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A high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (A9-0313/2021 - Bart Groothuis)

Madam President, I believe that the European Union has an obligation to protect its citizens from cybercrime, and I have noticed during this period, when Russia is waging several wars on several fronts, including attacking the critical infrastructure of the European Union repeatedly through cyberattacks. That is why I believe that it is essential to strengthen the legal framework at European level…

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Mr President, Commissioner, I want to talk about Schengen, because I find it unacceptable that in a time full of challenges, when the security crisis has produced dramatic effects for all the states of the European Union, our country, Romania, but also Bulgaria and Croatia, are still kept outside the borders of the European Union. This is unacceptable, given that Parliament has said green for Roma…

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Nov

2022

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 20-21 October 2022 (debate)

Mr. Bogdan, you mentioned that we are exposed to an entire disinformation campaign. What the Commission and the Council should do to support Member States and candidate countries in dealing with these disinformation campaigns; and fake news Who is based in Moscow?…

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Oct

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The accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen area (B9-0462/2022, B9-0463/2022)

Madam President, I am outraged by the labels that some politicians, extremely limited in seeing what is happening around us, put on us, because it is unacceptable to sanction an entire nation, a nation of 22 million citizens, just for a small agenda, a narrow internal agenda, and from this point of view I believe that the message that the European Parliament sent today, in which we ask for somethi…

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2022

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Recognising the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Putin has blood on his hands, he is the main culprit for the massacre in Ukraine, for the invasion against a people who did not provoke him. He is responsible for the multiple crises facing the European continent, starting with the security crisis, the humanitarian crisis and, obviously, the energy crisis. This man was inspired by Stalin's theses to put Europe in an …

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Setting up a comprehensive framework for missing children and missing persons at risk (debate)

Madam President, I am glad that this debate exists, because I believe that we have an obligation to think much more proactively, much more mature and much more involved, because it is a problem that already deserves a European response. Technological advances allow us today to create tools through which we can protect children much better. And I think that in Europe today, when we hear about missi…

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Oct

2022

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Impact of Russian invasion of Ukraine on migration flows to the EU (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I have been in Ukraine since the first days of Putin's war. I have often been to many regions in recent months, precisely to be with people who are in danger. I brought into my home six children and three mothers who had fled the war. I know very well what is happening there, but it seems to me that we are putting the problem wrong, because the tyrant Putin started this…

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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 - all sections (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner Hahn, obviously all hopes are for the budget of the European Union in these difficult times for the European Union. After the health crisis, we found ourselves in this war that has put European security to the test. Of course, war alone was not enough. We have this energy crisis. And I call on you to do so, Commissioner, because you understand very well the challenges to…

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2022

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Mr President, dear colleagues, I am deeply disgusted by the way in which characters, otherwise political nullities, are parading through this Parliament, who can afford to spread lies and disinformation that Putin probably likes. Recently, in this room, a gentleman named Reil, a political nullity, has allowed himself to say that Romania and Bulgaria do not deserve to be accepted into Schengen. It …

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Oct

2022

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Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that it is absolutely essential during this period to match the European agenda to the needs of European citizens. The war crisis, the energy crisis, inflation have placed huge challenges on the table of European decision-makers. That is why I believe that the policies that the Commission is preparing must meet these expectations, because…

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The Rule of Law in Malta, five years after the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, honourable colleagues, it has been five years since this assassination that has amazed us all, but in these five years, seven other journalists have left us and sacrificed themselves, putting themselves in the service of the truth and trying to present to the public what is happening around them. Today, unfortunately, there are other journalists who are in a situation o…

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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, I believe that this figure of over 95 million European citizens who are at the edge of poverty is an alarming one. I come from a country where the percentage is much higher, in Romania, because we still have citizens who need consistent support from the state, from the European Union. I believe that our anti-poverty policies need to focus much more on education, inte…

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2022

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The death of Mahsa Amini and the repression of women's rights protesters in Iran (B9-0425/2022, RC-B9-0434/2022, B9-0434/2022, B9-0435/2022, B9-0436/2022, B9-0439/2022, B9-0442/2022, B9-0455/2022)

Mr President, I believe that a country of 84 million citizens is experiencing historic moments and I believe that the death, far too early, of Mahsa Amini is, in fact, a protest initiated out of conviction for gaining the right to life in this country where crimes are committed, where atrocities are committed, where, in the name of imagined ideas, the state represses its own population. We have an…

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2022

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COVID-19 – Sustaining EU preparedness and response: looking ahead (debate)

Mr President, I think we need to learn an extremely important lesson from this health crisis, namely, prevention. The European Union, all the Member States, have been taken by surprise by the pandemic and I think it is essential to understand that, united, we have been able to face these challenges and in the future we need a common European policy on managing these crises, but I do not know wheth…

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Oct

2022

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The accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen area (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, I ask this question: who does it serve to keep outside the borders of the European Union, Romania and Bulgaria? Does it serve the European Commission? Is it in the interest of the European Parliament? Is it in the interest of the citizens of the European Union? I think it is fundamentally wrong when, for small political reasons, two nations are unjustifiably, …

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2022

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Russia’s escalation of its war of aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, I think it's no longer a secret to anyone that Putin has compromised himself forever and is trying to permanently compromise any relationship that we can build after the conclusion of peace with Russia. I think the time has come to stay much more united, much stronger in any direction related to Ukraine, because Putin failed to achieve his goal of annexing Ukraine only in a few weeks…

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2022

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Madam President, I want to bring up an important topic. Obviously, during this period we are all focusing on the energy crisis and trying to help European citizens. We have recently adopted the European Directive on the establishment of the European minimum wage, and it is an important step, because we need to align wages at European level on sound criteria of economic performance. But I want to r…

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2022

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Statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I congratulate the rapporteurs. It is an extremely important topic for us, in the context in which we find ourselves, and I believe it is essential that the Regulation on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations of 2014 be reformed. We need a comprehensive legal framework that ensures the highest s…

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2022

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The new European Bauhaus (A9-0213/2022 - Christian Ehler, Marcos Ros Sempere)

Mr President, Europe is at a turning point and at a time of green, energy, digital and social transition. It is time to integrate all these ambitions into the daily lives of Europeans, and the normalisation of these changes must also be done through culture and the arts. Culture contributes significantly to a vibrant society, allowing us to live better together, to build democratic and free societ…

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Renewable Energy Directive (A9-0208/2022 - Markus Pieper)

Mr President, the European Commission, including through the NRRP packages, has proposed measures to effectively address the energy crisis that we are all going through, so that we are also well in winter. What is the Romanian Government doing with these investment opportunities in energy infrastructure? How does it exploit the possibility of ensuring Romanians a decent winter with European money?…

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Energy efficiency (recast) (A9-0221/2022 - Niels Fuglsang)

Mr President, I voted today to adapt the Energy Efficiency Directive to the ambitious targets set out in the Fit for 55 package. In the context of the crisis generated by the colossal increase in prices, we must ensure that energy is no longer wasted through outdated constructions that are not adapted to the current requirements. Europe needs massive funding to renovate its building stock. This re…

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Economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU: the 8th Cohesion Report - EU border regions: living labs of European integration (debate)

Mr Member, you mentioned the need to support the Euroregions. What concrete measures do you think need to be implemented to support these Euroregions?

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2022

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Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in 2020 and 2021 (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I am honoured to address this tribune of democracy to sound the alarm about media freedom in Europe. Although it is the pillar and guarantee of a functioning democracy, too many journalists are still harassed, threatened including by politicians and public figures, and political interference in the media is a practice that already seems a norm, including in my country, …

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2022

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Adequate minimum wages in the European Union (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, we are witnessing a crisis of devastating price increases. In just one year, in my country, in Romania, meat has increased by 20%, bread has increased by 25%, oil has increased by more than 50%, and energy, electricity and gas prices I don't even want to talk about. During this time, the salaries of Romanian citizens remained the same, and the possible …

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Sep

2022

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr. President, Putin has blood on his hands. He is the one who ordered the start of this absurd war, brutally attacking a neighboring country that did nothing to provoke it. Children died in this war, people of all ages died, many innocent citizens died. But I want to mention them in the plenum of the Parliament, to pay tribute to those who lost their lives on the eastern front in Ukraine, such as…