Work
MEP work takes place in the European Institutions as well as in the Members’ home countries. It means traveling on a weekly basis between the offices in Helsinki and the European Parliament in Brussels where the majority of the work is carried out in Committees and Political Groups. Plus, the Parliamentary plenary sessions takes place 12 times per year in Strasbourg.
Most of the time I was a member of the Environmental committee. My other committees were Internal Market and Consumer Protection, where I was a wice-chair, and Committee on Industry, Research and Energy. On this page you can get to know my work better and the topic areas that are emphazised in my work.
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06.03.2020 – 15:21
Women and Energy – Speech in Delhi, India Smart Grid Forum
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It is for me a sincere joy to speak here at this event. At first glance I wouldn’t see energy as a gender related issue, but at second glance I do. So I am [...]
Lue kirjoitus27.06.2012 – 05:57
EPP Study days in Turku – Speeches
WELCOME SPEECH I will not speak for long as we have much to do and many problems to tackle. We should be able to fix anything – as I note from our programme we have a Mayor, several MEPs, 1 Prime [...]
Lue kirjoitus16.04.2010 – 00:00
Application of emissions trading scheme to historic aircraft
The EU’s first emissions trading period for aviation begins on 1 January 2012. The emissions trading scheme applies to all flights departing from and arriving at EU aerodromes, unless they are [...]
Lue kirjoitus09.04.2010 – 00:00
IPCC mistake on melting Himalaya glaciers
The credibility of the IPCC has again come under fire after it admitted that the claim in the IPCC’s 3 000-page 2007 report on climate science that Himalayan glaciers will almost disappear by [...]
Lue kirjoitus02.03.2010 – 00:00
Sound climate science
The leaked electronic files of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia have greatly disturbed the scientific world. Prominent scientists conspired against critical [...]
Lue kirjoitus20.01.2010 – 00:00
VAT on audiobooks
The application of different rates of VAT to books and audiobooks gave rise to much bewilderment in the EU Member States, both about the basis for these rates and about how they would be [...]
Lue kirjoitus21.12.2009 – 00:00
Transposition of the Payment Services Directive
Directive 2007/64/EC(1) of the European Parliament and the Council on payment services in the internal market was adopted on 13 November 2007. The aim of the Payment Services Directive is to [...]
Lue kirjoitus11.12.2009 – 00:00
Follow-up question to Question E 2255/09 concerning the Incandescent Lamp Directive
The reply given by Commissioner Andris Piebalgs on behalf of the Commission did not fully answer my Question E 2255/09 concerning the Incandescent Lamp Directive, particularly the effectiveness [...]
Lue kirjoitus10.11.2009 – 00:00
Windfall tax
On 31 March 2009, the Finnish Government adopted a policy on cutting unearned profits from emissions trading. The Government announced that so-called windfall profits would be cut by means of a [...]
Lue kirjoitus10.09.2009 – 00:00
Pre-registration under REACH
At the first stage of pre-registration under REACH, there were estimated to be some 1 500 to 3 000 substances in the over-1 000 ton category. Now, however, there are some 25 000 substances. [...]
Lue kirjoitus04.06.2009 – 00:00
Directive 2002/46/EC and the European Commission proposal to harmonise maximum levels of vitamin and mineral food supplements
On the basis of Article 5 of Directive 2002/46/EC(1), the European Commission is preparing to propose maximum permitted levels for vitamins and mineral food supplements (and fortified foods) for [...]
Lue kirjoitus07.05.2009 – 00:00
Incandescent Lamp Directive
The Commission’s ‘Incandescent Lamp Directive’, whereby a watts per lumen limit (that is to say, an energy efficiency requirement) is to be laid down for light bulbs, has prompted much debate in [...]
Lue kirjoitus27.04.2009 – 00:00
Directive 2009/2/EC and CLP Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008
Commission Directive 2009/2/EC(1) of 15 January 2009 amending, for the purpose of its adaptation to technical progress, for the 31st time, Council Directive 67/548/EEC(2) on the approximation of [...]
Lue kirjoitus30.03.2009 – 00:00
Justifications for a national fox farming ban
In the light of the Commission’s comments on Denmark’s notification regarding the planned ban on fox farming (Notification 200-402 DK), can the Council explain how a national farming ban can be [...]
Lue kirjoitus11.11.2008 – 00:00
Belgian Banquet on Climate Change(4th Energy Industry delegation)
My Lord, ladies and gentlemen – all my life I have longed for the occasion to say that. It sounds a bit like the announcement of a championship fight, well maybe it is, we will see. I am sorry [...]
Lue kirjoitus29.10.2008 – 00:00
The role of Nuclear energy in combating climate changeForatom seminar, Tampere
Hyvät naiset ja herrat, tervetuloa Suomeen, toivon, että istutte mukavasti.First of all it is such a pleasure to be addressing experts in the subject of energy and climate change. This rarely [...]
Lue kirjoitus28.10.2008 – 04:59
Presentation: The role of nuclear energy in combating climate change – Foratom seminar in Tampere
Hyvät naiset ja herrat, tervetuloa Suomeen, toivon, että istutte mukavasti. First of all it is such a pleasure to be addressing experts in the subject of energy and climate change. This rarely [...]
Lue kirjoitus08.09.2008 – 00:00
EU 20% renewable energy target: consequences for the carbon-accumulating properties of forests
A recent study just published in the journal Nature Geoscience gives a clear warning about the consequences of the EU’s 20% renewable energy target for the carbon-accumulating properties of [...]
Lue kirjoitus10.07.2008 – 00:00
Situation in Bangladesh
Mr President, under the emergency rule instigated in 2007, one can be imprisoned indefinitely without a court warrant on the grounds of reasonable suspicion of involvement in corruption-related [...]
Lue kirjoitus08.07.2008 – 00:00
The inclusion of EFTA states in the EU ETS
On 26 October 2007 the ETS Directive (2003/87/EC(1) ) was incorporated into the EEA Agreement, and the EFTA states are now included in the European Emissions Trading System on equal terms with [...]
Lue kirjoitus18.06.2008 – 00:00
Joint Motion for a Resolution on Iran
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTIONpursuant to Rule 115(5) of the Rules of Procedure, by– Michael Gahler, Mario Mauro, Renate Sommer, Charles Tannock, Bernd Posselt, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Laima Liucija [...]
Lue kirjoitus18.06.2008 – 00:00
Joint Motion for a Resolution on the routine killing of civilians in Somalia
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTIONpursuant to Rule 115(5) of the Rules of Procedure, by– John Bowis, Mario Mauro, Filip Kaczmarek, Charles Tannock, Colm Burke, Bernd Posselt, Eija-Riitta Korhola and [...]
Lue kirjoitus18.06.2008 – 00:00
Joint Motion for a Resolution on Burma: continued detention of political prisoners
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTIONpursuant to Rule 115(5) of the Rules of Procedure, by– Geoffrey Van Orden, Urszula Gacek, Filip Kaczmarek, Mario Mauro, Colm Burke, Bernd Posselt, Eija-Riitta [...]
Lue kirjoitus17.06.2008 – 00:00
Motion for a Resolution on Burma: continued detention of political prisoners
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTIONwith request for inclusion in the agenda for the debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of lawpursuant to Rule 115 of the Rules of Procedureby [...]
Lue kirjoitus17.06.2008 – 00:00
Motion for a Resolution on Iran: execution of juvenile offenders
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTIONwith request for inclusion in the agenda for the debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of lawpursuant to Rule 115 of the Rules of Procedureby [...]
Lue kirjoitus17.06.2008 – 00:00
Motion for a Resolution on Somalia: routine killing of civilians
MOTION FOR A RESOLUTIONwith request for inclusion in the agenda for the debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of lawpursuant to Rule 115 of the Rules of Procedureby [...]
Lue kirjoitus27.05.2008 – 00:00
EU mental health strategy
The Commission’s Green Paper ‘Towards a Strategy on Mental health for the European Union’ highlighted the need for a preventive approach in mental health work, and Parliament’s motion for a [...]
Lue kirjoitus21.05.2008 – 00:00
Joint Motion for a Resolution on Burundi
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTIONpursuant to Rule 115(5) of the Rules of Procedure, by– John Bowis, Jürgen Schröder, Filip Kaczmarek, Bernd Posselt, Eija-Riitta Korhola and Tunne Kelam, on behalf of [...]
Lue kirjoitus21.05.2008 – 00:00
Joint Motion for a Resolution on the arrest of political prisoners in Belarus
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTIONpursuant to Rule 115(5) of the Rules of Procedure, by– Jacek Protasiewicz, Urszula Gacek, Charles Tannock, Filip Kaczmarek, Bernd Posselt, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Tunne [...]
Lue kirjoitus21.05.2008 – 00:00
Joint Motion for a Resolution on Sudan and the International Criminal Court (ICC)
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTIONpursuant to Rule 115(5) of the Rules of Procedure, by– Jürgen Schröder, Laima Liucija Andrikienė, Colm Burke, Filip Kaczmarek, Tunne Kelam, Eija-Riitta Korhola, Bernd [...]
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