What Gheorghe spoke about.

9

Jul

2026

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Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness (debate)

Madam President, this 28th regime is a veiled federalisation of the European Union. It is a project that defies the sovereignty of the nations of the European Union and the principle of subsidiarity. The fiscal module added to the project also tries to bypass the unanimity principle, in order to introduce the majority rule through the back door. Regime 28 is a set of parallel rules that large comp…

8

Jul

2026

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EU’s response and preparedness to protect people against recurring heatwaves and upcoming wildfires (debate)

Mr President, in recent weeks, Europe has burned and flooded at the same time. France, Spain and Italy recorded temperatures above 38 degrees. Romania has been hit by violent storms, floods and destruction. The European Union's response, however, remains too often bureaucratic. We are talking about targets for 2050, while people need solutions today. The Green Deal remained a bureaucratic exercise…

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Jun

2026

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Protecting EU citizens’ data from hybrid threats: the Lithuanian case (topical debate)

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May

2026

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High time to deliver on the Single Market, providing certainty and predictability for EU businesses and quality jobs (continuation of debate)

Madam President, while Europe is regulating, others are innovating. The United States is investing heavily in reindustrialization and global technological leadership, China is strengthening its power through manufacturing and strategic supply chains, while Europe is busy adding new layers of bureaucracy and gold-plating. Take, for example, the digital euro. No one knows how it works because it's n…

19

May

2026

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EU governance under pressure – institutional responses to global challenges (debate)

Mr President, Europeans, who are already suspicious of the administration of the European Union in Brussels, will not trust new initiatives and instruments proposed by the Commission or the Council as solutions to the multiple crises and challenges that our world is facing. The opaque rules of the Treaties and abusive interpretations of the EU decision-making infrastructure are used to bypass the …

19

May

2026

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EU cybersecurity and preparedness in view of advanced AI systems (debate)

Madam President, the European Union is dependent on online technology developed in non-EU countries. The future of European security is no longer decided only at borders, but also in data centres and AI laboratories. But access to technology and funding is limited and unevenly distributed among Member States. There is already a two-speed Europe in technology and artificial intelligence, and this f…

29

Apr

2026

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Topical debate requested by a political group (PfE) (Rule 169) - Commission interference in democratic process and elections (topical debate)

28

Apr

2026

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Enforcement of the Digital Markets Act (debate)

Madam President, implementation Digital Markets Act is incomplete, slow and marked by real problems. Compliance reports clearly show that the rules are difficult to enforce, the economic impact is insufficiently assessed and the Commission's approach is ideological rather than pragmatic. At the same time, the European Commission is investigating platforms and imposing fines with a level of transpa…

10

Mar

2026

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Single Market: how to move from an incomplete single market to one market for one Europe (debate)

Madam President, while we are debating the strengthening of the European single market, Ursula von der Leyen decides at her discretion to apply the Mercosur agreement before the opinion of the CJEU and the vote of the European Parliament. We require farmers to produce more expensively and with more and more restrictions, and then compete with products that do not meet the same standards and costs.…

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Feb

2026

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Urgent actions to revive EU competitiveness, deepen the EU Single Market and reduce the cost of living - from the Draghi report to reality (debate)

10

Feb

2026

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Spain’s large-scale regularisation policy and its impact on the Schengen Area and EU migration policy (debate)

10

Feb

2026

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Presentation of the action plan against cyberbullying (debate)

18

Dec

2025

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European Democracy Shield – very large online platform algorithms, foreign interference and the spread of disinformation (debate)

17

Dec

2025

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2030 Consumer Agenda (debate)

Mr President, the digital environment is the new commercial space that opens access to 450 million potential European customers, at least in theory. The European Consumer Agenda 2030 must ensure that the Single Market fulfils its role for all these consumers, regardless of their postal code. For Romanian consumers, a persistent problem is geoblocking, sites that refuse delivery to Romania, forcibl…

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 President, the European Union's rearmament programme, as well as the indefinite freezing of Russian assets, were based on Article 122 of the Treaty. Only for use in situations of extreme urgency, this text cannot be used to bypass Parliament. Therefore, an action for annulment of SAFE is currently pending before the CJEU in Luxembourg, and the European Union's plan for a future loan to Ukraine …

26

Nov

2025

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Defence of Democracy package (joint 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)

25

Nov

2025

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Protection of minors online (debate)

Madam President, the protection of children, both online and offline, is built at home, in the family. The safety of children is not an algorithm setting. Their safety comes from simple and enduring values learned in the family. Responsibility, respect, caring for others, common sense, are values with which they leave the family. Parents are the real firewall against the dangers of the internet. O…

21

Oct

2025

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Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations (debate)

Mr President, before we think of an enlargement of the European Union, we need to solve the Union's own problems, which are gradually becoming a centralized, Soviet-style, unenviable one. Corruption has invaded the Union, freedom of opinion and choice has become the subject of a fractured relationship with the United States of America, as it is no longer a common value of the West. We are becoming…

8

Oct

2025

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Promoting EU digital rules: protecting European sovereignty (debate)

Mr President, the artificial intelligence industry is dominated by the tech giants in the US and China. A battle with such giants, strongly supported by these two states, is uneven. Dependence on technology giants creates strategic vulnerabilities in the current context of geopolitical tensions and cybersecurity risks. But the answers are not hyper-regulation, the obsession with climate change, ce…

7

Oct

2025

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Time to complete a fully integrated Single Market: Europe’s key to growth and future prosperity (debate)

Madam President, Romania is facing harsh fiscal measures, which put additional pressure on low- and middle-income families. The government has increased VAT, including on basic food, water and heat. Health becomes a luxury. The state has come to take a part of the health insurance pensions. We are talking here about a single European market, but about integration and about shared prosperity, less …

10

Sep

2025

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State of the Union (debate)

Madam President, there is not anything to answer, that is not a question for me. I'm sorry.

10

Sep

2025

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State of the Union (debate)

Madam President, Mrs von der Leyen, please, I ask you here and now to resign, not just because two other motions of censure await you, but above all because you are no longer credible for your dignity as president. Uncontested official surveys show that 60% of European citizens want to resign because of the disastrous trade deal with the US, and 91% of citizens want full transparency in spending p…

7

Jul

2025

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Product safety and regulatory compliance in e-commerce and non-EU imports (debate)

Mr President, the report on safety in e-commerce and imports from non-Community businesses, which I negotiated in IMCO, as ECR shadow rapporteur, proposes concrete measures to combat unfair competition and the risks associated with unsafe products. Of the 4.6 billion low-value parcels that entered the European Union last year, 91% came from non-EU businesses, and 85% of these products, which came …

7

Jul

2025

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Motion of censure on the Commission (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the motion of censure is a constitutional instrument designed to strengthen democracy. It's not a problem, it's a chance for a solution. Today's motion speaks of grave acts and crucial principles being violated. The lack of transparency and the violation of the authority of justice are evidenced by the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union in…