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Oct

2024

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Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine (A10-0006/2024 - Karin Karlsbro)

Mr President, supporting Ukraine is also a security solution for Europe as a whole. Although the debate we are having gives hope to Ukraine, hope alone is not enough to win the war. It requires funds, ammunition and equipment. Today, we have made a positive contribution to getting them, and that is good. I voted in favour of this new mechanism of support for Ukraine, but because of the name, it is…

22

Oct

2024

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Situation in Tunisia (debate)

Mr President, over the years, Tunisia has benefited from a number of EU programmes and initiatives. These include, for example, Erasmus+, Horizon Europe and Creative Europe. We are talking about huge sums. Between 2014 and 2022, the EU devoted around EUR 1.4 billion to overall bilateral cooperation with Tunisia. The question is, can this investment be assessed as being worth it? Another question t…

22

Oct

2024

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State sponsored terrorism by the Islamic Republic of Iran in light of the recent attacks in Europe (debate)

Mr President, Iran's state-sponsored terrorism is not limited to the Middle East. Now it has spread even within the borders of Europe. Thus, the efforts of the countries of the Middle East to exert influence have already shifted from financing Islamisation in Europe to direct action. Iran has long been a terrorist state from Israel's point of view. The EU must now adopt a stricter stance towards a…

22

Oct

2024

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People’s Republic of China’s misinterpretation of the UN resolution 2758 and its continuous military provocations around Taiwan (debate)

Mr President, while China is threatening its neighbours in the South China Sea, Europe seems to be completely unable to break away from China. Are we really so baffled eastwards that we are pursuing a permissive trade policy that makes us dependent on China when Uyghurs are oppressed, Taiwan is surrounded and Filipino fishing vessels are attacked? The Chinese Communist Party has been oppressing it…

22

Oct

2024

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Urgent need for a ceasefire in Lebanon and for safeguarding the UNIFIL mission in light of the recent attacks (debate)

Mr President, I would like you to pay attention to the gentleman who is sitting in 457, the left-wing MEP who was here to speak on the toilet just now. He's wearing a shirt with a QR code, and when he's filmed, the QR code reveals a site that's a Palestinian political site. I would like to ask you, Mr President, whether it is permissible in this Chamber to wear such political shirts, political exp…

22

Oct

2024

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Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, German Chancellor Scholz's pursuit-of-peace policy, and Hungary's blocking of different forms of support, are dangerous for Europe. This now-discussed new cooperation mechanism is a highly crucial piece of support for Ukraine in its fight against totalitarianism. I specifically want to address my colleagues on the Left who weren't on board with the effort to support Ukraine in Septem…

21

Oct

2024

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One-minute speeches (Rule 179)

Mr President, European airlines are doing the right thing when they are no longer flying in Russian airspace, but China is unscrupulously doing otherwise. By flying over Russia, Chinese planes use a shorter route compared to European airlines. This is not a fair competition. I therefore propose that Europe should now take action against its two biggest geopolitical opponents. What if, for example,…

21

Oct

2024

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A stronger Europe for safer products to better protect consumers and tackle unfair competition: boosting EU oversight in e-commerce and imports (debate)

Mr President, what is the greatest way to guarantee that a product is safe and responsibly made? These are the three key words: made in Europe. With Chinese e-commerce sites like Temu and Shein forcing their way into Europe by flooding our market with theor products, a 'made in Europe' tag has become harder to find. While we regulate ourselves more than ever, products that are being made far more …

21

Oct

2024

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Empowering the Single Market to deliver a sustainable future and prosperity for all EU citizens (debate)

Madam President, Mr Letta's report offers us the right diagnosis of the state of the single market. However, as with so many other EU proposals, the cure might be worse than the disease. Mr Letta states that the single market was never finished and now it needs profound reforms. These reforms would include public investments, investments for green projects on an EU level, the creation of a Europea…

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Oct

2024

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Signature of acts adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 81)

Madam President, I raise your attention to Rule 144 of the Rules of Procedure and more specifically to its paragraph 3. The rule stipulates that, as a general rule, the questions shall be answered by the addressee within six weeks of being forward to it, and that those designated as priority questions shall be answered by the addressee within three weeks of being forwarded to it. Although I am new…

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Sep

2024

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The Hungarian “National Card” scheme and its consequences for Schengen and the area of freedom, security and justice (debate)

Madam President, whether acknowledged by them or not, the national card scheme presented by the Hungarian Government poses a severe security threat to Europe. In late June, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Austrian capital, Vienna, had become a hub for Russian espionage in Europe. Mr Orbán should not be so naive to assume that his friendly relations with President Putin will not result in…

17

Sep

2024

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War in the Gaza Strip and the situation in the Middle-East (debate)

Israel is a multicultural society and within it a different population is able to live well with each other, but I can also say in Finnish what I just said here in English. 40% of Palestinian Muslims agree that suicide bombing is a way to defend Islam. We have seen this development, that all the time from the Gaza Strip and also from the West Bank, including the surrounding states, these attacks a…

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Sep

2024

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War in the Gaza Strip and the situation in the Middle-East (debate)

Madam President, for almost a year now, scores of hostages have remained in dark tunnels in the hands of Hamas. Although shocking, the horrific terrorist attack on Israel did not come as a surprise. In 2013, the world famous Pew Research Centre polled Muslims all around the world. One result in particular was quite shocking: 40 % of the Palestinian Muslims said that a suicide bombing in defence of…

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Sep

2024

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Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States (debate)

Madam President, since the last time we discussed supporting Ukraine here in July, no major EU developments for ensuring Ukraine’s victory have taken place. It is quite bizarre that however later today we will be debating a plan that seeks to spend hundreds of billions of euros every year for things like decarbonisation. Actually, this is great news. It shows that if the European countries so choo…

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Sep

2024

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Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States (debate)

My fellow Members, the fact that the West has armed Ukraine in the fight against Russia, the fact that Ukrainians have died, it is not the fault of the West, it is Russia's fault that Ukrainians have died. You are suggesting that peace should be agreed now that Russia has invaded Ukraine. This is absurd talk! What if Russia attacked this war, for example, after winning Finland? Would it be your op…

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Sep

2024

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Need to prevent security threats like the Solingen attack through addressing illegal migration and effective return (debate)

Mr President, last month in Solingen, Germany, a supporter of ISIS stabbed three to death and wounded eight. The suspect arrived in Germany as an asylum seeker in 2022. The application was rejected and he had to be returned to Bulgaria, where he had already lodged an application, but the authorities could not find him. Everyone now sees what a foolish continent Europe has become. Macron, Merkel an…

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Sep

2024

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Need to prevent security threats like the Solingen attack through addressing illegal migration and effective return (debate)

You often use this example to say that it is unfortunate what has just happened, for example, with regard to immigration. This should not be talked about, this can stigmatize and so on. But when will you start worrying about what will happen to European citizens, how people will be killed and killed? Charlie Hebdo attacks, in the theater people are murdered, priests are slit throats. Three people …

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Jul

2024

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The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, during the recently concluded term, we approved a support instrument for Ukraine amounting to EUR 50 billion. But what does it say about us Europeans that the size of the EU recovery instrument was EUR 800 billion, with half intended for green and digital transition projects? Are our priorities in order? Should this House instead ensure that we transition safely back to the situat…