What Inese spoke about.

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)

Dear Chair, Dear colleagues, Commissioner Jergensen, Housing is a sense of security, the basis of the family and also an economic issue. The challenges vary greatly from one Member State to another. While short-term rental housing is under pressure in southern Europe, the challenges in the Baltic States are quite different for the five-storey immigrants built during the Soviet occupation. It is di…

16

Dec

2025

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Phasing out Russian natural gas imports and improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies (debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, thank you very much for this convincing and constructive debate. What we have heard today confirms clearly that the vast majority in this House and in Europe fully supports ending Europe's dependency on Russian gas. Even more, you believe it's necessary, urgent and long overdue. To succeed in doing it, we must adopt this regulation and implement it properly. Membe…

16

Dec

2025

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Phasing out Russian natural gas imports and improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies (debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, for the first time in European history, the European Union is going to end imports of Russian energy. It's a real turning point in European energy policy. Phasing out of Russian gas is a great achievement for the European Union, a truly historical step. I would like to sincerely thank Commissioner Jørgensen for his initiative and determination, the Danish Presiden…

22

Oct

2025

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Ending all energy imports from Russia to the EU and closing loopholes through third countries (debate)

Dear Chair, Commissioner, Dear colleagues, Russia has been using natural gas supplies as a weapon of political blackmail for twenty years. Moreover, since 24 February 2022, every euro that Europe pays to Russia has been transformed into a bullet, drone or tank that kills in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the war, European countries have paid Russia over €210 billion in energy bills. As much as th…

22

May

2025

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Modification of customs duties applicable to imports of certain goods originating in or exported from the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus (A10-0087/2025 - Inese Vaidere) (vote)

Madam President, dear colleagues, many agricultural producers have become increasingly dependent on Russian fertiliser imports. The dependency on Russian gas is being replaced with a new dependency on Russian fertiliser. In addition, it has had a negative impact on the European fertiliser industry. Instead of a ban on importing Russian fertilisers as we, the European Parliament already called for …

26

Nov

2024

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Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia (debate)

22

Oct

2024

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Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, Dear colleagues, Russia kills women, children and destroys infrastructure in Ukraine every day. Since the beginning of the war, €150 billion worth of infrastructure has been destroyed. This is the right step for the Russians to pay for what they have done. There is no alternative to this. There is no alternative to this either, that we all need to help and that all our countries – th…

17

Sep

2024

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Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States (debate)

Dear Chair, Dear colleagues, Hundreds of thousands of people, including ten thousand civilians, have died in Ukraine since the Russian war. Russians bombard schools, hospitals, behave like in the Middle Ages. What else needs to happen in order for Ukrainians to be allowed to attack the objects in Russia from which these missiles fly? Already military drones arrive in the Baltic States and other bo…

23

Apr

2024

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The use of Russian frozen assets to support Ukraine’s victory and reconstruction (debate)

Dear Chair, Dear colleagues, There can be no doubt that we must support Ukraine before and after victory in order to fully rebuild the Ukrainian state. Ukraine urgently needs assistance, now and immediately, both in the form of arms and in order to develop its military industry. I call on those countries that have not yet provided the kind of assistance that their economic potential could provide,…

13

Mar

2024

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European Semester for economic policy coordination 2024 – European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2024 (joint debate – European Semester)

Dear Chair, Dear colleagues, Last year was a severe year in Europe, with a drop in GDP and high inflation. The future is uncertain due to Russia’s brutal invasion and war in Ukraine. Economic weakness must be overcome by investing in a modern economy that is environmentally friendly, resource-saving, based on modern technologies and the development of artificial intelligence. Major investments are…

5

Oct

2022

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Countering the anti-European and anti-Ukrainian propaganda of Putin’s European cronies (topical debate)

Dear Chair, Dear colleagues, The Kremlin has poisoned Europe with propaganda for years. Therefore, there was no strong European response to the Russian aggression in Georgia and Crimea, which would probably have prevented the war in Ukraine. Putin is unable to improve the standard of living of ordinary Russians. Instead, they cultivate the myth of the good liberators of Europe from fascism. The im…

15

Dec

2021

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The proposed Council decision on provisional emergency measures for the external border with Belarus based on article 78(3) TFEU (continuation of debate)

Dear Chair, Dear colleagues, Illegal migrants sent by Lukashenko continue to cross the border of Belarus with Latvia, Lithuania and Poland on a daily basis. It is an unprecedented aggression against the European Union when a neighbouring country uses people as a weapon. Let us not be naïve – this is not a refugee crisis, but a hybrid war. We are right not to allow illegal migrants to enter the Eur…