What Luis-Vicențiu spoke about.

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Mar

2025

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Union of Skills: striving for more and better opportunities to study, train or work in the EU and to bring our talents back home (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner Roxana Mînzatu, I was very happy when I saw that, behold, a Romanian woman, a compatriot of mine, is coming up with a programme aimed at bringing back talent. I thought then that it was about bringing talent back to my country, but I saw that you have a motto here, which is called, if I understood correctly, ‘Europe, we choose Europe’. I would propose a motto: ‘choose…

11

Mar

2025

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White paper on the future of European defence (debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, the cruel reality is that we have no strategy, no leaders, no diplomacy. Why am I saying that? Because in reality, if we had, this war would either not have happened or, now, three years later, we would have sat with Trump at the table and engineered not only peace in Ukraine, but peace across the planet. Trump is not looking at us. We have to understand that Trum…

12

Feb

2025

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Collaboration between conservatives and far right as a threat for competitiveness in the EU (topical debate)

Mr President, dear colleagues, I understand that this is a discussion aimed at a possible collaboration between conservative forces and forces considered, labelled by you, as extremists. But these extremist forces, in fact, do nothing but represent their citizens, represent the national interest and act in this sense. For example, I, who come from Romania, entered the European Union with all my de…

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Jan

2025

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Cryptocurrencies - need for global standards (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Romania was the scene of absolutely tragic financial operations for the Romanian people in the 1990s. Ponzi schemes implemented by guys who were manipulated by secret services and politicians managed to rob the pockets of the Romanian people. Afterwards, of course, society evolved. In 2001 appeared the planes that tore down the twin blocks and, of course, beg…

22

Jan

2025

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

I wanted to make a point about emigration. You know that Romania was kept for 13 years at the door of Schengen, noting the fact by Austria, through a veto, that the migrant routes would pass through Romania, although there was no evidence in this regard, because Frontex explained as clearly as possible that the migrant routes did not pass through Romania. Because of this, Romania was punished. Now…

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Jan

2025

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

Dear colleagues, Madam President, I wanted to start this discussion differently, but I was amazed that I was asked to take off the sweater, that it would have the flag of the United States on it. It's not the flag of the United States, it's just a sweater made by Ralph Lauren. But maybe it bothers you Ralph Lauren, that he ever dressed Mélanie? I don't know. Anyway, what I was going to tell you is…

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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)

Dear colleague, so let me understand that it was not the Americans who voted for Trump knowingly, but Elon Musk who influenced the Americans to vote for Trump. If it wasn't for Elon Musk, it wouldn't be Trump. But doesn't that mean that you think Americans are stupid and manipulative? (The Chair interrupted the speaker)... Dear colleague, I understand that you appreciate the fact that the American…

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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 Member, the situation is as follows: I didn't say that he put the CMF, that code of financial trustee, on his materials or not, I said that there was no evidence that he had anything to do with Russia. You moved the center of interest from the thing that interests us, namely, it was financed by Russia or not, to this area that he said he did not use any lions in the campaign, but they helped…

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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, dear colleagues, a few details that may shed some light on you. In Romania there was this presidential election campaign that was canceled, abolished, finished and were, of course, among those who ran and other candidates, including the Prime Minister of Romania. The Prime Minister, what do you think, has more. viewand likeTikTok than the candidate who won the election itself and …

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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)

It's from me, Mr. Barna, Luis Lazarus. I noticed that Mr. Ştefănuță, here, remarked that there would be Russian interference. I want a clear, concise and accurate answer: Is there any evidence, the slightest evidence that the eventual sponsorship, financial support of Călin Georgescu comes from the Russian branch? Give me a concrete answer.…

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Nov

2024

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Full accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen Area: the urgent need to lift controls at internal land borders (debate)

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Nov

2024

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EU-US relations in light of the outcome of the US presidential elections (debate)

Madam President, I am a little puzzled: I noticed that the center left has the feeling that Americans are stupid, literally. Are the Americans stupid? Americans have chosen a leader. I've been to America and talked to a lot of them. I spent almost two months at the beginning of this year. And what do you think? Americans were mostly pro-Trump. What are we going to do now, not work with Trump? That…

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Oct

2024

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Need to strengthen rail travel and the railway sector in Europe (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Romania, as is well known, has the slowest railway, if we may say so. I got into a Eurostar and from Brussels to Paris I did an hour and 20 minutes. The same route from point A to point B in Romania can be done in 5 hours and 57 minutes. It's unbelievable, but that's the pure truth. Do you think it's everything? No, not at all. On our streets in Comarnic, in Bra…

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Oct

2024

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The rise of religious intolerance in Europe (debate)

Madam President, I note that we talk a lot, dear colleagues, about religious intolerance, but we forget to talk about state attacks on religion. I come from an Orthodox-majority country, Romania, and we have all witnessed helplessly how the Orthodox religion and our ancestral traditions were shattered during the pandemic. We saw our dead buried naked, in plastic bags and with formal jobs. I have s…

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Oct

2024

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Madam President, I would like to draw your attention to situations that pass us by and we do not see them. There has been talk of terrorism for 20 years, but this problem has not been solved. However, the states turned against us, the citizens, and forbade us to hold cash in considerable quantities or to make cash operations, to do them only through the bank. Then we talk about fake news and the f…

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Sep

2024

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The devastating floods in Central and Eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change (debate)

Mr. Vice President, I just heard someone from the Left or the Greens, I think, say that we have a problem with not respecting the Nature Restoration LawIn fact, we have interfered with nature, and that is precisely why we now have these floods. My opinion is that precisely because I did not intervene on nature, namely by making infrastructure works and embankments, this is precisely why these thin…

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Sep

2024

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Global measures towards social media platforms - Strengthening the role of DSA and protecting democracy and freedom in the online sphere (debate)

Mr President, dear colleagues, from our point of view, things are very simple. Basically, I find that through this DSA and other warnings, resolutions and documents, the European Commission is trying to transform itself into a kind of truth police. Let us not, dear friends, turn these opinions into truths. This is a matter of semantics. One is opinion, the other is truth. If you want to moderate s…

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Sep

2024

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Outcome of the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture (debate)

Mr President, dear colleagues, I understand that this report is going to answer some questions, to give some solutions. How can we give farmers better prospects, support agriculture, seize opportunities related to technological innovation and lead this European agriculture towards a bright future? Unfortunately, I find that the report did not answer any questions and I will argue, trying to tell y…