What Sebastian spoke about.

7 Jul

2026

FI Speech

Presentation of the Action Plan on Cybersecurity and AI (debate)

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Mr President, I would like to bring up some statistics on artificial intelligence. In Finland, the share of companies using artificial intelligence has risen to almost 38 per cent. This is almost twice the EU average. But what is wrong with the development of artificial intelligence in Europe? The numbers provide an answer. At EU level, the percentage of large companies using AI reaches up to 55%.…

7 Jul

2026

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EU-Mexico (joint debate)

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Madam President, I support free trade with democratic partners. Strengthening our relationship with Mexico makes strategic sense, especially when it comes to critical raw materials and reducing our dependence on China. But this Parliament's report on the EU‑Mexico agreement is such a disgrace to read. While Mexico struggles with cartel violence, corruption, organised crime and border security, thi…

7 Jul

2026

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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Irish Presidency (debate)

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Mr President, the European bubble is living in a completely different reality from that in which ordinary Europeans live. Ireland is the new EU Presidency and this Presidency's agenda is a perfect example of this illusion of reality. When Europeans ask decision-makers for simple things like security, affordable energy and housing, and secure external borders, what do they get? Value declarations, …

17 Jun

2026

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Political prisoners in Nicaragua – the cases of Carlos Brenes, Salvadora del Socorro Martínez Aburto and Brooklyn Rivera

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Madam President, when we think of authoritarian regimes, very rarely is Nicaragua the subject of conversation. Yet it is no less brutal than other dictatorships. In Nicaragua, political opponents disappear into prisons for disagreeing with the government. Carlos Brenes was detained in 2018 for civic protest participation. He was tortured. Brenes, together with Salvadora Martínez, were detained aga…

17 Jun

2026

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The resilience of the European transport sector and the need to ensure the supply of essential goods amid ongoing geopolitical instability (debate)

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Mr President, the European rubber-wheeled transport sector is like the blood circulation of our economy. If the veins are blocked, the whole body suffers. Do you know how those veins have been blocked in Finland? Let me tell you. Due to EU-level emission criteria, AdBLue urea solution needs to be added to the diesel fleet. On paper, emissions go down, but then there's a big problem: This works in …

17 Jun

2026

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Electrification Action Plan (debate)

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Mr President, the EU is developing yet another plan for electrification. Why is it? This is to achieve the EU's climate goals. But now internalize: European homes, hospitals and factories cannot rely on weather forecasts other than kite pilots. Even the green prayers will not save us if we are wind-dependent and come in a calm period. European everyday life and industry must act like a train toile…

17 Jun

2026

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Preparation of the European Council (joint debate)

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16 Jun

2026

EN Speech

2025 Commission report on Türkiye (debate)

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Mr President, how can we seriously discuss EU membership with Turkey, which ranks 159th out of 180 nations in the World Press Freedom Index, and is a country where political opponents and journalists face imprisonment? As my colleague Geadis Geadi always here reminds us: Turkey is a country that has, for more than 50 years, continued its illegal occupation of his home country Cyprus – an EU Member…

16 Jun

2026

FI Speech

Question Time (Commission) - State of play on the European Commission’s pledge to reduce the reporting burden, in particular for SMEs

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Thank you for your reply. But that's the main question you didn't answer. So I ask you, do you believe that with this current line of simplification, this dreadful figure of 71% will fall to an acceptable level? If your answer is that you do not believe that these measures will bring this down, does the Commission intend to accelerate its pace and introduce new omnibuses?…

16 Jun

2026

FI Speech

Question Time (Commission) - State of play on the European Commission’s pledge to reduce the reporting burden, in particular for SMEs

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The EU has created a problem in Europe that cannot be solved by polishing corners. The European Commission is talking about regulatory simplification, but this continent would need regulatory clearance. Let's listen to what companies say. European small and medium-sized enterprises of all sizes identified regulatory barriers or administrative burdens as the main challenge. For European start-ups, …

16 Jun

2026

EN Speech

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

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Mr President, Russia is testing us. It is testing our borders, our patience and, above all, our political will to react. Every drone crossing into European airspace is designed to answer one question: how will Europe react? Will it hesitate like it has with supplying arms to Ukraine? The countries of Europe's eastern frontier understand that there is no room for hesitation when it comes to confron…

16 Jun

2026

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The role of the EU in efforts for peace and stability throughout the Middle East after the announced deal between the US and Iran (debate)

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Madam President, how naive can we really be? The Iranian regime won't become a democracy through hope. It will not even stop repressing its own people through hope and the truth is that even a peace deal won't change these facts. I'll tell you how to achieve a stable Middle East in plain language. It starts by eliminating the source whose entire existence is based on fuelling instability: the IRGC…

16 Jun

2026

FI Speech

Achieving digital sovereignty and resilience for Europe, in light of recent developments affecting access to advanced AI technologies (debate)

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15 Jun

2026

FI Speech

Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI) (debate)

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15 Jun

2026

EN Speech

EU-US trade deal (joint debate)

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Madam President, Antifa, Greenpeace, pro‑Palestine networks. Although the left would wish otherwise, none of these is the EU's most important partner. What is then? It is the United States of America, unlike the left would wish. I have a message to the leftists in this Chamber: you are free to hate Trump. I see also you hate the politicians in Europe who do not want our countries to be invaded by …

15 Jun

2026

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Time for European economic independence (debate)

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19 May

2026

EN Speech

Question Time with the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - EU’s strategy to address the current crises in the Middle East

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The oppression of the Iranian people is undeniable. Their desperate plea for help in the face of overwhelming brutality from the Islamic regime is also undeniable. An entire people have been cut off from the internet for months, silencing the voices. In this internet blackout, they are intimidated, imprisoned and executed. This is an actual open‑air prison. The EU's reaction has been disgraceful. …

19 May

2026

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Presentation of the Fertilisers Action Plan (debate)

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Mr President, without fertilizers there is no food. This highlights the importance of fertilizers to the world. When looking at the euro, fertilisers are the single biggest cost of agriculture. This, in turn, crystallises the importance of the price of fertilisers for food producers. If we do not secure the availability and affordability of fertilizers, we will not control our dining table. Despit…

19 May

2026

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EU cybersecurity and preparedness in view of advanced AI systems (debate)

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Madam President, artificial intelligence has changed our lives forever, in both good and bad. Unfortunately, Europe has fallen behind its competitors, but this should not come as a surprise. Our unhinged obsession with regulation has brought us to this point. Now, we are afraid of what others are creating. We are in a situation where American companies are able to produce models with supreme hacki…

18 May

2026

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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Mr President, Pedro Sánchez has become the face of the collapse of Europe's cultural and security backbone. Debt, uncontrolled migration, crime, violence and irresponsibility in security policy. And yet there are people on the left who call him Europe's moral leader. Excuse me? Pedro Sánchez does not represent anything that is good for Europe. First, you misuse EU recovery funds to patch up pensio…

18 May

2026

FI Speech

Research Fund for Coal and Steel: research programme and multiannual technical and financial guidelines (short presentation)

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Mr President, much of the foundation for our prosperity lies in the European coal and steel industry. For 50 years, the activities of the European Coal and Steel Community were financed by contributions from the coal and steel sector. When the Community officially came to an end, it was decided to mobilise its tremendous cash to set up the Research Fund for Coal and Steel. Funds have been channell…

18 May

2026

FI Speech

European solidarity: key to securing medicine access in a shifting geopolitical era (debate)

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Mr President, let us return to the corona and its lessons. What happened when medicines and supplies were needed in Europe? The nation-states took the lead in their own hands, because that is how the nation-states act. They protect their own citizens. For example, Germany imposed an export ban on protective equipment. EU solidarity melted like ice cream on a hot summer day. In the name of this sam…

18 May

2026

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The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward (debate)

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Mr President, when will this madness end? You are talking fine proverbs about security of supply, but again you are driving down European food production. The aim is now the fishermen of the Baltic Sea. The Mercosur agreement, which opens Europe's doors to Brazilian meat imports, has barely dried up the ink, while we are going at the expense of European food production. Temporary closure areas are…

18 May

2026

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The impact of the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basins (debate)

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Mr President, Europe has lived in a green wind power utopia. For climate ideologues, wind power has offered only pluses, no minuses at all. They have forgotten their greatness when landscape disadvantages, when the volatility of production, when taxpayers' money embedded in wind power subsidies. I know that you can see the negatives in energy production, if you want to. When it comes to peat produ…

18 May

2026

FI Speech

Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market (debate)

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Mr President, China is threatening the European steel industry. The Chinese Communist Party is not restricted by the Green Deal of the European Communists, not by any means. Instead, China is rolling its head in red from low-priced steel to the global market. China produced more than 1,000 million tons of crude steel based on previous year's statistics. This is more than all the other countries in…