What Fernand spoke about.

Madam President, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the ECSC, many representatives of the steel industry told us about their problems: exorbitant energy prices due to sanctions against Russia and tensions in the Middle East, exorbitant bureaucracy and regulations despite the Commission's promises, persistent obstacles in a market that is far from being unique, and inadequate rules preventi

Madam President, I propose that the European Council, the Assembly of our Heads of State and Government, be renamed the 'Ukrainian Council' and that its President, Mr Costa, be replaced by Mr Zelensky. Indeed, the European Council clearly does not care about European citizens and their problems. In its draft conclusions, it devotes exactly 12 lines to competitiveness and one line to the migration

Madam President, Taoiseach, Ireland's Presidency must not be a presidency like all the others. Many Europeans hope Ireland will build on its own proud history and independent character, rather than obediently fulfil the Commission's agenda. Ireland is a neutral country and should oppose the EU's transformation into a European NATO. Instead of supporting the escalation and prolongation of conflicts

Mr President, the case of Finnish MP Päivi Räsänen should alarm us. Finland's Supreme Court convicted her for expressing Christian beliefs on marriage in a church pamphlet written over 20 years ago. The implications go far beyond Finland. Under the EU's Digital Services Act (the DSA), online platforms must remove so-called hate speech. If a national court decides that a Bible-based quote constitut

Mr President, the European Union cannot even agree on a negotiator with Russia, but it has the ambition to sit as a permanent member of the Security Council. In fact, France already represents European interests and the EU does not need to be represented twice. It is the Indian subcontinent, Africa and Latin America that should obtain a permanent seat. These are the regions with the future. While

Madam President, the Commission seeks to introduce age controls on social media under the pretence of protecting our children. Its real purpose, however, is the abolition of anonymity on the internet and the further extension of its already overreaching control and censorship mechanisms. In reality, the EU does not care about protecting minors; its aim is to abolish free speech and privacy for eve

I would like to answer you, Madam, first of all to say that I did not focus in my speech on the definition of rape, but on the consequences of the legislation you are proposing on gender relations. It's a different discussion, but I think it's very important. I would also like to tell you that the developments you are proposing here are a serious threat to the legal culture in our societies. We ha

Mr President, feminism is an ideology that betrays women. Most of them aspire to be happy with their families, husbands and children. More and more often, feminism prevents them, because it makes relations between the two sexes increasingly difficult. Initiatives like the ones we are discussing today expose men to incalculable legal risks when they court a woman or engage in sexual intercourse wit

Mr President, those who wish to precipitate Ukraine's accession to the European Union pursue a single goal: We are dragging ourselves into a war against Russia. There can be no question of that. Ukraine will not be favoured over other candidate countries. Before it joins, it will have to live in peace with all its neighbours and meet all the Copenhagen accession criteria. This is not currently the

Mr President, talking about the European Union's foreign policy is difficult, because under Mrs Kallas such a policy does not exist. Instead of improving international relations, it degrades them. Instead of engaging in dialogue with her counterparts, she drives them in. Instead of working for peace, it advocates war. While the High Representative has replaced diplomacy with Russophobia, the doors

Madam President, on 17 September, more than 50 NGOs from across Europe sent the Commission a warning. The message was simple: the Digital Services Act is becoming less a shield for citizens and more a muzzle on speech. Quoting the letter: 'the DSA risks violating Article 11 of the EU Charter on Fundamental Rights'. Madam President, legal acts written in vague words, implemented by politicised enfo

Mr President, Madam Vice-President, I understand the European Commission's reasons for imposing a fine on Google. No one should abuse their power to limit freedom of expression. But why does the Commission not apply the same principle to itself? Is it not also a judge and party under the DSA? It monitors or has others' publications monitored, it limits freedom of expression while pretending otherw

Madam President, Prime Minister, welcome to this House. Today, you should have spoken Luxembourgish, at least in part of your speech. Among all the nations represented here, the Luxembourgish nation is the only one whose representatives do not have the right to express themselves in their own language. I therefore ask you to conclude without delay an administrative arrangement with the Council and

Mr President, Commissioner, this subject would be better known as 'the American tariff diktat', even though the Commission has not even negotiated to defend European commercial interests. Obsessed with its desire to further prolong the war in Ukraine with the help of the United States, it yielded to all the demands, and this in a key area of its competence. Why then do we need a European Commissio

Madam President, Prime Minister, the Trump administration, Secretary of State Rubio, General Kellogg openly declare that the war in Ukraine is a proxy war, a coalition war waged by the United States and NATO against Russia. Thanks to the New York Times, we know that it is ordered from Wiesbaden. At the same time, President Trump tells us that this war is that of President Biden and that, if he had

Mr President, Commissioner, the blackout in Spain on 28 April laid bare the perilous flaws of the Green Deal. Addiction to unstable renewable energy promoted by NGOs and funded by the European Union threatens to plunge our citizens into darkness. Our energy policy must be based on science and not on ideological chimera. The interconnection of electricity networks must enhance stability rather than

Madam President, this reminder to the Rules of Procedure relates to Rule 144, which lays down the time-limits within which written questions must be answered. Of the 40 written questions I put or co-signed in my first year in this Parliament, only half a dozen were answered within the deadline. Among the questions that remain unanswered are also important questions for all of us. Often the answers

Madam President, today we are being asked to grant discharge for the management of a number of agencies and bodies of the Union. This is a good opportunity to take a closer look and see that some of these entities are far from meeting our expectations or are even clearly superfluous. In the latter category, we can classify the European Institute for Gender Equality, which is an institution that pr

Mr President, the European Commission is constantly demanding more money to wage a war in Ukraine instead of seeking peace, to pursue a ruinous and ineffective climate policy, and to act in areas in which it has no competence. In open violation of the treaties, it constantly wants to increase debts in order to make integration irreversible. The Commission does not deserve our trust. We must put an