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EN Written Statement

European green bonds (debate)

You all know that I’m not a big fan of the concept of sustainable finances – they add yet more criteria to economic considerations, thereby undermining the value of price as relevant information. Therefore, one might expect that I would also be an implacable opponent of European green bonds. But this is not the case. I understand that if some bonds are to be labelled as green, they must do so acco…

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CS Written Statement

EU-NATO cooperation in the context of transatlantic relations (short presentation)

The report, of which I was shadow rapporteur, is a balanced text by the European Parliament. It commends transatlantic cooperation, calls for respect for NATO's commitment to devote 2% of GDP to defence regardless of external circumstances, and welcomes the decision of the NATO summit to activate Article 5 of the Washington Treaty even in the event of hybrid attacks that threaten our security. The…

15 Sep

2026

EN Speech

Defence (joint debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we cannot fight on two fronts at the same time. The EU and its Member States are rightly spending resources on supporting Ukraine and building up our defence. The other front is bureaucratic, sometimes more vicious than the first one. Our defence industry cannot be expected to deliver more, produce faster and compete globally while being tied down by excessiv…

14 Sep

2026

EN Speech

Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism: extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures - Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund - Market stability reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): ceasing the invalidation of allowances

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Madam President, dear colleagues, good evening. I think that high energy prices are the largest headache for everybody in Europe: for the people, business and industries. That is why we are lagging behind the US, China and other competing powers. It is very clear what we must do: we need stable prices of the ETS allowances, particularly now, so we need to improve sectoral imbalances and avoid the …

16 Jun

2026

EN Speech

The role of the EU in efforts for peace and stability throughout the Middle East after the announced deal between the US and Iran (debate)

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Madam President, we, the Europeans, are paying the cost of the war, and thus any de-escalation may provide a short-term relief. However, the Iran war has demonstrated two key things. First, the US is no more willing to play a role of the power which is solely responsible for freedom of navigation. Secondly, Europeans' defence capabilities are insufficient to engage in any sort of serious military …

20 May

2026

EN Speech

Reviewing the ETS system to support European competitiveness (topical debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. (Addressing Mr Gerbrandy) Just to say: this was a lie. I initiated the debate and I am here. So don't lie anymore.

20 May

2026

EN Speech

Reviewing the ETS system to support European competitiveness (topical debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, times have changed. We live in a completely different world from the one in which the architects of the ETS planned their project. Whatever we think of the ETS, there is one thing we must agree on, and it's fundamental reform. Conservatives are often criticised for their reluctance to embrace change. Today, it is the left part of this House which want to defe…

29 Apr

2026

CS Speech

EU strategy in response to the ongoing Middle East crisis, its implications on energy prices and the availability of fertilizers (joint debate)

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Madam President, we have read the recipe of the European Commission and it reminds me of GOELRO (Soviet State Planning Commission for Reconstruction) of 1920. Lenin summed it up with the famous sentence ‘All power to the Soviets and electrification of the whole country’. How it turned out, we know. So let's not repeat the mistakes, please. I, for the record, am all in favour of reducing our depend…

25 Mar

2026

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 19 March 2026 (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I think we have to admit one thing: our problem is not the climate. Our problem is our weakness. Our problem is that we are losing the competitiveness. To correct this, we need two things: to have lower prices of electricity and energy in the short term, and nuclear embracement in the strategic long term. And here, we have a problem. On nuclear, I welcome the…

11 Mar

2026

CS Speech

Child sexual abuse online: protect children, not perpetrators (topical debate)

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10 Mar

2026

EN Speech

Tackling barriers to the single market for defence - Flagship European defence projects of common interest

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Madam President, we are at a critical moment for European security: flagship defence projects of common interest are not just initiatives, they are strategic investments in our future. There are things no single Member State can address alone. This project must be interoperable, technologically advanced and coordinated with NATO. Russian aggression has shown the urgent need for a coordinated respo…

10 Mar

2026

CS Speech

Cutting red tape to enable a competitive and clean transition – the urgent need to shorten and simplify permitting (debate)

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Mr President, our obsession with environmental protection and social well-being has brought us to the point where we strangle everything that is still alive in business. Renewables, networks, nuclear, ports, hydrogen, mining, modernization, their authorisation takes years. That's unacceptable. We are constantly discussing Trump's tariffs, but this hidden cost is stifling investment far more. The C…

10 Feb

2026

EN Answer

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

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There was a great British historian, Arnold Toynbee, who was, in fact on the left, and he developed the concept of challenge and response. Our response is more important than this rhetorical challenge by Trump. Our response should be to develop a stronger part of NATO on European soil, because the organisation is to protect us. So, really, to spend more money on defence, to develop the industrial …

10 Feb

2026

CS Speech

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

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20 Jan

2026

EN Speech

Territorial integrity and sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark: the need for a united EU response to US blackmail attempts (debate)

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Mr President, what is happening around Greenland is a really big challenge for all of us. On the one hand, Commissioner Kallas was right when she expressed some understanding for not just the US or our security concerns regarding the future of the Arctic, but also over the idea that Russia or China are going to corrupt the referendum in Greenland. It's a nightmare. However, at the same time, Donal…

16 Dec

2025

CS Speech

Presentation of the automotive package (debate)

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27 Nov

2025

CS Speech

Outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference - Belém (COP30) (debate)

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Mr President, welcome back from Brazil, Commissioner. Lídia, as the leader of the delegation, spoke Portuguese, so I will speak Czech. Mr President, where are the Danes? They are missing. The Presidency is ashamed of the outcome. Well, we in Bohemia say that they fell like peasants at Chlumec or European like Napoleon at Waterloo. I warned you here. The mandate was Napoleonic arrogant, bad, unreal…

25 Nov

2025

EN Speech

European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’) (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, just as an introduction, listening to the debate today, I think that the key purpose of this legislation is not to fight the United States, but to make European defence stronger, so we should keep this in mind. I think, generally, I welcome the outcome of the trilogue and will vote in favour. It's a good compromise that makes sense. However, on our path to th…

13 Nov

2025

CS Speech

Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 23 October 2025 (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, a free, prosperous society is characterised by the fact that it has both entrepreneurs who create its wealth and bureaucrats who regulate, prohibit and, above all, consume that wealth. When others dominate, society becomes poor, it loses competitiveness. And unfortunately, that's exactly what happened to us, despite our warnings. The European Council has alre…

22 Oct

2025

CS Speech

UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30) (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I will speak Czech today. Lidia Pereira introduced her text here by citing or referring to Roger Scruton. I don't know, dear Lizzie, if you've ever seen each other. I was really friends with Roger. I even hosted him in Prague on a final visit, he had a few weeks left for the rest of his life. And I hate to do this to talk second, but I can assure you one thin…

8 Oct

2025

EN Speech

Europe’s automotive future – reversing the ban on the sale of combustion cars in the EU (topical debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, this summer, Luca de Meo made the announcement which tells us everything about where we are. The CEO of Renault – and, in fact, the man who produced the only successful, competitive, small electric automobile – has decided to leave as CEO of Renault to accept an offer from the French luxury industry. That's where we are. No trust. The best manager has no trust i…

8 Oct

2025

EN Speech

United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I see two points as critical here. First, instead of just reacting, we must be proactive. Since 2014, we have always been one step behind: too late to provide air defence, too late to allow Ukrainians to hit targets inside Russia. Putin is not a peacemaker but a conqueror, and understands only one language: power. Secondly, it is the national governments that…

7 Oct

2025

EN Speech

Rising antisemitism in Europe (debate)

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Mr President, just two years after the most horrific pogrom against Jews since the Second World War, we see the European Jewry once again facing daily abuse, verbal attacks, beatings, even killings. We see activists, including some of our own Members here, sailing alongside those who sponsored Hamas terrorists, supporting their claim to deny Israel's very right to existence in security and peace. …

9 Sep

2025

EN Speech

Ukraine (joint debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, efforts to draw Vladimir Putin to the negotiation table led nowhere. Our experience proves that Russia understands only one language, and that is power, not the nice talks which we have here. Therefore, we must follow two goals at the same time. Firstly, arming Ukraine and rearming ourselves. With the EU machinery, any project can become a bureaucratic nightm…

8 Sep

2025

EN Speech

Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the European Commission is already globally known as the gravedigger of AI, and I do not mean artificial intelligence: I mean the automotive industry. It is nothing against you, Madam Commissioner, but the proposal was entirely wrong: it set up unrealistic targets, risked higher costs to manufacturers as well as consumers, and threatened basic ownership right…