What Miroslav spoke about.

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SK Written Statement

Situation of Roma people living in settlements in the EU (debate)

In principle, the proposed resolution on the situation of Roma living in EU settlements cannot be criticised much. The motion for a resolution is objective, factual and constructive. Housing, education, environment, employment must be a priority, not only for the EU, but above all for the governments of the nation states, thus also for the government of the Slovak Republic. However, this requires …

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2024

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The attack on climate and nature: far right and conservative attempts to destroy the Green Deal and prevent investment in our future (topical debate)

Mr President, I do not think that anyone wants to destroy the Green Deal, that someone wants to destroy Europe, that is not true. Simply, the Green Deal must be respected by everyone, recognized because it's something beautiful, it's something good. But those who have designed the Green Deal must realize that it has a number, a number of shortcomings, a number of mistakes that are unacceptable. We…

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Apr

2024

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Attempts to dismantle Rule of Law and media freedom in Slovakia (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Vice-President of the European Parliament, Mr Hojsík, censorship has been ongoing in Slovakia for at least five years. The whole public media space was dominated by one progressive-liberal opinion. In Slovakia, it is not an attempt to control public media, but an attempt to eradicate censorship. And anyone who says otherwise either doesn't understand it or simply lie…

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2024

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The current situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (debate)

Madam President, the European Union is burning with farmers' protests against the European Commission's senseless actions, and we are talking this week in Strasbourg about the problems in Congo, Syria, Cuba, Ukraine, Russia, the Gaza Strip, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Chile, and maybe we will also address the problems of penguins in Madagascar. With all due respect for the people of the Congo, the situat…

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Feb

2024

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Working conditions of teachers in the EU (debate)

Mr President, there is no doubt that the profession of teacher is one of the most noble professions that can be. Achieving a teacher's dignity, social status, social status and respect can also be achieved through good pay. At the time of colonization... I'm sorry. At the time of accession negotiations for Slovakia's accession to the EU, our citizens, as well as teachers, believed that within a fe…

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Feb

2024

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Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed (debate)

Madam President, a genetically modified organism is a living organism whose genetic equipment has been altered by direct human intervention through so-called genetic manipulation, the changes being of such a nature that, for the most part, they cannot occur in nature at all. If such an experiment were conducted on a person, it would be a serious crime. The scientific community is divided into two …

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Jan

2024

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 14-15 December 2023 and preparation of the Special European Council meeting of 1 February 2024 - Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds (joint debate - European Council meetings)

Mr President, Hungary in the morning, Slovakia in the afternoon. You want to tear us to pieces. But all right. Citizens of the European Union are the supreme bearer of democracy and power in the European Union. Without the citizens of the European Union, we would not be us, there would be no institutions, there would be none of us here. The citizens of Hungary are also citizens of the European Uni…

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Jan

2024

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Keeping commitments and delivering military assistance to Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, at 9.30 a.m. on 22 February last year, I said this from this place, reading: “We are all convinced that together with the Americans we will defeat Russia.” And I asked: “What if we do not defeat Russia? Do we have an alternative B?’ And that alternative B is already here. We all know today that we will not beat Russia. So let's stop sending weapons to Ukraine, stop sending and suppor…

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Dec

2023

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Planned dissolution of key anti-corruption structures in Slovakia and its implications on the Rule of Law (continuation of debate)

Madam President, I have been a judge in Slovakia for 36 years and therefore without emotion, pragmatically and correctly. In democratic elections, the elected government of the Slovak Republic submitted to Parliament a proposal to amend the Criminal Code. She filed a motion to abolish the Special Prosecutor's Office. The President of the Slovak Republic or the President of the Slovak Republic, not…

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Nov

2023

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Humanitarian situation in Gaza, the need for the release of hostages and for an immediate humanitarian truce leading to a ceasefire and the prospects for peace and security in the Middle East (debate)

Mr President, the attitude of us Europeans towards the Jewish people is dishonest and hypocritical. For centuries, we have physically destroyed the Jewish people. In the end, we perfected it with the Holocaust and murdered six million innocent Jews. We couldn't live with them. We created a state for them. And since we couldn't live with them, we told the Palestinians: You have to live with them! Y…

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Nov

2023

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Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties (debate)

Mr President, I am an MEP from Slovakia. I am obliged to respect the opinion of the Government of the Slovak Republic. In the programme statement approved today, the Government of the Slovak Republic quotes verbatim, and I would also like to quote: “The Government of the Slovak Republic radically rejects attempts to replace unanimity with qualified majority. The Government of the Slovak Republic r…

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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, I agree that elections are essential for the functioning of every state. I agree that international observation missions, OBS, the UN, the European Union should participate in election observation in every state. To participate in election observation also in states that we refer to as states with an illiberal political system, as autocratic states. It is not possible for election…

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Oct

2023

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The despicable terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel, Israel’s right to defend itself in line with humanitarian and international law and the humanitarian situation in Gaza (debate)

Mr President, there is no nation chosen by God and there is no nation not chosen by God. We are all chosen by God because we live on one planet Earth. No one will ever succeed in destroying a hard-tested Jewish nation, but also no one will ever succeed in destroying a hard-tested Palestinian nation. My question is: Why do we give the right to live in our own country only to the Jewish people? Why …

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Sep

2023

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State of the Union (debate)

Mrs von der Leyen, I will read you part of your State of the Union address last September. "Russian industry is in ruins. Aeroflot is grounding planes because it doesn't have spare parts. The Russian army takes chips from dishwashers and refrigerators to repair its military equipment.’ What is the reality? On the Russian front, your German tanks are burning. Tens of thousands of Slavs are dying. R…

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Jul

2023

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 29-30 June 2023, in particular the recent developments in the war against Ukraine and in Russia (debate)

Mr President, we all want to defeat Russia. We supply weapons, cluster munitions, ammunition. However, I have two very important questions. First: When will Russia be defeated? A month, a year, two, ten. Putin said clearly: never. Mr. Biden should also give a clear answer when, at least approximately. The second legitimate question is: What if we don't defeat Russia? What's next? These are two imp…

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Jul

2023

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Industrial Emissions Directive - Industrial Emissions Portal - Deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure - Sustainable maritime fuels (FuelEU Maritime Initiative) - Energy efficiency (recast) (joint debate - Fit for 55 and Industrial Emissions)

Madam President, I will be voting unequivocally against the Industrial Emissions Directive. I am an MEP from Slovakia and I respect the expert opinion of the Slovak Chamber of Agriculture and Food. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions of carbon dioxide and methane by reducing cattle breeding in Slovakia from the current 600 livestock units to 150 is simply unacceptable for Slovak farmers and food pro…

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Jun

2023

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Humanitarian and environmental consequences of the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam - Sustainable reconstruction and integration of Ukraine into the Euro-Atlantic community (debate)

Mr President, German tanks are burning on the eastern front, the people of Donetsk, Luhansk and Crimea are fighting for their historical territories, but above all thousands of Slavs are dying there. And Anglo-Saxons? They are going on vacation, to the sea, to Sardinia. In America, movies are filmed in Hollywood, a red carpet is about to be made for the Oscars. And in Ukraine, let them kill themse…

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Jun

2023

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Foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation - Election integrity and resilience build-up towards European elections 2024 (debate)

Is it because the President leads foreign visits there and makes Slovakia ashamed? In the 30 years I've been a judge, served in the military, I've never seen my age... ...but that's not the reason, even if it were, we love our own, our lesbians. These are our lesbians, our homosexuals, and no one will interfere with us here and call us a nation of xenophobes...…

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Jun

2023

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Foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation - Election integrity and resilience build-up towards European elections 2024 (debate)

Madam President, when I read this report, I came to the conclusion that those who have processed it deserve the Nobel Prize for Disinformation and the Sakharov Prize for Conducting Hybrid Warfare. Just briefly, Article 105. The European Union is concerned about the Chinese taking their citizens through some illegal police stations to China. Now that's for hospitalization. But China has such a smal…

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2023

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Breaches of the Rule of law and fundamental rights in Hungary and frozen EU funds (debate)

Mr President, the disobedient Orbán, the disobedient Hungary. In 1960, the first Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba, was democratically elected in Congo. He was disobedient. He wanted to establish relations with the Soviet Union. With the help of the CIA, France and Belgium, he was assassinated and dissolved in sulphuric acid. Mobutu dictator Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga was appointed, and he w…

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2023

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Update of the anti-corruption legislative framework (debate)

Mr President, I have many years of experience as an old judge in the fight against corruption. I really like Mrs Jourová's slogan. Corruption is like cancer. If we let it grow, it will suffocate us, it will suffocate our democracy, our institutions. Corruption has existed for a thousand years since one became Homo sapiens. Corruption is equivalent to theft. We tried to prevent theft by imposing va…

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Ukrainian cereals on the European market (debate)

Madam President, I do not know what is new on the Eastern Front. The information is different. Italians and Germans could tell us better, because their grandfathers remember the Eastern Front. But I know for sure, and we all know it, even though we pretend we don't. The United States and Russia are fighting over Crimea, fighting over ports in the Black Sea. And they suffer, farmers. Farmers suffer…

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The need for a coherent strategy for EU-China Relations (debate)

Mr President, until recently, the European Commission was dirtying China where it could. We claimed that it was an autocratic, undemocratic state repressing fundamental rights and freedoms, we awarded the Sakharov Prize to Ilham Tohti. The Chinese communists suddenly visited Moscow, the US was frightened that it would stop fighting, and Ms von der Leyen changed her rhetoric. I quote: “China is a f…

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2023

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2022 Rule of Law Report - The rule of law situation in the European Union - Rule of law in Greece - Rule of law in Spain - Rule of law in Malta (debate)

Mr President, I have worked as a judge in Slovakia for almost 40 years and, in principle, I am opposed to Brussels interfering in the judicial systems of any national state. On the other hand, I must objectively state that Slovakia’s 2022 evaluation report is objective. Disproportionate interference with, or interference with, the appointment of judges, prosecutors by non-governmental organisation…

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2023

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Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: EU accession (continuation of debate)

Madam President, I would like to ask honestly and without emotion why someone wants to impose the Istanbul Convention on the Slovak Republic? After all, the jurisdiction of the Slovak Republic provides for a more consistent and precise protection of women's rights against domestic violence. And I know what I'm talking about. But there is another problem, besides physical violence, there is also ps…