What Loucas spoke about.

14 Sep

2021

EL Speech

Situation in Lebanon (debate)

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Madam President, Mr Borrell, last year's explosion in Lebanon was heard as far as my home country Cyprus and really shocked us. Neighbours and friends from Lebanon are suffering and that hurts us. They are a people who have been through too much and deserve to live better days. A year later, the country is in a state of emergency. The shortages of food and basic necessities are enormous. Medicatio…

14 Sep

2021

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Situation in Afghanistan (debate)

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Madam President, Mr Borrell, I know you are tired, I am the last speaker, you told us that we would be self-critical and that is what I will be doing. As Europe, we cannot fail to anticipate and always run, lagging behind developments. We cannot fail to have a coordinated common policy for dealing with serious situations. It is now more evident than ever that there is a need for a common foreign p…

13 Sep

2021

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Fair working conditions, rights and social protection for platform workers - New forms of employment linked to digital development (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, rapporteur, my congratulations. Currently, in most Member States, there are no clear regulations for digital platform workers. There are no rules regulating either the rights to compensation in the event of illness or accident, or the social security of these people. You must and must establish a legal framework that ensures a level playing field for fair and equal t…

13 Sep

2021

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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - Serious cross-border threats to health (continuation of debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, I have heard a great deal from colleagues that the pandemic has taught us a great deal. He taught us the most important thing: Only together and united can we face such situations. We must not only monitor, but prevent and tackle serious health issues together. Europe must operate autonomously and be able to deal with health issues. Commissioner, we thank you. As a Cypr…

7 Jul

2021

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State of play of the implementation of the EU Digital COVID Certificate regulations (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, Europe deserves a lot of praise for what you have achieved. Only three months after the proposal to create a Digital COVID Certificate we managed to have a secure certification system for all Member States without discrimination. The fundamental right of free movement has been regained for European citizens. The disease was better controlled and people began to travel. …

5 Jul

2021

EL Speech

Use of technologies for the processing of data for the purpose of combating online child sexual abuse (temporary derogation from Directive 2002/58/EC) (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, let me first say a few words about my country. Cyprus is currently experiencing its worst tragedy since 1974 and the invasion. Fires that broke out at the same time resulted in human casualties, dozens of houses and businesses were burned, while 55 kilometers of forest and villages became ashes. I invite you to stand by us. We need our European family these days. As …