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Jan

2026

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Mr President, Commissioner, farmers have reason to protest against Mercosur, and the European Commission should listen to those reasons. Farmers are protesting because this agreement means a threat to the liquidation of tens of thousands of family farms, to the reduction of farmers' incomes, to the accelerated abandonment of production, to the worsening of food dependence. These consequences are d…

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Dec

2025

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European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ (B10-0557/2025, B10-0558/2025)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, there is no woman who takes lightly a voluntary interruption of pregnancy. And it is important that, by making that choice, that woman should not be confronted with the inhumanity of having to clandestinely voluntarily terminate her pregnancy, jeopardising her health, her life, in truly inhuman conditions. And for this, it is necessary to guarantee legal cond…

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Dec

2025

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Digitalisation, artificial intelligence and algorithmic management in the workplace – shaping the future of work (A10-0244/2025 - Andrzej Buła)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we are voting in favour of this report on artificial intelligence in the workplace, because we believe that it points to a sense that seems to us to be correct in protecting workers and their rights in relation to the use of artificial intelligence. But we want to underline three aspects. Firstly, it seems to us that this regulation must be made at national l…

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Dec

2025

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Phasing out Russian natural gas imports and improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies (A10-0195/2025 - Inese Vaidere, Ville Niinistö)

Madam President, Commissioner, the decision to end the import of gas from the Russian Federation has no economic rationality, no environmental rationality, it is only the consequence of a geopolitical and geostrategic choice by the European Union to place itself in a position of submission and subordination to the United States, with ruinous economic costs and heavy social impacts that the EU ligh…

17

Dec

2025

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Grave political situation in Guinea-Bissau after the coup of 26 November

Madam President, on 26 November, a self-proclaimed high-ranking military command seized power and undermined the constitutional order of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau and the functioning of its institutions. The announcement of the results of the legislative and presidential elections, which was scheduled for November 27, was prevented. The campaign headquarters of presidential candidate Fernando …

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Dec

2025

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 18-19 December 2025, in particular the need to support Ukraine, transatlantic relations and the EU’s strategic autonomy (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner Šefčovič, the next meeting of the European Council is announced with great criticism of Trump, but with the same position of submission and subordination of the European Union to the United States, the same contempt for the needs of the peoples within the EU, the same complicity with the genocide and the occupation of Palestine. If the European Commission and the Europea…

17

Dec

2025

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 18-19 December 2025, in particular the need to support Ukraine, transatlantic relations and the EU’s strategic autonomy (debate)

Mr Di Rupo, you spoke about the solution of mobilising Russian assets to prolong the war in Ukraine. What the European Union is proposing is to insist on prolonging the war in Ukraine by spending more than has been spent so far on prolonging the war in Ukraine. And the questions I ask you are two: firstly, whether it believes that the priority should be to prolong the war – not to end it – with a …

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Dec

2025

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 18-19 December 2025, in particular the need to support Ukraine, transatlantic relations and the EU’s strategic autonomy (debate)

Mr Berendsen, you are astonished at the arrogance of the Trump administration in its national security strategy towards the European Union. I think I should not be surprised, because that is the consequence of the subaltern and submissive way in which the European Union has confronted American interests. That is the consequence of who accepts Trump’s imposition of increased military spending for N…

16

Dec

2025

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Recent developments in Palestine and Lebanon (debate)

16

Dec

2025

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Presentation of the European Affordable Housing Plan (debate)

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Dec

2025

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Presentation of the European Affordable Housing Plan (debate)

16

Dec

2025

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EU Defence Readiness (joint debate)

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Dec

2025

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Mr President, Commissioner, valuing work and workers must be a criterion and a benchmark for development. There is no country that can be considered developed with its workers devalued, despised, without meeting their needs. However, the policies of national governments and the coverage that the European Union gives to these policies go exactly the opposite way. In a number of countries, including…

15

Dec

2025

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

Madam President, EUR 800 billion in rearmament spending gives the magnitude of the drift of this warmongering madness and militarisation of the European Union to which we are being directed. The effort with the agitation of ghosts and boogeymen regarding external security risks is the example of the investment being made in propaganda to sustain the diversion to war, to the arms race, of resources…

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Dec

2025

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

Mr Germain, you have come to announce to us the idea that peace within the European Union is achieved by investing resources from the European Union budget to arm ourselves for a confrontation with Russia. And the questions I ask you are these: How do you think peace is achieved with the threat of a military confrontation, especially with the threat of a military confrontation with a nuclear power…

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Nov

2025

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

27

Nov

2025

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

27

Nov

2025

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

26

Nov

2025

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Protecting citizens' right to make cash payments and ensuring financial inclusion (debate)

26

Nov

2025

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Fishing opportunities 2026: ensuring the sustainability of fish populations, marine ecosystems and coastal communities

26

Nov

2025

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Fishing opportunities 2026: ensuring the sustainability of fish populations, marine ecosystems and coastal communities

26

Nov

2025

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Defence of Democracy package (joint debate)

26

Nov

2025

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EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024 (debate)

26

Nov

2025

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Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (debate)

26

Nov

2025

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EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine (debate)