Madam President, today I will tell you the truth, not what you want to hear. For almost five years, Romania has been affected by instability in the Black Sea. They are merchant ships sailing under permanent threat. They're drifting sea mines. There are drones both Russian and Ukrainian, collapsing on the territory of my country. Also, maritime drones that have failed in Romanian waters, and the Eu
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Urgent need for a tax on super-profits of polluters: protecting people’s health and lowering energy bills in times of the climate crisis (topical debate)
Madam President, a good compromise is achieved when everyone is contributing and all parties are a little dissatisfied. This is also the case with the regulation of air passenger rights. updated after two decades. As a member of the Conciliation Committee, I tell you that the solution was born with forceps, at a time like now or never. The new guaranteed rights, the 3-hour flight delay threshold f
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The resilience of the European transport sector and the need to ensure the supply of essential goods amid ongoing geopolitical instability (debate)
Mr President, if we want to save the European economy and industry in particular, it is imperative that we dismantle the carbon trading system. Brussels bureaucrats to get off the clouds eco-friendly which float and understand that we are on the verge of losing the war on the competitiveness of industry with China, America and India. It does us no good that we have climbed a moral pedestal, as lon
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Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market (debate)
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, reducing steel imports is a good thing. Unfortunately, too little too late. Today we are facing a report that is trying to put a patch on a deep wound to the bone. It would have been good if these tariffs had been introduced before the pandemic and maybe this way 100,000 Europeans working in the steel industry would not have lost their jobs. For example, in Roma
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Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2024 (debate)
Madam President, the European Investment Bank is a powerful tool that we have at our disposal to stimulate the economy, but we are not using it properly. Unfortunately, as the report also shows, the European Investment Bank Group is now being used rather to promote the Green Deal ideology, which has proved bankrupt for Europe and, more recently, to restart the defence industry for a few Member Sta
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Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors (debate)
Madam President, I believe that the report in question has a strong progressive, egalitarian background. Yes, all shortcomings in the gender pay gap are relevant. Unfortunately, however, I think two fundamental problems are avoided. On the one hand, certain cultural specificities of some Member States are not properly nuanced - hence false reporting. Russia, for example, has a gend
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Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission (debate)
Madam President, I support the changes that this report entails. But they are insufficient and we are talking about a reform. fake. The proposals are formal and avoid some of the fundamental problems that have led to the autocratic attitude of Ursula von der Leyen, the self-proclaimed Empress of Europe. In substance, there must be a real right of legislative initiative on the part of P
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Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU response (debate)
Madam President, the use of the mechanism for making European funds conditional on so-called respect for the rule of law is a sample of hypocrisy and obvious forcing. It is funny to hear the discussion about the rule of law, when freedom of expression is strangled with orders from the top of the European Commission. It limits European citizens' access to relevant information and imposes huge fines
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Phasing out Russian natural gas imports and improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies (debate)
Madam President, protecting minors online is not only a noble goal, but a necessity for the emotional health of our children. If we lose this battle with addiction and unhealthy practices, the future will become dystopian. I would have liked to vote for a report that protects children, but the surprise that under this title that sounds beautiful, the rapporteur attacks the sovereignty of the Membe
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Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations (debate)
Mr President, the Gozi report should be taught in logic courses across Europe. It is the perfect example of correct premises and hallucinatory conclusions, which cannot be derived from initial assumptions. Instead of discussing how to help candidate countries meet the conditions for EU membership faster, the report recommends some aberrations, such as eliminating member states' vetoes, which equat
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The decision to impose a fine on Google: defending press and media freedom in the EU (debate)
Mr President, the fine imposed on Google by the European Commission is a mosquito bite for a pachiderm. Giant tech The U.S. will appeal the fine in court. However, the 3 billion is nothing compared to the 248 billion euros, which was Alphabet's turnover only for online advertising, of which 15 billion euros are profit reported for 2024. This fine sends a double signal. On the positive side, howeve
Mr President, one substance, one assessment This is a very good course of action for the European Union. We will support everything that involves deregulation, cutting red tape and reducing the foliage of budgetless and unnecessary institutions. The same should be done for other branches of the economy, where the green delirium of GReen Deal It has wreaked havoc, for example, on the automotive and
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Europe’s automotive future – reversing the ban on the sale of combustion cars in the EU (topical debate)
Mr President, continuing to commit to the target of eliminating combustion engine cars by 2035 is a form of forced euthanasia of the automotive industry, especially since Europeans and Americans want engines, gasoline and diesel cars. The European Commission's game of forcing electrification puts at risk 7% of the Union's GDP and around 13.8 million jobs. At this point, 20% fewer cars are already
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After 10 years, time to end mass migration now - protect our women and children (topical debate)
Mr President, encouraging legal and illegal migration was a huge mistake. It has generated high economic and social costs, but also a significant weakening of confidence in the European project. There is an acute feeling of a besieged city. A 10-minute drive from the European Parliament, anyone can see the reality. Our lives and values are under threat. It is time for Europe to understand that we
Mr President, I welcome the European Commission's intention to reach an agreement with the United States on trade tariffs as soon as possible, despite the postponement of the deadline for August. Predictability is good for financial markets as well as for European companies. The reality is that it has emerged from an alliance logic and entered into a transactional one, because Europe has an oppres
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Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility (debate)
Madam President, the Recovery and Resilience Facility was conceived from the outset as a lifeline for European economies, so affected by the excessive and fire-fighting measures taken during the pandemic. Romania needs this coil now. We, the AUR MEPs, will vote in favour, because Romania's economy is collapsing and extending the implementation deadline of mature projects by 18 months would be an i
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80 years after the end of World War II - freedom, democracy and security as the heritage of Europe (debate)
Madam President, there is a famous anonymous quote that somehow describes the cyclicality of war on European soil: “Good times create strong people, strong people create good times. Good times create weak people and weak people create hard times.” In a Europe of prosperity, 80 years after the end of the Second World War, with cheerful unconsciousness, our project is on its way to a new pan-Europea
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A unified EU response to unjustified US trade measures and global trade opportunities for the EU (debate)
Mr. President, dear colleagues, it is my joy to announce that the first round of the presidential elections in Romania was won detached by the conservative candidate George Simion, the president of the political party to which I belong. Simion is a convinced pro-American, but also a man who wants a strong and reformed Europe. As for this customs hysteria, which has given rise to so many vituperati
Madam President, the European Union's strategy for crisis preparedness is a useful step, especially since we live in an increasingly uncertain world where so-called black swans regularly appear. However, some of the proposed lines of action must either be reformulated or rethought. I point out four shortcomings of the strategy: First of all, the manner in which the 72-hour supply kit was communica