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Scope of deposit protection, use of deposit guarantee schemes funds, cross-border cooperation, and transparency (DGSD2) (A10-0065/2026 - Kira Marie Peter-Hansen)

Madam President, I support the report on the scope of deposit protection, because it really strengthens the protection of European citizens' cash deposits and the stability of the financial system. In an economic context of uncertainty, it is essential that depositors trust their savings in banks and that they are safe. Deposit guarantee schemes already provide protection of up to €100,000 per depositor, which is a fundamental pillar of banking stability. However, this regulation goes further, improving transparency, cross-border cooperation and the efficient use of funds. Also, the fact that these protection schemes are financed by the banking sector and not by taxpayers is a fair and responsible principle. Strengthening these mechanisms reduces the risk of bank runs and protects the real economy. In short, I support this report because people's cash in banks must be safe and the banking system must remain sound.

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Madam President, carbon emissions must have a price that will change our behaviour. Ursula von der Leyen said that in this Parliament in 2019 to secure the presidency of the European Commission. Seven years later, Europeans are paying that price every single day in higher energy bills, rising poverty, closing factories and many lost jobs. The Green Deal – that absurd policy sold as Europe's chance to lead the world – has instead left us weaker, poorer and a laughing stock on the global stage. A continent once rich in resources and industries now, in order to function, has to back authoritarian regimes for energy and raw materials. This is not strategic autonomy, but strategic absurdity and dangerous vulnerability. With the votes of the EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens and Left groups, the Commission drove Europe down a path of ideological decarbonisation that has proven to be economic suicide. If Europe is to have a future, we must abandon ideological green excesses and return to pragmatic action. We must bring production back to Europe in order to restore prosperity across the continent.

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Combating corruption (debate)

Madam President, I have listened very carefully to the debate and to the positions of my colleagues in this House. Corruption is the misuse of office for an undue benefit to oneself or another. However, this directive ends up criminalising not facts, but words. If you carefully read the definition from influence traffic, Trading in InfluenceIn article 10, you will see that a person who promises to give another person an undue advantage, without giving that undue advantage, according to this definition, will be reprehensible for influence peddling. The person to whom he addresses, if he receives the promise that he will receive, but without receiving and without acting in some way in the public capacity he has, is traffic of influence. What you've legislated here is the criminalization of words, not facts. Or, if the words are to be criminalized, I believe that this whole Parliament should be thrown in jail because it receives requests from...

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European Citizens’ Initiative 'Ban on conversion practices in the European Union' (debate)

Madam President, much has been said here about torture. Do you know what torture is? Send your child to school and instead of learning to read, count and multiply, come home and tell you he's no longer a boy or a girl, he's indecisive. Do you know what torture is? When a judge sends a perverted man to serve a criminal sentence in a women's prison, putting those women in danger, that's torture. Do you know what torture is? A minor child who is sent to school and is forced by teachers to go through what you call Gender Affirmation . Leave the children in their innocence. Who is an adult and who decides to have homosexual relationships has every right to do so. No one in Europe is persecuting someone who has sexual orientations like this. Let your children keep their innocence in school. Let them learn the book. Let them learn science and let them learn mathematics.

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Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 (A10-0015/2026 - Bogdan Rzońca)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the rejection by the plenary of the report on the work of the European Ombudsman in 2024 is yet another example of how the European radical left wants to cover up the abuses of the European Commission and hide the biggest acts of corruption. I voted in favour of this report because the European Ombudsman has contributed enormously in recent years, including in 2024, to increasing transparency at European level and exposing abuses by the European Commission. It was the mandate of the European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, who revealed the abuse of Ursula von der Leyen's refusal to make available the SMS she exchanged with Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer, or her refusal to publish contracts for the purchase of the alleged COVID vaccines. The current ombudsman recently opened an investigation against Ursula von der Leyen for how she again negotiated the Mercosur agreement via SMS, the messages no longer being saved. Shockingly, left-wing extremist groups, while claiming to be big advocates of transparency and accountability for European officials, voted against the report. I congratulate the current Ombudsman on her work and wish her to follow the example of the previous one, not to be intimidated, but to investigate the abuses of the European Commission.

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Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors (A10-0021/2026 - Irena Joveva, Mirosława Nykiel) (vote)

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Case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime

Mr President, dear colleagues, the kind of speeches that I witnessed today here in this plenary – I don't think they're helping Georgia at all, but rather the contrary. In 2008, when Georgia was attacked by Russia, not only this plenary, but many other parliaments across the globe submitted and sent many resolutions, and nothing else. At the end of the day, at that time, it was the Georgian people who paid the price of that country's decision to follow a western path. Now, since 2019, since I was a Member of this plenary, every time when we discussed about Georgia, we just criticised Georgia. We criticised Georgia because the Georgian people elected a certain government. We criticised Georgia because it decided one way or another. But let me ask you something: where were you in 2008 when Georgia was attacked by Russia? What did you and all of us did since 2008 to actually help Georgia, beyond just submitting statements? You're claiming that people in Georgia are now arrested: that might be true, but if we are not engaging with the Government, how do you think we are going to be able to help those people? So I'm calling not to ban and not to stop the discussion with them, but to re-engage with them in order to solve all the potential problems.

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Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing (A10-0025/2026 - Borja Giménez Larraz)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I voted in favour of the report on the housing crisis in the European Union, because the problem is real and it affects more and more citizens, especially young people and low- and middle-income families. One of the main causes of the crisis is that not enough housing is being built. Difficult access to credit, excessive bureaucracy and difficulty in obtaining building permits block projects, slow down investment and reduce the market supply of housing, leading to higher housing prices. The report acknowledges these problems and stresses the need to simplify procedures and reduce administrative burdens hampering housing construction. Shocking to this report were the amendments tabled by the Group of the Left and the Greens, inspired by Marxist-Communist ideology. The radical European left wants to limit the right to property, turn the right to housing into the right to take the home of others, even by force, and limit the number of properties that an honest citizen can own. Such aggressive Marxist utopias will not solve the housing crisis, but will aggravate the problem. The solution to the housing crisis is simple: easy access to credit and the construction of new housing.

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

Madam President, dear colleagues, decades of European appeasement towards Russia – from 1992 war in Moldova to Georgia in 2008 and Ukraine in 2014 – encouraged Putin to launch the full‑scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the largest war in Europe since the Second World War. To remain free, we must take our defence seriously. First, strategic defence flagship projects like the drone initiative, the Eastern Flank Watch and the air and space shields are long‑overdue necessities. Europe must close capability gaps that have exposed our continent and ensure our eastern borders are protected. Second, we must dramatically improve military mobility. This means investing in modern roads, rail, bridges and ports and dual‑use infrastructure that strengthen our economies and security. Third, war today extends beyond the battlefield. Russia wages constant cognitive attacks on Europe through disinformation, propaganda and reflexive control, shaping public opinion, influencing elections and advancing policies that ultimately serve Russian interests. The radical proposal of the European Green Deal, which increased European dependence on Russian gas, is such an example.

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EU enlargement strategy (debate)

Mr President, dear Commissioner, dear colleagues, we must adapt the enlargement process to today's geopolitical realities, if we want it to continue benefiting both the European Union and the candidate countries. In the past, enlargement was largely a technical process focused on economic alignment and legal reforms. Today, however, the geopolitical environment is fundamentally different. Enlargement must be therefore approached strategically, not just technically, while respecting the particularities of each candidate country. The first issue in the current approach is the political weaponisation of so-called European values. Forcing candidate countries to adopt interpretation of values that go beyond the EU Treaties, such as gender ideological frameworks, undermines trust in the European project and provides easy material for Russian propaganda. No sane society can accept the idea that a man who pretends to be a woman is an actual woman. Second, countries on Russia's doorstep, such as Georgia, Moldova or Ukraine, cannot be asked to carry out endless reforms without a clear timeline or credible security perspective. These countries that have suffered Russian aggression deserve clarity about the path ahead.

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Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy (A10-0260/2025 - João Oliveira)

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Cooperation among enforcement authorities regarding unfair trading practices in the agri-food supply chain (A10-0153/2025 - Stefano Bonaccini)

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Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate)

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European Central Bank – annual report 2025 (A10-0002/2026 - Johan Van Overtveldt)

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Situation in Northeast Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a sustainable ceasefire (debate)

Mr President, at the heart of any lasting peace in Syria lies the protection of its ethnic and religious minorities. Syria is not a monocultural state – it is a civilisation shaped over centuries by coexistence and plurality of multiple communities. Alawites, Druze, Kurdish, Yazidi, Assyrian, Armenian and ancient Christian communities continue to endure targeted killings, abduction, forced displacement, religious persecution and the systemic destruction of their sacred sites. After decades of authoritarian rule and 14 years of devastating civil war, Syria remains fractured by power vacuums that extremist actors have been quick to exploit. The ceasefire established in late January offers a moment of cautious hope, but it remains fragile and incomplete. Protecting minorities is therefore not only a moral obligation, it is a security imperative for Syria. Syria's future must recognise a fundamental truth of its history. Its unity and power stands in diversity, not in uniformity. No community should ever be sacrificed for a false vision of unity.

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Mr President, the European Union must look at faith diplomacy as a strategic instrument to conduct diplomacy, project power and influence, as well as advance power and conflict resolution. The EU is a community shaped by 2000 years of moral reflection, human dignity and responsibility towards one another, deeply rooted in Judeo-Christian values. Our Judeo-Christian heritage has profoundly influenced the values on which the European Union stands: respect for human persons, solidarity, reconciliation over revenge, and peace grounded in justice. In a fractured world, faith diplomacy allows the European Union to lead with both principle and empathy. Religion remains a powerful force in shaping identities, inspiring hope and mobilising communities for the common good. Faith diplomacy strengthens peace where politicians and politics alone cannot. It opens doors in a moment of mistrust, gives voice to conscience in times of conflict, and builds bridges where fear has erected walls. To embrace faith diplomacy is not to look backwards, but to draw wisdom from our roots. By honouring its Judeo-Christian values while remaining open and inclusive, the European Union can offer the world not just power, but purpose.

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Motion of censure on the Commission (B10-0063/2026)

Madam President, I voted in favour of the motion of censure against Ursula von der Leyen for her non-transparent and irresponsible handling of the EU‐Mercosur Agreement. Its negotiation and signature raised serious substantive and procedural issues and the European Parliament was bypassed in this negotiation. Firstly, the agreement opens up the European market for agricultural and food products from countries with much lower standards than the European Union, which creates real health risks for European consumers. It is aberrant to ban substances in European agriculture because they are not healthy for people, but to allow free access to agricultural products from countries where those substances are allowed. Secondly, this agreement creates a deeply loyal competition for European farmers. While Mercosur producers operate with more lenient rules, European farmers are burdened by excessive bureaucracy and huge policy costs. Green Deal. To impose harsh standards at home, but to import cheaper products from far more permissive countries is simply unfair and hypocritical. While trade benefits such as access for the European automotive industry also exist in the agreement, public health and food security must take precedence.

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Drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges (debate)

Mr President, dear colleagues, the European Parliament's report on drones and new systems of warfare rightfully points out that unmanned systems have fundamentally changed modern combat. Drones are now decisive force multipliers, providing reconnaissance, precision strikes, logistics and electronic warfare, as demonstrated everyday in Ukraine. Europe must lead in this critical field. Therefore, first, we must invest strategically in drone technology and build strong industrial and operational capacities within the European Union. This includes reducing dependence on external suppliers for key components, as well as removing unnecessary bureaucracy that slows innovation, procurement, production and deployment. Second, we must deepen our cooperation with Ukraine. Ukrainian engineers, manufacturers and operators have gained unmatched experience in developing, deploying and scaling drone systems under real combat conditions. Third, drones must be fully integrated in our defence structures alongside effective counter-drone systems. To achieve this, we must prioritise funding, streamline production and scale production. Europe must build not only the best drones, but also be able to produce them quickly and in large numbers to ensure our security and deter any aggressor.

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Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 (A10-0262/2025 - Francisco Assis)

Madam President, fundamental human rights are not a recent philosophical invention or a product of political majorities. Human rights have their source in the Judeo-Christian heritage of Europe, which affirms that every human being has an intrinsic dignity, because he is created in the image and likeness of God. From this revealed faith came later philosophical and legal notions such as equality before the law, freedom of conscience and respect for the person, values that were the basis of European civilization. The report rightly recognises that human rights and democracy are under increasing pressure globally, authoritarian regimes continue to suppress freedom of expression, persecute religious communities and undermine democratic institutions. These realities call for a strong and united response from the European Union. I abstained, however, because, even though the report was improved by amendments, they mix the defence of fundamental rights with pseudo rights, such as gender ideology, which do not derive from the universal tradition of human rights, but from neo-Marxist political activism. To be strong again, Europe needs to rediscover its own roots and stop relativising fundamental rights.

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Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2025 (A10-0253/2025 - David McAllister)

Madam President, I abstained on the vote on the report on the implementation of the common foreign and security policy, because the European Union's foreign policy must be built on pragmatism and realism, strategic interests and clear objectives, not ideological or utopian activism. From projecting strength and bringing wealth, the European Union has become a moralizing voice that only gives lessons, but is no longer taken seriously. When European officials go to countries in Africa, the South Caucasus or Asia and ask governments to pass laws recognizing the aberration that a man can give birth, Europe is no longer taken seriously. This attitude does not strengthen Europe's influence, but weakens it, pushing some countries into the arms of Russia. Foreign policy must be a coherent continuation of domestic policy. Without unity, realism and strategic clarity, the European Union cannot act effectively on the international stage. In a context marked by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, regional instability and tough geopolitical competition, Europe needs a mature and mutually beneficial foreign policy. Only then can the EU remain a credible actor in an increasingly dangerous and competitive world.

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Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 (debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, the notion of human rights is rooted in the Judeo-Christian belief that every human being is created in the image of God with inherent dignity and worth. While other cultures have recognised duties and hierarchies, the idea of equal, universal and inalienable individual rights grew from this Judeo-Christian moral foundation. Human rights, therefore, are not privileges granted by the state, nor can they be withdrawn at the impulse of those in power. When states forget this truth, rights are seen as privileges vulnerable to ideologies and abuse. This report rightly warns that human rights and democracies are under increased pressure worldwide. Authoritarian regimes deny freedom of conscience and religion, repress speech, persecute believers and devalue human life. Europe cannot respond to these challenges by weakening the moral foundation on which human rights were built, nor by denying biological realities – claiming, for example, that a man can give birth. We must defend human rights, not as a political intervention, but as a sacred obligation to uphold the dignity and worth of every human being.

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CFSP and CSDP (Article 36 TEU) (joint debate)

Mr President, dear colleagues, Russia represents the greatest threat to Europe today, as the common security and defence policy report states in its first paragraph. Russia's illegal war of aggression against Ukraine is not an isolated or local conflict: it is Russia's deliberate attempt to undermine international law, redraw borders by force and weaken Europe – an effort that began in 2008 with the war against Georgia. Cyber-attacks, disinformation campaigns, sabotage of critical infrastructure across Europe and the instrumentalisation of religion demonstrate that Russia's hostile actions go far beyond the military battleground. Europe is no longer living in a time of peace by default. Deterrence, preparedness, and resilience must now guide our actions. This requires serious and sustained investment in defence – not to wage war, but to prevent it. We must strengthen our military capabilities, reinforce Europe's defence industry, improve cooperation among Member States, and ensure that Europe will act fast and tough when its security is at stake. Investing in defence is investing in peace, freedom and the protection of our citizens. Our security, sovereignty and future depend on how united, committed and strong we are.

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Mr President, 40 years ago, on 8 May 1985, speaking in this plenary in Strasbourg, President Ronald Reagan reminded Europe and the United States that their partnership was not built merely on treaties or convenience, but on shared Judeo-Christian values, a common culture and history, and a deep commitment to life, liberty, prosperity and the pursuit of happiness. Those words remain profoundly relevant today. The relationship between the United States and the European Union is not only strategic, it is moral. It is rooted in shared beliefs that make the governments accountable to their people and place the dignity and freedom of the individual at the centre of public life. When the US and Europe work together, our economies flourish, our societies grow more secure and freedom prevails. In times of uncertainty, the wisest response is to learn not only from mistakes but from successes as well. NATO and the Strategic Partnership, the Transatlantic Partnership are proven successes that need renewing today. I therefore call on the European and American leaders to rediscover the words spoken by President Reagan in this plenary forty years ago.

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European Democracy Shield – very large online platform algorithms, foreign interference and the spread of disinformation (debate)

Mr President, dear colleagues, there are only two ways of approaching truth. First, through revelation from top down. This requires faith and belongs to religion. Second, through reason from the bottom up. This requires doubt, debate and confrontation of ideas. This is the task of science and the very foundation of a pluralistic democratic society. In the 17th century, Descartes expressed this shift with cogito ergo sum. By placing doubt and individual reason at the centre of knowledge, he laid the philosophical foundations of modern Western democracy: open debate, free inquiry and access to information. Today, we hear repeated claims that online debates and elections are threatened by controversial speeches on large platform, claims that are currently used to justify tighter control under the Digital Services Act. This is an undemocratic and profoundly un‑European approach. Democracy is not endangered by too much debate, but by censorship. The European Commission must not become an inquisition policing thoughts. Its role is to keep the EU an area of freedom, not to decide what citizens are allowed to think, hear or say. Merry Christmas.

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European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ (B10-0557/2025, B10-0558/2025)

Madam President, I voted against the European citizens' initiative 'My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion' because it pushes to define abortion as a fundamental human right, an approach that raises profound legal, moral and human rights concerns. Induced abortion is a deliberate action to end the life of an unborn human being. That unborn child is a human person whose fundamental right to life is protected by existing international human rights instruments. The Western legal system has long recognised the right to life as a foundation upon which all the other rights depend. Without life, no other rights can exist. To declare abortion a fundamental right means, in effect, to claim that the right to take the life of an unborn child supersedes the child's right to life. Such a legal redefinition does not strengthen the protection of women or humankind. Once such a premise is accepted, the life of no human being can be considered fully safe or guaranteed. Women need meaningful support, solidarity and protection. The European Union should uphold the protection of life and ...