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Social and economic consequences for the EU of the Russian war in Ukraine – reinforcing the EU’s capacity to act (RC-B9-0267/2022, B9-0267/2022, B9-0271/2022, B9-0273/2022, B9-0278/2022, B9-0279/2022, B9-0280/2022)

Mr President, after the Second World War the founding fathers created the Coal and Steel Community because that is how they saw the solution of most of the problems facing Europe at the time. Regardless of the challenges that existed during the Cold War, the European Union responded with integration and enlargement. Today when we have a new security crisis on the European continent, I think it is …

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Minimum level of taxation for multinational groups (A9-0140/2022 - Aurore Lalucq)

Mr President, for too long, hundreds of multinational companies operating in the world and in the European Union have continued to avoid their tax obligations, through various legal tricks and by shifting profits made at the expense of European citizens to tax havens. All this while SMEs, the engine of the European economy, are suffocated by taxes, the pandemic, inflation and struggling for surviv…

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Prosecution of the opposition and the detention of trade union leaders in Belarus (B9-0269/2022, RC-B9-0270/2022, B9-0270/2022, B9-0274/2022, B9-0275/2022, B9-0276/2022, B9-0277/2022)

Mr President, Belarus, unfortunately, is another state captured today and ruled by a tyrant who only responds to Putin's orders. We see how he has aligned himself in this war situation and supports Russia's atrocities in Ukraine. Even more serious is that retaliation against its own citizens continues, in flagrant violation of human rights, and the institutionalisation of terror in Belarus is a wa…

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The fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Yana Stepanenko, an 11-year-old child, was left, on 8 April, after the attack on the Kramatorsk railway station, without both legs. Her mother, 43-year-old Natalia Stepanenko, was left without her left leg. For all these crimes against civilian citizens there is a responsible. He has a face and a name. The main culprit for all tragedies in Ukraine bears only one name, i…

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Madam President, today I had the honour of hearing the President of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu, in the plenary of Parliament. I am glad because I know very well the situation in the Republic of Moldova, personally Mrs. President, but I want to bring up another topic related to the Republic of Moldova, namely the illegal presence of the Russian Federation troops, for over 30 years, in the …

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2021 Report on Albania (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I have visited Albania very many times and obviously progress is being seen from one year to the next. But we must not sanction a European nation, with a European vocation, which aspires to reach the European Union, just because the administration sometimes does not do its homework. That is why I think it is essential to emphasize, in the negotiations with Tirana, the v…

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2021 Report on North Macedonia (debate)

Mr President. Commissioner, I think that the debate is very appropriate in this context, but there will always be pretexts for being more lenient towards certain states. That is why I believe that we must never put an equal sign between the administration and the people. Obviously, the citizens of North Macedonia are Europeans, they want to be members of the European Union, but we should not devia…

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Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law Report (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, the rule of law together with democracy and fundamental rights are at the heart of the European Union and, in the current geopolitical reality, we see how these values are what distinguish us Europeans from other states and make us stronger together, especially in such challenging circumstances. They are not optional. Respect for the rule of law is binding on all Mem…

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EU Association Agreement with the Republic of Moldova (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I congratulate the rapporteur, Mr Tudorache has done a very good job, but I want to emphasise a matter relating to the political decision that the European Union must take. Let's not forget one very important thing: The Republic of Moldova is a victim of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, it is a former Soviet republic, which, like the Baltic countries, was a victim of crimin…

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EU Association Agreement with the Republic of Moldova (debate)

Mr President, Mr President Ciolos, you said that the Republic of Moldova is facing an extremely dangerous economic crisis and the European Union must act immediately. You've given a few examples. I kindly ask you to detail these examples, because they are essential and they must also reach the Republic of Moldova.…

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State of play of the EU-Moldova cooperation (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I am very pleased that this debate exists today in the European Parliament. In 2000, when Putin first arrived in the Kremlin, in the Republic of Moldova only 5% of its citizens wanted a European perspective. Russia was extremely involved and had a total influence on Moldovan society. I was directly involved in the process of removing the Republic of Moldova from Russia'…

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Discharge 2020 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Member, you mentioned that you are dissatisfied with your time. Exactly, what do you propose? Because it seems to me that this is an extremely important topic that you have touched on.…

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The social and economic consequences for the EU of the Russian war in Ukraine - reinforcing the EU’s capacity to act (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, over EUR 52 billion left the European Union from 1 January 2022 to 1 May this year. I think this figure says it all, because we take oil, gas and coal from Russia and, in exchange for these trade facilities, we support a country that no longer abides by any rules. That is why I welcome the new sanctions announced today by President Ursula von der Leyen, but I think that…

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EU strategy to promote education for children in the world (A9-0058/2022 - David Lega)

Mr President, we are only talking about the acute crises facing humanity, but no one is talking about a silent crisis that tacitly destroys the stability and prosperity of states in the medium and long term: the global education crisis. One in three children in the world still does not have access to the internet. Too many children do not have access to education, live in poverty or attend school …

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EU action plan for organic agriculture (A9-0126/2022 - Simone Schmiedtbauer)

Mr President, we need to eat better and healthier. Our quality of life is indisputably dependent on environmental protection and consumer-focused agriculture. So we need organic farming. However, we are currently at risk of a global food crisis caused by Putin's Russia-led war, which has massively disrupted food production and further increased prices in Europe. First of all, we need to talk today…

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Election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (A9-0083/2022 - Domènec Ruiz Devesa)

Mr President, the European elections are the democratic basis of the European Union. The constitution of the European Parliament represents and should continue to represent the will of European citizens that gives full legitimacy to the European project. This means that young people must be encouraged to express themselves politically on matters that interest them, to be able to vote even from the…

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Impact of Russian illegal war of aggression against Ukraine on the EU transport and tourism sectors (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I have been to Ukraine for the last two months at least four times. I was there to be with people who are going through extremely difficult times. I've seen people who are scared of war, I've seen people who have left their homes forever that no longer exist. But it is essential to understand that, in addition to this war triggered by a criminal who is temporarily in th…

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EU preparedness against cyber-attacks following Russia invasion on Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, technological advances have brought us tremendous opportunities and changed our lives for the better, but we see that when states such as the Russian Federation use modern tools to attack states, to attack entities, to endanger European democracy, this requires a swift and united response. It is essential for the European Union to create a common cyber unit because we n…

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Question Time (Commission) Europe’s Energy Autonomy: The strategic importance of renewables and energy interconnections and efficiency

My next question is related to the fact that: if the Commission takes into account the future joint purchase of gas, the purchase of these stocks related to reserves?

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Question Time (Commission) Europe’s Energy Autonomy: The strategic importance of renewables and energy interconnections and efficiency

Madam President, Commissioner, it was necessary for Putin to show us that Gazprom is more efficient than the Red Army in order to discuss the need for energy autonomy in Europe. It is known that at European level we do not have as good a framework for gas reserves as we do for oil. And my question to you is: what concrete measures has the Commission taken to support states to increase their gas st…

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Artificial intelligence in a digital age (debate)

Madam President, I too would like to congratulate the rapporteur. I think it's an extremely important topic, first of all because technological advances have given us a new digital world that has fundamentally transformed our lives. And with this transformation, extraordinary opportunities have been created that must first and foremost serve our people, our citizens. But at the same time, we must …

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

I want to bring to attention a topic that needs to trouble us more, because the food crisis that is being announced is generated on the one hand by energy price increases. But let's not forget that the main seat of these problems comes from the Kremlin, because this criminal who started the war against Ukraine never thought that, in addition to Ukrainian citizens, hundreds of millions of citizens …

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Persecution of minorities on the grounds of belief or religion (short presentation)

I was born in the Soviet era in the USSR, today Ukraine, and I lived fully this prohibition of attachment to spiritual identity. The church was banned at the time. It is not far from the situation we see today when Patriarch Kirill, along with Putin, under the pretext of defending interests we do not understand, attacks Christians in Ukraine by demolishing churches. I have been to many countries f…

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022: including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation (RC-B9-0197/2022, B9-0197/2022, B9-0200/2022, B9-0201/2022, B9-0203/2022, B9-0210/2022, B9-0211/2022)

Mr. President, dear colleagues, Putin is a criminal. Today's Russia is a captured state, a state transformed into a Gulag. For Putin, notions such as life, human dignity, freedom of thought, do not exist. Among his main concerns today are propaganda, disinformation, torture, mass killings. What has happened in recent weeks in Ukraine forces us to seriously reflect on the consequences of this war. …

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Implementation of citizenship education actions (A9-0060/2022 - Domènec Ruiz Devesa)

Mr President, education is the necessary cornerstone of a democratic society and I believe it is essential to provide future generations with modern tools that help them understand what unites us, the values that define us and, obviously, to create tools to stop populism, disinformation. All these new challenges are created to divide our states. Or we are gathered here to defend values, to demonst…