What Davor Ivo spoke about.

17

Dec

2024

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Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Dear President, colleagues, Shaun Walker, journalist of the left-wing The Guardian, wrote a book back in 2018 in which he claims that Putin manipulated the memories of the great victory of '45 so that Russia would actually forget about '89, that is, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the crimes of communist dictatorships and the disintegration of the Soviet Empire. Manipulation with historical themes is…

17

Dec

2024

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Toppling of the Syrian regime, its geopolitical implications and the humanitarian situation in the region (debate)

The fall of the Assad regime is a geopolitical blow to Iran. Russia is also strategically weakened. Will she be present in Syria? This depends primarily on talks with the new authorities, but also on talks between Putin and Erdoğan. Turkey is obviously the biggest winner in this situation and we see, as it was in the South Caucasus, now and in Syria, the withdrawal of Russia leaves one vacuum whic…

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Nov

2024

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The increasing and systematic repression of women in Iran

Dear President, colleagues, in the week when we celebrate the Day against Violence against Women, it is especially important to look at the situation in Iran. And despite hopes for policy change with President Pezeskian's new government, Iran continues to systematically repress women, especially through the so-called moral police. The authorities are increasingly restricting women's rights, includ…

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Nov

2024

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Continued escalation in the Middle East: the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank, UNRWA’s essential role in the region, the need to release all hostages and the recent ICC arrest warrants (debate)

26

Nov

2024

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Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia (debate)

25

Nov

2024

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The outcome of the G20 Leaders' Summit (debate)

Madam President, let me start by praising Brazil for the leadership it has shown by launching the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty. It addresses the SDG one and SDG two, the most urgent ones, and that should be acknowledged and supported. Having said that, I regret that the G20 failed to address all the causes of poverty. They did address some of them, like inequalities, like the Commiss…

13

Nov

2024

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Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraud (debate)

Dear Speaker, colleagues, irregularities in this election in Georgia, the interference of the Russian Federation is something that we have to put into a broader context, and that is the goal of the hybrid action of the Russian Federation to thwart the free will of the people to decide their own destiny. This is done in Georgia, it is tried by Moldova, it is also tried in the Western Balkans that p…

13

Nov

2024

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The devastating floods in Spain, the urgent need to support the victims, to improve preparedness and to fight the climate crisis (debate)

Madam President, allow me at the outset to express my condolences to Spain, to the Spanish people and, in particular, to Valencian society. A solidarity that Europe demonstrates by making available the civil protection system and solidarity funds, as it did also for floods in Central Europe or in candidate countries, such as in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Now, the tragedy is such that, obviously, the …

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Oct

2024

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Situation in Tunisia (debate)

Dear Chairman, colleague and colleague, Tunisia is our old partner. Relations start as early as 76, but a very important moment in these relations was the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding and a Strategic Partnership between the European Union and Tunisia last year. The MoU provides one comprehensive framework, tools for the Commission to support Tunisia in addressing a number of current ch…

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Oct

2024

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People’s Republic of China’s misinterpretation of the UN resolution 2758 and its continuous military provocations around Taiwan (debate)

Dear chairperson, colleague and colleague, the European Union adheres to the policy of one China and it is a policy based on the General Assembly resolution 2758. But China misinterprets the resolution to exclude Taiwan and marginalize it in the international community. Taiwan should actually be able to participate in the work of agencies where useful, for example the World Health Organization or …

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Oct

2024

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Situation in Azerbaijan, violation of human rights and international law and relations with Armenia (debate)

Dear Chairman, colleagues, changes in the international order have led to a change in relations also in the South Caucasus and it is clear that Azerbaijan's position has been strengthened, but this does not give Azerbaijan the right to violate human rights. Azerbaijan has the right to its territorial integrity, but not to human rights violations. He must respect the right of Armenians to return to…

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Oct

2024

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Urgent need for a ceasefire in Lebanon and for safeguarding the UNIFIL mission in light of the recent attacks (debate)

On the eve of the Paris International Conference, we must once again underline the importance and need for the full implementation of Security Council Resolution 1701, as this is the key not only to a ceasefire but also to a sustainable peace. If we want to do this, then we must support the implementation of this resolution for the building of political institutions in Lebanon, for the territorial…

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Oct

2024

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Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine (debate)

The Council of Europe and the Parliamentary Assembly have established that these are legitimate countermeasures because the Russian Federation has breached international law. Something similar has been done in the case of Kuwait; also, it has been a breach of international law. So what was the problem to respect the international law? I think that is the key question. Why is it so difficult also t…

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Oct

2024

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Empowering the Single Market to deliver a sustainable future and prosperity for all EU citizens (debate)

Dear Chair, Mr Letta speaks correctly about what the acceleration of the integration of the internal market has a geopolitical importance in today's conditions. I would complement this by linking the internal market to the enlargement process. Let's look at, for example, the situation in the Western Balkans, there are a lot of political problems. We must not wait for them to be resolved, for these…

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Oct

2024

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The rise of religious intolerance in Europe (continuation of debate)

Dear Chair, I think that my colleague Isabel Benjumea explained very well that the attack on Christianity is in fact an attack on tolerance, an attack on faith that teaches that we must love not only our friends, but also our enemies, that we must respect the dignity of every human person. And that is why, uh, I congratulate the Commissioner not only for his speech, but for everything he has done …

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Oct

2024

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Strengthening Moldova's resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integration (RC-B10-0072/2024)

Dear President, in this Parliament we often express our solidarity with the different peoples of different countries because they need us to stand by them in difficult times. We did this, for example, also in the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina because of these terrible floods that were truly devastating and we asked for the activation of the Solidarity Fund. But there are times when we have to ask…

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Oct

2024

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Iraq, notably the situation of women’s rights and the recent proposal to amend the Personal Status Law

Dear Chair, Dear colleagues, this bill, which allows forced child marriages, is of great concern. It allows even 9-year-old girls to marry. We must raise our voice because by respecting the dignity of women we can measure the degree of development, we can measure the degree of freedom of a society. I think it's wrong for an AfD agent to accuse the West of all this. If we look at a broader geopolit…

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Oct

2024

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The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in Georgia (debate)

Dear Chair, colleagues, is this resolution necessary? This is a question very legitimately asked by colleague Sánchez Amor, and I think she is needed. Why? Because we have to send a clear message before the election that you can't sit on two chairs? Of course the citizens of Georgia will decide, but we have a government that came to power with a pro-European rhetoric, which still says today that i…

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Oct

2024

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Strengthening Moldova's resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integration (debate)

Dear Chair, colleagues, with this resolution we are sending a very clear message of support to Moldova. We are not promoting a single figure or political option, but we are supporting the whole of Moldova so that the citizens of Moldova can decide their own destiny. We support that Moldova can strengthen its resilience at a time when it is a victim of a hostile action by the Russian Federation, wh…

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Sep

2024

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The case of José Daniel Ferrer García in Cuba

In 2016, I resigned as a Member of the European Parliament to take up my new duties in the Croatian government. I have now returned to the European Parliament after eight years and I remember the entry into force in 2016 of this Political Dialogue and Cooperation Treaty with Cuba. We were very skeptical about the European People's Party. On the left side of this parliament, we were assured that th…

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Sep

2024

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Situation in Venezuela (debate)

Madam President, despite all the popular demands in Venezuela, despite the requests of the international community, the diplomatic attempts of the governments of Brazil and Colombia, to this day the regime of Nicolás Maduro has not published the minutes of the presidential elections. The reason is very simple: the presentation of the electoral acts would mean the recognition of the victory of Edmu…

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Sep

2024

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The future of European competitiveness (debate)

Madam President, first with the diagnosis and with proposals for the EU in a changing world: in a nutshell, the US continues to be the dominant power, but its position is weakening. And this is not necessarily good news for us, because the world is more unstable and we still need to form our defence Union. It is not good news because we are not fulfilling the gap left by the US. Actually, China is…

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Sep

2024

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Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States (debate)

Dear Chair, colleagues, the aggressive policy of the Putin regime remains the biggest threat to European security and that is why it is necessary to show continued support for Ukraine in its fight for freedom at this plenary session. Europe has so far contributed more than EUR 100 billion in financial, humanitarian and military assistance to Ukraine, but let us be aware that we are now providing m…

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Sep

2024

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Persistent problems of anti-Semitism in Europe and of other forms of hate speech and hate crimes (debate)

Dear Chair, I am pleased that the Commissioner started her speech by remembering the victims of the criminal attack by Hamas on 7 October last year, as just after that date anti-Semitism has risen significantly across Europe. Unfortunately, this wave of anti-Semitism has taken many academic circles, university campuses, right where our youth should be taught, formed in the spirit of democratic val…

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Jul

2024

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The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine (debate)

Dear Chairman, I congratulate you once again on your election. We need our support for Ukraine to be permanent. Of course, this is support for our European values of democracy and freedom. There is no peace without justice and that is why we must say here: We need peace, but the price of peace cannot be territory. That would be a reward for the Russian aggressor. Therefore, as a man coming from a …