What Gheorghe-Vlad spoke about.

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RO Written Statement

The accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen area (debate)

The Schengen issue represents, for Romania and Bulgaria, not only a desideratum, part of the continuous integration into the EU, but also a statutory obligation that the other Member States have the duty to implement. For 11 years, Romania has met all the technical criteria for accession, but, together with Bulgaria, it is captive to the obsession, I would say, of some European states (fortunately…

12

Sep

2023

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2022 Report on Türkiye (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, colleagues, very concisely, this year's report seems to me, like last year's, a balanced one, but this year's report takes a step forward, an important step forward. This important step is related to the fact that it suggests, in paragraph 36, the identification of new realistic formulas for strengthening relations between the European Union and th…

13

Dec

2022

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The recent JHA Council decision on Schengen accession (debate)

Mr President, my intervention will be as short as possible and I will not fall into the derisory of doing internal politics, as some colleagues in Parliament have already tried here. The problem is a very simple one. Sure, it's an attack that fills a Romanian like me with indignation and annoyance. It is the same with our Bulgarian colleagues. It happens, therefore, with over 30 million citizens o…

22

Nov

2022

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EU response to the increasing crackdown on protests in Iran (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, colleagues, I will not now repeat once again the atrocities that the Tehran regime is committing every day in Iran today. It is the continuation in an aberrant and sick form of realities that we have already known for a long time. But I will ask this honorable assembly why in this case we do not think of a concrete solution here, as we do in other cases? These days w…

19

Oct

2022

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Political situation in Tunisia (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, there is a medieval allegation which, I believe, is falsely attributed to Dante Alighieri, who says that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. I think that's how we have to think about President Sayed's actions, decisions and movements in recent years. Think about it, Tunisia is where it all started, where the Arab Spring started. But …

6

Jun

2022

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2021 Report on Turkey (debate)

Madam President, I will speak in my native tongue. It’s easier for me when the subject is a very important one. Doamna președintă, trăim într-o lume extrem de bizară. Trăim într-o lume cu provocări enorme. Trăim într-o lume în care Europa se confruntă, după atâtea zeci de ani, cu un adevărat război. Iar guvernul de la Ankara știe să joace o carte politică și diplomatică, bazând-se în mod esențial …

6

Jul

2021

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The repression of the opposition in Turkey, specifically HDP (debate)

Mr President, Mr High Representative, ladies and gentlemen, about a month ago, we were discussing in this House the situation in Turkey in the context of the report on the Association Agreement covering the years 2019-2020, and then many of the things that the Government of Ankara is being criticised for today were set out in detail in that report. The conclusion of the Parliament, wise I believe,…