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2021 Report on Serbia (debate)

Madam President, yes, I agree, this Serbia has no place in the European Union. This is the same Serbia that makes provocations in Kosovo. This is the same Serbia that makes provocations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is the same Serbia that supported Russian propaganda during Russia's war against Ukraine. This is the same Serbia that maintains Russia's largest logistical spy center in the Balkans…

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2021 Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina (debate)

Mr President, honourable Members, it is with great regret that it must be said and noted that this report is weak. This report is weak because it hides the facts on the ground, on the ground. He does not disclose the circumstances as they are, and they are as follows: The Croatian community in Bosnia and Herzegovina has no guaranteed rights of representation. Croatian interests in Bosnia and Herze…

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The call for a Convention for the revision of the Treaties (B9-0305/2022, B9-0307/2022)

Mr President, I voted absolutely against the idea of a treaty change convention, because this idea of treaty change is deeply anti-democratic and it aims at one thing only - a violent, artificial, false federalisation that will take sovereignty away from the Member States and put it in the hands of anonymous bureaucrats, unelected by anyone, irresponsible and unaccountable to anyone, who will impo…

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Parliament’s right of initiative (A9-0142/2022 - Paulo Rangel)

Mr President, I did not support this report, although it makes sense for the European Parliament to have some legislative initiative because of the nature of the political processes in the European Union and the European Parliament at the moment. Giving legislative initiative at this time, in this political configuration, will allow the far-left majority to impose its agenda, which, in my view, is…

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The rule of law and the potential approval of the Polish national Recovery Plan (RRF) (B9-0316/2022, RC-B9-0317/2022, B9-0317/2022, B9-0320/2022, B9-0321/2022, B9-0322/2022, B9-0323/2022)

Mr President, Members, the political attack on Poland continues. Poland is a country that currently bears the burden of helping many people fleeing war. Poland has its own national government, elected by Polish citizens. Here in this room there are people who are trying to politically change the Polish government, to replace the vote of Polish citizens. For this reason, they are looking for all so…

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Illegal logging in the EU (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, honourable Members, forests are a national treasure. Green is patriotism. Forests are the lungs of the planet – there is no dispute about that. And my colleague's report is very timely. Illegal logging and illegal logging is a theft by future generations and must be severely sanctioned. At the same time, however, it is necessary to know and specify who is doing it. In B…

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The call for a Convention for the revision of the Treaties (debate)

Member of the Commission. - Mr President, colleagues, it was with a huge and pleasant surprise that I learned that you are interested in and very much defending democracy. That's very nice. But yesterday, when you received a lesson in democracy, when your green folly in the form of a green deal was rejected, all of a sudden you stopped being Democrats and asked to vote again. What kind of double s…

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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 Timmermans. Unfortunately, this zero-emissions work is not going to happen anytime soon, and for this reason we all have the feeling that we are living in some not-so-smart joke. Dear Commissioner Timmermans, the rise in energy prices started long before the war in Ukraine. Of course, it has its impact, but the main fault for raising this price lies in this room, in this…

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Social and economic consequences for the EU of the Russian war in Ukraine – reinforcing the EU’s capacity to act (RC-B9-0267/2022, B9-0267/2022, B9-0271/2022, B9-0273/2022, B9-0278/2022, B9-0279/2022, B9-0280/2022)

Mr President, honourable Members, I voted for this report because there must definitely be a normal, new and genuine conversation in the European Parliament and the European Union about how to respond to such aggressions. I remind my fellow communists who live in their own utopia that the war was started by Putin and Ukraine was attacked by Russia, not the other way around. So justifying aggressio…

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2021 Report on Albania (A9-0131/2022 - Isabel Santos)

on behalf of the ALDE Group. - Mr President, I supported the report on Albania because the country has met the criteria, unlike the Republic of North Macedonia. And there is nothing to prevent this country from opening accession negotiations with the European Union. For example, Albania can and should be an example to look at the entire Western Balkans. The rights of all ethnic groups and all comm…

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2021 Report on North Macedonia (A9-0133/2022 - Ilhan Kyuchyuk)

Mr President, honourable Members, I strongly voted against this report because of the provocative amendment passed by the Greens with the following text: encourages North Macedonia and Bulgaria to resolve their cultural and historical dispute separately from the accession process and to immediately allow the organisation of the first intergovernmental conference, as North Macedonia has met all off…

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The REPowerEU Plan: European solidarity and energy security in face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including the recent cuts of gas supply to Poland and Bulgaria (debate)

Mr President, honourable Members, Commissioner, I have asked for this debate because I want an answer to a very important question and it is as follows. It is addressed to the Commission and I would like to receive a clear answer: Yes or no. Are there any states, state and private companies in the European Union that buy and pay Russian gas under the scheme proposed by Gazprom? That's what I want …

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2021 Report on North Macedonia (debate)

Mr President, honourable Members, dear Colleague. The Copenhagen criteria are the basis of so-called ‘European values’. Among them, the most important, for me at least, is that a country that is a candidate for membership respects and protects all human rights of all its citizens on its territory. You, as well as colleagues in Parliament, as well as the Commission, have repeatedly received informa…

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2021 Report on North Macedonia (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I would like, in a personal capacity, to congratulate the rapporteur on the tremendous work he has done and tried to do. This file is extremely difficult for him personally and politically. And I understand him for the effort he's put in, so I congratulate him. Dear colleagues, you want Macedonia to start negotiations with the European Union. Oh, that's great. This can …

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The impact of the war against Ukraine on women (B9-0219/2022)

Madam President, I abstained from this report with great regret. Why? First of all, the report is necessary. The problem is real, it's huge, it's disgusting, and it has to be solved. On the other hand, however, it is absolutely inexplicable and absolutely unrelated to the topic and absolutely out of place. In this report, colleagues on the left, following their political left-radical Marxist line …

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Ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) TEU regarding Poland and Hungary (B9-0262/2022, B9-0263/2022, B9-0264/2022)

Madam President, I voted firmly, firmly and without any doubt against this resolution. This resolution is wrong, inept, superfluous, and I would even call it stupid at a time like this. Poland is currently the country providing the most assistance to Ukraine in the war against the occupier and the invader on its territory. Not only with the reception of hundreds of thousands of refugees, but also …

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Competition policy – annual report 2021 (A9-0064/2022 - Andreas Schwab)

Madam President, I abstained on this report for a very simple reason. This report should give an account of the European Commission’s activity in Parliament in terms of competition in the period 2021. We cannot support a report that does not say and show all the bad decisions taken by the European Commission against competition in the European Union, against the free market and against free enterp…

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Building of a wall on the Polish – Belarus border in the Białowieża primeval forest (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, it is difficult to find a more ridiculous debate in this situation. A situation where Europe is at war with the Kremlin, an invasion with the Kremlin. At the same time, we see a hybrid operation, led by both the Kremlin and Lukashenka, which relocates people who are brought by fraud, forced into Belarus and then thrown into Europe. And at this moment, when there shou…

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State of play of the EU-Moldova cooperation (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I understand that yesterday, at the meeting between Mr Michel and the President of Moldova, Maia Sandu, military aid to Moldova was also promised. This, of course, must happen and happen as quickly as possible, so that we do not again witness post-factual actions and the search for excuses, and so that this parliament and this hall do not become a place for bowing, pity…

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Impact of Russian illegal war of aggression against Ukraine on the EU transport and tourism sectors (debate)

Mr President, the war in Ukraine caused by the Russian aggression has caused force majeure in all sectors. Undoubtedly, such sectors are transport and tourism. Fuel prices are breaking records, there is already a shortage of raw materials, and all this affects transport connections and transport relations. In this sense, the situation in which Ukraine finds itself today is particularly worrying, g…

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The follow up of the Conference on the Future of Europe (debate)

No sir, with all my respect, I believe these people were Germans, Austrians, Hungarians, Italians, Greeks. And yes, we share this continent, and we need to live together and work together, but we have our differences and we have our own national identity and we must be proud of our identity – respecting the others, of course – but there is no such thing as a European one, because people are differ…

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The follow up of the Conference on the Future of Europe (debate)

I am very careful. My hands are over here, just so you know, because maybe someone will misunderstand my gestures. Dear colleague, it’s not about the people here. It’s about the so-called Conference of Europe itself. It was a charade. It was a Mickey Mouse fake organisation. This is the truth. NGOs ... who picked the people here? Please, I am answering here. Show some respect. Do you know how are …

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The follow up of the Conference on the Future of Europe (debate)

Honourable colleague, it was not a question; it is against the procedure, under the blue-card procedure you are expected to ask me a question, not to make a statement. No, it was not a question. Madam Chair, is it normal for the Member to take the floor for himself?…

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The follow up of the Conference on the Future of Europe (debate)

Madam President, it is extremely amusing to watch you try to justify the untenable clowning you have created and loudly called the Conference on the Future of Europe. What kind of conference, what kind of future for Europe? Where is your representativeness? A bunch of NGOs, a cheerful band called Detelinka. That was your representativeness. You should have invited Mickey Mouse, Duck Donald, Duck Y…

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Election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (debate)

Mr President, I strongly oppose this report, of course. It is yet another proof and another example of how there are people in this room who live in a completely different place, outside of living life. This report clearly shows that we continue to think in the schemes of non-governmental organizations and to think in the direction of taking sovereignty away from nation states and giving it to the…