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7 Oct

2026

EN Speech

Urgent need for a tax on super-profits of polluters: protecting people’s health and lowering energy bills in times of the climate crisis (topical debate)

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Mr President, more and more people no longer have enough money to cover the cost of their everyday life. Once again, also ordinary Europeans are paying the bill for the United States' actions. Our dependence on fossil fuels and our dependence on the US, Russia and the Middle East has driven up the cost of transportation, food and heating homes. Oil companies are taking advantage of this situation,…

15 Sep

2026

EN Speech

Defence (joint debate)

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Mr President, in a world where imperialist Russia launches military attacks or otherwise destabilises all neighbours it considers weak, we must be able to defend ourselves. It is also important that we stand with Ukraine and help it defends its people. But in a world where the United States attacks us by all non-military means, where Israel carries out ethnic cleansing and genocide, we must break …

9 Jul

2026

FI Speech

Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness (debate)

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Mr President, those who benefit the most from our system should also contribute the most to its financing. However, the largest companies and their wealthiest owners pay the least amount of tax. This is not a natural law, this is the result of political decisions: Taxation is full of loopholes. It is a real problem that we have one market, but 27 tax systems, each country has its own. The largest …

16 Jun

2026

FI Question

Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and Finland (debate)

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21 May

2026

EN Speech

Amending Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 on securitisation and a specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation (A10-0138/2026 - Ralf Seekatz) (vote)

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Mr President, dear colleagues, 20 years ago, the economy was hot. Bankers made amazing profits by creating securities obscuring the real values of holdings. Then the inevitable happened. Somebody always has to pay the bill. Millions lost their homes. Millions lost their jobs. Although the problem came from the United States, we Europeans paid a heavy price, and we are still paying the price after …

20 May

2026

FI Speech

Financing EU priorities in a sustainable, predictable and resilient way through a new EU own resource from the online gambling and betting services sector (debate)

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Mr President, every way of financing the EU is wrong for some Member States and for right-wing populists, every way of financing the EU is wrong. Of course, the right of Member States to tax should not be compromised by transferring general taxing rights to the EU, but in the face of, for example, US digital giants, climate change and Chinese coal-fired production, individual states are helpless. …

20 May

2026

FI Speech

High time to deliver on the Single Market, providing certainty and predictability for EU businesses and quality jobs (continuation of debate)

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Mr President, it is, of course, worth removing the unnecessary obstacles to the internal market, but the leading right-wing line, the focus on deregulation, has been at best an exercise. At worst, the only thing that makes Europe attractive will now be destroyed. The well-being of people and the quality of life, that should be our main goal and everything else subordinate to it. Europe's competiti…

25 Mar

2026

EN Speech

Energy security, independence and supply in the geopolitical context - ensuring market stability and affordable energy for industry and citizens (debate)

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Mr President, Donald Trump is an exceptionally ruthless and simple‑minded leader, but this is not the first time the EU pays the price for US wars. We may not be able to stop Trump or Putin from killing innocents, but we must break free from our dependence on their fossil fuels and their wars. It is not only electricity and fuel costs that are rising. Food prices and inflation in general are affec…

11 Mar

2026

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EUCO and situation in the Middle East (joint debate)

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Mr President, Trump's war increases the cost of transportation and heating homes, at a time when many Europeans are already suffering the consequences of Putin's war. Those who oppose the green transition are impoverishing Europe. Putin is grateful when oil money flows into his war chest. The most horrific situation is, of course, for the Iranians, whom we must find more ways to help. They are bei…

9 Feb

2026

FI Speech

European Central Bank – annual report 2025 (debate)

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21 Jan

2026

FI Speech

Presentation of the Digital Networks Act (debate)

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Mr President, Mr Vice-President of the Commission, the objectives of the proposal are good. Europe needs a faster transition towards more efficient and reliable connectivity. Digital connectivity is a good example of how markets can only function when they are regulated for the common good. The so-called "free market" leads to a monopoly where quality is poor and price is expensive. The worst of D…

20 Jan

2026

EN Speech

Brutal repression against protesters in Iran (debate)

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Mr President, Iranians have waited for freedom for way too long. Dissatisfaction is not limited to poverty and bazaars; in the streets, women and the younger generation demand a dignified life. The more the leaders fear their own people, the more horrible their actions become. We can no longer wait and watch all this from the sidelines. The brave people in the streets – they deserve our full suppo…

20 Jan

2026

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Territorial integrity and sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark: the need for a united EU response to US blackmail attempts (debate)

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Mr President, we must wake up from the fairy tale that the US is our closest ally. The US administration is demonstrating through words and actions that the EU is its enemy. The US is trying to destroy the EU from within with the help of the far right. But territorial sovereignty must be a limit that cannot be crossed. We are responsible adults, and the EU has capitulated time and time again. But …

15 Dec

2025

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Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan (debate)

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Madam President, EU countries spend almost EUR 400 billion on defence and the plan is to double it. But the astronomical amount of money is flowing away: the majority goes to the US arms industry, a large part goes to Israel. It is extremely important for our employment, our economy and our security to move the defence industry to Europe. It is great that the majority in this Chamber are aware of …

26 Nov

2025

EN Speech

EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine (debate)

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Madam President, colleagues, if it looks like a Russian asset, talks like a Russian asset and acts like a Russian asset, then it probably is a Russian asset. We can only guess why, but Donald Trump has always done what Vladimir Putin wanted. Of course, Putin is not the only one. Trump has shown his admiration for other authoritarian leaders who have blood on their hands. He does not bring peace – …

26 Nov

2025

FI Question

EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine (debate)

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25 Nov

2025

EN Speech

Increasing the efficiency of the EU guarantee under the InvestEU Regulation and simplifying reporting requirements (debate)

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Madam President, colleagues, we all agree that we desperately need investments. Without investment to the green and digital transition, we will suffer more and more from unemployment, from rising housing costs, from climate change, from Russian aggression, from Chinese and US domination. The need for InvestEU is therefore huge. The content is good in many respects. It would be wrong to pour money …

25 Nov

2025

FI Speech

Effective use of the EU trade and industrial policy to tackle China’s export restrictions (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, China has skillfully trapped us all. China controls 70% of rare earth mining and 90% of the extraction and processing of rare earths. 90% of it! Without these metals, no smartphones, modern cars, no energy, no weapons, no health technology, not much at all. Europe did not secure its back. It was believed that the free market would solve the problems. But we are not weak…

13 Nov

2025

EN Speech

Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 23 October 2025 (debate)

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Madam President, we must distinguish knowledge from wishful thinking. Climate change is the greatest threat also to our economy. Southern Europe is drying up to the point of being almost unliveable. It's not looking good anywhere else either. Both financially and morally, it is better to act now than wait to repair the full destruction. Fortunately, the solutions to both the climate crisis and com…

22 Oct

2025

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Ending all energy imports from Russia to the EU and closing loopholes through third countries (debate)

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Mr President, Russia's war on Ukraine has been going on for 11 years, and this full-force attack for almost 4 years. This is the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II. Every single day, every single night, Ukrainians live in fear of missiles and drone attacks. After all these years, we still finance this killing by buying Russian gas and oil. There have been good developments, as …

20 Oct

2025

FI Speech

The decision to impose a fine on Google: defending press and media freedom in the EU (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, if you give in to the blackmailer, he will come back and demand more, and Donald Trump will count on that when he threatens us. If we do not protect our democracy, more and more power will flow to a few American companies. More than 100 years ago, people and small businesses began to be protected by dismantling monopolies. It was about oil, transportation and industry. …

8 Oct

2025

EN Speech

The role of simple tax rules and tax fragmentation in European competitiveness (debate)

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Mr President, in Europe, we have one market but 27 different tax systems. This creates problems, especially for smaller companies, but also for the financing of the welfare state. Large companies, multinationals, can even benefit from fragmentation. But the EU's competitiveness is not improved by confusing bureaucracy. I also would like to thank the rapporteur for his very good work, which was rew…

7 Oct

2025

FI Speech

This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Luc Frieden (debate)

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Thank you, Mr President, Prime Minister, what is the cost of increased defence spending? What will be used to finance the care of Europe's ageing population? Why did public debt increase even in good times, and now it is holding back the absolutely necessary investment, which is why we cannot cope with China and the United States? The indebtedness triggered by the euro crisis was invented by count…

10 Sep

2025

FI Speech

Taxation of large digital platforms in the light of international developments (debate)

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Mr President, our tax system does not reflect the reality of the 21st century. It is built on a physical presence that plays an increasingly diminishing role in the economy. The largest and richest companies often pay no taxes at all in the countries where they make their profits. As a result, there is not enough money for schools or hospitals, governments are indebted, inequalities are growing, a…

10 Sep

2025

FI Speech

Implementation of EU-US trade deal and the prospect of wider EU trade agreements (debate)

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Mr President, the European Treaty of Surrender. That's what the Trump-Von der Leyen agreement is about. The United States has no moral right to demand EU support for their industries, and the Commission had no legal right to promise that. Trump argues that the U.S. buys more goods in Europe than it sells, but the opposite is true for services. Yet Trump banned the EU from taxing the profits collec…