What Ladislav spoke about.

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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))

Dear Chairman, dear colleagues, we really need renewable energy sources because they are better for both humans and the environment. But we will not achieve this with a dogmatic approach, coercion and prohibitions. So who and how will take care of all internal combustion cars if we ban them. Where do we get the raw materials for new battery cars? What about wasted and faulty batteries? I am lookin…

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May

2022

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2021 Report on Albania (debate)

Dear Chairman, Honourable Ladies and Gentlemen, Albania is committed to meeting the official requirements and has my full support in doing so. However, I would like to note one thing that is extremely important for all candidate countries, which is the phenomenon that in addition to the existing requirements that they must meet, some European lobbies present their philosophical goals as official r…

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May

2022

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Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law Report (debate)

Dear Chairman, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, most of the communist elite structure remained in their positions - they are still professors in journalism studies or judges in supreme and constitutional courts. Before 1990, communist politics had harshly placed them in these positions, and today they are protected by the autonomy of universities, the autonomy of the judiciary and the autonomy o…

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May

2022

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Impact of Russian illegal war of aggression against Ukraine on the EU transport and tourism sectors (debate)

Dear Chairman, Honourable Ladies and Gentlemen, with concrete help for Ukraine to defend itself against the aggressor, we need to adopt clear measures to protect the European economy from the adverse effects of the war. In energy and some other branches, we have already started, but tourism as a branch suffers directly since tourist activities are not essential for life, so in the crisis, the tour…

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May

2022

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Election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (debate)

–The Honourable Chair, it is true that Mr Verhofstadt said that this proposal would not abolish the national lists. However, he did not say the fact that this would weaken the national lists. To date, 100% of MEPs have been elected from national lists, and now this percentage will decrease as a certain percentage of MEPs will be elected from transnational lists. So simply saying that the national …

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Apr

2022

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Ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) TEU regarding Poland and Hungary (debate)

So, you spoke about honesty and I would like to ask you how you comment on your German Government and the fact that Nord Stream 1 is still open – concerning your relation to Russia. And from your Group, at the beginning of this year, it was mentioned that Poland and Russia are very connected – like the Polish Government and Putin are very connected. Do you still, today, think they are so connected…

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Apr

2022

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Ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) TEU regarding Poland and Hungary (debate)

There are indeed political forces in the European Union that do not respect the freedom of others to be different, forcing the media to be uniform, leaning towards totalitarianism and wanting to impose their political profile on everyone. Do you think I described Poland and Hungary? No, I've described the Commission and some of you, dear colleagues! The Commission does not respect the freedom of s…

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Apr

2022

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Trans-European energy infrastructure (debate)

Dear Chairman, Honourable Ladies and Gentlemen, I support this report, but the European Union can do much more. 40% of Europe's energy is spent on housing, and it is today when new houses are built that people install gas boilers simply because they are cheaper, for example, than heat pumps. Once they install gas boilers, they will not discard this investment in five years' time, but will consume …

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Mar

2022

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Foreign interference in all democratic processes in the EU (debate)

I condemn all foreign interference by third States, but also interference by one Member State in the democratic processes of another Member State. But as often happens in this home, the positive cover of a report is overshadowed by some side agenda that is bad and makes the report unacceptable. So this report wants to put religious communities under control and control, and all non-LGBT reflection…

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Mar

2022

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Dear Chairman, mass rallies were held in Serbia in support of Putin and Russia's imperialist ambitions. Of these events in Serbia, we must not turn our heads. Serbia is not a nuclear power, but by justifying Russian aggression, it can promote aggressive policies that it itself implemented thirty years ago. It could thus cause instability in the already vulnerable space of its environment. Serbia i…

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Mar

2022

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Shrinking space for civil society in Europe (debate)

Dear Chairman, Honourable Ladies and Gentlemen, this report is contradictory. It calls, on the one hand, for the space for civil society to be expanded and, on the other hand, for the same space to be narrowed, defining the value framework within which civil society should develop. This framework imposed by this report, and in particular the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs, is very clear…

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Mar

2022

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Implementation of the 2021-2027 cohesion policy (debate)

Dear Chairman, Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, according to the recent census, Croatia has lost 400,000 or 10% of its population in the past 10 years. Most of them moved to Germany, Ireland and other Western countries. They are mostly professional and highly educated people. So, when we look at how the overall European policy, including cohesion policy, affects Croatia, the situation is clear that Croa…

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Feb

2022

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Strengthening the system for protecting PDO and PGI denominations in the EU after the Prosecco/Prosek case (G-001003/2021 - B9-0004/2022)

Dear Chairman, Honourable Ladies and Gentlemen, it is good that the European Union protects original products and thus prevents some new products from benefiting from an old, original, genuine indigenous product. Usually these new products try to be as similar as possible to the original product in order to mislead people as easily as possible, as Mrs. Bizzotto said. Now let's look at the argument…

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Feb

2022

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One youth, one Europe (topical debate)

Dear Chairman, nomen est omen. In the name of this point, you have stated your main objective: One youth, one Europe, I would add - one society, one European superstate. I have heard a lot of good suggestions today, but it bothers me that you are using young people to promote this unitarism, this European superstate in which there is no longer unity in diversity, in which everyone should accept on…

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Feb

2022

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Strengthening Europe in the fight against cancer(debate)

–The Honourable Chair, the Honourable Colleagues, when your child or close family member gets cancer, you would do anything to cure it. That is why it is very good that the European Parliament stands in solidarity with so many such destinies and that we fight cancer together. This is especially important for my country because, unfortunately, Croatia is at the forefront in terms of the number of c…

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Jan

2022

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

Ladies and gentlemen, the European Parliament should, as a matter of urgency, adopt a decision on the accession of the European Union to the North Pacific Fisheries Management Convention, which is a very important international fisheries organisation. However, for this report there was no place on the agenda of this plenum, and for the promotion of abortion, there is always room, on every plenum, …

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Dec

2021

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Cooperation on the fight against organised crime in the Western Balkans (continuation of debate)

Dear Chairman, Honourable Ladies and Gentlemen, organised crime is flourishing in chaos, and state institutions in the so-called Western Balkans have not strengthened enough to prevent it. Crime grew during the chaos of the war, and continues to grow today, when irregular migration is a fuel for organised crime. human trafficking, organ trafficking, terrorist activities, strengthening the chain of…

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Dec

2021

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Combating gender-based violence: cyberviolence (debate)

On 6 October, the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg, two months ago, issued an opinion on the Istanbul Convention, according to which the European Union should respect the principle of subsidiarity and the right of the Member States to decide on the matter themselves. This report, contrary to the decision of the Court of Justice, prompts the Council to take that decision, thus disregarding t…

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Nov

2021

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Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other regulations (debate)

The Honourable Chair, Honourable colleagues, when I listen to colleagues from the Greens, it seems as if the Member States and agricultural organizations are naughty guys who make a mess, who do not know what is good for agriculture, who do not know what is good for sustainability in agriculture and who, as I say, cut the branch on which they sit. And you Green colleagues from the European Parliam…

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Nov

2021

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Dear Chairman, Dear colleagues, as colleague Weimers said, we are almost daily shocked by news of the murders and persecutions of people because of their faith, even from countries that have quite strong economic and political relations with the European Union. Faith significantly and crucially shapes the identity of many people, and the right to freely profess religion is one of the basic postula…

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Nov

2021

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A pharmaceutical strategy for Europe (debate)

Dear Chairman, Dear colleagues, the treatment of the sick is the most humane thing we can do and that is why it is good to support the development of pharmacy. But the pharmaceutical industry is also one of the most profitable businesses in the world. What is our main goal - is it health or is it money? If it is health, then we will acknowledge the fact that the vaccinated are also transmitting th…

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Nov

2021

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

–The Honourable Chair, the Honourable colleagues, said a year ago that vaccinated people cannot transmit the COVID virus and cannot have more severe forms of disease, but today it is evident that they can. All statistics from European media agencies confirm this. I don't want to tell anyone here whether to get vaccinated or not. I just want us to look at all the facts related to the benefits of va…

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Nov

2021

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The European Education Area: a shared holistic approach (debate)

Dear Chairman, Dear colleagues, I certainly support any dissemination of knowledge, student mobility and recognition of diplomas. But I also want to say that education, in addition to this informative character, means not only the transfer of knowledge, but also its formative character that shapes young people and their values and their identity. We have often witnessed attempts by some political …

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Oct

2021

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The outcome of the Western Balkans summit (debate)

–The Honourable Chair, the Honourable Colleagues, the countries of the so-called Western Balkans were expecting concrete dates and were only given a pat on their shoulders. We must not allow the European perspective of the so-called Western Balkans to become a cheap floskula that is only repeated at summits. We have to be concrete. On the other hand, we must not introduce Serbia into the European …

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Oct

2021

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European Union Agency for Asylum (continuation of debate)

The European Union Agency for Asylum can provide logistical assistance to Member States in managing migration and coordinating with each other, but this is not the only and key issue. It is much more important to make long-term quality political decisions about who and under what conditions can come to live in the European Union. And these decisions need to be widely communicated so that those mig…