What Tomislav spoke about.

16

Dec

2025

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European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ (debate)

16

Dec

2025

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Presentation of the EU Cardiovascular Health Plan (debate)

15

Dec

2025

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Impact of the geopolitical situation on European patients and their access to medicines (debate)

Dear Chairman, Commissioner, colleague and colleague, the current international order is dead. The brutal geopolitical struggle for world domination is manifested in an increasingly intense global struggle to attract investment in the pharmaceutical sector. Medicines are Europe's most successful export product and the pharmaceutical industry is the sector with the highest added value and level of …

26

Nov

2025

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Defence of Democracy package (joint debate)

12

Nov

2025

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Gender Equality Strategy 2025 (debate)

Dear Chair, when this report calls on the Commission to ensure universal access to gender-responsive healthcare, this opens the door to the possibility of enabling children to change their gender. When the report asks the Commission to apply sanctions against countries where there is limited access to abortion, it advocates abolishing the right to conscientious objection of doctors and other medic…

12

Nov

2025

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The new 2028-2034 Multiannual Financial Framework: architecture and governance (debate)

Dear Chairman, health is a sector of strategic importance for the European Union, as also stated in the Draghi report. Quality health systems mean a productive population and lead to GDP growth, and the pharmaceutical industry is the most important export segment of the European economy. A few years ago, the European Health Union was proclaimed with great publicity and then it seemed that health w…

23

Oct

2025

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Breast cancer: the importance of screening (debate)

Dear Chair, Commissioner, colleagues, breast cancer remains the most common form of cancer among women in Europe. Regular screening and early diagnosis can reduce mortality by up to 30%, for which Croatia is a positive example. However, too many patients still do not have access to quality screening programmes. This is why prevention and early detection must remain the cornerstone of our public he…

21

Oct

2025

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Polarisation and increased repression in Serbia, one year after the Novi Sad tragedy (debate)

The tragedy in Novi Sad was not an isolated incident, but a reminder of the moral and political crisis in which Serbia finds itself today, which shows us that it does not belong in the European Union as it is today. Vučić is an autocrat and the main implementer of Greater Serbian ideology together with the Serbian Orthodox Church. If it wants to be credible, the Serbian opposition must clearly dis…

21

Oct

2025

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Commission Work Programme 2026 (debate)

Dear Chair, Commissioners, colleagues, health, biotechnology are key sectors for the European Union. It's not my invention, it's clearly stated in the Draghi report. It is the EU's most competitive, powerful export industry based on advanced technology without which we simply cannot. That is why it is no coincidence that Trump has placed the spotlight on it, and after a unilateral agreement to imp…

21

Oct

2025

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Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations (debate)

Dear Chairman, enlargement has not been a priority for the European Union for years. Because of this attitude, we allowed foreign powers to increase their influence in the area of Southeast Europe, primarily thanks to the bilingual, destabilizing policy of Vučić's Serbia. The war in Ukraine has made enlargement essential again and that is why we are now discussing it here. In any case, each countr…

9

Oct

2025

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World Mental Health Day - addressing the socio-economic factors (debate)

Dear Chair, Commissioners, colleagues. The World Mental Health Day that we celebrate tomorrow is an opportunity to speak out about this plague of the modern age and remove the stigma that still accompanies the conversation on the subject. Statistics clearly show the extent of the problem. It is estimated that almost one in six EU citizens, many of whom are young people, have mental health problems…

8

Oct

2025

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Promoting EU digital rules: protecting European sovereignty (debate)

In addition to food and medicine production, the digital market and digital sovereignty are of strategic importance for the European Union. Digital technologies shape our economy, security and democracy and it is therefore essential that we set the rules ourselves that will protect our citizens and businesses in the common European market. With the Digital Markets Act, we have achieved an importan…

7

Oct

2025

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Rising antisemitism in Europe (debate)

Last week we witnessed a brutal terrorist attack on Jews in Manchester. An event that is not an isolated incident, but part of the systemic rise of antisemitism in Europe. This wave of hatred and violence is closely linked to radical Islamist groups that, with the support of left-wing extremists, march in the hearts of our cities and spread their poisonous ideas. Islamist genocidal ideology is as …

7

Oct

2025

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Time to complete a fully integrated Single Market: Europe’s key to growth and future prosperity (debate)

Dear Chair, Commissioner, colleagues. The Single Market is one of the greatest successes of the European Union and a cornerstone of European competitiveness, but still its full potential has not been fully exploited. In particular, I would like to highlight the need to further strengthen the services market, which remains the least developed. As the European Parliament’s rapporteur on services in …

6

Oct

2025

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Dear Chairman, esteemed colleagues, our children are immersed in a hypersexualized world where sex sells everything, from TV series to car tires. Constantly exposed to such content, people cease to respect and appreciate the integrity and dignity of another person, which makes it difficult for them to have intimate contact and establish quality long-term relationships. Some in such twisted values …

11

Sep

2025

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European strategy for addressing Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia (debate)

Following Europe's Beating Cancer Plan, we rightly expect a strategy on cardiovascular diseases to be put in place. But we can't stop there. For too long, health has been on the margins of European policy. This has changed in the last few years and now is the time to keep it as a strategic priority, especially when it comes to rare diseases and brain health. Precisely brain health is becoming one …

11

Sep

2025

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Summer of heatwaves in the EU: addressing the causes and providing adequate housing and health policies to address record-breaking temperatures (debate)

Thank you very much, dear colleague, for speaking out about the necessity and and the magnitude of this problem and necessity to act. My question is, since this clearly shows that we need investments into public health, into public health infrastructure, into our public health systems, do you think that the EU should have again – like it was in the previous seven-year budget – a separate health fu…

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Sep

2025

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Summer of heatwaves in the EU: addressing the causes and providing adequate housing and health policies to address record-breaking temperatures (debate)

Dear Chairman, Commissioner, colleagues, extreme heat is no longer an exception. Over the past two decades, heat-related mortality has risen by 30%. In 2022 and 2023 alone, more than 100,000 deaths were recorded in Europe. Heat-related emergency receptions increased by more than 25% and refrigeration systems in hospitals under heat pressure experienced technical failures. Psychiatric and geriatric…

10

Sep

2025

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

Dear Chairman, this so-called agreement is generally one-sided, unbalanced and makes European industry less competitive than the US. There are positive elements such as the generic waiver, but these are unfortunately exceptions. The European Union is a market with more than 450 million consumers. We have a surplus with the U.S. in trade in goods and a deficit in trade in services, which means we h…

9

Sep

2025

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Wave of violence and continuous use of force against protesters in Serbia (debate)

Dear Chairman, Serbia under the rule of Vucic is an autocratic state. It is a regime that has taken over the media, suppressed freedom of expression and turned the public sphere into an instrument of its own propaganda. The European policy of complicity with Belgrade proved to be a complete failure. Serbia has been leading the policy of sitting on two chairs for years. He declaratively strives for…

9

Sep

2025

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Wave of violence and continuous use of force against protesters in Serbia (debate)

Thank you very much to your colleague for your speech, I only have one question. How do you interpret the various speeches of politicians who are related to the opposition and the protest movement during Vidovdan, some of whom are notorious promoters of Serbian or Greater Serbian ideology, and do you think such a thing is acceptable? In other words, can an opposition in which nationalist Greater S…

9

Sep

2025

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Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine, the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solution (debate)

Honourable President, Islamic fundamentalism is the greatest evil of our time. From North Africa, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent to Europe, Christians, Jews and other faiths are victims of this totalitarian criminal ideology. An example of this is Israel, a state that has been fighting for survival since its founding in 1948. Let's not have illusions. Had Hamas won this war, the Israeli …

9

Sep

2025

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Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine, the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solution (debate)

You speak about genocide all the time – you and the other colleagues from the left. My question is: are you aware of a statement signed by almost 500 legal and history scholars which, with various strong arguments, says that there is no genocide in Gaza? So, are you also aware of that, or do you just plan to not hear this because it doesn't suit your narrative?…

9

Jul

2025

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Presentation of the Stockpiling Strategies - strengthening response capacities for a changing risk and threat landscape (debate)

Dear Chair, Commissioners, colleagues, the medical countermeasures strategy and the European stockpile strategy are essential to ensure that the European Union is fully prepared for future crises. These strategies mirror the idea of solidarity, one of the fundamental European values which, unfortunately, was seriously compromised at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. At that time, we witnesse…

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Jul

2025

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2023 and 2024 reports on Bosnia and Herzegovina (debate)

The Honourable Chair, the report on Bosnia and Herzegovina criticises the increasingly assertive separatist ideas, as well as the concept of the ‘Serbian world’, which is contrary to any form of European integration and which, unfortunately, has become a reality on the ground. However, a huge problem is Bosniak Unitarism, which today represents the greatest threat to the existence of BiH as a stat…