What Pekka spoke about.

7

Jul

2026

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2025 Commission report on Ukraine (debate)

Very interesting views. I wonder what you mean by saying that there's no budgetary discussion about the cost of the war? Because Hungary has clearly stated that it wants to support Ukraine in any possible way. We in Finland, in Denmark, in many other countries, have put several per cent of our GDP towards supporting Ukraine's existential fight for Europe's security. And you claim that that's a pro…

7

Jul

2026

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2025 Commission report on Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, Madam Commissioner, dear colleagues, this motion for EU Parliament resolution is a very good paper. It lists carefully most of the Russia's heinous crimes against Ukraine and Ukrainians. It also delivers a very comprehensive list of actions that EU and EU Member States should take to support Ukraine and punish Russia. In the end, the ESN Group gives its minority position to the Commi…

16

Jun

2026

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Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and Finland (debate)

Mr President, Honourable High Representative, dear colleagues, drones penetrating EU countries' airspace or territorial waters are a problem. They cause warnings to take shelter and avoid movements, causing fear and anxiety among the population, actions that are still necessary since drones hitting residential areas are dangerous, as we saw happening in Romania not long ago. The same goes for how …

19

May

2026

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Europe's response to reduced US military deployments in Europe, particularly at its Eastern flank in the light of the latest US decisions (debate)

Madam President, Madam High Representative, dear colleagues, the US decision to stop the rotation of US army brigade to Poland became a surprise. Typically for the Trump administration, it seemed to be a surprise even to the US army and the Congress. However, we have been warned about the reduction of the US forces in Europe ever since President Obama's time. So we had ample time to prepare, but f…

29

Apr

2026

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Danger of normalising relations with Russia, including its participation in major cultural and sports events (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, the Russian war in Ukraine is going badly. And Russia's economy is crumbling, but Russia can still afford to wage information campaigns and corrupt our politicians, business leaders and unfortunately, also sports leaders. Russians are infiltrating themselves back to the European sports arenas with the help of corruption. It is not about sports. It is…

28

Apr

2026

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Ensuring accountability and justice in response to Russia’s continued attacks against the civilian population in Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, ensuring accountability and justice after over four years of Russia's relentless attacks against civilians in Ukraine is extremely important. It is important so that we can put a price on Russia's crimes, so that we can make Russia pay for the damage it has caused, and that we can punish the criminals who have committed these crimes. This is importan…

10

Mar

2026

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Tackling barriers to the single market for defence - Flagship European defence projects of common interest

Madam President, colleagues, the report on the European flagship defence project is a good analysis of the many ways to improve our defence industry and defence capabilities. Among other things, the report stresses that Ukraine is a key part of Europe's defence architecture, and that we should develop our defence and industrial cooperation with Ukraine – and that is very true. During the four year…

22

Jan

2026

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Drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, drones are not a silver bullet that will win wars or solve our defence issues, but they are here to stay, creating both threats and possibilities to our security and defence. Therefore, we need to be much better in developing them, producing them, using them and also countering them. But as this report tells us, we have one big problem in this and it is…

20

Jan

2026

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CFSP and CSDP (Article 36 TEU) (joint debate)

It's simple. Ukraine is a democratic country which was attacked by Russia. Palestinians in Gaza are led by terrorists who attacked Israel.

20

Jan

2026

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CFSP and CSDP (Article 36 TEU) (joint debate)

Mr President, High Representative, dear colleagues, the third annual report recognises Russia and China as our main threats and adversaries, but it also gives us a warning about the United States. The report lists a number of defensive activities for the EU. But the most important message is on page nine. When discussing the Russian hybrid warfare against the EU, the report calls on the Commission…

26

Nov

2025

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EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, the now infamous 28-point peace plan started a series of negotiations that are still ongoing. Everybody knows – or at least they should know here – that this is not a serious attempt to reach peace from the Russian side. This is just Putin's attempt to delay and in the meantime kill more Ukrainians. Unfortunately it works. Nobody talks about planned …

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, dear colleagues, the most important lesson from history for us is that you don't stop dictators by appeasing them. Well, we all know that Putin has no interest in making peace in Ukraine, since nobody dares to tell him the truth in Russia, he still believes – wrongly – that he can win the war. Therefore, he has playtime with President Trump. We saw it in Alaska. We see it clearly now…

21

Oct

2025

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Stepping up funding for Ukraine’s reconstruction and defence: the use of Russian frozen assets (debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, as already mentioned here, every day that the war continues, innocent Ukrainian soldiers and civilians die. Therefore, we have to act fast. However, there are some who want the United States to support the use of frozen Russian assets in the G7. Well, what we have learned about President Trump is that the only predictable thing about him is that he is unpredictabl…

21

Oct

2025

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Standing Forest and Forestry Expert Group (A10-0175/2025 - Emma Wiesner, Pekka Toveri) (vote)

Mr President, in accordance with Rule 60(4), I request that the file be referred back to the committees responsible for interinstitutional negotiations.

21

Oct

2025

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Standing Forest and Forestry Expert Group (A10-0175/2025 - Emma Wiesner, Pekka Toveri) (vote)

Mr President, dear colleagues, the report we are voting on today updates the decision establishing the Standing Forestry Committee. For decades, this forum has ensured that the Member States' knowledge and experience are taken into account in EU policy making. Throughout these negotiations, our goal has been to update what is necessary while focusing on the most important point: we need cooperatio…

8

Oct

2025

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United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure (debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, even after these recent violations by Russia, some people say that we are not at war with Russia. This is true. However, Russia is at war with us. This is not me saying this; it's Putin himself saying so. Russia has waged a hybrid war against us, and it has prepared for conventional attack against us for over 15 years, constantly increasing its efforts to destabil…

9

Sep

2025

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Ukraine (joint debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, I totally agree with Commissioner Kallas in her very wise words. Europe is not safe before Ukraine is safe, and to safeguard Ukraine's safety and freedom, it is crucial that Ukraine can join the EU. Even though Ukraine is fighting existential war to survive, it has been able to take big steps towards its future EU membership. It is extremely important that this po…

18

Jun

2025

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Upcoming NATO summit on 24-26 June 2025 (debate)

Madam President, High Representative, dear colleagues, we all know that the threat of Russia is acute and that time to prepare our defence is short. We also know that we are too weak and need to be stronger. Some people claim that investing more in our defence will ruin our welfare. That is a clear lie. NATO countries used, before the end of the Cold War, for decades around 4 % of their GDP on def…

11

Mar

2025

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White paper on the future of European defence (debate)

Thank you for the good question. I think we are living in very dangerous times, and this won't end in one year or two years, or not even in President Trump's term, it will continue for decades. So Europe has to grow up and be strong – both economically and militarily – so that we can take care of our own independently, hopefully with good cooperation with the United States some time after Trump's …

11

Mar

2025

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White paper on the future of European defence (debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, some people in this plenary question the need for defence investments. Either they say that we should try diplomacy or that Russia is not a threat – both are wrong. Russia has broken the Minsk agreements and other agreements hundreds of times and it is well recorded. We can't trust Russia. Diplomacy won't work. Those who say that Russia is not a threat normally co…

11

Feb

2025

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Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggression (debate)

Mr President, dear colleagues, the war in Ukraine is now in a crucial phase. Ukraine is under great pressure, but Russia is not about to win this war. However, Putin seems to think so. Therefore, we need to act decisively to prove him wrong. The Russian army is exhausted and its economy is weakening. Now it's time to support Ukraine by funding its defence industry, which is capable to produce mate…

22

Jan

2025

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Uniting Europe against actors hostile to the EU: time to strengthen our security and defence (topical debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, we are living in dangerous times where dictatorships like Russia challenge our democracy, not only with military means but also with hybrid warfare. Because of that, we need to understand that we need both security and defence. Investing billions in defence is useless if the dictatorships break us from the inside by breaking our unity and democracy with informatio…

21

Jan

2025

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Need to detect and to counter sabotage by the Russian shadow fleet, damaging critical undersea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea (debate)

Mr President, Madam Commissioner, dear colleagues, as we have heard, Russia is waging hybrid war against us all, in this case, by using its shadow fleet and other maritime actors to destroy our undersea infrastructure and to threaten us with ecological catastrophe. We have now heard about many different defensive actions taken to prevent these attacks in the future. However, let's keep the eye on …

26

Nov

2024

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Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia (debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, Russia's illegal and brutal attack on Ukraine has now continued almost eight plus three years, and it has and will continue as long as we accept and allow it to happen. We have constrained our actions against Russia's economy and our support to Ukraine, because we have been afraid of the escalation of the war. And now, Russia has brought not only North Korean arti…

23

Oct

2024

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EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia (debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, Russia funds its continuing illegal attack against Ukraine by selling oil and gas. This year, it is estimated that Russia exports around 240 million metric tonnes of oil, worth about USD 240 billion, an increase of about 5 % compared to 2023. Almost half of the Russian Government's income is based on oil and gas revenue. In addition, a lot of this oil is exported …