What Vytenis Povilas spoke about.

8

Oct

2024

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

Mr President, Mrs Vera Jourova, Vice-President of the Commission. Congratulations to you. I do support the resolution, but I am a little different, because the European Union must show its enormous strength and influence. All the more so because in the Eastern Neighbourhood Policy we could have had a much greater influence on the democratic development of Georgian society for a long time. Everyone…

19

Sep

2024

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The historic CJEU ruling on the Apple state aid case and its consequences (debate)

Mr President, first of all, dear colleague Stella Kyriakides, convey your warmest congratulations to Margrethe Vestager. All of you and we, in the past, have achieved a great victory in the Commission! It is important to note that this is only the beginning. Continue the fight against tax avoidance, tax laundering, aggressive tax planning and the exploitation of enormous lobbying influences to per…

18

Sep

2024

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The severe situation of political prisoners in Belarus

Madam President, honourable Commissioner, colleagues, friends, I will continue in my mother tongue because I think we need to use, for our neighbouring country, our own language – Lithuanian – because Lithuania is a neighbouring country with Belarus. Mr President, dear colleagues, this is not the first time that the European Parliament has debated political prisoners in Belarus. And it must be sta…

18

Sep

2024

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EU response to the Mpox outbreak and the need for continuous action (debate)

Mr President, dear Commissioner Stella Kyriakides, thank you for being here. Dear colleagues, the upsurge of Mpox cases in a growing number of countries in Africa constitutes a public health emergency of continental concern. The current upsurge of Mpox in parts of Africa is an emergency not only for Africa but for the entire globe. The multi-country outbreak of Mpox is spreading rapidly via sexual…

17

Sep

2024

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

Mr President, dear colleagues. Indeed, an attempt to freeze the conflict is disastrous for the European Union. And that formula – to support as much as needed – is not ambitious enough. Support should be provided as effectively, as much as possible, as quickly as possible and as coordinated as possible. That is why an increase in the percentage of financial support from all the countries of the Eu…

16

Sep

2024

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

Mr President, honourable Commissioner, colleagues, we are indeed talking about an extremely difficult subject. Anti-Semitism has a tradition in Europe for thousands of years and, worst of all, it manifests itself in the most terrible Nazi bestialism. The Holocaust is an incomparable crime with no one, because it touches the foundations of human existence. Anti-Semitism is what is happening in Pale…

16

Sep

2024

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Need to prevent security threats like the Solingen attack through addressing illegal migration and effective return (debate)

Mr President, honourable Commissioner, colleagues, when you listen here to very ultra-patriotic speeches, you sometimes feel that this ultra-patriotism seems to be the last refuge for scoundrels. There is such a phrase, and it must be said that these speeches increase the fire of hatred, not anything else, but even more. In solidarity with the victims, the victims of Solingen, I want to tell those…