What Andi spoke about.

18

Jun

2026

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International Day of Play: promoting children’s right to play (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, a child who plays does not waste time, but builds his future. What future do we build with a generation that moves an avatar more than its own body? Can we talk about health and education if we forget the need for movement? Playing means learning the world with your whole body, not just through a screen. Children need live play, physics, kinetics, they need safe parks, …

19

May

2026

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

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, sovereignty is a property of the powerful, who have technology and with which they see more reality than we do and can do things that we cannot do. Sovereignty is the ability to do the things you depend on, on which your security depends. Can you be sovereign when you don't have your own strategic technology companies? The technology developed by people serve…

12

Feb

2026

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Time to address economic inequalities in the EU and worldwide (debate)

21

Jan

2026

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Presentation of the Digital Networks Act (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we have a duty to think for what is coming, not for what is already here. We know how our mobile phones work with the mobile communication antennas on the buildings, but we need to adapt to the moment when the current mobile phones will connect directly with the satellite when we are outside. The Commission presented the Digital Networks Act and it is a text …

16

Dec

2025

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

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, today we are not talking about pipelines or gas molecules. It's a debate about something much more important. We are talking about sick dependencies that bind us or link certain Member States to a sick regime, which exports fear and terror to the cubic meter. Like all addictions, it started comfortably and ends with a leash. Pragmatism is no longer buying che…

27

Nov

2025

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Development of an industry for sustainable aviation and maritime fuel in Europe (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the real world we live in relies on heavy infrastructure, on massive and slow transport, not on applications running in the cloud. We can have new phones and laptops every year, but at the end of the day electric cars that are brought to the ocean or sea are brought by ships that run on fuel oil, just like 50 years ago. If we really want to be honest with ourselves and …

25

Nov

2025

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European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’) (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, we have a duty to produce the weapons on which our defence depends and to build production chains within the European Union, not to stand with our hands outstretched. It's useless to have all the money in the world if we don't have the products we need when we need them. If you have money, but the store is closed, you have a problem. If you have mone…

10

Jul

2025

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European Citizens' Initiative 'Cohesion policy for the equality of the regions and sustainability of the regional cultures' (debate)

Madam President, ‘cohesion’, what a beautiful word! But beyond cohesion is about what kind of games we choose to play. Do we want to choose the games of European cooperation or do we want to dig in the same place, dig a ditch, dig a hole and then watch others develop, and we stay put? They come from Bucharest, they come from Romania and in 2000, the gross domestic product of Bucharest was 6 billio…

6

May

2025

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A unified EU response to unjustified US trade measures and global trade opportunities for the EU (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, there is a potentially dangerous road ahead in terms of relations with our American friends. We had and have this structural asymmetry when it comes to principles, values and interests. We're out of line, and this is deeply dangerous. These tariffs are the expression of a deep social crisis in the United States, a social crisis, because the distrib…

5

May

2025

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Preparation of the EU-UK summit (debate)

Madam President, dear British friends, let's get pragmatic and get together. This summit must not just preserve past agreements, it must open new doors for the next generation. I'm saying all this because nowadays citizens care about real impacts: supply chains, travel rights, student exchanges. All this is at stake if we lose momentum. We must also address new challenges like energy cooperation a…

31

Mar

2025

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Madam President, we are facing an epidemic of suicides in the European Union. It's shocking, it's a disturbing paradox, and I want to give you a few figures: the ratio between the number of people who kill themselves by committing suicide and the number who are killed in the European Union is 11 to 1. These are the consequences of the danger that comes, not from outside, but from within us, from t…

31

Mar

2025

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Re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks and improving cooperation among Union agencies in the area of chemicals (short presentation)

Madam President, dear colleagues, today we have the opportunity to take a significant step forward in the EU's approach to chemicals management by reattributing scientific and technical tasks and fostering deeper cooperation among Union agencies. We are streamlining expertise, avoiding duplication and making our regulatory system more coherent and responsive. Let us commit to a more integrated, tr…

31

Mar

2025

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Re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks to the European Chemicals Agency (short presentation)

Madam President, honourable Members, dear colleagues, the re-attribution of scientific and technical tasks to the European Chemicals Agency is not just a matter of administrative efficiency, it is a strategic step towards strengthening the EU's ability to act decisively on chemicals policy. This move enhances our Union's capacity to protect citizens' health and the environment, while also supporti…

10

Mar

2025

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Madam President, equal access to treatment and early diagnosis must also include practical solutions for patients' daily lives. Today, patients treated with medical radioisotopes face difficult situations at airports and checkpoints, as residual traces of radiation can trigger security alarms. Such incidents cause delays, additional costs and especially profound psychological stress for patients. …

10

Mar

2025

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Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Republic of Moldova (debate)

Madam President, we in the European Union are doing what we have always done for the Republic of Moldova: we support reforms, we offer money, 2 billion euros, we support funding programs and in the past we have offered candidate status, we have liberalized the visa regime for the Republic of Moldova and we have stood by the Republic of Moldova and its citizens whenever needed. At the same time, th…

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Feb

2025

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Mr President, information technology speeds up all the social, political and economic processes to which we are accustomed. This is why today, at the same time, things are much better than they were in the past, but also much worse. Mr President, we need to equip European citizens with mental models, with cognitive tools that enable them to successfully navigate this new information environment. M…

20

Jan

2025

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Madam President, we have a problem with ride-sharing platforms and please listen to me carefully. Drivers confirm rides, but they don't come to their destination. They're forcing customers to cancel those rides so they, the drivers, can collect the penalty money. That's wasted time for customers, that's wasted money. These practices cannot even be flagged to platforms, as platforms do not provide …

20

Jan

2025

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Powering Europe’s future - advancing the fusion industry for energy independence and innovation (debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, I dare to say that we don't need more politicians talking about innovation – we need more scientists backed by politicians to do innovation and fusion research. I'm saying all this because, from my perspective, we don't need more ideology. We don't need more doctrines. We simply need to understand how the world really works and we have to align ourselves to it. In…