What Karlo spoke about.

Madam President, dear Commissioner, dear colleagues, the negotiations on the next multiannual financial framework and own resources, but also on the 2027 EU budget, are a test of the EU's political seriousness. The 2027 budget marks the final year of the current financial framework, and will definitely send an important signal ahead and in the negotiations on the next MFF. At a time of growing glo

Dear Chairman, Commissioner, colleagues, the protection of human health is neither left nor right. Clean water, air and the environment concern us all. And that is why when there is a problem, when there is a failure or when such situations occur, which, unfortunately, we also face in Croatia, serious politics solves the problem, and does not spread fear and panic. Serious politics brings the resu

Thank you for the question. I think that we should definitely think and move beyond only this proposal. You were mentioning the exceptions that do exist. I wouldn't put them all in the same category, so I think that we should really make a smart choice, but in general I think that it is quite clear that really Europe has the knowledge, Europe has the people, and Europe has the potential to do it.

Dear President, Commissioners, colleagues, without bold innovations, without new investments and without a real single market, Europe is unfortunately only a dormant economic giant that is strong in its potential, but slow and sluggish in a world that will not wait for us. This is why the proposal for a single, simpler European framework for business growth is one of the most important but also on

Last year, the European Investment Bank mobilised record funds, the largest ever, and we certainly congratulate them. At the same time, Europe needs to focus investment even more decisively on strengthening its economic competitiveness and resilience. Today, Europe is competing with economies that invest faster, that invest more aggressively but also more strategically focused. That is why the rol

Dear President, Commissioner, colleagues, if security, competitiveness and energy transition are to be financed, and this is no longer a question of desire, but a question of preserving Europe as we know it, then the Union must have adequate and stable sources of income. That is why it is important to seriously discuss credible budgetary sources, including the potential of revenues from online gam

Today we are not only voting on abstract figures, but we are actually voting on the direction of Europe in the decade ahead. In a world marked by dramatic security challenges, threats, Europe's technological backlog and economic pressures, one thing is becoming quite clear: Europe cannot and will not be able to fulfil the ambitions we are talking about here in Parliament without a real budget. Thi

The Honourable President, the Honourable President of the European Council, colleagues, the fierce global rearrangement of maps calls for more political determination, more courage and more self-esteem from Europe. In times of dangerous wars in our immediate neighbourhood, energy shocks and blackmail, but also hybrid attacks on our territory, we need more than ever unity around the clea

Dear President, colleague and colleague, European citizens today feel the increasing cost of living, and businesses, especially small and medium-sized ones, find it increasingly difficult to compete, but also increasingly difficult to cope with overly large regulation. That is why the issue of competitiveness and the implementation of the Draghi report is at the very heart of Europe's vitality, bu

Dear Chairman, colleague and colleague, restoring control over migration also means restoring Europe's damaged credibility. Too many decisions are still not implemented, visa rules are abused and cooperation with third countries is not always fully consistent. Europe can no longer afford passivity on this issue and it is good that the rules, but also Europe's attitude towards migration, change. We

Dear Chairman, the brutal speed of a world that is never more dangerous, the noise of the post-factual era in many of our fellow citizens is confusion, uncertainty, and more and more fear. The first and true answer to this must be the absolute unity of Europe. Regardless of the political differences here in the European Parliament, regardless of national differences, in responding to everything th

I think it is clear to all of us, at least here in the European Parliament, that we are at the beginning of a long difficult process, that 2026 will be marked by intense, dynamic talks also here in the European Parliament, but also perhaps even more so among the Member States; there is no predetermined outcome of such discussions; that the European Commission's proposal from July this year practic

Thank you very much for the question, but also for a little more time to explain the point of view on just that, on one of the key topics and this week's leaders' meeting around the multiannual financial framework where the key will be to balance the first pillar focused on cohesion, on the policy that is, according to the Treaties, the central policy and the European project, and on the other han

Dear Chair, colleagues, in crucial moments of truth for Europe, in dangerous and increasingly dangerous times, the time has come to take on historical responsibilities: and for European security, for European competitiveness, but also this week at the meeting of European leaders and for the equal development of Europe. The time has come to completely reject misconceptions, economic, energy and soc

Mr President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, at a moment when Europe faces growing global pressure, we needed a budget that strengthens our strategic direction and I think that we can proudly say that we delivered one. Thanks to our lead negotiator, Andrzej Halicki, thanks to Matjaž Nemec and the entire conciliation team, Parliament secured an agreement that restores EUR 1.3 billion cut by governm

Dear Chair, Commissioner, colleagues, I see this Commission proposal as the first concrete sign that the voice of the Parliament is being heard and the concerns this time are being taken seriously. Preserving the identity of the Common Agricultural Policy, protecting the amounts for more developed and regions in transition, a minimum of 10% for rural areas are more than technical details and clear

After years of moral blackmail, years of dormancy, lulling, Europe is waking up and reversing some bad trends. But the European Union is still missing and needs a little more guards, self-esteem, common sense and innovation. That is why, following new hybrid attacks from the east, the European Council has a responsibility to restore Europe to a healthier economic base, competitiveness and energy i

Mr President, Mr Commissioner, dear colleagues, here we are in this perhaps late night debate on the annual budget for the next year, and the hour may be late, but the topic definitely deserves our full attention, since we are discussing the priorities that go much beyond this Chamber and all this in times of global uncertainty, but also growing competition in the world where the EU needs a budget

A year after the tragedy of Novi Sad, the Serbian society is still key, and Vucic's regime is now generating a grotesque political psychosis and a permanent state of emergency. Instead of reforms, instead of releasing from the mythological narratives of the past, instead of breaking privileged ties with Russia and aligning with the European acquis, European foreign and visa policy, Serbia is incre

The Commission's work programme for next year comes at a time when Europe has virtually no alternative but to prove in practice that it can act effectively and decisively. There are clear challenges ahead: security is being undermined, the economy is being shaken, and more and more citizens' trust in the European institutions is being undermined. This is why I call on the Commission to focus on th

Dear Chairman, Commissioner Kos, colleague and colleague, enlargement is a strategic priority of the European Union and requires adjustments, primarily of the candidate and to some extent of the European Union. However, only a minority of strategic key national decisions are taken by unanimity at European level. Yes, it is not always easy, that some, unfortunately, also brutally abuse it, but naiv