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Jul

2025

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EU Preparedness Union in light of the upcoming wildfire and droughts season (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, 2024 was the warmest year in history. Fires and drought are not future threats. It's the new reality. The numbers speak for themselves. 380,000 hectares were burned in Europe last year. Drought affects 44% of agricultural land and climate damage exceeds €50 billion per year. My country, Greece, but also the Mediterranean in general are experiencing this situation wit…

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Jun

2025

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

Madam President, Commissioner, energy prices in Europe remain particularly high compared to our global competitors, but there are also significant differences between the Member States themselves. Particularly in Greece and south-eastern Europe, energy costs remain even higher, disproportionately affecting citizens and businesses. This social and economic divide cannot continue. We need targeted m…

21

May

2025

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Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the simplification of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is an important step for our small and medium-sized enterprises, which find it difficult to carry out this administrative burden, and we should extend these simplification efforts to even more areas. However, we should ensure the effective implementation of the mechanism and avoid …

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May

2025

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

Mr President, Mr Vice-President of the Commission, barriers within the European Union's single market are equivalent to tariffs of 45% for manufacturing and 110% for services. The numbers are revealing and remind us in which direction we need to move. That is why I am pleased that the resolution we have in our hands makes specific reference to geographical and territorial constraints, which reduce…

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May

2025

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The European Water Resilience Strategy (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, the scarcity and poor quality of water resources affects 20% of European territory and 30% of the population, while only 37% of surface water on our continent is in good or very good condition. The water problem is even bigger for Mediterranean countries, such as Greece. Water resilience requires a holistic approach and concrete solutions. Europe-wide water networks …

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May

2025

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Apr

2025

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Re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks and improving cooperation among Union agencies in the area of chemicals (A10-0020/2025 - Dimitris Tsiodras) (vote)

Mr President, also according to Rule 60(4), I request a referral back for interinstitutional negotiations.

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Apr

2025

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Re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks to the European Chemicals Agency (A10-0019/2025 - Dimitris Tsiodras) (vote)

Mr President, also according to Rule 60(4), I request a referral back for interinstitutional negotiations.

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Apr

2025

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Common data platform on chemicals, establishing a monitoring and outlook framework for chemicals (A10-0018/2025 - Dimitris Tsiodras) (vote)

Mr President, first of all, I would like to thank my colleagues for their vote. According to Rule 60(4), I request the referral back for interinstitutional negotiations.

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Mar

2025

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Re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks and improving cooperation among Union agencies in the area of chemicals (short presentation)

Madam President, with the third legislative text of the 'one substance, one assessment' package, we are taking an essential complementary regulatory step towards improving the safety of chemicals, protecting the environment and strengthening the competitiveness of European industry. This proposal is a milestone to ensure harmonised and science-based assessments, as well as effective cooperation be…

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Mar

2025

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Re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks to the European Chemicals Agency (short presentation)

Madam President, tomorrow we are voting, ladies and gentlemen, for a crucial directive that will significantly strengthen the role of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in ensuring the safe management of chemicals in the European Union. The redefinition of scientific and technical responsibilities is a step towards greater efficiency, transparency and scientific validity in chemical assessments …

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Mar

2025

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Common data platform on chemicals, establishing a monitoring and outlook framework for chemicals (short presentation)

Madam President, dear colleagues, dear Commissioner, the 'one substance, one assessment' approach, comprising three legislative reports, is not just a technical reform; it is a fundamental shift in how we assess chemical safety. This approach ensures faster and more effective protection for our citizens and the environment, while supporting industry innovation and competitiveness. It constitutes a…

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Mar

2025

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EU Consumers Day: filling the gaps in protecting 440 million consumers in the EU (debate)

Sir, sir, sir, sir. Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, consumers are faced with an increasingly complex environment. According to the Commission, territorial supply constraints cost 14 billion a year. That is why, together with other colleagues from different political groups and different countries, we have sent a letter to the Commission to stress that it is unthinkable for compan…

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Mar

2025

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we are appalled and appalled by the persecution and murder of Christians and other ethnic and religious groups around the world in Syria. But it is not enough to watch. It is time for Europe to show its determination and make clear to the new Syrian regime that there will be consequences. The murders must stop and the culprits must be punished. Christians hav…

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Feb

2025

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Mr President, we all recognise that we are living in a new geopolitical and economic environment. We are also discussing the big challenges. At the same time, however, we should also look at opportunities. Europe has always gone through difficulties. This is an opportunity for common policies. To answer the questions of the citizens. Because, as long as the pro-European forces do not give these an…

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Jan

2025

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Need to enforce the Digital Services Act to protect democracy on social media platforms including against foreign interference and biased algorithms (debate)

I don't know what you're suggesting. Can anyone say anything? His opinion's different. He can freely express his opinion whenever he wants. But can it spread any evidence without there being any control whatsoever as to whether it is accurate or not? How can you tell if you're watching a platform? So it is one thing to have an opinion and freedom of expression that is respected and is a European a…

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Jan

2025

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Need to enforce the Digital Services Act to protect democracy on social media platforms including against foreign interference and biased algorithms (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, platforms and social media have ceased to be a mere means of communication, as we believed at the beginning of the twenty-first century. They have acquired a role and power that goes as far as trying to interfere and manipulate the democratic processes of states. In some cases, global economic actors, taking advantage of their role, claim the role of opinion multipli…

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Jan

2025

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Madam President, developments in the United States make a change of policy an absolute necessity for Europe. We can no longer do business as usual. We are in a time of great change and Europe needs to re-establish its place in the new world that is shaping up. In the defence sector we need a genuine defence union with a common understanding and harmonisation of individual national policies. The se…

18

Dec

2024

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Preparation of the EU-Western Balkans Summit (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Greece has been and remains a staunch supporter of the European perspective of the Western Balkans, a process that began in Thessaloniki in 2003. But obviously the European perspective is linked to a number of conditions, such as respect for the Copenhagen criteria, common values, respect for the rule of law and fundamental rights. See for example what is hap…

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Dec

2024

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Mr President, at a time when geopolitical challenges are increasing, Europe must act more decisively. We have developments in Syria, where we have to show that there is a unified policy in Europe and that we are moving with initiatives that we are taking. We do not need third parties or mediators. We must move towards ensuring Syria's territorial integrity and follow political processes that are i…

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Dec

2024

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A European Innovation Act: lowering the cost of innovating in Europe (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Europe has for centuries been at the forefront of innovation. Not anymore. And we don't lack people or talent. There are talented people everywhere. Recently we had a very important conference in Thessaloniki, where very good ideas were heard. But we have a problem. We have a hard time turning good ideas into action, into a product. And to do th…

27

Nov

2024

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Rise of energy prices and fighting energy poverty (debate)

Madam President, energy prices are one of the biggest problems facing Europe's citizens and businesses today. When talking to people, a large part of their income goes to energy prices; And when you talk to businesses, they see an increased cost and they keep telling you that they can't compete with the rest, who have cheaper energy prices in other countries. There is an interconnectivity problem.…

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Nov

2024

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Mr President, when you talk to a small and medium-sized businessman, one of the first things he tells you is: Do something with bureaucracy! The bureaucratic and regulatory burden that we have to deal with on a daily basis is enormous. Between 2018 and 2022, 5,422 pages of legislation and 850 new obligations for European businesses were added. The production of settings is so fast that it is diffi…

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Nov

2024

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Condemning the illegal unilateral declaration of independence of the secessionist entity in Cyprus and all efforts to legitimise it and reaffirming the need for European solidarity - 41 years after (debate)

Mr President, the self-declaration of the pseudo-state in Northern Cyprus has been an open challenge to international legitimacy. The continuation of its existence is an open wound in the body of Europe. Europe cannot and must not get used to this barbaric illegality that has been going on for decades now on its own territory, on the territory of one of its Member States. European solidarity with …

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Oct

2024

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A stronger Europe for safer products to better protect consumers and tackle unfair competition: boosting EU oversight in e-commerce and imports (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, European citizens often feel unprotected from unfair practices, but also from the way in which many transactions are carried out, particularly in the new digital environment. In e-commerce many times consumers do not feel in full control of their transactions due to the complex rules and clauses included in the notorious fine print. In many cases there are hidde…