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Madam President, colleagues, if the single market in the European Union requires the same status for all European firms in every Member State, I also require the same for employees. Trade unions in the banking sector in Slovakia face ignorance and rejection from the banking association, which refuses to conduct sectoral collective bargaining. Die Erste and Reiffeisen in Austria, INTESA and UniCred

Madam President, colleagues, the really serious threats facing the European Union do not come from the outside, but from the inside, and the massive unavailability of housing for disadvantaged groups, but even for workers and their families, is one of the most serious threats in addition to unfair working conditions. That is why I reject the increase in arms spending. And I consider the so-called

Against the Stars and Breath of the Chemical Weapons Convention on the greatest the chairman of Humanity with permits you find the right control agents of the reverse Bill effects an independent on the national investigation is very for essential effects and in your account ability, including the universal Iura edition. Thank you, and now I ask my colleague Ondruš, please. Colleagues, if we want t

Mr President. Colleagues, I would like to draw your attention to the practical implications of your proposal. In addition to our own, the Slovak Petroleum Refinery covers almost 30% of Austrian and 30% of Czech fuel consumption. In addition, Slovakia is currently the second largest supplier of petroleum products to Ukraine. All this will end if the European Union bans us from importing Russian oil

Madam President, I would like to call on you all to support the compromise proposal on the empowerment of European Works Councils. Many, especially our right-wing colleagues, clearly cannot even imagine the unfair practices that many employees in multinational corporations are exposed to, how humiliatingly some Western companies in Eastern Europe can be towards workers. I urge you to strengthen th

Mr President, I support all the measures that will bring about the cleaner air we breathe, the cleaner water we drink and the cleaner land in which we grow food. However, the reduction of internal combustion engines has not yet yielded the expected results. I personally lack a fair assessment of the environmental impact of the entire life cycle of cars, from the production of each component to its

Madam President, colleagues, the speeches we have heard here are the best proof that it is not here, and from the outset it was not about the rule of law in Slovakia, because there are no arguments that the situation in our country is worse than elsewhere. In fact, this fanatical and reckless attack against Slovakia is a repeated abuse of European institutions by Progressive Slovakia. Please remem

Mr President, colleagues, we must spend taxpayers' money more responsibly through public procurement. We will increase the value for money if public buyers are obliged to apply the social benefit principle of any public contract, not just to buy a good or service. For example, in order to ensure better working conditions and higher remuneration, no firm may be awarded a public contract unless it h

Mr President, Trump's trade war is supported by ordinary Americans because international trade does not bring fair profits to working people and their families. Not even in Europe. That is why, in addition to negotiations, we need to start systematically promoting production and consumption in our home. If the EU is the richest market in the world, it must benefit our producers and our workers and

Madam President, we must make the spending of European funds conditional on two principles. First of all, no money for armaments, no money for armament corporations, no funding for future wars, international tensions and conflicts. Priority must be given to investment in modernising the economy, improving the quality of education, making health and housing more accessible to workers and dependents

Madam President, I want to thank Thomas, first of all, for his very good job. Thank you, Thomas, for the report. I think the report is very good and is mirroring the real situation and is very balanced, and I want to thank Thomas for that. Secondly, I want to condemn attempts to humiliate the Macedonian nation. Sorry, colleagues, but if you say Macedonia is Greek, Macedonia is Bulgarian or anythin

My colleague, we have one organisation called the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, and that organisation has a clear mission in its name. It is intended to contribute to security and stability in international relations in Europe. This organization has no armament expenditures and is not intended for armaments. Dear colleague. International stability is not achieved by armamen

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I strongly protest against the financing of armaments at the expense of investment in the development of education, health and social services. It is not true that we can increase arms spending without reducing investment for the benefit of the people. After all, in July we will vote on the European Commission's proposals to redirect resources from the Europe

Madam President, colleagues, if the existence of the European Union is to make sense, we must not resort to financial support for regions facing a lack of employment opportunities, a lack of investment in modernisation and development, threats to the environment, social inequality and population outflows. Funds for our regions must not fall victim to European militarisation and the arms race, nor

Madam President, I personally believe that the competitiveness of our businesses must serve their employees. And if we are talking about how to increase the competitiveness of companies, then we simply have to appreciate those companies that fairly care for their employees, that fairly pay their employees, that create a working environment in which work and family responsibilities can be balanced.

Madam President, I am using this debate to call on you to assess the competitiveness of European firms according to their ability to create well-paid jobs, to guarantee a safe and healthy working environment and to protect our nature. The competitive capacity of European firms should not serve to increase the profits of multinational corporations, but the social and economic development of our reg

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, today we can show that we are serving working people and their families, that we are on their side, even if it does not suit the big corporations. When they talk about restructuring, they mean layoffs, worsening working conditions and lowering wages, but not management. The Volkswagen Group announced the need for restructuring in a year when it earned €16 bil

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the most absurd is the accusation made by the Georgian Government that it is pro-Russian. How can there be a pro-Russian government that has not reconciled itself with the occupation of more than 20% of its territory, which demands that the Russians withdraw and fight to restore the territorial integrity of Georgia? Today's situation is the result of ignoring Ge

Mr President, Slovak workers are also facing a deterioration (The Pardon of Lifeworking conditions, in particular by multinational and foreign companies. Subcontractors seek to reduce costs at the expense of workers' salaries and safety. Particularly dangerous is the pressure for employees to become self-employed, who are not entitled to holidays, food allowances, fair social security and to whom

Mr President, although at national level in Slovakia social dialogue operates at the level of sectors and companies, foreign firms in particular are putting unfair pressure on trade unionists so that they cannot sufficiently represent the interests and needs of employees. The practice of unlawful dismissal of trade union leaders who refuse to compromise at the expense of workers is widespread. We

Madam President, the RESTORE proposal is a positive example of using EU funds to help ordinary people, especially those who have faced natural disasters. I support an increase in European co-financing up to 95%, which will save resources from national budgets. Also an accelerated advance payment of 25% of costs, which will help Member States to respond to natural disasters. Therefore, I would urge