What Veronika spoke about.

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CS Written Statement

Common agricultural policy (joint debate)

Dear colleagues, Commissioner, At the moment, we have on the table the so-called "Omnibus" to simplify the current CAP and the proposal for a new CAP after 2027. Both proposals promise to simplify agricultural policy. There is a misunderstanding as to what simplification means. I understand simplification as deregulation - the removal of redundant rules - and unfortunately we do not see this in an…

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Jun

2026

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EU-US trade deal (joint debate)

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2026

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Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in Iran

Mr President, Commissioner, an extremist theoretical dictatorship that mass-murders its own people and spreads terror around the world is the current regime in Iran. The regime knows very well that it has no internal support or legitimacy, and therefore it must hold on to power by force. It specifically targets ethnic and religious minorities, women, independent journalists, human rights activists…

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2026

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How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by animal diseases? (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, first of all, let me thank very much Carlo Fidanza for a job well done. I have two important points to make about animal production. First, the lack of veterinarians in the countryside. Without them, we will not ensure disease prevention or early detection of problems. And unfortunately, even the few experienced veterinarians that we still have are gradually retiring an…

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Mar

2026

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EU-US trade deal (joint debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the conclusion of trade agreements is crucial for the European Union for our companies, for our jobs and for our competitiveness. A tariff-rate quota agreement with the United States is not ideal, but a tariff war with the United States is the last thing we need in these complicated times. We export industrial products and cars, and they supply us with techno…

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Mar

2026

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Human trafficking and grave human rights violations linked to the recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular from Africa, for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine

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Mar

2026

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Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the common agricultural policy is essential for our food security, stable farmers' incomes and the sector's resilience to various shocks. Maintaining budgetary continuity and predictability is essential for farmers’ planning and investment decisions. Therefore, any debate about reducing the budget is inadmissible. At the same time, work on simplifying legislative requir…

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Jan

2026

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Restoring control of migration: returns, visa policy and third-country cooperation (topical debate)

Mr President, the control of the external border of the European Union has improved somewhat thanks to the work of the Member States, but it is still not sufficient. We must support, both financially and administratively, the states at the external border so that there is no illegal crossing of the borders of the European Union at all. This could also put an end to meaningless internal border cont…

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Jan

2026

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Brutal repression against protesters in Iran (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, for decades the people of Iran have been oppressed by a cruel Islamist dictatorship. In the last few years alone, several protests have been bloodily suppressed by the ruling regime. Thousands of people were shot dead on the streets of Iranian cities or later in the infamous prisons of the Revolutionary Guards. And yet ordinary people do not lose h…

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Dec

2025

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The deepening democratic crisis in Georgia (debate)

Mr President, until recently Georgia was a country with a clear European future. Unfortunately, this has completely changed under the Georgian Dream. The government ran into Russian propaganda, began to use a policy of fear and, consequently, to restrict democratic mechanisms and manipulate elections. A significant part of Georgian society does not agree with this turnaround and continues to demon…

17

Dec

2025

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 18-19 December 2025, in particular the need to support Ukraine, transatlantic relations and the EU’s strategic autonomy (debate)

First of all, I did not say that I want the United States to support the war in Ukraine. I told them to support Ukraine. I also said that I hope so. Of course, I read the material. That is why I say that it is also possible that the weight of support will remain on Europe. And I firmly believe that it is in our – I am from the Czech Republic – national interest, but also in Europe’s interest that …

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Dec

2025

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 18-19 December 2025, in particular the need to support Ukraine, transatlantic relations and the EU’s strategic autonomy (debate)

Mr President, if we want real peace in Ukraine, we must not stop supporting this country militarily and politically now. I personally hope that the United States will do the same, but unfortunately we must also count on the possibility that this task will be left to Europe alone. A reparation loan now appears to be the most acceptable form of assistance. At the same time, however, I understand the…

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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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Framework for achieving climate neutrality (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Commission considers agriculture and forestry to be a key sector for capturing CO2 from the atmosphere and reducing the carbon footprint of our society. Although the Commission still assures that it thinks of farmers in its proposals for the green transition, in reality no one speaks to farmers. The objectives that the Commission expects from agriculture mus…

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Oct

2025

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Polarisation and increased repression in Serbia, one year after the Novi Sad tragedy (debate)

Madam President, a year after the tragedy at the station in Novi Sad, a number of questions remain over it. President Vucic's government clearly did not want to properly investigate the tragedy that occurred with the participation of Chinese companies in the New Silk Road project. This sparked a mass protest movement headed by students. When the Serbian prosecutor's office accuses high-ranking gov…

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Sep

2025

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China’s unjustified decision to impose duties on imports of pork products from the EU and the need to support European farmers and workers (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, it must be acknowledged that China has long been leading various forms of attack against us, ranging from industrial espionage to cyber-attacks to increasingly frequent economic attacks. It seeks to destroy our traditional industries, such as steel or the automotive industry, for example through dumped prices. Now another such attempt is to undermine the stability of ou…

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Sep

2025

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State of the Union (debate)

Madam President, the European Union is in a crisis, a crisis that it refuses to admit. Unfortunately, we lag behind both our partners in the United States and our competition in China. In many ways, we are no longer leaders in innovation, we are not pioneers. It often seems that we can only regulate, especially to our detriment. If we want to protect our future, our future prosperity in Europe, we…

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Jul

2025

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Post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy (debate)

Madam President, I believe that a greater share of EU support should go to young, small and family businesses, to those who take care of the countryside, water resources and contribute to rural life. Subsidies, on the other hand, should not be directed to those who manage thousands of hectares and very often are not interested in the place where they have or manage those hectares. Money will not b…

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Jun

2025

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Welfare of dogs and cats and their traceability (A10-0104/2025 - Veronika Vrecionová) (vote)

Madam President, I would like to request a vote on referral back to committee for interinstitutional negotiations, in line with Rule 60(4) of the Rules of Procedure.

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Jun

2025

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Case of Ahmadreza Jalali in Iran

Mr President, it is symbolic that we are dealing with another case of barbarism of the Iranian regime right now. Specifically, we draw attention to the unacceptable behaviour of the Iranian Government towards a Swedish citizen of Iranian origin. Mr Ahmad Reza Jalali, a doctor and respected scientist, has been imprisoned for nine years on fabricated charges of espionage and was even sentenced to de…

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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, Russia attacked Ukraine for no reason. He is therefore responsible for all the human victims of this war, on both sides. Russia has kidnapped thousands of children from Ukraine. Many of them are unwilling to be offered for adoption on government websites. An international arrest warrant had already been issued in March 2023 against Putin and the Kremlin’s representative on the iss…

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May

2025

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High levels of retail food prices and their consequences for European consumers (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the rise in food prices is a pressing problem for many citizens. There are factors that we cannot influence, such as weather fluctuations, but there are factors that we can influence and that we need to start working on right away. Above all, we must stop making food more expensive by over-regulation and superfluous rules. We have to fix Green Deal, we must n…

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Apr

2025

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Execution spree in Iran and the confirmation of the death sentences of activists Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the statistics on the rising number of executions in Iran sound really frightening. Even more frighteningly, the reality of the Iranian regime touches us as we watch the personal stories of specific prisoners on death row. This is also the case of Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani, whose trials bear all the hallmarks of rigged political processes in totalitarianism – tor…

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Apr

2025

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European oceans pact (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the world's oceans are a unique ecosystem without which there would be no life, no people and no civilization on our planet. However, protecting the oceans and their ecosystems from damage caused by industrial production, overfishing or other human activities is very complex. Most oceans do not belong to any particular country. Their protection is thus based on …

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Mar

2025

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A Vision for Agriculture and Food (debate)

Mr President, Europe is facing major challenges today. War, looming tariff disputes, and an uncertain economy are changing the rules of the game. All this is reflected in agriculture. It is time to be clear: Europe’s security and competitiveness, including food security and agricultural competitiveness, must be our priorities. In agriculture, we need to maximise the efficiency of the use of existi…