What Alexandr spoke about.

5 Apr

2022

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Question Time (Commission) - von der Leyen Commission: Two years on, implementation of the political priorities

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You know, now it’s just 80% are the little kids and the rest are their mothers, you know – that’s a bit different. But the question on gas. You were talking about the common purchases on behalf of the EU. So what we see now in Qatar is just a run by Germany, Italy, the Member States to buy the last remaining gas. So is the Commission going to Qatar?…

5 Apr

2022

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Question Time (Commission) - von der Leyen Commission: Two years on, implementation of the political priorities

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Madam President, let me raise a question on behalf of the ECR. I think that this Putin aggressive war against Ukraine has changed everything. And the countries which are hit most by that are the countries of central and eastern Europe. They are hit by security dimension – they must arm, so NATO is very helpful here. They are hit by humanitarian crisis, you know, 3.5 million refugees were accommoda…

24 Mar

2022

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The Power of the EU – Joint European Action for more affordable, secure and sustainable energy (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Russian gas and oil are stained with Ukrainian blood, and we must put an end to this. Right now! And to correct the error of RePower EU, when, unfortunately, we sent Putin the following message: “We'll depend on you for seven more years like cocaine, and then, blush!” He started playing with us again. He said: “I don’t want euros, I want rubles”. So now we ha…

8 Mar

2022

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Rising energy prices and market manipulation on the gas market (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Putin is a criminal and a blackmailer. And we need to reduce our dependence on it. And the document issued today by the Commission: like fine, but to say so transparently in German that we need someone for another 3 to 5 years or 7 years and then no more, so it's a mistake, we're just recording for him. It's just like when we say to a girl: ‘I sleep with you fou…

8 Mar

2022

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The deterioration of the situation of refugees as a consequence of the Russian aggression against Ukraine (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I will start with the numbers, 2 million in 10 days, not 1 million per year. Of the 2 million in 10 days, 1 200 000 to Poland, 191 000 to Hungary, 140 000 to Slovakia, 87 000 to Romania and 105 000 to the Czech Republic, which is not even bordering Ukraine. Do you remember how you moralized us here five to six years ago, the states of Central and Eastern Europe,…

15 Feb

2022

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Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2021 - Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2021 (debate)

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Mr President, I would say that the report we are discussing here is not bad at all - by the standards of this Parliament. Thanks for that, but it's still just words. And what we need in this tense situation – probably the worst security situation I have ever remembered – we need to be able to act, we need to be able to spend 2% on defence, every country in Europe, almost nobody does it. We must be…

14 Dec

2021

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Situation at the Ukrainian border and in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine (debate)

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Madam President, Theodore Roosevelt once famously said you speak softly but keep a hammer in your hand, and our problem is that occasionally we are behaving otherwise. We have nice speeches, yes, we should support Ukraine independence, we should support their right to decide about their future. We also rightly criticise Putin and his aggressive behaviour, but we do nothing to deter him from action…

24 Nov

2021

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Outcome of the COP26 in Glasgow (debate)

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Mr President, the House of Representatives, one thank you and one warning. Thank you – we have finally made a commitment to end deforestation soon. We have remedied what this House ruined 15 years ago, when, in the name of biofuels, we encouraged all countries to start cutting down forests. Now we've finally made it right. And one warning – we came to Glasgow as the European Union with Fit for 55,…

23 Nov

2021

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Situation in Belarus and at its border with the EU and the security and humanitarian consequences (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we have a consensus on the cause. Lukashenko is behind this, the villain with his cynical hybrid warfare playing into Putin's head. But that's talk, it's hard to find a match for actions. Unfortunately, the solution is not naive humanism, albeit well-meaning, which some here recommend. We're just sticking our heads in the noose of those bastards. Ladies and g…

20 Oct

2021

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UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, the UK (COP26) (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we have two options for what will happen in Glasgow in relation to the EU. Either we show that our EU policy is relevant, it can serve as a model, or we laugh at others. I am afraid that the adoption of this resolution, which we are discussing here, will lead to the second option: We'll be laughing. Once again, my colleagues have broken loose and included in the…

19 Oct

2021

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EU-Taiwan political relations and cooperation (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, first of all, I would like to thank our colleague Charlie Weimers, because he has prepared a report for which we do not have to be ashamed this time. Taiwan has shown us the way many times. The last time during the coronavirus crisis and I think it can again. We all know the challenges we've been facing in the semiconductor market lately. The automotive industry…