What Jaak spoke about.

17 Dec

2024

ET Speech

Toppling of the Syrian regime, its geopolitical implications and the humanitarian situation in the region (debate)

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Honourable President, Luckily, Mrs Kallas can be spoken in Estonian, so you can all listen to our more beautiful mother tongue. First of all, we are all pleased that the Assad regime has fallen, and there is no doubt about that. The problem, of course, is that the new regime may not be more human-friendly, more democratic, sweeter, nicer and more floral. And as Mrs Kallas said at the sitting of th…

26 Nov

2024

EN Speech

Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia (debate)

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Madam President, dear colleagues, dear representatives of the Commission and Council, in this Parliament, words are always more than deeds. There is much talk about the need to support Ukraine in its war against Russia for as long as it takes. But where are the deeds? The situation in Ukraine is getting worse every day because European aid is too scarce or comes too late. Germany, Europe's largest…

22 Oct

2024

EN Answer

Urgent need for a ceasefire in Lebanon and for safeguarding the UNIFIL mission in light of the recent attacks (debate)

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Actually, you say big sentences like they have been supporting in history, when sometimes, we know just now the facts. Recently, in the last years, the EU taxpayers' money has been used by Hamas to force the terrorists against Israel. That's the fact in the last recent years. We know who are the good side and who are the bad side. If we don't look at the facts about who is actually working togethe…

22 Oct

2024

EN Speech

Urgent need for a ceasefire in Lebanon and for safeguarding the UNIFIL mission in light of the recent attacks (debate)

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Madam President, dear colleagues, first of all, about the facts: the fact is that from Lebanese territory, Hezbollah has been attacking Israel since October last year. That is the fact. They have been supporting Hamas. Hamas has been supported by the very many Palestinians and probably also by the many very left‑wing colleagues here. So they are destroying the ideology that we need to destroy Isra…

9 Oct

2024

EN Speech

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Hungarian Presidency (debate)

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Madam President, first of all, Mr Orbán, as conservatives, of course we can agree on many points. We can agree that we need a strong migration policy. We need to turn around the crazy green ideology. We need to protect our heritage, our culture, our Christian values. Definitely. And I also agree that there are so many double standards and hypocrisy in the EU. We talk about the Russia policy, yet w…

8 Oct

2024

EN Speech

The crisis facing the EU’s automotive industry, potential plant closures and the need to enhance competitiveness and maintain jobs in Europe (debate)

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Mr President, first of all, as we know from the history from the 18th century, every revolution will divorce its children. And definitely the Green Deal is a revolution, as we have seen. It's very revolutionary to ban all traditional cars by 2035, and now we're going to see the results. It will be chaos for the 14 million people who are working in the sector. The automotive sector is about 8 % of …

8 Oct

2024

ET Speech

Preparation of the European Council of 17-18 October 2024 (debate)

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Honourable President, Let's talk in Estonian. First of all, as I am the last speaker, the economy is obviously the most talked about topic. Economy, European competitiveness, European industry, preservation of jobs. However, it quickly marked the issue of Ukraine, which must obviously be one of the most important issues at the European Council, then it is certainly a good opportunity for both the …

17 Sep

2024

EN Speech

Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States (debate)

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Madam President, dear colleagues, I think we have been having this kind of debates in the last three years or so many times and the real fact is, of course, that it will not change a lot. But when I'm hearing about the statements about peace, of course we all want to have peace, but the problem with the peace is that it always depends in which terms: the Russian terms or Ukrainian terms for the pe…

17 Sep

2024

EN Question

Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States (debate)

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Dear Milan, I will speak in English so it's easier for both of us. First of all, of course nobody – on both sides – wants to live in times of war. It's definitely sure. But of course, to end the war there are different scenarios – like how to find peace finally. And if we are all looking for peace, are trying to find peace, what is your view or your solution to find peace finally? Is it like some …

24 Apr

2024

ET Speech

Formal sitting - 20th Anniversary of the 2004 EU Enlargement

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Thank you very much, Mr President, Mr President of the Commission, Mr Ojuland, former Minister of Foreign Affairs. It's a pleasure to see you in this room. No one doubts in this Chamber that the enlargement of the European Union was a big step. This was a huge step for the new Member States. This was also important for Estonia, because security has always been and will always be the most important…

11 Apr

2024

ET Speech

Internal markets for renewable gas, natural gas and hydrogen (recast) - Common rules for the internal markets for renewable gas, natural gas and hydrogen (recast) - Union’s electricity market design: Regulation - Union’s electricity market design: Directive (joint debate – Reform of the energy and electricity markets)

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Dear Mr President, First of all, no one doubts that we need a reform of the electricity market, because today's system, which is in the European Union, although we have different price zones, for example, separate Scandinavian countries, then the Baltics, Eastern Europe, Central Europe, Western Europe in different groups, then at the moment this system has been extremely speculative, and this is p…

10 Apr

2024

ET Speech

New allegations of Russian interference in the European Parliament, in the upcoming EU elections and the impact on the Union (debate)

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Dear Mr President, dear few colleagues in this Chamber, Räägime eesti keeles, enamus räägivad oma emakeeles. First of all, I think no one doubts that if you have 705 members in Parliament, then obviously some of them, or even some dozens of them, are either conscious agents who, for a relatively small amount of money, are willing to sell their souls to the devil. And the second batch of people are…

13 Mar

2024

FI Speech

This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Finland, Petteri Orpo (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Prime Minister Orpo, I am very glad that I have the opportunity to speak here as an Estonian, that is, as a representative of a country neighbouring Finland, which is culturally, historically and linguistically close to Finland. Firstly, it cannot be overemphasized how important Finland's accession to NATO has been for Northern and Eastern Europe and how importa…

13 Mar

2024

EN Speech

Need to address the urgent concerns surrounding Ukrainian children forcibly deported to Russia (debate)

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Madam President, dear colleagues, and dear Ukrainian friends in the Chamber who are visiting us here, first of all, we are very, very sorry for all Ukrainian children and families who have lost kids to the Russians and who are kidnapped or forcibly deported to Russia. I would like to mention – because I have few minutes here left – they mentioned some kind of statements of the Russian propaganda, …

28 Feb

2024

EN Speech

Formal sitting - Address by Yulia Navalnaya

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Madam President, Ms Navalnaya, first of all, from our political group, all the regrets goes to you and for your children, for your son and daughter, because the biggest loss what you can have is to lose your father as a children. So that’s why it was very emotional to listen to your statement and I agree that most of us will absolutely feel what you feel, even if it’s very hard for us to feel the …

28 Feb

2024

EN Speech

Strengthening European Defence in a volatile geopolitical landscape - Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2023 - Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2023 (joint debate - European security and defence)

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Madam President, dear colleagues, first of all, unfortunately, Ms von der Leyen has left, but we have to understand, of course, that when we talk about the common security and defence policy in the EU, that there can only be a strong policy if we have strong Member States who are spending enough for defence and who are really realising the world we are living. I was just checking the numbers befor…

7 Feb

2024

ET Speech

Empowering farmers and rural communities - a dialogue towards sustainable and fairly rewarded EU agriculture (debate)

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First of all, colleagues: Here, some colleagues say, like in a training group, that we do not blame each other when we are looking for problems concerning agriculture. I immediately have the question that if we don't blame each other, you seem to want to sort of go over the real problems you've created in agriculture, and smoothly talk about your propaganda four months before the election, so that…

17 Jan

2024

EN Speech

Norway's recent decision to advance seabed mining in the Arctic (debate)

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Mr President, dear few colleagues in the Chamber, dear Commissioner, first of all, I’m really wondering. I’ve seen also the news from Norway, where all the Greens and liberals are protesting against the plan. But, at the same time, the same Greens and leftists don’t have any kind of problem that we are acting as colonisers in Africa and in Congo to have those precious metals for the Green Deal. Be…

17 Jan

2024

ET Speech

Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 14-15 December 2023 and preparation of the Special European Council meeting of 1 February 2024 - Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds (joint debate - European Council meetings)

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Dear Mr President, Ladies and gentlemen, as many of you as there are in this room. Firstly, most of you have, of course, complained about Hungary and demanded that the right to vote be withdrawn, that the veto be denied. And here the question always arises that, although I personally do not always agree with what Hungary is doing, especially with regard to Russia and Ukraine, I always have the que…

16 Jan

2024

EN Speech

Keeping commitments and delivering military assistance to Ukraine (debate)

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Mr President, dear colleagues, it is not a very nice debate, and of course the situation is not even nicer either. First of all, Europe, of course, has supported Ukraine, but as already mentioned, it hasn’t been sufficient, and it has been too little and too late. What was also mentioned before already – and it was absolutely correct – our industries, defence industries, are very slowly increasing…

13 Dec

2023

ET Speech

Preparation of the European Council meeting of 14-15 December 2023 (debate)

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Thank you very much, Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. Firstly, I often disagree with my colleague Sophia In ́t Veld, but right now I completely agree that it is somehow strange that this debate has not been going on for a very long time, but Commission President Von der Leyen will not find enough time to at least listen to the debate and people's opinions in front of Parliament, although I very…

21 Nov

2023

EN Answer

Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties (debate)

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Thank you, Madame, because I heard that you are the last time here because you made a great mistake with your parties, so we will not see you next time here. I think we have a different understanding of ‘useless’. My work here is just – the main thing – to disturb you, because every day you will come here in this Parliament and you do not like me – and that is the greatest thing ever. Because you …

21 Nov

2023

EN Answer

Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties (debate)

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Well, for me personally, I have been elected directly to the national parliament twice. And before EU elections last time, I said clearly to my voters – I got the fifth best result in the whole country – the less the European Parliament is doing, the better it is. So my work here is to block as much as possible, because the power has to stay in the national parliaments, because we know better than…

21 Nov

2023

EN Speech

Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties (debate)

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Mr President, dear colleagues, first of all, of course, I think you can propose any kind of resolution, whatever you want. But the good thing is that it does not matter we are going to vote tomorrow, it does not cost anything because it will change nothing. So it means that your job is useless and you are paid for useless work. Congratulations for your voters. The second thing, the small, tiny thi…

21 Nov

2023

EN Question

Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties (debate)

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Thanks a lot, Madam, for a very good speech. I enjoyed that. I just have a small, tiny question, because we need more debate here, just not only speeches, because we all like our own voices. You mentioned in your speech that the European Parliament needs more strength and power, and to work together more and more. But of course, in my understanding, if the European Parliament has more strength and…