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Jul

2026

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Presentation of the Action Plan on Cybersecurity and AI (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. We spoke here last time in Strasbourg about the Commission's electrification initiative, which is similar to what we are seeing now. And we are clearly saying yes to protection, but no to a Brussels bureaucracy crackdown. AI makes cyberattacks smarter and more dangerous – we know that. But this Commission action plan threatens once again to become a monster of f…

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Jun

2026

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Electrification Action Plan (debate)

Madam President, The Commission refers to this as an action plan for electrification; However, I think this will become more of a doctrine that will become a constraint on electricity. Everything should be plugged into the socket: Cars, factories, heaters. But one question is not answered: Where does this stream come from? The electricity comes from the socket, but, as many greens always believe, …

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May

2026

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Presentation of the Fertilisers Action Plan (debate)

Madam President, What we are witnessing here again today at our doorstep is estimated to be the tenth time that European farmers have demonstrated here in front of our house. You are absolutely right when you look at the situation, you are absolutely right! They are demonstrating for their own rights and they have a hard time. When we talk about plant protection products here today, we are not jus…

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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)

Mr President! I don't need to know more and know more than this quote by Ursula von der Leyen, which she wrote during a discussion of the magazine. The time He said. When asked by a citizen whether Orbán should have been dealt with more strictly, the unelected President of this Commission, von der Leyen, said exactly: We have been incredibly strict with Orbán. EUR 17 billion has been frozen. For s…

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Mar

2026

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Presentation of the Energy Package (debate)

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Jan

2026

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Presentation of the Cybersecurity Act (debate)

Madam President, Cybersecurity is now indispensable in all areas of life and something that is absolutely necessary. This act, however, does not bring much certainty, but brings once again a lot of bureaucracy and a licensing regime, which is associated with numerous obligations. Market access is against fees, and that's the motto here. For SMEs in particular, this naturally means high costs and a…

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Dec

2025

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

Mr Sieper, this has nothing to do with me defending Putin or defending Russia. I defend Europe and I defend the people of Europe. That makes the two of us very different. This is not about Putin, it is about European interests that are not represented here.…

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Dec

2025

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

Madam President, This strategy, which you drive here, has not been successful so far, and it will remain so. What we have here is certainly not a contribution to energy security in Europe. That's what you can expect. What we see here is rather the exact opposite of that. This is short-sighted and self-destructive. The EPP nuclear lobby, together with the Commission, is doing us massive damage here…

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Nov

2025

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Effective use of the EU trade and industrial policy to tackle China’s export restrictions (debate)

Madam President, The Chinese and the Americans represent their interests, and of course they do so harshly. And I've been wondering for years and years in this house that we don't. We do not represent the interests of the European economy. And what will it look like in the end? We will become a Disneyland for those very Chinese and Americans who come and see how beautiful it is in Europe, but our …

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Sep

2025

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Devastating wildfires in Southern Europe: the need to strengthen EU aid to restore the massive loss of forests and enhancing EU preparedness (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. This season’s forest fires – I think they show one thing very clearly: Civil protection is a national task, and it must remain so, I think. Member States and local people know the situation much better and therefore, of course, how to deal with the danger. Subsidiarity: This is once again the motto that we should write on our flags. Brussels likes to use crises …

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Jul

2025

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Presentation of the Chemicals Package (debate)

Madam President, ‘Nightingale, I hear you trapsen’, says the Berliner in such a case, which means: I doubt that you can expect a lot of positive things for the industry here. Once again, it is just another chapter of the completely ideologically exaggerated Green Deals, which in Europe is affecting businesses by imposing more and more obligations and bans and more and more reporting obligations. S…

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May

2025

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Resilience and the need to improve the interconnection of energy grid infrastructure in the EU: the first lessons from the blackout in the Iberian Peninsula (debate)

Madam President, It's all no longer fun what we're experiencing here. And I believe that the last ideologically deluded person here in the house now sees, perhaps with the exception of a few greens, that this does not work as they have previously believed. And the Commission is now trying to exploit this crisis politically: More control is needed, more bureaucracy is needed. That is certainly not …

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Apr

2025

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Energy-intensive industries (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen! Industry – and I believe we all agree – is an indispensable lifeline for Europe and for the economy. And now we are not acting as if external factors are responsible for making us look like we are in the energy sector – and this is not the case, for the most part, with the Commission. Essentially, the problems we have are homemade. Because everywhere else in …

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Nov

2024

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Rise of energy prices and fighting energy poverty (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen! Let's not pretend that these high energy prices happened to fall from the sky. Everything in this world has its effects through cause and effect. Fourteen packages of sanctions were to bring Russia to its knees and bring it to peace. Pipelines have also been blown up. And what do we have to do? We need to compete on the world market for expensive US LNG gas. …

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Oct

2024

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Resumption of the sitting

Madam President, I refer to Rule 8 of our Rules of Procedure, which deals with the conduct and dignity of this House. It is now almost two years ago in December that this House and the European Union experienced the biggest corruption scandal in history, Qatargate. You called it an attack from the outside. It wasn't, it was an attack from within. The Socialist Group is not only involved in this co…

17

Jul

2024

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Statement by the President

Madam President, I refer to Rule 10(2) of our Rules of Procedure. And we have identified a huge and violent problem here in the House in the form of an Italian GUE/NGL MEP named Salis, who likes to hit people with a hammer and who has taken a seat right out of the cell here in this House. Violence comes from the left, esteemed colleagues. We didn't see it last week in the US, we see it in Europe. …

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Feb

2024

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Report on the Commission’s 2023 Rule of Law report (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. The rule of law is always such a thing. Either it applies to everyone – always and without ifs and buts – or it does not. The question for me, of course, is: What does the EU understand by the rule of law? The Union, which always likes to point the finger at others, should, I think, turn to its own door, Commissioner. Because one often has the impression that th…

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Jan

2024

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Extending the list of EU crimes to hate speech and hate crime (debate)

Madam President, All of these examples, or the vast majority of these examples brought here today for hate speech, are already finding coverage. Namely, in the vast majority of criminal codes in Europe, this has long since been covered and is also punished there. And you know that's a sensitive subject that we're talking about today. And I don't believe you. I just don't believe you, if you know t…

12

Dec

2023

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Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. It is always a good idea to become independent. This is true in all areas, but especially when it comes to raw materials. But I do not believe that this regulation will achieve this goal. Why did we depend on Chinese raw materials? On the other hand, we have been turning off mining in Europe for years and decades. And independence, esteemed colleagues, does not …

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Oct

2023

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Commission Work Programme 2024 (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen. Action for citizens and for the economy, the Vice-President of the Commission has said, will be this programme. Alone I wonder: For which citizens and for which economy will this programme make a difference? Perhaps the Ukrainian citizens, to whom, as I said, you have already sent 82 billion euros in European taxpayers' money, which will seep into a highly co…

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Sep

2023

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Towards a more disaster-resilient EU - protecting people from extreme heatwaves, floods and forest fires (debate)

Mr President-in-Office, ladies and gentlemen. Weather extremes have always existed on this earth. Let's not pretend it's something new. And also in my region, in the south of Styria, there were big floods this summer after massive rains. This is, of course, a great deal of human suffering associated with it. And on the other hand, of course, existences are also threatened, which of course have to …

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Jun

2023

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Investigation of the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware - Investigation of the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware (draft recommendation) (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. Man is a curious being. This is already in the nature of man. And the technical development we are currently experiencing is, of course, also a double-edged sword. Today we voted on artificial intelligence. This takes on a development and a journey, where we do not yet know where the journey will go. I think it will soon no longer be a matter of human judgement …

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Apr

2023

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Dieselgate: suspected widespread use of defeat devices in cars to reduce effectiveness of pollution control systems (debate)

Madam President, The Dieselgate has deeply shaken Europe and, above all, consumers in Europe in their confidence in the automotive industry. We and the people of Europe were similar in the Qatargate of our socialist friends in the house. Only here was there a clear case of corruption by the S&A/D Group, which – by the way – also urgently needs clarification. Here you have the feeling that the cloa…

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Apr

2023

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Energy storage (debate)

Mr President! I think one thing is also clear to us: Energy storage will not solve our massive future energy problem. Even if these storage facilities exist, gas-fired power plants will always be needed to absorb peak loads. The cost-effectiveness of these energy storage systems is not exactly intoxicating, as I think we all know. But – and this is also a very important point to bear in mind – we …

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Mar

2023

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2022 Rule of Law Report - The rule of law situation in the European Union - Rule of law in Greece - Rule of law in Spain - Rule of law in Malta (debate)

Mr President! Again, this is a typical picture: Mrs Sippel finds something to puke at. Do you know what I find puking? Your S&D faction is riddled with corruption. More than 40 people in your faction are corrupt and have already been proven to be corrupt. And you'll find something to puke at here. I really think that's puking. This group is a criminal organisation and is in fact banned – that is w…