Speeches

The session has resumed, so please take your seat. The next item is the continuation of the debate on the Council and Commission statements: War escalation and humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan (2025/2984(RSP)).

Thank you, Mr Sieper, for this speech. Of course, we will report to the President what has happened and, of course, we will also consider possible sanctions against Mr Braun for the inappropriate, violent and unacceptable language used in this House.

I said either use language appropriate to this House or I'll take your word off. It is not possible to insult representatives of the European institutions as you have just done. So, if you want to intervene, use appropriate language, otherwise I won't let you intervene and I'll take the floor from you.

Ladies and gentlemen, I call you to order and I call you to use language that is appropriate and appropriate to this House, otherwise I will remove the floor from you.

Thank you, Mr Vilimsky. I remind you of the position of this Parliament, which has repeatedly expressed its support for Ukraine against Putin’s criminal aggression against a sovereign people.

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, in a few days' time it will be thirty years since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and it is an anniversary that requires us to remember a season in which the courage of peace was considered the highest form of security, in which dialogue was a political and moral duty. And today, in a Mediterranean that is crossed by new, worrying, impressive fractures, the European Union has the task of recovering that spirit, transforming it into concrete action. The Pact for the Mediterranean, just presented, thanks also to the work of Commissioner Šuica, indicates a path that is that of economic, cultural and energy cooperation to build stability and to build shared development. In this context, I believe that the recent peace plan can also become a useful instrument, if read in a multilateral way and consistent with international law. And we know that the resolution adopted by Parliament in September gives us a clear mandate: work for a just, inclusive peace, based on the respect and dignity of all peoples. This is the commitment we must honour, in the name of Rabin and his legacy of peace.

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I am speaking to pay tribute in this House to the courage, vision and determination of a great Europeanist, inventor and mother of the Erasmus programme: I'm talking about Professor Sofia Corradi, who just passed away a few days ago. With his determination he has made possible one of the most beautiful, concrete programmes of European integration and has thus offered millions of girls and boys the opportunity to get to know each other, to study and to grow together across borders. Erasmus, we know, is not only one of the most successful programmes of our European Union, but it is an idea of Europe, an idea of a living, supportive and open Europe. And so I believe that Professor Corradi's legacy and memory will continue to unite Europe and grow the millions of young Europeans, aware that they are an indispensable and important part of a unique history. Thank you, Professor Corradi.

The minutes of today's sitting will be submitted to Parliament for approval at the beginning of the next sitting. If there are no objections, I shall immediately forward the resolutions adopted at today's sitting to their addressees.

Let us move on to explanations of vote on a united response to Russia’s recent violations of EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure.

The next item is the debate on the Commission statement on the risks to public health in a Europe affected by global warming: combating the spread of tick- and mosquito-borne diseases (2025/2910(RSP)).