What Maria spoke about.

I strongly disagree with the Draghi report, which is completely in the wrong direction and essentially favours the rich, leaving the poor behind. Business competitiveness reduces bread at the household table. The future of work in Europe is at a crossroads. Artificial intelligence can increase business productivity, but without preventive measures it will lead to increased unemployment and inequal

Madam President, Mrs Mînzatu, we are told that workers must acquire new skills. Agreed. But who will pay for the training and who guarantees that it will lead to better work rather than cheaper workers? In Greece, only 15% of recent vocational graduates gained work experience during their studies; in Europe, 65%. As an MEP and trade unionist, I tabled amendments linking public funding to collectiv

Mr President, today, while we are debating the future of the Mediterranean, the Parliament of eastern Libya has approved the Turkish-Libyan memorandum, an agreement that the European Union itself has deemed contrary to the law of the sea. Erdoğan is moving forward with the "Blue Homeland". The threat of war against Greece remains. Cyprus still lives with the Turkish occupation, and today's report

Madam President, Marco Rubio threatened to dissolve the International Criminal Court piece by piece because he investigated allegations of American crimes in Afghanistan and issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant. These are statements by an international terrorist. The European Union has issued a communication; so what? In the Greek Parliament, the Foreign Minister admitted that in the m

Madam President, Commissioner, I have the impression that some people in Greece and Europe imagine that the Greek islands are inhabited by Croats. Because it is not explained otherwise. You need a doctor, you wait for a helicopter, or you pay a fortune to get around by boat, if you can. Schools, hospitals, doctors and teachers, few to non-existent. The electricity, the fuel, the food too expensive

Mr President, Commissioner, let us finally speak clearly. Greece does not ask for anyone's permission to exercise its sovereign rights. Cyprus, 52 years after the Turkish invasion, is advancing, evolving, even though it still has an occupation army on its territory. The European Union wants to play a role on the world chessboard, but you still don't know who that is. On the one hand you cling to t

Mr President, the Affordable Housing Regulation cannot be about how the market works better: The market, speculation, have brought us here today. In Kypseli, Athens, families are fighting for their own homes, after serious damage was done to apartment buildings by a private contractor in the metro projects. In Greece and across Europe, citizens are faced with auctions by private banks, servicers a

Commissioner, I urge you to withdraw this proposal. The so-called 28th regime is not an innocent administrative change. It is a dangerous door for letterbox companies, social dumping and the weakening of collective rights. The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) itself warns that there are no binding guarantees for workers. The European Trade Union Institute warns that it is paving the way f

Madam President, Commissioner, climate change is already changing the temperature and chemistry of the seas. It causes species displacement, biodiversity loss and increasing pressure on coastal ecosystems. Nevertheless, the Common Fisheries Policy continues to treat marine ecosystems primarily as a habitat for fisheries resources and not as critical infrastructure to tackle the climate crisis. In

Madam President, Europe was born on the ruins of a dark past. She promised her citizens that they would never fear again that someone was listening behind the door, reading their letters or watching their thoughts. Yet today another MEP – a second MEP – is revealed to have been the target of Israeli spyware. When a Member of the European Parliament is monitored, he or she is not alone in danger; T

Mr President, every summer we have the same debate, the same mistakes. Nature didn't surprise us. Science has been warning for decades. But every time you had to choose between environment and profit, you chose profit. You have given land and water – forest, coastline, natural resources – in the name of a supposed development. Today it is not paid by those who have won; People are paying him. Ther

Madam President, Commissioner and colleagues, when you read this report you feel that Europe is suffering from political amnesia. The first pages record violations of rights, imprisonment of dissidents, democratic backsliding, violations of the sovereign rights of Member States. And a few paragraphs later he talks about strategic cooperation, further customs cooperation, defence, security and deep

(EL) Madam President, 13 hours of work again being unable to pay for a · home They want us to consider it normal. We should consider it normal for young people to stay in their children's room until they are 35. We should consider it normal for older people to choose between medicine, food and heating. This is Greece's notorious success story. No, Europe does not have a problem of lack of wealth.

Madam President, Europe is telling citizens that the ETS system is a tool for saving the climate. In Greece, however, the world is paying expensive bills, small businesses are suffocating and we have an energy market where the few are becoming ever stronger. How is it that as the costs of the green transition increase for society, energy super-profits increase at the same time? People don't see a

Madam President, Cuba is not punished for having a bad president. It is punished because its people still hold power in their hands and this remains a thorn in the throats of all those who want peoples subjugated economically and politically. Europe remains deafeningly silent, letting every Hitlerite kill the peoples. International law cannot be applied selectively. We cannot talk about human righ

Mr President, today I am not just talking about livestock farming in general. I speak on behalf of people who see their herd being killed, their milk being thrown away, slaughterhouses being closed down and compensation coming in slowly and halfway. In Greece, more than 500,000 animals have been killed in the name of zoonotic disease management. No prevention, no adequate vaccination strategy, whe

Mr President, I support the Rule of Law Report and would like to take this opportunity to denounce what my colleague, Mr Maniatis, also denounced earlier on the Predator spying in Greece. What has happened, that is, the dismantling of the rule of law, which is not a national issue, is an issue, a European threat that concerns us, colleagues, here in the European Parliament. Among the targets at th

Mr President, I support the report because it raises a fundamental question of justice. Rape is defined by the absence of consent. Silence is not consent. Fear is not consent. Failure to react is not consent. Victims in Europe today are not equally protected. Some states are required to prove violence or resistance, and this is second abuse. Greece has recognised rape without consent since 2019, b

Madam President, three years after the state crime in Tempi: 57 dead – most students –, two trains on the same line, no telecommand, contract 717, European funding, safety system not working, signals not working, station chief alone, no automatic train protection · · Collision Huge pyrosphere, temperatures above 1000 degrees, unexplained explosion, unknown fuel, 27 young people burned, jam