What Stanislav spoke about.

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Nov

2023

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Madam President, I would like to talk about the role of cohesion policy, because the European Union makes a fundamental contribution to supporting regions, municipalities, entrepreneurs, but also the non-profit sector, for countries with lower GDP levels. The European Union trusts the States that their subsidy and regional policy will be based on support for development projects, but will also be …

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Oct

2023

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Schengen area: digitalisation of the visa procedure (A9-0025/2023 - Matjaž Nemec)

Mr President, I also supported this report. I also support the expansion of Schengen. I am glad that Croatia has joined and we are very much looking forward to the accession of the last countries, especially those that ask for it. The main objective of this report was to allow visa applications to be submitted digitally via a platform, in order to replace the visa sticker, the physical visa sticke…

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Oct

2023

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2022 Report on Montenegro (A9-0277/2023 - Tonino Picula)

Mr President, I also supported this report because I want the European Union to be enlarged, especially to include the Balkan countries. I consider this to be our important task in terms of the future and responsibility for the whole European continent. I think that the EU needs to make progress in these accession talks and Montenegro has made progress. I also think that we must give hope to the y…

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Oct

2023

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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024 - all sections (A9-0288/2023 - Siegfried Mureşan, Nils Ušakovs)

Mr President, I also supported this draft report. I think that the EU needs a sustainable budget for next year that is motivating and that also includes and responds to the current challenges we face, be they climate or security challenges, and that supports innovation and cohesion policy. A large number of amendments were tabled. I did not support most of them because I considered them more dilut…

18

Oct

2023

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Islamist terrorist attack on French schools and the need to protect people and promote social cohesion (debate)

Mr President, allow me to express my sympathy for the victims of terrorist attacks and also to say that it is often not just the deranged individuals who are really being hit very hard at times, but also the organised criminal groups. And here I think that criticism can already be very close and strong. We've been talking about the same thing since 2015. We must guard our borders better, far bette…

18

Oct

2023

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New European innovation agenda (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I welcome this programme and this agenda. The new European Innovation Agenda will help Europe develop new technologies to address the most pressing societal challenges, as well as bring new technologies to the market. It is designed to make Europe a leading player on the global innovation scene. However, the question arises as to how the Commission intends to contribute…

18

Oct

2023

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Outcome of the SDGs Summit (18-19 September 2023, New York) – transformative and accelerated actions leading up to 2030 and beyond (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, sustainable development is the only possible way forward for humanity. The industrial era of the last three centuries, as well as intensive agriculture, have ensured a higher standard of living, albeit not across the board, but if we compare the quality of life only in terms of one century, it has undoubtedly increased globally, but unfortunately few for many …

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Oct

2023

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Madam President, territorial cohesion is one of the fundamental objectives of European policies and aims to reduce regional disparities, promote regional development and also promote cross-border cooperation. Cohesion policy is one of the backbone policies of the European Union. And I ask myself, is it possible to evaluate the objectives of cohesion policy? It is not easy to answer this question. …

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Oct

2023

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Fisheries control (debate)

Madam President, first of all, accept my apologies for pressing the wrong button. Although I did not agree with the esteemed colleague very much, I did not want to ask him a question. On this issue, I have repeatedly expressed my views on the sustainability of fisheries in this plenary, and I welcome this proposal for reforms. I think it is important to find a real balance and give time to fish st…

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Oct

2023

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EU-Switzerland relations (A9-0248/2023 - Lukas Mandl)

Mr President, we have dozens of agreements with the Swiss Confederation. He's actually our closest inner friend. It is a long-standing partner country for the European Union. We have a strong interest in cooperating and deepening this cooperation in foreign security policy. I also welcome the perhaps very surprising position of the Swiss Confederation, which came out of its neutrality and supporte…

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Oct

2023

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Segregation and discrimination of Roma children in education (B9-0394/2023)

Mr President, my colleague Šojdrová and I are giving the floor a little. I supported this draft resolution because education is our fundamental value, it is a fundamental right of every European. No one should fail the education system. It is precisely investment in young people that needs to be encouraged. And, of course, the education of young Roma is the best investment, because today we lack a…

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Oct

2023

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Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (A9-0271/2023 - Maria Spyraki)

Mr President, I also supported this proposal. The actual labelling of products, the packaging of chemical mixtures is very important for our internal market and, of course, also for consumers. I think that the update we have made is very important in terms of transparency and information. This also strengthens confidence in the high standards of products that are placed on the market and that cons…

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Oct

2023

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The case of Zarema Musaeva in Chechnya

Mr President, I would like to begin by rejecting Mr Krah's statement, which actually tells us the same thing every time on behalf of the ID Group, and I think that it is, unfortunately, a show of embarrassment on his part, in that it reduces the importance of the suffering of Mrs Zarema Musaeva from Chechnya and educates us that we know nothing about this case. It is truly deplorable what is happe…

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Oct

2023

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Madam President, Ukraine has been facing unacceptable Russian aggression for one and a half years. Thousands of people are dying, infrastructure and property are being destroyed. Russia is trying to subvert Ukraine's support by virtually any means. He also uses his contacts in political parties across the European Union. Unfortunately, we have also seen this in the recent Slovak elections. I am ve…

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Oct

2023

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Ensuring European transportation works for women (debate)

Madam President, we must not at all underestimate the issue of ensuring European transport that is suitable for women. I would like to thank the rapporteur for taking this issue proactively and successfully. The whole subject is undoubtedly framed by the motto ‘a better and safer space for women in transport’, and much has already been said about this. I also welcome it here and see a lot of room …

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Sep

2023

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Segregation and discrimination of Roma children in education (debate)

Madam President, I want to condemn unequivocally what Mr Reil said at the end of his speech, when he spoke about the fact that Roma culture is accompanied by thousands of years of crime. I don't think it really belongs on this land. Any discrimination and segregation is unacceptable in the European Union. States are not only obliged to comply with these commitments, but must react positively when …

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Sep

2023

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Sustainable aviation fuels (ReFuelEU Aviation Initiative) (A9-0199/2022 - José Ramón Bauzá Díaz)

Mr President, I also supported this report because I consider sustainable aviation fuels to be one of the key challenges of our future. Air transport is also a major contributor to the crisis we are facing in terms of climate and environmental protection, so it must not stand aside and I am convinced that we have found a balanced form that is also ambitious. It is important to encourage innovation…

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Sep

2023

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Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (A9-0233/2023 - Javi López)

Mr President, I am also a member of the EPP and I also supported this proposal for a directive, because air protection is indeed still a serious problem. Of the environmental impacts on premature deaths, air protection is the biggest. We went from one million premature deaths in 1990 to 300,000 in those years, but that's still too much. And the path towards zero pollution by 2050 is certainly comm…

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Sep

2023

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Composition of the European Parliament (A9-0265/2023 - Loránt Vincze, Sandro Gozi)

Mr President, I supported this proposal for a number of reasons. I believe that the right balance has been struck between the requirement of transparency of our rules, but also the protection of privacy. I consider the changes to the Rules of Procedure to be a response to the case that the European Parliament is facing, as well as an appropriate response to the 14-point plan. For these reasons, I …

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Sep

2023

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The future of the European book sector (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the European book sector is one of the largest cultural creative industries in the EU, employing more than half a million people and publishing 600 000 titles a year. This sector is mostly made up of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and it must also be said that the leading publishers, worldwide, come from the EU. However, the book sector is also facing a numb…

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Sep

2023

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Regulation of prostitution in the EU: its cross-border implications and impact on gender equality and women’s rights (debate)

Mr President, I want to join those who, of course, regard the exploitation of women, any human trafficking, as a completely unacceptable practice. Of course, violence against women is also completely unacceptable. We are talking about a very sensitive issue of the protection of women and children, and I would like to say that we must also not forget the efforts to improve the situation of these wo…

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Sep

2023

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Human rights situation in Bangladesh, notably the case of Odhikar

Mr President, trade unionists, civil society, members of the opposition, workers, all face surveillance, physical attacks, arbitrary arrests, abuse of state power, kidnappings and even extrajudicial executions. This is the situation in Bangladesh. We strongly condemn the killing of Shahidul Islam in June this year. We demand a transparent investigation into this execution that has taken place. We …

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Sep

2023

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The case of Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu, imprisoned in Azerbaijan

Madam President, I did not originally want to speak on this point, but I was prompted by a rather scandalous speech by a representative of the ID Group, which I consider unacceptable to relativise what is really going on in Azerbaijan and the way in which the representatives of the state authorities are dealing with Professor Ibadoghlua. I find this speech unacceptable and I think we should all co…

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Sep

2023

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SME Relief Package (debate)

Madam President, in one minute I will certainly not be able to calculate everything that the European Union could do for small and medium-sized enterprises, but they certainly represent 99% of the enterprises that are driving the green and digital transitions in Europe, but unfortunately have recently faced unpredictability and volatility due to a number of crises from COVID-19 to Russia’s war aga…

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Jul

2023

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Global Convergence on Generative AI (debate)

Mr President, I agree with my colleagues that artificial intelligence is one of the biggest challenges of our future. We live in a time when technology makes it possible to create systems that learn and creatively generate new knowledge, new data. And, of course, this convergence brings together experts and researchers around the world to share knowledge and, of course, accelerate innovation. Howe…