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27

Apr

2026

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Financial literacy and the rise of finfluencers in the context of the savings and investments union (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! Some time ago, I saw a post from the European Commission that said: We need to mobilise Europe's savings for Europe's competitiveness. Someone wrote it, commented: My savings, the European Commission certainly does not get them. And I would like to say to these people: Well, of course. The European Commission should never get your savings. We, a…

26

Mar

2026

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Global Gateway – past impacts and future orientation (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner Jozef Síkela, ladies and gentlemen! We live in a world with more and more confrontation. We are experiencing global players who are losing their reliability, who are no longer reliable. Europe is different. Europe has many challenges in the so-called Hard power, in our defense capabilities, in economic growth, in many ways. But Europe can do a lot, Europe i…

11

Mar

2026

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Case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime

Mr President, Commissioner, colleagues, Georgia is an enormously important European country, a country we will not lose sight of and one that is important for the future of Europe. Georgians feel European, they think European, they have European aspirations. My very first visit outside the EU after the election in 2019 led me to Georgia. I was meant to participate in a conference in the Georgian P…

11

Mar

2026

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Multilateral negotiations in view of the WTO’s 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé, 26 to 29 March 2026 (debate)

9

Mar

2026

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Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission (debate)

Thank you, I appreciate it. We are already exercising the parliamentary debate as it is meant for Parliament. So thanks for this additional question. Well, among many things that should be looked at, I always put it in the framework of more strength to the outside and more freedom to the inside. This is what the future structures of the European Union should provide. I think the number of issues w…

9

Mar

2026

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Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission (debate)

Of course, we need a new EU Treaty. In the 1.5 minutes of speaking time I had before, I was not even able to only mention the third institution: the Council. And I think it's up to the Member States, in the Council, to the governments of the Member States, to take the courage to start a negotiation process on the Treaties. This was always the way Europe was reformed, the European Union developed. …

9

Mar

2026

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Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission (debate)

Madam President, Vice-President, colleagues, we have inherited from generations before us a Europe with separation of powers, a Europe with the very first parliament in Europe's history for Europe in its entirety – a parliament established in 1979, the same year as the Iranian regime. And I very much trust now more than ever that the European Parliament will last longer than this Iranian regime. I…

21

Jan

2026

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Preparations for the EU-India summit (debate)

Madam President, High Representative Kaja Kallas, colleagues, we live in a world with more and more confrontation. Europe's approach has always been – at least when it was successful – one of cooperation, and cooperation is the decisive element of the success story of Europe to the inside, and cooperation is the way Europe reaches out to the outside. Of course, especially in recent years, we've be…

19

Jan

2026

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The 28th Regime: a new legal framework for innovative companies (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Europe needs a recovery. We need it for prosperity now and in the future, for our social security systems, also for our independence from other parts of the world and to maintain our civilization. We therefore also need every opportunity to become entrepreneurially active. That is why it is right that there should be a separate European legal fo…

18

Dec

2025

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30th anniversary of the signing of the Dayton-Paris Peace Agreement (debate)

17

Dec

2025

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Cases of pro-Russian espionage in the European Parliament (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner! Dear colleagues! We are talking today in the European Parliament about Russian espionage, espionage under Putin-Russia. And first of all, in the spirit of public awareness, it must be emphasised that it is not about intelligence services, as we have, as Europe has, as the Member States have, and that, hopefully, at European level, this is actually being built up for …

17

Dec

2025

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The deepening democratic crisis in Georgia (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, colleagues, we keep up the attention for the people of Georgia. This is a clear message the European Parliament conveys again today to Georgia, to Europe, to the world. Because to keep up the attention is the first step to a better future. This very week, we have provided courageous Georgian journalists with the Sakharov Prize, the human rights prize of the European Par…

16

Dec

2025

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Recent developments in Palestine and Lebanon (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the debate is about recent developments in Palestine and Lebanon. The developments are very different. In Lebanon, Hezbollah is weaker than ever; in Palestine, Hamas is still not yet fully defeated. In Lebanon, we have a bright future already close in reach with an election next year. After the Pope's visit, there was a lot of confidence in the country. In Pales…

16

Dec

2025

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Condemnation of the terrorist attack against the Hanukkah celebrations in Sydney and solidarity with the victims and their families (debate)

Mr President, colleagues, when I was reading early morning on Monday after the horrible attack in Sydney, Australia, in a Jewish newspaper about the matter of fact that the hero Ahmed Al‑Ahmed was a muslim, is a muslim, fortunately, since he survived the attack. It touched me deeply and it reminded me of what I have stated time and again in this plenary and elsewhere that Islamism and Islam is not…

26

Nov

2025

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Escalating repression of the Baha'is in Iran

Mr President, dear colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, the Iranian regime has been a threat to the outside and to the inside. The Iranian regime is weaker than ever before after the attacks on 7 October 2023 against our civilisation, I would say, because the Iranian regime was behind it, and the Iranian regime had to pay the bill for it and still has to pay the bill for it. But I care for the people…

26

Nov

2025

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The situation of Christian communities and religious minorities in Nigeria and the Middle East, and Europe’s responsibility to protect them and guarantee freedom of conscience (topical debate)

Madam President, colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, first, for the vast majority of people on this planet, spirituality, religion is a major part of their identity. Only because in Western Europe it is only slowly increasing that we have this understanding, we must not forget to have that in mind and take that into account when we reach out to the world. Secondly, Islam and Islamism are two differe…

25

Nov

2025

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Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, thank you very much for your speech and the EU's efforts so far. I think we should align with those who also take efforts for stabilisation, for future peace, and for proper dwelling and dignity. That is what we wish for everybody and especially for the people in Sudan due to this largest humanitarian crisis in the world. It has been the largest crisis since 2023, but I…

25

Nov

2025

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

Madam President, there is this saying about the so‑called elephant in the room. It might be that in the past it was meant for various different things. Today, my impression is that it is meant for China, because after each and every discussion we have, in whatever capital of Member States or on the European level, in the end somebody would state that it was a very interesting discussion, but there…

24

Nov

2025

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30th anniversary of the Barcelona Process and the new pact for the Mediterranean (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, colleagues, the pact for the Mediterranean is of the utmost importance for Europe and for Europe's global outreach, for Europe's strength to the outside, for obvious reasons: we are close neighbours. All the countries close to the sea, no matter whether it's Europe or North Africa or even the Middle East, are in the end, on a global scale, compared to the rest of the…

24

Nov

2025

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Enhancing police cooperation in relation to the prevention, detection and investigation of migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings; enhancing Europol’s support to preventing and combating such crimes (debate)

12

Nov

2025

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The first European Annual Asylum and Migration report and the setting up of the Annual Solidarity Pool (debate)

Madam President, Ronald Reagan has quoted in his time that one can go to Germany or to France, but he won't be a German or a Frenchman, but he could go to America and become an American. This is not true at the time of the current US administration, but it can be a pattern of what it means to come to Europe and become a European. On the other hand, there is the tolerance paradox of Sir Karl Popper…

21

Oct

2025

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Renewing the EU-Africa Partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola Summit (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, thank you very much for this deep dive into the important matter of the EU-Africa Partnership. And, in the long term, there is not much on the planet that matters more to Europe, to Europe's future, than the EU-Africa Partnership, since this is nothing other than an important, a close, a deep and meaningful neighbourhood –it's neighbourhood. Some might think, when they …

21

Oct

2025

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Commission Work Programme 2026 (debate)

Mr President, what a pity the Commission President left our plenary debate about the Commission work programme. But I'm more than happy that the most experienced commissioner, Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, is with us this afternoon, because it is an important matter we have to discuss. I kindly ask the Vice-President to convey the messages of this plenary debate to the Commission President. I hav…

20

Oct

2025

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

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. When it comes to our Europeans' access to the digital age, to social media, to artificial intelligence, it's not just about a company, even if it's a big one, it's not just about a platform, it's about how we deal with the risks and how we deal with the opportunities. Fear is a bad adviser. This principle is very, very important, but the fear is very different f…

7

Oct

2025

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New Strategic EU-India Agenda (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, colleagues, while here in the European Parliament we have to discuss and vote on confidence votes against our Commission's President from the extreme right and from the extreme left, which is already kind of a shame, the Commission's President has just visited India and reached out for prosperous future cooperation. There are not many things sustainably so important as …