Reinier Van Lanschot
Member of the European Parliament · ALE · NL
“Our principled global outlook must also be consistent where all conflict and war emerges. We will work hard with the Commission and with Parliament in particular, to advance the enhancement of capability and protection and greater resilience, particularly in terms of critical undersea infrastructure, in terms of cybersecurity and the newe…”
“Sometimes trying to navigate the budget negotiations is like trying to reconcile the irreconcilable in terms of different views and perspectives.”
“We understand the balance that has to be struck between facilitating enterprise and new ideas, but also protecting the rights of workers. But neither are mutually exclusive.”
“A Uachtaráin, a Thaoisigh, is maith an scáthán súil carad. 'A friend's eye is a good mirror'. My eyes see a country a little too fond of selling aluminium to Russia and tax benefits to American tech. But I also see a country committed to peace, the best live music in Europe and a beacon of democracy.”
“The savings and investments union is about underpinning that growth by providing the necessary capital to enable growth at scale, because the one weakness that researchers and people are saying to us in Europe is the absence of that capital markets union within Europe and the absence of scale.”
“In terms of a key theme that has emerged, protecting children is uppermost in the Irish Presidency, and I thank MEP Weber for your remarks in that respect and Valérie and others spoke about the importance of the regulation and the legislation. We are looking forward to the expert panel review from the Commission.”
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“The IRIS2 space flagship programme will fully and concretely address this imperative. We have the capacity to equip our Union with the tools we need. To this end we must remain united, as our unity is what makes us strong. The white paper on the future of European defence will pave the way for our future actions, and we will have a say on it. The Commission will set the ambition high, also with regard to tackling cyberattacks and hybrid attacks. But it will be in the hands of Member States to implement it. Here I am referring to the Council. On the role of the European Parliament, the European Parliament is an important stakeholder in the implementation of defence ambitions as co‑legislator of the European Union defence programmes – the European Defence Fund, ASAP for ammunition, and now EDIP.”
“3-0166-0000 Dubravka Šuica, Member of the Commission. – Madam President, honourable Members, first of all, I would like to thank Ms Strack‑Zimmerman in particular for initiating this debate. She hasn't heard me, but okay. The debate illustrates the importance of continuously strengthening our security and defence posture. This means with the financial resources, military equipment, but more importantly, with the strong will and commitment, not only in response to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, but also to other threats: emerging conflicts around the globe and challenges posed to our resilience. For example, the European Union needs to act urgently to ensure guaranteed access in an unrestricted manner without third‑party dependencies when it comes to satellite connectivity.”
“Madam President, 'penny-wise, pound-foolish' – that sums up the impact of the defence budget cuts in the first 20 years of this century. So it's good that the Commissioner for Defence has proposed to start with a big bang of EUR 100 billion as a European investment plan, because the threats are banging on our door so loudly that everybody seems to agree that we need to invest. I agree as well, but unfortunately, the government of my home country, the Netherlands, is still stuck in a 'penny-wise, pound-foolish' mindset. On Monday 3 February, the Heads of State will meet for a European Council meeting dedicated to defence. And my plea here today is that the Dutch Government uses that moment to stop being foolish and change their position on Eurobonds: be wise or we'll pay a much higher price.”
“We ask, therefore, the European Commission to rescue our democracy from the armies of trolls and trigger the crisis response mechanisms immediately. 2-0139-0000”
“Madam President, imagine that everything we do online is like an ocean. In that ocean, social media are islands and some of those islands enable people to connect and participate in the public debate. But in this vast digital ocean, some social media are not islands, but icebergs. Icebergs where you only see the content the owner of that platform wants you to see. Other opinions are kept underwater. Elon Musk has transformed X into such an iceberg. He orders his own algorithms to spread his destructive vision and influence elections in Europe. These icebergs also allow hostile secret services to damage our democracy. Armies of trolls push extremist pro‑Russian political parties like the AfD, and this is happening as we speak.”