What Dan spoke about.

26

Nov

2025

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EU response to the continuous airspace violations and sabotage of critical infrastructure in the EU originating from Russia and Belarus (debate)

Madam President, just days ago, we saw Russian aggression directly endanger our citizens and our critical infrastructure. The drone strike on a gas tanker on the Danube forced the evacuation of Romanian villages. This act of brazen economic sabotage is not an isolated incident. It is part of a continuous, hostile pattern of airspace violations and hybrid warfare originating from Russia. Romanian a…

21

Oct

2025

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Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations (debate)

Mr President, if there is a fundamental mission for the European Union, it is the unification of our continent. But in order to receive new members we must first clean our own house, make renovations as necessary in any house after a few decades. We cannot build Europe's future with the tools of the past. An enlarged union with more than 30 member states simply cannot afford to be paralysed by the…

8

Oct

2025

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United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure (debate)

Madam President, Minister, I am speaking to you today not as a Member of the European Parliament, but as a Romanian citizen concerned about the future of Europe. In recent weeks, the airspace of my country and of the states on the eastern flank, practically the space of the European Union and NATO, has been repeatedly violated by the drones of the Russian Federation. And we have to be clear: These…

9

Sep

2025

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Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian hybrid threats and malign interference (debate)

Mr President, the resolution we are debating today addresses a real and serious threat to a European democracy. Moldovans are called on September 28 to elect their Parliament, and the outcome of these elections will determine whether Moldova continues its path towards joining the European Union or is again destabilized by Russia. Moscow is waging a fierce hybrid war to bring Moldova back into its …

9

Sep

2025

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Wave of violence and continuous use of force against protesters in Serbia (debate)

Madam President, let us set the scene in the streets of Belgrade: what we are witnessing is a Government, a candidate for EU membership, unleashing brutal violence against its own people. The Vučić regime’s crackdown on peaceful, democratic protesters is an affront to everything this Union stands for. The images of police beating students, of citizens being tear-gassed are a stain on the conscienc…

9

Sep

2025

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Ukraine (joint debate)

Madam President, I stand before you not just as a European, but as a Romanian as well. My country shares the longest EU border with Ukraine. We are not just neighbours; we are brothers and sisters who have sheltered millions from the storms of Russian aggression. We have seen their fear in their eyes and heard the sirens first-hand. We talk of peace, and we must. But let us be clear: a peace dicta…

9

Jul

2025

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EU-US trade negotiations (debate)

Mr President, as we face challenging trade talks with our American partners, we must not forget the vital importance of our transatlantic bond. For over 70 years, the partnership between Europe and the United States has been the foundation for global prosperity and security. This is about more than just tariffs. It’s about our shared democratic values and our joint responsibility to tackle global …

8

Jul

2025

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2023 and 2024 reports on North Macedonia (debate)

Madam President, Madam Commissioner, well, listening to the previous two interventions, this has not been an easy file. It was marked by some controversy, sensitive issues, and of course, the always-in-fashion misinformation. Nevertheless, the fact that we finally have a report after three years is a major step forward. I congratulate the rapporteur and the other fellow shadows for their resilienc…

19

Jun

2025

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Institutional and political implications of the EU enlargement process and global challenges (debate)

Mr President, Russia's war has made EU enlargement a strategic necessity to secure a stable and democratic continent. But we face a critical challenge: our current institutions risk paralysis in a larger Union. The unanimity rule threatens to block the very action we need to be a credible global actor. Inaction is not an option; it means losing credibility, importing instability and undermining th…

18

Jun

2025

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Upcoming NATO summit on 24-26 June 2025 (debate)

Madam President, Madam High Representative, next week in The Hague, our leaders will gather for a pivotal NATO summit shaping the future of European security in an era of unprecedented challenges. The long peace we have taken for granted was not a lucky chance. It was the product of vigilance and strength. For years, we spoke of 2 % of GDP for defence as an ambition. Today, in the face of blatant …

17

Jun

2025

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2023 and 2024 reports on Moldova (debate)

Mr President, I welcome the adoption of the Country Report for the Republic of Moldova and the work of the rapporteurs of all pro-European groups, as well as the effort of rapporteur Sven Mikser, whose contribution has been remarkable in this process. The final form of the text clearly shows the European Parliament's support for Moldova and its efforts to integrate into the European Union. We see …

16

Jun

2025

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The human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the urgent need to end Russian aggression: the situation of illegally detained civilians and prisoners of war, and the continued bombing of civilians (debate)

Madam President, let's talk about the truth. For more than 1,000 days, Ukraine has been battling a slow-moving aggressor. Every day, Russian bombs hit hospitals, homes, kindergartens, schools. Ukrainian civilians are abducted and tortured. Prisoners of war are subjected to cruel treatment and denied the most basic rights in international law. This is the human cost we see every day, and the need f…

8

May

2025

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80 years after the end of World War II - freedom, democracy and security as the heritage of Europe (debate)

Mr President, today we are commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Second World War, but its lessons are more timely than ever. In '38, when Nazi Germany annexed Austria, it was not just an act of force, it had been paved by a relentless campaign of propaganda and disinformation. The Nazi regime portrayed a false narrative of an Austrian people eager to unite, fabricating crises and suppressing …

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May

2025

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EU support for a just, sustainable and comprehensive peace in Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, I believe that peace in Ukraine is the only topic on which there is consensus in this House. Divergences between the groups arise when it comes to how to reach peace in Ukraine and how to show this peace. I argue that military support for Ukraine must continue, because a peace cannot be sustainable without Ukraine's ability to ensure its security. I argue that it should no longer …

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Apr

2025

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Safeguarding the access to democratic media, such as Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (debate)

Mr. President, when I went to school in communist Romania, my parents reminded me almost daily not to tell anyone that we were listening to Free Europe, that radio station that offered us a window into the free world in full communist dictatorship, that radio station that informed the Romanian people that in Timisoara a revolution had begun in '89 that then changed the whole country. I didn't thin…

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Mar

2025

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Situation of European academics and researchers in the US and the impact on academic freedom (debate)

Madam President, two characters in human history have destinies that are very current today. Giordano Bruno, burned at the stake for the crime of saying that the universe is infinite, and Galileo Galilei, escaped from the stake, but imprisoned for life for the crime of saying that the Earth revolves around the Sun. 400 years later, today in the United States, universities are threatened with losin…

12

Mar

2025

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Frozen Russian assets (debate)

Mr President, after President Trump's shameful behaviour towards President Zelenskyy, the European Union has no excuse today. The use of frozen Russian assets in Europe for financing and supporting Ukraine is a natural consequence and a matter of justice, justice and strategic necessity. For those who still have a dilemma, we are not talking about racial confiscation, as the far right has just tol…

11

Mar

2025

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European Council meetings and European security (joint debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, President Costa, I appreciate and thank you for your presence in the debate. Unfortunately, the security context of the European Union is no longer a peaceful certainty, but rather a battlefield. We have seen our vulnerabilities after the installation of an American administration with pro-Putin priorities and affinities. We remembered again – and the Eastern Europea…

10

Mar

2025

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Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Republic of Moldova (debate)

Madam President, I welcome the development of the growth plan for the Republic of Moldova and I congratulate the Commission and Commissioner Kos for the very constructive attitude shown in the negotiations. At the referendum on Moldova's accession to the European Union, Russia wasted over 100 million euros in dirty money, trying to influence the result. But Chisinau has resisted in an absolutely e…

12

Feb

2025

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US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, the World Health Organisation and the suspension of US development and humanitarian aid (debate)

Madam President, history tells us that Truman created the Marshall Plan, but I say Truman's true genius was swallowing his pride and reaching out to Herbert Hoover. Yes, Hoover, the most reviled former president in those days. Why? Because they understood a strong Europe meant a strong America. They crossed party lines and prevented millions starving. Hoover, that hated man, convinced his isolatio…

11

Feb

2025

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Political crisis in Serbia (debate)

Madam President, for a Romanian, the collapse of the North Railway Station, the Novi Sad Railway Station, and the loss of innocent lives is an echo of a well-known tragedy. The tragedy of 2015 in Colectiv club still haunts our society and is a cruel reminder of the price paid for negligence and corruption. Nine years have passed since that awful night in Bucharest. Sixty-four souls were lost. Roma…

22

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, when Russia tried to destroy submarine communication cables in the Baltic Sea, NATO responded by sending ships and aircraft to defend critical infrastructure. It is a natural and welcome response, but Europe has long since passed the moment when it can only respond and must move to the stage of preventing attacks and challenges from hostile actors. It's time for our security to be…

21

Jan

2025

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Geopolitical and economic implications for the transatlantic relations under the new Trump administration (debate)

Mr President, it seems there is something going around across the pond and Uncle Sam caught a cold. Last night, we all witnessed a spectacle of isolationism and outright proclamations of miracles bound to happen. What we didn't hear was a true vision for the future, other than a flurry of sometimes barbaric executive orders and threats to rewrite geography, like it's George Orwell's 1984. There wa…

21

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, disinformation and manipulation have become terribly cheap and accessible today. In Romania's election campaign, 25 Facebook pages ran 4,100 fake ads against Elena Lasconi, the pro-European presidential candidate. It has been viewed 199 million times. I repeat: 25 pages, 4,000 advertisements generated almost 200 million views. This is the power of a single network. If we multiply …

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Dec

2024

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Continued repression of civil society and independent media in Azerbaijan and the cases of Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu, Anar Mammadli, Kamran Mammadli, Rufat Safarov and Meydan TV

Mr President, during this plenary session, this is my fourth speech. They were all on the same topic. It is extremely worrying that the theme of human rights and anti-democratic measures is repeating itself, although we have talked about completely different situations and countries. About Azerbaijan, recent and less recent reports highlight a worrying trend. The Azerbaijani government continues t…