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Oversight of EU funding of municipal stray dog management in Hungary
Question for written answer E-000355/2026 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) According to civil society organisations, municipal stray dog management in Hungary – including capture, impoundment and destruction – is often contracted to municipal owned companies or private service providers. The same reports have for years pointed to significant animal suffering and shortcomings in state supervision and documentation.
Parliamentary question | Textbooks 2 | E-004540/2025 | European Parliament
Question for written answer E-004540/2025/rev.1 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) According to the Commission’s reply to question E-001465/2025[1], newly published textbooks used in Palestinian schools, adhering to UNESCO standards, are expected to be used from grades one to four starting in September 2025, with other grades following in the 2026/27 school year. The latest analysis of the textbooks published by the Palestinian Authority shows that no such reforms have taken place.
Parliamentary question | Internet cables | E-004524/2025 | European Parliament
Question for written answer E-004524/2025/rev.1 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) 1.How many active submarine internet cables are there currently worldwide, according to data available to the Commission? 2.Does the Commission know how many companies globally have the technical capacity and authorisation to repair or maintain these cables if they are damaged? If so, how many companies? If the Commission does not know, why does it not know?
Central Asian countries
Question for written answer E-004532/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) 1.How have exports from the European Union as a whole and from each Member State to the Central Asian states (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan) evolved since February 2022? 2.How does the Commission explain and assess this evolution, particularly in regard to possible indirect trade flows to Russia and the effectiveness of EU sanctions regimes?
Parliamentary question | Net new debt | E-004531/2025 | European Parliament
Question for written answer E-004531/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) 1.According to the Commission’s information, what proportion of the net new debt taken out by euro area Member States is being used to pay interest on existing government debt this financial year? Could the Commission also provide the overall average and a breakdown of this total by each euro area Member State? 2.What developments have there been in this proportion since 2008?
Climate aid for non-EU countries
Climate aid for non-EU countries Question for written answer E-004534/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) 1.Does the Commission provide climate aid or climate finance to non-EU countries? 2.If so, which non-EU countries have received such funding since 2019 and how much have they received? 3.For which specific projects or programmes was the funding used? Could the Commission please provide a list of all projects and their objectives?
Parliamentary question | Martyr Fund | E-004538/2025 | European Parliament
Question for written answer E-004538/2025/rev.1 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) According to the Commission’s reply of June 2025 to my question E-002882/2024[1], the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) ‘Martyr Fund’ was discontinued when a new social protection law entered into force in February 2025. This administrative shift merely rebranded the mechanism to create the appearance of compliance.
Parliamentary question | Teresa Ribera | E-004533/2025 | European Parliament
Question for written answer E-004533/2025/rev.1 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) In accordance with Article 17(3) of the Treaty on European Union, Commissioners must act with complete independence and solely represent the interests of the Union and not those of their Member State of origin.
Heat-related deaths
Question for written answer E-004526/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) 1.How many heat-related deaths have been recorded annually in the EU and in the United States over the past five years? 2.How does the Commission explain the difference in the number or rate of such deaths between the EU and the United States?
Parliamentary question | Agriculture 2 | E-004523/2025 | European Parliament
Question for written answer E-004523/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) 1.How much EU funding has been paid out thus far under the current common agricultural policy and multiannual financial framework and how many recipients have received this funding? 2.How many of these recipients received more than EUR 100 000 per year? 3.How much EU funding from the current multiannual financial framework has been paid out to beneficiaries who receive more than EUR 100 000 per year?
Parliamentary question | Aircraft | E-004530/2025 | European Parliament
Question for written answer E-004530/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) In accordance with Regulation (EU) No 833/2014, many aircraft located in the EU have been grounded since 28 February 2022 as a result of the sanctions against Russia. What is the total number of aircraft that are currently grounded in the EU due to the sanctions against Russia? Could the Commission also please provide the breakdown of this number by Member State?
Energy consumption
Question for written answer E-004535/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) 1.According to the Commission’s estimates, compared with current levels, how much will energy consumption in the EU have increased by 2050 as a result of bitcoin mining and AI computing power? Please provide this information in percentage terms and in absolute figures. 2.What impact will the expected development have on the EU’s 2050 climate targets?
Post-quantum cybersecurity
Question for written answer E-004525/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) 1.According to the Commission’s assessment, when is quantum computing expected to reach a level of maturity that would have significant practical or security implications for the EU’s digital infrastructure?
Palestinian Authority
Question for written answer E-004518/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) In its reply to my question E-002893/2024[1], the Commission stated that the Palestinian Authority (PA) had carried out all prior actions contained in the letter of intent and that the milestones for future disbursements would be identified in the framework of the financing agreement between the Commission and the PA signed in June 2025.
Parliamentary question | Gaza | E-004529/2025 | European Parliament
Question for written answer E-004529/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) How much EU funding was allocated to recipients in Gaza between Hamas’s election win in January 2006 and 7 October 2023? Submitted: 13.11.2025 Last updated: 20 November 2025
Parliamentary question | Spain & SAFE | E-004522/2025 | European Parliament
Question for written answer E-004522/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) The Commission has welcomed Spain’s intention to apply for loans under the new Security Action for Europe (SAFE) instrument, which aims to deploy up to EUR 150 billion in investment through EU debt.
Artificial general intelligence
Question for written answer E-004536/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) Many experts anticipate that the development of so-called ‘Artificial general intelligence’ (AGI) – systems with cognitive skills at or above human level – could become a reality within the next five to ten years, i.e. by 2035. A landmark technological development of this kind is likely to have far-reaching effects on the European labour market, public budgets and the EU’s economic competitiveness.
High-level expert group
Question for written answer E-004528/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) In its new internal security strategy, the Commission announced the ‘preparation of a technology roadmap on encryption, to identify and assess technological solutions to enable lawful access to data by law enforcement authorities’. A high-level expert group is tasked to carry out this research.
Holocaust monument
Question for written answer E-004527/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) According to the EU strategy on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life, the Commission will support the creation of a participatory European Holocaust monument in Brussels, linked with pieces of art in EU capitals. In its reply to my parliamentary question E-001433/2025[1], the Commission confirmed that it would implement all of the measures set out in the strategy by 2030.
Parliamentary question | First Wap SS7 | E-004042/2025 | European Parliament
Question for written answer E-004042/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) An investigation from several media outlets has revealed years of unlawful surveillance of journalists, politicians, activists, businesses and citizens by First Wap, a company that gained access to global telecom networks via Liechtenstein, specifically through Mobilkom/Telecom Liechtenstein.
Parliamentary question | Assets | E-002975/2025 | European Parliament
Question for written answer E-002975/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) Can the Commission state – broken down by Member State and in total – how many assets belonging to Russia its nationals have been frozen since February 2022? Submitted: 17.7.2025 Last updated: 12 August 2025
Parliamentary question | Israel | E-002977/2025 | European Parliament
Question for written answer E-002977/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) Some are falsely accusing Israel of genocide, apartheid or colonisation. The Commission is asked to answer the following question with yes or no, before elaborating on its reply: Does the Commission agree that Israel is not committing genocide, that it is not an apartheid system and that it is not engaging in colonisation? Submitted: 17.7.2025 Last updated: 4 August 2025
Parliamentary question | Al Jazeera 2 | E-002979/2025 | European Parliament
Question for written answer E-002979/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) In its reply to my question for written answer E-001439/2025[1], the Commission did not answer the questions raised. I hereby ask that it actually reply to all the questions raised below. Al Jazeera has been banned in several non-EU countries for inciting violence and sectarianism.
German budget deficit
Question for written answer E-002965/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) Germany recently reformed its national debt brake. The reform comprises three key elements. The federal states will have their own net borrowing capacity of 0.35 % of GDP per year. The Federal Government adopted a new special investment fund for infrastructure and climate protection worth EUR 500 billion, in addition to the existing special defence fund of EUR 100 billion.
Parliamentary question | Pension funds | E-002976/2025 | European Parliament
Question for written answer E-002976/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) Can the Commission answer the three following questions, addressing each one of them individually: 1.Approximately what proportion of EU citizens’ pension funds (including both private pension schemes and public pension plans) is currently being invested in the US? 2.How much higher would the EU’s GDP be if the money from these pension funds was invested in the EU?
Parliamentary question | Impacts of SAFE | E-002960/2025 | European Parliament
Question for written answer E-002960/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) According to the Commission, what positive military or defence implications will the EU’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) financial instrument have for Germany by 2030? Submitted: 17.7.2025 Last updated: 31 July 2025
Stability and Growth Pact
Question for written answer E-002967/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) With new EU instruments such as NextGenerationEU (NGEU), the European Instrument for Temporary Support towards Unemployment Risk Mitigation in Emergency Situations (SURE) and the planned SAFE programme, the Security Action for Europe, the European Union has been taking on an increasing amount of centralised debt guaranteed by the EU budget.
Parliamentary question | Profits | E-002963/2025 | European Parliament
Question for written answer E-002963/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) In September 2022, speaking in the European Parliament, Commission President von der Leyen announced a legislative proposal against high energy prices, which would affect renewable electricity producers as well as oil and gas companies. She said that the proposal would ‘raise more than 140 billion euros for Member States to cushion the blow directly’ and the money would benefit ‘those who need it most’.
China’s unofficial police stations in the EU
Question for written answer E-002962/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) China is alleged to have established dozens of unofficial police stations throughout the EU. 1.Does the Commission know how many such stations exist in the EU, and where they are? 2.What action has the Commission taken against these stations to date? 3.To its knowledge, do any other third countries have unofficial police stations in the EU? Submitted: 17.7.2025 Last updated: 30 July 2025
Rule of law in Poland
Question for written answer E-002961/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) The Commission had frozen EU funds intended for Poland due to the country’s rule of law issues. However, following the election of Donald Tusk and his declared plan to address all rule of law deficiencies, the Commission unfroze these funds. In this context: 1.Which rule of law deficiencies have been resolved to date? 2.Which rule of law deficiencies have not been resolved to date?
Pandemic reaction time
Question for written answer E-002971/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Union provided financial support to Member States facing exceptional circumstances beyond their control. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on 11 March 2020.
Parliamentary question | ReArm Europe | E-002970/2025 | European Parliament
Question for written answer E-002970/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) In the ReArm Europe plan, the Commission proposes that Member States may deviate from their net expenditure path under the Stability and Growth Pact by up to 1.5 % of GDP, provided that this deviation is due to increased national defence spending and that the national escape clause is activated.
Article 26 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1263
Question for written answer E-002958/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) Article 26 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1263[1] introduces a national escape clause allowing Member States to deviate from their net expenditure path in the event of exceptional circumstances, provided that fiscal sustainability is not endangered in the medium term. 1.How does the Commission define ‘medium term’ in the context of fiscal sustainability under this regulation?
Investor communications
Question for written answer E-002969/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) In its official investor presentation entitled ‘EU Investor Presentation – Investing in EU-Bonds & EU-Bills’, published on 24 June 2025, the Commission presents the EU as a reliable and democratically legitimate issuer of common debt.
Humanitarian aid channelled through UNRWA 2
Question for written answer E-001471/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) In my question E-002880/2024[1] I asked the Commission whether it could state what percentage of the humanitarian aid sent to Gaza from around the world since October 2023 had been channelled through the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), and if not, why not?
Agricultural Policy
Question for written answer E-001469/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) 1.How much EU funding has been paid out so far under the current CAP and MFF and to how many recipients? 2.How many of these recipients received more than EUR 150 000 per year? 3.How much EU funding from the current MFF has been paid out to beneficiaries who receive more than EUR 150 000 per year? Submitted: 9.4.2025 Last updated: 25 April 2025
Hamas sympathisers
Question for written answer E-001443/2025 to the Council Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) 1.Does the EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator have an estimate of how many Hamas sympathisers are currently residing in the EU? If so, how many are there, and if not, why not? 2.Since Hamas’ attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, there have been pro-Palestinian demonstrations in many EU Member States. Does the EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator know where the financial support for these demonstrations stems from?
Parliamentary question | Gas supply | E-001440/2025 | European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001440/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) If more and more customers disconnect their gas supply, the costs of operating the networks will have to be passed on to the remaining customers.
Parliamentary question | Al Jazeera | E-001439/2025 | European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001439/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) Al Jazeera has faced bans in several non-EU countries for inciting violence and sectarianism. The European Union has implemented bans in the EU on several media outlets, for instance RT/Russia Today and Sputnik, primarily in response to concerns about propaganda and disinformation.
Hungary and the Commission
Question for written answer E-001468/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) In her speech during Parliament’s plenary sitting on 9 October 2024, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that: – Hungary discriminates against European companies by taxing them more than others; – Hungary targets European businesses with arbitrary inspections and permit blocking; – public contracts in Hungary mostly go to a small group of beneficiaries.
Parliamentary question | Insurance | E-001436/2025 | European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001436/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) The Commission is asked to answer the following questions separately: 1.Does the Commission know in which Member States car or home insurers are permitted to decline policy renewal at the annual renewal date based on the policyholder’s history of an above-average number of claims, despite the claims involving no fault of the insured party? If so, in which? If not, why not?
Parliamentary question | Textbooks | E-001465/2025 | European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001465/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) The Commission commissioned a study by the Georg Eckert Institute on Palestinian textbooks in 2021, which showed that: – A religious studies textbook asked students to discuss the ‘repeated attempts by the Jews to kill the prophet Muhammad’ and inquired about ‘other enemies of Islam’; – A maths textbook illustrated Newton’s second law of motion using a picture of Palestinians hitting Israeli soldiers...
Parliamentary question | Progress Report | E-001433/2025 | European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001433/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) In October 2024, the Commission published its progress report of the EU strategy on combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life. Most actions mentioned in the progress report seem to date back to before 7 October 2023. 1.What progress has been made, concretely, since 7 October 2023? 2.Has there been a slowing down in the progress made since 7 October 2023, and if yes, why?
Update on Tiktok
Question for written answer E-001435/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) The Commission has Tiktok in its crosshairs. ‘Concrete and robust evidence’ had been found that the Chinese social media platform was allegedly in breach of EU law on digital services, wrote Thierry Breton, the Commissioner responsible for the internal market, to me at the beginning of 2024. The Commission therefore ‘initiated formal infringement proceedings’ on 19 February 2024.
Parliamentary question | Hawala banking | E-001447/2025 | European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001447/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) The potential misuse of hawala, the informal value transfer system, for money laundering or terrorism financing purposes, is known and was already assessed by the Commission in its biennial Supranational Risk Assessment Report in 2019. According to the Commission, the problem is less of a legislative nature but more of proper enforcement.
Parliamentary question | Data flows | E-001445/2025 | European Parliament
Question for written answer E-001445/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) 1.Since January 2025, are all safeguards concerning all data flows and data exchanges between the EU and the United States still in place? If not, which ones are not and why? 2.What has the Commission done since January 2025 to have the safeguards reinstated? Submitted: 9.4.2025 Last updated: 16 April 2025
Employees of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
Question for written answer E-000173/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) The Commission is asked to answer the following questions separately: 1.Does the Commission know how many employees of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) have been involved in terrorist acts since 1 January 2021? If so, how many? If not, why not? 2.Does the Commission know how many UNRWA employees are currently members of a terrorist organisation? If so, how many?
Exchanges of messages
Question for written answer E-000179/2025 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) The Commission suspects fragrance giant International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. of price fixing. Because one of its employees deleted exchanges of messages, the company must now pay an eight-figure fine. 1.Does the Commission forbid its staff, President and Commissioners from deleting potentially relevant WhatsApp and text messages? 2.If the Commission does have such a rule, when was it introduced?
Taxation of donations of goods
Question for written answer E-001888/2024 to the Commission Rule 144 Moritz Körner (Renew) In Germany, donations of goods to recognised non-profit organisations are not exempt from VAT. It is thus makes better financial sense for companies to destroy fully functioning unsold products than to give them away.
„Ihr ist Europa egal“: FDP-Mann rechnet knallhart mit von der Leyen ab
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