What Konstantinos spoke about.

Madam President, there is one extreme: Fascism. That's what I know, and we've paid him dearly in Europe. This notorious politics with the theory of two extremes will not do us any good. Mrs von der Leyen, when you took over, we were at a crucial crossroads in whether the Union would pursue policies of equitable development, prosperity and peace. And you chose the other path, extreme neoliberalism,

Mr President, what we are witnessing in Ceuta is the normalisation and institutionalisation of the far-right anti-European agenda, which abolishes the right to asylum, international law and human dignity. We in Greece have experience and a picture of what you say about European solidarity, but I think it is clear in this case that political centres in Europe and beyond wanted destabilisation – bot

Madam President, enlargement means peace. We've proven that. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, the government of the Left signed the Prespes agreement with North Macedonia. But integration is not only a geopolitical and economic choice, but also a commitment to the values of democracy and the rule of law. In Albania, thousands of people have been demonstrating for days on the occasion of the construc

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we support this directive. It is a good directive and I think it is a positive start. The real test, in my opinion, is its application, and I will tell you why. In my country we have seen the exact opposite of what we are discussing today. Sunday Griva, a victim of femicide outside a police station, went to ask for help and police officers said

Mr President, Commissioner, it is not an unfortunate loss of life at work. It is murder and Member States consent to lawlessness. Not unlucky were the five workers at Violanta company in Trikala. The government did not carry out the necessary checks. In the European Union in 2023, there were 3 298 deaths of female workers. In Greece in 2025 we had 201 dead workers, while since the beginning of the

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, 19 May today. We live days of unbridled revisionism and Ankara is a key contributor to data and history. He is essentially a negative protagonist. We are currently talking here, and in Cyprus, in a Member State, there is an occupying army. As we speak, the Ankara regime is raising the issue of dangerous revisionism with the pseudo-narrative of the so-called blue

Mr President, Commissioner, we live in a contradictory environment, in principle. On the one hand, the livestock sector is being tested and threatened with zoonoses, as is the case in my home country, and especially in Lesvos, where production is threatened to disappear, one of the largest islands in the Mediterranean. And I want to note here that, on the other hand, the government has left people

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, first of all, thank you very much for this debate. Rule of law issues are fundamental and elementary. There can be no petty political games, no selfishness, no intransigence. I would like to say to the Bureau, because we have heard words which, I think, are contrary to Rule 10 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure. This cannot be allowed to happen all the time.

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, first of all I would like to personally thank all of you, all of you, all of your colleagues and heads who helped to have a report, all of the shadow rapporteurs and all of the staff, colleagues and offices who participated in the process with proposals and amendments, the relevant collaborators of the political groups, the LIBE secretariat and its

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, on the occasion of this day, I think we should say that we need to protect ourselves, to protect the value of human life. I would say that we should also set up an observatory, essentially the European Parliament, because the Member States do not seem to be in compliance with European directives. To address the social risks, which according to the ILO, are re

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, yesterday we had a debate on the problematic, non-existent rule of law in Greece and the tactics of cover-up that continue with the issue of Predator. Today we bring back the issue of the cover-up of the Tempi crime. The Greek state, using various tactics, obstructs the request of relatives for the exhumation of the victims, in order t

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the Annual Report on the European Semester reminds us that the Union's economic governance cannot be measured only by indicators of competitiveness and budgetary discipline, but also by its capacity to strengthen social cohesion and improve citizens' lives. That is the key issue. Of course, we have new facts following the adventurisms of Mr Trump in the Middl

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the criminal populism experienced by many citizens in our Member States in recent years is sliding and sliding us with mathematical certainty into authoritarianism. It seems that Mr. Fico can make Mr. Mitsotakis jealous. In Athens, the government spokesman threatened a press reporter, Mr Avramidis, who dared to ask in the press room. But regardl

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, good morning to everyone. When we hear too much pseudo-patriotism and fear, it is good for workers and workers to worry. Brecht has said it too. In our view, the security of Europe is social cohesion. This is the security pillar. When social inequalities are widening, can we really talk about a resilient Europe? The new European Pillar of Social Rights Action

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, according to the EU acquis, the editorial and functional independence of public information bodies, their good administration and, of course, transparency in appointments and dismissals, protection against political or business interference, as well as adequate, stable and predictable funding, are self-evident. As a former journalist, for years in Greece, ser

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, with so many crises and tensions facing Europe at the moment, when we see clearly imperialist, expansionist policies unfolding, we are one step away from total destruction. They're tearing us apart. That is, to be clear, President Trump is now talking about abolishing the UN and creating a peculiarly closed peace club willing to pay for it. And the Union leaders

Madam President, Mr President, Cyprus has experience, it has know-how, it has a democratic tradition and this has been clearly demonstrated by the previous successful presidency of the late Dimitris Christofias. Cyprus, the only Member State of our Union with an occupying army, takes over the presidency at a difficult juncture for the Union, with the revisionist dangerous policy of the United Stat

Mr President, what have we heard from the far right today? I mean, it's really unhistorical, but I'll stay on the subject. I really wonder why we have to deal with arms issues, issues of international trade agreements. The whole side here, hand in hand with Mrs von der Leyen, is always asking for urgent procedures. But when it comes to issues of discrimination, we have been freezing this very seri