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EU-China relations (debate)

Madam President, I believe that we must deal with China, but also according to the principle of equals. There is no doubt that China is an essential factor in resolving global conflicts as well as global issues. For us, it is important to address aligned environmental policy interests with China. But we also find that these are often just words for China, see China's current approach in Sharm el-S…

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Madam President, we are witnessing the massive destruction of critical infrastructure in Ukraine. And we will vote this week on whether Russia is a terrorist state. I'm asking: How does a Russian soldier who shoots differ, murders innocent Ukrainian civilians, how does a Russian soldier who leads a handcuffed woman to shoot her in the backyard of her house differ, how does a Russian soldier differ…

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Borrowing strategy to finance NextGenerationEU (debate)

Madam President, we are really no longer saying in the pandemic that they have become accustomed, but have tried how to borrow at the expense of future generations, and that is a relatively high amount. It is important to realise that the European Union is the largest issuer of bonds and in particular the stability of financial and capital markets needs to be strengthened. And in this constellatio…

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Situation of human rights in the context of the FIFA world cup in Qatar (debate)

Madam President, 10 years ago, the European Parliament expressed its reservations about the granting of the championship to Qatar. I believe that this does not exonerate us – even some EU Member States have participated in this decision within the framework of the FIFA cartel. I think it is important that these issues, such as human rights, the protection of minorities, women's rights, the issue o…

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2022

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Assessment of Hungary's compliance with the rule of law conditions under the Conditionality Regulation and state of play of the Hungarian RRP (debate)

Madam President, the rule of law is a key value of our community. It is supposed to guarantee equal treatment to every EU citizen in every EU country. Without a functioning system of the rule of law, citizens, companies and the non—government sector find themselves uncertain about their rights. And that is exactly the current situation in Hungary. For a long time, Europeans have felt the absence o…

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Racial justice, non-discrimination and anti-racism in the EU (A9-0254/2022 - Evin Incir)

Madam President, I supported this own-initiative report. I believe that any racial discrimination is unacceptable in the European Union. It is unacceptable anywhere from the state level, starting with discrimination on grounds of race in the workplace. It is unacceptable, of course, even in private, in the media, anywhere. I am surprised by the rise of anti-Semitism within the European Union, for …

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Full application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in Croatia (A9-0264/2022 - Paulo Rangel)

Madam President, I supported this report because I believe that Croatia belongs to our Schengen area. Undoubtedly, in each country you will find, to some extent, examples of human rights violations. This has happened and indeed happens in each country to varying degrees of intensity of violations. But I am convinced that Croatia has fulfilled the basic conditions that come with our rules. This was…

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A high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (A9-0313/2021 - Bart Groothuis)

Madam President, I believe it is important that we really focus on protecting our essential critical infrastructure. Those attacks, which are increasing, as we have heard from a number of Member States, do not target state institutions, but, on the contrary, target health services, health facilities. They're targeting our businesses, stealing intellectual property data. All this will be the realit…

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2022

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Mr President, I would like to call on the Member States of the European Union to continue to support Ukraine in its efforts to suppress the aggressor, to suppress Russia's illegal and shameful invasion of its territory. We must continue this support and support Ukraine in the supply of armaments, in the supply of weapons, because, according to the reports we have received, they are already beginni…

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Esports and video games (debate)

Mr President, I agree with my previous speakers that this is indeed a very progressive area that brings together a wide range of sectors and also brings together knowledge, brings together skills, undoubtedly also creative people, be they authors of computer programs or animators, authors of music and also authors of sound. These are all, I think, very important aspects of this creation. And my co…

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Full application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in Croatia (debate)

Mr President, I believe that Croatia, of course, belongs to Schengen and it is a little surprising that, if it fulfilled the conditions for accession to the Schengen acquis as early as 2019, we could say that we are already three years behind schedule. So I am very glad that this decision strengthens us, that we are more united, that it also brings us closer and makes us a real family of security,…

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Digital finance: Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) - Digital Finance: Amending Directive regarding Digital Operational Resilience requirements (debate)

Mr President, I am very much following this battle for a package designed to strengthen our financial stability. And it is good that we are following other activities after DORA. I am convinced that the digitalisation of the financial sector is a step in the right direction, but it also brings significant risks, especially in the form of cryptocurrencies. Personally, I am convinced that they repre…

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Deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (A9-0234/2022 - Ismail Ertug)

Mr President, I also supported this proposal for a regulation, even though I did not vote for the end of the production of internal combustion engines from 2035 for a number of good reasons, but I think that this proposal is, of course, going in the right direction. If we want to promote the use of alternative fuels, be it hydrogen, electricity or, from a certain point of view, SNG, if it is produ…

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Sustainable maritime fuels (FuelEU Maritime Initiative) (A9-0233/2022 - Jörgen Warborn)

Mr President, I supported this draft report. I think it represents once again a welcome step forward, because maritime transport has remained somewhat out of our line of sight. We were satisfied with the fact that the sea is free and that we have practically no influence on this sea. I think it is therefore a good thing that the Commission has also proposed a proposal for a regulation that shows t…

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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 - all sections (A9-0241/2022 - Nicolae Ştefănuță, Niclas Herbst)

Mr President, I supported this draft budget because, of course, it represents the approval of this budget, a challenge for Parliament to find a measured budget. I think that the resulting text and the agreed text respond sufficiently to the crises we are facing. Of course, this budget is balanced. Surely you know that the European Union cannot live on debt in this sense, something else was post-CO…

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Global food security as follow-up to the G20 Agriculture Ministers meeting (debate)

Mr President, the food crisis is indeed a real threat and the European Union must do everything it can to eliminate it, to avert it as much as possible. It is undoubtedly propelled by Putin's war, and poses a threat to thousands of deaths per day, tens of millions of people in extreme poverty, hit by a combination of various geopolitical, climate, of course, energy crises, all of which lead to foo…

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Outcome of the first meeting of the European Political Community (debate)

Madam President, I consider the European Political Community to be a good initiative and, of course, it is an initiative that was initiated by President Macron. Certainly the success of the Czech Presidency is that so many countries have managed to bring to one place, Prague, the Czech Republic – from Iceland to Turkey, Great Britain, of course, the Caucasus states. It is important to promote such…

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EU-Western Balkans relations in light of the new enlargement package (continuation of debate)

Madam President, I will follow up on my colleague Simon. I totally agree with what he said in his speech. It was a huge mistake to slam the doors on the European Union to the Balkan countries, and I want to give a clear start to my speech to support the membership of these countries in the European Union. I think that the enlargement policy of the European Union should be placed in the priorities …

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Mr President, we are undoubtedly on the verge of a food crisis not only in Europe, but especially in African states and other poor states around the world. There is a lack of food resources on a global scale. And the consequence of the energy crisis is that this food crisis is deepening even further. They make basic human needs, services, products and, of course, food more expensive. We have a sho…

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The death of Mahsa Amini and the repression of women's rights protesters in Iran (B9-0425/2022, RC-B9-0434/2022, B9-0434/2022, B9-0435/2022, B9-0436/2022, B9-0439/2022, B9-0442/2022, B9-0455/2022)

Mr President, I of course supported this resolution. What we have seen in Iran is a clear desire for freedom, for the destruction of a disgusting totalitarian regime, a regime that has already killed hundreds of thousands of people and maimed many more. The death of Mahsa Amini shows the brutality of the regime, and the protests show the true face of the Iranian people – of people who want to live…

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COVID-19 – Sustaining EU preparedness and response: looking ahead (debate)

Mr President, this is a very important subject, and I kind of regret that it is not on the agenda until Thursday afternoon. Anyway, it's important to learn. I have listened with great attention to the Commissioner's words and, in principle, I can really agree with him. It is important to remember that our preparedness is essential to reassure citizens that we know that we have learned the lessons …

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The Dutch childcare benefit scandal, institutional racism and algorithms (debate)

Mr President, for the first time in May this year, the Dutch Government publicly admitted that institutional racism was the main cause of the child benefit scandal. As a result of the scandal, the Dutch government resigned. The Dutch tax and customs administration drew up risk profiles of persons applying for child benefit using algorithms for foreign-sounding names and dual citizenship. And this …

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The recent humanitarian and human rights situation in Tigray, Ethiopia, notably that of children

Mr President, these ethnic disputes that we are witnessing in Ethiopia show historical grievances, historical tensions, but they also show how they are decimating the whole country and the region and deepening the current humanitarian and food crisis in the region. Ahmars have been the target of repeated attacks in regions such as Oromia, where we are witnessing tens of thousands of murders, hundr…

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The Media freedom crackdown in Myanmar, notably the cases of Htet Htet Khine, Sithu Aung Myint and Nyein Nyein Aye

Mr President, the Government of Myanmar continues to brutally repress the rights of the peaceful people of this beautiful country. He restricts access to social media, shuts down journalists, brutally suppresses demonstrations, in fact, what he has apparently been learning in China for years, he is also practicing in his country. We are witnessing journalists being denounced – and now I will quote…

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The situation of human rights in Haiti in particular related to gang violence

Mr President, let me begin by expressing my outrage at the fact that Mr Sinčić took the liberty of dedicating his minute to Croatia, not to the need of millions of people in Haiti. So many murders, so many violence and criminal gangs that we are witnessing in Haiti – as if this has never ended. The UN Security Council has expressed hope for improving the current humanitarian crisis in Haiti, but t…