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7

Jul

2026

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Urgent measures to strengthen the competitiveness and safeguard quality jobs in the EU’s automotive sector (debate)

Madam President, In any case, it is clear that the workers did not cause this crisis. Commissioner Séjourné said that – we are also dealing here with massive management errors, which we cannot conceal here, and at the same time with a lack of innovative capacity. And if we want to get there, we have to accelerate with the industrial accelerator. We need a made in Europe, And we need it relatively …

6

Jul

2026

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Coordination of social security systems (debate)

Mr President! Thank you very much for the broad support here in the house; You can see that. I would like to say again to the Polish colleague that we have new forms of pluriactivity, that people are active in more than two Member States – and we need good solutions so that this does not spiral down. In fact, we deliver here for mobile workers, 14 million people – who trust that the right to free …

6

Jul

2026

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Coordination of social security systems (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner Dombrovskis, ladies and gentlemen! The Toten Hosen sing in their song ‘Die 7 ist alles für mir’ (The 7 is everything for me) about the number that she can no longer let go of. I have been a rapporteur for seven years and we have been negotiating with countless Council presidencies in the EP negotiating team since 2019; For three years others have done this before us. Tha…

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May

2026

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Recent proposals to fight poverty in the EU (debate)

It is interesting that the Trump friends of all people are now screaming at energy prices, where it is the policy that has led us to have the last tightening, for example. Especially for people in poverty, for example, it is important that they can live in houses that are also energetically renovated, that this is not only reserved for the rich, because it helps those who have little money to actu…

20

May

2026

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Recent proposals to fight poverty in the EU (debate)

Madam President, Ms Executive Vice-President of the Commission Mînzatu! Colleagues! It is not enough to talk about poverty. What we are talking about in a poverty strategy is to guarantee everyone a life of dignity. You said it with the poverty targets. We have concrete targets for 2030, and when we look at the balance sheet, we see: We're not on track. That's why I don't think it's a good idea to…

19

May

2026

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EU governance under pressure – institutional responses to global challenges (debate)

I have described this: We're dealing with sitting out in the Council. That is why it is really the responsibility of the Council, including the Heads of State and Government, to take responsibility for the fact that Europe is not in a position to act at the moment, that it is playing such a weak role. We have been advocating for a long time that they finally take up the proposals and at least disc…

19

May

2026

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EU governance under pressure – institutional responses to global challenges (debate)

Mr President! Erich Kästner once said: There is nothing good unless you do it. And I believe citizens feel that the EU is currently very weak in the world vis-à-vis Trump, Putin and others. But they also feel that Europe would actually have the strength, that it would actually have the opportunity for strength and more capacity to act. But, and that's a big but, it lacks courage. And unfortunately…

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Apr

2026

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World Day for Safety and Health at Work (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, For many workers, today’s World Day for Safety and Health at Work is not an abstract topic – it is everyday life. It's about the delivery driver who has the pressure of the algorithms in his back, the caregiver at the end of a long shift or the roofer who stands on the ladder. In 2023, we still had more than 3,300 deaths in the European Union, who lost their …

28

Apr

2026

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Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 (debate)

I said we don't have the word in German. But it means that we really set funds, that they are really reserved only for social spending, for investing in people in the next budget, linked to the social goals we have in Europe, and that we cannot then say: “Oh, the farmers may need a little more here – or others. Let's see how much we really have in the end.", that we really reserve these funds for …

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Apr

2026

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Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 (debate)

Mr President! We are not just talking about money here, but it has also become quite clear that we are talking about the future of Europe. Where do we want to invest? Where is the future? Where does the money come from? I am glad that the report does not play city against country, as has just been said, but shows that the European Social Fund has in fact always been an essential pillar of the soci…

10

Mar

2026

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Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing (debate)

Madam President, Everyone acknowledges that we are dealing with market failures here, that we have a patient who is almost in a coma – the vitals are terrible. But who should act and how? That is the question here. The right here wants more market, more of the medicine that broke the patient, and of course less. Green Deal. At the same time, they complain about high energy prices due to the war – …

11

Feb

2026

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Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rights (debate)

Mr President, Madam Vice-President! Yesterday, hundreds of workers, trade unionists and trade unionists stood in front of this house and drew attention to the situation. They talked to us and there were colleagues from many groups. They have shown us that these forms of exploitation along very long chains are not an isolated case, but that it is everyday life in the fields, in construction, in tra…

11

Feb

2026

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Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy (debate)

Madam President, Madam Vice-President! Poverty reduction – as we have known since poverty started – is a mammoth task. I wonder if the right would rejoice if Europe ignored this problem; You get the impression here. We have 20 million children in Europe who expect us to support Europe in finding solutions. I would like to say once again to those who say, yes, people should work: One in ten employe…

11

Feb

2026

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Urgent actions to revive EU competitiveness, deepen the EU Single Market and reduce the cost of living - from the Draghi report to reality (debate)

As I said, there is a lack of investment in Europe. There is a lack of strategically putting certain sectors together much better. We still have major gaps in our single market, which we need to deepen, in the area of energy and capital markets union. But what is it that fails? It fails because of certain Member States and their national interests. Decisions, if we want to be more competitive, are…

11

Feb

2026

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Urgent actions to revive EU competitiveness, deepen the EU Single Market and reduce the cost of living - from the Draghi report to reality (debate)

Madam President, Competitiveness, the experts know, means optimizing infrastructure, education, promoting innovation, looking at the competition. Draghi tried this in his report because he said: If we want to keep up with China, with the US, we need European players and we need 750 to 800 billion in investments annually. What has come out of it so far? Investment – nothing. And he proposed a coord…

22

Jan

2026

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A new action plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Madam Executive Vice-President! In fact, some people think that the Pillar of Social Rights is over – is over, and they are more inclined towards the demolition pear. I am very happy, Commissioner and Vice-President, that the Commission sees things differently. It is very important to me because we see that the number of billionaires and millionaires is incre…

19

Jan

2026

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

Madam President, I think we all agree here that credibility is the most important currency in democracy. I think it is very good – as you have heard – that here in Parliament, thanks to the work of the rapporteur, the 28th It proposes a regime that, I quote, should be "not a vehicle for charlatans" by eroding participation and democracy in the workplace. This is important because it is part of the…

16

Dec

2025

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Presentation of the European Affordable Housing Plan (debate)

21

Oct

2025

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Commission Work Programme 2026 (debate)

Mr President! After the man-in-moon moment, now the moment of independence. But I believe that citizens have not forgotten that one thing has been pursued for decades under the competitiveness label: As much as possible to relocate to other countries, just-in-time production. Many good jobs have been destroyed, and it has led to precisely this dependence. If we now have the Draghi report and say: …

21

Oct

2025

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Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations (debate)

You just need to listen to your speakers that spoke about the European Union as the Soviet Union here, etc. If Europe is not able to reform and is not able to enlarge here – this is the foundation of our Union we are talking about. If you have a different opinion, please convince me that there are also ECR colleagues that have a different position and are standing in the middle of the House. I wou…

21

Oct

2025

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Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. This is an interesting debate that really focuses on the foundation of Europe: Enlargement and deepening of the European Union. And we were able to see in this debate that all rights, from ECR to the far right, want to destroy the foundation of this European Union. And we are trying - and I thank the rapporteur and all the shadow rapporteurs - to make it clear t…

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Oct

2025

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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (debate)

Mr President, Madam Vice-President, dear Roxana! We have 467 billionaires in Europe, and their total assets grew by EUR 405 billion in the first half of the year – almost on their own. At the same time, we have 93 million Europeans at risk of poverty – almost 20 million children are affected. And despite a growing economy and falling unemployment, the gap between rich and poor has widened further.…

8

Oct

2025

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Establishment and functioning of European Works Councils - effective enforcement (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner Hoekstra! I want to join the choir. The rapporteur has already said that now is the time to deliver. Tomorrow we will vote. We negotiated for a long time. We have a good result with the Council – 26 Member States have agreed. Now is not the time to have fundamental debates about competitiveness. Anyone who has become familiar with this trilogue outcome knows that we a…

6

Oct

2025

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Intergenerational fairness in Europe on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner Micallef, ladies and gentlemen! We have put this debate on the agenda because we think it is time to act. On 1 October there are many warm words, but in Europe, when we look around, we find that Europe does not manage to enable all older people to age in a dignified way. In English there is the term ageism – we do not have this in German – namely that we are dealing w…

9

Sep

2025

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European Social Fund (ESF+): specific measures to address strategic challenges (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! We are talking about the evaluation and, to a certain extent, the realignment of the European Social Fund. Let me remind you once again: This is the oldest instrument. This is much older than I am, for example, and it has always been adaptable, but it was the guarantee to the weaker groups in society; it was the guarantee to workers, who had to cop…