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2022

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Data Governance Act (A9-0248/2021 - Angelika Niebler)

Mr President, I also voted ‘in favour’ and I congratulate the rapporteur. I think it is essential to be aware that data is an extraordinary resource in this age, and how it is used is a priority for the European Union, and I am glad that today we voted for the approval of a real legal instrument for data management that encourages its widespread use, for the benefit of all European citizens and ou…

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Mr President, a few hours ago, President Zelensky addressed the Romanian Parliament to all senators and deputies, and to the Romanian people, thanking them for the solidarity and openness with which our citizens welcomed the almost 700 000 Ukrainians who crossed the threshold and border of Romania. At this time, it is essential to stand in solidarity, and our state has done everything possible to …

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Mar

2022

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Need for an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the EU in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (RC-B9-0160/2022, B9-0160/2022, B9-0162/2022, B9-0163/2022, B9-0164/2022, B9-0165/2022, B9-0166/2022, B9-0167/2022)

Mr. President, it is no secret to anyone that Putin, just like his predecessor Stalin, intentionally and assumedly started this war, knowing that it would produce harmful consequences even for his people. Putin does not care about the consequences of what the war is already producing on how the agriculture of these two states is affected. From this point of view, I believe that it is essential to …

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Mar

2022

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Macro-financial assistance to the Republic of Moldova (A9-0043/2022 - Markéta Gregorová)

Mr President, I voted for this extremely important decision. I am one of 558 colleagues who voted in favour. I regret that there are 20 MEPs who do not understand what the Republic of Moldova means. Of the 150 million, 30 million euros are non-reimbursable funds, and the rest are extremely advantageous loans for a state that has been held in captivity for three decades by the Russian Federation, w…

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Mar

2022

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Madam President, Commissioner, I believe that we are all shaken by the crimes that the Russian Federation is committing these days in Ukraine. Unfortunately, the bullets sent by Putin are killing children, killing women, killing people of all ages and destroying entire communities. But for Putin, it's not just the military that he's using today to spread terror. Another weapon dear to Putin is dis…

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Mar

2022

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European Semester for economic policy coordination: annual sustainable growth survey 2022 – European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social aspects in the annual sustainable growth strategy survey 2022 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, first we had the health crisis. The pandemic hit us and from this shock it seemed that we were not recovering. Still, we made it through. Then there was the energy crisis, which still weighs on the shoulders of European citizens today and puts all Member States to the test. And it hasn't been enough to hit these two crises in the last two years…

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Mar

2022

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Foreign interference in all democratic processes in the EU (debate)

Mr President, Vice-President Borrell, Commissioner, I congratulate the rapporteur. I believe that your experience is very important in order to accurately report the risks to which the European Union is subject today. We know very well that in the Kremlin we have a tyrant who despises democracy and has tried, and it seems that by this time he has managed to eliminate freedom of expression in the R…

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Mar

2022

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Madam President, Commissioner, I come from the war zone. I met these days with citizens fleeing the war at all three of Romania's common border points with Ukraine. We have seen hundreds, thousands of refugees who are affected by this unjust war. Romania treats refugees as a state with a European behavior, as we must be. But I want to raise here, in the plenary of the European Parliament, an issue…

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Mar

2022

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Shrinking space for civil society in Europe (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, it is essential that we value at every moment the essence of democracy and what underpins our societies, namely freedom of expression, freedom of association. A democracy cannot be alive as long as fundamental rights are restricted and civil society is not at ease. We see today what is happening in Europe, where a tyrant first restricted access to freedom of speech, eli…

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Feb

2022

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Protection of workers from the risks relating to exposure to carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxins at work (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, every year in the European Union alone, 2.5 million people are diagnosed with cancer. Another 1.3 million citizens are losing the battle with this terrible disease and are being taken from us. These are either children, elderly people or very dear beings who leave behind real dramas. Data collected by the European Commission show that more than half of work-related deat…

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Feb

2022

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EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine (continuation of debate)

Madam President, High Representative, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that today's debate is very important and I say it as a man who has been banned in the Russian Federation since 2015. I am, I think, among the few MEPs in this Parliament who have this ban from the Kremlin precisely because I have constantly allowed myself, Mr. High Representative, to criticize Putin's policy of il…

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Feb

2022

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Human rights and democracy in the world – annual report 2021 (continuation of debate)

Madam President, Vice-President Borrell, I believe that this is an extremely important report on human rights and democracy because it represents our ultimate commitment to defending these values. But I want to raise here, in the plenum of the Parliament, an extremely serious situation here, in Europe, because, at the border of the European Union, in the Republic of Moldova, Mr. Vice-President, th…

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Feb

2022

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we now have four times higher prices and decreasing energy stocks, and this crisis that the European Union is going through has profoundly affected vulnerable consumers, but also the European Union's economy. That is why I believe that most Member States look with great hope to the European Union and expect immediate pragmatic and effective solutions. I belie…

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Jan

2022

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Empowering European Youth: post-pandemic employment and social recovery (debate)

Mr President, for 2022 to really be the European Year of Youth, it is very important that we promote explicitly and widely everything that the European Union offers to young people today. Many young people do not have the knowledge or access to the educational, cultural, social or employment opportunities offered by the policies promoted by the European Union. That is why I believe it is essential…

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Jan

2022

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Digital Services Act (continuation of debate)

Mr President, Madam Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen, more than 20 years after the entry into force of the e-Commerce Directive, it is time for a new legislative package to regulate the online marketplace. The digital field has evolved and continues to evolve at an astounding speed, and while the benefits of this rapid evolution are undeniable, we need to be aware of the challenges and risks i…

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Dec

2021

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European framework for employees' participation rights and the revision of the European Works Council Directive (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, congratulations, rapporteur, I think this is an important step, because we are going through a period of crisis, a period full of challenges and we are invited to respond to a need. It is obvious that the most important resource of the European Union is the workforce, and it is essential to ensure that the workforce is well prepared, competitive, performant, and obvious…

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Dec

2021

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Cooperation on the fight against organised crime in the Western Balkans (continuation of debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that all the citizens of the countries of the Western Balkans solemnly and resolutely wish to be part of the European project. What remains for us, however, is to move forward and demand, through the European Commission, firm reforms to combat the greatest scourge that pervades and haunts these Western Balkan states. Corruption, crime, trafficking in h…

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Dec

2021

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Situation at the Ukrainian border and in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, Mr High Representative, what is now happening on the eastern border of Ukraine, with Russia amalgamating over 100 000 troops, is one of the greatest challenges facing the European Union. Let's not forget that after Ukraine decided politically to get closer to the European Union, Putin's response was the annexation of Crimea. The Kremlin regards with great hostility any state in ou…

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Dec

2021

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, no one will ever ban Christmas in the European Union. It is impermissible that in future an internal Commission document should contain such sensitive elements that could create the perfect opportunity to mislead European citizens. I say it assumed, although it has been explained that it is an internal unfortunate document, unfortunately, the fa…

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Nov

2021

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Madam President, Commissioner, I want to bring up to date a topic that concerns me deeply and I believe it is the duty of the European Parliament to sound the alarm. In the midst of the health crisis, we have witnessed the citizens of the European Union being exposed to an unprecedented wave of disinformation. Our citizens are vulnerable and that is why we need to prepare a mechanism to resist dis…

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Nov

2021

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Introduction of a European social security pass for improving the digital enforcement of social security rights and fair mobility (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the free movement of workers is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Treaties. As a result, more than 17 million European citizens live in a state other than their state of residence, and more than 70% of them are employed. Romanians are the largest national group of mobile citizens in the European Union, representing almost a fifth of the residen…

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Nov

2021

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The European Education Area: a shared holistic approach (A9-0291/2021 - Michaela Šojdrová)

Mr President, I supported this report because I believe that education is the engine of a society's progress. Our children deserve to live in a united Europe, and unity and solidarity start with education. That is why I believe that we need to stand in solidarity, to support proactive citizens, not those who do not understand the mission of our society. That is why I believe it is necessary for th…

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Nov

2021

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Strengthening democracy, media freedom and pluralism in the EU (A9-0292/2021 - Tiemo Wölken, Roberta Metsola)

Mr President, I supported this report because it is essential for this forum to remain a watchdog who sounds the alarm when freedom of expression is endangered, and we have situations around the world today where journalists are intimidated, where clans shaking hands on corruption-related interests threaten journalists. This is precisely why, because this report focuses on strategic lawsuits again…

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Nov

2021

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Mr President, I would like to bring to the attention of the European Parliament a subject that is unfortunately forgotten. More than 100 km from the border of the European Union, we still have a frozen conflict, maintained by the Russian Federation, on the territory of the Republic of Moldova. I believe that, as a forum that ensures respect for human rights around the world, we have the obligation…

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Oct

2021

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Employment and social policies of the euro area 2021 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the shock caused by the Coronavirus pandemic has shaken the economies of the European Union, and I think it is essential that we all learn a lesson from this public health crisis, overlapping with an economic crisis. As a right-wing politician, however, I want to appeal, Commissioner, to the Commission, to really support the people who need the …