What Tomislav spoke about.

10 Apr

2024

HR Speech

Union code relating to medicinal products for human use - Union procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human use and rules governing the European Medicines Agency (joint debate - Pharmaceutical package)

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A few decades ago, Europe had a leading position in health research and innovation, but today, despite some exceptions, the vast majority of innovation and innovative companies are elsewhere. We need to reverse this trend and bring innovation back to Europe, creating an environment that attracts and does not create barriers for manufacturers of new medicines. Patients’ access to medicines in the E…

10 Apr

2024

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Screening of third country nationals at the external borders - European Criminal Records Information System - Third Country Nationals - Common procedure for international protection in the Union - Establishing a return border procedure, and amending Regulation (EU) 2021/1148 - Asylum and migration management - Addressing situations of crisis and force majeure - Establishment of 'Eurodac' for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013, for identifying an illegally staying third-country national or stateless person and on requests for the comparison with Eurodac data by Member States' law enforcement authorities and Europol for law enforcement purposes (recast) - Union Resettlement Framework - Standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as beneficiaries of international protection - Standards for the reception of applicants for international protection (recast) (joint debate - Migration and Asylum package)

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Dear Chair, the agreement reached on asylum and migration allows Member States to effectively protect the external borders, but also to fight human smugglers. Whether some like it here or not, Member States, rather than smugglers, will decide who can and who cannot enter the European Union. Under the new rules, it will be assessed at the border whether asylum applications are unfounded or inadmiss…

14 Mar

2024

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Inclusion of the right to abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (debate)

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Dear Chair, the experience of working in the European Parliament has shown that the topic of abortion is used by those who, in the absence of substantive policies, want to attract the attention of voters to ideological topics. They do so in a systematic and targeted manner, seeking to impose their own life beliefs on others, and we are witnessing this today when we discuss the inclusion of the rig…

12 Mar

2024

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State of play of the corporate sustainability due diligence directive (debate)

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Dear Chair, Commissioner, colleagues. It is undisputed that European companies must be an active participant in building a sustainable society and that they must contribute to the achievement of climate objectives through their operations, which is the objective of the Due Diligence Directive. However, the noble objective of protecting the environment and human rights has clearly turned into an in…

29 Feb

2024

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Major interpellations (debate)

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According to Frontex data, 274 404 irregular arrivals were recorded in 2023, the highest number since 2016. It is clear that the European Union is facing a heavy migratory burden, with Member States protecting the external borders of the European Union bearing the brunt of this pressure. Following years of negotiations, we have recently agreed on a European Pact on Asylum and Migration, and the ma…

29 Feb

2024

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Next steps towards greater patient safety by swiftly ensuring the availability of medical devices through a targeted transitional period (debate)

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Dear Chair, Commissioners, colleagues, during the adoption of the legislation on medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices, most political groups ignored the EPP warning of excessive bureaucracy and insisted on measures that went beyond what was necessary; mainly through the creation of notified bodies of organisations designated by Member States for the conformity assessment of devi…

28 Feb

2024

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European Digital Identity framework (debate)

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Dear Chairman, With the Digital Compass, the European Commission has set ambitious targets, making key public services fully accessible online by 2030. It would not be possible to achieve this objective without establishing a European digital identity. That is why, as rapporteur for the digitalisation of public services, I have strongly advocated for the establishment of a reliable digital identif…

28 Feb

2024

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Deepening EU integration in view of future enlargement (debate)

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Dear Chairman, the enlargement of the European Union must not be used as an excuse to abolish the right of veto of Member States in the Council, which is exactly what this report is trying to achieve. Under the guise of increasing the Union's efficiency, this report advocates the introduction of qualified majority voting in the Council in key areas such as the rule of law, the MFF, the launch of a…

27 Feb

2024

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Closer ties between the EU and Armenia and the need for a peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia (debate)

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Dear Chairman, Christians are the most persecuted religious community in the world. That, ladies and gentlemen, is true, as much as it may not be politically correct to say today. Armenia is the oldest country to receive Christianity and preserve it in extremely unfavorable circumstances for almost two millennia. Already in 2020, after the reconstruction of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, enormous …

27 Feb

2024

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War in the Gaza Strip and the need to reach a ceasefire, including recent developments in the region (debate)

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Dear Chair, Commissioner, colleagues. In its January resolution, the European Parliament took a clear position on the situation in Gaza, calling for a permanent ceasefire, but on the condition that all hostages be immediately and unconditionally released and that the terrorist organisation Hamas be dissolved. It is quite clear that there is no survival and security of Israel without the complete d…

27 Feb

2024

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Geographical Indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products (debate)

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Dear Chairman, the geographical indication is a guarantee of the quality and authenticity of agricultural products for which Europe is known, and one of them is Croatian Prošek. It is a traditional sweet dessert wine, which is completely different from the Italian Prosecco by its colour, smell, price and way of consumption. However, some groups tried to use the amendment of this Regulation to depr…

8 Feb

2024

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Working conditions of teachers in the EU (debate)

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Being a teacher is not just a job, it's also a life vocation. Teachers not only teach, they educate generations of young people for the challenges of the modern age. Being a teacher is not easy. There are many challenges that the educational staff faces, and I personally saw it as an assistant to the Minister of Education. Difficulties in finding a permanent job, inadequate income and slow career …

7 Feb

2024

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Automated data exchange for police cooperation (“Prüm II”) (debate)

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Dear Chair, Commissioners, colleagues, law enforcement authorities in the European Union need reliable and effective tools to tackle crime effectively. We will all agree that the common interest and responsibility of all Member States is to successfully tackle criminals. In this regard, cooperation and exchange of information are the most powerful means of combating crime. Existing legislation all…

7 Feb

2024

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Need to fight the increase of antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred (debate)

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In 2021, 90% of Jews felt that there had been an increase in antisemitism in their country, and 38% thought about emigration because they did not feel safe in the European Union. This was before October 7 and the brutal massacre carried out by the terrorist organization Hamas against the Jewish people, thus committing the greatest crime in the history of Israel. Since then, there has been a steady…

7 Feb

2024

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The fight against hate speech and disinformation: responsibility of social platforms within the Digital Services Act (topical debate)

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According to the latest Eurostat data, 75% of citizens in the European Union shop online. In such circumstances, the sale of dangerous products such as unverified medicines and counterfeit products, the dissemination of illegal content such as infringing intellectual property rights, terrorist content or hate speech are realities we face on a daily basis. A particular problem is the frequent occur…

17 Jan

2024

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Situation in Serbia following elections (debate)

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Dear Chairman, Serbia is an undemocratic state, Aleksandar Vucic has been stalling Brussels for years and Brussels keeps looking through his fingers. It is absurd to tolerate an alliance with Russia in circumstances where the rest of the European Union uniformly conducts its foreign policy towards Russia. But now it's really enough. Such Serbia, in which the entire media space is under the control…

16 Jan

2024

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Implementation of the Treaty provisions on national parliaments - Implementation of the Treaty provisions on EU citizenship (joint debate – Implementation of the Treaty provisions)

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Dear Chairman, colleague and colleague. The founding treaties are the primary law of the European Union, and the debate about their implementation or amendments rightly always occupies the interest of the public. The document we are discussing today refers, among other things, to the November Resolution on Treaty Changes, which was extremely problematic. I therefore take this opportunity to reiter…

16 Jan

2024

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Humanitarian situation in Gaza, the need to reach a ceasefire and the risks of regional escalation (debate)

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A hundred days have passed since the terrorist organization Hamas committed the greatest crime in the history of Israel, and we are still getting information about the continued terrorist attacks they are carrying out. Nevertheless, they are loud, and we hear that today, who relativize the crimes committed by Hamas and want to equalize the guilt for the war to which Israel is forced. We should the…

16 Jan

2024

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Empowering consumers for the green transition (debate)

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Dear Chairman, I was convinced that this law will finally put an end to the practices of built-in failures. However, instead of completely prohibiting the placing on the market of products with embedded defects, this law treats as unfair commercial practices only commercial communications related to goods, and the law explicitly states that the production of goods and their placing on the market d…

13 Dec

2023

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Jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition of decisions and acceptance of authentic instruments in matters of parenthood and creation of a European Certificate of Parenthood (debate)

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Dear Chairman, Commissioners of colleagues, the protection of the family and parenthood, especially motherhood, are the most intimate values of each individual and it is therefore not surprising that many states attribute the highest protection, the constitutional one, to these values. At the same time, we must not forget that matters relating to substantive family law remain within the competence…

13 Dec

2023

EN Speech

European Health Data Space (A9-0395/2023 - Tomislav Sokol, Annalisa Tardino) (vote)

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Madam President, I think this is a great day for healthcare in the European Union. After one year of very hard negotiations, I believe that we found a really good compromise – it’s not perfect, but I think it’s a good starting point for interinstitutional negotiations. It will make it possible to use the untapped potential of health data for research innovation, but also to have much faster and mo…

12 Dec

2023

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Need to release all hostages, to achieve a humanitarian ceasefire and prospect of the two-state solution (debate)

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After committing the biggest crime in Israel's history two months ago, the terrorist organization Hamas still holds more than 130 detainees kidnapped on October 7. In addition, Hamas does not hesitate to carry out terrorist attacks against Israel, including the recent attack on civilians in Jerusalem. That is why it is shameful that even today in the international community, but also in this Parli…

12 Dec

2023

EN Speech

European Health Data Space (debate)

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Mr President, I would just like to answer some questions and concerns which have been raised here. So first we will not give anyone’s health data to banks and tech giants. So that’s completely clear in the draft report. So the data can only be used for very narrowly defined purposes relating to healthcare for the benefit of the patients, and we made it even more precise enough. So no giving away o…

12 Dec

2023

EN Speech

European Health Data Space (debate)

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I wasn’t speaking about the red line, but I said that I believe that what we have in the draft report is sufficient enough in terms of protection of patients’ rights. So I never used the actual phrase ‘the red line’ – you can check my original wording. I just said, and I repeated this afterwards, that there is no need, there is no necessity to accept what you propose, because we already have enoug…

12 Dec

2023

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European Health Data Space (debate)

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Dear colleague, thank you very much, but I do not understand how you can say that we are against additional patients’ rights because we are the ones who proposed an opt-out on secondary use. There was nothing there before. We actively added additional patient rights when compared to the Commission proposal. So definitely I do not see how you can say that we are against additional patient rights. M…