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May

2025

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Competition policy – annual report 2024 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, you are Spanish, I am Greek, we have common ground with competitiveness. You realise, ladies and gentlemen, that the main advantage in competitiveness is man, followed by technology. Without humans, we do nothing. Therefore, incentives must be provided. Practical evidence should be given that Europe can move in this direction, and we have enough evidence for growth, …

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May

2025

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A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner and friend of Greece, thank you very much. Mr Mureșan, you have achieved the impossible, that is, over the next seven years to have an economic policy that goes hand in hand with the support of states but also – at the same time – with the support of societies. Mr Mureșan, thank you very much for adopting my proposals. Greek positions on borders, but also the blockade of…

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May

2025

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Mar

2025

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Guidelines for the 2026 budget - Section III (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Mr Serafin, as a Greek Member of the European Parliament, I am very pleased that – in addition to being a friend of Greece – you have included the suggestion of Mr Halicki and Mr Mureșan – excellent colleagues – to shield Europe's borders. And you know very well that the Greek borders are also European, and that Europe lived that difficult night on the Aegean fence unbe…

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Mar

2025

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, competitiveness for an economy is the basis of life for citizens. Their lives are getting better, we have a better quality of life, we have better salaries and we have stronger insurance. This is the fourfold on which we must now build the European economy, because from the Atlantic someone is waiting to devour Europe and its economy. Three hundred billion ev…

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Feb

2025

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: the need for the European Union to contribute to resolving the humanitarian crisis of persons missing in wars and conflicts (debate)

Mr President, we must act decisively, with social measures, because without man, societies cannot move forward. Salaries, pensions, insurance, punctuality, housing. All this, therefore, requires immediate action from us, immediate mobilization. No society can support itself unless it has man in front of all its activities. At the same time, we should support people who are threatened by artificial…

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Jan

2025

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Madam President, the Recovery Fund has proved to be an excellent economic tool that has helped too many countries in the European Union to improve economic indicators and help their citizens. My country, Greece, has absorbed, or rather, is playing a leading role in the absorption of EU funds in terms of the Recovery Fund. Several states fear that in 2026 the allocation of the Development Fund fund…

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Dec

2024

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Regional Emergency Support: RESTORE (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the Italian Commissioner, the Greek myself, and we have experienced many disasters together. Come, through the Recovery Fund, to fight a great battle. I hear the Recovery Fund ends in 2026. We are going to a new battle to support people who are in great need. You experienced the disasters in Italy, I experienced them in Greece, and my country ga…

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2024

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2025 budgetary procedure: Joint text (debate)

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Oct

2024

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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, Minister, this 2025 budget focuses on improving citizens' lives, competitiveness, but also on the current challenges in the economy. Besides, it faces the huge problem of effectively guarding the Greek borders, i.e. the islands of the Aegean and Evros, which are also borders of Europe. This issue is particularly important for Greece. He says he …

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Oct

2024

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Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Greece and France further to natural disasters occurred in 2023 (short presentation)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, this is a very serious matter. Commissioner, thank you very much for allowing me to have the report that we are presenting today adopted by a qualified majority by the European Parliament's Committee on Budgets. And that shows responsibility. It gives an efficiency step on the part of everyone, all parties, from all wings of the European Parliament. It is als…