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2022

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2023 budgetary procedure: joint text (debate)

President Othmar Karas, Commissioner Johannes Hahn, Czech Minister for European Affairs, first of all, I would like to congratulate my colleagues, and first of all Nicolae Ştefănuță, for his enormous work and for the ambitious agreement reached on the 2023 budget. I would also like to commend Niclas Herbst for his work on the other sections. This has been said several times, 2023 will again be an …

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Oct

2022

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Impact of Russian invasion of Ukraine on migration flows to the EU (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, dear Ylva Johansson, Putin's war in Ukraine has major repercussions far beyond the European continent. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the number of undernourished people in the world could increase from 8 to 19 million between 2022 and 2023 as a result of the war. Global food insecurity is an important driver of migration. We a…

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Oct

2022

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

Madam President, Commissioner, Representative of the Czech Presidency of the EU, ladies and gentlemen, 2023 is yet another exceptional year for the EU budget due, in particular, to the consequences of the war in Ukraine. I say ‘again’ because 2021 and 2022 have already been done to address the health crisis. Europe, ladies and gentlemen, has risen to the occasion. But to live up to it, you have to…

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Oct

2022

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

Madam President, Mr Vice-President – dear Margaritis Schinas –, Mr Minister – dear Mr Bek – Romania and Bulgaria are part of the European family. It is time, it is high time to fully involve them in our area of free movement and to offer all their citizens the same rights. It is not just a symbol, it is another key step, after Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU 15 years ago in 2007. However, Commi…

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Sep

2022

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Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in 2020 and 2021 (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, for the second time, dear Didier Reynders, this report sets out our commitment to protecting the values of the European Union and also, Commissioner, all the progress we still have to make in order to ensure that the Union is an area where the rule of law applies, where the rights of women, minorities and LGBT people are protected and where the freedoms of citizens appl…

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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)

– As you know, the subject of this debate is the situation in Hungary. You are referring to events that took place in France. These are the subject of a number of appeals to the French courts, because France is a rule of law. The debate deserves to be held and decisions will have to be taken, but in complete independence. This independence that the Hungarian judiciary would need so much and this p…

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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)

Mr President, Commissioner, dear Didier Reynders, great faithful of this Chamber in Strasbourg, ladies and gentlemen, if Hungary were a candidate today to join the European Union, well, that would not be possible, it would no longer fulfil the accession criteria. This is the sad observation in the report by my colleague Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield. It demonstrates, in a very precise and well-docume…

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Jul

2022

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Loss of life, violence and inhumane treatment against people seeking international protection at the Spanish-Moroccan border (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, dear Ylva Johansson, migration crises too often have devastating human consequences. Recent events in Melilla’s enclave sound like a bis repetita, an endless repetition, each time unacceptable. Let us collectively take stock of migration realities, rather than erecting ever-higher barriers. With the war in Ukraine and the rise in the price of agricultural raw materia…

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May

2022

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Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law Report (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, dear Didier Reynders, for too long some Member States have not respected European values, without consequence. In the face of these repeated breaches of the rule of law, Europe is trying to mobilise. Your report, Commissioner, is of course an important founding document. The report we are discussing today proposes to go further to implement a number of corrective mea…

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Apr

2022

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Guidelines for the 2023 budget – Section III (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, dear Johannes Hahn, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to congratulate my colleague, Nicolae Ştefǎnuţǎ, on his excellent work as rapporteur on the 2023 budget guidelines. He recalled the key priorities for our European Parliament, and his priorities reflect the demands of European citizens. First, the recovery of the economy to address the consequences of the pandemi…

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2022

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The deterioration of the situation of refugees as a consequence of the Russian aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, Minister, dear Brigitte Klinkert, Commissioner, dear Ylva Johansson, on this day of 8 March, I would like to address the Ukrainian women and girls who are showing remarkable bravery, whether they are refugees or in support of their people in European countries. My thoughts are of course also with the Ukrainian people as a whole. The number of refugees arriving in the European Unio…

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Feb

2022

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Harmonised EU approach to travel measures (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, dear Didier Reynders, almost two years after the pandemic and the disorderly closure of the internal borders of the Schengen area, Europe has learned and grown. Firstly, because the European COVID Certificate is an undeniable success, a symbol of a concrete and useful Europe. It is our main tool to ensure free movement in the EU. I want to testify to this here in Strasb…

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Dec

2021

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The proposed Council decision on provisional emergency measures for the external border with Belarus based on article 78(3) TFEU (continuation of debate)

Madam President, Mr Vice-President, dear Margaritis Schinas, by orchestrating the instrumentalisation of migrants to put pressure on the EU’s borders, Belarusian leader Lukashenko has acted as a bandit, towards the European Union and its Member States, but above all towards the men, women and children who are victims of this unacceptable trafficking. I welcome the Commission’s strong mobilisation …

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Nov

2021

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Legal migration policy and law (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner Margarítis Schinás, ladies and gentlemen, in its new Pact on Asylum and Migration, the Commission has failed to include a section on working opportunities in the European Union for third-country nationals, despite the requests of my Renew Europe Group. I am therefore very pleased with the proposals made by my colleague Abir Al-Sahlani in cooperation with all shadow ra…

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Nov

2021

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The escalating humanitarian crisis on the EU-Belarusian border, in particular in Poland (debate)

Mr President, High Representative, dear Josep Borrell, the situation on the Polish-Belarusian border is appalling. Children, women and men are being used as weapons to destabilise our common European space. Faced with this new hybrid threat, the pillars of the European project – the integrity of our common borders and our humanist and peace values – are shaking. The manager – as several colleagues…

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Oct

2021

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The Rule of law crisis in Poland and the primacy of EU law (debate)

Mr President, Madam President, Prime Minister, I do not recognise Poland, which joined the European Union in 2004 and which I had the honour of welcoming as mayor of Strasbourg. This Poland which aspired to freedom and democracy, and which you beautifully recalled, Madam President Ursula von der Leyen. Prime Minister, your country voluntarily and democratically joined the EU and ratified the Treat…

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Oct

2021

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Artificial intelligence in criminal law and its use by the police and judicial authorities in criminal matters (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the police and judicial fields are not immune to technological developments and among them, artificial intelligence is a new and powerful technology. The use of this tool has proven to be a real asset in certain criminal investigations, in the fight against terrorism or in border control. Thus, in the terrifying case of the Paris attacks of 13 Nove…

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Jul

2021

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Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund 2021-2027 - Integrated Border Management Fund: Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy 2021-2027 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, dear Ylva Johansson, rapporteur, dear Tanja Fajon, I would like to welcome the agreement on the Asylum, Immigration and Integration Fund and the Integrated Border Management Fund for the period 2021-2027. Both financial instruments are an expression of de facto solidarity between Member States on asylum and migration issues. For the next seven years, €16 billion will…

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Jul

2021

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The 70th anniversary of the Geneva Convention (debate)

Madam President, Minister, Commissioner, dear Ylva Johansson, I welcome this debate on the 70th anniversary of the Geneva Convention, because history is full of lessons. At a time when we are working on the difficult reform of European asylum and migration policy, we remember that this international treaty on the status of refugees was born in Europe, for Europeans. The ancestor of the United Nati…