What Andrey spoke about.

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Sep

2022

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Illegal detention of the opposition leader in Bulgaria (topical debate)

Mr President, what I will not do with this speech are two things. The first is to spit on my country, and the second is to take on the role of victim. What I want to do is solve a European problem here in Europe. The European problem is that some self-forgotten people, accidentally caught up in politics, decided to deal with the opposition by putting it in jail. However, this made the opposition s…

22

Jun

2022

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Implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (debate)

Madam President, dear Commissioner, dear friends, I remember when MFF was initially proposed by the European Commission we all said that never before in the history of European Union our regions did not receive more investment than the current proposal. And then the COVID came and we all embraced Next Generation EU. And I think Next Generation EU and RRF are the correct medicine to cure the situat…

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Jun

2022

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Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System - Social Climate Fund - Carbon border adjustment mechanism - Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System for aviation - Notification under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) (joint debate – Fit for 55 (part 1))

Mr President, Commissioner, colleagues, it is clear for me that the future is clean. It couldn’t be green, but clean for sure. That’s clear for me. And I believe that is not the responsibility only of the younger generation, but their parents’ generation as well. We should all contribute to that, and I know that it’s meaningful action if only the rest of the world is following, otherwise is just s…

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May

2022

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The REPowerEU Plan: European solidarity and energy security in face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including the recent cuts of gas supply to Poland and Bulgaria (debate)

Mr President, Madam Commissioner, I do support and warmly welcome the efforts of the European Commission to find a way to stop our dependence on Russian gas and oil. I do support the efforts of the Commission to find different ways to supply those crucial energy resources to our continent. However, welcoming the REPowerEU initiative, I would like to express my concerns and saying that requiring ad…

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May

2022

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Discharge 2020 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioners, President of the European Court of Auditors, dear colleagues, our nature as Members of European Parliament is to be critical and reactive, to be very tough against all attacks towards the European budget and towards the interests of European taxpayers. We could not go against the moral compass of this House or against the rules of our Union. So this week we are deci…

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May

2022

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Impact of Russian illegal war of aggression against Ukraine on the EU transport and tourism sectors (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, colleagues, I think something needs to change. If we want more people to get involved in watching debates from the European Parliament at home, and if we want more people to believe in and in the European Union, we must forget in times of crisis that – I quote – ‘we will express concern, we will follow with alarm and we will strongly condemn’. What we need to do in time…

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Apr

2022

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Increased pre-financing from REACT-EU (debate)

Mr President, my speaking time this morning is three minutes. These are three minutes in which, somewhere in Ukraine, a rocket will be launched and turn somebody’s home into ashes. These are three minutes in which some government in Europe will still be thinking about either sending support or a device for defence to Ukraine. Three minutes in which some broken Ukrainian family will be trying to cr…

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Mar

2022

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Refugees in Europe: CARE (debate)

Madam President, my last name is Novakov. I am an ethnic Bulgarian, from a Bulgarian family, with a Bulgarian mother and father. Dear Commissioner, Your surname is Ferreira, a Portuguese family of Portuguese origin, with Portuguese roots. What both of us Europeans are doing is not just the flag, it's just the anthem. What both of us Europeans are doing is European solidarity. Because this Union wa…

7

Mar

2022

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Implementation of the 2021-2027 cohesion policy (debate)

I have in me the book that is at the heart of European cohesion policy, as I have already said. The trouble is that this policy is currently not working and we need clear and concrete action. We have to do this... I can send my speech in writing. I can use the services of Parliament to send it in 24 different languages, if that is going to help. But, Madam President, I would like to ask you to ind…

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Mar

2022

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Implementation of the 2021-2027 cohesion policy (debate)

Which language, Madam?

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Mar

2022

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Implementation of the 2021-2027 cohesion policy (debate)

I knew that at some point in my career I would end up in front of the plenary without knowing what to say. And I have to say that even knowing that for so long, it didn’t prepare me well for this. But I can assure you that the situation is such that even such moments could not break our will to support our neighbours ... (Interruption by President)…

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Mar

2022

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Implementation of the 2021-2027 cohesion policy (debate)

I can continue in English until interpretation is available. So, I’ll start from the very beginning. You already saw the book that I showed you. I said, this is the alphabet of European cohesion policy. And I know this very well because with a large group of colleagues, along with Constanze Krehl, we dedicated three years of our lives to participating in adoption of those ... (interrupted by the P…

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Mar

2022

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Implementation of the 2021-2027 cohesion policy (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, honourable Members, I have in my hands the letter of European cohesion policy – 706 pages of rules on how the European Structural and Investment Funds work. They set out very well what is being done in a time of crisis, when the European Union is flooded with a wave of refugees. I know this well because in these 705 pages, together with Constanze Krehl and another la…

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Feb

2022

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Harmonised EU approach to travel measures (debate)

Mr. President, we are talking about a green certificate, about free travel in Europe. Which way are we having this conversation? That means the problem is still there. I've been vaccinated three times and it doesn't help me move around Europe freely. Don't get me wrong, the green certificate was a good idea that at first did a lot of work to bring order to the chaos of the pandemic. Of course, the…

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Dec

2021

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EU response to the transport poverty (debate)

Mr President, if we make the price of gasoline two euros, we will not save the environment. If we tax plane tickets with carbon tax, we're not going to raise air quality, we're going to get people off planes. It is very easy to talk about the energy of the sun, about the energy of the wind, but in summer. Now in winter we all glow on coal and gas, including this hall at the moment. I see the birth…

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Dec

2021

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State of play of the RRF (Recovery and Resilience Facility) (debate)

Madam President, at the beginning, the RRF was presented as an equal partner of the cohesion policy. We were told that they would both live alongside each other in harmony and a balanced relationship. What is the current status quo, though? We have 26 national plans submitted, 22 approved. We have three partnership agreements submitted, one approved. We have EUR 56 billion disbursed out of the RRF…

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Oct

2021

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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022 - all sections (debate)

Madam President, only three Member States submitted their partnership agreements to the European Commission. It means one thing and one thing only. There is a very high probability that this year it will be a zero when it comes to the budget. A zero 2021 means additional stress on the budgets of 2022, 2023 and 2024. It means that we have a really high risk of losing EU money for our Member States,…

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Oct

2021

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The Council's lack of will to move the European cross-border mechanism forward (debate)

Mr President, on my way to work this morning, I crossed the River Rhine on the Europabrücke. It’s a project that is co—financed by Interreg, using our European funds. If our Cross—Border Mechanism had been in place, it would have been open much earlier because, according to the expectations of local authorities and the European institutions, the Cross—Border Mechanism would cut 50% of the administ…

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Oct

2021

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The state of play on the submitted RRF recovery plans awaiting approval (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, colleagues, perhaps 90% of the debate so far has focused on the fact that several countries that have submitted their recovery and resilience plans are likely not to be approved. In this regard, I would like to say a few things. First, these are means not for given governments, but for given peoples to deal with the consequences that the coronary crisis has inflicted…

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Oct

2021

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Implementation report on the EU Trust Funds and the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (continuation of debate)

Madam President, we have to be clear on two things, when it comes to Turkey and the refugee crisis. The first one is that we are disbursing EU funds to Turkey not only because Turkey is in need, but because the Union is in need as well. We have to be clear about the following thing: there are more than four million refugees in Turkey, who, if the authorities stop taking care of them, probably will…

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Oct

2021

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EU Road Safety Policy Framework 2021-2030 – Recommendations on next steps towards "Vision Zero" (debate)

Mr President, colleagues, I was 11 years old when my family managed to raise money for a car for the first time. Of course, it was second-hand. Of course, it was from Germany, and this was the only option for personal transportation. The situation was similar in the families of my peers, it is similar now and in more countries in the European Union than you might think. We have often said that hum…

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Sep

2021

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Natural disasters during the summer 2021 - Impacts of natural disasters in Europe due to climate change (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, first of all, I would like to begin my speech by paying tribute to all the men and women who are fighting the elements and risking their lives to save other people's lives. Unfortunately, in the last 20 years almost every European Union country has been in a situation to seek help from the European Union, whether after an earthquake, whether after a fire, whether after …