What Pekka spoke about.

Madam President, Madam High Representative, colleagues, cutting undersea cables, burning warehouses, attacking airports with drones, and now this sinking or damaging of over half a dozen ships, over two dozen sailors killed, wounded or missing in one week – an increasing amount of attacks against us. And what is our response? Discussions. According to many experts of international law, the pattern

Mr President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, thank you for the good discussion and supportive words about this omnibus. In this discussion, only the left and the right told the normal excuses to leave Europe and Ukraine defenceless and to be attacked, raped and pillaged by Russia. Luckily, the vast majority of this House supports the development of Europe's defence. The problem is clearly not our

Mr President, dear Commissioner, dear colleagues, over the past few years, Europe has finally realised the fact that not only is there an active war on our continent, but we are also involved. Since we are supporting Ukraine's legal and rightful defence, we are now the target of Russia's hybrid war and very possibly the target of Russia's next military aggression. Therefore, defence has obviously

Mr President, High Representative, dear colleagues, calling Russian actions against EU countries a hybrid operation is whitewashing the fact that Russia is waging a war against Europe. According to the Commander of the Russian armed forces, General Gerasimov, there are eight phases of warfare when Russia uses its capabilities to force the adversary to bow to Russian interests. Phases 6 to 8 are tr

Very interesting views. I wonder what you mean by saying that there's no budgetary discussion about the cost of the war? Because Hungary has clearly stated that it wants to support Ukraine in any possible way. We in Finland, in Denmark, in many other countries, have put several per cent of our GDP towards supporting Ukraine's existential fight for Europe's security. And you claim that that's a pro

Mr President, Madam Commissioner, dear colleagues, this motion for EU Parliament resolution is a very good paper. It lists carefully most of the Russia's heinous crimes against Ukraine and Ukrainians. It also delivers a very comprehensive list of actions that EU and EU Member States should take to support Ukraine and punish Russia. In the end, the ESN Group gives its minority position to the Commi

Mr President, Honourable High Representative, dear colleagues, drones penetrating EU countries' airspace or territorial waters are a problem. They cause warnings to take shelter and avoid movements, causing fear and anxiety among the population, actions that are still necessary since drones hitting residential areas are dangerous, as we saw happening in Romania not long ago. The same goes for how

Madam President, Madam High Representative, dear colleagues, the US decision to stop the rotation of US army brigade to Poland became a surprise. Typically for the Trump administration, it seemed to be a surprise even to the US army and the Congress. However, we have been warned about the reduction of the US forces in Europe ever since President Obama's time. So we had ample time to prepare, but f

Madam President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, the Russian war in Ukraine is going badly. And Russia's economy is crumbling, but Russia can still afford to wage information campaigns and corrupt our politicians, business leaders and unfortunately, also sports leaders. Russians are infiltrating themselves back to the European sports arenas with the help of corruption. It is not about sports. It is

Madam President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, ensuring accountability and justice after over four years of Russia's relentless attacks against civilians in Ukraine is extremely important. It is important so that we can put a price on Russia's crimes, so that we can make Russia pay for the damage it has caused, and that we can punish the criminals who have committed these crimes. This is importan

Madam President, colleagues, the report on the European flagship defence project is a good analysis of the many ways to improve our defence industry and defence capabilities. Among other things, the report stresses that Ukraine is a key part of Europe's defence architecture, and that we should develop our defence and industrial cooperation with Ukraine – and that is very true. During the four year

Mr President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, drones are not a silver bullet that will win wars or solve our defence issues, but they are here to stay, creating both threats and possibilities to our security and defence. Therefore, we need to be much better in developing them, producing them, using them and also countering them. But as this report tells us, we have one big problem in this and it is

It's simple. Ukraine is a democratic country which was attacked by Russia. Palestinians in Gaza are led by terrorists who attacked Israel.

Mr President, High Representative, dear colleagues, the third annual report recognises Russia and China as our main threats and adversaries, but it also gives us a warning about the United States. The report lists a number of defensive activities for the EU. But the most important message is on page nine. When discussing the Russian hybrid warfare against the EU, the report calls on the Commission

Madam President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, the now infamous 28-point peace plan started a series of negotiations that are still ongoing. Everybody knows – or at least they should know here – that this is not a serious attempt to reach peace from the Russian side. This is just Putin's attempt to delay and in the meantime kill more Ukrainians. Unfortunately it works. Nobody talks about planned

Mr President, dear colleagues, the most important lesson from history for us is that you don't stop dictators by appeasing them. Well, we all know that Putin has no interest in making peace in Ukraine, since nobody dares to tell him the truth in Russia, he still believes – wrongly – that he can win the war. Therefore, he has playtime with President Trump. We saw it in Alaska. We see it clearly now

Madam President, dear colleagues, as already mentioned here, every day that the war continues, innocent Ukrainian soldiers and civilians die. Therefore, we have to act fast. However, there are some who want the United States to support the use of frozen Russian assets in the G7. Well, what we have learned about President Trump is that the only predictable thing about him is that he is unpredictabl

Mr President, in accordance with Rule 60(4), I request that the file be referred back to the committees responsible for interinstitutional negotiations.

Mr President, dear colleagues, the report we are voting on today updates the decision establishing the Standing Forestry Committee. For decades, this forum has ensured that the Member States' knowledge and experience are taken into account in EU policy making. Throughout these negotiations, our goal has been to update what is necessary while focusing on the most important point: we need cooperatio

Madam President, dear colleagues, even after these recent violations by Russia, some people say that we are not at war with Russia. This is true. However, Russia is at war with us. This is not me saying this; it's Putin himself saying so. Russia has waged a hybrid war against us, and it has prepared for conventional attack against us for over 15 years, constantly increasing its efforts to destabil

Madam President, dear colleagues, I totally agree with Commissioner Kallas in her very wise words. Europe is not safe before Ukraine is safe, and to safeguard Ukraine's safety and freedom, it is crucial that Ukraine can join the EU. Even though Ukraine is fighting existential war to survive, it has been able to take big steps towards its future EU membership. It is extremely important that this po

Madam President, High Representative, dear colleagues, we all know that the threat of Russia is acute and that time to prepare our defence is short. We also know that we are too weak and need to be stronger. Some people claim that investing more in our defence will ruin our welfare. That is a clear lie. NATO countries used, before the end of the Cold War, for decades around 4 % of their GDP on def

Thank you for the good question. I think we are living in very dangerous times, and this won't end in one year or two years, or not even in President Trump's term, it will continue for decades. So Europe has to grow up and be strong – both economically and militarily – so that we can take care of our own independently, hopefully with good cooperation with the United States some time after Trump's

Madam President, dear colleagues, some people in this plenary question the need for defence investments. Either they say that we should try diplomacy or that Russia is not a threat – both are wrong. Russia has broken the Minsk agreements and other agreements hundreds of times and it is well recorded. We can't trust Russia. Diplomacy won't work. Those who say that Russia is not a threat normally co

Mr President, dear colleagues, the war in Ukraine is now in a crucial phase. Ukraine is under great pressure, but Russia is not about to win this war. However, Putin seems to think so. Therefore, we need to act decisively to prove him wrong. The Russian army is exhausted and its economy is weakening. Now it's time to support Ukraine by funding its defence industry, which is capable to produce mate