What Nikola spoke about.

The European Commission has repeatedly claimed that the Migration and Asylum Pact equips the EU with better tools to secure its external borders and respond effectively to migration challenges. However, these are largely hollow promises. The current Returns Directive remains ineffective, and although President von der Leyen has spoken about reviewing the framework, years have been wasted. Since 20

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, honourable Commission, a big deal with Libya, Tunisia, Morocco or Algeria? Fine. An agreement that includes trade, investment, energy, education and security? Well, yes. But as a migration expert, I'm interested in a few very specific things. Will partner countries really cooperate on the return of their citizens who do not have the right to stay in the European

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, hand on heart: If we realized every second what awaits our children in the online world, would we let them in? Would we drink coffee in peace while they watch something on TikTok? I don't think so. We protect our children from a young age when we assemble car seats or store washing powders where they cannot reach. As a mom, I know our kids don't just face ina

Mr President, migration, drones and sabotage are the daily reality of hybrid attacks in Europe. Thousands of migrants are being used to illegally cross the borders of the European Union, put pressure on our services and divide our societies. This, by the way, was what it looked like on the Polish-Belarusian border, and it clearly showed us that strong borders mean a safe Europe. The recent attacks

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, behind every tonne of European steel there are thousands of people, temperatures over two thousand degrees Celsius, and it is one of the most demanding professions ever. Steel production is a hard and strategically important job for the whole of Europe. This is especially true today, when Europe is talking about greater investment in defence and our security. It

Madam President, dear colleagues, making everyday life safer and simpler for people and businesses: that should be the main objective of the European Union. Sadly, in the past couple of years, we haven't always seen this, but this will change. So what does this proposal bring to the table? For consumers, it means clearer, more readable labels on chemical products so you can quickly understand the

Madam President, dear colleagues, the single market is something on which the European Union was built. By allowing free movement, it has created opportunities, growth and cooperation across our continent that had never been seen before. Yet one of the EU's greatest assets remains incomplete to this day. Because of this, it is as if we are placing 40 % tariffs on ourselves – not our foes, not our

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, another debate on migration and still no viable solution. Europe is not a victim. Europe is not powerless. Europe is not without options and tools. But it's time to realize this and start using your power. Strong outer boundaries, that's one part of the equation. The other is the people we know are in Europe illegally and do not have permission to stay. These pe

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to congratulate Cyprus, which is taking up its presidency this month. I have read with interest the priorities of the Cypriot Government and consider the word autonomy to be key. The European Union must be independent vis-à-vis its enemies, but also vis-à-vis its friends. The independence we achieve through defence, security, competitiveness. I f

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, organised crime, drug gangs and illegal migration are today one of the most serious security threats in Europe. Drug traffickers don't just sell drugs, they try to control territory, intimidate citizens, corrupt institutions, and create parallel structures of power. Where the state retreats, there is violence, and that is unacceptable. We see this in our cities,

Madam President, dear colleagues, children are the most vulnerable group in our society, and even though we have made the physical world safer for them, we are failing in the online world. We clearly see how constant online exposure is harming young people. But what is the solution, total surveillance around the clock? Certainly not. Even if it were possible, it would not help the generation alrea

Mr President, the European Union has been issuing one package of sanctions after another for three years, and yet we all know that these sanctions have long been circumvented through third countries, through renamed companies, through refineries that process Russian oil and then resell it to Europe. On a business trip to India, I witnessed it myself. Russian oil will be transported there, filtered

Mr President, dear Commission, dear colleagues, the new European taxes? No, thank you. It is true that the Commission calls this new own resources because it cannot call it by its real name. It sounds technically, but honestly, it means new European taxes – invented in Brussels, collected in Brussels and spent in Brussels. ETS 2, the so-called emission allowances for households, is not about savin

Mr President, Commission, dear colleagues, the document itself is marked 'Sensitive – Do not read or carry out'. The European Commission calls it 'Europe's independence moment'. And I ask myself: independence? From whom? From the people? From democracy? From the Member States? Now the reality behind all of this: 130 new legislative acts and only one single withdrawal? Yes. Just one. You call it a

Madam President, in the twenty-first century, our companies need above all support and speed, not another rope to the already tied hands. Sadly, the EPP's largest faction, which pretends to be the defender of the European economy, is now proposing additional bureaucratic hurdles. And I am surprised that this is also coming from the Employment Committee, which should support jobs, not liquidate the

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. In 2015, when Chancellor Merkel announced her open-door policy, I began working at the forefront of migration in Austria, right in the asylum centres. I saw thousands of illegal migrants arriving. I have witnessed with my own eyes how some of them radicalized, and often this ended in tragic consequences. Ten years later, we have to be honest: Mass immigration di

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues, cooperation between Europol and the Brazilian police is the key to tackling crimes that affect both our regions. By sharing information, we can identify criminals, trafficking routes and illegal shipments much earlier. Drug trafficking into the EU remains a growing threat. Human trafficking and smuggling networks exploit migration routes. Mon

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, let us please leave behind political ideologies for a moment and be realistic. We are shutting down cheaper sources of energy. Germany has shut down nuclear power plants, and we in the Czech Republic are planning an early end to coal sources. At the same time, we are pushing renewables regardless of their availability, stability and price. The result is expen

Mr President, dear colleagues, allow me to thank the rapporteur, Mr Sánchez, for the constructive discussion during our meetings. Nevertheless, the Patriots for Europe cannot agree with many points of this report. While the report offers some valuable insights, in our opinion, it lacks clarity in certain areas and avoids addressing key issues. Türkiye is undoubtedly an important and strategic part

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, more agencies, more officials, more projects and fewer and fewer results. European Union agencies are growing and distributing billions, but citizens often have no idea what they are doing. Europe will not be stronger by adding more structures and increasing the budget, but by improving its functioning. The European Union manages more than EUR 200 billion per ye

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Pfizergate, the Huawei corruption scandal, secret agreements to distribute money to the media, bribery of non-profit organisations – these are the specific corruption scandals that have shaken this Parliament and the European Commission. How can we take statements on the need for greater integrity, transparency and the fight against corruption seriously? The

Mr President, one hundred days of this Commission has been enough to make it clear who it serves. Not Europe, but the Greens and their ideology. From day one, the Commission has abandoned strategic thinking and bet everything on meaningless decarbonisation, while Europe faces the biggest security threats in decades. Clean Industrial Deal, this is not a plan for a competitive Europe, but another na

Madam President, Commission, suicidal empathy at the expense of our people is Europe's return policy to date. In 2022, more than half a million people received return decisions, but only eighty-six thousand were deported, while the rest remained illegally in Europe. While we have listened for years to stories from the Commission and politicians about how the migration pact will protect us, there h