What Andrey spoke about.

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Sep

2024

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The devastating floods in Central and Eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change (debate)

Mr President, dear families affected by these natural disasters, I am apologising to you that you saw political fights this morning in Parliament. I can assure you that we all know that our resolutions and debates are not going to ease the pain that you feel, will not help you to overcome the grave consequences that you suffer. I can assure you that we know you believe more in actions and less in …

10

Apr

2024

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Discharge 2022 (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, this report took me almost a year of hard work and a lot of meetings, and I’m grateful to have a chance to work with all the shadow rapporteurs and the head of DGs that I’ve met, all of them, during the process of drafting this report. At the very beginning, I was open to listening to different opinions, including the one why we need to have a discharge on Parliament – …

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Apr

2024

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Discharge 2022 (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, as we gather here today to address the discharge procedure of 2022, I am compelled to reflect upon the extraordinary challenges that we as a Union faced during that time. I still remember vividly the issues that we had to tackle: the consequences of COVID, the beginning of the war – everything happened back then. I kept my promise, with a well-structure…

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Mar

2024

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Cohesion policy 2014-2020 – implementation and outcomes in the Member States (debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, dear Commissioner, somehow I’m attracted to history by reading a lot about the Roman Empire, and I know that before they establish a village or a city, first they build a road, and I think they have very good reasons to do so. This helps me understand why, when we build an airport or a highway to a given place in Europe, we are not just absorbing EU funds, we are …

13

Mar

2024

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Cohesion policy 2014-2020 – implementation and outcomes in the Member States (debate)

. – Madam President, I hope that the Commissioner will be with us soon. Tomorrow we are voting on 30 pages, 30 pages, summarising a whole mandate of the Committee on Regional Development. A report that took a long time because it was a mandate that was everything, but not ordinary. He was everything, but not easy. And no, in these 30 pages it does not say that cohesion policy is wonderful and incr…

13

Mar

2024

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Type-approval of motor vehicles and engines with respect to their emissions and battery durability (Euro 7) (debate)

Mr President, I think that we can finally vote in favour of environmental related legislation with a clear conscience, because finally this report is balanced and taking into consideration the position of the industry and those who are employed there. Millions of jobs are affected by this legislation. So I believe, thanks to the EPP shadow rapporteur, this report was balanced and takes into consid…

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Mar

2024

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Guidelines for the 2025 Budget - Section III (debate)

Mr President, I have the right to say that I took the floor because I do not want to hear any more about how we should spend the money from the European budget, modern and green. The truth is that in this session we are discussing many important things - from car catalysts to artificial intelligence. The agenda in Bulgaria, however, is different, because in recent days, incidents of refugees have …

28

Feb

2024

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The murder of Alexei Navalny and the need for EU action in support of political prisoners and oppressed civil society in Russia (debate)

Mr President, some of us are living in the dream that we are in a candy shop and the war is far away and we are not part of it and we just support it with speeches. Yesterday in Bulgaria, two Russian spies were caught doing their duties as belonging to the Russian Federation military forces. Those people, yes, probably did not shoot anyone, but they did not work in favour of European Union, respec…

28

Feb

2024

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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)

Madam President, in 2023, Eurobarometer carried out a survey: 8 out of 10 Europeans want more money for defence. 8 out of 10 want common procurement of defence equipment. 8 out of 10 want coordinated action to defend ourselves. You probably did not miss to notice that this is 2023, and in 2024 the world has not become calmer. I think the signal is clear. Everyone in Europe wants a united effort to…

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Nov

2023

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This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Nikolay Denkov (debate)

Madam President, Prime Minister, Commissioner, dear friends, I am making an effort to start with something positive, so I would like to thank Prime Minister Denkov for his efforts and for the guaranteed and declared pro-European, pro-Atlantic orientation of Bulgaria, which was a must and very important thing. Unfortunately, the positive things are coming to an end, because Bulgaria needs to return…

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Nov

2023

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Type-approval of motor vehicles and engines with respect to their emissions and battery durability (Euro 7) (debate)

I have a logical task for you. At the end of last year, the European Commission presented a package called Euro 7 - The new environmental norms for cars. It requires billions of investments in gasoline and diesel cars to make them cleaner. Three months later, at the beginning of this year, this Parliament approved a total ban on the sale of petrol and diesel cars. The task asks: Why did we do that…

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Jun

2023

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Large transport infrastructure projects in the EU (debate)

Madam Present, Madam Vice-President, dear colleagues, I am glad that we have that debate here. It was very rich and thoughtful, I would say. As I mentioned at the very beginning, you are on some bridge between Denmark and Sweden or the Arlberg Tunnel in Austria. Not just because there are good achievements from engineering point of view, but because they are capturing the mind of the people and ma…

12

Jun

2023

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Large transport infrastructure projects in the EU (debate)

Mr President, major infrastructure projects are something that Europe likes to be proud of. We are proud of the Öresund bridge, between Sweden and Denmark, we are proud of the Alberg tunnel in Austria, we are proud of many other major infrastructure projects, such as the Rhine-Danube corridors. And rightly so, they are not only changing the geography of a continent and the lives of people, but the…

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May

2023

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Discharge 2021 (continuation of debate)

Madam President, dear Commissioner, Members of the Court of Auditors, dear colleagues, I know it feels like a very long time ago, but 2021 was not that far in our calendar. I’m sure that you all remember how tough it was, and probably it is quite easy from the distance at the time to judge what is wrong and what is right. But the truth is that all European institutions, including the European Parl…

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May

2023

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New EU Urban Mobility Framework (A9-0108/2023 - Andrey Novakov) (vote)

Madam President, dear colleagues, I know how do you feel when someone is taking the floor in the middle of the votes. This is why I prepared a very short 45—minute speech. When I started working on urban mobility, I was thinking that it is all about trains, trams, buses, cars, bikes and, yes, about e—scooters. It turns out to be all about rights. The right of every person with disability in Europe…

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Apr

2023

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Guidelines for the 2024 budget - Section III (debate)

Mr President, Mr Commissioner, dear colleagues, I can describe the guidelines for the budget 2024 with one sentence: it is a matchmaking process where the priorities meet the money. And I think this is good. The recent years, though – years of war and crisis – request a lot from us. They demand investments in protection and security. I give you two examples. Security means commitment. So security …

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Apr

2023

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Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System - Monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions from maritime transport - Carbon border adjustment mechanism - Social Climate Fund - Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System for aviation (debate)

Mr President, I find it difficult to vote in favour and to support this regulation at second reading. This is due to the fact that, according to my own understanding, everyone is responsible in the first place for himself. Having taken care of yourself, one of the highest goals is to start taking care of family, loved ones, the environment, your state, as one of the highest goals you can have. It'…

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Feb

2023

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Developing an EU cycling strategy (debate)

Mr President, dear Commissioner, colleagues, I have the easiest task today to represent the largest conservative group here, EPP, and to connect this with cycling strategy. Of course, there is nothing more conservative than taking care about your health and find the easiest, the cheapest and the smartest way to commute in the city. Of course, cycling has enormous benefits, not only those I just sa…

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Jan

2023

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Protection of the EU’s financial interests - combating fraud - annual report 2021 (debate)

Madam President, organised crime has long been not what we remember from the mid-1990s, or what we know from street gangster films. Today, organised crime often has its protagonists well-educated and good-looking people, with the right diplomas from the right universities offering innovative financial products. However, a shiny office, a nice website and smiling young faces are just the packaging,…

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Dec

2022

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Upscaling the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (debate)

Madam President, dear Commissioner, I believe that Ms Marques and Mr Olbrycht deserve a congratulation for their work well done. I believe that the MFF desperately needed an update. It looks like an old black and white TV screen that we tried to connect to YouTube; it’s not going to happen. I’ll give you only one example. In the previous MFF, there are about 30 billion for transport infrastructure…

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Dec

2022

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The recent JHA Council decision on Schengen accession (debate)

Mr President, I was a trainee at the European Parliament before I became a Member of the European Parliament, and as such, the first thing I learned is that here anyone can become anything, because people are treated equally, no matter where they come from. This is the first time I have hesitated in this, mainly because of the behaviour of the Dutch government. The very fact that there is a debate…

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Nov

2022

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REPowerEU chapters in recovery and resilience plans (debate)

Mr President, dear colleagues, I voted in favour of CARE, FAST-CARE, CRII and CRII+, and I will vote in favour of REPower tomorrow: yet another initiative of European Commission which is going to address yet another crisis that is facing European Union. And nobody is against the willingness of the European Union to overcome the dependence on Russian gas and oil. That’s sure. Nobody was against of …

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Oct

2022

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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 - all sections (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I don’t remember the last time when we adopted the budgeting piece for an ordinary time. If somebody remembers, please let me know. But I do not. And it looks like this is the new normal. I welcome the efforts to spend the unused 40 billion to support families and small businesses across Europe with these difficult times. I think we have a very important role as Members…

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Oct

2022

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The accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen area (debate)

Madam President, Mr Vice-President and, in particular, Mr Minister, the ‘Iron Curtain’ was not just an expression. It was a dividing line between two worlds – one of barriers and barbed wire and another of free personal choice. It was such a strong dividing line that it made the Berlin Wall a symbol of the Cold War. Such a strong dividing line that the biggest victory in the Cold War was the demol…

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Sep

2022

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Economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU: the 8th Cohesion Report - EU border regions: living labs of European integration (debate)

Madam President, Madam Commissioner, talking about regional policy, what comes to my mind are the lessons from the history that we have, because Europe has a very strong history of border regions and borders. I’m happy that most of the internal borders of the Union were turned into bridges, railways and roads that connect businesses, tourists and people in general. This is great. But still, there …