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9

Jul

2025

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The EU’s post-2027 long-term budget: Parliament’s expectations ahead of the Commission’s proposal (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner! The rumors surrounding the European Commission's MFF proposal are irritating, let's say mildly. Therefore, it should be emphasized: We have foreign policy challenges, but at the same time we also have the challenge of strengthening this European Union internally and making it a European Union of people. That's why it's important: Keeping the EU budget small also keep…

8

Jul

2025

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2023 and 2024 reports on North Macedonia (debate)

Madam President, it's been a long time since my first meetings and visit to Macedonia, or FYROM in those days, as it had to be called. Since those days, I have seen politicians in the country, some which were terribly corrupt and fled the country, but also others which beat the high effort to solving the problems in order to have a better future for the country, going beyond the line for a better …

8

Jul

2025

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2023 and 2024 reports on Albania (debate)

Madam President, thank you for contributing to this important debate and also thank you, Commissioner, for the work. There is a huge necessity for reform in front of Albania – I think this is one conclusion we can draw. It is true that the polarisation in the political field is very deep. But one thing is different to other countries in the Western Balkans: everybody is pro‑European in the Albania…

8

Jul

2025

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2023 and 2024 reports on Albania (debate)

Madam President, Madam Commissioner, dear colleagues, in the last 30 years, Albania and the citizens of Albania have faced many obstacles. Just remember the hard Enver Hoxha regime, which was the hardest we had in the eastern Europe communist sphere. Then after the regime change, even in 1997, they had a pyramid scheme crisis where, again, everybody lost the little savings they had. The country ha…

6

May

2025

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2023 and 2024 reports on Serbia (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Serbia has been in critical condition for years: the irregularities in the 2023 elections, the regular curtailment of media freedom, the pressure on journalists, the curtailment of public broadcasting, corruption and nepotism, including around the President’s family, and the summit of the whole, namely the burglary of the roof in Novi Sad with the tens of dead. …

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May

2025

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2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, On March 19, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu was unjustly detained. It was not only the attack on a single politician, but on the entire Turkish democracy itself and on many, many others who were also arrested that day. This arrest is also an attempt to silence the last bastion of the political opposition and to get a city that stands for freedom and progress unde…

12

Feb

2025

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Collaboration between conservatives and far right as a threat for competitiveness in the EU (topical debate)

Mr President! Ladies and Gentlemen! The economic problems we face on a global scale – they need a strong Europe. A strong Europe can only grow from the middle and can only grow through cooperation and cooperation and not through division. But what we see and the signs that trouble us. In Germany, in the Bundestag, the CDU and its leader Merz Wortbruch are committing, and they are pacting with the …

12

Feb

2025

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One year after the murder of Alexei Navalny and the continued repression of the democratic opposition in Russia (debate)

Madam President, Dear colleagues, I think many of us felt the same way when we heard the terrible news of Alexei Navalny's death a year ago. We were horrified, but unfortunately not surprised. Too many opponents of Putin face the same fate. Anyone who criticizes the Kremlin in Russia is living dangerously: Anna Politkovskaya, Boris Nemtsov, Alexander Litvinenko are just a few of the prominent vict…

11

Feb

2025

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Political crisis in Serbia (debate)

Madam President, Ladies and Gentlemen! It has been more than 100 days since the tragedy of Novi Sad. Since that day, there have been protests all over the country, all over Serbia. The people who are on the streets are not hooligans, but ordinary citizens who peacefully protest for the rule of law. That is why it is also important to express our fullest solidarity with the protesters in Serbia. Ne…

21

Jan

2025

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Geopolitical and economic implications for the transatlantic relations under the new Trump administration (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. Donald Trump is back and, unlike last time, prepared this time. He has new, dangerous friends: Tech oligarchs who dance to his whistle and, on the other hand, continue to do business, evade taxes and exploit workers. What is coming to us is not only a step backwards for the Americans, but for the entire world, for the world political stage. Europe must be a coun…

18

Dec

2024

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Human rights situation in Kyrgyzstan, in particular the case of Temirlan Sultanbekov

Mr President! Dear colleagues, The news from Kyrgyzstan is more than worrying. On November 13, Temirlan Sultanbekov was arrested at the party headquarters of the Social Democrats. He was pressured by the authorities without his lawyer to withdraw his candidacy for the upcoming elections, and as a result, the entire Social Democrats were removed from the ballot papers. All this is a violation of al…

18

Dec

2024

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Preparation of the EU-Western Balkans Summit (debate)

Madam President, Ladies and gentlemen, EU enlargement needs a new boost, and the Western Balkans region in particular needs a European perspective with fundamental European values. When we look at Serbia, we see that the last few weeks have been marked by massive protests. Why? Because on November 1, a station roof collapsed in Novi Sad, 15 people, including two children, have died. The reason for…

9

Oct

2024

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Ensuring sustainable, decent and affordable housing in Europe - encouraging investment, private property and public housing programmes (debate)

Mr President! Housing is a fundamental right and everyone should have a right to adequate and, above all, affordable housing. But more and more Europeans are suffering from the massive rise in housing costs, rent costs, but also from the housing shortage, that it is often not even possible to find a home, and that temporary leases often create very strong precarious conditions. As we can see: The …

8

Oct

2024

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The crisis facing the EU’s automotive industry, potential plant closures and the need to enhance competitiveness and maintain jobs in Europe (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen! This neglected location policy of the last few years now falls on our heads. It is not only the current crises, but it has long been the case that states such as China or the United States of America are passing by Europe because they are investing more, because they are also investing more public money in their business location. If we do not soon see that some…

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Sep

2024

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The devastating floods in Central and Eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen! In the face of these devastating images, which have been seen not only in individual Member States but in central Europe as a whole, we have seen how we are also united in this crisis, in this disaster as a European Union, as citizens. At the beginning of a speech on this subject, it is necessary to say thank you; T…

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Feb

2024

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Deepening EU integration in view of future enlargement (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Enlargement policy is one of our strongest instruments, especially in this unstable global situation. But only if we are serious about them. That is, each country according to its progress, according to the necessary reforms that will be taken. But this also means that we must prevent ourselves from becoming unreliable and then, for example, the enlargement f…

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Feb

2024

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The fight against hate speech and disinformation: responsibility of social platforms within the Digital Services Act (topical debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, The Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act are milestones, global milestones in the fight against hate speech and disinformation. The European Union is leading the way here, creating the first global set of rules to finally hold online platforms accountable. With these regulations, this legal-free space, this Wild West in the digital sector, is fina…

17

Jan

2024

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Situation in Serbia following elections (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, It has been exactly one month since the elections were held in Serbia. And as my previous speaker and the Commissioner have already said, there is a list of irregularities that have occurred in these Serbian elections: Phantom voters, vote-buying, one-sided media coverage and, and, and is, the list of accusations, which in my opinion must be fully clarified. …

15

Jan

2024

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Order of business

Madam President, dear colleagues, as you all know, on 17 December there have been another early elections in Serbia, in national and also in the capital of Belgrade, and other municipalities. This also we know: we are plagued by irregularities, like phantom voters, like pressure on voters, as well as decisive involvement of the President and the ruling party’s systemic advantage, and which undermi…

13

Dec

2023

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One year after Morocco and QatarGate – stocktaking of measures to strengthen transparency and accountability in the European institutions (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner! One year after Qatar and, above all, Morocco Gate, one must say: Firstly, the European Parliament has reacted. There was the Special Committee of Inquiry, which also dealt with proposals to revise the Rules of Procedure. Important measures, including anti-corruption measures, have been presented and some of them have been implemented. All dates of MEPs must be made publ…

13

Dec

2023

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EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis (topical debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner! More and more young people can not afford their own apartment, whether for purchase or rent. The COVID crisis, precarious employment, poor pay have once again neatly exacerbated the problem that existed before. And while people cannot afford the rent, the loan rates for their real estate loan can not afford, on the other hand, the real estate corpo…

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Nov

2023

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Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (A9-0331/2023 - Seán Kelly, Andreas Schieder) (vote)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, There has finally been a calm return to the Brexit issue and, after that, there has also been rapprochement between the European Union and the United Kingdom. However, it is also important that we continue to see that environmental standards, social standards, labour rights and competitive advantages continue to be treated and deserve our attention. And in th…

22

Nov

2023

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This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Nikolay Denkov (debate)

Madam President, Prime Minister, I am a convinced European Social Democrat and from Austria, and I have to say I think European solutions and cooperation is better than veto. So therefore I have to say clearly I do not understand the Austrian veto against the Schengen membership of Bulgaria and Romania. I think it is a big mistake European-wise, but also Austrian-wise. Secondly, Prime Minister, be…

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Nov

2023

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Strengthening the right to participate: legitimacy and resilience of electoral processes in illiberal political systems and authoritarian regimes (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I think it is a very, very important report and I would like to thank the rapporteur very much for this work. Because we observe more and more often how foreign influence is in elections, but also unfortunately how in authoritarian countries more and more election falsifications, influences take place in a negative way. Disinformation, fake news, intimidation…

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Nov

2023

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EU enlargement policy 2023 (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Today's decisions are truly far-reaching and very good. In the Western Balkans in particular, it is high time that Albania and North Macedonia were able to negotiate accession more seriously – they had to wait far too many years. I also welcome progress in Bosnia and Herzegovina. And as far as Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova are concerned, it is a very, very imp…