Crackdown on peaceful pro-European demonstrators in Georgia (debate)
The EU has failed in a sad way with regard to Georgia. Now the people are on the streets because of election irregularities. The EU was unfaithful to its own principles and, in its mere greed for enlargement, did not act sufficiently, did not sting hard, and allowed situations to escalate to this point. Instead of addressing the erosion of democracy in a timely manner, the EU has behaved gently wi
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Outcome of COP 29 and challenges for international climate policy (debate)
USD 300 billion each year by 2035. That’s how much money will be ripped off from European and other developed countries as a result of the climate conference. For what? For funding climate work in Africa, for instance. Europe accounts for only eight per cent of global emissions. However, we are told to pay up, while China and India only keep polluting more and more. Once again, we have been fooled
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Simplification of certain requirements and procedures for chemical products (debate)
Mr President, how many Chinese bat diseases are still going to be treated in this house with Chinese medicines? Most of the critical raw materials for medicines, up to 70-90%, are imported from Asia, in particular China. Many of the low-cost basic medicines sold in Europe, such as antibiotics and painkillers, arrive in Europe as ready-made products, mainly from India. The main challenge of depende
Mr President, the EU regulates something as simple as bottle caps; just imagine how much it regulates something as complex as AI. Europe has realised that America and China are developing AI at a pace that we here could only dream of. But the problem is that the EU thinks regulation is the solution to catching up with our competitors. When you are a hammer, every problem looks like a nail. And the
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UN Climate Change Conference 2026 in Antalya, Türkiye (COP31) (debate)
Mr President, EU leaders have betrayed us. How many cars have to be burned? How many policemen have to be hurt? How many businesses have to be looted? How many cultural sites have to be destroyed? How many neighbourhoods have to be segregated? How many centres of radicalisation have to be built? How many terrorists do we have to tolerate? How many girls have to be raped? How many areas have to be
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European support to defend the International Criminal Court (debate)
Madam President, the International Criminal Court has failed. In 2024, the ICC was expected to visit Israel. Israeli authorities were preparing to present evidence against the accusations Israel had faced regarding the war in Gaza. However, the fact-finding visit was cancelled by the ICC and instead an arrest warrant was sought against Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. An institution th
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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 – all sections (debate)
Mr President, Greta Thunberg is an excellent compass for shaping EU policy. You see, if we do the opposite of what Greta Thunberg demands, we're going in the right direction. Not to impose sanctions on Israel, not to impose further restrictions on our companies and not to cancel the construction of return centres outside the EU. The same applies to border security. The European Border and Coast Gu
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EU–UK summit: renewed ambition for a closer partnership (debate)
Madam President, Europe cannot continue to ignore the consequences of mass migration. Look at France: we see riots, vandalism and chaos as second- and third-generation migrants terrorise cities. Look at the United Kingdom: rape numbers are going through the roof – what could be the reason? At the same time, radical Islam is getting out of hand: even an Arab country has limited its students going t
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EU strategies for islands, coastal communities and outermost regions (debate)
Mr President, the area along Finland's eastern border is one of the most important regions of Europe as a whole. Dense forest, call, desolate villages. For the city bubble in Brussels, this may look bleak, but it isn't. That area ensures that the rest can live in those city bubbles. It is the longest border of an EU country with Russia. This long border region will not remain viable by any means o
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The cases of Ali Karimli, Anar Mammadli and other political prisoners in Azerbaijan
Mr President, there are over 300 political prisoners in Azerbaijan, some sentenced to 13 years in prison. Hate to say it, but it is the EU's business partner that imprisons opposition figures and journalists. What message is the EU putting out by not acting? Does it mean that violations can be bought at a certain price? Can values be ignored when the benefits are big enough? The EU has been giving
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Attempts by the ruling party Georgian Dream to ban opposition parties in Georgia
Mr President, Europe is on its way to having a new dictatorship. The Georgian regime is tightening the screws even further on the nation. Foreign-funded organisations, activists and independent groups: for a leadership seeking a dictatorship, these have posed a threat, but what is even more frightening for a party reaching for a dictatorship is opposition. Now, the ruling party is aiming to ban op
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Human rights situation in Iran, notably the cases of Taraneh Rahimi and Leila Abolhasani
Mr President, European selective moral disgusts me. A 20‑year‑old girl, Taraneh, was sentenced to death in Iran for 'waging war against Allah'. She simply opposed the Islamic regime. What is Europe doing? Our highest officials are having dialogues with the killers. The Islamic regime is constantly killing people – many just like Taraneh. But you on the left, tell me: where are your boat stunts tow
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Implementation of the Nature Restoration Regulation (debate)
Mr President, the EU Restoration Regulation is one of the most terrible mistakes of EU policy this century. The large-scale forest protection scenario would saw more than 20,000 jobs in Finland. If 20,000 Finns leave work, a long queue of family members and mothers will leave the unemployment card system. The left, the so-called workers' defender, rejoiced at the passage of such a killer. At the s
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Ensuring promotion of clean energy in European policies (debate)
Mr President, high energy prices are penalising citizens. One of the great lashers for citizens in recent years has been the green-left and their energy policies. Would it finally be time for you to admit the impossibility of wind and solar power acting as our stable energy base? There is a true energy stone legacy, but that is what you have wanted for ages and times to crumble and even concretely
Mr President, the EU is sowing taxpayers' money in corrupt countries for billions of dollars. The 2024 statistics have confirmed and reveal that the EU and its Member States mobilised almost EUR 90 billion in development aid in one year. Just a few hours ago, this hall discussed the cost-of-living crisis in Europeans. When you look at this shoveling of money around the world, the cost-of-living cr
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Empowering Europeans to address the cost-of-living crisis (debate)
Mr President, the Finnish Automobile Association is telling us what the EU's problem is. Direct quote: "EU regulation first raises the cost of fossil energy and mobility, then builds a new support scheme to mitigate regulatory harm." It's exactly this headless how the Autoliitto describes it. But what does the EU do? It also tightens the scope of emissions trading to transport from the beginning o
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An ambitious multiannual financial framework 2028-2034 for a strong and resilient Europe (debate)
So, Mr Colleague, one third of climate finance, this figure comes from the Commission's proposal, and you have certainly read it. Prioritisation can be done, but it is a matter of value choices. For example, we in the Conservatives think that it is now more important to focus on security and defence than to direct such a huge part of this 2,000 billion bill to climate finance.
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An ambitious multiannual financial framework 2028-2034 for a strong and resilient Europe (debate)
Right-wing parties, such as the EPP, have traditionally advocated strict financial discipline and resisted loose spending. Now I understand that you are defending this growth of money in the EU. Isn't it the case that one third of the budget that goes to climate finance is far too much? Could we not make prioritisation from there and finance the important projects that we have, for example, in the
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The state of play of advancing EU-Africa trade and investment relations (debate)
Madam President, the traditional era of Euro‑African relations is dead. Africa does not want our pity. Our decades‑long charity has not been working either. What Africa wants is technology, access to markets and hard infrastructure. What Europe should want is to be integrated into one of the fastest‑growing markets on earth. Africa will not grow, and Europe will not become integrated into African
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The 2026 undemocratic elections to the Russian State Duma and its implications on civil society (debate)
You mentioned that there have been no elections in Ukraine and you see this as a problem. I just met a delegation of Ukrainian MPs. There were also opposition representatives there, and their common message was that they did not want elections during the state of war. They did criticise Zelenskyy's policy as opposition politicians, but their unified message was that there would be no elections in