What Tomáš spoke about.

17

Sep

2024

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War in the Gaza Strip and the situation in the Middle-East (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, you know, it is unbelievable what is happening here at this time. Who is to blame for this situation? Who is a terrorist? Let's be clear! When someone commits a terrorist act, they are a terrorist. Hamas has committed an act of terrorism, they are terrorists. And I'm really surprised when someone in the 21st century supports terrorists. He takes the propaganda in Eur…

23

Apr

2024

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Effective coordination of economic policies and multilateral budgetary surveillance - Speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure – amending Regulation - Requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States – amending Directive (joint debate – Economic governance)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your joint work on this report. It is necessary to control the indebtedness of the Member States. On the other hand, there is also a need for some flexibility in how to respond today to the international situation, in particular to the defence investments that all Member States need and need. Today, Member States need to invest in sec…

13

Mar

2024

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Type-approval of motor vehicles and engines with respect to their emissions and battery durability (Euro 7) (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for this debate. I think it shows those emotions that are associated with the Euro 7 standard. The Euro 7 standard is a compromise between nature conservation and maintaining the competitiveness of European industry. The introduction of the Euro 6 test condition and its maintenance, thus avoiding high costs for European industry, is good …

13

Mar

2024

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Type-approval of motor vehicles and engines with respect to their emissions and battery durability (Euro 7) (debate)

Mr Glück, I would like to ask you a question. Did I understand that you admit that there might not be a ban on internal combustion engines if technology were found to remove CO2 from the exhaust of these engines, as Toyota has recently presented? Thank you for your reply.…

13

Mar

2024

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European Semester for economic policy coordination 2024 – European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2024 (joint debate – European Semester)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, negotiating the European Semester is always challenging. Each political party is trying to assert not only its social but also its economic priorities for the coming period. It's always tougher before the election. In this annual report, it is crucial that we strike a balance between economic and social priorities. And we did that this year. Ladies and gentlemen…

12

Mar

2024

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A single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State and on a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State (recast) (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, the economy of the European Union is the second largest economy in the world. In order to ensure that it works in the future, we need to guarantee a sufficient skilled workforce. We must address these shortcomings above all by employing our people. Many young people struggle to find long-term employment in the European Union, such as in southern…

6

Feb

2024

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The need for unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after two years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, Bucha, Mariupol, Bachmut, these are the names of the Ukrainian cities that we have all learned to pronounce gradually here in this room, because these are the cities where the incredible atrocities of the Russian army have been committed. Rape, looting, murder is a demonstration of Putin's regime. A regime that threatens not Ukraine, but the whole of European democracy. Ladies and ge…

16

Jan

2024

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Transparency and accountability of non-governmental organisations funded from the EU budget (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, NGOs are an important part of our public life. They protect democracy, help those in need and ensure the accountability of public institutions. That is why it is necessary to prevent those who abuse this status of NGOs from attacking our rules and values in any way. That is why the European People's Party, in cooperation with experts and people from the European Commiss…

13

Dec

2023

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Planned dissolution of key anti-corruption structures in Slovakia and its implications on the Rule of Law (continuation of debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, yes, we could all have spent the evening in a completely different way than discussing Slovakia here, but we don't care. I know all of you who stayed here by name. I take all of you from Slovakia as our brothers and sisters and I don't always care what happens in Slovakia. I was in Slovakia in 2019 and I received several threatening texts just because I said that we …

13

Dec

2023

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Planned dissolution of key anti-corruption structures in Slovakia and its implications on the Rule of Law (continuation of debate)

My colleague, my friend, you know that we are not discussing the anti-corruption law, but especially we have the fear about the situation in Slovakia. Have you met any people who have had experience with the mafia in Slovakia? And did you see the cases that we investigated there after the murder of Ján Kuciak?…

13

Dec

2023

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Planned dissolution of key anti-corruption structures in Slovakia and its implications on the Rule of Law (continuation of debate)

I have only one question. What do you think are the most important things that we are now facing in Slovakia? Why has this Parliament this debate? Why are we debating about the situation in Slovakia? Do you think that everyone from us is corrupt and want really to push Slovaks out from the European Union or do something against Slovakia?…

12

Dec

2023

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Defence of democracy package (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, thank you for proposing this legislation, because democracy is one of the greatest values we have received in our lives for us who are here and who are debating here. Authoritarian regimes are afraid of democracy, so they try to destroy it, to disrupt it. They try to put as much sand into the working gear as possible and influence what we are trying to promote here i…

12

Dec

2023

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Parliament’s call for the right to disconnect - three years on (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, honourable colleagues Agius Salibo or Pîslaru, who have worked on this legislation and on this position and have dealt with this subject, I think you have said quite clearly here what the preparation of this material looked like. We took a clear position on this and I am happy for it because it led or gave a signal during the COVID-19 era and it was actually revolutiona…

12

Dec

2023

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European Health Data Space (debate)

Madam President, if we really want to be the pulse of the twenty-first century, we must not live here and try to hinder progress and work on the basis of paper cards, which my mother, who was a doctor, used very well. I think that sharing data will help the development, it will also help the health of patients. It will also help in a number of situations that have been mentioned here, and I think …

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, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it has been three years since the French teacher Samuel Paty was brutally murdered. A few days ago, another teacher was murdered in Arras. The fact that the attacks are being carried out against teachers is not a coincidence. Teachers ensure the transmission of cultural values between generations, and therefore attacking teachers is also an attack …

18

Oct

2023

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Mental health at work (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen of the Commission, mental health in the workplace is certainly important, because an adult spends a lot of time in the workplace during his or her life, but besides the workplace, there is also a need to focus on non-working life. It is necessary to look at schools, look at how some children work or rather do not work with anxiety and dep…

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Oct

2023

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Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for this debate. I think that we all agree here today that we need to start dealing with this situation and we need to actively enter into negotiations. We really need to remind our NATO allies, which is Turkey, that it is impossible to support Azerbaijan in its aggression against the Armenian people. And that it is not possible to support th…

14

Jun

2023

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Humanitarian situation in Sudan, in particular the death of children trapped by fighting

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the situation in Sudan is very serious. It is therefore the duty of the European Union to urge conflicting parties to the conflict and to work towards a peaceful solution. The conflict is negatively affecting the civilian population, especially the most vulnerable, namely children. The future of Sudan, and more broadly the future of Africa, depe…

14

Jun

2023

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Extension of the mandate of the EPPO with regard to the criminal offence of violation of Union restrictive measures (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, I think we need to make this very clear. He who tolerates violations of certain principles is an accomplice, and therefore we must not currently tolerate anyone in Russia circumventing sanctions or doing business with Russia in the territory of the European Union and thus supporting war. He who supports the war is an accomplice to this monstrous war and is involved i…

13

Jun

2023

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Establishment of the EU Ethics Body (debate)

Madam President, Madam Vice-President of the European Commission, it is in vain, it is in vain, it is in vain. I think even if you go left or right or forward or backward, someone always sees a blot where the blot isn't. An EU ethics body that we've been discussing for nine years, and that discussion hasn't moved a dime. You brought a golden proposal that will investigate all the misconduct of MEP…

9

May

2023

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Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence – EU accession: institutions and public administration of the Union - Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence - EU accession: judicial cooperation in criminal matters, asylum and non-refoulement (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I am a conservative and I can say that anyone who commits violence against women is, for me, the worst monster and the worst waste of this society. But I also think the same about who is committing violence against men, who is committing violence against children, who is committing violence against people, like the elderly. I myself served for s…

9

May

2023

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Discharge 2021 (continuation of debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, as shadow rapporteur for the discharge of the agencies, I am extremely happy about one thing that we have managed to find a consensus across the political spectrum, particularly on Frontex. Frontex is one of the largest and most important agencies and the good functioning of Frontex means the safety of our citizens. There is no time to play ideo…

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Apr

2023

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Repression in Russia, in particular the cases of Vladimir Kara-Murza and Alexei Navalny

Madam President, Russia is a terrorist state. There is no negotiation with terrorists. Terrorists must be properly punished and captured. I admire the democratic opposition in Russia, because in Russia to protest is to automatically go to prison. That's why Vladimir Kara-Murza or Alexei Navalny are heroes to me. People who are not afraid and believe that truth and love will prevail over lies and h…

18

Apr

2023

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Guidelines for the 2024 budget - Section III (debate)

Mr President, citizens' security is certainly a priority that we can agree on across this room. Safety is something that is very important. It is a sensitive area and it is very important to know that when we cut somewhere in the area of security, it raises legitimate concerns for our citizens. Therefore, dear colleagues, I do not understand why the left wants to leave out barriers, that is, barri…

14

Dec

2022

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Defending democracy from foreign interference (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, if you go to sleep in a democracy, you will one day wake up in a dictatorship. And this motto, which my father always said, accompanies me throughout my life. We can't sleep. There is some case that is being solved, but there can be an incredible amount of cases if we allow someone to enter our democratic system without being invited. How many time…