What Petri spoke about.

5

Apr

2022

EN Question

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Guidelines for the 2023 budget – Section III (debate)

Mr Rzońca, I have a very simple question to you. When you are mixing together the concept of the rule of law and the situation on the ground where Poland has, admirably – I have all respect – taken in an incredible amount of refugees, when you are mixing these two things, do you have some legal grounds for that? And, if you do, can you please explain to this House what they are?…

16

Feb

2022

EN Speech

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The Rule of Law and the consequences of the ECJ ruling (debate)

Madam President, quite often in this House and in our parliamentary work we have heard the frustrating words: ‘you will not make this regulation happen, you will never have this mechanism’. Well, I don’t know if this regulation will be a ‘silver bullet’, but it is certainly so far the best and most serious attempt. And now, today, the last remaining obstacle for the Rule of Law Conditionality Regu…

6

Jul

2021

EN Speech

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The creation of guidelines for the application of the general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner Hahn and the Council, so here we are once again in this Hemicycle, this plenary hall discussing the future of the rule of law in Europe. Once again we, as the Parliament, will reiterate our position, that the Commission has to act and has to act quickly. Once again we will state our worry about the degeneration and regression of the state of rule of law in some Member St…