What Sebastian spoke about.

14 Sep

2026

ES Speech

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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Madam President, I was recently in Bolivia and promised the people of Uyuni a new friend in the European Parliament. Europe's relationship with Bolivia focuses almost only on one issue: lithium. But a serious relationship cannot be based on raw materials alone. Uyuni is also Bolivia's best-known tourist destination. The Government is preparing a sustainable tourism plan for the next ten years. I o…

14 Sep

2026

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Council positions at first reading (Rule 64)

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Madam President, under Rule 40, like every Strasbourg session, you keep coming up with new ways to make our debates more engaging. But here's a better idea: get rid of the ridiculous rule that lets Members refuse a blue‑card question. It is unbelievable. The left side of this Chamber acts like an applause machine. They clap on cue. They cheer each other on like a squad of North Korean cheerleaders…

7 Jul

2026

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EU-Mexico (joint debate)

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Mr President, the Party for Freedom opts for trade that makes the Netherlands stronger and that is why we support this strategic partnership agreement. With 130 million inhabitants, Mexico is one of the largest economies in the world and an important growth market for our entrepreneurs. European exports of goods and services can increase by 75% and European companies save up to EUR 100 million in …

15 Jun

2026

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EU-US trade deal (joint debate)

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Well, thank you very much for your question, Ms Vieira, but let me be very clear: what you won't understand is the power of of competitiveness. I understand that the left side of this Parliament – we just heard that other left‑wing didgeridoo – has nothing to do with enforcing competitiveness, enforcing jobs and our economic strength. So, do not ask me about how capitalism works, but yes, if you w…

15 Jun

2026

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EU-US trade deal (joint debate)

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Mr President, folks, let me be very clear from the outset: this deal is not perfect, but perfect was never on the table. The EU simply does not have the guts to force a better outcome. We negotiated from a position of weakness. The real question is: how did we end up here? Because of years of misguided policies, suffocating bureaucracy and an energy policy driven by ideology instead of common sens…

29 Apr

2026

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The need to combat antisemitism and protect Jewish life in Europe, following the recent attacks against the Jewish community in the Netherlands and Belgium (debate)

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26 Mar

2026

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EU-US trade deal (joint debate)

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Mr President, let me be clear right away. Did the European Commission negotiate badly? Yeah, yeah. Is this deal better for the US than for Europe? Yeah, yeah. Would we have preferred a 0% rate deal? Yes, but the European Union simply does not have the cards to enforce a better deal. We have empty hands and a mouth full of teeth. The real question is, how did we get into this? Through years …

12 Feb

2026

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Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate)

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12 Feb

2026

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Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate)

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12 Feb

2026

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Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate)

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11 Feb

2026

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Urgent actions to revive EU competitiveness, deepen the EU Single Market and reduce the cost of living - from the Draghi report to reality (debate)

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20 Jan

2026

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Situation in Venezuela following the extraction of Maduro and the need to ensure a peaceful democratic transition (debate)

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Madam President, the narcodictator Nicolás Maduro has been captured. He was taken from his bed to end up in a prison in the United States. Life is full of surprises, Nicolas. Now is the time to focus on the interests of the Venezuelan people. Their future must be in their hands, not in the interests of oil companies. As long as criminals like Delcy Rodriguez remain in government, there will be no …

20 Jan

2026

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Tackling AI deepfakes and sexual exploitation on social media by making full use of the EU’s digital rules (debate)

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Mr Sieper, I am of course strongly opposed to this. The point is that this is already prohibited in the Netherlands and should therefore also be prosecuted in the Netherlands. If people post material online and this constitutes a criminal offence, whether this material is generated with AI or in some other way or concerns real pornography, this should be severely punished. We do not want to do thi…

20 Jan

2026

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Tackling AI deepfakes and sexual exploitation on social media by making full use of the EU’s digital rules (debate)

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Mr Sieper, I have not heard you speak about the dignity of Parliament when one of its Members was exempted from prosecution in Hungary after she attacked someone with an axe. Every time someone says something with which you disagree, you start talking about the dignity of this fake parliament. This is too crazy for words. There is always a different reason to do something about social media platfo…

20 Jan

2026

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Tackling AI deepfakes and sexual exploitation on social media by making full use of the EU’s digital rules (debate)

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Mr Van Lanschot, as you know, I do not like the European project at all. Every time you open your mouth in the Chamber, I remember why. The point is that there is always a different reason for restricting all kinds of things on social media platforms. I would like to have a little more confidence in our own national parliament, in our own legislation and in the history of the Netherlands, which sh…

20 Jan

2026

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Tackling AI deepfakes and sexual exploitation on social media by making full use of the EU’s digital rules (debate)

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Mr Van Lanschot says from the left side of the Chamber that we have the possibility to impose rules. This makes my neck hair stand up. This is alarming. The point, which I have already made clear, is that all the matters we want to deal with in Brussels must actually be dealt with at national level. What is punishable offline is also punishable online. This is already provided for in the legislati…

20 Jan

2026

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Tackling AI deepfakes and sexual exploitation on social media by making full use of the EU’s digital rules (debate)

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Mr President, the day before yesterday it was about hate speech, yesterday about disinformation, today about AI images on X and tomorrow about any opinion that the left does not like. Every time Brussels announces new digital protection, we know what time it is. Nothing is secured; Something is being taken away. We see the same play every time: First comes the moral outrage, then a debate with an …

18 Dec

2025

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European Democracy Shield – very large online platform algorithms, foreign interference and the spread of disinformation (debate)

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18 Dec

2025

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European Democracy Shield – very large online platform algorithms, foreign interference and the spread of disinformation (debate)

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21 Oct

2025

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Renewing the EU-Africa Partnership: building common priorities ahead of the Angola Summit (debate)

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Mr President, in November Ursula von der Leyen travels to the EU-Africa summit in Angola – that is not the country of Ntula Kabongo, who came from the Central African Republic – as a kind of Euromissionary on safari with suitcases full of Dutch tax money. Tens of billions of euros will disappear in the eternal cycle of aid and dependence in the coming years. Meanwhile, Africa's population is growi…

10 Sep

2025

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

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Mr President, in the Netherlands last month a 17-year-old girl was murdered by an asylum seeker. Unfortunately, this is not an incident, but the result of years of mass immigration. On the left, crocodile tears weep for Gaza, but in our own streets, women are harassed by the beasts they bring in themselves. While women, gays and Jews in Amsterdam can no longer safely walk the streets, the mayor of…

9 Sep

2025

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Situation in Colombia after the wave of recent terrorist attacks (debate)

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Mr. President, the brutal murder of Senator Miguel "the Warrior" Uribe Turbay fills us with pain. This egregious fact evokes once again the darkest chapters of Colombia's recent history: murders, kidnappings and fear. The people of Cali, Bogota, Medellin and all regions of the country deserve to live in safety and tranquility. The upcoming elections represent a decisive opportunity to turn the tid…

17 Jun

2025

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Assassination attempt on Senator Miguel Uribe and the threat to the democratic process and peace in Colombia (debate)

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Mr. President, two weeks after my birth in Medellín, presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galán was assassinated in Colombia. It was 1989, a particularly difficult period for my country. In the midst of that crisis, the Netherlands offered me something that Colombia could not: a future. Today, thirty-five years later, Colombia's democratic hope is again in jeopardy. The recent assassination attempt …

6 May

2025

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A unified EU response to unjustified US trade measures and global trade opportunities for the EU (debate)

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Mr President, first of all I would like to thank Commissioner Šefčovič for his efforts to improve trade relations between the European Union and the United States. I am also pleased that he has accepted my proposal to strive for reciprocal 0% tariffs. Yet we see that while the Commissioner is trying to smooth out the folds in our trade relations, sand is being thrown into the machine elsewhere. La…

11 Mar

2025

NL Answer

Roadmap for Women`s Rights (debate)

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Mr President, this question shows that women and girls everywhere in Europe are "strongly in the wind" and no longer feel protected by politicians who look away en masse from the import of misogyny. If this lady interrupts me and says that Islam is a kind of beacon of female emancipation, then of course I answer that this is absolutely not true. Call me one country in the Islamic world where women…