What Cristian spoke about.

The resolution on the El-Obeid humanitarian catastrophe has been used by the left-wing and progressive groups in the European Parliament to attack the United Arab Emirates, instead of focusing strictly on resolving the humanitarian crisis in Sudan. This approach is even more problematic as the resolution ignores the role of actual malign actors, like Russia, Iran, and others, whose actions have co

Mr President, I voted in favour of the resolution on the intensification of Russian attacks on the Black Sea, because it recognises Romania's strategic importance and the challenges in the area caused by these attacks. As ECR Group co-rapporteur for this resolution, I managed to secure the inclusion of important provisions for Romania and Bulgaria and for the entire Black Sea region, such as suppo

Mr President, to the Commissioner, I have to say this: Mr Commissioner, you are in the wrong place and in the wrong seat right now. Because where you are sitting right now, your boss, Ursula von der Leyen, should have been sitting and listening to everything that my previous colleagues said, from the left (or wrong) side of the aisle to the right side of the aisle, because it's impossible to expla

Well, I am glad that you raised this question, and you ask me about what the Church says. Well, the Church is just repeating what the Bible says: all men are created equal in the image of God and we were redeemed by the sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ. And for exactly this reason, the rights that we are talking about are not privileges granted by us because we form a majority in this Parliament

Madam President, dear colleagues, Commissioner, the debate on artificial intelligence reminds us why Christian values have shaped our Western civilisation, and why they must remain its foundation. Christianity teaches that every human being possesses inherent worth because it is created in God's image, equal in dignity, endowed with universal and inalienable rights, and redeemed through the sacrif

Mr President, first question: where is Ursula von der Leyen? She came here this morning, had a monologue, preached to us how great a job her Commission does. But now, when we have to ask her directly, she ran away. She stated today, and praised herself, for deregulating and simplifying EU legislation. And among many things she mentioned that she is proposing right now an EU public procurement act.

Madam President, I voted in favour of this proposal to suspend this outrageous regulation on, including the way Christmas gifts are packaged. We all agreed, in the debate we had in the plenary session of the Parliament, that this regulation is needed. But I come and ask this: Why, after every proposal supported by the MEPs on the wrong side of the political spectrum, on the left, is a proposal vot

Madam President, I think we talk too much about Trump and the United States, and too little about what we can do to actually stop Russia. And I offer you two solutions or two proposals. First, closing the northern corridor. Today, right now, the trade deficit between the EU and China is over EUR 1 billion per day. The goods from China that are sold on the European markets are coming via Russia. Wh

You were talking about international order. Well it's exactly the international order that claims that we – all of us – recognise the sovereignty, the territorial integrity of all the countries. If we accept this premise that in exchange for peace, any country has to give away land to an aggressor; if we accept this precedent in Ukraine ... As a matter of fact, we accepted this precedent before; t

I'll speak in English just to make sure that we don't confuse each other. You're not the first member of The Left in this Parliament who's calling for peace. Peace is important. The question is: at what cost? If your country was attacked by an aggressor, how much of your country would you give away or would you accept to give away in exchange for peace? You know what is missing in this debate: wha

Madam President, honourable High Representative, dear colleagues, security at the Black Sea is not a matter that concerns only Romania or Bulgaria, but must concern the whole of Europe. Russian drone attacks on commercial ships, port infrastructure and transport routes in the Black Sea are no longer just a threat to Ukraine, but directly endanger European citizens. Europe cannot condemn Russia’s a

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the violence of the radical far left in France, Italy and Belgium is forcing us to say bluntly: The right to protest is fundamental, but it does not give anyone the right to burn, destroy, intimidate or cause anarchy. Europe was not built on class hatred, anarchy and contempt for its own history. European civilization bears the profound imprint of Christianit

Madam President, Commissioner, I congratulate you on the fact that since you are in the European Commission, you have brought some normality to the way these cohesion funds are offered to states. But you have an extremely heavy legacy left behind by those who were ahead of you in that position. To many Europeans, including Romanians, it is impossible to understand why these cohesion funds, for exa

Mr President, my name was mentioned twice, by two Members of the wrong side of the aisle. I'm a conservative, I'm on the right side of the aisle – but two Members from the wrong side of the aisle mentioned my name, related to things that I haven't said. First, the debate here is not about the banks. It's about the fact that Europeans have to pay higher taxes, higher commissions to companies becaus

Mr President, I look at my colleagues on the left side of the political spectrum and ask you: How long will you prove this hypocrisy? I saw MEPs from left-wing groups: Greens, Renew, who, melodramatically, come to tell us how hard and how bad this waste legislation is. Who voted for this legislation? That we didn't vote for her, from the conservative right, you voted for her! For years you have co

Madam President, Africa does not need aid. It needs investments and actions – mutually beneficial investments. We need to invest in energy, connectivity, food and critical raw materials, and I am wondering what is the perspective of the European Commission in investing in all these fields?

Madam President, dear colleagues, Putin is not afraid or concerned about statements, but if we act tough, the situation is going to change. But if we look back historically, the problem is that often, especially after 2007, instead of acting tough, we look weak. During the EU‑Russia summit in Lisbon in the fall of 2007, Putin said that if the international community is going to recognise the indep

Mr President, today we give thanks to God as we honour the Georgian nation for 17 centuries of fidelity to Christian faith – a testimony to courage, strength and national identity. For 1 700 years, the Gospel of Jesus Christ has been at the heart of Georgia's national life. Through persecution, evasion and suffering, the Cross of Christ has remained a source of hope, courage, and unity for the Geo

Madam President, I say to the Commissioner, when you put together vaccines with profits, you open the Pandora's box, and this Pandora's box was opened in Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. You claim that when we talk about vaccines, we need to base our decisions on evidence. I remind you that, in this plenary, your predecessors stated that we need to approve these vaccines. I voted agains

Madam President, Commissioner, as you know, medical care is a primary competence of the Member States. The role of the European Commission is to support states in delivering this healthcare, not to replace this competence. The report we are talking about here lists a number of problems that the medical system in the Member States of the European Union has. However, the solutions provided do not so

Since you mentioned the name of my country, Romania, I have to reply to what you said. The reason why many doctors from Romania had to leave my country is because the European Commission forced, at one point, the Romanian Government to close down on many beds in hospitals. Tens of thousands of beds were removed from hospitals, and because of that, many doctors did not have jobs, surprisingly. We s

Madam President, I voted in favour of this report because Europe can, and must, produce for its own defence, faster and more for its own defence. But we have a problem: on the one hand, the Commissioner for Defence comes and proposes this kind of Omnibus, to amend laws to improve everything that defence production means, on the other hand, Ursula von der Leyen and other Commissioners come up with