ECR GroupNov 14, 2024

This week, our MEPs grilled the Commissioner-designates on their approaches to their portfolios. #EPhearings

Watch @PiotrMuller quizzing @HennaVirkkunen to no avail on free speech and censorship ⤵️ https://t.co/qOb4tWhxom
https://twitter.com/ecrgroup/status/1857055013954089235

Piotr Müller (@PiotrMuller) on X

🚨I didn't get a reply from Henna Virkkunen to my questions. Is there something the European Commission is keeping from us about Platform X?🤔 There have been lots of questions recently about censorship on social media and conversations between the Commission and @ElonMusk

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Show threadNiko TrimmelNov 13, 2024

@nitrml Jetzt ist alles anders:
Sozialdemokraten und Liberale stellen sich gemeinsam mit den Grünen gegen den italienischen Postfaschisten Raffaele Fitto als Vizepräsidenten der EU-Kommission.

Aus Rache wollen die Nationalkonservativen die spanische Sozialdemokratin Teresa Ribera nicht bestätigen.
Heißt Stillstand.

#eupol #eupolicy #ephearings #eu

ECR GroupNov 12, 2024

#EPhearings #Virkkunen #ITRE #IMCO

🗣️ MEP Stefano Cavedagna

Protecting European consumers from harmful online practices is essential. For example, aggressive influencer marketing can affect health by shaping habits and lifestyles in worrying ways. Meanwhile, non-EU digital… https://t.co/1lxvFR9TrR https://t.co/kbUHii1YRW
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ECR Group (@ecrgroup) on X

#EPhearings #Virkkunen #ITRE #IMCO 🗣️ MEP Stefano Cavedagna Protecting European consumers from harmful online practices is essential. For example, aggressive influencer marketing can affect health by shaping habits and lifestyles in worrying ways. Meanwhile, non-EU digital

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ECR GroupNov 12, 2024

#EPhearings #Virkkunen #ITRE #IMCO

🗣️ MEP Fernand Kartheiser

Your oversight of the Digital Services Act aims to tackle disinformation, manipulation and hate speech, but the rules risk being applied arbitrarily without clear definitions and guidelines. To ensure a balanced civic… https://t.co/ol59cqW2YA https://t.co/YvlRX8gccX
https://twitter.com/ecrgroup/status/1856449824477827185

ECR Group (@ecrgroup) on X

#EPhearings #Virkkunen #ITRE #IMCO 🗣️ MEP Fernand Kartheiser Your oversight of the Digital Services Act aims to tackle disinformation, manipulation and hate speech, but the rules risk being applied arbitrarily without clear definitions and guidelines. To ensure a balanced civic

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ECR GroupNov 12, 2024

#EPhearings #Ribera #ENVI #ECON #ITRE

🗣️ MEP Giovanni Crosetto

Your role in overseeing competition will have significant external implications, particularly in negotiations and partnerships with the US. In 2019 your government called President Trump “illiterate”. How can you… https://t.co/1kSAvW1glp https://t.co/CGH7CMYSuY
https://twitter.com/ecrgroup/status/1856446420795933140

ECR Group (@ecrgroup) on X

#EPhearings #Ribera #ENVI #ECON #ITRE 🗣️ MEP Giovanni Crosetto Your role in overseeing competition will have significant external implications, particularly in negotiations and partnerships with the US. In 2019 your government called President Trump “illiterate”. How can you

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ECR GroupNov 12, 2024

#EPhearings #Ribera #ENVI #ECON #ITRE #AGRI

🗣️ MEP Veronika Vrecionová on behalf of the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture

I'd like to clarify the role of agriculture and forestry in the just transition, in particular with regard to access to water. Achieving… https://t.co/5iMgvy4RKN https://t.co/aOwBQBaf30
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ECR Group (@ecrgroup) on X

#EPhearings #Ribera #ENVI #ECON #ITRE #AGRI 🗣️ MEP Veronika Vrecionová on behalf of the European Parliament's Committee on Agriculture I'd like to clarify the role of agriculture and forestry in the just transition, in particular with regard to access to water. Achieving

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ECR GroupNov 12, 2024

#EPhearings #Virkkunen #ITRE #IMCO

🗣️ MEP Reinis Pozņaks

The war has clearly shown Europe’s weak spots, especially in regions near Russia that struggle to compete simply because of their location. European countries shouldn’t be at an economic disadvantage just for sharing a… https://t.co/4wtreCPeG7 https://t.co/lwINMgAAv2
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ECR Group (@ecrgroup) on X

#EPhearings #Virkkunen #ITRE #IMCO 🗣️ MEP Reinis Pozņaks The war has clearly shown Europe’s weak spots, especially in regions near Russia that struggle to compete simply because of their location. European countries shouldn’t be at an economic disadvantage just for sharing a

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ECR GroupNov 12, 2024

#EPhearings #Ribera #ENVI #ECON #ITRE

🗣️ MEP Anna Zalewska

Commissioner-designate, your statements should be less a political manifesto than actionable commitments. Europe is not just at a turning point - it is falling behind, as the Draghi report notes. We need €800 billion… https://t.co/vGakabZjjF https://t.co/8Wt7MLNfQE
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ECR Group (@ecrgroup) on X

#EPhearings #Ribera #ENVI #ECON #ITRE 🗣️ MEP Anna Zalewska Commissioner-designate, your statements should be less a political manifesto than actionable commitments. Europe is not just at a turning point - it is falling behind, as the Draghi report notes. We need €800 billion

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ECR GroupNov 12, 2024

#EPhearings #Ribera #ENVI #ECON #ITRE

🗣️ MEP Nicola Procaccini

With global CO₂ emissions at their peak and the EU’s share under 8 per cent, our priority must be to strengthen the resilience of European regions against climate impacts. Spain’s leading role in Russian gas… https://t.co/yyDgobjOEa https://t.co/Z85fDVzvG1
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ECR Group (@ecrgroup) on X

#EPhearings #Ribera #ENVI #ECON #ITRE 🗣️ MEP Nicola Procaccini With global CO₂ emissions at their peak and the EU’s share under 8 per cent, our priority must be to strengthen the resilience of European regions against climate impacts. Spain’s leading role in Russian gas

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ECR GroupNov 12, 2024

#EPhearings #Virkkunen #ITRE #IMCO

🗣️ MEP Carlo Ciccioli

European technological sovereignty is essential for our future and must align with our core values—security, transparency, and citizen protection—without ideological rigidity. Balancing sovereignty with collaboration is… https://t.co/kExAVBWbgT https://t.co/bTPyh7ceVQ
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ECR Group (@ecrgroup) on X

#EPhearings #Virkkunen #ITRE #IMCO 🗣️ MEP Carlo Ciccioli European technological sovereignty is essential for our future and must align with our core values—security, transparency, and citizen protection—without ideological rigidity. Balancing sovereignty with collaboration is

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