What Juozas spoke about.

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The urgent need for an EU strategy on fertilisers to ensure food security in Europe (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner. We are experiencing an energy war caused by Russia. Yesterday we talked about starving people on the African continent, today about making fertilisers unaffordable for European farmers. The main objective of agriculture is to provide Europeans with healthy food. Without nutrients, there will be no proper harvest. We see inequalities in the use of fertilisers between the…

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The recent humanitarian and human rights situation in Tigray, Ethiopia, notably that of children

Mr President, two weeks ago, we visited Ethiopia with our AFET colleagues and were able to see with our own eyes how fragile and hostile the situation is in this country, especially in the regions of Tigray, Afar and Amhara. Colleagues mentioned rape, hunger, poverty, destroyed infrastructure, schools, hospitals and the inability to eat, attend school, especially for children, and the involvement …

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The situation of human rights in Haiti in particular related to gang violence

Mr President, in fact, we all agree that the violence and poverty prevailing in Haiti, with gang governments officially actually managing the infrastructure, has the greatest influence on the country's decisions. We have to find the strength and help the ordinary people of Haiti. I welcome the European Commission's support for Haiti of 17 million, but I appeal to the Commissioner that this support…

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

Mr President, this is the eighth month of Russia's renewed war against Ukraine. Through them, there were many losses, sadness, fear, but at the same time they were full of the mobilisation and determination of the Ukrainian people and their allies not to succumb to aggression and coercion. The aggressor's forcible pseudo-referenda last week show only that Russia was not going and is not going to b…

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Access to water as a human right – the external dimension (debate)

Mrs. Prime Minister, it has already been said that water is a condition of life, a human right to water. Climate change and military conflicts are the main obstacles to its implementation. And usually the weakest, i.e. women and children, are affected. These days, we can see how, for example, in the case of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, infrastructure is being destroyed, the supply of heat,…

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Oct

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The EU’s strategic relationship and partnership with the Horn of Africa (debate)

Madam President. Indeed, after our visit to Sudan and Ethiopia last month, we were all able to make sure that it was a feverish region. And all these ethnic tensions are rooted in poverty, climate change, and the influence of external forces such as Wagner's private troops in the region. Russian weapons are crawling there, Mr Wallace, who has praised Russia so much for trying to establish itself t…

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Question Time (Commission) Tackling depopulation through cohesion policy instrument

Honourable Commissioner, I really support your efforts and your work in protecting our people across the European Union. And I agree with you that the EU Member States have a great deal of responsibility in this area. But there are things that the Member States cannot do, and that is our responsibility as the institutions of the European Union. I am thinking of the common agricultural policy and d…

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Impact of new technologies on taxation: crypto and blockchain (debate)

In fact, first of all, I would like to thank you for your timely report. We Lithuanians have such a beautiful proverb: You can't stop running the river. This is what I think we cannot stop new technologies from entering the financial sector, and that is not what we should be talking about now. We should talk about how to create the right conditions for the game, so that they do not change during t…

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Ecological Disaster in the Oder River (debate)

Mr President, honourable Commissioner, in fact, every new environmental disaster means that we have not learned from the previous ones. We did not take the necessary measures. You have noticed very well the need to await the results of investigations and to strengthen alert systems and the response to such events. But here we hear from our colleagues that the government should not be blamed, it ha…

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Sep

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The new European Bauhaus (debate)

Mr President, honourable Commissioner, the New European Bauhaus project is indeed a bridge between the economy and culture. This is an opportunity for the green economy, an opportunity for our designers and architects to create a new face for Europe by preserving traditions and innovating. As with any project, money is needed. I believe that this project will be accompanied not only by words, but …

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EU response to the increase in energy prices in Europe (debate)

Mr President, honourable Commissioner, Minister, I support the proposals that you have tabled on containing the energy crisis, on the joint efforts of the European Union, both in terms of capping excess profits and capping gas prices, and on improving infrastructure. It seems to me that another instrument would be needed, namely recovery and support for our citizens, especially those most in need …

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Developing an EU Cycling Strategy (debate)

Thank you, my colleague, Mr Delli, for demonstrating such a beautiful initiative, and thank you to the Commissioner for your thoughts. I don't think I'm going to repeat those positive sides of cycling about being healthier for the human being, better for nature, cleaner for the environment, but I want to draw attention to the possibility of more contact, especially among young people, Europeans, g…

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 23-24 June 2022 (continuation of debate)

I welcome the European Council's decision on granting candidate status to Ukraine, Moldova and giving Georgia a European perspective. I also very much agree with what has been said about the need to open accession negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia. We must take into account the views of European citizens to have a stronger European Union, not by increasing democracy, but by strengtheni…

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Women’s poverty in Europe (debate)

As a man, I am ashamed that in the 21st century we have to consider here in the heart of Europe the issue of women's poverty. But, on the other hand, I think it is an honour that we can take up this issue and solve it. In fact, we see how women in the European Union are paid differently for the same job in different countries. As a doctor, I can tell you that women face more problems getting medic…

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2021 Report on Montenegro (debate)

Mr President, I really want to thank the author of the report for such a balanced report and assessment. We all recognise that Montenegro is a leader in the Western Balkans. And it is symbolic that today we paid a lot of attention to Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia. And here we go back to the Western Balkans and Montenegro. Yes, there are problems in Montenegro and they need to be addressed. It is proba…

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Inclusion measures within Erasmus+ 2014-2020 (debate)

Mr President, we can really welcome the results of the Erasmus programme, which has opened the door for many young people in Europe to get to know each other, to learn about scientific innovations and to gain experience. But we cannot stop. In fact, we need to look today and at those countries from which we expect greater commonality. Today we have spoken a lot and supported Ukraine's, Moldova's, …

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 23-24 June 2022, including the meeting with Western Balkan leaders on 23 June - Candidate status of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia (debate)

Mr President, I welcome the Commission's objective assessment, the recommendation. Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia deserve the candidate status of the European Union. Especially today, Ukraine is defending European values with its own lives. By the way, at the same time he makes bold legal decisions, as in the case of the ratification of the Istanbul Convention, for example. We must continue to suppo…

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Illegal logging in the EU (debate)

Dear President. Dear Vice-President of the Commission. Thank you for your speech and report. You mentioned very well that we have a good tool – a forest strategy – and that forests are the lungs of our planet. In fact, preserving forests and preventing illegal logging are two very important issues. Firstly, the fact that legal logging is available is not very confusing. Here, my colleague mentione…

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Security in the Eastern Partnership area and the role of the common security and defence policy (debate)

Madam President, Vice-President of the Commission, dear colleagues, I believe that the report we discussed today sent a strong signal to the Eastern Partnership countries that the EU is committed to security and stability in the region. Even before the war in Ukraine, in December 2021 during the Eastern Partnership summit, security was identified as one area with a need for more intensive cooperat…

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The EU’s Foreign, Security and Defence Policy after the Russian invasion of Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, I want to say that people are dying in Africa right now, not because sanctions have been imposed, but because Russia is destroying Ukrainian ports, blocking them and stealing Ukrainian-grown grain. I thank Mr McAllister and Mrs Loiseau for their balanced report. I think we can see three things very clearly. Today's diplomacy, the most suitable for Ukraine and to achieve victory, is a…

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Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States (Effort Sharing Regulation) - Land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) - CO2 emission standards for cars and vans (joint debate – Fit for 55 (part 2))

Mr President, first of all, I would like to congratulate colleagues on agreements and compromises that will enable us to combat climate change and preserve the economic viability of rural areas. Climate change is a major and vital problem that needs to be addressed. Our farmers and forest owners are well aware of this. They are the first to be affected by climate change. I therefore support the am…

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Question Time (Commission) Reducing the use of pesticides and strengthening consumer protection

I would also like to thank you for your reply and look forward to your proposal next year. But I want to return to the question of the use of different pesticides. How did you say, Commissioner, that the starting points will be taken into account, and will it take into account the fact that in some countries farmers already use fewer pesticides and will not be penalised for offering them a 50% red…

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Question Time (Commission) Reducing the use of pesticides and strengthening consumer protection

Mr President, honourable Commissioner. We all agree here that the use of pesticides should be reduced for consumer health reasons, but by reducing pesticides, farmers need to be given the opportunity to protect their crops from pests and to provide certain instruments. If new technologies to introduce science, such as genomic technologies such as gene editing, could offer many opportunities, for e…

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The EU and the security challenges in the Indo-Pacific (debate)

Mr President, first of all, I would like to thank Mr McAllister for his good balanced report. Just as Russia is a brutal and clear threat in Europe, China is a major challenge in the Pacific and Indian Ocean. Therefore, insights into our security, the security of the European Union, are very much needed. Colleagues said: market, climate change is very important (the countries in this region could …

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2022

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Prosecution of the opposition and the detention of trade union leaders in Belarus (debate)

Madam President, the Belarus dictator has again showed total disrespect for any legal norms, and again resorted to harassment and imprisonment for any possible opposition to his regime. Now he has targeted trade union leaders as one of the last organised opposition forces. They join in detention thousands of political prisoners, including former presidential candidates who are serving decades—long…