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Oct

2025

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Breast cancer: the importance of screening (debate)

Madam President, more than 90 000 European women lose their lives to breast cancer each year. But why does it have to be like this, if we know that screening save lives? We have failed to reach one of the main goals set by the beating cancer plan, ensuring that 90 % of women have access to screening by 2025. So how do we respond to this failure? By acting. We must step up. We must reach out to the…

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Oct

2025

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World Mental Health Day - addressing the socio-economic factors (debate)

On the occasion of the World Mental Health Day, we are sending an important message. Mental health is a universal human right. Unfortunately, for millions of people, this right is unattainable because they are trapped in poverty, even though they work. How to feel safe when the roof over your head becomes a luxury, not a right one? How not to be anxious when every day is a struggle for basic livin…

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May

2025

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Apr

2025

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European Action Plan on Rare Diseases (debate)

Mr President, dear Commissioner, dear colleagues, for 94 % of European patients living with rare diseases, there is still no dedicated treatment available. And that's a fact. But until now, Commissioner, we've seen progress only on paper: just new recommendations, new communications, new platforms. But patients cannot be treated with PowerPoint slides. And we really hope that you can change that. …

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Mar

2025

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Dear Chairman, we just don't talk enough about some topics. One of these is hyperemesis gravidarum, An extreme version of morning sickness that affects millions of women around the world. This life-threatening condition is characterized by relentless nausea, which often persist throughout pregnancy, uncontrolled vomiting and frequent serious complications. Due to the severity of the condition and …

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Feb

2025

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Silent crisis: the mental health of Europe’s youth (debate)

Dear Chairman, a silent crisis, whatever we're talking about? This is by no means a silent crisis, this is a crisis that we have ignored and ignored. Yeah, just like that. We have all long been aware of the devastating statistics that say that 14 million adolescents in Europe live with mental illnesses. We have known for a long time that suicide is the second leading cause of death among adolescen…

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Feb

2025

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Boosting vocational education and training in times of labour market transitions (debate)

Dear Chair, colleagues and Commissioners, we are living in a time of great change, at a time when quality vocational education and training is crucial for the labour market and the jobs of the future. Unfortunately, many, especially the long-term unemployed, women returning to the labour market and older workers in need of retraining are excluded from the education system due to financial barriers…

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Feb

2025

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Dear Chairman, the greatest wealth a country can have is healthy citizens. That is why the Multiannual Financial Framework is much more than just a financial plan and figures. It is an important political document that sends a clear message about our political priorities. It is important that health care issuances are sufficient. So looking back to 2028, we need to make it clear: Health must becom…

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Jan

2025

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Dear Chair, we celebrate cervical cancer prevention week, which kills around 13 000 women every year in the European Union. I wonder why many countries are still unseriously dealing with this problem. Perhaps because it's about women's health, which is still, obviously, a second-rate political issue. Why do many Member States still not have organised national screening programmes? And although Eur…

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Jan

2025

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Heat record year 2024 - the need for climate action to fight global warming (debate)

Dear Chair, colleagues, yes, 2024 was marked by historically high temperatures, but this trend is projected to continue in the years to come. Europe is warming faster than the global average, making it essential that all states signatory to the Paris Agreement fully comply with its provisions. It is not enough for the European Union alone to be at the forefront of introducing rigorous rules. Great…

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Nov

2024

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Dear Chairman, pensions from which one can live with dignity are not a privilege, but a fundamental human right. On average, European pensioners receive a pension equal to 58% of their average salary, while in Croatia this share is significantly lower and is only 37%. With 37%, a third of pensioners in Croatia live in poverty and a third are on the verge of poverty. Those who have worked all their…

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Nov

2024

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Honourable President, poverty and inequality are a serious problem in the European Union. One in five people are at risk of poverty. That's an alarming piece of information. Children and young people, women, people with a low level of education, the unemployed and the elderly are a particularly vulnerable group. We're talking about millions of people struggling to survive every day. They're not ju…

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Oct

2024

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Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (debate)

Today, the European labour market faces a number of challenges. Labour shortages, skills shortages, the green and digital transitions all point to the importance of an innovative, competitive and adaptable market. However, in creating a competitive market, we must not forget about social values. We must not sacrifice fundamental labour rights. Today we need strong trade unions to help and protect …

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Oct

2024

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World Mental Health Day - need for a comprehensive EU strategy on mental health (debate)

Dear President, we live in a time of great economic uncertainty, fear of wars, climate change, social isolation. Therefore, it is not surprising that mental health disorders have become a serious social problem. Depression is one of the leading causes of disability. The European Mental Health Strategy was a step forward, but could have been more ambitious. Adequate funding and binding measures wer…

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Oct

2024

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Ensuring sustainable, decent and affordable housing in Europe - encouraging investment, private property and public housing programmes (debate)

Dear Chair, Mr Commissioner, millions of citizens across Europe are living under pressure from high house prices, high rents and utilities. Many live in debt slavery, while banks make enormous profits. This is not a challenge that our citizens should face on their own. And it is absurd that today young people have drastically fewer opportunities when it comes to housing than their grandparents, fa…

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Feb

2024

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European Digital Identity framework (debate)

Madam President, I would like to thank all the colleagues who took the floor tonight, and especially I would like to thank the shadows for their excellent cooperation. By working together, we are one step closer to a European Digital Identity for all European citizens, valid and recognised everywhere in Europe by all 27 national public administrations. And finally, dear colleagues, digital or not,…

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Feb

2024

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European Digital Identity framework (debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, in today’s digital era the term ‘digital identity’ frequently arises in relation to many of our daily activities. Whether we talk about online banking, shopping online, accessing government services online, or simply signing up for a new social media account, we all use our digital identity on a daily basis. But our increased presence online raises multiple securi…

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Feb

2024

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EU2040 climate target (debate)

Mr. Chairman, Mr. Commissioner, it is of utmost importance that the European Union remains consistent with the idea behind the European Green Deal and that we become the world’s first climate-neutral continent by 2050. Some think this plan isn't ambitious enough. I don't agree with them. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent by 2040 is very ambitious, but I would like to know and it is n…

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Dec

2023

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Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials (debate)

In the long term, our economies cannot function without a secure, competitive and environmentally friendly supply of critical raw materials. Strategic autonomy in all sectors is therefore of the utmost importance for the future of our European family. Lessons learned from our experience and dependence on Russian energy, this week in the European Parliament we respond to increasingly aggressive Chi…

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Sep

2023

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Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (debate)

Dear Chairman, I am speaking today not only as a Member of Parliament, but also as a doctor and a concerned citizen of Europe. Too many of our fellow citizens have died from the consequences associated with poor air quality to turn our heads on this issue. The quality of the air we breathe and the water we use is crucial for our future. This is the basic prerequisite for life. The primary, vital e…

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Mar

2023

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Decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations: European Digital Identity framework (A9-0038/2023 - Romana Jerković) (vote)

Mr President, the new digital identity framework is a real game-changer. Why? Because it will put citizens in full control of their own data and give them the freedom to decide exactly what information to share with whom and when. By using the wallet, they will be able to link their national identities with documents such as driving licence and university diplomas and bank accounts, electronic hea…

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Nov

2022

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Establishing the Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030 (debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, Commissioner, as the energy and economic crisis continue to loom large, there is a growing risk that many European citizens and companies will fall behind and not reap the benefits of the digital transformation. To accelerate the pace of digital innovation and adoption, it is crucial that we match the 2030 target with a set of investments that will help close the …

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Apr

2022

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Data Governance Act (debate)

Madam President, over the last few years, digital technologies have changed the way we work, the way we fight disease, the way we use public services. Data is at the core of this transformation. The Data Governance Act is Europe’s chance to deliver on the promise of data-driven innovation and to create a single European data space in which data flows without barriers. How do we can deliver on this…

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Mar

2022

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General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030 (debate)

Dear Chairman, we are living in extremely crisis times with the threat of global war and pandemic, which unfortunately pushes climate change to the next level. And right now, more than ever, is the moment to truly separate economic development from resource use and environmental degradation. While we have the most ambitious environmental policy in the world, the European economy bears €55 billion …

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Mar

2022

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Rising energy prices and market manipulation on the gas market (debate)

Dear Chairman, the war we have witnessed in the last thirteen days has only confirmed what we already knew. Someone else is managing our strategic interests and yes, that makes us very vulnerable. And it is clear as a day that without energy sovereignty and without stable energy prices, there is neither development nor progress. For this we need a completely new approach to energy policy and for t…