What Anja spoke about.

Mr President, Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu and Ilhamiz Guliyev have been detained on political grounds in Azerbaijan, as have many Armenian prisoners of war. Now we heard last Monday that Dr. Ibadoghlu was released, just after the resolution we are discussing tonight came on the agenda. Political pressure helps. Only he can only go home temporarily, for a month. That's not enough. And those other political

Mr President, plastic pellets, also known as nurdles, are plastic pellets that are used as the basis for plastic products. The problem with this product is that it is transported by container ships, a container goes overboard and you guess what happens to those grains: They end up on the beaches. Five years ago, this happened in my neighbourhood, in Noord-Friesland, on the Wadden Islands. They wer

Mr President, making money on the back of the environment or people: There are companies that do that, but then someone else pays the price and they make the money. Fortunately, there are also many companies that want to be socially responsible. They need clarity, because they want a level playing field. They want directives so that they do not lag behind in competition. Now there was a proposal a

Mr President, money and gas instead of human rights: This is what the EU has chosen so far. She exchanged Putin's gas for Aliyev's gas. And Aliyev is the dictator of Azerbaijan, the dictator who mercilessly expelled the Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh. How can the EU do business with such a type? Today we are talking about closer ties between the EU and Armenia. Closer ties with Armenia cannot go

Mr President, the world's oceans are under serious threat, not only from climate change, but also from plastic pollution. We see it now on the coast of Portugal and Spain with all plastic granules. But this happens a lot more often. This is a problem, because plastic becomes microplastic and that ends up in the fish and we eat that, so it is also a problem for the fishermen. That is why I welcome

Mr President, Nagorno-Karabakh is the homeland of one of the oldest Christian communities in the world and the Armenians who have lived there for centuries have now simply been mercilessly expelled from their country. And the worst thing is that Aliyev and also Turkey are threatening to continue with their actions and that must really be prevented. The EU has an important role to play in this and