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Mar

2026

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. The mullahs' terror regime has killed many, many thousands of people in recent weeks alone. And, of course, there are now many innocent victims in the recent Middle East war. But we also have to see that many people in Europe are now also affected. We have also noticed that the energy supply is essential through Putin's attack on Ukraine. Now we…

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2026

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Systemic oppression, inhumane conditions and arbitrary detentions by the regime in Iran

Mr President, dear Commissioner, dear colleagues, the courageous people of Iran must know we in the European Parliament do not forget you. We stand with you. We have a resolution now, again. Thank you to all parties for the cooperation. The resolution is very clear – again, we say that the Revolutionary Guards, the IRGC, are terrorists. But that's only the beginning. Now we need the consequences. …

10

Feb

2026

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European response to the attacks on the Ukrainian energy system causing a humanitarian crisis (debate)

Mr President, dear Commissioner, dear colleagues, it was a very impressive but also sad experience to go to the Holodomor museum in Kyiv. Holodomor was Stalin's genocide through famine, and now we have Putin's genocide through cold. He is Stalin II – he is a copy of Stalin, he wants as many people as possible killed because he sees he cannot win the war how he had planned it. He wants to destroy t…

10

Feb

2026

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European response to the attacks on the Ukrainian energy system causing a humanitarian crisis (debate)

Did Mr Orbán say Ukraine is our 'enemy', and why did he say it?

10

Feb

2026

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European response to the attacks on the Ukrainian energy system causing a humanitarian crisis (debate)

Thank you Mr Dömötör, I just have a question – is it right that Mr Orbán said Ukraine is our 'enemy'? And is it right that you are buying a lot from Russia, so, you know, you are also financing all these war crimes of Russia?…

10

Feb

2026

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Building a stronger European defence in light of an increasingly volatile international environment (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner Kubilius, thank you for your words, but especially thank you for your work. Finally, we are building up a European defence, and I say that coming from a neutral country. The Austrian liberals already said in 2019 that we need a common European defence. And, by the way, there is also a strong defence industry in Austria, so we will work together on that as well. But th…

9

Feb

2026

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Amending Regulations on agricultural products as regards market rules and sectoral support measures in the wine sector and for aromatised wine products (debate)

21

Jan

2026

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Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania (debate)

Mr President! I want to bring in a bit of calm, because we live in times when disinformation is stronger than information. This means that people's trust in information must be increased. We know that it has fallen sharply, unfortunately also in the public broadcasters – and I am also talking about Austria here. We know that in many countries, the greater the influence of government policy, the mo…

20

Jan

2026

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Pending approval of the Hungarian national plan for Security Action for Europe (SAFE) funding in light of persistent concerns around the allocation of public funding (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Viktor Orbán sat here when Hungary had the presidency. I said to him: “Mr Orbán, everyone knows that you are corrupt. What does that do to you?" He was completely indifferent. He didn't even wobble with the earwash, as one would say in Vienna. It's all about money. He takes the money where it comes from – for himself, for his people. It's about corruption, we…

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Jan

2026

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Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 (debate)

Madam President, I am very grateful that I lived in this Europe. We have the European Convention on Human Rights and last year we had the 75th birthday, but we have to realise it is not a turning point, a Zeitenwende, as Scholz said; it is a Zeitenende, the end of the world how we knew it. It is now four years of Putin's war; he commits all possible crimes and what he is planning is a genocide. We…

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Jan

2026

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Brutal repression against protesters in Iran (debate)

(Start of speech when microphone is switched off) ... Mr President, High Representative, ladies and gentlemen! The figures we hear from Iran are frightening, with 20,000 dead and many injured. What I heard today: This terror regime has apparently also brought Hezbollah fighters to assassinate even more people in Iran. We have to face the realities. However, one thing is also the case: This regime …

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Dec

2025

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European Democracy Shield – very large online platform algorithms, foreign interference and the spread of disinformation (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, Elon Musk is doing a lot of research on self-driving cars. Just imagine a system in which the strongest, most aggressive car will always have priority. It is impossible. It would be a lot of dead people. But what is happening right now on X is exactly that: the most hateful, the worst postings have the most viewers because of the algorithm. So the algor…

18

Dec

2025

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30th anniversary of the signing of the Dayton-Paris Peace Agreement (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, colleagues, 30 years ago the world watched as the guns fell silent in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Dayton-Paris Agreement was not just a document; it was a lifeline, a promise of peace after years of unspeakable suffering. And for that, we always must be grateful for Dayton. But let us be clear: Dayton was never meant for 30 years. It was an emergency solution, a framewo…

17

Dec

2025

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Cases of pro-Russian espionage in the European Parliament (debate)

Madam President, Mrs. Minister! Commissioner! Espionage sounds like adventure, but only in the movie or maybe in a book. In reality, it is one of the greatest crimes imaginable, especially if in a democracy there are people who exploit the free society to possibly spy for the regime of a war criminal, a dictator. And we know there are examples. There are these Voice of EuropeThat is to say, an ins…

17

Dec

2025

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The deepening democratic crisis in Georgia (debate)

Mr President, Minister, it started as a Georgian dream, but it turned out to be a Georgian nightmare. But there is hope – we see it's now 385 days since people started to take to the streets. They are so courageous; I really admire them. I sometimes ask myself, what would I do? Would I be afraid? Would I do what they do? They are courageous. They fight for democracy. The so-called Russian world cr…

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Dec

2025

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 18-19 December 2025, in particular the need to support Ukraine, transatlantic relations and the EU’s strategic autonomy (debate)

Mr President, I still think about the Americans who helped to free Europe, who helped to rebuild our continent. They were our friends, the US standing for democracy and for freedom. And then came Trump. He said Europe was founded to screw the United States. We know he knows nothing about history, but we also know that there are a lot of Americans who still are in favour of good relations with Euro…

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Dec

2025

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Continuous Belarusian hybrid attacks against Lithuania (debate)

Mr President, dear Mr Commissioner, in 2019, Lukashenka was in Vienna and he said he wanted to position Belarus between Russia and Europe independently. As we know, after the 2020 fraudulent elections, he subordinated himself to Putin. Ever since, he is one of the weapons of Putin against us here in Europe. Those attacks against Lithuania are terrible and we hear about them, but they are not only …

16

Dec

2025

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EU Defence Readiness (joint debate)

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Nov

2025

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Escalating repression of the Baha'is in Iran

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Nov

2025

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EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024 (debate)

26

Nov

2025

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EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, the huge majority in Europe wants peace and the huge majority in this House wants peace. But Putin wants war, and the right-wing extremists support Putin. I did not hear one critical word about Putin. They support the war criminal. The US's Witkoff is not a negotiator. He wants to make deals with his former friends in Russia. That is dangerous for Europe, and we must understand th…

26

Nov

2025

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EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine (debate)

25

Nov

2025

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Communication on the Democracy Shield (debate)

Ms Ehlers, have you ever been to Moldova? Did you understand how the Russians interfered there in the elections? Do you know what the Russian Trollfabrik is? Have you ever heard about all these Russian bots from Nigeria and from other countries? Do you know how well organised they are? Do you know what people like Dugin write in the internet? That all Ukrainians should be killed. This is Russia. T…

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Nov

2025

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Communication on the Democracy Shield (debate)

Mr President, dear colleagues, dear Commissioner, yes, we will build a shield for democracy. We will build it together – the Commission and the Parliament. There are Members in this House who suffered under the communist dictatorship, and the really sad thing is that many of them have forgotten it; some of them sit in Hungary. And now they support the Putin dictatorship. Putin wants to destroy our…

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Nov

2025

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Madam President, I want to speak about Europe and the former land of the free. The land of the free was the United States and we know it: great democracy, rule of law, checks and balances and a very good partnership with Europe. And I speak about it, and I know it – I used to be a tour guide in the United States. I studied at two universities and everything was great. And then comes this Mr Trump.…