What Sebastian spoke about.

12 Mar

2026

EN Speech

Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 (debate)

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Madam President, there is an existential threat on our borders. Behind the Mediterranean are masses of people trying to cross into Europe illegally. We can only assume that the scale of this issue will only grow larger in the future. If nothing is done, soon our cities will be overrun, and Europe capitulated without a single bullet fired. European people have called upon their leaders to act to co…

11 Mar

2026

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Case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime

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Mr President, we need to talk about Georgia, a country on the coast of the Black Sea that is suffering from government oppression and growing Russian influence. It is a country where a leading opposition figure has been arrested for her political views, for denouncing the current government that follows Moscow's line. Georgia is an independent country and should follow the will of its people. We a…

11 Mar

2026

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The arbitrary detention of President Mohamed Bazoum by the junta in Niger

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Mr President, every month, this House calls for the immediate release of imprisoned African opposition figures and condemns atrocities on the continent. Don’t get me wrong: it is good that we condemn them. But the question we should ask is: why do so many of our calls have no influence? The answer is that Europe has been losing its significance. How do we turn this around? We must become militaril…

11 Mar

2026

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Human trafficking and grave human rights violations linked to the recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular from Africa, for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine

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Mr President, Russia’s two-week 'special military operation' has turned into a four-year nightmare. It is fair to say that they have bitten off way more than they can chew: they’ve suffered over one million casualties. Replacing the endless Russian meat wave is proving difficult for the Kremlin. Being sent to the front lines is a death sentence. Not long ago, thousands of North Korean soldiers wer…

11 Mar

2026

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AccessibleEU and the strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities: state of play and the future of EU accessibility policy (debate)

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11 Mar

2026

EN Speech

Situation of the rule of law in Greece, following the Court decision on Predator spyware (debate)

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Madam President, Europe was built on the values of democracy and human rights, not on the values of China. European values include the right to privacy and the protection of personal communication. With the European Commission pushing for Chat Control in its different versions, this right has been under attack. Before, we used to send letters and engage in conversations, but the digital evolution …

11 Mar

2026

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Rise of political violence, notably by far-left organisations (debate)

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Mr President, it's hammer time: Antifa is a terrorist organisation and this House is a terrorist‑sympathising, spineless creature. You only need to ask MEP Salis, an Antifa activist from The Left. She's grateful for your votes to secure her immunity against charges of a violent hammer attack. Let's have a look at the facts. The Europol report states that EU countries faced 24 jihadist terrorist at…

11 Mar

2026

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Immunity of International Criminal Court officials and the activation of the EU Blocking Statute to strengthen EU strategic autonomy (debate)

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Mr President, the arrest warrant against the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, is beyond absurd. Even more absurd is the fact that the only country seemingly capable of acknowledging this fact is the United States. Leftists in this Parliament will again have their few seconds in the spotlight, waving their middle fingers at their two arch-enemies, the US and Israel. But the irony is th…

11 Mar

2026

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Multilateral negotiations in view of the WTO’s 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé, 26 to 29 March 2026 (debate)

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Madam President, Europe must come up with policies that improve our relationships with our trading partners. But unfortunately, the leftists keep pushing for something else: diversity policies, anti-poverty regulations, Green Deal and other socialist fantasies. The leftists hate the reality we live in. The reality is that a strong Europe is Europe with strong trade relations with the United States…

11 Mar

2026

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Package travel and linked travel arrangements: make the protection of travellers more effective and simplify and clarify certain aspects (debate)

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Madam President, Europe as we know it is dying. Try being a tourist in Paris, Rome, Berlin, even Brussels or Stockholm. Imagine someone buying a trip to Europe and in their imagination there is the beautiful, famous Old Continent. Tourists expect seeing world famous paintings, tonnes of history and stunning architecture. They will see all of that, that is for sure, but they will also see something…

11 Mar

2026

FI Speech

Savings and Investments Union: time to accelerate the process to deepen market integration (debate)

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11 Mar

2026

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Building Europe's clean, independent and secure energy following the 2026 North Sea Summit (debate)

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11 Mar

2026

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EUCO and situation in the Middle East (joint debate)

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Mr President, Iranians protesting all over the world are pro‑Israel, pro‑USA, pro‑Ukraine, anti‑Russia, anti‑China, anti‑Hamas. Where does the EU stand? Sanctions on Israel, middle finger to the USA, 'monitors' Ukraine, buys Russian gas, ships factories to China, funds Hamas through UNWRA. Europe needs some serious self-reflection. Only a few get foreign policy right, but Persians do. They risk th…

10 Mar

2026

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

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Madam President, European defence should be our most important topic by far. Having said that, we must ask ourselves: does pooling EU funds automatically create strength? No, it does not. The EU cannot fire our bullets or fly our jets, and it certainly should not try replicating NATO. We already have NATO, we do not need replicas. The EU can complement the defence efforts made by Member States, bu…

10 Mar

2026

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Cutting red tape to enable a competitive and clean transition – the urgent need to shorten and simplify permitting (debate)

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Madam President, it is absurd that a company might have to wait for permits longer than it takes to build their factories. While the US and China are moving fast, Europe is drowning itself in procedures, forms and rules. What does the European Commission do? You set new binding climate goals for the EU. You set bans on combustion engines. You absolutely love your digital regulation that is so comp…

10 Mar

2026

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Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty (debate)

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Mr President, Canada is without question one of Europe's closest partners. Strengthening our cooperation should be an obvious priority. That is precisely why it is so disappointing to read this new EU‑Canada report. Instead of focusing on defence, economic resilience or strategic cooperation, this text reads like a catalogue of left‑wing talking points: climate slogans, green ideology and yet anot…

10 Mar

2026

FI Speech

Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III (debate)

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Mr President, money for the EU rope – this time EUR 10 billion. I wish it could have been used for something sensible, but do you know what the EU will use it for next year? To pay the interest costs of the unreasonable COVID-19 recovery package. It's just interest expenses. Let's take a little comparison. With this same amount, we would receive about 290 new Leopard 2A8 battle tanks. European-man…

10 Mar

2026

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European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026 - European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 (joint debate)

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Mr President, many European countries are down to their throats in debt. In order to avoid Europe-wide debt crises, we have rules. Debt should not exceed 60% of the size of a country's economy. If you look at the debts of the large EU countries that flutter over 100%, you may legitimately ask where the credibility of this rule lies. In its special report, the European Court of Auditors describes t…

10 Mar

2026

FI Speech

Single Market: how to move from an incomplete single market to one market for one Europe (debate)

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Mr President, Ursula von der Leyen described Europe as driving the world's second largest economy with a handbrake. Ursula, you've driven your handbrake and you're still driving. Your green, over-stretched regulation has been a handbrake for Europe and an engine of growth for China. Then you wake up a little bit and want to make the economy recover. What are you doing? You are celebrating the Merc…

9 Mar

2026

FI Speech

Harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law (short presentation)

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Mr President, there are already parody nuances here. Today, this bankrupt institution wants to align the bankruptcy laws of the Member States. No sane person can comprehend this. The Commission wants to align it, and the Commission wants to align it. But who would listen to the little country in the midst of all this frenzy? The World Bank has stated that Finland has one of the most efficient bank…

9 Mar

2026

FI Speech

Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors (debate)

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Mr President, here again we are calling for the EU to tackle the gender gap in working life. Have you lost your mind? If 90 % of applicants in a field are men and 10 % are women, or vice versa, what happens if we force the figures towards a balanced distribution? The choice is no longer based on knowledge. If, for example, we start filling positions in rescue services based on gender quotas, the s…

9 Mar

2026

FI Speech

European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law-Making covering 2023 and 2024 (debate)

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Mr President, it makes me laugh when the first paragraph of the report on subsidiarity in the EU reads as follows: "The EU is obliged to legislate only where necessary and only to the extent necessary." Exactly like this. But you are driving the EU in a completely different direction. First, the stupid policies of your fellow countrymen cause problems in your countries, and then you com…

9 Mar

2026

FI Speech

Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission (debate)

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Mr President, this Chamber is completely paralyzed. It is completely paralyzed as it humbles the Commission and Queen Ursula. You do not mind signing tens of billions of euros worth of vaccine contracts by text message, let alone concealing it. You will not be hindered by the implementation by the Commission of the Mercosur agreement, which threatens agriculture, going beyond the express…

12 Feb

2026

FI Speech

Cooperation among enforcement authorities regarding unfair trading practices in the agri-food supply chain (debate)

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12 Feb

2026

FI Speech

Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate)

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