What Nikolas spoke about.

Madam President, for those of us who have studied and lived in Britain and for those British friends who live and work in Europe, and here among us all these years, it is quite clear that we are united much more than what separates us or separated us at some point. Today, when conditions are more favourable than ever, when Britain and the European Union have to get out of their shells and play the

Madam President, the student demonstrations that are spreading across Europe are the response of a generation that sees education and its future sacrificed. It is so, ladies and gentlemen. When social needs are ignored for a long time, they lead to social explosions. It is a historical pattern that is repeating itself today. We warn the leadership of the European Union not to cut social spending o

Madam President, another colleague of ours is proving to have been the victim of surveillance with illegal spyware: Mr Kouloglou, a member of the Committee of Inquiry for this very purpose, to investigate surveillance with illegal software in Europe. It was preceded by an attempt to monitor another MEP, Nikos Androulakis, a member of the European Socialists and Democrats, who was sitting on those

Madam President, Madam High Representative, you mentioned Syria before and I would like to remind you that it is the obligation of the European Union to protect every religious and ethnic community in the Middle East. But unfortunately in Syria, massacres and persecution continue against ethnic and religious communities, such as Christians, Alawites and Kurds. What is the accountability of the reg

Madam President, dear colleagues, this vote is on a draft Council decision to allow women MEPs to vote by proxy in plenary, during pregnancy or after childbirth. I wish to congratulate our colleague and friend Juan Fernando López Aguilar from the S&D Group for his efforts and his work. This is a significant moment for our House, this is a significant achievement for our Parliament. I would also li

Mr President, for the umpteenth time in this Chamber, in our plenary and in the European institutions, we are concerned about Turkey's provocative actions. In other words, ladies and gentlemen, what do we think? What do we think? That Turkey, with its blatant violations of human rights, its violation of the principle of good neighbourliness, its violations of the rule of law, can be a pillar of ou

Madam President, colleagues and friends, a proxy vote for mothers is a critical step forward. We strongly and firmly support this, and we will vote enthusiastically for this. However, we believe that fathers on parental leave also deserve the attention of our House, and this is exactly what has been echoed in our amendments. We all invite you to vote for this and support this.

Mr President, the vast majority of the governments of our Member States are proving to be inferior to the circumstances. It has decided in the Council on a budget that is slashed, underweight and not commensurate with the real needs of our European family. We are trying here to find funds and increase spending on agricultural policy, on our young people, on demographics, on regional cohesion, on s

Madam President, a year ago we received two reports: the Letta report and the Draghi report. And, regardless of political positions and party origins, we have all agreed that the European Union faces social, economic and geopolitical existential challenges. A year later, the European Commission, which supposedly adopted around 300 recommendations from these reports, has advanced about 10 percent,

Mr President, security is not just about guns. Security is also the resilience of networks and infrastructure, prevention, the possibility of rapid compensation and restoration. In the next Multiannual Financial Framework tabled by the European Commission, resources for these things are scarce, poor. That is why I am asking today, here in plenary, for an escape clause from the strict fiscal rules,

Mr President, I warned about what happened, about the extremism that is sweeping Syria. With my question from January. In a letter to the High Representative in February. My personal visit to Damascus and Syria in the days of the great massacres in March, 7-9 March. With a new question to the Commission in April. And in the end, we have victims. Orthodox Christians who went to church on Sunday. Ho

Madam President, colleagues and friends, I wish to thank you all and, in particular, my fellow co-rapporteur Robert from S&D and shadow rapporteurs from different groups for your constructive cooperation throughout this process. We ended up to a balanced but also ambitious report, and I think this is a unique opportunity for our House and for our Union to show people out there that we can lead neg

Madam President, dear Prime Minister of Denmark. We welcome you to the European Parliament and, together with you, welcome the Danish Presidency. You govern a country, which in recent decades has made significant efforts for social cohesion, inclusion, reducing inequalities and, ultimately, prosperity. I urge you not to let these gains go to waste and with your presidency to emphasise not only com

Madam President, the Recovery and Resilience Facility is the first major serious attempt at joint lending in the European Union. It is the first major serious joint effort to tackle our common problems, and must be a safe guide for our next steps on this continent – in this family. It's got to work. And it must succeed by making the most of the last euro of European citizens. Our committee – the C

Madam President, I come from a Mediterranean country and a nation where the sea is the reason for its existence. But isn't that the case for the whole of Europe, ladies and gentlemen? The high seas spawned our democracy, spawned prosperity, spawned clemency, spawned solidarity, understanding, spawned global culture – and we must protect them. That is why I call – in this marine pact – for mandator

Madam President, the health of 500 million European citizens and the safety of their food is a very important thing to decide against the decisions and will of the representatives of these 500 million citizens of the European Union. This has been done systematically in recent years. The European Parliament condemns the expansion of genetically modified products and the latest fashion of producing

Mr President, I call for the release of the Swedish journalist Joakim Medin, who is currently on trial in Turkey for allegedly insulting President Erdoğan, and I call for the condemnation of President Erdoğan's provocative visit to the occupied part of Cyprus, which has been under illegal Turkish occupation for 50 years. Turkey is a revisionist force, which has invaded Cyprus, has invaded Syria, i

Mr President, Commissioner, we welcome you to our Parliament. We also welcome a pact for our seas and oceans, which will be legally binding, which will be ambitious, which will be mandatory and which will take into account ecosystems, but also the need to cooperate in a crucial area for the European Union and for the whole world. An important part of our seas is the Mediterranean. I call on you, C