Presentation by the President-elect of the Commission of the College of Commissioners and its programme (debate)
The presentation of the new European Commission and its programme is a key moment for the future of the Union. This is the time to learn from the mistakes of the last legislature and take action to repair the European economy. Unfortunately, the erroneous decisions taken by the von der Leyen Commission, especially those related to the Green Deal and Fit for 55, have contributed to the loss of EU c
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UN Climate Change Conference 2026 in Antalya, Türkiye (COP31) (B10-0468/2026)
Mr President, thank you very much. I voted against the resolution on the COP31 climate conference because the solutions proposed are too far-reaching and do not take sufficient account of the costs to the European economy, businesses and citizens. I am particularly concerned about the demands to halt new investments in fossil fuel extraction and to phase them out from all sectors of the economy. S
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Escalation of Russian strikes in the EU, particularly on Black Sea shipping, threatening human life, regional stability and food security (RC-B10-0476/2026)
Mr President, thank you very much. Russian attacks on commercial shipping pose a direct threat to the lives and health of civilian crew members, leading to fatalities and increasing the risk to European maritime transport. At the same time, impacts on vessels transporting agricultural products and port infrastructure disrupt international supply chains and export routes, threatening global food se
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Erasmus+ programme 2028–2034 (A10-0257/2026 - Bogdan Andrzej Zdrojewski)
Mr President, thank you very much. I abstained from voting on Erasmus+, on this draft report, because although I strongly support the programme, I support the funding of young, talented people and I would like to see as many of them as possible in the European Union, I abstained from a provision that I think is very dangerous. It has been written, among other things, that the European Union is abo
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Lifting of EU sanctions on the import of Russian sable fur (debate)
Mr President, thank you very much. It's pathetic to see everything that's going on in this room right now. Unfortunately, Putin failed to cut off Europe's banking system. Gazprom Bank is doing well. Companies from Europe, from various countries of the European Union, export huge amounts of electrical equipment to countries close to Russia: to Saudi Arabia, to Turkey. And from there, this equipment
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Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report 2025 (debate)
Mr President, thank you very much. On behalf of the Committee on Petitions, I would like to say a few sentences on what is happening in the meetings of the Committee on Petitions. Commissioner, a lot of problems, petitions are related to the protection of the European Union's economic market. We have a terrible trade balance with China. This can be seen in the meetings of the Committee on Petition
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EU–UK summit: renewed ambition for a closer partnership (debate)
Mr President, thank you very much. I wanted to make it very clear that Europe and the world can only save the natural law. All conventions, stories that we will heal the world through law-making, are erroneous and weak in the face of ideological attitudes of far-left people who promote the civilization of death. Today, in many countries of the European Union, elderly people are afraid to go to the
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UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons (debate)
I listened carefully to your statements. You represent a strong political group in the European Parliament, left-wing circles. I would like to ask you how you like this legal solution, which for older people was introduced in France not so long ago, the right to support the death of older people?
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An ambitious multiannual financial framework 2028-2034 for a strong and resilient Europe (debate)
The recent hybrid attacks and instrumentalisation of migrants in Ceuta and the need for a coordinated response to protect the EU’s external borders (B10-0406/2026)
Mr President, thank you very much. We are all in solidarity with the people of Ceuta. We perfectly understand the drama of those residents who have been attacked by refugees. We are against the smugglers of refugees, because unfortunately companies, ship owners and various types of false organizations encourage people to migrate and cause drama. That is why we understand the situation of the peopl
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Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers (B10-0390/2026)
Mr President, thank you very much. I was with the Committee on Petitions in Spain. We heard there that drug smugglers shoot cops, kill cops. This is unbelievable. And those who killed policemen in Spain – policemen defending Spain from drug smuggling – received a very low sentence. After two or three years, the killers are released from prison. So in this case, absolutely our voice, as ECR, was in
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An EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sector (A10-0168/2026 - Loucas Fourlas, Ruggero Razza)
Mr President, thank you very much. Briefly: our ECR political group voted "in favour" on this issue because medical services, medical staff are very important for the European Union and we see a big problem in the area of the number of doctors, medical staff. And one more problem: Unfortunately, it happens that richer countries buy, buy doctors for poorer countries. So the problem is very importan
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Protecting people’s health against toxic substances (debate)
Mr President, thank you very much. I would like to ask all of you here, present and absent. How do you feel about the fact that, as is known, chemicals are produced in the European Union that are banned for use in the European Union but are sold to South America, Argentina, Brazil, etc.? How do you feel about it today when we talk about the fact that chemicals are in meat, in chickens, etc.? And y
I have a question for you. You talked a lot about a strong Europe, and the leader of the EPP party today, speaking here, talked about an industrial shock. And he's right. This industrial upheaval is. Very negative industrial shock. Companies from the European Union are fleeing, moving their activities. We are witnessing this shock, because we vote almost every month in plenary sessions on aid from
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Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield (debate)
You represent independence in the European Parliament because you are an independent Member in a certain sense. I would like to ask you – and that is why I have bogus information at the moment that many NGOs and European organisations are against what we are talking about today – do you know the views of these NGOs? Can you name the NGOs that criticize what we are talking about today, that shield?
Thank you very much for accepting my question. I appreciate your comments. I know that you are an expert in environmental issues, because I have heard your comments many times. So I have a short question for you. Your group is very involved in the European Commission, you have your people there. What if we all came up with a project so that the European Commission would prepare a special grant for
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Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness (debate)
I would like to ask you a question because I liked your speech. You talked a lot about investments. It is very important for me that the EPP recognises this problem. That is why I would like to ask you for your opinion, because at the moment there is a group of countries in the European Union that says explicitly that if we implement the "do no harm to the environment" principle in the new budget
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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Irish Presidency (debate)
Madam President, I'm sorry. Mr. Prime Minister, I'm sorry. There's been a lot of courtesy so far. Now, a few details. One of the European think tanks He has just calculated that in 2025 the European Union lost 90 billion euros, because there is a huge offensive of Chinese industry in the European Union and companies are failing. We talk a lot about the Green Deal, and I want to say very clearly: F
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International Day of Play: promoting children’s right to play (debate)
Mr President, thank you very much. Polish educator and doctor Janusz Korczak said that when a child laughs, the whole world laughs. These beautiful words should resound today, here, in the hall and the memory of him. He was later killed during World War II. A few days ago, in the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets, we talked about the demographic catastrophe in the European Union and profe
Madam President, I'm sorry. In fact, I came here for educational purposes, because I am not an expert on the international politics of the European Union. I am doing something completely different here in Parliament. But my one point – and the question for today – is this: what's next? I heard a lot of different voices today. The Germans spoke from German positions, the French spoke from French po
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European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Stop destroying videogames’ (debate)
Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the Committee on Petitions, I would like to thank the organisers of the European Citizens' Initiative 'Stop destroying video games' for presenting this initiative to Parliament. Citizens can participate directly in the European democratic process, contribute to the European legislative debate and call on the Commission to consider taking action i
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Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market (debate)
I listened carefully to your speech. Of course, I also like what you said about the need to increase the sovereignty of the European Union's steel production. Ok, but where to get cheaper energy for steel production? This is a very, very energy-intensive industry. Do you think that with the help of renewable energy sources, does this "Green Deal" in this edition that we are proposing not kill the