"The sanctions have too many loopholes" 📢 ECR Co-Chairman Legutko warns against any normalisation of relations with #Russia.
We must not let our response to #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine waver. We must be resolute.
🇺🇦 We must #StandWithUkraine.
The sanctions haven't had the desired effect. The blood of innocent Ukrainians continues to be spilt.
1️⃣ The 🇪🇺 must urgently ban all oil, coal & gas imports from the Russian Federation, as these imports directly finance #Putin’s war machine.
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🇪🇺🇨🇳 "The #EU-#China Summit was symbolic of the EU's ambivalent attitude: pretty words about #HumanRights, but ultimately money is more important."
🗣️ ECR MEP @hjaruissen says that closer ties with China must be conditional. #EPlenary
🗣 Speaking in the @europarl_en #EPlenary, ECR MEP @hermanntertsch warns against future aggression from #China towards #Taiwan.
🗣 "There’s forced marriage, forced labour and sexual exploitation. Restricted access to health and movement and dress codes. All this against the backdrop of poverty and hunger."
♀️ ECR MEP @j_wisniewska expresses full support for women and girls in #Afghanistan. #EPlenary
📣 "The scenes from August are still alive in our memories. The return of the #Taliban represented a dramatic step backwards."
🗣️ @FidanzaCarlo on #HumanRights in #Afghanistan. #EPlenary
"In #Afghanistan we have violent groups abusing women. We’re showing a lack of international leadership."
🗣️ ECR MEP @MargaPisa calls for greater consistency in the EU's strategy to #HumanRights abroad. #EPlenary
📢 "Since the #Taliban took over in #Afghanistan, the all-male interim government introduced a stream of policies that rolled back the #WomensRights that were achieved 20 years prior."
🗣️ ECR MEP @Assita_Kanko during the #EPlenary. #HumanRights
🗣 ECR MEP @BeataSzydlo calls for the EU to move from words to actions when it comes to securing Europe's energy supply and ending dependence on #Russia.
"Interconnections allowing the distribution of gas from #LNG terminals across #Europe are still missing."
🗣 Rapporteur on the review of the TEN-E regulation @ZdzKrasnodebski presented the new proposals in the @europarl_en today.
The TEN-E regulation sets out 🇪🇺 guidelines for cross-border energy infrastructure and outlines how energy infrastructure projects that are of common interest to Member States are selected.
The war in #Ukraine proves we need to enhance European #EnergySecurity.
🗣️ ECR MEP @WaszczykowskiW calls for concrete actions to support young Ukrainians displaced by #Russia's war. #EPlenary
🗣️ ECR MEP @robertszile stressed the need for a sensitive approach to helping young Ukrainians seeking refuge in 🇪🇺 Member States — an approach that respects Ukrainian culture and language ⤵️
"More than 2.5 million Ukrainian refugees are now in #Poland and more than 160,000 Ukrainian children have access to Poland's education system."
📣 MEP @j_wisniewska in the #EPlenary.
"Many Member states are yet to pay compensation as part of the #Brexit Adjustment Reserve. I urge them to speed up — this money is needed at this time of costly fuel!"
🗣️ MEP @hjaruissen on the future of fisheries in the Channel, North Sea, Irish Sea & Atlantic Ocean. #EPlenary
“The proposal for an international minimum tax has noble objectives but is not without problems.”
📢 ECR MEP @MPHoogeveen in the #EPlenary.
RT @AnnaFotyga_PE: We call for an EU-ban on Russian and Belarusian road freight transport and blocking vessels from entering EU ports.
"Protecting the climate and the actions it involves shouldn’t mean deindustrialising #Europe. It shouldn’t mean that we lose our competitiveness."
🗣 MEP @tobiszowski kicks off this week of #EPlenary debates for the ECR Group. #ClimateChange
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