Siegfried Muresan 🇷🇴🇪🇺 @SMuresan@respublicae.eu

➡️The #EU oil price cap led to a loss of 160 mln euro for the #Kremlin.
➡️ Kremlin has to sell gold reserves to cover budget holes.
➡️ Last year, the EU generated more solar & wind energy than gas.

Putin’s attempts to blackmail #Europe with an energy war have failed. 2/3

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#Putin has lost the energy war he launched against #Europe. We will be able to get out of the winter without Russian gas.

Data presented today by @EU_Commission @vonderleyen in @europarl_en:
➡️ #Russia’s gas sales to EU have fallen by two thirds since the start of the war. 1/3

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Through the #REPowerEU final vote today, we show clearly that we are acting together.

United, we will reduce our energy dependence on #Russia and improve the energy security of our people, our regions and our enterprises. 4/4

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✅Involvement of local & regional authorities
⛔No to transfers from agriculture & cohesion policy. The green energy transition cannot be done at the expense of farmers and regions. 3/4

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Final #REPowerEU Plan provisions:
✅20% of prefinancing to all member states
✅30% of resources towards cross-border projects
✅Notification of intention to use #RRF loans not yet accessed. Funds - over €200 bn - should otherwise be made available to other member states. 2/4

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IMPORTANT: The €20 bn. #REPowerEU Plan that will help reduce the energy bills of #EU citizens & companies, just approved with overwhelming majority in @europarl_en: 535 for, 63 against, 53 abstentions.

We delivered on what we promised: REPowerEU will now enter into force. 1/4

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However, we have to do this in a more transparent environment, based on rules, so that the wrongdoings recently caused by a small number of NGOs do not happen again - I said earlier this evening in the #EPlenary. 2/2

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The so-called #NGOs that tried to influence the opinion of the @europarl_en are not representative of civil society. Most NGOs have a very valuable contribution to our society and our democracy and @europarl_en should continue working with them. 1/2

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The so-called #NGOs that tried to influence the opinion of the @europarl_en are not representative of civil society. Most NGOs have a very valuable contribution to our society and our democracy and @europarl_en should continue working with them. 1/2

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As @europarl_en co-rapporteur, I call on Member States to put forward the #REPowerEU chapters by 30 April. We have no time to lose in deploying projects and reforms that will help us cut all ties with Russian fossil fuels and will secure our #energy independence.

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With the vote that we are giving this week on the #REPowerEU Plan, we show clearly that we are going to act together, united, to reduce our energy dependence on Russia and to improve the energy security of our people, our regions and our enterprises. 2/2

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We have all seen that dictatorships are not hesitating to use energy as a tool of political weapon against people of #Ukraine and against citizens of the European Union. 1/2

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✅Member States to involve regional and local authorities in the design of the chapters. Mayors and local authorities know best the needs of the people in their communities. 2/2

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In order for #REPowerEU to generate real EU added value, we decided the following:
✅ 20% pre-financing for Member States
✅ 30% of the funds to finance cross border projects. This is a major success of the @EPPGroup which has been at the forefront of this initiative 1/2

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This plan - which we will adopt tomorrow in @europarl_en Plenary - will enable us to secure our energy supply and to move away from dependency on Russian fossil fuels. 2/2

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The 20 €bn. #REPowerEU Plan will help us reduce the energy bills of our people and our companies - I said earlier today in #EPlenary. 1/2

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Important week ahead:
➡️#EPlenary Vote on the €20 bn. #REPowerEU Plan which I negotiated as @europarl_en co-rapporteur
➡️ Plenary debate one year since the start of the brutal war in #Ukraine
➡️10th meeting of the #Euronest Parliamentary Assembly
More on: https://siegfriedmuresan.eu/agenda

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The European Union will continue to help.

We will stand with Moldova in implementing the reforms necessary for #European integration. 2/2

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I wish Prime Minister-designate of the Republic of #Moldova Dorin Recean success in forming a new pro-European Government.

The new Government will continue on Moldova’s pro-European path. This is what the people want and this is what the Parliamentary majority stands for. 1/2

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