What Michal spoke about.

15 Sep

2026

SK Speech

Devastating heatwaves, wildfires and droughts in Europe: lessons from summer 2026 (debate)

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Madam President. The summer of 2026 was the summer of the climate crisis and it was terrible. But it's certainly not the worst we'll ever have. It would be logical to take a lesson from it, to learn from it. Honestly, I have to say that I do not feel that this is the case in this House. The last three years in this House have been carried out in the spirit of attacks on the Green Deal. Let us just…

30 Apr

2026

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How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by animal diseases? (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, livestock farming has an irreplaceable role, but it also has its negatives. If we pretend that there is no problem, we are harming the breeders in the first place. Unfortunately, examples from the Netherlands, France and Spain clearly show where unregulated stock intensification is headed: the disturbance of farms, the disappearance of farms and damage to the en…

13 Nov

2025

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Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (A10-0205/2025 - Michal Wiezik) (vote)

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Madam President, thank you, colleagues, for the support. According to Rule 60(4), I would like to request referral back to committee for interinstitutional negotiations. Thank you once again.

12 Nov

2025

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Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (debate)

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Madam President, thank you once again for the floor and for the discussion. I would really like to stress once again that the implementation of the BBNJ Agreement is essential for achieving the 2030 biodiversity target and the goals of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. It will accelerate the creation of marine protected areas and ensure that all scientists from every part of the …

12 Nov

2025

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Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (debate)

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Madam President, Madam Commissioner, dear colleagues, when we speak of the ocean, we often forget how vast it truly is. Two thirds of it lies beyond any nation's borders. The high seas and the international seabed, once thought to be empty and lifeless, these waters are now known to be among the richest and most diverse ecosystems on Earth. They host spawning grounds for countless fish species, de…

22 Oct

2025

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Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in Uzbekistan (debate)

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Mr President, wildlife crime is multifaceted: it involves wildlife trafficking, document fraud, tax evasion and money laundering, and one can say that it is huge and everywhere. For instance, in 2023, over 1 million live eels were seized in the European Union: 1 million live eels that didn't reach European rivers, eels that never reproduced, eels missing in the ocean ecosystem, eels out of the leg…

8 Oct

2025

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Arbitrary detention of EU citizens Javier Marañón Montero and David Rodríguez Ballesta in Equatorial Guinea

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Madam President, EU citizens Javier Marañón Montero and David Rodríguez Ballesta were arbitrarily detained in Malabo in January 2005, in a prosecution that appears politically motivated and aimed at shifting responsibility away from the members of the regime. They are being held in a prison infamous for torture and inhumane conditions, without any guarantee of due process and a fair trial. We in R…

10 Sep

2025

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Rule of law and EU funds management in Slovakia (debate)

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Madam President, two examples of the use of EU funds in Slovakia: The National Institute of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases has equipped two operating rooms for €1.6 million from the recovery plan. This significantly reduced the duration of heart disease fibrillation surgery. We have a state-of-the-art workplace that saves dozens and hundreds of lives. On the other hand, for the same amount, people …

10 Jul

2025

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Post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy (debate)

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Madam President, I welcome your proposals. I like supporting young, small, medium-sized farmers, supporting rural development and making farming more attractive. Setting fair prices and rules with third countries. But I'm afraid that might not be enough. Please live in the real world. In such a world in 2027, the climate crisis will be worse than it is today. We will face more droughts, more flood…

17 Jun

2025

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European Ocean Pact (debate)

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Madam President, I would like to speak about deep-sea mining. In deep-sea mining, a precautionary pause is a conscious and responsible position over an issue which potentially involves impacts on a million-year timescale. We don't know, at this point, what we could lose by greedily looking at resources located in areas which belong to no one (and hence are common mankind heritage), what consequenc…

6 May

2025

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The European Water Resilience Strategy (debate)

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Madam President, there is no life without water. Yes, but without enough water there is no industry, there is no agriculture. There is only hunger and thirst. So the water scarcity problem is really serious and requires a quick and effective solution. The problem is complicated. It's not just about the quantity of water, it's about its quality. And just as complex must be the solutions, where we h…

6 May

2025

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Discharge 2023 (joint debate)

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Madam President, tomorrow's vote will conclude the discharge process for the financial year 2023. I would therefore like to thank the European Court of Auditors once again for its role in supporting our work. The principles of transparency, accountability, parliamentary oversight, sound financial management and the rule of law must, and I believe they are, shared in this House. For budgetary contr…

6 May

2025

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Discharge 2023 (joint debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues, let me first also thank to the European Court of Auditors for their thorough audits, as well as for the clarifications and open cooperation with joint undertakings. Joint undertakings as public-private partnerships play a crucial role in ground-breaking European research, development and demonstration programmes in sustainable transport, revolut…

2 Apr

2025

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Outcome of the recent COP16 biodiversity negotiations in Rome (debate)

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Mr President, it is important to discuss biodiversity protection, but it is more important to act. Commissioner, a few hours ago, the Slovak Government approved a proposal to shoot 350 bears. 350 bears, that is a third of the nation-wide population. This proposal came without proper discussion, without impact assessment and without understanding the consequences. But most importantly, it is a deci…

12 Feb

2025

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US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, the World Health Organisation and the suspension of US development and humanitarian aid (debate)

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Trump's current policy has many elements of far-right populism. I see a lot of evidence that it is unsystematic and disruptive. For all this, it is enough to mention the truly unelected and unaccountable Elon Musk, to whom Trump granted almost unlimited power over the state apparatus. This is a threat to the democratic system, which naturally encounters resistance and is doomed to failure. This cr…

18 Dec

2024

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Urgent need for EU action to preserve nature and protect biodiversity to avoid the extinction of species (debate)

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Mr President, when we lose biodiversity, we have a serious problem because we lose the functionality of ecosystems and thus the ecosystem services on which we depend. Without biodiversity, we will not survive. For life to work properly, it must be varied and robust. Any activity that destroys life is inherently harmful and should be replaced by procedures that allow us to achieve the desired goals…

25 Nov

2024

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Outcome of the UN Biodiversity Conference 2024 in Cali, Colombia (COP16) (debate)

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Madam President, COP 16 was based on the motto 'peace with nature'. At a time when we are experiencing a 73% decline in wildlife populations and we are missing 700 billion euros a year for nature conservation, this result is kind of non-existent. And that's because the champions in nature conservation have failed. We are them. Instead of building peace with nature, we declared an open war on it. W…

22 Oct

2024

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Question Time with Commissioners – Situation of animal health in Europe: how to prevent and prepare for future sanitary crises in agriculture

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Madam President, thank you, Commissioner, for this Question Time. I would have one specific to African Swine Fever. We know that the source of this disease is the wild wild boar population. We are applying various preventive measures, mostly based on massive hunting, but we are ignoring the effect that natural predators of wild boar, and in this context the wolf in particular, have on the spread o…

18 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)

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Madam President, this disaster, which has swept across several European countries, has caused enormous damage. I wish to express my full solidarity with those affected and my sincere condolences to those most seriously affected. At the same time, I would like to express my deep gratitude to all the security forces and authorities, as well as to the volunteers, who intervened in this event and help…

16 Sep

2024

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Outcome of the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture (debate)

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Mr President, twenty-nine authorities from the circle of scientists, stakeholders and farmers' organisations have met and organised a strategic dialogue on agriculture, and I very much welcome its conclusions. Indeed, the conclusions drawn by this dialogue go to the heart of today's agricultural problems. They clearly state the need to strengthen the position of farmers and fair conditions for tho…

11 Apr

2024

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

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Let me turn to Mrs. Beňová, who, unfortunately, has already left this room again. Mrs Beňová, you have been a Member of the European Parliament for 20 years. Indeed, experience cannot be denied to you, and yet you are trying to give the impression that we, the opposition MEPs, are responsible for what is currently happening and how the Commission is progressing towards Slovakia. And yet you are re…

10 Apr

2024

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Discharge 2022 (debate)

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Mr President, once again, just to conclude the debate: tomorrow we are due to vote on discharge for nine joint undertakings. We will conclude the process of granting discharge for the financial year 2022. Therefore, I would like to thank once again the European Court of Auditors for their role in supporting our work. Improving accountability, transparency and financial management: that is the goal…

10 Apr

2024

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Discharge 2022 (debate)

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Mr President, let me first thank the European Court of Auditors (ECA) for their thorough audits, as well as for the clarifications and open cooperation with joint undertakings. Tomorrow, we are due to vote on discharge for nine joint undertakings. The reports follow the ECA annual report for the 2022 financial year and the individual annual reports on the joint undertakings and present some observ…

14 Mar

2024

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Promised revision of the EU animal welfare legislation and the animal welfare-related European citizens’ initiatives (debate)

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Mr President, the animal welfare legislation is 20 years old. So far, 22 million tonnes of pigs, 13 million tonnes of poultry and 7 million tonnes of cattle are slaughtered annually in the European Union. Yes, in the statistics, we measure animals per ton, as if they weren't even individuals. However, five European initiatives calling for better animal welfare have been successful to date. We are …

11 Mar

2024

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Substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive) (debate)

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Mr President, products labelled as environmentally friendly, climate friendly or from sustainably managed forests. Certification schemes refer to environmental protection on a large scale, but all too often seem to create an impression. In doing so, they enjoy great confidence and should under no circumstances be based on abbreviated, inaccurate, partial or even misleading information. The consequ…