What Helmut spoke about.

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen! First of all, of course, we all have sympathy for the victims of the floods in Central Europe, in Eastern Europe, but of course also for the victims of the fire in Portugal. The EU is a community of solidarity, which is why it is now being held together. I hope the help works quickly. But I also have to tell you, the help among each other, the help of the people has also worked. Many thanks to all the offers to Austria from Bavaria, from other countries, who have told us that they want to help, want to help the flood victims. Even offers have come from Ukraine. Because here again against foreigners was rushed, I would also like to say a few things: We have a lot of asylum seekers – Syrian asylum seekers – in Austria who have now helped as well, who have seen what solidarity means and have also shown us their solidarity. A word about the volunteer fire brigades, just an offer to everyone: Take a look at this in Austria, in Bavaria, in other countries! It works very, very well. Collaboration works. But Europe is also a Europe of science. Do we believe what she tells us? Yes, there is climate change. Yeah, we gotta do something. If Mrs von der Leyen has said that the European plan for adaptation to climate change will come now, then I hope that it will work really quickly now. A word to my friends in Portugal: Madam President, my thoughts also go to the victims of the fires in Portugal.

Mr President, dear colleagues, first of all, our Ukrainian fellow citizens need us. We have to support them with weapons because they have to defend themselves, and we have to support them with a lot of humanitarian aid. Second, we need our Ukrainian fellow citizens because they are defending European values. They are defending Europe at the same time as they defend their country. What Putin did was he destroyed the order of the Charter of Paris of 1990, and 32 European countries promised each other to accept the borders. And that's what Putin did not do. On the contrary, and that is my third point, he tried to destroy Ukraine by killing an elected president. And I really tell you, please read this book. It's a book by Simon Shuster, a Russian writer, and he explains exactly how the Russians tried to kill Zelenskyy in order to take over Ukraine. Please don't forget, again, he's also attacking us with all the propaganda. And we can read this in the papers. Fourth point, very important: Please go there. I know it from the Austrian right-wing parties, they always say, 'No, no, we don't go there. We don't want to know what's happening.' Also they have a contract with Putin; They are not allowed to go there. Please go there to see all the destruction in the schools, in the humanitarian destruction, in the houses, in the hospitals and so on and so forth. Fifth point, we have to rebuild Ukraine also with Russian assets, of course, frozen assets. And one sentence in German: Many thanks to all Austrians who have supported Ukraine so strongly. We have a great message in Kyiv, we help a lot. Thank you also to Ukraine. Many thanks to Ukraine, because they offer to help us because we have all the floods in Austria. Thank you very much. They are European citizens; We have to help them.