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Everyone's rights are respected. Those implicated personally will be able to intervene on the basis of the Rules of Procedure, but I do not accept the heckling in this assembly.

Before giving the floor to the next speaker, I would like to say to our colleagues that when there is a personal questioning, our Rules of Procedure allow, at the end of the debate, the person who has been questioned to take the floor. If this request were made, of course, we would respect it. We continue the discussion.

The next item is the Commission statement ‘Prevention of sexual harassment in public institutions: The latest revelations and resignations in Spain and institutional responses.

Mr President, the anti-Semitic terrorist attack in Sydney upsets us all. It reminds us of a terrible truth: All over the world, anti-Semitism is killing. When you hear of the evil of the Jews, raise your ears: We are talking about you," said Frantz Fanon, who was only too right, because anti-Semitic hatred, when it progresses, threatens us all. This fight against anti-Semitism must be relentless. It requires determined action and constant vigilance. On behalf of our group, The Left, I want to express here our total solidarity with the families of the victims and with the Jewish community of Sydney – also with a special thought for our young compatriot Dan Elkayam, whom we mourn, and our admiration also for Ahmed al-Ahmed, who saved lives and brought courage to the fraternity.

The next item is the report by Mr Kols: Incentive for defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe plan. I give the floor to the rapporteur, Mr Kols.

Madam President, today we remember and think of the missing victims, their families, the survivors, all those who still bear the scars, visible or invisible, of that bloody night in Paris. Islamist terrorists, misrepresenting a religion, wanted to impose an ideology of death against who we are. And yet, the French people did not collapse, they did not retreat, they did not divide. In the silence of the days that followed, our people stood together in a grave fraternity, claiming that hatred would not win. Ten years later, the terrorist threat is still there. Our cohesion, attack after attack, is put to the test, and this forces us to do so. This forces us to continue our relentless struggle against terrorism, to also continue to reject all the poisons of hatred, stigma and division. Ladies and gentlemen, our answer in Europe is the law. Our answer is democracy. Our answer is freedom.

The next item is the Council and Commission statement on the need for united support for Ukraine and for a just and lasting peace, concluded on Ukraine's terms with the Europeans and without bowing to Vladimir Putin's terms, ahead of the summit announced in Budapest (2025/2945(RSP)).