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Jul

2026

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Joint communication on humanitarian aid (JOIN(2026)0025) (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. The Commission's opinion points to the collapse of the global aid system. This is serious, but at the same time I think we need to look at what we from Europe have done? Sweden has quadrupled its aid budget over 25 years and the European Union has doubled in many more times over these 25 years. Yet the world is as it is. You have to ask yourself if you have faile…

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Jun

2026

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2025 Commission report on Türkiye (debate)

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May

2026

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Financing EU priorities in a sustainable, predictable and resilient way through a new EU own resource from the online gambling and betting services sector (debate)

Of course, illegal activities must be combated. Illegality is one thing. They are to be fought through prosecutors and courts. It is a completely different matter than talking about introducing new taxes. These are two completely different things. I fully agree that we should fight against illegality and criminal activity. Raising taxes is not the solution to this problem. Taxes reduce opportuniti…

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May

2026

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Financing EU priorities in a sustainable, predictable and resilient way through a new EU own resource from the online gambling and betting services sector (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. There is no limit to the imagination when it comes to proposing new taxes in the Union. Just listen to this: Cryptocurrency tax; a new tax on tobacco; tax on electronic scrap; tax on tech companies such as Amazon and Facebook; new corporate income tax on turnover; taxes on oil companies; new wealth tax; tax on luxury products such as sports cars; new organic i…

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Apr

2026

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Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2027 – Section I – European Parliament (A10-0124/2026 - Michalis Hadjipantela) (vote)

Madam President, thank you very much. We underline that Parliament's monthly move between its two places of work wastes enormous amounts of energy and millions of euros of taxpayers' money every year. Recalls that the suspension of part-sessions in Strasbourg during the COVID pandemic contributed to savings of over EUR 26 million, according to Parliament’s Secretariat; Recalls, furthermore, that, …

28

Apr

2026

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Joint debate - Discharge 2024 (joint debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Granting discharge does not sound sexy, but it is Parliament’s most important task, and it is our strongest instrument of power – for us as Members of Parliament. Unfortunately, Parliament does not use this instrument very often to reject institutions. Too much misuse is accepted. Too much mosquitoes are missed. Many of the EU's many institutions cannot be justif…

28

Apr

2026

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Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. When the government of Löfven for Sweden negotiated the current long-term budget, expenditure increased by 68% and the basis was laid for introducing a wealth of taxes for the Union. The Democrats backed the Democrats here. Only the Swedish Democrats and the Left Party voted against it. The EU is now refusing once again to rationalise, streamline and cut back. Fo…

27

Apr

2026

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Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024 (debate)

Now we see how the left is using an important discussion of principle about how to structure the European Union to engage in political pie-throwing, and also about money that has nothing to do with the EU at all. As far as I know, there are many issues, when it comes to this aid money, that are up for discussion, so it is not just those that concern my party. That's wrong. We need to be able to di…

27

Apr

2026

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Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2024 (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. I find it sad that an important principled discussion is being made into party-political pie throwing. These various issues raised by the left are under preparation in other contexts. These are issues of principle where the fight against fraud is not only about catching the wrongdoers but also about protecting every euro that the taxpayer entrusts to the EU. Ther…

27

Apr

2026

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Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2024 (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. I think it has been an interesting debate, and we have heard here that there are visions of the perfect Europe – if you invest in green, everything will be fantastic. I am a little allergic to it because it is taxpayers' money and they have to be managed in an extremely efficient way. We need to know "value for money" – what is the added value of the investmen…

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2026

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Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2024 (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. Europe lacks venture capital, especially private and commercial capital. While the US tends to focus on growth and innovation, Europe opts for a precautionary approach characterised by regulation and the status quo. It weakens our competitiveness. Here, the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund fill a gap through their lending. But this arr…

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Mar

2026

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Global Gateway – past impacts and future orientation (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. It sounds very beautiful, this thing with Global Gateway and this strategy. It has been running since 2021 and spends EUR 300 billion. However, the fact is that various audit bodies, including the European Court of Auditors, criticise a lack of transparency, a lack of governance and a lack of evaluation. We have heard from some speakers here that it…

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Mar

2026

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Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. These guidelines for the 2027 budget require increased spending across the scale. They are striving for higher taxes and new own revenues. They increase the regulatory burden and include green activism and gender perspectives. And this without any restraint on costs or meaningful priorities. The frugal position is absent. Those of us who want to see a more discip…

10

Mar

2026

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Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. The housing market is a national, regional and local competence. It is not a cross-border issue. That is why the EU should keep its fingers off. The reason is obvious: The housing market is very different in different Member States. What applies in Barcelona and Berlin does not work in the Swedish countryside north of the Arctic Circle. Europe's housing proble…

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Feb

2026

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Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rights (debate)

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Jan

2026

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A new action plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. The social networks in our Member States are, of course, absolutely fundamental in order to provide security for the many people, but I think the oral question that was asked is wrong. It assumes that there would be stronger protection if centralisation were to take place and if the European Union were to determine more and more of the regulatory frameworks. T…

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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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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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Nov

2025

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2026 budgetary procedure: joint text (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. The European Parliament's draft budget clearly shows how far we are from reality. When the Member States in the Council cut a billion euros because the economy is on its knees, growth is lousy and deficits are running, then Members of this House are running in the opposite direction, demanding that the whole amount be restored. It doesn't stop there. In addition,…

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Oct

2025

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Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report 2024 (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. I would also like to thank the European Court of Auditors for this solid annual report. It is extremely important to remove it, and I would like to thank the Commission for underlining that it will work hard to reduce the level of error, which is still far too high. However, I would like to mention something that I find remarkable about the recommendations, and t…

21

Oct

2025

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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. It's easy to be generous with other people's money. This report on the 2026 budget is shameless in its waste. Advocating for new sources of income that slap taxpayers, that is not acceptable. The report disapproves of the Council cutting back, saving some of the Commission's proposal. But here can be cut down more, in the frugal spirit. Instead of building air ca…

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Oct

2025

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Promoting EU digital rules: protecting European sovereignty (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. This debate on digitalisation is marked by two opposing perspectives. One side wants to control, regulate and censor, the other side protects freedom, openness and development. We should have learned that when policy interferes with technological development, the capacity to innovate is limited. Detailed governance and regulatory approaches are lagging Europe beh…

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Sep

2025

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Implementation of EU-US trade deal and the prospect of wider EU trade agreements (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. We must remember that at the beginning of the year it was the EU that had higher tariffs on the US in important areas such as cars and agricultural products. This has prompted the new US administration to react with its own protectionism. At this point, this means for me that it will be necessary to praise the Commission for agreeing an agreement with the US, eve…

9

Jul

2025

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EU-US trade negotiations (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. The historian Niall Ferguson speaks of a Cold War 2.0, i.e. a major global contradiction, especially between the United States and China. It is about technology, about natural resources and about territories. In this, too, trade and tariffs are a quarrel that has arisen in this. We are more of a spectator on that part, and I think our task is to ensure that we ge…

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Jun

2025

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Digital Markets, Digital Euro, Digital Identities: economical stimuli or trends toward dystopia (topical debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Digitalisation in our time has enormous advantages, but when the EU claps into this area, there is reason to be vigilant. Instead of boosting the economy, the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA) penalises companies that create jobs and force lucrative technology development to flee Europe. Then there are the plans for the digital euro. It risks promoting expansionary …