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8

Jul

2025

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Preparation for the 2025 EU–China Summit - Tackling China's critical raw materials export restrictions

Madam President, China has shown with raw materials that we are dangerously dependent on it. But China is also dependent on us. When Trump's United States openly attacks both the EU and China, it would be tempting to leave the United States to fight with itself. However, China shows every day that it cannot be trusted, by supporting Putin's Russia to kill the people of its neighbouring countries. …

18

Jun

2025

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Digital Markets, Digital Euro, Digital Identities: economical stimuli or trends toward dystopia (topical debate)

Mr President, a few US companies know everything about us as a result of our use of mobile phones and payment transactions. As a result, the US administration also knows everything about us, more than our own administrations, perhaps more than ourselves. Do we really want to give this power outside Europe? It is also about the economy – for every purchase I make, an American card duopoly collects …

18

Jun

2025

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Stopping the genocide in Gaza: time for EU sanctions (topical debate)

Mr President, the atrocities in Israel have not been about self-defence. Here, too, ears are closed not only to the cry for help of the Palestinians, but also to the speeches of the Israeli leaders themselves. It has always been about the extermination of the Palestinians, ethnic cleansing. It has been seen not only in speeches but also in deeds for decades: occupation and oppression. By obstructi…

17

Jun

2025

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Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility (debate)

Mr President, Europe is lagging behind China in the green transition, in the technologies of the future. We are lagging behind in digital services. In an increasingly global context, strategic dependencies are dangerous. We must not be dependent on authoritarian leaders in China, the United States or the oil nations. The RRF has helped Europe move into the future, but unfortunately we do not know …

21

May

2025

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Single Market Strategy (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, authoritarian leaders in China, the United States and Russia are increasingly pursuing their own interests. They want a weak and fragmented Europe. We must be determined and build a fair and common internal market. A common market can only be fair and workable if it strengthens the protection of workers and the environment through common rules. At the same time, when we…

7

May

2025

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Banking Union – annual report 2024 (debate)

Mr President, my own youth in the 1990s was marked by mass unemployment caused by the banking crisis. The parents of many of my friends were permanently excluded from society when ordinary people paid for mistakes made by politicians and banks. In the financial crisis that spread from the United States in 2007, the greed of bankers was paid by ordinary people around the world. The promise was "nev…

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Mar

2025

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Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Republic of Moldova (debate)

Madam President, the most important thing is to stand with the Moldovan people consistently. Moldovans have been trying to balance and survive between the EU and Russia, to sell their products wherever they can. But the truth is that Russia wants to preserve the frozen conflicts it has created. Putin is not afraid that NATO would want to attack by coming close to Russia's borders. He has moved his…

12

Feb

2025

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Collaboration between conservatives and far right as a threat for competitiveness in the EU (topical debate)

Mr President, my country, Finland, is a good example of how destructive cooperation between conservatives and the far right is. In 2022, employment reached record levels, businesses were entering a historically high level of green industry investment and the public deficit was eliminated to 0.2%. That was the best result since the financial crisis. The right-wing coalition, which started in 2023, …

10

Feb

2025

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European Central Bank – annual report 2024 (debate)

Dear President, for every purchase I make, a slice goes to the American cartel. Most card purchases, including those made by mobile phone, are made via Visa and Mastercard. There is no real competition, even though a private monopoly or a cartel is the worst way to organize the obligatory things. Why do European entrepreneurs have to pay part of their sales to a US duopoly that dictates prices? At…

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Jan

2025

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Geopolitical and economic implications for the transatlantic relations under the new Trump administration (debate)

Mr President, last year was again the hottest on record. Drought, floods and storms killed people both in the US and EU, not to mention poor countries. A true leader would do his best for his own people, nature and humanity. Trump does the opposite. He withdraws from the Paris climate agreement, he adds drilling and exports for gas and oil. He threatens to impose tariffs on EU products. He demands…

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Jan

2025

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Geopolitical and economic implications for the transatlantic relations under the new Trump administration (debate)

I would like to know how much oil and gas does Germany have? Because you want to support Trump, who is fighting against Europe, who is threatening us with tariffs, against German labour, against German products. Why are you supporting Trump, who is threatening Greenland, part of Denmark? Why are you supporting Trump, who is definitely against us, against just normal European people and European de…

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Jan

2025

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Ceasefire in Gaza - the urgent need to release the hostages, to end the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and to pave the way for a two-state solution (debate)

The killing, as we know, did not start with the Hamas terrorist attack. Do you know how many Palestinians Israel killed each year before the Hamas attack? Do you know how many unjustly detained, kidnapped ordinary civilians, children, are held hostage by Israel? Do you know that the far-right leading Israel has never accepted the one-state model, with democratic human rights for all, or the two-st…

18

Dec

2024

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Preparation of the European Council of 19-20 December 2024 (debate)

Mr President, Europe is the leading superpower in the quality of people's lives, although there is still room for improvement in the rights of workers, for example. Europe has also taken action on biodiversity loss and climate change against – far too little – yet showing the way for the rest of the world. But as the Draghi report shows, we are falling from the pace of China and the United States.…

17

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)

Thank you for the question. It seems that we have had big problems with the interpretation today, because I haven't heard this, what you are saying. Nobody – at least what I heard – wants to get rid of social media. People just want it to be fair and open and democratic. And if there are problems and brainwashing, then we are against it. And I have to say that I don't want to blame the interpretat…

17

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)

Thank you for the question. We know that in many countries, people are better prepared against fake news, against brainwashing, than in some others. I am not the one who says in which country people are best prepared, but I know that brainwashing always works. That's the reason they are doing it. That's the reason China is doing it. That's the reason they are doing it in the United States and in m…

17

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, Tiktok is a problem, but, of course, fake news and election interference are not limited to that. Elon Musk helped Donald Trump become president by changing X's actions. Tweets in support of Trump were boosted in the run-up to the election, and Trump rewarded Musk for his position in his administration. Open social media strengthens democracy, but encrypted algorithms have prioritise…

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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)

Madam President, Orwell was mentioned here before, and I think, 'what if the popular media are in the hands of the oligarchs, superrich or authoritarian leaders?' As we know, the algorithms in X and TikTok are not open. Do you think that these algorithms should be open, so that everybody can know if they are brainwashed or not? Because we know that X, TikTok, maybe some others, are brainwashing us…

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Nov

2024

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The Autumn 2024 Economic Forecast: a gradual rebound in an adverse environment (debate)

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Nov

2024

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The outcome of the G20 Leaders' Summit (debate)

Madam President, I want to thank President Lula for his leadership and priorities. We really need effective taxation of the super-rich to pay the education mentioned here. We need measures to alleviate poverty. We need a ceasefire in Gaza. We need to reform the United Nations Security Council. All things the world needs desperately. Things that the EU and the West have not been interested in or ev…

25

Nov

2024

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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (debate)

I've been quite shocked by what you said and by what the previous colleagues from your group were saying. Today we are here speaking about violence against women. All kinds of violence against women in all kinds of groups. But from your group, there was even more hatred against all the women before, and now you are talking like it is a thing that is happening for the immigrants. And I want to know…

13

Nov

2024

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Fight against money laundering and terrorist financing: listing Russia as a high-risk third country in the EU (debate)

Mr President, Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine has already been going on for a thousand days next week. That's a thousand days too much. The European Union must stand by Ukraine against Putin’s reign of terror – and words alone will not suffice. We must do everything possible to prevent Putin from building up his war bankroll with European money. This initiative is also very welcome. Eur…

13

Nov

2024

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Deplorable escalation of violence around the football match in the Netherlands and the unacceptable attacks against Israeli football fans (debate)

Mr President, I've been personally organising peace demonstrations against antisemitism of right‑wing activists for years. Also, your party has a Nazi history, so you have been hating Jews before you change to hating people with Islam, with the Muslims. But we have had lots of Jews in the demonstrations against the genocide going on in Gaza. And I want to ask you, do you think it's right that you …

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Oct

2024

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U-turn on EU bureaucracy: the need to axe unnecessary burdens and reporting to unleash competitiveness and innovation (topical debate)

Mr President, many people think that the European Union is nothing more than bureaucracy. No one wants unnecessary bureaucracy. But even less do Europeans want our common funds to be misused. And often it is the bureaucracy that protects us from corruption and crime. But less can be more. For example, if deposit banks and investment banks were separated, one important measure could replace thousan…

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Oct

2024

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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Hungarian Presidency (debate)

Mr President, I speak in Hungarian, i.e. in Finnish. I love Hungary. I have been there countless times since I was 12 years old when I visited the city of Tata with our school class. I still know the Hungarian national anthem, and I've toured almost every city in Hungary. But year after year, I have become more saddened by the situation in Hungary when I see Hungarians losing faith in the future. …

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Sep

2024

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Outcome of G20 ministerial meeting in Rio-de-Janeiro and fighting inequality (debate)

Mr President, I grew up in an ordinary working-class family in an equal welfare state. Its promise was that everyone can become anything and no one will be left alone in the face of illness or unemployment. Equality created well-being for all. However, capitalism is increasingly supplanting democracy and equality. The wealth of the world is concentrated in the hands of fewer and fewer people. Conc…