What Sebastian spoke about.

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2024

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Prison conditions in the EU (debate)

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Nov

2024

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Full accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen Area: the urgent need to lift controls at internal land borders (debate)

26

Nov

2024

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2025 budgetary procedure: Joint text (debate)

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, thank you. I really believe that we should respect the rules of this House. And I really believe that we should not challenge the authority of the spokesperson. Yes, I am on your side with this matter, but it shouldn't be that you are shouting to the spokesperson of this House back and forth. I think she makes the rules, we follow them and that's it. Not like a ping-pong.…

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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, shame on us! The justification for the EU is said to be 'we are big on big issues and small on small issues'. But in the biggest thing – the threat that is facing the entire European security – how small have we become? A whining mosquito. The Ukrainians are sacrificing themselves for Europe. They are fighting, while we sleep. Ukrainian babies are being bombed in hospitals, while …

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Nov

2024

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr President, the Government of Finland has temporarily decided to cease all development aid to Somalia. It is a consequence for refusing to take back their citizens who are designated to be returned. To my country, I say: 'way to go, Finland!' This decision should serve as a model for the migration policies for the entire EU. And why? Because we are pumping billions of euros all over the world th…

25

Nov

2024

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Condemning the illegal unilateral declaration of independence of the secessionist entity in Cyprus and all efforts to legitimise it and reaffirming the need for European solidarity - 41 years after (debate)

Mr President, 50 years ago, the invasion of a hostile state, Turkey, led to the occupation of the northern part of Cyprus, which is still ongoing. Does this sound familiar? This is what we are trying to do in Europe at the moment, when the Russian aggression is trying to move the borders of states as it pleases. How long an area has been illegally occupied is not decisive. However, it will not bec…

25

Nov

2024

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Outcome of the UN Biodiversity Conference 2024 in Cali, Colombia (COP16) (debate)

Mr President, every country has a responsibility and a duty to protect nature. We want to give our children a better world than we have inherited. But it is much more than just biodiversity. We may have had a greener planet hundreds of years ago, but well-being is far from what it is today. It also needs to be cherished. We see that Europe is lagging behind the rest of the economy. It will not com…

25

Nov

2024

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The outcome of the G20 Leaders' Summit (debate)

Mr President, the world's powers once again gathered around a round table at their G20 meeting. The meeting focused on the following motto: a fair world and a sustainable planet. This was a dirty show. This meeting was attended by countries that represented anything but what they were discussing. Has Russia attended the meeting concerned about justice, having carried out more than 1,500 attacks on…

25

Nov

2024

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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (debate)

Mr President, when we talk about violence against women, it is extremely important to identify where in the world (words are not included). Although more needs to be done in Europe to eradicate violence, it is still the case that a single woman wins the lottery in Europe. There is no recognised practice in Europe of maiming girls, punishing women for disobedience or non-compliance, or using rape a…

14

Nov

2024

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EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia (RC-B10-0161/2024)

Mr President, oil trade is a key source of revenue for Russia to finance its invasion of Ukraine. In order to circumvent the sanctions, Russia has created a large shadow fleet, a network of hundreds of tankers, with which it seeks to hide the origin of oil on the international market. In addition, the vessels are uninsured unnavigable ratchets, which pose serious environmental risks. We need more …

14

Nov

2024

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UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29) (B10-0156/2024)

Mr President, those of us who opposed this resolution did not do so because we did not care about the environment and the climate. We are simply opposed to the ideology in the name of which Europe, whose emissions account for only 7% of global emissions, will have to sacrifice the future of several hundred million people because of that 7%. Our steel mills are closing, car manufacturers are puttin…

14

Nov

2024

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Enhancing Europe’s civilian and defence preparedness and readiness (debate)

Mr President, Mr Niinistö, thank you for your work for Finland and thank you for your work for Europe. This report is a gift to us, a fiery alarm clock made by That sort of thing. If we allow Ukraine to disappear, then the current and future Member States can start to happen next. If tanks crossed your land border today or critical infrastructure collapsed, would you manage? Is there cash when you…

13

Nov

2024

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr President, today marks exactly nine years since the terrible terrorist attacks in Paris, in which hundreds of people were murdered and wounded in cold blood by ISIS terrorists. After the Paris attacks, it took only a few months for the Brussels metro and airport to be hit in the same shocking way. Just over a year ago, an illegal ISIS supporter shot dead two Swedish football fans in the middle …

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Nov

2024

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Fight against money laundering and terrorist financing: listing Russia as a high-risk third country in the EU (debate)

Mr President, let us be frank: Russia is a terrorist state. With its barbaric war of aggression, Russia is trying to subjugate the Ukrainian people to their will. Attacks on the civilian population, destruction of infrastructure, summary executions of civilians and prisoners of war and other serious human rights violations are appalling examples of Russia’s continued war crimes. Two years ago, the…

13

Nov

2024

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Deplorable escalation of violence around the football match in the Netherlands and the unacceptable attacks against Israeli football fans (debate)

Mr President, last week Israeli football fans were brutally hunted in Amsterdam and many were hospitalised. Eighty years ago, things were the same in Europe before the darkest hour. Just three weeks ago, in plenary, I urged the Left to look for the culprits for the explosion of anti-Semitism in its own Palestinian demonstrations. Now speeches and several acts of violence have been taken to the nex…

13

Nov

2024

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Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraud (debate)

Mr President, while the Georgian people overwhelmingly support the country's European path, the ruling party has taken them further from this goal. It has introduced Russian-style laws, labelling NGOs as foreign agents and so-called gay propaganda. The oligarch behind the ruling party has even threatened to ban opposition parties. There have been widespread reports of voter intimidation, vote buyi…

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Nov

2024

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UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29) (debate)

Mr President, last year China was responsible for 95% of the construction of all new coal-fired power plants in the world. While we are pouring our productive industries into the radical climate agenda, the actions of other countries will completely nullify any and all of the goals we can achieve in terms of reducing emissions. We cannot expect the industries we are driving out of Europe to disapp…

13

Nov

2024

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EU-US relations in light of the outcome of the US presidential elections (debate)

Madam President, President Trump was once again elected, and he wants to make America great again. Because of our lousy politicians, Europe has managed to put itself in a situation where our supply of energy was at the mercy of Russia, our supply of goods is at the mercy of China, our population growth is at the mercy of Africa, and our defence is at the mercy of the USA. So, should we choose the …

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Oct

2024

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Abuse of new technologies to manipulate and radicalise young people through hate speech and antidemocratic discourse (debate)

Mr President, hate speech, radicalisation and anti-democracy. This moment is reserved for the whole House to discuss these issues. In fact, this is a very topical issue, so it is good to discuss it. In fact, we have recently witnessed events that meet all of these criteria: hate, radicalisation and anti-democracy. Numerous Palestinian demonstrations, all the way to top universities, have sparked a…

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Oct

2024

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Abuse of new technologies to manipulate and radicalise young people through hate speech and antidemocratic discourse (debate)

Mr President, I fully agree with the speaker that Nazi propaganda needs to be addressed. It's wrong, and you were worried about how it would increase anti-Semitism. I am surprised, however, that you do not mention the side that is currently the main cause of antisemitism, both on TikTok and in other channels. These videos, shouting "From the river to the sea," or Hamas sympathy, are spreading righ…

23

Oct

2024

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The important role of cities and regions in the EU – for a green, social and prosperous local development (debate)

Mr President, the EU does not only live in cities; sparsely populated areas are an important part of the success of the Member States. Especially at the EU's eastern external border, this is also a security issue. The decisions we make on climate policy, for example, have a direct impact on the conditions for living in Eastern Finland, for example. This needs to be understood. The fact that we are…

23

Oct

2024

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Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report 2023 (debate)

Mr President, at the latest, everyone knows that. The EU is not only foolishly spending its money, it is also grossly misusing it. According to the report you presented, EUR 10.7 billion of last year's EU spending was clearly against the EU's own rules. This should be scandalous news, but here it is not. The money is being misused and it will continue and how many times we were assured that the mo…

23

Oct

2024

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Tackling the steel crisis: boosting competitive and sustainable European steel and maintaining quality jobs (debate)

Mr President, in Finland, a single steel mill produces about 7% of our total emissions. It is a fact that should not be abhorred by any climate fanatic. Every European should be proud that we still have steel mills in Europe. China currently produces more than half of the world's steel. Anyone who wants to run down the steel mills in Europe will bow to China. If we do not produce steel in Europe, …

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Oct

2024

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Managing migration in an effective and holistic way through fostering returns (debate)

Mr President, I am delighted to see how Europe, Europe's direction in terms of immigration policy, is changing. Poland rejects instrumentalised immigration following Finland's example. Germany reintroduced internal border controls, and now 17 EU countries are calling for tightening of the EU's return policy. However, these 17 EU countries did not take action unnecessarily, but precisely because th…