What Costas spoke about.

The Armenian genocide, perpetrated with an organised and systematic plan by the Ottoman Empire, is one of the most heinous atrocities in human history, with 1.5 million ethnic Armenians, among them young, old, women and children, being exterminated in various and repugnant ways. It's not the only genocide in human history, but the persistent denial of the Armenian genocide by Turkey, particularly

The EU Programme of Financial Assistance to the Turkish Cypriot community was based on the decision of the European Council of 2004 and was implemented by Regulation 389/2006 in order to facilitate negotiations for a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem on the basis of a functioning and reunited state within the EU. This presupposes the commitment and corresponding response of the Turkis

Mr President, I would like to congratulate my colleagues on this very important text. After all, climate change is a fact and not an ideology – and especially in Europe, and especially in the Mediterranean, climate change is even more pronounced. But such global problems require global approaches and transnational cooperation. Of the things that are so important to this report, I stand out: the pr

Mr President, the European Union cannot become more autonomous with less budget. Our citizens' demands are very clear: security, affordable housing, low energy prices and decent living standards, for which we need adequate funding for strong cohesion policies. And we must also remember that islands and remote regions face even greater challenges and need special attention. An autonomous Europe, al

Mr President, the European Union was built by combining the vision of peace with shared management of coal and steel production. This energy-driven model can lead the entire Mediterranean to stability and prosperity. Common rules for the Mediterranean are, of course, international law, including in particular the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Institutions and infrastructures, Commissioner,

Mr President, today's debate is clear. Escalations in both the Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean seas follow persistent Turkish provocations, with the latest, as has already been said, the so-called neo-Ottoman blue fantasy, Mr Commissioner. I don't call it blue homeland – blue homeland is for us. Also, the continuing occupation, as you all know very well, of EU territory in Cyprus; the violation o

Mr President, on this day three years ago, Hamas terrorists committed unspeakable crimes against men, women and children. No civilised person can remain silent about such atrocities. But specifically regarding the Muslim Brotherhood, it no longer relates to violence or extreme cells, but they are now funding mosques, associations, schools, charities and networks through which they promote radical

Madam President, we are talking about preventive intervention, about protecting our children from the dangers in the digital world. Preventive intervention. As a father of adolescents, I convey to you the desperate cry of parents against the terrible dangers of addiction, mental and emotional health and manipulation, all of which are aimed at our children and other pursuits of their own. Why is it

Mr President, on the 1st of October we celebrated 66 years of the Republic of Cyprus. A state that survived despite conspiracies to crush it, the worst being the barbaric Turkish invasion of 1974. Thousands of murdered, missing people we are still looking for, raped women and hundreds of thousands of refugees, including myself, Mr. President, a child from occupied Kyrenia. As Turkish crimes agains

Mr President, hybrid attacks against EU Member States include cyberattacks, sabotage of critical infrastructure, undersea cables, drone incursions, instrumentalisation of migration flows and much more. The ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine and various forms of hybrid attacks against Member States is a primary source of real threat. However, hybrid attacks are also taking place for years b

Madam President, thank you for allowing me to raise a point of order. I think that the wording being used by some of my colleagues, and also, perhaps in good faith, by the translation, was wrong. In Cyprus, there is no conflict between Greece and Türkiye. It is an invasion by Türkiye against the Republic of Cyprus. And I wanted to make sure that there is no such conflict in Cyprus between the two

Madam President, I wish to draw your attention to the event organised on 24 June 2026 at the European Parliament by our colleague MEP Ilhan Kyuchyuk, during which representatives of the illegal secessionist entity in the occupied territory of the Republic of Cyprus participated as so-called mayors and addressed so. This constitutes a clear violation of EU and international law and undermines the U

Madam President, EU enlargement is a geopolitical necessity, while the accession progress depends only on the candidate countries' fulfilment of the Copenhagen political criteria that ensure their commitment to EU values and the rule of law. Montenegro remains the most advanced candidate country in accession to the EU, and we fully support its steady progress to join the EU. The establishment of t

Madam President, in the eastern Mediterranean, the neo‑Ottoman Erdoğan regime talks and acts as an enemy of EU and international law. It occupies EU territory of the Republic of Cyprus, keeps a (inaudible) threat against Greece over the exercise of sovereign rights, and now plans to impose its neo‑Ottoman dogma of blue fantasy in the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The value of a common

Madam President, a single market, accessible for people and businesses, is essential for becoming an autonomous and competitive EU. In this process, public services are the backbone of Europe's social market economy. Access to affordable, high‑quality and essential goods and services, such as housing, energy, water and health, for everyone and in every region is non-negotiable. Today, with the geo

Mr President, the Erdogan regime in Turkey plans to give institutional status to the so-called doctrine of the blue homeland and this will be the beginning of a new invasion of the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean. Let me remind you that this doctrine is a blatant violation of the law of the sea of the UN, which we have already ratified as the European Union, and is essentially directed agains

Madam President, Commissioner, we have a report with many expectations and proposed measures for the future of livestock farming in the European Union. But as we speak, there is an ongoing animal health crisis with foot-and-mouth disease in Cyprus, which has evolved into a political crisis. In particular, farmers in the free areas apply your instructions and protocols by killing thousands of anima

Madam President, the value of the EU to support democratic resilience in Armenia is critical, but we need to stress that such engagement must be conducted in strict adherence to the principle of political neutrality. Any form of external involvement would undermine the credibility of the electoral process. As far as Azerbaijan, it must show its commitment through concrete, confidence‑building meas

Mr President, the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union is our most important document, because it records our non-negotiable values one by one. These are fundamental human rights and freedoms that bind all Member States to all citizens, without exception. The report rightly finds that in some Member States in the European Union there is a decline in the rule of law and a lack of pro

Mr President, due to the war in Iran, there was an attack against the British military bases in Cyprus and that made Cyprus a target as well. Thanks to the swift aerial and naval response of Greece, France, Italy, Spain, Holland and others, Cyprus is fully protected – fully protected. Reacting to this European solidarity, the Erdoğan regime transferred six F-16 fighter jets to the northern occupie

Madam President, Robert Schuman, a key founding father of the EU, stated: 'Europe will not be made all at once, or according to a single plan. It will be built through concrete achievements which first create a de facto solidarity.' EU defence is the most important project for deepening the EU over the last few decades. Fragmentation of the defence industry is a problem. Political fragmentation, t

Mr President, enlargement is an important geopolitical tool. It promotes peace, security, democracy and prosperity in Europe. However, only merit-based criteria are needed: compliance with the Copenhagen criteria, respect for the rule of law, democracy, fundamental rights and alignment with our foreign policy and vital interests, international law and our values, without adjustments, so that we ca

Madam President, it's not your fault, but this is not the first time. I follow the discussion from the very beginning. Many colleagues have the chance to make one, two and sometimes even more blue cards. That is unacceptable. Those of us who stay for all this time waiting until the end, we hope for a chance to have the catch-the-eye. We were denied. I repeat, it's not your fault. But we need to re