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Jun

2026

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2025 Commission report on Türkiye (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Turkey is an important partner of the Allied Union in neighbouring NATO, with which we cooperate on trade, security and migration. A relationship of shared interest in mutual respect. I sincerely welcome the European aspiration of our Turkish interlocutors. She's real. We know, however, that for some of them, Europe is first and foremost seen from an economic perspec…

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May

2026

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Recruitment of children by organised crime (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, organised crime is now recruiting at the speed of digital technology. A 14-year-old boy receives a message on Instagram: a promise of easy money, some safe deliveries. This is how the criminal recruitment of minors begins today. No longer on the street, but on our screens. The methods have changed profoundly: faster, more diffuse, more invisible. Social networks, enc…

19

May

2026

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

Madam President, cyberspace has become a permanent battleground. Cyberattacks hit our hospitals, our energy networks, our democratic institutions. They affect every day the concrete life of our citizens, their data, their economies, their essential services. And since artificial intelligence entered the equation, their sophistication has crossed a new threshold. In the field of defence, this is pa…

28

Apr

2026

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Ensuring accountability and justice in response to Russia’s continued attacks against the civilian population in Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, we are deeply indignant at the criminal acts committed by Russia against Ukrainian civilians, most recently in Kiev, Dnipro, Cherkassy, Sloviansk, Chernihiv and Kharkiv. Systematic targeting of the civilian population and infrastructure covering the primary needs of Ukrainians is inhumane. It is inconceivable that Russia has sought to destroy the Petchenihy dam. We must continue o…

28

Apr

2026

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Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025 (debate)

Mr President, fundamental rights are under increasing pressure today. There is a real risk that these rights will be relegated to the background of the political agenda. However, it is precisely during the turbulent periods of history that we most need these lighthouses to guide us. The values on which the European Union is founded – democracy, the rule of law, respect for human rights – are not a…

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Feb

2026

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Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate)

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Feb

2026

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European response to the attacks on the Ukrainian energy system causing a humanitarian crisis (debate)

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Feb

2026

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Building a stronger European defence in light of an increasingly volatile international environment (debate)

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Jan

2026

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Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 (debate)

Mr President, we are in a new era. This is a reality that we observe day after day. International law is being challenged, democracy is retreating, the rule of law and human rights are being attacked openly, without any embarrassment. All over the world, violations are multiplying. Authoritarian regimes and authoritarianism are gaining ground. Elections are stolen. In the face of this, the Europea…

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Jan

2026

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Brutal repression against protesters in Iran (debate)

Mr President, the people of Iran – I wanted to begin with those words, 'the people of Iran'. They are giving a message to the world. They are admirable, fighting for their freedom, knowing the risks, knowing many will die. They are fighting, putting freedom above their security, above their own lives. We should hear this message. Here, where so many of us take for granted the freedom brave Iranian…

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Dec

2025

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European Democracy Shield – very large online platform algorithms, foreign interference and the spread of disinformation (debate)

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Nov

2025

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EU response to the continuous airspace violations and sabotage of critical infrastructure in the EU originating from Russia and Belarus (debate)

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Nov

2025

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Political situation in Myanmar including the humanitarian crisis of the Rohingya (debate)

Madam President, the Rohingya crisis remains one of the most dramatic humanitarian emergencies of recent years. And yet, it gradually tends to disappear from the media and political radars. Today, we are talking about a population that has been subjected for years to a repression of unprecedented brutality. The military junta in Myanmar continues to use terror as a method of government: torture, e…

22

Oct

2025

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The need for a united support to Ukraine and for a just and durable peace concluded on Ukraine's terms, with Europeans and without surrendering to Vladimir Putin's conditions ahead of the foreseen Budapest summit (debate)

Mr President, the Ukrainian people have now been fighting against the Russian aggressor for three and a half years. Ukraine is fighting this fight for its survival, its sovereignty, its independence, but also by its fight it protects us, our democracies. We owe them not only recognition, but also all the help we are capable of. Thousands of Ukrainian men, women and children have lost their lives a…

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Oct

2025

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Criminal intimidation against investigative journalists in the EU: the attempted attack on Sigfrido Ranucci (debate)

Mr President, the criminal attack on Sigfrido Ranucci, an Italian investigative journalist, is deeply unworthy of us. It is unacceptable that unveiling the truth exposes such dangers. This attack must also raise a collective awareness of the harsh reality faced by so many investigative journalists today. And this even in our democracies. They are under real threat and the rule of law does not alwa…

21

Oct

2025

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Delayed justice and rule of law backsliding in Malta, eight years after Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination (debate)

Mr President, Daphne Caruana Galizia: Every year, the same starting point, every year, we must see that a journalist in the European Union has been murdered and that co-leaders at the highest level continue to enjoy impunity. Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered eight years ago. Eight years! His family is fighting an admirable battle. In the European Parliament, we are multiplying calls for the Mal…

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Oct

2025

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This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Luc Frieden (debate)

Madam President, Prime Minister, thank you for insisting on the values that define our European Union. Today, they are particularly at risk, as authoritarian ideologies continue to gain ground. We must not be mistaken: Where illiberalism takes hold, democracy retreats. Once in power, the illiberals destroy the rule of law. They pass laws designed to prevent political alternation and weaken the ind…

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Sep

2025

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Ukraine (joint debate)

Madam President, three and a half years. Three and a half years that the Ukrainians are awakened, night after night, by the sirens. Three and a half years that they bury their dead, fallen under the blows of the Russian army. A war waged against Ukraine in a completely unjustified manner, without any provocation. We will never forget the horrors of Bucha. We continue to call for the release of civ…

17

Jun

2025

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The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, our union is based on fundamental values. It is based on human rights, on the rule of law. What characterizes us with the rule of law is that we have this absence of arbitrariness. The rule of law is the foundation of our democracy. Today we have problems in our Union. We must not hide it. We must confront it and do our best to remedy it. The importance of th…

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Jun

2025

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Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast) (debate)

Madam President, thousands and millions of images of child pornography videos are available online, in real time or on a delayed basis. Raw or synthetic images. All are based on the very real abuse of children. Artificial intelligence creations are developed from hundreds of thousands of very real images. We cannot trivialize, accept or remain silent. And then justice must punish. There can be no …

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Jun

2025

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The human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the urgent need to end Russian aggression: the situation of illegally detained civilians and prisoners of war, and the continued bombing of civilians (debate)

Madam President, the Ukrainians have shown, with their bombing of Russian military airports, that they are perfectly capable of breaking deep into Russian territory and causing significant damage, by choice of military damage. In response to the reported reaction of the Kremlin leader that he would have to retaliate against these attacks, my first thought was: How to retaliate? By killing civilian…

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May

2025

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The Hungarian government's drift to Russia-style repression: legislative threats to freedom of expression and democratic participation (debate)

Mr President, I look forward to the day when I stand before you to rejoice that Hungary is once again embarking on the path of democracy. Unfortunately, this is not yet for today. On the contrary, with the draft law on the transparency of public life, the Hungarian government has crossed a new red line. By targeting independent media and organisations, under the pretext of foreign funding, the Hun…

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May

2025

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Return of Ukrainian children forcibly transferred and deported by Russia

Madam President, among all the horrors that the Russian aggressor is inflicting on Ukrainians, a particularly unbearable crime is unfolding before our eyes: the mass deportation of Ukrainian children, orchestrated by the Russian authorities. This is not just a human drama, but a real war strategy. To take away one's children is to try to wipe out a people. Russian aggression is not limited to tank…

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May

2025

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2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Turkey is a candidate country for accession to the European Union. Turkey has chosen to be a candidate. So it is as such that we address her. Our first concern is therefore the values on which the European Union is founded: democracy, the rule of law. However, the situation of democracy in Turkey is more than worrying. When the independence of the judiciary is flouted, …

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Apr

2025

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Safeguarding the access to democratic media, such as Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (debate)

Mr President, our world today needs more light than ever against obscurantism and information against propaganda. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty provides reliable and relevant information where authoritarianism is rife, where people want to be kept in the dark. In democracy, we defend not only that journalists have the right to inform, but also that citizens have the right to information. Authori…