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2023

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2022 Report on Albania (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, it is a real pleasure to see you among us. Often our friendly country of Albania is seen in a package with North Macedonia and the country is often the victim of a lack of progress in its eastern neighbour, and this lack of progress is, of course, due to the unwillingness of the authorities in Skopje to implement human rights protections, but this is another topic. W…

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Commemorating the 28th anniversary of Srebrenica (statement by the President)

Madam President, the genocide in Srebrenica is without any doubt a war crime and a crime against humanity committed by Serb paramilitary units. This crime was part of the war waged by paramilitary Serb forces throughout the former Yugoslavia. Before Srebrenica was Croatia, before it was Slovenia, but this genocide and crime is also the result of a somewhat indecisive policy pursued in Europe regar…

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2023

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Lessons learnt from the Pandora Papers and other revelations (A9-0095/2023 - Niels Fuglsang)

Mr President, the Pandora Papers have shown a lot. First of all, the vulnerability of our systems to hide huge funds in offshore zones and tax havens. This is possible because the European Parliament and a number of European institutions are subject to external influence. That was Qatargate. That was what? External influence to modify European Parliament documents. I ask, however, when and where i…

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2023

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Sustainable reconstruction and integration of Ukraine into the Euro-Atlantic community (RC-B9-0270/2023, B9-0270/2023, B9-0274/2023, B9-0275/2023, B9-0277/2023, B9-0278/2023, B9-0281/2023)

on behalf of the ECR Group. - Mr President, unlike the previous report on this subject, I voted with conviction in favour. Undoubtedly, the Ukrainian people and nation want to break away from a sphere of influence that is outside the European one and be part of the European Union and NATO. This process began 10 years ago during a time of government that had sparked very strong protests in this cou…

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2023

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EU Day for the victims of the global climate crisis (B9-0296/2023)

Mr President, I strongly voted against this European Union initiative for the victims of the global climate crisis. It's just another insanity to make a day for the victims of climate change. I think it's a hysterical, alarmist, false policy that tries to blame European societies for being industrialized, for making some progress, for producing something, for doing something. Even Mr Timmermans hi…

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2023

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Call for a European strategy to counter hostage diplomacy (debate)

Which is the same.

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2023

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Call for a European strategy to counter hostage diplomacy (debate)

Well, I am talking about a third state interfering in a European Union problem.

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2023

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Call for a European strategy to counter hostage diplomacy (debate)

No, I am absolutely not. We are talking about counter hostage diplomacy and this is the very centre of ...

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2023

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Call for a European strategy to counter hostage diplomacy (debate)

Mr President, it is sensible that the proposal should have a common policy towards the diplomats of the Member States of the European Union when it comes to hostages, such crises and a common policy that responds simultaneously, equally and in a coordinated manner, and that should be the common policy of the European Union. This is one of the sensible areas in which there may be such a common poli…

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2023

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The water crisis in Europe (debate)

Madam President, it is usually not necessary to utter the obvious truths, but yes, the management of water resources is extremely important. Important in view of the fact that the population and agriculture in the Member States of the European Union will require more and more quantities of clean drinking water and water for irrigation. We are witnessing anomalies such as prolonged droughts, follow…

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2023

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Ukraine’s accession to the Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (debate)

Madam President, on the one hand, and in the first place, all the institutions agree that the Ukrainian side has fulfilled the conditions for accession to this convention, and note, moreover, that it has fulfilled the conditions in the conditions of aggression against it and of war. That's something to be noted. On the other hand, Ukraine's accession to the Convention is politically necessary. Thi…

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2023

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Foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation (A9-0187/2023 - Sandra Kalniete)

Madam President, I voted strongly in favour of this document because interference by third hostile parties in the internal affairs of the Union and the Member States is unacceptable and inadmissible. We remember the Qatar Gate case, in which funds were taken to amend EU documents by our colleagues, European representatives. At the same time, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of…

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2023

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Breaches of the Rule of law and fundamental rights in Hungary and frozen EU funds (B9-0257/2023)

Madam President, I voted firmly against this resolution because it is yet another interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state and a call for witch-hunting. It aims to directly intervene at different bureaucratic levels in the EU in the internal affairs of sovereign states. Such interference, as we see in the recordings of the former Bulgarian Prime Minister, who agreed with the Presi…

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2023

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Geographical Indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products (A9-0173/2023 - Paolo De Castro)

Madam President, I voted for the report on geographical indications for wines, spirit drinks and agricultural products because I think it is particularly important for our producers to be able to enhance the added value of products produced in designated protected areas. It is good that no amendments aiming to increase the products allowed outside the demarcated protected area for wines by 15% hav…

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2023

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr President, at this moment, on this day, the meetings of a Deputy Prime Minister of a country that is not even a candidate for membership of the European Union, who, however, conducts lobbying policy, summoning European representatives, taking pictures with them, placing them, this is Mr Maričić from the Republic of North Macedonia, continue. And he takes pictures with people from the Committee …

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2023

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Empowering consumers for the green transition (A9-0099/2023 - Biljana Borzan)

Madam President, I voted in favour of this report for a very simple reason. Yes, of course, consumers search for and are influenced by advertisements about which environmental performance of the goods and services they buy is higher and which is lower. And of course, there must be some level of proof and there must be some level in which consumers are not misled by advertisements that present them…

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2023

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Prohibiting chick and duckling killing in EU law (debate)

With all my respect, dear colleague, do you know the cost of this debate? What will be the cost to the taxpayers, first of all, and second, for the industry? This is what is important for me. What will be the impact of this debate and the future prohibition, the future ban? What will be the social cost, industrial? What will be the cost for the people who are living with and in this industry? I am…

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2023

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Prohibiting chick and duckling killing in EU law (debate)

Madam President, honourable Members, I wonder what the people in the gallery above are thinking when they see and look at what their taxes are going to and what debates they are financing with their taxes in the European Parliament? Not that I have anything against exotic topics like these, it's Thursday after all, and in oral questions everyone can ask topics that, to put it mildly, I think are s…

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2023

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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 (A9-0170/2023 - Łukasz Kohut, Arba Kokalari)

Madam President, I also voted against this report because I firmly believe that nation states must respect their constitutions and their legal provisions. The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Bulgaria, a sovereign state, has declared the Istanbul Convention unconstitutional in some of its texts. For this reason, there can be no doubt that this document actually aims at something completely …

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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 (A9-0169/2023 - Łukasz Kohut, Arba Kokalari)

Madam President, I voted very strongly against this report, which must, and after the vote of the European Parliament, entered the European Union in the Istanbul Convention for a very simple reason - this document and this convention have nothing to do with their title. They impose, propose and try to introduce into our societies in a roundabout way, under the guise of protecting women's rights, a…

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2023

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2022 Report on Kosovo (debate)

Madam President, there is hardly a more pro-Western and pro-European community in Europe, a more pro-European and pro-Western society than that in Kosovo. And yes, the people of Kosovo deserve their efforts to be supported. And the people of Kosovo deserve to start the negotiation process faster and be part of the European Union. There is no doubt about this and they should be encouraged. In this …

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2023

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2022 Report on Serbia (debate)

Madam President, honourable Members and Commissioner, I hope you will listen carefully. This is important. Serbian foreign policy has one expression ‘And Tito-Tito’. People from the old Yugoslavia will know what I'm talking about. And now this policy continues, only it is not ‘And on Tito – Tito’, but it is ‘on Tito – Milosevic, after him Vucic, after him Dacic’. The same foreign policy of denying…

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2023

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr President, in the Republic of North Macedonia, repression continues against people who, being Macedonian citizens, define themselves as people with Bulgarian national consciousness. On April 25, the prosecutor's office summoned and indicted Tomé Blazewski, secretary of the Ohrid club. On 3 May, the Prosecutor's Office in the Republic of North Macedonia indicted Lyubcho Georgievski from the town…

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2023

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Universal decriminalization of homosexuality, in light of recent developments in Uganda (RC-B9-0219/2023, B9-0219/2023, B9-0220/2023, B9-0221/2023, B9-0222/2023, B9-0223/2023, B9-0224/2023)

What does it mean, thank you? I am absolutely not off-topic, Mr President, because this is my explanation of vote and I have the right to explain my vote. Please give me these 10 seconds back if it’s possible. Това, което исках да кажа, уважаеми г-н Председател, преди да ме прекъснете доста нередно е, че в този Парламент се гледат всякакви други глупости, а не тези, които са важни. И това прави вп…

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2023

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Universal decriminalization of homosexuality, in light of recent developments in Uganda (RC-B9-0219/2023, B9-0219/2023, B9-0220/2023, B9-0221/2023, B9-0222/2023, B9-0223/2023, B9-0224/2023)

Mr President, it is a great honour that I remain the only one to speak on this subject, but yes, I voted firmly against this report because this report is absolute nonsense. This report is something that the European Parliament should not do. There is a country somewhere in Africa that decides to do something about its internal affairs. Here too, the European Parliament, which, by the way, does no…