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Jul

2026

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Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness (debate)

Dear colleague, I heard your arguments. They are important, but I want to raise a question. My country's health system is very generous, but also highly dependent on taxes and social payments, which the companies pay according to our Czech law. Do you think you can guarantee that this new 28th tax regime would not deprive our nice national system of its income?…

8

Jul

2026

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The EU’s role in the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and the accountability of Israel under international law (topical debate)

Mr President, dear Christian Democrats, dear Christian patriots, dear leaders of the EU, you are hypocrites. And you will probably end in hell. It is the Vatican, not me, who is saying: 'If a country is an enemy, it is condemned as undemocratic and sanctioned in various ways; but if it is an ally, the fact that it lacks freedom of expression, human rights or democracy is ignored.' The EU chose as …

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Jul

2026

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Presentation of the Action Plan on Cybersecurity and AI (debate)

Mr President, dear Commissioner, in the ASEAN Delegation of the European Parliament, we discussed the issue of cyber scamming in Myanmar. There are non-state actors, mafias, who run basically slave factories on cyber scams, targeting people all around the world, including in Europe. So I spoke to diplomats from the region and received very positive replies from China, Cambodia and Myanmar itself, …

7

Jul

2026

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Urgent measures to strengthen the competitiveness and safeguard quality jobs in the EU’s automotive sector (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, we are losing the most important thing in the car debate: the interest of customers, of ordinary motorists who need a cheap and good car. Not the nonsense that makes cars expensive, bad and full of ‘bugs’. If there were no EU regulation, a modern, simple car could cost 6,000 euros and a quality family car could cost 10,000 or 12,000 euros. But our people pay three ti…

18

Jun

2026

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Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles (debate)

16

Jun

2026

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The role of the EU in efforts for peace and stability throughout the Middle East after the announced deal between the US and Iran (debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, let's summarise the facts: it is the United States who is starting wars and brewing mischief in the Middle East, from the Iraq War started under false pretences to the Iran war started by Netanyahu and Trump. It is Israel and the United States who commit genocide and war crimes in Gaza, in Lebanon, in Iran. It is Europe who is paying the price with increased costs…

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May

2026

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High time to deliver on the Single Market, providing certainty and predictability for EU businesses and quality jobs (continuation of debate)

Madam President, dear Europeans, the world market is no longer for us blue ocean, but the Red Ocean. A tough competition where there's no room for rentiers, corporate oligopolies, or zenith dinosaurs to make overpriced crappy products and then send lobbyists to Brussels to bend the market and force consumers to buy it. If you don't want to cry that the Chinese are beating us, like yesterday at Pri…

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May

2026

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European solidarity: key to securing medicine access in a shifting geopolitical era (debate)

Mr President, dear colleagues, a few technicalities: since we import 80 % of critical medicines from China and India, we are not a strategic rival, but rather a dependent. Rebuilding our pharma industry will take 5 to 10 years. Until then, we'd better be a good trading partner of China and India. Commissioner, please tell this to Kaja Kallas. Also, the European Union doesn't exactly procure drugs …

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Apr

2026

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New Chinese law on ‘ethnic unity and progress’ and the intensified suppression of ethnic identities

Mr President, I'm a lawyer and I enjoy reading laws. I read this Chinese one. Did you read it? I don't think so. In China, minority languages are protected by constitution. This law cannot and doesn't change it. It stipulates a learning of minority languages and their use in public alongside in Mandarin and promotes ethnic regional autonomy. The new law does promote that every Chinese can speak Ma…

29

Apr

2026

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Danger of normalising relations with Russia, including its participation in major cultural and sports events (debate)

Madam President, honourable colleague Niinistö, you are the Chair of the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee. For the United States, Witkoff communicates with Russia; Trump communicates with Russia; Indians, Turks, Gulf states, Israelis, Pakistanis communicate with Russia. But you chose not to communicate with Russia. No one asks you to agree with them, but the point of…

28

Apr

2026

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Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 (debate)

Mr President, there is no European money. It is only money that the Union takes from Member States, consumers and businesses. The Union was heavily indebted through the Next Generation EU fund by an accounting trick contrary to the principle of balanced economy. He'll be paying it back when most of us are dead. The budget has swelled and will continue to grow. To cover this, the European Union wan…

26

Mar

2026

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Global Gateway – past impacts and future orientation (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, the idea Global Gateway is correct and I can say that I get positive feedback from representatives of countries across continents. Three things thwart his contribution. First, the countries of the Global South have nasty memories of the colonial era and still have a negative perception if Europe tries to master them. If we invest money in …

26

Mar

2026

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EU-US trade deal (joint debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, there is no way we should approve a trade agreement with the United States. We give the tariffs 0%, they give the tariffs 15%. It's not a deal, it's a surrender. Let's not put our thumbs up on vassal von der Leyen's promise to buy $750 billion worth of overpriced gas and $600 billion worth of weapons from Trump. Not by mistake. We are in a situation where Trump …

10

Mar

2026

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Presentation of the Energy Package (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, it is indeed time to change European energy regulation. The reason is a change of circumstances. The United States' aggression with Israel and Iran's counter-actions have shut down supplies from the Persian Gulf, maybe for a time, maybe forever. We have cut off Russian gas and oil from sanctions. U.S. supplies are expensive, our ally spares us nothing. Green ene…

10

Mar

2026

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Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III (debate)

Mr President, dear colleagues, in connection with the budget, I would like to remind you that we sit in Strasbourg despite having a completely adequate building in Brussels. Each month, our travelling circus moves to and from Strasbourg, spending three nights in expensive hotels and bringing along also thousands of poor staffers, destroying their family lives. The European Parliament has repeatedl…

10

Mar

2026

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

Madam President, the field of pharmaceuticals in the EU single market does not work. The pharma business has split it into 27 national markets where dominant players apply differential pricing. The Commission gave up the struggle for a single market in pharma, fought at the European Court of Justice for more than a quarter of a century. No one really enforces the EU Transparency Directive on prici…

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Feb

2026

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Presentation of the action plan against cyberbullying (debate)

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Jan

2026

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Territorial integrity and sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark: the need for a united EU response to US blackmail attempts (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner Kallas, unfortunately your foreign policy has failed spectacularly. You are right to say that you stand behind Denmark, but what can you offer it besides talking? You don't have any cards. We destroyed our own energy. We have made Europe dependent on American gas. When the Germans shot Nord Stream, you didn't even murmur. China is not a partner, but a strategic rival. Yo…

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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, on Monday, the Council imposed sanctions on Jacques Baud, a former Swiss colonel, for his opinion on the Russian war. I'm not here to defend Mr Baud or his opinions, but the fundamentals of criminal law. Mr Baud was punished by an asset freeze and travel ban. Contrary to Article 7 of the European Convention on Human Rights, he was punished without committing any crime. Contrary to Ar…

17

Dec

2025

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The deepening democratic crisis in Georgia (debate)

Mr President, I remind the Commission that Georgia is a sovereign state, not some sort of EU colony. Georgian people elected the Georgian Dream, not the opposition. Why? Because Saakashvili was a dictator and led the country to disaster. Georgian Dream brought them peace and reasonable prosperity. The European Union should respect the principle of sovereign equality. We have no right to subvert th…

15

Dec

2025

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, let me draw your attention to a constitutional problem. In the case of frozen assets, the European institutions are abusing Article 122 of the Treaty with the direct and obvious aim of circumventing the Hungarian veto, and the parameters of Article 122 are hardly met. However, this has created an extremely chaotic situation in relation to national law. Article 1…

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Dec

2025

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Impact of the geopolitical situation on European patients and their access to medicines (debate)

Mr President, first of all, I would like to say that I thank the Commissioner for the work done on the Critical Medicines Act. I also agree with the idea that there is a need to rebuild the European production base. I would not believe that after years, decades in the Czech Republic, in Central Europe, there will be a shortage of basic antibiotics. But I also call for us to continue to maintain fr…

25

Nov

2025

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Effective use of the EU trade and industrial policy to tackle China’s export restrictions (debate)

This is a good remark. We of course need to diversify, but it will take us some time and we should not cut ourselves off from the resources our industries need right now. If we diversify, for instance, in pharmaceuticals, it is a great thing. But for the foreseeable future we need to cooperate, and there is no need to stop the cooperation, which is mutually beneficial both for us and for our trade…

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Nov

2025

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Effective use of the EU trade and industrial policy to tackle China’s export restrictions (debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, dear Commissioner, I urge you: we must not be pulled into someone else's trade war. Earlier this year, the US tried to impose export restrictions on China. China responded with rare earths restrictions, the US backed off and on 30 October they reached a deal. Caught in the rivalry was the Dutch company Nexperia. After US pressure, the Dutch took control over the C…

13

Nov

2025

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

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, dear Commissioners, the European Council held an exchange with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine and promised him unwavering support. This week, however, the media is full of a multi-billion corruption case in Ukraine targeting the inner circle of the same President Zelenskyy. Is this something we really want in the EU? Thanks to the invitation by the Patriots, …