What Lukas spoke about.

16 Dec

2025

EN Speech

Grids package and tackling raising energy prices through robust infrastructure (debate)

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Mr President, maybe the button was hindered by the energy grid. Dear people of Europe, I listened with interest to my colleague, Mr Tynkkynen praising the Finnish electricity grid. And rightly so – Finland should be proud of it. But to turn national excellence into an argument for national solutions is deeply shortsighted. First, we have a single economic area. We share markets, supply chains and …

16 Dec

2025

EN Speech

Phasing out Russian natural gas imports and improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies (debate)

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Madam President, dear people of Europe, I am proud of this Parliament. I am proud because, as an MEP, I can rest knowing that I am not even needed for this. Yesterday we had a vote in the INTA Committee specifically about this file and because I was sitting in the wrong committee room, I missed that vote. Once I realised that the voting list of the colleagues next to me were way longer, I ran over…

16 Dec

2025

DE Question

Phasing out Russian natural gas imports and improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies (debate)

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15 Dec

2025

DE Speech

Amending certain CAP Regulations as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports, data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments annual performance clearance and controls and penalties (debate)

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Madam Vice-President, there was an important INTA vote about phasing out Russian gas. Madam President, Dear people of Europe! I still remember the cow meadows and the horse meadows on my doorstep very well. I still remember very well that I played with my friends in the fields. I still remember very well how the farmer chased us through the whole village when we broke the silage, the pasture produ…

15 Dec

2025

EN Speech

Amending certain CAP Regulations as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports, data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments annual performance clearance and controls and penalties (debate)

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Dear colleague, once again, I agree with you in principle. The farmers know how to protect the environment. They have been doing this for thousands and thousands of years. But sometimes, and right now in your speech, I feel that the difference is lost between a simple farmer who has one farm and works his land, and big agricultural conglomerates, big farming industry, who have no regard for the en…

15 Dec

2025

EN Question

Amending certain CAP Regulations as regards the conditionality system, types of intervention in the form of direct payment, types of intervention in certain sectors and rural development and annual performance reports, data and interoperability governance, suspensions of payments annual performance clearance and controls and penalties (debate)

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Thank you, colleague, that you accepted the blue card. I agree totally with you that we have to protect our farmers and that we have to take their grievances into account. At the same time, we see that a lot of environmental standards that have been fought for so hard in recent years are now rolled back. You said in your speech that we can simplify the legislation without lowering the protection s…

15 Dec

2025

EN Speech

Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan (debate)

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Madam President, dear people of Europe, history teaches us a hard but necessary lesson: appeasement does not fail because it is evil; it fails because it is naive. In the 1930s, Europe believed peace could be preserved through accommodation. In 1936, Hitler remilitarised the Rhineland and Europe hoped that restraint would calm him. In 1938, Austria was annexed and Europe hoped it would be enough. …

15 Dec

2025

EN Speech

Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan (debate)

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Colleague, I cannot debate in principle what you said about the necessity – and you said it again now – for peaceful resolution, but I think it is, politically speaking, quite naive to think that you can actually deal with a regime like Putin's Russia in a peaceful way and that there is always a way for dialogue. Dialogue is only possible if the other person wants to speak. Putin does not want to …

15 Dec

2025

EN Speech

Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan (debate)

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I mean, yes, this was a question. You are claiming that ... (The President cut off the speaker)

15 Dec

2025

IT Question

Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan (debate)

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Shouldn't we defend ourselves against a fascist regime when it starts a war of aggression?

27 Nov

2025

IT Speech

Fur farming and the placing of farmed fur products on the market (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, dear citizens of Europe, the European Citizens' Initiative 'Fur Free Europe' is a very important example of direct democracy in our Union. More than a million people from many different countries have used this tool to ask for one simple thing: respect for animals and a more ethical Europe. This mechanism deserves our utmost respect, it shows us that citizens…

27 Nov

2025

DE Speech

Outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference - Belém (COP30) (debate)

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27 Nov

2025

EN Speech

Outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference - Belém (COP30) (debate)

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Thank you, Mr Mazurek, for accepting my blue card. You talked about people in this House enriching themselves and not working for the people. And I was thinking about the fact that you have – let me count – six local assistants working in your home country, but only one APA working here in Brussels under sufficient oversight of the Parliament. So I was just wondering, could you explain a little bi…

27 Nov

2025

DE Question

Development of an industry for sustainable aviation and maritime fuel in Europe (debate)

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26 Nov

2025

DE Speech

Post-election killings and the deteriorating human rights situation in Tanzania, including the case of imprisoned opposition leader Tundu Lissu

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26 Nov

2025

EN Speech

Defence of Democracy package (joint debate)

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Madam President, democracy needs education, so let me first take this opportunity, Mr Uhrík, to tell you about the concept of indirect legitimacy in democracy. Mr Mazurek, I told you this last plenary already, so you can share your notes with Mr Uhrík, maybe. In a democracy, it is possible that the people elect a body that then elects other institutions. That's indirect legitimacy within a democra…

26 Nov

2025

EN Speech

EU response to the continuous airspace violations and sabotage of critical infrastructure in the EU originating from Russia and Belarus (debate)

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Madam President, dear people of Europe, Fidias, what the hell? Accusing us of hypocrisy – because we talk about the hybrid war that Putin and his henchman Lukashenka wage against Europe and not about the infringement of Greek and Cypriot airspace by Türkiye – makes no sense at all. I respect the grief of the Cypriots for the situation of their country and the relationship with Türkiye. But Türkiye…

25 Nov

2025

EN Speech

Protection of minors online (debate)

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Mr President, dear people of Europe, dear colleagues, I was born in 1997. I still remember playing only with wooden toys at my grandmother's house and fighting lightsaber battles with sticks with my friends in the forest. I was seven when I played online games on a website called SpieleAffe – Game Monkey – with a lot of guns and a lot of blood. I was ten when I saw an infamous human waste porn vid…

25 Nov

2025

EN Speech

Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan (continuation of debate)

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Madam President, dear people of Europe, dear Commissioner, we must enforce the arms embargo. We must sanction all external sponsors from both sides. We must shut down gold financing routes, guarantee humanitarian access and support the civilian‑led transition with accountability. But let's be honest, what is happening in Sudan cannot be solved by peaceful diplomacy alone. The RSF is committing the…

25 Nov

2025

DE Question

Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan (continuation of debate)

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Thank you, Mr. Colleague, for accepting the blue card. You mentioned that we will soon be able to use the trade agreement with the United Arab Emirates, which we may or may not conclude, as a means of pressure. And I think we all agree that we should do the same. But what else can we do? What else can we do beyond humanitarian aid and diplomatic pressure? Because at the end of the day there are ev…

25 Nov

2025

EN Speech

2026 budgetary procedure: joint text (debate)

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Mr President, dear people of Europe, I would like to congratulate the two rapporteurs for their work on this file. This is more or less everything that I have to say. I would like to take the opportunity to shed light on a fundamental problem with our budgetary procedure. Not so long ago, I visited a partner country of the European Union. It is a state that is an important energy supplier for us, …

25 Nov

2025

DE Speech

European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’) (debate)

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Mr Neuhoff, I find it extremely interesting that you think that Russia still needs some motivation to move the border of Ukraine further west. For almost four years now, the Russians have been working on this very consistently, sacrificing endless billions of rubles and, unfortunately, tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of their own soldiers. But overall, I think you should trust that Ukra…

25 Nov

2025

DE Question

European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’) (debate)

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However, I would like to be able to respond once again to Mr Neuhoff's reply in accordance with the Rules of Procedure. Mr. Neuhoff, thank you for accepting the blue card. You are a scientist of your sign. Accordingly, one of the basic principles of your life should be scientific evidence. So, if it is evident that Ukraine has been forcibly driving incredible developments in military technology ov…

25 Nov

2025

DE Question

European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’) (debate)

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Thank you, Mr. Colleague, for accepting the blue card. If I understood you correctly, if the translation understood you correctly, then you said: “Who betrayed us? Social Democrats.’ And I am a little surprised that a representative of the left here reproduces a battle cry invented by far-right monarchists of the German Empire. So, how can you actually bring this together, that here you are almost…

24 Nov

2025

EN Speech

Ensuring faster registration and uptake of biological control agents (short presentation)

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Madam President, dear people of Europe, in a time when conservatives and Greens are often portrayed as political opposites, even as enemies, today's agreement sends an important message. The report is not just technical work – it is living proof that cooperation is possible in the democratic majority of this House, even when political priorities are divided. Here, an EPP rapporteur and a Greens ra…