a new airport in Alcochete and has no knowledge of the content of the current concession contract between the Portuguese government and the concession holder. The Commission would therefore suggest that the Honourable Member contacts the Portuguese Government directly.”
  EU funding for transportation · EU Competition policy
• “This idea to stop. To stop. Using the internal combustion engine until 2035 is a way to euthanize our automotive industry. Especially because, um, the America. This is what the Americans and the Chinese want. This, um, endangered 7% of the, um, our GDP and, uh, um, hundreds of thousands of jobs. We are already producing much fewer cars than before the pandemic, and we are always producing fewer. Um, and, uh, the winner in all this is China, where they are building washing machines on wheels. Um, for cars, the prices are are very important. And China is, um, practicing dumping prices. I am a Romanian MEP and our country is sixth in the EU, ranked by the number of cars produced. So I feel that we need to get away from this ban that was imposed until 2035. Before it's too late.”
  Road transport environmental policy
• “One assessment. One substance. One assessment is a very good direction to follow. Anything that has to do with reducing bureaucratic burden is good. We should do the same thing even for other economic fields. For example, the green delirium of the Green Deal has ravaged certain economic sectors, taking into account the Mercosur as well, we must say that our position on pesticides are exaggerated and reduce competitiveness. This is why we are not even exporting very much. We have seen what crisis has occurred when the European market was invaded by Ukrainian cereals. I would like to also give you a recent example. There has been a new Infringement procedure against Romania, because we have given certain derogations to large farming associations that have treated their seeds against pests. Even though these treatments are not bad for the environment, the infringement proceedings are going on. I remain of the opinion that the EU is far behind other other regions in the world. Many companies do not want to introduce their products on the single market anymore. Moreover, companies that do try to follow European rules have high costs. Thank you.”
  EU policy on pesticides
• “The protection of minors online is not only a noble objective, but also a necessity for the emotional health of our children. If we lose this battle against addiction and unhealthy practices, the future will become dystopic. I would have liked to vote for a report that protects children, but the surprise is that the rapporteur attacks the sovereignty of the member states and paves the ground for a future cyber attacks. Reading the report, it's clear that the silver bullet represented by the Digital Services Act seems to have missed the target. The imposed measures are either useless or easy to circumvent, so the focus of DSA has shifted Towards limiting the freedom of impression. It is toxic to create a so-called group of experts coordinated by Ursula von der Leyen, and that this structure establishes rules for online platforms without going through Parliament. In the end, I would like to draw the attention on some bad practices of in Romania. My party, our tried to ban minors access to porn sites using the French model, but the power in Bucharest opposed this undertaking.”
  Safety features & content control for child protection online
• “The fine applied to Google by the European Commission is just, uh, a mosquito sting for an elephant. It will be fought against in this instance. 3 billion are nothing compared to the €248 billion, the turnover of, uh, of having only for online advertising, €50 billion profit for 2020 for this fine sends a double message. The positive part is that we try to support European journalists. Let's see how the money is being divided. But Europe says to Trump again that it wants to fight America. Usually Ursula von der Leyen does this and this ends badly for us. This should be a good moment to think why does Google has a monopoly in Europe? The issue is the overregulation of Brussels, which has discouraged the European Union when it comes to high tech and allowed the American giant to have a dominant position. We don't have any top ten company in the world ranking and only two in the top 20. If we knew the turnovers of the Chinese company, we wouldn't be in the top 20. Another discussion which is relevant is that there are countries such as Romania, where the media institutions are paid with public money in order to promote the political discourse of those being in power. They are funded by the state. If we want freedom and justice for journalists, this practice should be prohibited or sanctioned. Thank you.”
  EU rules on digital competition
• “If you want to save the European economy and especially the industry, we must dismantle the ETS. The bureaucrats in Brussels should, um, go down from their eco friendly cloud and realize that we are about to lose the competitiveness war against China, Russia and USA. It doesn't help to be up on a moral pedestal. As long as Europe, Romania is lagging behind and the quality of life is going down, we, the conservatives, are asking the leaders of the European Commission to prove logic and to decouple the taxes of import on steel from green taxes. You cannot save the European steel industry by blocking competition at the border, as long as you suffocate it through the price of carbon. Big factories, big plants are being closed down because of the burdensome taxes. If we review the ETS And if we, uh, have a softer, um, uh, system, then we won't need helicopter money anymore to save the industry. Uh, big mistakes. Um, making mistakes is human, but this is only diabolic. Thank you.”
  Extension of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
• “Thank you, Madam President. They say that at the fall of Constantinople, Byzantine theologists behind barricades, they were talking about the sex of angels. This is. This looks a lot like, uh fonctionnaires. That are disconnected, far removed from reality. So many papers, so much paperwork, so much bureaucracy that does nothing but proliferate the legislation in the EU. It creates huge frustration among the citizens of member states, while others develop high technology in medicine or in energy. The EU has connected the bottle tap. The bottleneck to the bottle. Recently, the growth perspective prospect for Europe has been forecasted to 1%. But Trump is rebuilding in Washington together with Musk. Such simplification would do good in the bureaucracy. Chaos of the EU.”
  EU political integration
• “I consider that the report that we're talking about is a progressive, uh, approach. Yes. It's very important that we discuss this and we talk about this, uh, gender pay gap. Unfortunately, there are two fundamental issues here that perhaps are not properly brought to the fore in this. Cultural issues in the member states. And that brings about false ideas. There's a gender pay gap, which is not statistically covered very much in Romania, and it's huge. It's about 50, uh, 50% of women on the workforce. And then there is a big problem facing Europe, which is the fact that, uh, the demographics are against us and migration is not going to fix that. We need to have a baby. Boom. That's not going to happen without the right rules. We need quality services. We need care for children. Uh, tax breaks for families and, uh, accessible housing and affordable housing. Uh. And, uh, this is something that I want to congratulate everyone on for the International Women's Day.”
  Gender pay transparency
• “Okay, so I will switch back to to English. I'm sorry for this very short 2 or 3 questions, very short for Mr. Thierry Breton. First of all have you any knowledge about the fact that during the election. Romanian election in November 2024 was an interference from the European Commission or or not? Second do you admit that DSA is projected as ideologically weapon oriented weapon? And third question, you were penalized by the Trump administration. Was this a grounded decision or was this a diplomatic kind of answer to your kind of application of this DSA? What do we say about the fact that somehow this is a proof, an evidence? I'm sorry for the very bad breaking of the relation diplomatic relation between European Union and United States.”
  Foreign interference in Europe
• “I consider that the report that we're talking about is a progressive, uh, approach. Yes. It's very important that we discuss this and we talk about this, uh, gender pay gap. Unfortunately, there are two fundamental issues here that perhaps are not properly brought to the fore in this. Cultural issues in the member states. And that brings about false ideas. There's a gender pay gap, which is not statistically covered very much in Romania, and it's huge. It's about 50, uh, 50% of women on the workforce. And then there is a big problem facing Europe, which is the fact that, uh, the demographics are against us and migration is not going to fix that. We need to have a baby. Boom. That's not going to happen without the right rules. We need quality services. We need care for children. Uh, tax breaks for families and, uh, accessible housing and affordable housing. Uh. And, uh, this is something that I want to congratulate everyone on for the International Women's Day.”
  Gender pay transparency
• “I consider that the report that we're talking about is a progressive, uh, approach. Yes. It's very important that we discuss this and we talk about this, uh, gender pay gap. Unfortunately, there are two fundamental issues here that perhaps are not properly brought to the fore in this. Cultural issues in the member states. And that brings about false ideas. There's a gender pay gap, which is not statistically covered very much in Romania, and it's huge. It's about 50, uh, 50% of women on the workforce. And then there is a big problem facing Europe, which is the fact that, uh, the demographics are against us and migration is not going to fix that. We need to have a baby. Boom. That's not going to happen without the right rules. We need quality services. We need care for children. Uh, tax breaks for families and, uh, accessible housing and affordable housing. Uh. And, uh, this is something that I want to congratulate everyone on for the International Women's Day.”
  Gender roles, equality and inclusion
• “The mechanism for the Recovery and Resilience Facility has been conceived, um, as a rescue means for the European economies affected, uh, by the emergency measures taken during the pandemic pandemic. Romania needs this facility now. The Romanian economy is collapsing, and the extension of the implementation deadline by another 18 months would be a breath of fresh air. Romania has the biggest deficit, the biggest inflation 5.5% and the biggest current account deficit because of the parties of the two report initiators, PSD and PNL. Instead of teaching lessons, the authors of the disasters should have taken responsibility. The European Commission should have done the same because they've also shut their eyes to the unjustified expenses started in Romania in 2019. I want to go back home and tell the people that Brussels has shown understanding, and not that it refuses the extension of the RF.”
  EU fiscal rules and oversight of national budgets
• “If we want the ban on Russian gas to have an effect, we should have done it when the war started. The fact that we talk about this four years later shows that many member states are hypocrites, because they continued to import Russian gas 187 billion we gave to Ukraine. But we imported gas and oil of over €200 billion. Some states preferred to buy liquefied natural gas, for instance. Others imported oil. This fueled Putin's war machine and allowed them to deliver to the rest of the world through proxies. Let me draw your attention to the fact that even the new regulation fails to settle the problem of importing from Turkey or Azerbaijan. But under a different label. Some even think of the Romanian gas from the Black Sea. However, our position is quite firm. The position of our party will use that gas to heat our own homes.”
  EU approach to energy security (home-made vs import sources)
• “I salute the intention of the European Commission to reach a rapid agreement with the US on the tariffs, in spite of the the extension, until the 1st of August. Predictability is good for the financial markets and European economies as well. The reality is that we're not longer an alliance, but rather talking about a trade deal, because our approach is not the right one. Romanian businessmen say that this the European Commission asked them to increase the VAT to correct the budget deficit. This is happening in several EU member states while the U.S. has cut the most amount of tax in all its history. We are also talking about progressive ideological elements. Last but not least, those concessions from the 10% tariff that was negotiated are given exclusively to Germany to steel and cars. This will reduce European cohesion and cause frustration within the European Union.”
  EU-US trade relations