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Feb

2025

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Competitiveness Compass (debate)

Mr President, with overregulation, we are falling further and further behind China and the US. Europe has completely lost its way. That is why we now have the Compass for Competitiveness. The Commission has considered that the best way to regain global competitiveness is to introduce an avalanche of new rules. Looking at this year alone, dozens of new EU rules will be added, such as the Digital Ne…

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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)

Yeah, I'm just waiting for the little applause. The point is that everything we are trying to regulate here today in this Digital Surveillance Act can also be regulated in national law. And you know that the largest Dutch delegation, the Party for Freedom, is striving for the return of power from Europe to national member states. I know that Mr van Volt abhors the concepts of 'national member stat…

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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)

The left is losing. Power is slipping out of their hands and so is their mouthpiece, the traditional media. That is why they are panicking, and that is why we are having this same debate for the third time in three months. For years, people like Bill Gates or George Soros influenced politics in Europe and far beyond. No one in this room has ever said anything about it. But now it's about someone w…

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Dec

2024

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Recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women - EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (joint debate - EU priorities for the upcoming session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women)

Mr President, today we are discussing the EU's priorities for the forthcoming UN meeting on the Status of Women. Once again, it is clear that this Parliament does not have its priorities in order at all. It calls for more money for gender policies, gender budgets in all policy areas, more gender legislation and even more attention to the effects of climate change on women. Because apparently it ra…

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Dec

2024

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Misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms, such as TikTok, and related risks to the integrity of elections in Europe (debate)

Mr President, here we are again. The left-wing mafia always goes one step further to get rid of competitors. Not only must social media be censored even further, democratic elections must now also be re-elected if the result is not satisfactory, as in Romania. It is the parties that are stumbling over each other to take measures on democracy and the rule of law in countries such as Hungary, Poland…

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Nov

2024

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Resumption of the sitting

25

Nov

2024

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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (debate)

It is not the case that if you strike such a tone against me, you will be more right. Let me be the first to notice. The other point is: Just look at what is happening in the big cities of our Western democracies. Look what happens to women there. How in whole cities, with tens of thousands at a time, women all walk packed, because it must be from their husbands. And then someone like that, here t…

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Nov

2024

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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (debate)

Mr President, I hope that everything is going well with the woman who spoke for me. I have to be a little shivering about all those left-wing women who have spoken for me today. All privileged girls from the international school who have grown up in a left-wing bubble and have never experienced a real challenge in their lives. With their collectivism and their moral exaltation, they mainly fight a…

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Oct

2024

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Abuse of new technologies to manipulate and radicalise young people through hate speech and antidemocratic discourse (debate)

Mr President, freedom of expression is under attack. The Artificial Intelligence Act, the Digital Services Act and now an EU proposal to criminalise hate speech. The left has pulled out an entire arsenal of unwelcome opinions to shreds and impose their own opinion as the only truth on the people at home. Because they can no longer do that with arguments. Voters are running away from left-wing part…

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Oct

2024

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The crisis facing the EU’s automotive industry, potential plant closures and the need to enhance competitiveness and maintain jobs in Europe (debate)

Mr President, today we are talking about the European car industry in crisis. On Friday, it was announced that import duties will be imposed on cheap Chinese electric cars. Let me put one thing first: We need to combat unfair competition. From any country. But how did it actually get to the point where not only the European car industry, but actually all our European industries are in decline? Do …

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Sep

2024

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Global measures towards social media platforms - Strengthening the role of DSA and protecting democracy and freedom in the online sphere (debate)

Mr President, Elon Musk conducted an interview with President Trump on his social media platform, X. French Eurocommunist Breton saw reason in last month's announcement to climb into the pen and send Mr Musk a letter, in which he threatened to take all kinds of measures if the interview did not meet the desired left-wing worldview. At that time, nothing was broadcast or posted online. There is not…