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EN Written Statement

Establishing the Act in support of ammunition production (debate)

We are asked to fast track an Act in Support of Ammunition Production. Commissioner Breton wants to give huge amounts of taxpayers’ money to extremely profitable multinational companies, but refuses any democratic debate. Let us be clear: this proposal goes far beyond supporting Ukraine – it aims at creating a European network of arms producers, a proper EU military—industrial complex. The proposa…

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NL Written Statement

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)

The latest COVID variant omikron boosted the stock prices of Pfizer and Moderna considerably. Pfizer saw its share close 6.1 percent higher, about $17.5 billion in additional market value. Competitor Moderna even saw its shares increase by 21 percent. A virus variant such as . This is particularly cynical. After all, it is precisely Big Pharma's patents that make new variants more likely. Patents …

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FR Written Statement

EU global human rights sanctions regime (EU Magnitsky Act) (debate)

You want a European sanctions mechanism, a "global" sanctions mechanism. Like the United States, you want to punish the whole world. I mean, not the whole world, just the countries that don't obey you. Countries that do not follow the policy of European imperialism. Those who do not open up to European multinationals. Because let's not pretend that human rights matter to you. You have never sancti…

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

Madam President, I believe that we cannot separate the two proposals from the so-called ‘28th regime’ – or ‘Europe Inc.’. So we need to look at the concrete tax problems we are facing today. The first is, of course, tax avoidance and evasion, which today, according to conservative estimates, can amount to up to EUR 200 billion at European level. The second problem is that, of course, this often ha…

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2026

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The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, Sudan

Mr President, Commissioner Šuica, I will try with great restraint to express to you the depth of my anger at your words, which are dripping with hypocrisy. You talked about the El-Facher massacre – thousands of Sudanese massacred by the Rapid Forces, supported by the United Arab Emirates. You did not dare to say it, but you know it. What did you do? One month after this massacre, you have been in …

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2026

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Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda: EU solidarity and preparedness in global health (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, the news about Ebola is, of course, horrific. It is a disease that kills, which is also scary – transmissible, very deadly – but, at the same time, we must also dare to tackle the root causes of the problem. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, what would it take to effectively fight Ebola? This is not just about finding a vaccine; it is also a well-functioning publi…

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EU’s response and preparedness to protect people against recurring heatwaves and upcoming wildfires (debate)

Madam President, listen, it has been said, but 1 222 people have died in Belgium because of the heat. If it had been a military attack, how would you have reacted here? If there had been 1,200 deaths in Belgium as a result of a military attack? That would have been a state of emergency. You would have mobilized all the troops, all the forces, all the funds to react to that. And here today, what do…

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Financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2025 (debate)

Madam President, the EIB approved over one billion of projects in Israel with companies blacklisted by the United Nations. And why were these blacklisted? Because they were complicit in the illegal colonisation of Palestine. This is a violation of international law. And the EIB was forced to open an internal investigation into this. Imagine: the biggest public investment bank in the world – a Euro…

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2026

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Continued crackdown on civic space and fundamental freedoms in Burkina Faso

Madam President, listen, ladies and gentlemen, yes, human rights must be respected. But, listening to some of my colleagues, especially French on the right, I feel that you have a bit of the seed of being expelled and having been expelled from the Sahel, right? And everything is starting to get a little clearer in my head because I wondered, in Belgium, in France, we continue to produce and buy mi…

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2026

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The role of the EU in efforts for peace and stability throughout the Middle East after the announced deal between the US and Iran (debate)

Maybe less rules-based order, more international law?

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2026

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The role of the EU in efforts for peace and stability throughout the Middle East after the announced deal between the US and Iran (debate)

This is EU democracy, right?

16

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2026

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The role of the EU in efforts for peace and stability throughout the Middle East after the announced deal between the US and Iran (debate)

Oh, come on!

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2026

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The role of the EU in efforts for peace and stability throughout the Middle East after the announced deal between the US and Iran (debate)

Mr Sieper, I am shocked. You support sanctions on Russia, right? What else do I need to say? I mean, your hypocrisy is so, so horrible. So what are you actually saying? 'I don't mind that the Israelis bomb the Palestinians. I don't mind that they bomb the Lebanese.' This is hypocrisy. Once it's about measures against Israel, it's: 'oh, no, I'm going to look elsewhere'. Yes, we can stop Israel if w…

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The role of the EU in efforts for peace and stability throughout the Middle East after the announced deal between the US and Iran (debate)

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Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban's adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for Courts

Mr President, dear Commission, I need to get my head around this – you are inviting the Taliban to Brussels. So, for years, you told us that we cannot speak, we cannot negotiate with Russia. We cannot discuss with Putin because he occupies Ukraine illegally. True – then again, you're still friends with Israel, who also occupies a lot of countries in the region. No, but you say that the Putin regim…

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Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in Iran

Mr President, I must say, I am shocked about how selective this Parliament is in calling out human rights abuses. I mean, how is it possible that many of you that are now condemning human rights violations in Iran just came back from a mission to Saudi Arabia, an absolute monarchy? And then you have the official press statement, and it goes from the far right of Mr Tânger Corrêa to even the Greens…

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Recent proposals to fight poverty in the EU (debate)

Madam President, listen to almost 100 million Europeans at risk of poverty, one in four children – one in four! – at risk of poverty. And it is not only, we see, in the capital of Europe, people who live on the streets, but also workers for whom the salary is no longer enough for the cart, gasoline, housing. And then the European Commission comes up with an anti-poverty strategy. I'll look at the …

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2026

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Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU response (B10-0245/2026) (vote)

Madam President, I just want to express, let us say, an uncomfortable feeling with the applause we just gave the delegation of the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates. First of all, it's important, I think, to give the context. This is not a universally elected democratic assembly: it's appointed, it's not legislative, so it's not like a normal democratic parliament. Secondly, you…

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Political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba (debate)

Madam President, High Representative, listen, you are all talking about Cuba. I went there recently, I went to see and I met doctors who explained to me how Cuba, with its socialist system, had managed to have a cancer survival rate of 80%, comparable to that of the rich industrialized countries, but that this rate has recently fallen to 65%, which means 15% of children who could have lived, but w…

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Europe's response to reduced US military deployments in Europe, particularly at its Eastern flank in the light of the latest US decisions (debate)

Madam President, High Representative, here I hear people whining a little bit because the United States is withdrawing a few thousand soldiers. However, in reality, let’s say, what we see is that gangsters are leaving. Because what was the deal? Either you come to support me in Iran by waging an illegal war – I know you have not been able to condemn the illegal war of the US and Israel against Ira…

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EU cybersecurity and preparedness in view of advanced AI systems (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, you remember this news from the Financial TimesA few weeks ago, when Israel hacked, took control of traffic surveillance cameras in Tehran and then organized the killings there? It stressed me out because I see that there are a lot of towns and cities in Europe that use Israeli surveillance cameras and surveillance technologies. To what extent can we say that we are …

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European solidarity: key to securing medicine access in a shifting geopolitical era (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the approach in Europe to guarantee production in Europe has often been to give or promise hundreds of millions to Big Pharma, multinational pharmaceutical companies, in purported exchange for production. However, we have seen that this has not prevented these large companies, in France and in other countries, from still shutting down and stopping production, even for s…

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Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market (debate)

Mr President, first of all, I am astonished that, in a debate on the steel industry, the Commission is sending the Commissioner responsible for fisheries. I'm not sure the workers will understand that choice, I have to be honest. Secondly, the steel crisis in Europe is hitting workers hard. So you don't have to talk nonsense either. I mean, we all talk about overproduction in China, but I, when I …

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New Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities

Mr President, colleagues, you want to sanction Chinese members of parliament because they voted for a law, they proposed a law on – what is it? – regional languages in the country, right? First of all, there's probably a lot that can be said about that law, but I'm convinced that most of you speaking here have neither read nor understood it. It's also a little bit arrogant, I think, because first …

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Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti

Mr President, Haiti, when we talk about it here, it is often in the passive sense, that is to say that Haiti is a state that has failed, a state that is collapsing; It is a people in misery, victim of destiny, we almost want to say. But Haiti is first and foremost a glorious story. This is the story of Toussaint Louverture and, indeed, Jean-Jacques Dessalines; it is the story of a people, of the f…