What Dimitris spoke about.

8

Oct

2024

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

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we all understand the consequences of a possible extension of the war, the dramatic consequences. The solution in the region is absolutely clear that it cannot be military. It can only be politics. Here too, the European Union can play a more decisive role. We recently saw, in the motion for a resolution at the United Nations, 13 Member States of the European…

7

Oct

2024

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The extreme wildfires in Southern Europe, in particular Portugal and Greece and the need for further EU climate action on adaptation and mitigation (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, unfortunately the phenomena of the climate crisis, the extreme phenomena that we have been experiencing in recent years, are no exception. It will be the new normal. In my country they have been expressed both in the form of large fires and in the form of floods and action is needed on three levels. The first level concerns prevention, how we prepare to deal …

18

Sep

2024

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The devastating floods in Central and Eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change (debate)

Mr President, our societies and citizens are constantly facing the consequences of the climate crisis. In recent days, these consequences have taken the form of extreme events, with floods in Eastern and Central Europe and fires in Portugal – events that are increasingly affecting my home country, Greece, with the most typical being the floods in Thessaly last year. We must not wait for a catastro…

16

Sep

2024

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr President, I am from Greece, a country that has known the migration problem very well for many years, not only because it is located at Europe's external borders and in an unstable geopolitical region, but also because hundreds of thousands of people – in a very short time – have reached Evros and the Greek islands. Many times my country's government has been criticised for pursuing a strict bu…