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17

Dec

2024

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Misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms, such as TikTok, and related risks to the integrity of elections in Europe (debate)

Mr President, fellow Members, this Parliament has decided in its resolutions that it knows better than Venezuelans who is to rule in Venezuela and better than Georgians who is to rule in Georgia. For a while, we even knew better who was supposed to rule America. Now we have to keep this embarrassment to the Allies quiet. On the contrary, no one minds that he organized a campaign for the Czech pres…

17

Dec

2024

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Misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms, such as TikTok, and related risks to the integrity of elections in Europe (debate)

You were elected as a pirate. I was with the Pirates for a while, too, and the only real theme that the party had was internet freedom. Does it not seem to you that you are now completely denying this idea, rather you are trying to regulate the Internet and limit what people are free to learn from the Internet? Doesn't that seem a little absurd to you?…

17

Dec

2024

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Toppling of the Syrian regime, its geopolitical implications and the humanitarian situation in the region (debate)

Mr President, colleagues, as a citizen of a country that has supported Syria in its development since Czechoslovakia, I must express my regret at its fate. The Syrian regime under the two Assads was certainly not ideal, but at least it was secular, ensuring some stability and functioning of the country. In 2009, the International Monetary Fund praised Syria's GDP growth, declining government debt,…

27

Nov

2024

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Rise of energy prices and fighting energy poverty (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, rising energy prices and energy poverty are a demonstration of the decline of the European Union. My country joined the European Union as a self-sufficient energy superpower. Now the industry is escaping due to expensive energy abroad. People look at the bills and it's not enough to be surprised. This sad state of affairs is due to nothing more than stupid re…

26

Nov

2024

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Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia (debate)

25

Nov

2024

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr President, let me say a few words about the elections, about democracy and about hypocrisy. The Union economy is failing desperately against both China and the United States, but this Parliament has nothing to do but to interfere in elections both in foreign non-member states, as we have heard, and in its own. We will also vote on Georgia this week. The voters there are not anti-European, they …

24

Oct

2024

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Abuse of new technologies to manipulate and radicalise young people through hate speech and antidemocratic discourse (debate)

Madam President, thank you for opening up this topic. We live in a country where pro-government activists on networks wished death or COVID concentration camp to anyone who refused to wear masks in the forest or who wanted to run in the park in the evening. We live in a country where there is no punishment for saying that old people voting for the conservative left have to die out in order for the…

22

Oct

2024

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Urgent need for a ceasefire in Lebanon and for safeguarding the UNIFIL mission in light of the recent attacks (debate)

Madam President, the UNIFIL mission in Lebanon is present pursuant to a resolution of the Security Council, and under the UN Charter, everybody has a duty to carry out the decisions of the Security Council. But two weeks ago, Annalena Baerbock, the German Foreign Minister – and a Green – suggested it is now Germany's position that Israeli attacks on civilian centres are acceptable, as a matter of …

8

Oct

2024

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The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in Georgia (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlement, you speak a lot about Russian interference in Georgia, but EU leaders are now conducting a huge intervention in the Georgian election themselves, questioning the results before it even happens, questioning whether the right party wins. That means if Georgian Dream wins, it is wrong. If opposition loses, it is wrong. Isn't this a hypocrisy? I doubt that the EU s…

8

Oct

2024

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The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in Georgia (debate)

You called the laws pro-Russian. What's wrong with foreign influence laws? The United States has had FARA since 1938, Australia has had FITS since 2018. The European Commission wanted to prevent foreign influences and prepared legislation to do so. How is this legislation being prepared by the European Commission less pro-Russian than what Georgia has done?…

8

Oct

2024

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Escalation of violence in the Middle East and the situation in Lebanon (debate)

My colleague, I understand your position, only what you will say about the position of the two high courts - both the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice in The Hague - which quite unequivocally labelled what some Israeli government ministers are unfortunately doing as incitement to genocide?…

7

Oct

2024

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Facing fake news, populism and disinformation in the EU - the importance of public broadcasting, media pluralism and independent journalism (debate)

Madam President, we should be careful when we hear 'disinformation' or 'fake news', because it is usually only a nicer word for censorship. Some politicians just don't like it when people express opinions. Do you remember public TV in times of COVID? We were told that we must close schools and churches. We were told that we must segregate the unvaccinated. We are still being told that buying vacci…

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Sep

2024

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The Hungarian “National Card” scheme and its consequences for Schengen and the area of freedom, security and justice (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the majority here is critical of Hungary's national card programme for workers from eight countries who are undergoing strict pre-accession checks. Critics, however, immediately assume that those of these workers who are Russians or Belarusians pose a security risk. This is the application of the principle of collective guilt. For me, given the history of our…

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Sep

2024

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Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States (debate)

Mr President, colleagues, the conflict in Ukraine does not have a military solution, but only a diplomatic one. Two years of war after the failure of the Istanbul negotiations brought nothing but hundreds of thousands of deaths and trillions of dollars of damage. Further military support, including the currently considered use of long-range missiles, creates a threat of escalation and direct parti…