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Feb

2023

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EU funding allocated to NGOs incriminated in the recent corruption revelations and the protection of EU financial interests (debate)

Madam President, I too, of course, must strongly condemn the scandal. We have all done this in our speeches. Unfortunately, this scandal is affecting one of the key institutions of the European Union. It is obvious that the changes should have come sooner, that the changes are really necessary, but of course it is not possible to throw them all into one bag. Just as it cannot be the case with NGOs…

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Feb

2023

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Preparation of the EU-Ukraine Summit (RC-B9-0092/2023, B9-0092/2023, B9-0093/2023, B9-0094/2023, B9-0095/2023, B9-0096/2023)

Mr President, I, of course, supported this motion for a resolution. What Russia is doing is denying how it participated in the creation of international rules of order after World War II. One state cannot attack the other state. These are not just questions of international law. Let's look at the pictures from Bucha, from Irpina, from many other Ukrainian cities. We see a real genocide, which is w…

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Feb

2023

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Revision of the European Works Councils Directive (A9-0295/2022 - Dennis Radtke)

Mr President, I also supported this report. In my opinion, the position of employees balances in the desired direction in relation to the largest companies, where the position of employees has not been very strong so far. We also have current experience in the Czech Republic, where one Korean company blocks collective bargaining and even does not let protesting employees into the factory. I think …

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Feb

2023

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Transparency and targeting of political advertising (A9-0009/2023 - Sandro Gozi)

Mr President, I supported this report because it is obvious that European democracies are under pressure from disinformation. These campaigns are running and we have seen them in the past and there is something to be done in this field. I agree that political competition should be as free and equal as possible, but it is also necessary to prevent attacks on our democracy, which are mainly carried …

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Feb

2023

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr President, many mountain regions, but also structurally affected regions, poor regions continue to decline, depopulating as if they had no future. They are not attractive to young people, development is rather stagnant, and at the same time it must be said that these regions are actually abandoned, abandoned in our European Union. It seems as if cohesion policy is failing in some areas, as if o…

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Feb

2023

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Situation in Afghanistan (debate)

Madam President, at the beginning of the 20th century, Afghanistan was a relatively promising country. By the end of the 20th century, the country was already in turmoil. Although we have made a number of mistakes in Afghanistan, it is clear that this country had at least some hope. I don't think we can leave the Afghan people who trusted us. And it is important that we unequivocally condemn the v…

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Jan

2023

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Implementation of the common foreign and security policy - annual report 2022 (A9-0292/2022 - David McAllister)

Madam President, last year brought clear significant political and security challenges. We are witnessing a regular war on the European continent caused by Russian aggression. I think it is important to say that there is a paralysis of international law, and we clearly support Ukraine in this report, and I think we also support our security policy, our budgetary policy in the field of defence, as …

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Jan

2023

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Consumer protection in online video games: a European Single Market approach (A9-0300/2022 - Adriana Maldonado López)

Madam President, I also supported this draft own-initiative report. Online games are a very important part of the creative industry. The Czech Republic is one of the world's top countries. It is also important to appreciate the work of all those involved in this part of the creative industry. It is important to protect their rights, i.e. both the specific rightholders, i.e. those companies, and th…

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Jan

2023

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30th Anniversary of the Single Market (B9-0004/2023)

Madam President, I supported this motion for a resolution. I am convinced that 30 years of the European common market demonstrates its need and also its meaningfulness for citizens. For 30 years, we have enjoyed not only concrete economic benefits, but also other synergies from this single internal market. It is not only about jobs, but also about better access to markets, better competitiveness i…

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Jan

2023

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Terrorist threats posed by far-right extremist networks defying the democratic constitutional order (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, we all know and know the name Breivik. Unfortunately, how many young lives have been deprived of their future. In my country, the Czech Republic, right-wing extremists conducted a hunt for Romani people in the 1990s and, unfortunately, one extremist killed two young people with a minority orientation in our neighbours last year. All forms of right-wing …

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Jan

2023

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr President, dear colleagues, last Tuesday, former Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, who is notorious for his populist agenda, visited French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. The meeting took place just three days before the first round of Czech presidential elections, in which Mr Babiš, currently leader of one of the opposition parties, is taking part. I must very strictly denounce this rendezvous…

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Dec

2022

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Suspicions of corruption from Qatar and the broader need for transparency and accountability in the European institutions (B9-0580/2022, RC-B9-0581/2022, B9-0581/2022, B9-0582/2022, B9-0583/2022, B9-0584/2022, B9-0585/2022, B9-0587/2022)

Madam President, I do not have to change anything in my speech, which I was able to make here in this room on 21 November, when the issue of relations with Qatar was discussed. Of course, this scandal has a very negative impact on citizens' trust in the Union as a whole, in the institutions and, of course, also shakes our relations with third countries. It's an extraordinary scandal. Unfortunately…

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Dec

2022

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Major interpellations (debate)

Madam President, sabotage of critical infrastructure is indeed an exceptional threat to our overall security. It is clear that critical infrastructure plays an extremely important role at these times and its security, stability of supply is crucial at this time. Of course, critical infrastructure is cross-border in nature and the responsibility for protecting it lies primarily with the Member Stat…

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Dec

2022

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Madam President, Russia is a terrorist state. It systematically murders innocent civilians, kidnaps children to Russia, leaves mines, mines whole large areas, bombs destroy property and also public infrastructure, crops are destroyed. All of Russia's international crimes will be investigated. And this is an unequivocal message to Russia, which we have spoken repeatedly in this plenary. However, th…

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Dec

2022

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Addressing persistent challenges in the aviation sector and the impacts on passengers, workers, capacity and safety (debate)

Madam President, I will try to keep one minute. Sustainable mobility is undoubtedly one of the biggest challenges of the next decades. We are facing huge impacts from growing traffic. People want to travel, they want to have affordable services, they want to travel to them, and so products and goods have to flow. This represents really huge impacts and increases in emissions. Both environmental an…

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Dec

2022

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A long-term vision for the EU's rural areas (debate)

Madam President, we must certainly not forget the countryside in the long term. In the European Parliament, we deal with regions, cities and the countryside as if Cinderella were imaginary. Not that we do not pursue it, but as if cohesion policy and its results did not reach the countryside. And that's a great pity. Cohesion policy is, of course, intended to reduce disparities between regions and …

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Nov

2022

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Prevention, management and better care of diabetes in the EU on the occasion of World Diabetes Day (B9-0492/2022)

Mr President, I supported this proposal. It is imperative to remember that diabetes is unfortunately a very on the rise and is still a dangerous disease. In the European area, 35 million people suffer from this disease and it is mostly type 2 diabetes, i.e. acquired through, say, lifestyle, certain habits. And this is undoubtedly a major challenge, but also a burden on our health system. It is imp…

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Nov

2022

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Recognising the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism (RC-B9-0482/2022, B9-0482/2022, B9-0483/2022, B9-0485/2022, B9-0486/2022, B9-0487/2022)

Mr President, I supported this draft resolution. I also hoped that this House would support this motion for a resolution because Russia is murdering Ukrainians, Russia is torturing Ukrainians, Russia is raping Ukrainian women and men, Russia is abducting Ukrainian children, Russia is looting and destroying Ukrainian property. Tell me: How is this different from any other terrorist? It is clear tha…

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Nov

2022

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System of own resources of the European Union (A9-0266/2022 - Valérie Hayer, José Manuel Fernandes)

Mr President, I supported this report by our colleagues. I think we need to look for the EU's own resources and reform our budget. It is responsible for the future of the Union, for the future and for our children, and we must certainly not rely solely on the Member States. I therefore supported this report. We have big commitments, big challenges from the past period, from the coronavirus period,…

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Nov

2022

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Protection of livestock farming and large carnivores in Europe (debate)

Mr President, the coexistence of cattle and large carnivores almost sounds like a big contradiction. Yet the success of the European Commission, and I think that of all of us, was precisely that these beasts have multiplied in this way on the European continent. Perhaps, according to some, too much. Of course, grazing cattle, where there is a wolf, is complicated. I will not deny it at all, and I …

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Nov

2022

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Forced displacement of people as a result of escalating conflict in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Mr President, according to recent reports, the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is intensifying dramatically. Tens of thousands more are fleeing their homes in the east of the country amid fighting between M23 rebels and government forces. Residents no longer believe that the new negotiations in Kenya will bring peace. Most refugees lack basic necessities, clean water or…

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Nov

2022

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The continuing repression of the democratic opposition and civil society in Belarus

Mr President, the Belarusian regime has been showing its true face for many years – torture, arrests, imprisonments, the dead, journalists who are being persecuted, families destroyed. This is the terror of the people of Belarus. It is a terror, an undeclared war of its own society, waged by President Lukashenko himself. He is not the president, he was not elected in a legitimate way, but he is al…

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Nov

2022

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A post-2020 Global biodiversity framework and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity COP15 (debate)

Mr President, Minister, Commissioner, our fate is inextricably linked to that of the rest of nature. In 2019, the Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services warned that the loss of nature is accelerating at an unprecedented rate with severe impacts on the quality of life on Earth and that one million species are facing extinction. It is therefore of the utmost importance that t…

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Nov

2022

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The need for a European solution on asylum and migration including search and rescue (debate)

Mr President, the European Union has faced a number of challenges in recent years and increased migration is one of the most significant. The current system is not working, but Member States have not been able to find an agreement on how migration and asylum policies should be reformed for years. Some countries bear a huge burden, and Russian aggression has shown that the refugee onslaught can aff…

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Nov

2022

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EU response to the increasing crackdown on protests in Iran (debate)

Madam President, the huge protests of Iranians in recent weeks shows their will for freedom and democracy. Iranians have for long not supported the dictatorial regime of Khamenei’s governments. This regime is punishing them with death, violence and oppression. What we see in these days in Iran is thousands of victims and imprisoned young people and women, just in the last few weeks. We must clearl…