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Jun

2022

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The EU’s Foreign, Security and Defence Policy after the Russian invasion of Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, we have been witnessing Russia's criminal aggression in Ukraine for more than a hundred days. For more than a hundred days, brave Ukrainians have been defending themselves. They defend their homeland, defend freedom and the whole of Europe. Today it is up to us to decide on the future shape of Europe, whether brutality, non-freedom and injustice will win or whether respect for law…

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May

2022

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The social and economic consequences for the EU of the Russian war in Ukraine - reinforcing the EU’s capacity to act (debate)

Mr President. For the third month, brave Ukrainians have faced criminal Russian military aggression and defended freedom not only in their homeland, but throughout Europe. A few weeks ago, I also had the opportunity to visit Kiev, Bucha, Irpin at the initiative of my colleague Andrius Kubilius. I saw the horrors of war on the spot. For example, in Bucha, where there is not a single military object…

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Apr

2022

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Increasing repression in Russia, including the case of Alexey Navalny

Mr President, many attribute responsibility for Russia's military invasion of Ukraine only to Putin and the Kremlin. However, we forget that this perverse ideological machine maintains its position mainly thanks to the support of millions of Russians, and many Russians even support the criminal invasion further west. Opposing repression, intimidation or being able to distinguish between fake news …

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Mar

2022

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Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on 10 March 2022 - Preparation of the European Council meeting 24-25 March 2022 (debate)

Madam President, the criminal Russian invasion of Ukraine has been going on for four weeks now, and for four weeks now, the Ukrainians have been bravely defending not only their homeland, but also freedom, democracy and Europe. I am absolutely sure that we must stop all, indeed all, commercial relations with the aggressor, who directly or indirectly finance the Russian war. Such a decision is not …

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Mar

2022

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The deterioration of the situation of refugees as a consequence of the Russian aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, the number of refugees from the escalating Russian aggression against the civilian population is steadily increasing. According to today's data, more than two million people have already left Ukraine. Mostly to Poland 1.2 million, to Hungary more than 190 thousand, and to Slovakia more than 140 thousand people. These numbers do not include refugees migrating within their own country …

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2022

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Madam President, the brutality of Russia's criminal invasion of Ukraine has shocked the whole democratic world. I am sure that at least three new challenges arise from this situation. The first is the need to do everything possible to help the brave Ukrainians who today are fighting for freedom and democracy across Europe. Ukrainians today teach the world about patriotism. And I believe that I wil…

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Feb

2022

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EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine (continuation of debate)

Madam President, what is going on today is nothing other than just the conflict between authoritarianism and democracy. The Kremlin is testing our unity. During the last years, the Kremlin invested a huge amount of resources just to destabilise our common project – our common project, which brought peace to Europe and prosperity to our families. I am sure that a peaceful solution cannot be reached…

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Feb

2022

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Tackling non-tariff and non-tax barriers in the single market (debate)

Mr President, our common European market is the best proof of our European integration, and it is the pandemic that has shown how important it is, but also how fragile it is. The restrictive measures imposed by many countries, whether for fear of spreading the virus or protecting their interests, have disrupted trade and supply relations, as well as causing enormous economic damage. We are also wi…

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Jan

2022

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Digital Services Act (continuation of debate)

Mr President. We are in the midst of a digital revolution that is fundamental to our daily lives. According to analyses, within three years, up to a quarter of global economic activity will be made up of the digital sector. In one decade, this ratio will double. As a result, the digital market is developing faster and faster, it is important to develop not only digital infrastructure and digital s…

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Dec

2021

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 16-17 December 2021 - The EU's response to the global resurgence of Covid-19 and the new emerging Covid variants (debate)

Mr President, the fight against the pandemic is, of course, dominating all other topics today. Today, more than ever, we are aware of the importance of European solidarity, solidarity and cooperation. Therefore, a big thank you goes to everyone who fights the pandemic on a daily basis, especially frontline health professionals, but also to citizens who get vaccinated and follow the measures honest…

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Dec

2021

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Digital Markets Act (debate)

Madam President, today we are all feeling more and more how important the digital world is. This is why I am delighted that today we are dealing with the Digital Markets Act. It sets the rules ex ante and therefore clarifies the necessary rules. Large companies have taken over the online space and we often see abuse of this attitude and market distortion. We must protect fair competition and what …

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Nov

2021

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State of the Energy Union (debate)

on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group. - (DE) Mr President, colleagues, the current economic recovery is accompanied by an increase in energy prices, but even as we have always managed to overcome crisis phenomena with common European solutions, I am convinced that the way out of the current situation is again common solutions in the energy field. It is European cooperation in research and development,…

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Nov

2021

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Outcome of the COP26 in Glasgow (debate)

Mr President, protecting the environment for future generations is one of the key challenges ahead of us. The most challenging task will be to find ways to protect the environment in a way that will boost our economy, employment and social care. The environmental agenda is stronger every day and I believe that the organisation of the Glasgow Summit is really a success of our European policy. This …

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Nov

2021

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on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group. - (DE) Madam President, colleagues, during the pandemic we have all moved more into the online space, which is a space that reduces costs, removes many obstacles, creates new opportunities, but brings some threats, and the threat is, for example, a threat to the safety of our children. Violence against children online cannot be tolerated and I am glad that many disc…

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Oct

2021

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EU-Taiwan political relations and cooperation (debate)

Mr President, there are many lessons to be learned from a pandemic, but I do believe that the most important one is that democracies should stand together. During the pandemic, Taiwan sent much-needed masks to the European Union and to other countries. And for us, Taiwan is our inspiration in many fields. For example, as we know Taiwan represents 50% of the world’s semiconductor production. I do b…

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Oct

2021

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Assessing the Union’s measures for the EU tourism sector as the end of the Summer season nears (debate)

Madam President, since 2020, tourism in the European Union has literally experienced a shock. According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization, tourism fell by 70%. At the same time, we all know that tourism is one of the fundamental economic pillars on which many European countries base their economies. When we talk about job sustainability, the sector represents 27 million employees, r…

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Sep

2021

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A new EU-China strategy (debate)

Madam President, first, while recognising the importance of dialogue with China, the EU has every interest in an open and rules-based Indo-Pacific region. I am looking forward to seeing the Joint Communication on the EU Strategy for Cooperation in this region, because I do hope that this timely initiative will allow us to boost cooperation with other like-minded democracies. Speaking of this, I wo…