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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, ladies and gentlemen, it is very good that the European Commission, in its action plan, is finally acknowledging what the automotive industry has been pointing out for several years. High energy prices, rising production costs, disrupted supply chains and increasing competition from third countries threaten one of Europe's most important industries. Unfortunately, the right diagno…

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May

2026

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Recent proposals to fight poverty in the EU (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the European Union is today talking about housing shortages in the context of combating poverty, as if the housing crisis came on its own. It was like a natural disaster that no one could have predicted. But let's be honest with each other, please. Brussels – Today, the European Commission is acting as a firefighter of a crisis that it has helped to create. Who raised t…

11

Mar

2026

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Package travel and linked travel arrangements: make the protection of travellers more effective and simplify and clarify certain aspects (debate)

10

Mar

2026

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Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, across Europe, housing has become one of our citizens' most painful problems. Young families cannot afford their own apartment, working people are increasingly unable to pay rent, and an entire generation feels that their dream of owning a home is drifting away. It is therefore right that we are also dealing with this crisis here in the European Parliament. B…

16

Dec

2025

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Presentation of the European Affordable Housing Plan (debate)

13

Nov

2025

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

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, let me recall the very important conclusion of the European Council. The leaders did not agree on the use of frozen Russian assets. At the European Council, requests were made by the Belgian Prime Minister to provide strong guarantees in the event of retaliation by Russia. The European Council therefore invited the Commission to present options for financing …

21

Oct

2025

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Commission Work Programme 2026 (debate)

Madam President, I will be very brief today. We have new strategies, new objectives, new initiatives, but still the same problems – expensive energy, loss of competitiveness and tired citizens who no longer believe that someone in Brussels is hearing their voice. The Commission speaks of Europe’s Independence Moment, but how can we talk about independence when we import energy, food, raw materials…

8

Oct

2025

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Europe’s automotive future – reversing the ban on the sale of combustion cars in the EU (topical debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, once the European car was a symbol of strength, prosperity and ingenuity. It was our gold, our pride, our livelihood. Millions of people across Europe worked in factories, supply companies, repair shops, entire regions lived in the automotive industry. And today, for the sake of the European Commission, we are witnessing its gradual dismantling. The Commission has de…

7

Oct

2025

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Time to complete a fully integrated Single Market: Europe’s key to growth and future prosperity (debate)

Madam President, Minister, Commissioner, the European Commission has presented the ten biggest barriers to the single market, but we must remember who created them. In many cases, it is by its own regulations, which overwhelm businesses and fragment energy, services and transport, and then solemnly announces that it will remove them. Yes, digitalisation of certifications or support for small busin…

10

Sep

2025

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State of the Union (debate)

Madam President, unfortunately, there is still a queue of big marketing phrases over Europe. Meanwhile, the frost of forms is forming on the bureaucratic zone, the wind of businessmen's departures is rising and citizens' insecurity is increasing. But citizens don't care what the prediction is of mere words. They feel a draft in their wallet. A third of them expect their standard of living to deter…

9

Sep

2025

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Cohesion policy (joint debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, cohesion policy, including housing investment, is intended to serve one clear purpose: to improve the lives of Europeans, to reduce disparities, to develop infrastructure and to ensure affordable housing. But instead of practical solutions, the Commission turns them into instruments of political coercion and ideological experiments. We hear promises of simplification…

8

Sep

2025

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Public procurement (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, European public procurement today resembles an old labyrinth. Complex, full of dead ends and bureaucratic corridors in which municipalities, businesses and citizens themselves are lost. Instead of being a bridge between public funds and quality services, they have often become an obstacle. The text presented offers a way out. Not a promise of everything to everyone, as …

17

Jun

2025

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Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility (debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, the RRF instrument was a response to an extraordinary crisis, but it also showed its limits. It was a centralized rigid model that often ignored the real needs of regions. The European Court of Auditors summed it up very well. The milestone achieved often meant only that a document had arrived in Brussels, not that something had actually changed, built or improved…

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May

2025

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Single Market Strategy (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I think we are all aware that the single market is the backbone of the European economy and the Commission's strategy rightly describes that it faces obstacles. I would like to acknowledge that the Commission has identified problems such as fragmented regulation, cumbersome recognition of qualifications or inequality for small businesses. But what does the Commission pr…

8

May

2025

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Old challenges and new commercial practices in the internal market (debate)

Mr President, colleagues, the motion for a resolution promises to address old challenges and new business practices, but so far it remains empty-handed. Unfortunately, this is what is typical today of the Commission’s approach to everything that comes out of Parliament – great slogans, few results. Yes, I appreciate the emphasis on reducing administrative burdens and supporting small entrepreneurs…

12

Mar

2025

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Action Plan for the Automotive Industry (debate)

Madam President, the Brussels bureaucracy has decided to bet everything on one card – electric cars – while completely ignoring the reality of the market, the economic situation of the Member States and the fate of hundreds of thousands of employees in the automotive industry. The Commission plans to support battery production, but where do we get the raw materials? Europe is 90 percent dependent …

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Mar

2025

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Cutting red tape and simplifying business in the EU: the first Omnibus proposals (debate)

Mr President, the European Commission solemnly promises to cut red tape by 25%. They say it will bring relief to businesses of EUR 6 billion and mobilise EUR 50 billion in investment. So why do entrepreneurs keep tearing their hair? Because instead of releasing the hands of our companies, Brussels is inventing more rules, more exceptions, more subsidies for the right sectors. In the event of a del…

12

Feb

2025

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Collaboration between conservatives and far right as a threat for competitiveness in the EU (topical debate)

Mr President, let us look at the irony of today's discussion. We have a serious point on the agenda that says that the cooperation of conservative and patriotic parties threatens European competitiveness. Mr. Repasi here invites us to work together on Wednesday, to work together. Where were you, Mr. Repas, when he imposed himself cordon sanitaire? The topic of today's debate clearly shows how far …

11

Feb

2025

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Preparedness for a new trade era: multilateral cooperation or tariffs (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, today we have a debate called Preparedness for a new trade era. I'm sorry, but what kind of readiness do we want to talk about today? Was the Commission prepared for Trump's tariffs? She wasn't. Was it prepared for cheap Chinese imports that are destroying our industry? She wasn't. Was she prepared for an energy crisis that she herself helped trigger? Well, she wasn'…

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Dec

2024

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Regional Emergency Support: RESTORE (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, RESTORE is a proposal that responds to the urgent need to help regions affected by natural disasters. No one is questioning the need for a quick response. But why should EUR 17.7 billion be drawn from cohesion funds for the long-term development of regions? Cohesion policy is not a money box that the Commission can open at any time. Cohesion policy is the bui…

27

Nov

2024

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Presentation by the President-elect of the Commission of the College of Commissioners and its programme (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, today marks the end of Game of Thrones. Unfortunately, instead of the triumph of common sense, backstage deals and power games have once again prevailed. Winter is coming. Let us find the courage not to elect this Commission, not only in the name of the institutions, but in the name of the people who make up Europe and who, unlike the Commission, gave us a ma…

13

Nov

2024

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EU-US relations in light of the outcome of the US presidential elections (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, across the ocean, voters have shown the world what true democracy means. They have chosen a leader who listens, acts, and does not let himself be bound by phrases. They choose the one who speaks to them, not about them, and who shares their worries and knows how to listen. What about the European Union, the European elites? Instead of self-reflection, they de…

23

Oct

2024

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U-turn on EU bureaucracy: the need to axe unnecessary burdens and reporting to unleash competitiveness and innovation (topical debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Europe is today trapped by a bureaucratic monster. Over the last five years, more than 13,000 legislative acts have been adopted. Yes, you hear me right! More than thirteen thousand rules, regulations, restrictions that not only stifle our businesses, but also our common future. Brussels has become a bureaucratic factory in which papers are produced, but not sol…

9

Oct

2024

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Ensuring sustainable, decent and affordable housing in Europe - encouraging investment, private property and public housing programmes (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, affordable housing is something of a cornerstone on which every successful state and a strong Europe must stand. It is a topic that resonates in every Member State across the political spectrum and social groups. The European Union is talking about grand plans, but in reality we are still in a dense web of bureaucracy and opaque public support rules. Commissioner, allow…

9

Oct

2024

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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Hungarian Presidency (debate)

Madam President, Mrs Reintke, on behalf of the Greens, has no right to say who is welcome in the European Parliament and who is not. I welcome you here, Prime Minister, and like you, I expected a completely different debate, so I would like to invite you all to reflect and return to your roots. The motto of the European Union is "United in diversity" and should lead to unity, not division. Preside…