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The Commission needs to give concrete examples of how we can speed up the process of solving the energy problems we face. I would like to see a clear structure of how the Commission intends to take into account the problems of the different Member States, as this issue cannot be solved with an ‘one size fits all’ plan.
Here you can listen to the thoughts I shared with the French Minister of Agriculture.
Today I had the opportunity to present my version of the Renewable Energy Directive to the Environment Committee. My colleagues commented on my proposal and an interesting discussion has now started.
During the Environment Committee meeting, I put a question to Commission Vice-President Timmermans. It is important that we move to lower-carbon energy production, but our decisions should be based on facts and calculations rather than emotional opinions.
As I sat down to read about red listing I realized that the system differ between counties and that some courtiers don’t have a system at all.
During the plenary debate on the outcome of the UN climate summit, I highlighted how we now need to work together to drive systemic change, as opposed to how each political group has so far chosen individual climate-related challenges to fit their priorities.
When working with legislation that affects the entire EU, definitions are very important. Lapland’s forest, which naturally consists of two forest species, cannot be defined in the same way as the planted eucalyptus forests in Portugal.
At the meeting of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, I raised the importance of investments in the transition.
During the last meeting of the Environmental committee, I spoke, among other things, about the difficulty of obtaining an accurate picture of forest density using satellite images. This is because, for example, deciduous trees change size between seasons.
In my speech at the European Parliament plenary session on 20th of October, I raised the issue of systemic failures that have led to the challenges created by rising energy prices.