What Tomáš spoke about.

23

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, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in recent months armed groups in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo have escalated violence. We can see this in the rebel group of the March 23 Movement, which is currently trying to expel millions of women and children from their territory and is systematically trying to really rape women and achieve its political advance within that ter…

23

Nov

2022

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

Mr President, fellow Members, Europe is facing a raid and the surroundings of several psychopaths. The first is President Putin, the second is President Lukashenko. I think there is no excuse for their behavior, and there is no fairness for their regime. I think that we must do our utmost to put maximum pressure on President Lukashenko to answer for his actions not only against the opposition, not…

18

Oct

2022

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Mental health (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, on 10 October we celebrated Mental Health Day and I am glad that this issue is on the agenda of the European Parliament and even the European Commission has taken it for granted. I think it is important to talk here about the fact that people have mental problems not only after COVID, that they have mental problems and live with them, to learn to live as my pr…

17

Oct

2022

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FRONTEX's responsibility for fundamental rights violations at EU's external borders in light of the OLAF report (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I may not understand this debate very well. At a time when Frontex officers are risking their lives at the borders of the European Union, when indeed many of them have unbelievably much overtime, when we could see that many of them have not seen families for weeks because they have to be at work and have to do their job to make Europe safe, are we going to make this deb…

5

Oct

2022

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The accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen area (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, I would like to ask you at the outset whether, in a democracy, we can only choose the rules when it suits us. If not, then this debate is pointless because we, as the European Parliament, have already made it clear to Bulgaria and Romania in 2018 that they belong to the Schengen area. The European Commission has reiterated here that they meet all the criteria.…

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Oct

2022

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Commission proposal for measures under the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation in the case of Hungary (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Minister, this discussion seems to me a bit like a speech by clowns in a cabaret. One clown just puts on his jersey and asks all of us: What are European values? Is it really normal for you not to know what European values are? Do you know what we share here? Do you really find it meaningful to come here in front of other MEPs and ask such basic questions? To say tha…

4

Oct

2022

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Situation of Roma people living in settlements in the EU (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the situation of the Roma in the EU Member States is absolutely unacceptable. What we can see in a number of countries, such as Slovakia, Romania or Bulgaria, does not meet the standards of the 21st century. The Roma are the largest ethnic minority, but they live in conditions that are not European. No clean water, no dirt, no prospects for futu…

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Oct

2022

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Radio Equipment Directive: common charger for electronic devices (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in the eight years that I have been in the European Parliament, we have been dealing with the issue of chargers several times. I think we need to close this topic once and for all. War is raging on the EU's borders. Energy prices are rising in the European Union, and I think we certainly have more important things than talking again about a sing…

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Sep

2022

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Violations of human rights in Uganda and Tanzania linked to the investments in fossil fuels projects (B9-0385/2022, B9-0408/2022, RC-B9-0409/2022, B9-0409/2022, B9-0410/2022, B9-0411/2022, B9-0412/2022) (vote)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the floor under Rule 195. I would like to draw your attention to Rule 144 of the Rules of Procedure, which, from my point of view, has been violated. According to this rule, I would like to say that after hours of negotiations between all our factions, there was an agreement and that we found a compromise text on Tanzania and Uganda, and this te…

14

Sep

2022

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Violations of human rights in Uganda and Tanzania linked to the investments in fossil fuels projects

Madam President, Commissioner, the European Parliament is absolutely united in this resolution and expresses its support for the people of Uganda and Tanzania, who have been under great pressure. At the same time, he also honours the trial and trusts the government in the French judiciary. Negotiations have been tough, but I would like to thank my socialist colleague Larrouturou for the prepared r…

14

Sep

2022

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Illegal detention of the opposition leader in Bulgaria (topical debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to ask you the first question. Are we crazy? Should this be about Boyko Borissov or about the rule of law? Are we a Parliament or are we a "babble shop" that shows people that it is too expensive to pay for? We have the right to respect anyone's rights, and I don't care if they're from ALDE, if they're from the Greens/EFA, or if they're from the STA…

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Jul

2022

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The situation of indigenous and environmental defenders in Brazil, including the killing of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

Madam President, respect for human rights is the alpha and omega of all the functioning of the European Union and of all democratic societies. I believe in respect for human rights and this should be a pillar of our relations with our partners. The case of the hitherto unexplained killing of journalist Dom Phillips and secluded community expert Bruno Pereira is clear evidence that there are still …

6

Jul

2022

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Protection of the EU’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2020 (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, as Vice-President of the Committee on Budgetary Control, I would like to begin by thanking everyone for the efforts they have made in the fight against financial fraud, including the rapporteur, because financial fraud directly affects all citizens. The stolen funds could be invested in education, health or improving the living standards of European Union cit…

7

Jun

2022

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Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States (Effort Sharing Regulation) - Land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) - CO2 emission standards for cars and vans (joint debate – Fit for 55 (part 2))

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I too wish for healthy nature and clean air for my children and overall I believe that the Fit for 55 package will be approved. However, let me take a moment to reflect on the regulation on internal combustion engines. We're saying a specific term for 2035 here, and it's been said several times. Why not 2036? Why not 2042? I think we should set rea…

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May

2022

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Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law Report (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I always enjoy this debate. It always looks like we're going to move the rule of law debate somewhere, and as the classic says: ‘It will end when the pain is blown from one side to the other.’ In the rule of law, it does not matter who is from the left, from the centre or from the right. Dear colleagues, the rule of law is a value that we all agreed on when w…

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Mar

2022

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MFF 2021-2027: fight against oligarch structures, protection of EU funds from fraud and conflict of interest (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, great speech. I applaud you! It's really great! You talked about the digitalisation of European audit and control. And I'm asking: When will it be? We're still talking about it here. For two years, we've been saying we need to know who the money's going to! And where is the result? How much longer do we have to wait? Another two years? Five years, ten? The oligarchs …

9

Mar

2022

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A new EU strategic framework on health and safety at work post 2020 (continuation of debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the world has changed significantly. We live much faster, much faster and often work, sometimes on the edge of our possibilities. Protecting against health and safety risks and ensuring decent working conditions for the Union’s 170 million workers are therefore essential. Politics must also reflect the realities of the new digital age. There are ne…

9

Mar

2022

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Batteries and waste batteries (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, this regulation on batteries, waste and how they are to be treated is actually a key report in the area of the circular economy. Europe needs to develop dynamically. We still have a lot of catching up to do on environmental issues and safety. And if in 2019 only 51% of portable batteries sold in the European Union were recycled, then something is wrong. Much …

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Mar

2022

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Foreign interference in all democratic processes in the EU (debate)

Madam President, happy International Women’s Day to everyone and especially to Ukrainian women. We are thinking of you and I think that we are praying every day for you. Paní předsedající, vážení kolegové, to, co říkal tady kolega Uhrík, je prostě jeden velikánský nesmysl. Necháme tady nacisty, aby říkali svoje lži o tom, kdo jsou Židé? Necháme tady Rusy vypravovat lži o tom, jak jdou se samopaly,…

7

Mar

2022

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Shrinking space for civil society in Europe (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, one who sleeps in a democracy wakes up one day in a dictatorship, and civil society belongs to democracy. We may not like it many times, many times we may not have the same goals, the same views, but we should respect this plurality and this much-needed activity of civil society. And it shows right now in this difficult time, when thousands of people from Ukrain…

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Mar

2022

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Citizenship and residence by investment schemes (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the principle of golden passports brings not only financial but also security risks, and we are repeating this here all the time. It's unethical. It's problematic. It is absolutely against the principles on which the European Union has grown up. After all, being a citizen is something unique that cannot be equipped in two hours in Malta on the way from the jet t…

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Feb

2022

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The Rule of Law and the consequences of the ECJ ruling (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, if you want to fight, fight outside, but I think that this debate is a debate about the democratic nature of the institutions of the European Union. We have basic values. My family experienced both communism and Nazism, and all these regimes, which resulted in millions of lives in the 20th century, were governed by some right. But rightly perverse, rightly vi…

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Feb

2022

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Implementation of the Toy Safety Directive (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, what is more important in life than human life? The life of our children. That is why this directive, which was created in 2009, at a time when I was still working as an assistant to MEP Zuzana Roithová, which appealed to certain standards and quality toys, was terribly important. She was groundbreaking. She was setting the standards that we wanted the Chinese t…

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Nov

2021

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Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report 2020 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Mr President, I would like to focus on one topic that is being raised here, and that is cooperation. In the Committee on Budgetary Control, we are constantly confronted with one thing: insufficient and tepid cooperation between the institutions of the European Union and the Member States. With its solidarity, the European Union will offer funds, programmes, platforms…

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Oct

2021

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The rise of right-wing extremism and racism in Europe (in light of recent events in Rome) (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, democracy is sometimes like instant coffee. It looks like coffee, smells like coffee, tastes like coffee to some, but it's by no means coffee. Democracy is a fragile thing and I do not want to use the land of the European Parliament to settle political accounts. When the Nazis came to the Czech Republic, then Czechoslovakia, my family was first …