What Sebastian spoke about.

12 Nov

2025

FI Speech

Conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (debate)

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Mr President, the protection of the seas is important, but common sense and a sense of proportionality must be present. Here too, the EU should not assume the role of an arrogant conductor. But Mrs von der Leyen wants to save the world's oceans with our money. If we really want to influence the state of the seas, we should look to Asia, where pollution is the worst. Asia is responsible for more th…

12 Nov

2025

FI Speech

Gender Equality Strategy 2025 (debate)

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Mr President, it is terrible misery – this is how I would summarize this equality strategy of the European Parliament. Gender equality is a matter of course to be cherished. However, this paper does not pursue this objective. On the contrary, it is an excellent symbol of why things have gone pine-shaped in Europe. The text is swollen with the extreme left-wing agenda and ideology. The climate emer…

12 Nov

2025

EN Speech

Condemning the illegal unilateral declaration of the secessionist entity created by Türkiye in Cyprus and the continued Turkish military occupation (debate)

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Mr President, recently, Turkish soldiers entered the UN buffer zone in Cyprus. You may ask, what did they do there? Well, without any excuse, they tried to drive away the Greek Cypriot farmers from their own lands while they were peacefully farming their fields. The UN peacekeepers needed to intervene twice before the Turkish soldiers got the message of staying out. This kind of behaviour is compl…

12 Nov

2025

FI Speech

The new 2028-2034 Multiannual Financial Framework: architecture and governance (debate)

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Mr President, the 'eat as much as you can' buffet. That is what comes to mind when we discuss the EU's long-term budget today. A buffet where Finnish taxpayers bring food to the EU table without reaching the plate itself, when the EU rushes to empty the plates and at the same time invents new expenses. Once again, the Commission is planning to spend billions and billions of euros on inefficient pr…

22 Oct

2025

FI Speech

First anniversary of the DANA floods in Spain: improving EU preparedness (debate)

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Mr President, the devastating floods in Spain are reaching the end of the year. Many Spanish families were permanently devastated. It was a tragic moment for many, but it was also a national tragedy. Unfortunately, I have to say these difficult words: Federal development should not be promoted for any reason, even for good reason. The EU cannot and should not become a supranational insurance compa…

22 Oct

2025

EN Speech

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)

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Mr. President, this conversation has been crazy. Mr Braun – or should we call you Mr Bean – you're kind of becoming like a joke in this House. Let me explain: You said it was Ukraine's fault that there was still no peace. You said, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, when territories had been taken from it, that a peace agreement would have been ready at the table if they had just signed. Would yo…

22 Oct

2025

FI Speech

Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report 2024 (debate)

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Mr President, the figures are now on the table. According to the European Court of Auditors, almost €7 billion of EU funds were spent incorrectly last year. The most money was misused in the areas of cohesion policy and development aid, and I am not surprised. We shovel money both to southern Europe and beyond the seas and waste it. But now we have black on white. So tell us why on earth ordinary …

22 Oct

2025

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 23 October 2025 (debate)

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Mr President, I shall now omit this speech I have written and react to this speech by the Coalition Party, which has just been heard. What really annoys me is that people here dare to suggest that the EU now needs to spend more money on housing in order to bring down the cost of living in Europe. The EU is completely lost if, even on the right, which are usually parties of strict economic discipli…

21 Oct

2025

EN Speech

Renewing the EU-Africa Partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola Summit (debate)

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Mr President, building strong relations with Africa is an undisputed strategic need for Europe. But we cannot build them unconditionally; Europe needs to respect itself. Our message to African leaders should be the following: you want to neglect democratic principles? OK, it has consequences. You want to support Russian aggression in Ukraine? OK, it has consequences. You want to refuse to accept t…

21 Oct

2025

EN Speech

General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections (debate)

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Mr President, the EU budget has grown to become an uncontrollable monster. Billions of euros are wasted for projects promoting gender mainstreaming, climate ambition, Creative Europe and so on. At the same time, European citizens struggle to make a living. Do Europeans really need more beautiful EU agencies and EU action plans? Instead of feeding this bloated bureaucracy, we should focus on seriou…

21 Oct

2025

FI Speech

Polarisation and increased repression in Serbia, one year after the Novi Sad tragedy (debate)

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Mr President, it says a lot about the administration about how it deals with demonstrations. The example of Serbia illustrates this in its unpleasant language. In Serbia, the collapse of the railway station took the lives of 16 people and was the last trigger for gigantic protests against the regime. More than 10,000 demonstrations have taken place in the country this year. The government responde…

21 Oct

2025

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Criminal intimidation against investigative journalists in the EU: the attempted attack on Sigfrido Ranucci (debate)

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Mr President, I tried to be as much in the Chamber as possible, but I had a group meeting. Bombing journalists to cover your criminal life – how disgraceful is that? In Italy, an explosive device detonated under investigative journalist Sigfrido Ranucci's car. If you end up committing a crime like this against a journalist, you have failed as a human, and you have even failed as a criminal. Violen…

21 Oct

2025

EN Speech

Commission Work Programme 2026 (debate)

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Mr President, dear Commission, dear leftists, you still don't get it. None of you do. The fate of Europe will not be determined by your 'sustainability' or 'social models'. It will be built by a strong economy. It will be built with borders that matter. It will be built with tanks, ships and fighter jets. Sure, you pretend like you are trying, but in truth, you are not. Europe's security is not be…

21 Oct

2025

FI Speech

Delayed justice and rule of law backsliding in Malta, eight years after Daphne Caruana Galizia’s assassination (debate)

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Mr President, eight years ago Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered. He was known for his work in which he focused on investigating corruption within the Maltese regime. On the day of October, Daphne stepped into his car, and a moment later, a car bomb tore up a small Peugeot and Daphne. The anti-corruption voice went out. This is a shocking example of how strong corruption can st…

21 Oct

2025

EN Speech

Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations (debate)

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Mr President, Russian troops have been halted on Ukrainian soil. They have not stopped because they were following orders from Putin. They have stopped because brave Ukrainian soldiers – with the support of the West – have forced them to stop. If he had his way, Putin would continue his march all the way through Ukraine. Behind Ukraine lies Moldova – Putin's next target. Russia is already conducti…

8 Oct

2025

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Second World Summit for Social Development (debate)

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Mr President, the Second World Summit for Social Development will be held in Qatar, in a country which still, in the year 2025, implements the Sharia law. Women under the Sharia law are like puppets to men. Women can't marry freely. They can't travel freely. They can't even say no to sex with their husband without a 'legitimate reason'. When a woman gets raped, she can get prosecuted for having se…

8 Oct

2025

FI Speech

The role of simple tax rules and tax fragmentation in European competitiveness (debate)

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Mr President, once again there is federalism in the air. Now we have a paper here in the debate with the message: equalising the taxation of Member States. Well, what if not? What if we accept that the Member States can indeed opt for different tax solutions? The same EU beanie doesn't fit everyone's head. And listen to me: this text declares the importance of curbing harmful tax competition and "…

8 Oct

2025

FI Speech

Establishment and functioning of European Works Councils - effective enforcement (debate)

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Mr President, why do we do this to ourselves? We are deliberately creating a European works council hummingbird, which is not even clear to the parties involved. That's just the starting point. Labour market policy is an area where the EU should have nothing to do, but it is only here that it is twisted. This is where the representatives of this Commission come in and talk wonderfully about how Eu…

8 Oct

2025

EN Speech

Promoting EU digital rules: protecting European sovereignty (debate)

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Madam President, we spend a significant amount of time on our phones every day. If this considers you too, you should be worried. Let me explain. The European Commission has made it clear that it is not truly committed in defending fundamental rights online. It once created legislation called 'the DSA'. It was a deliberate act to restrict the freedom of speech. Unfortunately, it succeeded in it. T…

8 Oct

2025

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

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Mr President, Russia is engaged in a systematic hybrid war against Europe. Information operations, assassinations, cyberattacks, instrumentalisation of migrants, sabotage of critical infrastructure, electronic warfare and GPS interference. The recent airspace violations are even exceptionally arrogant by Russian standards. The airspace violation by Russian fighters against Estonia was the most ser…

7 Oct

2025

EN Speech

Situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakes (debate)

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Mr President, the Taliban's Afghanistan is a living hell for women. Girls are banned from schools. Women are locked out of work. Faces of women must be covered with an Islamic face veil. These are not cultural traditions, they are calculated acts of oppression rooted in extremist ideology. Even after a deadly earthquake, Taliban monsters stick to their insane principles. The UN is trying to help, …

7 Oct

2025

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Common agricultural policy (joint debate)

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Mr President, if agriculture dies, we too will die. European food producers must now and in the future be guaranteed the necessary support to maintain production. But problems begin to fall into your arms when the bureaucrats in Brussels are allowed to decide where to put this support. Behind closed doors is lined all over the world with climate play money that doesn't really help that small Finni…

7 Oct

2025

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The EU’s role in supporting the recent peace efforts for Gaza and a two-state solution (debate)

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Mr President, Trump did what the left would never have done. His peace plan for the Middle East brought the first concrete step to peace. Be honest, good left. Did the Palestinians benefit more from the symbolic and hasty recognition of the State of Palestine and the performance excursions of the left-wing Influencers or the concrete diplomacy carried out by Trump? It's painful for you, but Trump …

7 Oct

2025

EN Speech

This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Luc Frieden (debate)

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Madam President, entire neighbourhoods of once great cities taken over by people who are neglecting our values. Women choosing not to go out simply because they want to avoid the gruesome fate of being assaulted or raped, or worse. Pedestrians mutilated by machete‑wielding robbers. Small children caught in the middle of a gunfight between rival drug gangs. Teachers beheaded by radical fundamentali…

7 Oct

2025

FI Speech

Time to complete a fully integrated Single Market: Europe’s key to growth and future prosperity (debate)

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Mr President, many Finns were tricked into voting in favour of joining the EU. For them, it was sold as a trade union, where prices fall and everything in trade becomes easier. Instead of developing the internal market and a free market economy, you started destroying Europe. You're going to cut off the backbone of our industry, the automotive industry, by banning internal combustion engine cars. …