What Vlad spoke about.

13 Sep

2023

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Reviewing the protection status of wolves and other large carnivores in the EU (topical debate)

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Madam President, leave the forests, leave the animals, only the people matter, but what do you see, the people don't matter exactly to those who scream the loudest about these things. People do not matter to local authorities who do not take European funds to ensure the safety of citizens' homes. People do not matter to the authorities who do not see how whole forests are stolen and how mountains …

11 Jul

2023

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Accession to the Schengen area (short presentation)

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Mr President, it was discrimination and I am not saying it this time, the European Parliament is saying it too. The veto against Romania, without any reason, is discrimination and now we have this in a resolution of the European Parliament. And those who discriminate have to pay, because Romania suffers at least EUR 11 billion every year because of this discrimination. From now on, we're talking a…

14 Jun

2023

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Extension of the mandate of the EPPO with regard to the criminal offence of violation of Union restrictive measures (debate)

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Madam President, I see that Putin still has comrades, and here in Brussels, we know some of them in Budapest, sometimes also here in the European Parliament. After we've given the sanctions to the mole, after it's taken us a long time to decide about them, now we want to let them get away with it? Of course we have to make sure that the European Public Prosecutor's Office deals with this, so that …

10 May

2023

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Update of the anti-corruption legislative framework (debate)

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Mr President, we need this common framework for fighting corruption in the air. This is what I have always advocated in the European Parliament. Can we still tolerate politicians who let themselves be bribed? We can no longer tolerate the parties that put them on the lists, nor the governments of these parties that work against their own citizens, because corruption affects us all, absolutely all,…

20 Apr

2023

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Information accompanying transfers of funds and certain crypto-assets (recast) (A9-0081/2022 - Ernest Urtasun, Assita Kanko)

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Mr President, I voted today for transparency as I always do, because transparency is something no one should be afraid of, except criminals. Because cryptocurrencies are very good, as long as we can check who's behind them. And today we have oligarchs, we have sanctions against them, we have a lot of common criminals or even corrupt people hiding behind cryptocurrencies and this cannot continue. B…

18 Apr

2023

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Guidelines for the 2024 budget - Section III (debate)

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Mr President, the budget of the European Union is the money of European citizens, and we must not forget that. Our job is to allocate money according to the needs of people, not governments or various parties. The citizens of Europe no longer want to be robbed and tricked, they no longer want to pay the costs of crises, climate change and even Putin's war. We have asked to increase this budget for…

30 Mar

2023

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2022 Rule of Law Report - The rule of law situation in the European Union (B9-0189/2023, B9-0190/2023, B9-0191/2023)

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Madam President, I voted for the report on the rule of law in the European Union, but know that the rule of law is at risk in the European Union, and I will also tell you why: because in our countries, in national parliaments, in national governments, there are criminals who try to get rid of their own files simply by voting. And as long as we have this thing, we can't defend ourselves against the…

16 Mar

2023

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European Citizens’ Initiative "Save bees and farmers! Towards a bee-friendly agriculture for a healthy environment" (debate)

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Mr President, over a million Europeans are telling us to put small farmers first, so we have a duty to listen to the voice of citizens. They tell us to prioritize healthy food, eliminate harmful pesticides, restore biodiversity, make sure we put clean products on the table that don't make our children sick. Romania is the second country in the Union in terms of number of hives. 9 000 tonnes of hon…

15 Mar

2023

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Combating organised crime in the EU (debate)

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Madam President, European citizens are being stolen every day by organised criminal groups, the corrupt, fraudsters, networks of traffickers, wood thieves, polluters, poachers. What is the European Union doing? They generally debate. The idea of the European Public Prosecutor's Office appeared in 2007. It only became operational in 2021. The damage in the files investigated in 18 months exceeds 14…

14 Mar

2023

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The challenges facing the Republic of Moldova (debate)

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Mr. President, Moldovans are Europeans and what is happening now on the streets of Chisinau is invented in Putin's laboratories, but financed with money stolen from Moldovan banks. With the billion stolen by the oligarchs, they now pay the so-called protesters directly. It's stuff that's proven, it's stuff that's recorded. No one doubts this anymore, so I say it now, as I said before: Cut off thei…

14 Mar

2023

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Situation in Georgia (debate)

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Mr President, the people of Georgia are fighting for European values and their weapons are the European flags. Their fight is non-violent, but they are very certain about their future. On the other hand, the Commissioner for Neighbourhood is silent: he doesn’t fight for the Georgian people’s right to be European. I would like to know what does he intend to do to show support for the Georgians who …

14 Feb

2023

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Establishment of an independent EU Ethics Body (debate)

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Mr. President, corruption kills. And that's not a catchphrase, it's reality. Corruption costs us a lot: EUR 1 trillion annually in the Union, yes, EUR 1 trillion, you heard it right. Corruption makes us weaker and more vulnerable to the attacks of our enemies. Corruption leads to tragedy. What happened in Turkey and Syria is not just a natural disaster, but the result of corruption in construction…

13 Dec

2022

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The recent JHA Council decision on Schengen accession (debate)

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You are PSD deputy, Mrs. Avram, you are in the governing coalition. Together with your colleagues here in PNL, you have the responsibility for this failure. How do you see the role of Minister Aurescu? Or, more importantly, the role of Minister Bode? Do you think they should still be ministers? Do you think that their role helps us, Romanians, at this moment or more confuses us?…

13 Dec

2022

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The recent JHA Council decision on Schengen accession (debate)

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Mr President, "United Europe" - that is just a catchphrase if we continue to allow Romania and Bulgaria to be held totally unjustifiably in the queues of Europe. Having Romania and Bulgaria outside Schengen, in the middle of an economic, energy crisis, with a war at the borders is not only discriminatory, but absolutely stupid. So stupid that you wonder who's using this? Clearly not Europe. It is …

23 Nov

2022

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Amending Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 - Amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 as regards the establishment of a diversified funding strategy as a general borrowing method - 'Macro-Financial Assistance+' instrument for providing support to Ukraine for 2023 (debate)

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Mr President, when we help Ukraine, we are actually helping ourselves. Perhaps from the Netherlands or Austria the war seems something far away. Perhaps some politicians do not see things as they are, that in fact the war is on our border, on the border of United Europe, and there is no European citizen who does not feel at his pocket the consequences of Putin's energy blackmail or who has never f…

10 Nov

2022

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Full application of the provisions of the Schengen acquis in Croatia (A9-0264/2022 - Paulo Rangel)

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Madam President, I voted today for Croatia to enter the Schengen area, because Croatians, Romanians, Bulgarians have the right and must enter Schengen. And I don't know if you realize it, but we have this discussion about borders, about walls, 33 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. And we must remember that for 50 years, half of Europe was divided, half of Europe was filled with borders and b…

20 Oct

2022

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The Rule of Law in Malta, five years after the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia (B9-0470/2022, B9-0471/2022)

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Mr President, a free country is not really free unless it has a free press. Unfortunately, we in Romania know very well what this means. Since communist times and even now, the press is too often controlled. There is no way a press can be free if it is controlled by politicians. And, unfortunately, again, in Romania, a large part of the press is also controlled by politicians, even by former Secur…

18 Oct

2022

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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 - all sections (debate)

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Madam President, in 2023 and every year, the Union budget must meet the needs of European, Romanian, Bulgarian, German or Dutch citizens. The money must go to the people who pay the energy bills, record inflation, drought, the aftermath of the pandemic and Putin's war. Transport, tourism, the labour market are all settled by citizens, especially if national governments and the European Union treat…

15 Sep

2022

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Economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU: the 8th Cohesion Report (A9-0210/2022 - Constanze Krehl)

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Madam President, (the start of the intervention was not done on the microphone) ... I worked on it in the Committee on Budgets and I thank my colleagues for supporting my amendments. Millions of Ukrainians left their homes and arrived in the European Union and in no country, the State was not the first in customs, it was not the first in train stations, but volunteers and NGOs mobilized from the f…

14 Sep

2022

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Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded (debate)

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Mr President, united Europe cannot continue just for the sake of money, but by ignoring common values. The war on our borders is not a pretext for leaders or governments to violate European principles. We cannot tolerate endlessly for some members to behave like the enemies of the Union, with whom they kiss in pictures and in statements too often. We cannot accept that Russian propaganda and Putin…

7 Jul

2022

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Protection of the EU’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2020 (A9-0175/2022 - Katalin Cseh)

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Mr President, I voted for the protection of the European Union's financial interests and the fight against fraud. It is our duty to ensure that the money of European citizens is not wasted and does not end up in the accounts of corrupt and organised criminal groups, because European values and principles are always worth protecting. The rule of law is the foundation of the Union and those who do n…

7 Jul

2022

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Developing an EU Cycling Strategy (debate)

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Mr President, we started this session with a moment of silence for the victims of terrorism and climate change. Europe faces extreme weather phenomena ranging from deadly heat, drought, wildfires, tornadoes and destructive floods. Beyond material damage, they all mean loss of life. Pollution also kills more than 400 000 Europeans every year. A cycling strategy is not an easy summer topic. It is an…

6 Jul

2022

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Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2021 - Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2020 (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, Mr President, I welcome the work of the European Investment Bank in the last two years of crisis and I thank the President of the European Bank for that. I appreciate your openness to collaboration. We need results, not only in reports and offices, but in local communities, where citizens directly feel the improvement of their lives and gain confidence in the Europea…

23 Jun

2022

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

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Madam President, I voted in favour of protecting the environment today, I voted against illegal logging, against wood thieves and organised criminal groups that are destroying our lives. We are experiencing extreme weather events all over Europe. It's just the beginning. Our children don't have a future if we don't act now. Illegal logging triggers chain reactions. It's scientifically proven, and …

23 Jun

2022

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Candidate status of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia (RC-B9-0331/2022, B9-0331/2022, B9-0332/2022, B9-0333/2022, B9-0334/2022, B9-0335/2022, B9-0336/2022)

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Madam President, I voted for the European future of Moldova, Ukraine and Georgia. Now, and so, we write history. We show the world that we keep our word, that we are leaders who know and do the right thing. For us, European values are not just on paper. We defend those who defend them. Romanians know what it means to be invaded by tanks that forget to leave. Romania knows what it means to have pie…