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Jul

2026

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Defending European democracy and the integrity of the European Parliament in light of revelations that an MEP was subject to surveillance by illegal spyware (debate)

Madam President, our democracy is under threat. Illegal surveillance software is directed against the elected representatives of citizens. The revelations about the surveillance of an MEP with illegal software may surprise Europe; Unfortunately, in Greece, public opinion through the journalistic establishment has been reconciled with this image. We are constantly seeing a mechanism for burying cas…

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2026

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Mr President, in Achlada, Florina, another success story of the European green transition is unfolding, which is invisible in the public debate. Residents live next to an active lignite mine with landslides, cracks in their homes and without their relocation having been completed, with absolute indifference from a contractor who enriches himself with European money. And here is the absurdity: Lign…

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Jun

2026

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2025 Commission report on Türkiye (debate)

Madam President, as every year, so this year, the Turks celebrated the Fall. Their national narrative: They always have cultures. Then they had Mongolian horses, now they have German, Spanish and other foxes. The Turks are arming Europhilargy and naivety. We hear about the European far right and we really laugh. The history of the CHP, the Turkish comrades of the Socialists and the Greens, is bloo…

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2026

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May

2026

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Commemoration of the genocide of Armenians and Greeks in Pontos and Asia Minor (debate)

Mr President, Turkey declares that something happened 100 years ago, so today it must be forgotten. Unfortunately, we have met willing fellow parrots of such paid positions. Ladies and gentlemen, we are not talking about 3.5 million ankles. We are talking about 3.5 million people slaughtered by Turkish Islamism, of whom 353 000 Pontic Greeks, simply because they were Christians. We don't forget it…

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May

2026

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Turkey is preparing an invasion against us. Now is Europe's time. Neutrality is complicity and it seems that complicity is bought. Soon we will have revelations about Turkey-gate. Anyone who talks about military cooperation with Turkey must be on the sidelines, dangerous and finger-pointed. The entry of Turkish agents should be prohibited. We know and you know, …

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2026

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EU strategy in response to the ongoing Middle East crisis, its implications on energy prices and the availability of fertilizers (joint debate)

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Mar

2026

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Rail transport safety in the EU – lessons learnt from the Adamuz accident and three years after the Tempi tragedy (debate)

Madam President, the criminal case of the Tempi crime has been artificially fragmented in many cases, exhausting the relatives of the victims and removing the investigation from the objective truth. All these files were opened after the crime. All but one. Contract 717 has been under investigation since 2018. If this project had been completed, the crime that killed 57 people would…

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Mar

2026

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Situation of the rule of law in Greece, following the Court decision on Predator spyware (debate)

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Feb

2026

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Urgent actions to revive EU competitiveness, deepen the EU Single Market and reduce the cost of living - from the Draghi report to reality (debate)

Madam President, the paradoxes themselves. For years we have been hearing about artificial intelligence that will drive most occupations into unemployment. On the other hand, labor import agreements are being made. So we're importing tomorrow's bonuses? Competitiveness requires economic and social predictability. When, apart from legitimate businesses, there is smuggling of all kinds, what kind of…

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Feb

2026

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Situation in Northeast Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a sustainable ceasefire (debate)

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Jan

2026

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Restoring control of migration: returns, visa policy and third-country cooperation (topical debate)

Mr President, the European Union is the only one that in one way or another has open borders. That's because he made the mistake of considering the real Europeans replaceable. He didn't see the people, he saw the numbers. Our societies have literally bled. And the time has come to tell every European government that we are not numbers, we are not replaceable. Europe belongs to its nations. Russia,…

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Dec

2025

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Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime (debate)

Madam President, we are talking about an unjust state, not a European rule of law. It is unfair and extremely anti-European, in the primary sense of the term, to target states that believe in Christian values and defend their culture. Hungary is the number one target as it resists illegal invasion. The European Commission is targeting nation states that want to remain nation states. On the contrar…

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Dec

2025

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Presentation of the European Affordable Housing Plan (continuation of debate)

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Nov

2025

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Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (debate)

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Nov

2025

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2026 budgetary procedure: joint text (debate)

Mr President, new reductions for agriculture and cohesion. Two pillars supporting farmers and the region. We are seeing huge cuts in agriculture. Basic income support for farmers is reduced by EUR 83.7 million, while the crisis reserve of the Guarantee Fund is cut by EUR 35 million. We see policies that gnaw at the income of our producers. In cohesion, even if there is no nominal reduction, the re…

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Oct

2025

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 23 October 2025 (debate)

Madam President, Mr Nikos Aslanidis was travelling with a delegation of journalists to Istanbul. The Turkish authorities stopped him at the border as an undesirable person and dangerous for the country, without any further justification. This action constitutes a blatant violation of press freedom, confirming Ankara's illiberal conception. Turkey, even today, persecutes anyone who speaks about the…

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Oct

2025

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Changing security landscape and the role of police at the heart of the EU’s internal security strategy (debate)

Mr President, before we require police officers to be examples of social behaviour, we must ensure their dignity. The phenomenon of police officers with afternoon jobs to supplement the wages offends common sense and the sense of justice, it strikes at the very core of the rule of law. We are talking about the people who are facing the wave of illegal immigration in the state where smuggling and t…

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Oct

2025

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Common agricultural policy (joint debate)

Mr President, our livestock farming is not about Kolonaki and Kifissia. Livestock are our villages. It's our homeland. In Macedonia and Thrace thousands of people are afraid. They tremble at the principles of the uninformed and heartless cardigans. They're afraid of losing what they've been fighting for a lifetime, their lives. Sheep and goat pox is becoming a social wound. The sheepfolds are empt…

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Sep

2025

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After 10 years, time to end mass migration now - protect our women and children (topical debate)

Mr President, the dominant political system is indifferent to illegal immigration. The wealthy NGOs do not want such discussions at all; and, of course, the enriched NGOs do not leave those who reproduce their narrative in this way. The truth is, they've actually succeeded. European societies have become unrecognisable within 30 years. Brussels, Athens, Amsterdam, Berlin; When you walk, you forget…

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Jul

2025

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2023 and 2024 reports on Albania (debate)

Madam President, the report on Albania shows that Europe is indifferent to the truth. There is no mention of the huge property problem. Greek minorities find themselves losing their property rights and watching their homes and churches collapse. Always face a wall in front of them. The report congratulates Albania on progress in the judiciary. Funny phrase for the Greek minority. It's an exhibitio…

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Jun

2025

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Two years since the devastating Tempi rail accident (debate)

Mr President, I have very little time and importance, so I have no time to respond to what has been said. Today, the relatives of the victims of the Tempi crime are waiting for answers. Answers not given by the corrupt Greek system of cover-up. A system that, instead of seeking justice, threatens those who seek it. First of all, Commissioner, with regard to the actual allegations of cover-up, tell…

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May

2025

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2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye (debate)

Mr President, there is no room for moderation in the debate on Turkey. On the one hand, it is all of us who see a state with a criminal record instead of history, comparable only to Nazi Germany, a state that leads Islamist terrorist organizations, a state that spreads culture everywhere. All of us who see a system that soils everything it touches with mafia, corruption and smuggling of all kinds.…

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Apr

2025

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 20 March 2025 (debate)

Madam President, paragraphs 8 and 9 of the Council conclusions are ridiculous. The whole Middle East laughs at European naivety and hypocrisy. Accepting a five-year transitional jihadist regime is completely ridiculous. We all say it's all about education. Apart from the fact that the cat is a juvenile in the tiles, the al-Julani regime implements and teaches terrorist jihadism in Syria. Children …

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2025

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White paper on the future of European defence (debate)

Mr. President, I'll give up my country. It is the Greek oath that comes from far away. We don't have eternal friendships. The integrity of our country is an age-old faith. We all have an interest in the electricity interconnection between Greece and Cyprus. The work has to be done. That is why there must be ships for all of us, a deterrent to Turkish invaders who want to strike at a European proje…