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Feb

2026

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Building a stronger European defence in light of an increasingly volatile international environment (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, ladies and gentlemen, I am really glad that the issue of migration, the improvement of return policy and cooperation with third countries in this area are being addressed here in plenary. I understand that the migration pact also focuses on some of these areas, but I must stress that the migration quotas are clearly aggravating the situation and I consider it necessary for the Europe…

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Jan

2026

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Framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interest (debate)

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Nov

2025

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Protecting citizens' right to make cash payments and ensuring financial inclusion (debate)

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Nov

2025

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Protection of minors online (debate)

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Nov

2025

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Effective use of the EU trade and industrial policy to tackle China’s export restrictions (debate)

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Nov

2025

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Framework for achieving climate neutrality (A10-0223/2025 - Ondřej Knotek)

Madam President, I am very sorry that I was late, and let me explain, ladies and gentlemen, why I could not vote today in favour of the binding 2040 climate target and why I think the whole vote is wrong. We are talking about competitiveness, we are talking about competitiveness, which we all know Europe is losing every year. It loses not only because it makes commitments that go against physics i…

12

Nov

2025

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Condemning the illegal unilateral declaration of the secessionist entity created by Türkiye in Cyprus and the continued Turkish military occupation (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, for 50 years the territory of a Member State of the European Union, Cyprus, has been occupied by a NATO member, Turkey. Hundreds of thousands of people lost their homes due to the Turkish occupation and entire cities had to be abandoned. And despite the European Union's condemnation, the situation in Cyprus is not improving and the end of the occupation and reun…

22

Oct

2025

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UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30) (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would like us to fundamentally reconsider our approach and for the European Parliament delegation to go to Brazil, saying that it will prevent further deepening of poverty and the decline of Europe at the expense of other continents. What is the result of 30 years of international climate action, 10 years of a global treaty and trillions of eu…

22

Oct

2025

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The need for a united support to Ukraine and for a just and durable peace concluded on Ukraine's terms, with Europeans and without surrendering to Vladimir Putin's conditions ahead of the foreseen Budapest summit (debate)

Mr President, I must say that, unlike my colleagues, I am very happy that the planned summit between the Presidents of the United States and Russia is to take place in Budapest, on the territory of a Member State of the European Union. Throughout the brutal war in Ukraine, this is the first really big signal coming from a Member State of the European Union that we also want to stop the bloodshed a…

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Oct

2025

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Madam President, the last steps of the two Commissions led by Ursula von der Leyen have led to an increase in the prices of energy, fuel, heating, food, in short, everything one can remember. The quality of life of ordinary citizens is stagnating and in some cases even deteriorating. President von der Leyen and her Commission have put the European Union and its citizens right in front of the gap a…

10

Sep

2025

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Need for a strong European Democracy Shield to enhance democracy, protect the EU from foreign interference and hybrid threats, and protect electoral processes in the EU (debate)

Colleague, I have two questions. One is whether you will support our FARA law if you know that someone else is funding it. Will you support him here in the European Parliament, so that it is finally clear who is funding whom? And secondly, when you say who's funded by whom: How many criminal complaints have you filed and how many times have you reported that someone is actually being funded? Becau…

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Sep

2025

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Need for a strong European Democracy Shield to enhance democracy, protect the EU from foreign interference and hybrid threats, and protect electoral processes in the EU (debate)

Madam President, if we are to talk about the protection of democratic electoral processes within the European Union, let us finally talk about the transposition of the directive on transparency of interest representation from abroad, that is to say, on the registration of foreign agents. Transparency is the best weapon against foreign interference, not censorship and misinformation, which the Euro…

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Jul

2025

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EU-US trade negotiations (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, according to the reports so far, it seems that a trade agreement with the United States is not on the horizon, even though the US President has just praised how well Ursula von der Leyen and the people of the Commission have treated him. It is no surprise to me that the Commission is treating the President of the United States very well. For me, the main thing is for th…

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Jul

2025

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Madam President, since 2021, electricity and gas prices have risen unbelievably, along with food prices. Around 93 million Europeans are at risk of poverty or social exclusion. What will the EU do? How do we want to solve this problem? We will come with ETS 2 to make life even more expensive for our citizens. Let the people who often live from paycheck to paycheck pay even more for fuel and heatin…

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Jun

2025

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Stopping the genocide in Gaza: time for EU sanctions (topical debate)

Madam President, colleagues, are you satisfied with yourself? For over a year and eight months, you have had the opportunity to stop the genocide that Israel is committing in Gaza, as the Israeli army is dependent on weapons and funds from the European Union. But you didn't do it. You've been overlooking how Israel shoots people, goes to pick up help, murders journalists and paramedics, and burns …

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May

2025

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Russian energy phase-out, Nord Stream and the EU's energy sovereignty (debate)

Mr President, I must say that the European Parliament has been more like Kocourkov for some time now. Nord Stream provided cheap gas supplies, and instead of discussing reviewing the insidious attack on both Nord Stream 1 and 2 and discussing restoring gas supplies to lower prices for our citizens and industry, we are discussing other barriers to supply from Russia, to deepen the electricity price…

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May

2025

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Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism (debate)

Mr President, the CBAM is a key tool to ensure a level playing field for European producers facing unfair competition from third countries. The proposed simplification of CBAM rules is generally a step in the right direction, but the main problem of CBAM from the outset is its interaction with WTO rules. In order for CBAM to be truly effective and to protect European industry from unfair external …

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May

2025

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High levels of retail food prices and their consequences for European consumers (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, food prices are rising to heaven. And who does that fall on? To the most vulnerable! As we speak, thousands of families in Europe are asking what they will put on the table tomorrow. And what do we hear from commissioners and ministers? Assurance that everything is fine, that prices are stabilizing. It's just a mockery! It is unacceptable, for example, that f…

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May

2025

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An urgent assessment of the applicability of the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (PDCA) with Cuba (debate)

Madam President, the agreement on political dialogue and cooperation with Cuba is one of the European Union's successful steps over the last 10 years. It has enabled the EU to become Cuba’s main trading and investment partner, made trade between Cuba and the EU more stable and predictable, improved the Union’s reputation in Cuba and opened the way for dialogue on common global goals, such as the S…

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Apr

2025

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European Action Plan on Rare Diseases (debate)

Mr President, patients with rare diseases and their families often face a dire situation – years of uncertainty about diagnosis, the unavailability of effective treatment or its astronomical cost. This is unacceptable in 21st century Europe. We cannot leave this area solely in the hands of the market and pharmaceutical giants, for whom these patients are often simply commercially uninteresting or,…

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Apr

2025

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Energy-intensive industries (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, today we are dealing with an energy-intensive industry, but if we do not immediately lower energy prices, there will soon be no industry to deal with. A few minutes ago, the debate about the crisis in the steel industry ended. There is no doubt that our companies, our steelworks, glassworks, ceramic factories and others face liquidation costs and unbelievable bureauc…

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Mar

2025

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Action Plan for Affordable Energy (debate)

My friend, apart from the defense, I would agree with you. I'd sign everything you said, but you're a member of the ruling party, and I'm asking you: When will the Czech government, under the leadership of your Prime Minister Fiala, come to the European Council and propose that the taxonomy be abolished or changed and that the system of emission allowances be abolished or changed in order to actua…

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Mar

2025

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Action Plan for Affordable Energy (debate)

Mr President, they say you can't teach an old dog new tricks. I think the Commission, led by President von der Leyen, is this old dog. Indeed, the action plan on affordable energy prices is a repetition of what we have heard since the start of the energy price crisis, even though we see that the Commission's plans to make them cheaper have not yet worked. Yet support for renewables is the only thi…

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Mar

2025

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Presentation of the proposal on Critical Medicines Act (CMA) (debate)

Madam President, based on what we have heard here today, I am concerned about the huge bureaucratic burden that will make the proposal simply unworkable. Speed must go hand in hand with efficiency. And we should also think about what we have approved here recently, because it has an impact on whether these companies will or will not go here, or whether any pharmaceutical industry will be able to s…