Dirk Gotink
Member of the European Parliament · PPE · NL
“The question is not whether we do something, it's whether we are ready to provide an alternative that is actually being able to be that alternative. This means scaling, building and buying European. It's very clear. It also means thinking about the data we need to train our models.”
“(The speaker agreed to take a blue-card question) 2-0042-0000 Lukas Sieper (Renew), blue-card question. – You said in your speech that this is a generational task that the Commission is taking up, and I could not agree more.”
“Madam President, Madam Commissioner, I think everyone agrees here that AI's transformation and disruption potential is absolutely total. It is changing the way we wage war, and it will be decisive on how we actually live in peace in the coming, let's say, 50 years.”
“That is, I think, the crucial task we have as legislators, but we also need to be clear: we will not simply take up this challenge by updating an AI Act or by regulating our way out of this. This is a lot bigger than we can do only in this room.”
“Madam President, well, in the EPP, we are very happy that Mr Šefčovič is travelling also to the US to protect our economy from the very negative consequences of trade chaos. And we're also very happy that Commissioner Ribera is here today to speak about the DMA.”
“Madam Commissioner, this is a very serious issue and I've already written to you in a letter. And for tomorrow's vote, or Thursday's vote, we have an amendment that will call on you to use every single legislative instrument you have, whether it is the Foreign Subsidies Regulation or also FDI screening.”
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“Madam President, I thought we were just getting going, so it was starting to get fun. But I am a bit shocked simply by the framing and sticking to it on your side. We are every time saying: this is about the integrity of the system, not about banning NGOs, getting rid of their funding. The work of the Budget Control Committee, and dear Commissioner, I'm happy you are here, has proven that there is a system of financing, what I would call a kind of a 'shadow lobby'. And that's not a good way to go. I have big problems with it, because it undermines the separation of powers, and it undermines the trust in the system and what we do here. So from the Commission we need transparency: give more people access to what is in these agreements.”