What Nikola spoke about.

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EN Written Statement

Managing migration in an effective and holistic way through fostering returns (debate)

The European Commission has repeatedly claimed that the Migration and Asylum Pact equips the EU with better tools to secure its external borders and respond effectively to migration challenges. However, these are largely hollow promises. The current Returns Directive remains ineffective, and although President von der Leyen has spoken about reviewing the framework, years have been wasted. Since 20…

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May

2026

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Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, behind every tonne of European steel there are thousands of people, temperatures over two thousand degrees Celsius, and it is one of the most demanding professions ever. Steel production is a hard and strategically important job for the whole of Europe. This is especially true today, when Europe is talking about greater investment in defence and our security. It…

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Apr

2026

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Presentation of the Better Regulation and Enforcement Communication (debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, making everyday life safer and simpler for people and businesses: that should be the main objective of the European Union. Sadly, in the past couple of years, we haven't always seen this, but this will change. So what does this proposal bring to the table? For consumers, it means clearer, more readable labels on chemical products so you can quickly understand the …

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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, dear colleagues, the single market is something on which the European Union was built. By allowing free movement, it has created opportunities, growth and cooperation across our continent that had never been seen before. Yet one of the EU's greatest assets remains incomplete to this day. Because of this, it is as if we are placing 40 % tariffs on ourselves – not our foes, not our …

21

Jan

2026

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Restoring control of migration: returns, visa policy and third-country cooperation (topical debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, another debate on migration and still no viable solution. Europe is not a victim. Europe is not powerless. Europe is not without options and tools. But it's time to realize this and start using your power. Strong outer boundaries, that's one part of the equation. The other is the people we know are in Europe illegally and do not have permission to stay. These pe…

20

Jan

2026

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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Cyprus Presidency (continuation of debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to congratulate Cyprus, which is taking up its presidency this month. I have read with interest the priorities of the Cypriot Government and consider the word autonomy to be key. The European Union must be independent vis-à-vis its enemies, but also vis-à-vis its friends. The independence we achieve through defence, security, competitiveness. I f…

15

Dec

2025

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Murder of Mehdi Kessaci - urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, organised crime, drug gangs and illegal migration are today one of the most serious security threats in Europe. Drug traffickers don't just sell drugs, they try to control territory, intimidate citizens, corrupt institutions, and create parallel structures of power. Where the state retreats, there is violence, and that is unacceptable. We see this in our cities,…

25

Nov

2025

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Protection of minors online (debate)

25

Nov

2025

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Protection of minors online (debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, children are the most vulnerable group in our society, and even though we have made the physical world safer for them, we are failing in the online world. We clearly see how constant online exposure is harming young people. But what is the solution, total surveillance around the clock? Certainly not. Even if it were possible, it would not help the generation alrea…

24

Nov

2025

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Enhancing police cooperation in relation to the prevention, detection and investigation of migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings; enhancing Europol’s support to preventing and combating such crimes (debate)

22

Oct

2025

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Ending all energy imports from Russia to the EU and closing loopholes through third countries (debate)

Mr President, the European Union has been issuing one package of sanctions after another for three years, and yet we all know that these sanctions have long been circumvented through third countries, through renamed companies, through refineries that process Russian oil and then resell it to Europe. On a business trip to India, I witnessed it myself. Russian oil will be transported there, filtered…

21

Oct

2025

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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections (debate)

Mr President, dear Commission, dear colleagues, the new European taxes? No, thank you. It is true that the Commission calls this new own resources because it cannot call it by its real name. It sounds technically, but honestly, it means new European taxes – invented in Brussels, collected in Brussels and spent in Brussels. ETS 2, the so-called emission allowances for households, is not about savin…

21

Oct

2025

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Commission Work Programme 2026 (debate)

Mr President, Commission, dear colleagues, the document itself is marked 'Sensitive – Do not read or carry out'. The European Commission calls it 'Europe's independence moment'. And I ask myself: independence? From whom? From the people? From democracy? From the Member States? Now the reality behind all of this: 130 new legislative acts and only one single withdrawal? Yes. Just one. You call it a …

8

Oct

2025

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Establishment and functioning of European Works Councils - effective enforcement (debate)

Madam President, in the twenty-first century, our companies need above all support and speed, not another rope to the already tied hands. Sadly, the EPP's largest faction, which pretends to be the defender of the European economy, is now proposing additional bureaucratic hurdles. And I am surprised that this is also coming from the Employment Committee, which should support jobs, not liquidate the…

10

Sep

2025

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After 10 years, time to end mass migration now - protect our women and children (topical debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. In 2015, when Chancellor Merkel announced her open-door policy, I began working at the forefront of migration in Austria, right in the asylum centres. I saw thousands of illegal migrants arriving. I have witnessed with my own eyes how some of them radicalized, and often this ended in tragic consequences. Ten years later, we have to be honest: Mass immigration di…

9

Sep

2025

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EU-Brazil Agreement: cooperation with and through Europol and the Federal Police of Brazil (A10-0142/2025 - Nikola Bartůšek) (vote)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, dear colleagues, cooperation between Europol and the Brazilian police is the key to tackling crimes that affect both our regions. By sharing information, we can identify criminals, trafficking routes and illegal shipments much earlier. Drug trafficking into the EU remains a growing threat. Human trafficking and smuggling networks exploit migration routes. Mon…

18

Jun

2025

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Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, let us please leave behind political ideologies for a moment and be realistic. We are shutting down cheaper sources of energy. Germany has shut down nuclear power plants, and we in the Czech Republic are planning an early end to coal sources. At the same time, we are pushing renewables regardless of their availability, stability and price. The result is expen…

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May

2025

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2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye (debate)

Mr President, dear colleagues, allow me to thank the rapporteur, Mr Sánchez, for the constructive discussion during our meetings. Nevertheless, the Patriots for Europe cannot agree with many points of this report. While the report offers some valuable insights, in our opinion, it lacks clarity in certain areas and avoids addressing key issues. Türkiye is undoubtedly an important and strategic part…

6

May

2025

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Discharge 2023 (joint debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, more agencies, more officials, more projects and fewer and fewer results. European Union agencies are growing and distributing billions, but citizens often have no idea what they are doing. Europe will not be stronger by adding more structures and increasing the budget, but by improving its functioning. The European Union manages more than EUR 200 billion per ye…

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Mar

2025

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Need to ensure democratic pluralism, strengthen integrity, transparency and anti-corruption policies in the EU (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Pfizergate, the Huawei corruption scandal, secret agreements to distribute money to the media, bribery of non-profit organisations – these are the specific corruption scandals that have shaken this Parliament and the European Commission. How can we take statements on the need for greater integrity, transparency and the fight against corruption seriously? The …

12

Mar

2025

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100 days of the new Commission – Delivering on defence, competitiveness, simplification and migration as our priorities (topical debate)

Mr President, one hundred days of this Commission has been enough to make it clear who it serves. Not Europe, but the Greens and their ideology. From day one, the Commission has abandoned strategic thinking and bet everything on meaningless decarbonisation, while Europe faces the biggest security threats in decades. Clean Industrial Deal, this is not a plan for a competitive Europe, but another na…

11

Mar

2025

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Presentation of the proposal on a new common approach on returns (debate)

Madam President, Commission, suicidal empathy at the expense of our people is Europe's return policy to date. In 2022, more than half a million people received return decisions, but only eighty-six thousand were deported, while the rest remained illegally in Europe. While we have listened for years to stories from the Commission and politicians about how the migration pact will protect us, there h…

10

Feb

2025

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Escalation of gang violence in Sweden and strengthening the fight against organised crime (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, one bomb a day. This is the number of attacks in Sweden in the past month. Smugglers, drug gangs, organized crime have flooded Swedish cities. Sweden was once a symbol of European prosperity. An idyllic, safe country with low crime rates, renowned for its fair policies and equality. But that's no longer the case. Sweden has fallen victim to its own naivety an…

22

Jan

2025

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Links between organised crime and smuggling of migrants in light of the recent UN reports (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, in the eight years since the biggest migration crisis, eight and a half million irregular migrants have arrived in Europe. Ninety percent of them are brought here by smugglers and are always one step ahead of the law. They change routes, they adapt, and we, by our inaction, de facto record them. The migration pact is proof of this. The smugglers…

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Jan

2025

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Powering Europe’s future - advancing the fusion industry for energy independence and innovation (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commission, up to 37% of German industrial companies are considering moving their production capacities abroad. This is a disaster – a disaster for the European economy, but also for business. An example is Audi, which announced in February the transfer of its production to electric cars in Mexico. Nearly three and a half thousand people will lose their jobs.…