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2023

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State of the Union (debate)

Madam President, Madam President of the European Commission, Commissioners, looking at this mandate, you see the glass half full. Others still see it as half empty. It is with pride that we find, in the fullest part, conditions that the socialists have put in place to support their election. The Porto Social Agenda and European minimum wages; strengthening gender equality; the Green Deal to tackle…

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2023

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New Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean in the aftermath of the EU-CELAC Summit (debate)

Mr President, Vice-President Borrell, I too will use a Latin language in this debate. Because our historical connection, our cultural and linguistic proximity, our shared values, make the European Union and Latin America privileged partners, natural partners. However, at times in recent years, this relationship has been threatened, either by authoritarian leaders who have tried to sabotage it, or …

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Sep

2023

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Order of business

Madam President, in the name of the Socialists and Democrats, to say that we fully support having this debate. We consider there are numerous sources of precariousness at this stage in Europe: the rising cost of living, the price of housing, the situation in the labour markets. But – and that is a formal request from our side to change what we had sent in written – we consider that this debate sho…

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2023

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 29-30 June 2023, in particular in the light of recent steps towards concluding the Migration Pact (debate)

Mr President, Madam Minister, Mr Vice-President, the Council will, as we have been told, discuss migration policy. We need rapid progress on this Migration Policy. As Commissioner Johansson has always said, migration is normal in the history of Europe, it must be managed. And we may be one step away from ending a 20-year-old stigma that has permeated European policies. The European continent is ag…

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2023

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Humanitarian and environmental consequences of the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam - Sustainable reconstruction and integration of Ukraine into the Euro-Atlantic community (debate)

Mr President, Minister. Mr Vice President, colleagues, the barbaric war of aggression against Ukraine continues spreading death, destruction and suffering. A continuous series of war crimes and relentless destruction, as we’ve just witnessed this evening in Kiev, now even blowing up dams, endangering the life of thousands of civilians and even the safety of the Zaporizhzhia power plant, committing…

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May

2023

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Impact of the interest rate increase decided by the ECB on households and workers (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner Schmit, ladies and gentlemen, tomorrow there are families who do not know whether they will be able to pay for their housing loans. There are small businesses that do not know if they can meet their obligations, including with their employees. What increasingly threatens them are high interest rates. So today, Parliament should come together and send a strong message …

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May

2023

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Situation in Sudan (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, once again, guns are heard in Sudan, killing hundreds of innocent people. Human beings just like us, with the only difference that the chance determined them to be born in a country and region devastated by wars that caused countless victims and devastated the economy and hopes for development. In the first weeks of this war, almost a million people already left thei…

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May

2023

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This is Europe - Debate with the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz (debate)

Madam President, Chancellor Scholz, welcome to the European Parliament on this Europe Day. Chancellor Scholz has played a decisive role in important moments of advancement of the European project in the recent past. In particular, this Hamiltonian moment of the European response to the COVID crisis. I have to say, however, that my surprise is that I have to remind Mrs Reintke and the German Greens…

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May

2023

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Revision of the Stability and Growth Pact (debate)

Mr President, Council, dear Vice—President Šefčovič, colleagues, the Commission’s proposal follows a constructive approach that improves national ownership and flexibility, a step in the right direction that we welcome. Even so, there are still some challenges in it Mr Vice-President. First, the social dimension has been relegated to a footnote – but economics is not just mathematics, it should be…

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Apr

2023

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Children forcibly deported from Ukraine and the ICC arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner. Council colleagues, are there more hideous and repulsive crimes than those committed against children? Not in my moral code. Not in the moral code of any decent person. The ICC took no notice of the Russian actions and acted. So from here, I say, Mr Putin, you crossed so many lines with this war that you will be remembered for the worst reasons, but do not add one more …

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2023

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The need for a coherent strategy for EU-China Relations (debate)

Mr President, Madam President of the Commission, dear High Representative, dear colleagues, in 2019 the Council adopted the European Union's position on China, while identifying it, as we have abundantly mentioned today, as a partner, competitor, but also a systemic rival. Not by chance, such a proposal was put forward by the High Representative, who, since the Treaty of Lisbon, has twice represen…

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Mar

2023

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Tunisia: Recent attacks against freedom of expression and association and trade unions, in particular the case of journalist Noureddine Boutar

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, when, 20 months ago, President Saied dismissed the government and suspended Parliament, assuming full powers, the international community - Europe, of course - was apprehensive. Since then, there have been disappointments. Promises of democratisation have not been fulfilled, as has respect for freedom of the press and expression, freedom of politic…

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2023

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Need for immediate reform of the internal rules of the Commission to ensure transparency and accountability in light of alleged conflicts of interests (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in July 2019, President von der Leyen, then a candidate for President of the Commission, presented her political guidelines for the Commission's mandate. Much has happened, however, of course, like the pandemic and the crisis that it brought about, the war on our borders, which certainly consumed much of our energy. But this is the time to roll …

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Mar

2023

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Deaths at sea: a common EU response to save lives and action to ensure safe and legal pathways (debate)

Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, colleagues and, in particular, EPP colleagues, the women, men and children who risk their lives to cross the Mediterranean, knowing that so many are on the way, do so in utter desperation, in order to escape hunger, war, ethnic and religious persecution in their countries. 26,000 have already lost their lives there. Mrs Mussolini o…

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2023

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Conclusions of the Special European Council meeting of 9 February and preparation of the European Council meeting of 23-24 March 2023 (debate)

Madam President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Mr Vice-President of the Commission, the extreme right has brought the debate on migration here in connection with the next Council. I would like to discuss here with my fellow Members the need for a European fund for aid to the green industry that really reaches everyone in Europe and not just Germany and France. But I cannot help but react …

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Mar

2023

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Deterioration of democracy in Israel and consequences on the occupied territories (debate)

Mr President, this is a significant moment of unity in this chamber, and I want to highlight that after the words of my colleague, Mr Gahler, because with the aim to free itself from the strings of the judiciary, the government of Israel and its coalition are trying to approve legislation that is not acceptable in a democratic country as we know them. It’s certainly not acceptable and not accepted…

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2023

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Question Time (VPC/HR) - Strengthening the Trans-Atlantic ties in an ever challenging multilateral world

I refer to the reform of the multilateral institutions. And we were also in New York at the UN with the Secretary—General, and there was a sense of hope on the reform of the multilateral institutions. And it was good to hear some sense of hope in such difficult times. And I would like to ask you, do you also believe that we can indeed deliver on the reform of the multilateral institutions, namely …

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2023

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Question Time (VPC/HR) - Strengthening the Trans-Atlantic ties in an ever challenging multilateral world

Mr President, dear High Representative, the leadership of this group of the Socialists and Democrats, we just came from the US just before Chancellor Scholz and the President of the Commission landed a few days later there. At our meetings at the White House or at the Congress, there was a lot of appraisal about the unity between Europe and the US regarding the support of the Ukrainians against th…

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Feb

2023

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One year of Russia’s invasion and war of aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, one year of the brutal Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. It resulted in the death of thousands and thousands of innocent lives. The destruction of a country. Millions of refugees. Increased insecurity and suffering for Europe and the world. The EU stood by Ukraine for all of this time. We will continue to support them for as long as it takes. Ukrainians can count on our p…

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Feb

2023

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Preparation of the EU-Ukraine Summit (debate)

Madam President, Council, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine will go down in history as one of the great crimes committed against international law, a country, a people. Contrary to his totalitarian fantasies, Putin will be condemned by history and will be remembered in Russia itself as someone who led the country into an immoral and unjust war. To this …

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2023

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Situation of journalists in Morocco, notably the case of Omar Radi

Madam President, Commissioner, the arrest and sentencing of journalists on charges which, according to well-known human rights organisations, are at least very dubious, have been used by the Moroccan authorities as a form of pressure and intimidation. Such actions are unacceptable to this Parliament and to the European Union; and Morocco, with whom the European Union has a privileged relationship,…

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2023

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 15 December 2022 (continuation of debate)

Madam President, President of the Council, Commission, throughout 2022, Europeans uncompromisingly supported Ukrainians. Today, that some of its main leaders, but also so many others, including many children, have lost their lives, we renew this support. But throughout 2022, we also advocate, socialist and democratic, not only support for Ukrainians, but support for Europeans who have suffered fro…

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2023

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Implementation of the common foreign and security policy - annual report 2022 - Implementation of the common security and defence policy - annual report 2022 (debate)

Mr President, dear High Representative, the annual reports on the common foreign, security and defence policy represent Parliament's position on some of the Union's most important policies. The relevance of these policies has become more evident with Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine. He stressed the need for greater coordination between the Member States and the implementation of a genuine co…

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2023

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Order of business

Madam President, in the name of the Socialists and Democrats, to say that we do support the fact that we should have only one debate. And that if we had to come to this situation, which we have very different proposals, if it was not possible by then to have from a minority proposal a large proposal – now it is – I thank Renew for a good proposal that can capture the majority and that still needs …

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The humanitarian situation in Ukraine due to Russia’s attacks against critical infrastructure and civilian areas (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine will go down in history as one of the great crimes of this century. By force of arms, the Putin regime tried to impose itself on the sovereign will of the Ukrainians. But the determination of a people who want to be free proves to be ever stronger, and that is why we awarded them the Sakharov Prize yest…