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Jun

2025

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Situation in the Middle East (joint debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in a few years' time we will all say that we have done everything we can to prevent the genocide that is taking place in Palestine. Our choices today will tell whether it was true or not. I therefore take this minute to call on the Commission to swiftly conclude the report on the values enshrined in Article 2 and assess whether or not they are being breached. Cl…

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Jun

2025

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The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report (debate)

Madam President, first of all I would like to thank all the shadow rapporteurs who have participated in this report and in the construction of this report, in particular those who are part of the democratic field. Ladies and gentlemen, I apologise, but the rule of law is not a vague concept, nor is it an ideological concept. It is indeed the foundational basis of our European Union. It is respect …

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Jun

2025

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The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the European Union is above all a project of peace, freedom and respect for human dignity. These are values that for decades seemed to us to be guaranteed, but which today are under attack and under threat. We live in times of uncertainty, wars on Europe's doorstep, mass disinformation fuelled by social media, social and economic crises. It is p…

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2025

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The Hungarian government's drift to Russia-style repression: legislative threats to freedom of expression and democratic participation (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, I believe that the question that needs to be asked today is how many more breaches of the rule of law Mr Orbán needs to make in order for us to be able to act. It has been said for seven years that the conditionality mechanism and Article 7 must be applied – systematically disregarded by Mr Orbán. What we are seeing here once again is an attack …

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May

2025

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Preparation of the EU-UK summit (debate)

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Mar

2025

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100 days of the new Commission – Delivering on defence, competitiveness, simplification and migration as our priorities (topical debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the mandate of the European Commission is very clear: a strong Europe faithful to its values, respecting the central role of this Parliament. The first 100 days leave concerns about the working method and also about the relationship with the pro-European platform that underpins it. First of all, we see with concern the migration package that gives in to a securi…

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Mar

2025

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Presentation of the proposal on a new common approach on returns (debate)

Mr Oliveira, I absolutely agree with what you said and I would like to ask you the following: do you or do you not consider that this is a regulation that goes against what is enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights? Contrary to what is practiced in Portugal, for example, which does not have detention centres, has temporary accommodation centres, up to 72 hours, citizens can appeal their de…

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Mar

2025

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Presentation of the proposal on a new common approach on returns (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, while it is true that a consensus has been found in this House for the Pact on Migration and Asylum, the fact remains that the issues of return continue to divide us. If there are measures put forward that are positive, there are three that I would like to stress as being negative and which, from my point of view, from the point of view of S&D, …

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Feb

2025

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Honouring the memory of Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová: advancing media freedom, strengthening the rule of law, and protecting journalists across the EU (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it is right to recall the memory of Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová, especially so that we never forget that media freedom and the press are an essential pillar of the rule of law and that a free and independent press makes and deepens our democracy. It is therefore right to greet all those who, sometimes in difficult conditions, continue to ca…

12

Feb

2025

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Competitiveness Compass (debate)

Thank you very much, honourable Member, it is very simple. There are several moments when we need to realise that it is not enough to say that they like the Draghi report. The Draghi report has a set of measures that point to the possibility of the European Union being able to invest more, first and foremost in skills, in the just transition, both green and digital, first and foremost in the way i…

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Feb

2025

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Competitiveness Compass (debate)

Mr President, Honourable Member, I can tell you the following: I totally disagree with what is the compass for competitiveness that the Commission is presenting here, all the more so because it is based on the deregulation on which Mrs Lídia Pereira has just insisted. In my view, Commissioner, this deregulation... As I am in favour of simplifying procedures, I believe that this deregulation is a s…

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Feb

2025

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Competitiveness Compass (debate)

Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, this debate comes at a particularly demanding time for Europe and at a time when we are witnessing the reconfiguration, if you will, of globalisation. This morning's debate on the work programme was a debate where I hoped there would be more answers. To call it a compass or something else, Commissioner, let me tell you, competitiveness needs more investment, and…

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Feb

2025

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Commission Work Programme 2025 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, on the day we present the working document of the European Commission, what is expected is to strengthen democracy and confidence in our institutions. And what is expected is that the President of the European Commission will have respect for the most democratic institution of the European Union, which is the European Parliament. To discuss this…

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Feb

2025

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: the need for the European Union to contribute to resolving the humanitarian crisis of persons missing in wars and conflicts (debate)

Mr President, I totally agree that President Trump's statements are statements that are not only an infamy, a disgrace, but also a blatant violation of international law. They contribute to the genocide and ethnic cleansing that is taking place in that territory. And, yes, this Parliament has a duty to take concrete action and strongly condemn what are unacceptable statements for a suffering peopl…

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Feb

2025

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: the need for the European Union to contribute to resolving the humanitarian crisis of persons missing in wars and conflicts (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I have just come from a difficult mission to Palestine and Israel, where I have witnessed the destruction, despair and precarious conditions in which thousands of people, including many children, are trying to survive. Gaza is one of the most densely populated regions in the world, which has been facing daily challenges for years due to systemic constraints and …

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Jan

2025

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Major interpellations (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I was very concerned at the end of your speech, Commissioner, let me share this with you. In 2021, when the money for the Integrated Border Management Fund was increased, the President of the Commission said - and I quote - 'the European Union will finance neither walls, nor wire, nor fences'. The Commissioner concluded his speech by saying: “Let’s…

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Jan

2025

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EU financing through the LIFE programme of entities lobbying EU institutions and the need for transparency (debate)

Honourable Member, I am totally in favour of transparency, totally in favour of transparency. But to demand – with the vehemence with which it is calling for civil society to be scrutinised – that we also scrutinise those who are lobbyists for private interests, those who have, over time, been contributing to and attacking various governments and also attacking our institutions. But, ladies and ge…

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Jan

2025

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EU financing through the LIFE programme of entities lobbying EU institutions and the need for transparency (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, this debate is not really about transparency and lobbying. Because if it is about transparency and lobbying, then let's look at the instruments, let's look at the lists of lobbyists that are funded and let's ask the questions that we have to ask. But this is not the debate that we are asking for here, and that the right has asked for, it is a debate to say th…

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Jan

2025

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Links between organised crime and smuggling of migrants in light of the recent UN reports (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, this debate is about reality and perception, and so I would like to give you two figures that I believe are essential to the seriousness of this debate. The first is that there is no UN report – contrary to what the right and the far right have said – that links immigration to crime. And secondly, ladies and gentlemen, the truth is that, from 20…

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Jan

2025

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Uniting Europe against actors hostile to the EU: time to strengthen our security and defence (topical debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the priority these days is security in Europe. That was the debate with the Commission and the Council this morning, that was the debate with the Polish Presidency, and yes, it is a priority. But I think the first word is: Let us focus on the efforts that the European Union must make to become more autonomous, stronger and better able to respond to the challe…

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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)

Mr Joao Oliveira, I totally agree with you. Today is a day to advocate for the deepening of our democracies, and I have no doubt – as Nelson Mandela once said – that there is no better instrument for deepening democracy than investing in our education, investing in citizenship, investing in our values. But that does not dispense with very strong action on what are the legal instruments, which exis…

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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, ladies and gentlemen, this is a bloodless war, but one that kills our democracies, kills our freedoms, paves the way for hate speech and allows individual freedoms to be attacked in the name of false freedom of expression. It is the defence of democracy that is at stake today in this plenary. And it is asking and demanding and urging the European Commission to break its silence, a…

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Dec

2024

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Preparation of the European Council of 19-20 December 2024 (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I take this opportunity to wish a good mandate to the new President of the European Council and I believe, ladies and gentlemen, from what we have been hearing, that this is a discussion at a particularly demanding time, when we are experiencing very complicated geopolitical tensions. It was the elections in the United States, we still have the war in Ukraine…

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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)

Madam President, Commissioner, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to underline the importance and relevance of this debate in the political context in which we live, following, incidentally, the serious events in a Member State of the European Union, Romania. If there were doubts for all of us, what is at stake is the very survival of our democracies, of our democracy, as a collectiv…

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Dec

2024

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Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2023 (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Madam European Ombudsman, I would first of all like to welcome you and join those who have congratulated you here on the work and courage of the work you have done over time. I would also like to congratulate the rapporteur for the work he has put before us and for the speech he has made, and to emphasise once again the importance of this report in terms of p…