What Terry spoke about.

28 Feb

2024

DE Speech

Strengthening European Defence in a volatile geopolitical landscape - Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2023 - Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2023 (joint debate - European security and defence)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Madam President, Mr Minister! Ukraine is fighting for its and our freedom, for a democratic, for a free Europe. For the struggle of Ukraine and, of course, for our own security in the European Union, we must finally take a common security and defence policy seriously – not in any Sunday speeches, but in real action. Because only a united Europe, as everyone h…

6 Feb

2024

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Conclusions of the European Council meetings, in particular the special European Council meeting of 1 February 2024 (debate)

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Madam President, dear colleagues, it’s true, last week was a good week for Europe, but after the European Council meeting, I honestly ask myself ‘why only now?’ All of this could have already been done in December. If there is one lesson to draw from this meeting, I think it is pretty clear that Orbán alone is weaker than the 26 together. This might seem like an obvious information, but apparently…

17 Jan

2024

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 14-15 December 2023 and preparation of the Special European Council meeting of 1 February 2024 - Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds (joint debate - European Council meetings)

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Madam President, dear colleagues, dear representatives of the Council and the Commission. Sometimes in politics, it is worthwhile to take a step back and to look at the bigger picture, and sometimes I ask myself how the European Union looks to others from the outside. We stood together in difficult times during the COVID-19 pandemic. When Russia brutally invaded Ukraine, we stood at the side of Uk…

15 Jan

2024

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Commemoration of Jacques Delors

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, it is for a great builder of Europe that I am today delivering my first speech in French in this Chamber. Jacques Delors was a visionary politician and a convinced European. It has made it possible to build new steps towards a united Europe, a fairer and more democratic Europe. We live in a historic moment where the unity of Europe is under threat. Yet it is …

13 Dec

2023

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Review of the Spanish Presidency of the Council (debate)

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Madam President, dear colleagues, dear Prime Minister, dear Presidents, more than EUR 620 billion are needed for the green transition annually. Over EUR 125 billion are needed for digitalisation in Europe. Each year, EUR 384 billion are needed within the next 10 years for the reconstruction of Ukraine. Defence, education, you name it: we urgently need investment and especially after the breakthrou…

23 Nov

2023

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International day for the elimination of violence against women (debate)

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Mr President, not one more, , and then there is another one, and another one, and another one. Like now in Italy, where a woman was brutally murdered – the suspect her ex-partner, again. She is the 53rd case, just in Italy, just this year. I don't know how you feel about this, but I’m fucking furious because men believe that their own, their girlfriends, their daughters, their sisters, that they a…

8 Nov

2023

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 26-27 October 2023 - Humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the need for a humanitarian pause (joint debate - Conclusions of the European Council and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the need for a humanitarian pause)

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Mr President, dear colleagues, yesterday, one month ago, atrocious acts of terror were committed in Israel. With a brutal killing of civilians, young people, children – many of them raped, tortured, mutilated – Hamas has shown its true face: a human-hating terror organisation that only wants death and darkness, that has nothing to offer but the hatred for Israel and ultimately wants only that – th…

8 Nov

2023

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Urgent need for immediate measures against the rise of antisemitism (statement by the President)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. Burned out arson attacks on Jewish institutions, attacks on Holocaust monuments and the Jewish part of Vienna's Central Cemetery, and then thousands of times anti-Semitic hatred on social media, on the street, during demonstrations, on buses, trains, in pubs and living rooms. None of this is an expression of opinion or commentary on the Middle East conflict, or …

19 Oct

2023

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The despicable terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel, Israel’s right to defend itself in line with humanitarian and international law and the humanitarian situation in Gaza (RC-B9-0436/2023, B9-0436/2023, B9-0438/2023, B9-0442/2023, B9-0444/2023, B9-0445/2023, B9-0447/2023, B9-0448/2023) (vote)

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Madam President, dear colleagues, we have all been shocked by the attacks on Jewish institutions and synagogues in the past days. We have to be absolutely clear, and we are in this text, that we stand by the Jewish communities in Europe and that we are going to protect them and that we stand up against any form of anti-Semitism. Our oral amendment seeks to add an updated incident to the already ex…

18 Oct

2023

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 26-27 October 2023 (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. I think, especially in times like these, it is always important to remind us that the European Union has made friends out of bitter enemies. The European Union has turned a continent separated by an iron curtain into a continent of free movement. The European Union has achieved a lot in recent decades. And yet: As we travel through the EU, we feel – even today –…

13 Sep

2023

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Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (A9-0233/2023 - Javi López) (vote)

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Madam President, can we just do all the votes electronically if the majorities are so tight? I think it will speed up the procedure.

12 Sep

2023

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Towards a more disaster-resilient EU - protecting people from extreme heatwaves, floods and forest fires (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. Droughts, floods, forest fires: We have already had another summer of extreme weather in Europe. In Greece, 80 000 hectares of forest have been burned, in Slovenia heavy rain has caused more than half a billion euros in damage, affecting more than two thirds of the country. And in the Ahr Valley, there were even many billions more in damage that caused flooding.…

12 Jul

2023

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 29-30 June 2023, in particular the recent developments in the war against Ukraine and in Russia (debate)

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Mr President! Mr Weber! I have to be honest, I am quite disappointed, because there has been a factual debate on this subject. There were meetings of shadow rapporteurs on the NRL, from which the EPP unfortunately withdrew. There was a long debate yesterday in which we discussed this draft law here in this plenary. You know who wasn't there? It's you! Although you have been addressed very often in…

11 Jul

2023

EN Speech

Nature restoration (debate)

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Mr President, dear colleagues, our rivers are dying, our forests are sick, our nature is in deep crisis. We have to restore our nature, not in a distant future, not when the EPP has got its act together – we have to act now: to preserve nature, the basis of our agriculture, the basis of our economic prosperity; to keep the climate targets, because 10% out of the 55% that we agreed to reduce our em…

14 Jun

2023

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The electoral law, the investigative committee and the rule of law in Poland (debate)

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Mr President, dear colleagues, Dorota was 33 years old. She died three weeks ago of a septic shock after being denied abortion care in a Polish hospital. She is not the first woman who has died since the introduction of the brutal anti-abortion legislation. Tragic stories, you could say, but what does this have to do with the debate on rule of law in Poland? Actually, it has to do a lot with the r…

14 Jun

2023

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 29-30 June 2023, in particular in the light of recent steps towards concluding the Migration Pact (debate)

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Mr President, yes, it is true, a lot of people are seeking asylum in the European Union right now. They have names, they have stories, and they have hope to find shelter in the European Union. And yes, the current the current asylum system in the European Union is dysfunctional and needs reform. I think almost everybody agrees on that. And yes, finding political agreement in the context of a mostl…

31 May

2023

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Sexual harassment in the EU and MeToo evaluation (debate)

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Madam President, 2017: it has almost been six years since reports hit the European Parliament about sexual harassment. Colleagues, I don't know how you feel about it, but I think we have wasted enough time because the demands in this resolution are very similar to the ones that we already adopted six years ago. There are demands to reform and to fight against sexual harassment here in the European…

31 May

2023

EN Speech

Order of business

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Madam President, colleagues, first things first. As you said, President, I think it is important that we make clear that this Parliament stands in full solidarity with all people who are affected by these horrible floods in different regions in Italy. We have again and again shown how important, especially in moments like this, European solidarity is. We can see – and this is not an isolated event…

9 May

2023

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This is Europe - Debate with the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen! Mr Chancellor, you are coming to Strasbourg at a very good time, because after the last few months there is, frankly, a lot to kitten for the man with policy competence from Berlin. As is well known, the traffic light coalition has started with a claim of departure, renewal and progress. Your party has branded you in the election campaign as a …

20 Apr

2023

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IPCC report on Climate Change: a call for urgent additional action (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, my little nephew was born two years ago. Yesterday he had a pretty bad day because he had a cough but, in general, he’s a really happy and lively child. When he’s going to be my age, 35, and that is going to be in 2056, the risk is high that he will find himself in a world that has become hostile to humans: increasing floods, droughts, forest fires, con…

18 Apr

2023

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Safeguarding labour mobility and social rights of striking lorry drivers from third countries (debate)

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Madam President, Madam Minister, Commissioner! If I may say so: I am a bit surprised that the Liberal Group has not raised a speaker in this debate, because I actually think that we are talking here about things that should be called for by this Parliament across political groups. It is indeed a matter of law enforcement. It's about everyone having to follow the rules. Truck drivers who do not rec…

29 Mar

2023

EN Speech

Order of business

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Madam President, ‘if you are a parent in one Member State, you are a parent in every Member State’ – these are the words of our Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Yet in the last weeks, we witnessed yet another attack on rainbow families in Europe, this time in Italy. The practice to recognise certificates of same-sex parents has been restricted by the Interior Ministry and actually one pe…

29 Mar

2023

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Formal sitting - Ceremony on the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement

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Madam President, dear colleagues, today we are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. The Good Friday Agreement came after long conflict. 3 500 people have lost their lives in decades marked by violence, by insecurity and by hatred. This agreement is a symbol of committed peace-building, and 25 years later we acknowledge the hard work, the political will and the commitment …

15 Mar

2023

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International Women's Day

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Madam President, dear colleagues, today we are celebrating women. We are celebrating women in the fight for their rights. We are celebrating women in their fight against patriarchy. But let me say this: women are for long already not only carrying the fight for women’s rights. They are carrying across the globe the fight for democracy and freedom – values that the European Union is founded on. If …

14 Mar

2023

EN Speech

Implementation report on the Agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU - The Windsor Framework (debate)

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Mr President, dear colleagues, this Windsor framework is good news. It is good news for the people in Northern Ireland. It is good news for the people in the whole of the UK and it is good news for the people in the European Union. And it shines a light on the value of trustful cooperation, something that was badly missing from the negotiations between the EU and the UK, at least from some people …