What Andrey spoke about.

7 Jul

2022

BG Speech

Developing an EU Cycling Strategy (debate)

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Mr President, I would just like to draw your attention to the fact that one of the most striking things when it comes to cycling is that they are the biggest offenders on the road. I'll talk very quickly and explain it to you. So, yesterday I was in the pedestrian zone in Strasbourg, one of the cyclists hit me, I was with my back, then he cursed me and left. They think they have exclusive rights. …

23 Jun

2022

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Inclusion measures within Erasmus+ 2014-2020 (A9-0158/2022 - Laurence Farreng)

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Madam President, I am one of the shadow rapporteurs of this report and I very much like the Erasmus+ programme, but I can tell you that I voted against it. There are many good things in this report, such as special attention to people with disabilities or those from remote areas, but tell me where in Europe you have ever heard of a school or university where it is chosen on the basis of sexual ori…

23 Jun

2022

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Illegal logging in the EU (B9-0329/2022)

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Member of the Commission. - Madam President, I voted against and I will try to explain to you very briefly what this is about. There is not a single word in this report about the cause of illegal logging. That's first. But I can tell you what the reason is. This is the wrong energy policy of the European Union. In addition, there is not a word about the so-called domestic logging. These are ordina…

22 Jun

2022

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Inclusion measures within Erasmus+ 2014-2020 (debate)

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Madam President, it is good to see you, Madam Gabriel. I personally support the Erasmus+ programme and the opportunities it offers. Of course, special attention should be paid to those who are among us, but have real barriers in their lives. I am talking about people with disabilities from those who are from hard-to-reach places, as of course, and from the poorest regions, and that is where all ef…

9 Jun

2022

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The call for a Convention for the revision of the Treaties (B9-0305/2022, B9-0307/2022)

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Member of the Commission. - Mr President, I agree with my colleague Dzhambazki and also voted against. I think it's unacceptable. By the way, at the Conference on the Future of Europe were specially selected, if you do not know, certain NGOs that are for federalism. It is written in the treaties that this is an alliance between sovereign states. I don't think that needs to change. Unanimity must r…

9 Jun

2022

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Parliament’s right of initiative (A9-0142/2022 - Paulo Rangel)

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Mr President, this may seem incredible to you, but I voted in favour. Although in this configuration of Parliament, I have slight concerns, but I hope that this will be good for democracy, and I think it is normal for Parliament to have the right of legislative initiative. I think this is logical and normal, because we are closest to the citizens. Neither the Council nor the Commission meets with …

9 Jun

2022

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The rule of law and the potential approval of the Polish national Recovery Plan (RRF) (B9-0316/2022, RC-B9-0317/2022, B9-0317/2022, B9-0320/2022, B9-0321/2022, B9-0322/2022, B9-0323/2022)

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Mr President, I think that Poland is a sovereign country that has presented its plan, which, as I recall, has been approved by the Commission. And I think this is normal, because obviously every government should know best what the problems of its people are. And I don't understand why these political insinuations are imposing some strange opinions in which country there is rule of law and in whic…

9 Jun

2022

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Illegal logging in the EU (debate)

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Mr President, I would like to draw your attention to something that you are all missing. This is called ‘domestic logging’ – illegal domestic logging. These are people who can not be heated in the winter, and in some settlements in Bulgaria began to cut down the parks in the settlements. I think this is the result of the European Union's energy policy. I can tell you that gas prices in just six mo…

7 Jun

2022

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Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System - Social Climate Fund - Carbon border adjustment mechanism - Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System for aviation - Notification under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) (joint debate – Fit for 55 (part 1))

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Madam President, I think Mr Timmermans has fled. Mr Timmermans, whom I do not see, your Fit for 55 package is simply a plan to destroy small and medium-sized businesses. The Social Climate Fund is dust in the eyes. This is a communist scheme that takes money from the rich in your opinion to give it to the poor again in your opinion. In this way, you will also destroy employers, and the money will …

19 May

2022

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2021 Report on Albania (A9-0131/2022 - Isabel Santos)

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Mr President, I am in the delegation for the negotiations with Albania and I can tell you that Albania has done absolutely everything. Unlike Macedonia, which we talked about. My colleague Dzhambazki has already said that the Bulgarian minority has also been recognized. There are absolutely no problems there. I don't understand one thing. Why should the two countries be bound? Why would a country,…

19 May

2022

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2021 Report on North Macedonia (A9-0133/2022 - Ilhan Kyuchyuk)

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Member of the Commission. - Mr President, I'm sorry I'm about a minute and a half late. I voted categorically against it. A lot of people said a lot here. And one of the strangest things, however, in Macedonia, which has not met absolutely any criteria, I do not know who is telling it, is that there are 150,000 people with Bulgarian passports who are proven ethnic Bulgarians. At the last census, a…

8 Mar

2022

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Rising energy prices and market manipulation on the gas market (debate)

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Mr President, honourable Members, many of you, including the Commission and Mr Timmermans, continue to defend the Green Deal. He convinces us that it is thanks to her that the situation is not worse. But this is self-deception. The truth is that Europe is risking the green transition. We have destroyed our energy security, hoping for long-term independence with a green economy. We took a risk and …

16 Feb

2022

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One youth, one Europe (topical debate)

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Mr President, we are already discussing youth in successive plenary sessions. The topic is extremely important because not enough is being done to support the young. However, when I hear the expression ‘one young person’, do I understand that I am referring to those youth organisations from the totalitarian regimes of the last century? All the children gathered there and were taught an ideology of…

15 Feb

2022

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Strengthening Europe in the fight against cancer(debate)

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Member of the Commission. - Madam President, I also thank the rapporteur for the work he has done on this subject for more than a year. This is a good text. Cancer has really become a scourge of modern society. Every European has relatives or acquaintances who have been affected by some type of cancer. However, if universal experiences bring us closer together, then this report should have the abi…

20 Jan

2022

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

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Mr President, I am glad that we have finally admitted that we are not making decisions together with young people, but instead of them. Too often, young people are offered several months of unpaid internship with the promise of a permanent job. Eventually, however, they were fired. I understand if it was a matter of competence, but I think they're just using them. Perhaps incompetent are those who…

20 Jan

2022

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Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the European Union (continuation of debate)

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Madam President, first of all, I would like to point out that I hate the word "reproductive". It may be medically correct, but there is something extremely derogatory about it. It completely depersonalizes the act of creating a unique life. We don't make copies, we make originals, colleagues. I think it is very telling that such a vocabulary is increasingly being used, especially in our Parliament…

14 Dec

2021

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European Year of Youth 2022 (debate)

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Member of the Commission. - Mr President, I like this Commission initiative. Too often we decide, instead of the young, what problems they have and how they should be solved. And it's really time to ask them. And not only to inquire, but also to hear them. I don't agree with the limited budget. I do not know how activities will be provided in all Member States in one year for 10 million. Not every…

18 Oct

2021

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The situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU (debate)

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Mr President, I have repeatedly said that the pandemic hit the cultural sector the hardest. Cinemas, theaters, concert halls and all others closed first and opened last. Hundreds of thousands of artists and workers in the sector were left without work and help came only in part. I was therefore very pleased that we started this own-initiative report. However, so far, I don't think there's enough t…

6 Oct

2021

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The state of play on the submitted RRF recovery plans awaiting approval (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, Members, you have printed €2 trillion to rebuild Europe's economy. I think you did this as a form of blackmail. You're trying to impose the economic model of the Green Deal on us, and it's actually so insane that it has caused an enormous surge in electricity prices. But let us not forget that the Commission demands that we close the mines and the thermal power plant…