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Sep

2025

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Devastating wildfires in Southern Europe: the need to strengthen EU aid to restore the massive loss of forests and enhancing EU preparedness (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in recent months, fire has turned almost one million hectares of agricultural land and forests in the European Union into ashes. In Spain, in just 10 days, the fire has consumed over 300,000 hectares. Portugal faces more than 180 000 hectares, while in Romania some crops could be 30% lower compared to last year due to drought and fires. We are not just talking a…

10

Jul

2025

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European Citizens' Initiative 'Cohesion policy for the equality of the regions and sustainability of the regional cultures' (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, the European Union has been built on the principles of solidarity and equality. Cohesion policy is intended to reduce disparities between regions on the basis of objective, economic and social needs, and not on any other basis. I have taken note of this initiative and, while respecting and upholding the principle of Europe's diversity, I do not …

10

Jul

2025

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Post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, the budget of the Common Agricultural Policy must remain separate, not diluted in other policies, let alone cut. To touch the CAP budget today is to weaken the backbone of the European Union. This policy is not about subsidies. It is about food, safety and the future of European villages. And today, these villages are slowly dying. 800 farms disappear every day, putt…

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Jul

2025

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EU Preparedness Union in light of the upcoming wildfire and droughts season (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, in the last week, hundreds of hectares of agricultural land have been burned in Romania. Today, in the area of Marseille, firefighters are still battling the flames, and extreme drought is wreaking havoc across Europe. We are talking about a crisis that is no longer the exception. It's the new reality. European agriculture is on its knees and wildfires threat…

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Jul

2025

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the European agricultural sector is facing unprecedented challenges today. Severe droughts burn large parts of Europe, devastating floods destroy critical crops and infrastructure, and the pressure of inflation and the unfavourable effects of international trade agreements weigh heavily on farmers. The European Commission needs to understand one key thing: wi…

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May

2025

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Democratic legitimacy and the Commission’s continued authorisation of genetically modified organisms despite Parliament’s objections (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the European Parliament rightly calls for it to be respected. However, the reality, dear colleagues, is that the plant sector in the European Union cannot meet the need for protein feed for the Union’s animal husbandry. We therefore need to import more than 90% of the protein feed, which is genetically modified organisms, from Brazil and Argenti…

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2025

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Mar

2025

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, foot-and-mouth disease, mainly a disease of cows, is emerging after 35 years in Europe and is wreaking havoc in the livestock sector. The first outbreak was identified in Germany three months ago, and recently similar cases have been identified in Slovakia and Hungary, not far from the border with Romania. Farmers have already lost hundreds of millions of eur…

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Mar

2025

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A Vision for Agriculture and Food (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I congratulate you on the document presented. Colleagues, today we need to feed 450 million Europeans, while globally more than 700 million people are suffering from hunger. However, the figures in the sector are worrying. Income from agriculture is 40% lower than in any other sector, while only 12% of farmers are under 40 years old. Without firm action, Europe risks be…

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Feb

2025

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EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the debate on the Mercosur agreement stirs up many emotions and raises questions to which no clear answers have yet been given. The reality, however, is that while European farmers are subject to the strictest environmental rules, in other parts of the world these rules simply do not exist. Europe has a duty to protect its farmers and provide them with strong gu…

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Jan

2025

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Combating Desertification: 16th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Convention (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, desertification is a reality that cannot be challenged, and this was emphasised at COP 16. According to official data, desertification generates global costs of over €300 billion and affects more than 1.5 billion people, increasing migratory pressures and fuelling resource wars. The Union loses EUR 74 billion annually due to land degradation and in…

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Jan

2025

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Addressing EU demographic challenges: towards the implementation of the 2023 Demography Toolbox (debate)

Mr President, Europe is at a demographic crossroads. The statistics speak for themselves. By 2050, almost 30% of the European population will be over 65 and the workforce will shrink by more than 57 million people by 2100. The share of the population of the European Union in the total global population will fall from 6% to 4%, reflecting an alarming drop in birth rates. Rural areas are experiencin…

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Dec

2024

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Challenges facing EU farmers and agricultural workers: improving working conditions, including their mental well-being (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, in the first debate here in the plenary of the European Parliament, the agricultural world is looking at you with great hope, convinced that you will make the best decisions for the sector, and I personally believe that. Colleagues, only 4% of European Union citizens are engaged in agriculture, yet they provide food for the other 96% of European citizens. We can thus se…

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Dec

2024

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Misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms, such as TikTok, and related risks to the integrity of elections in Europe (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, today Russia is not coming with tanks in front of us, but it is infiltrating lies into the phones and minds of our citizens. This is the reality of modern warfare. Algorithms are turned into weapons, and the manipulation of emotions and perceptions becomes a standard technique. We must understand that manipulation and disinformation carried out thr…

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Nov

2024

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Topical debate (Rule 169) - Budapest Declaration on the New European Competitiveness Deal - A future for the farming and manufacturing sectors in the EU (topical debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, beyond the Budapest declaration, guaranteeing food security is undoubtedly a strategic objective for the whole of the European Union. In this respect, it is essential to build a European agricultural sector that is not only sustainable, but above all competitive. We need a strong common agricultural policy, strong co-financing and a stable, predictable and fair …

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2024

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Full accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen Area: the urgent need to lift controls at internal land borders (debate)

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Oct

2024

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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the 2025 budget must reflect the needs of realities that we cannot challenge today. We have a weakened agricultural sector, due to major challenges caused by drought, floods, inflation or the war in Ukraine, and adequate budgeting is a necessity. I thank the rapporteurs because a good part of the opinion of the Committee on Agriculture can be found in the final …

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Sep

2024

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Droughts and extreme weather events as a threat to local communities and EU agriculture in times of climate change (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we are faced with a situation that a few years ago was unthinkable. The lack of rainfall, coupled with extremely high temperatures and over long periods, has led to extreme phenomena that go beyond the mere notion of drought. At the same time, rainfall in some states is comparable to Noah's biblical flood. These changes are profoundly affecting agr…

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Sep

2024

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The devastating floods in Central and Eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change (debate)

I understand your question and it is extremely important to understand, colleagues, that there is a need for a balanced intervention on what river courses mean, so that they can be regularised in order to prevent floods, on the one hand; on the other hand, these watercourses can be used for what is meant by the development of the irrigation system. However, I repeat, there is a need for balanced a…

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Sep

2024

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The devastating floods in Central and Eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen colleagues, holding your mother until her last breath, trying to save her from the middle of the waters, is just one of the shocking stories in Romania, where at least seven people have lost their lives and many more are missing. Every death has its own story. Every loss leaves families destroyed, homeless, unsafe. In addition to the loss of life, local economies…

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Sep

2024

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Outcome of the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture (debate)

Mr President, I believe that a balanced approach is needed and farmers are the most important fighters in what it means to protect the environment. Following a structured dialogue, if you will, between environmental activists and farmers, we will surely find the best solutions to guarantee food security at European Union level.…

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Sep

2024

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Outcome of the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, today we are faced with a long series of debates on the future of European agriculture, and the document ‘Structured Dialogue for Agriculture’ is welcome and provides a solid basis for discussion. However, solutions need to be carefully considered. In assessing this document, ladies and gentlemen, and future agricultural policies, we must start fro…

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Apr

2024

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Forging a sustainable future together: economic, social and territorial challenges for a competitive, cohesive and inclusive Europe (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen colleagues, Commissioner, cohesion policy is the cornerstone of the European Union, being the backbone of our collective solidarity and prosperity. The challenges we face today are major. The migration of people from Eastern Europe to the West, from rural to urban, is a reality that cannot be challenged. Only by investing in transport, school, health infrastructu…

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Mar

2024

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Return of Romanian national treasure illegally appropriated by Russia (debate)

Madam President, Romania's treasure represents an open wound in the heart of the Romanian people, a painful scar of the past, which reminds us of the injustices committed. It is time to put an end to this dark chapter and make sure that Russia is responsible for this barbaric act. In the middle of World War II, when the national territory was two-thirds occupied, the country's leadership decided t…

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Mar

2024

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Promised revision of the EU animal welfare legislation and the animal welfare-related European citizens’ initiatives (debate)

I have to intervene, dear colleagues, because it seems to me that you, a good part of your colleagues in this room, are not aware of what the European Commission's proposal on the Animal Transport Regulation means. Colleague, are you aware that the European Commission has sent to Parliament to discuss and debate the Animal Transport Regulation? Because it seems to me from the debate here that you …