What Anna-Maja spoke about.

Madam President, I would like to thank you for your High Representative! Russia started the war against Ukraine. It goes on every day. Civilians give their lives for Ukraine, and we will remember that Ukraine fights for us, for our freedom, every day. What we have seen in the Black Sea are direct attacks on EU countries. This is more than hybrid attacks. That is totally unacceptable, and it is now

Mr President, Commissioner, colleagues, Russia will remain a long‑term threat to Europe, even after the war in Ukraine ends. We must continue and increase our support to Ukraine while strengthening our own capacity to deter aggression and defend ourselves. And we must all understand – also you on the right wing – that there will be no Europe as we know and love it unless we are prepared to defend

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner. Europe needs to strengthen its defence. Each Member State needs to do more. Why? Well, because Russia will pose a long-term threat to Europe even after the day when Putin's war of aggression against Ukraine ends. When we strengthen our defences and our ability to stand on our own feet, it is ultimately about safeguarding our freedom, our security, o

Of course, it would be very good if we had peace in the world. But that does not mean that we can close our eyes to the environmental catastrophe that is happening in the world now, the climate catastrophe that we have. We have to work on many levels every day. We need to fight climate change. We need to get rid of fossil fuels. We will invest in the green transition, and we will work for a world

It seems that the parliamentarian has missed something elementary. It is Russia and Putin that have started a war against Ukraine, and it is tragic. That war is going on every day, and we will make sure that we do everything we can to support Ukraine, so that we in Europe do not buy Russian gas and oil. We can support Ukraine in our own way through our own actions in our countries, and it is our t

Mr President, Commissioner, we have only one planet. At the moment, it is burning in many places, and extreme weather events are becoming more common. Climate change is here. We see it with our own eyes every day, and thousands of people in Europe have lost their lives because of the heat. It's shocking. In Finland, due to blue-green algae, our children and grandchildren can no longer swim in the

Madam President, Vice-President of the Commission, the single market is a major asset, the full potential of which we are not yet using. At European Council meetings, we often hear prime ministers say that the single market must be strengthened. But when concrete decisions are to be taken, a tsunami of counterarguments often appear from Member States. Are the phones broken or the lines cut in our

Madam President, Commissioner, why did she not fight back? That question is still asked far too often after rape. It places the shame on the victim, not on the perpetrator. This must change now. The essential question should be: was there consent? Sexual violence against women is one of our biggest gender equality issues. It is time to strengthen the protection of victims and survivors, and change

Madam President, thank you very much. We live in a dangerous world and it is quite obvious that Europe must do more for its own defence. The Russian threat must be taken seriously, and it must also be realised in this room that it will be there. That is precisely why we need a strengthened internal market for defence. The Commission is on the right track. We need to do more. We need to do more tog

Madam President, Minister, in this dangerous world where we live right now, Europe must become stronger and strengthen its competitiveness. Why? Because our competitiveness and our security go hand in hand. That's why we must finally complete the single market. For us in Renew Europe, this is a clear priority. Too often, businesses still face fragmentation, excessive administrative burdens, and po

Madam President, Commissioner, it is time to see the world how it is, not as we wish it to be. The rules-based international order is under attack. President Trump's threats against Greenland and Denmark have shown that we can no longer rely on the United States in all circumstances. Therefore, Europe must go from words to action. We must strengthen our defence, reduce our dependence and build a f

Mr President, thank you very much. Firstly, I would like to express my warm support for the Greenlanders and for the Danes. We're with you. I would like to send the warmest greetings to all children and young people in Greenland. We will fight for you. Every country needs to respect international law. You don't take another country's territory. It accepts that every country has its sovereignty, ha

Madam President, thank you very much. The most valuable thing we have is our children and young people, and they need to grow up in safety also online. Today it is not so. Many young people are mentally ill because of what they have experienced online. Our responsibility as adults and our responsibility as the EU is to act and do it now. All the alarm bells are ringing. This is a new public health

Madam President, thank you very much. Commissioner. Who started the war against Ukraine? It was Putin. Who is it that has bombed, caused immense devastation, injury, excessive suffering? That was and is Putin. Who has violated international law? It's Putin. Therefore, the question is simple when you ask it: Who's gonna pay? Putin and his Russia will have to pay for it. What does the EU do? Not yet

Madam President, thank you very much. It is quite clear that the violations that Russia is subjecting us to in the air, at sea and online are totally unacceptable. That is why Member States need to act. That is why we need to work together, and the EU also needs to act. Therefore, it is also time to deploy the frozen Russian funds to support Ukraine. Ukraine's struggle, every day, is also our stru

Mr President, I would like to thank Commissioner Séjourné for mentioning my report on cutting red tape in the internal market and strengthening our competitiveness. We all know what we should do now. Now is the time to act. Anna, 30, is currently unemployed. He has a university degree, but the company he worked for got into profitability problems and had to lay off many employees. This is a realit

Madam President, thank you very much. Many thanks to the Commission and the Commissioner! It is good to hear that the Commission wants to take action, because we need it. Thank you colleagues for the debate, thank you for the discussion! It's clear that we can't sit on the couch and eat chips, but now we need to make sure there's action. The good thing is that we, the European Parliament, in our 2

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, thank you very much. We need to strengthen our internal market. With its 450 million inhabitants in 27 Member States, the EU is one of the largest economic blocs in the world. We all have the potential to do well in global competition. But we have an internal market whose full potential we are not using. Therefore, we do not reach the level of compe