Speeches

Dear colleagues, I will now only take one blue card per person because we are behind on time. I will also close the catch-the-eye session. I think everyone in the room should be advantaged.

Mr President, Bianca is a mother on maternity leave after a difficult birth. Ovid, he's a cancer survivor, but he's still sick. Daniel suffers from multiple sclerosis and is usually a functional adult, but the pains can occur at any time and cure him. All three suffer in common, and now they have an extra one, because they were affected by the decision that cut off their first day of sick leave, because it's not just that day that gets cut off. They are cut off, perhaps, from ancient times and have a humiliation in addition to all the pains they feel. In the accounting battle with the deficit, the political class in Romania does not think at all with empathy and understanding towards others. And I believe that we must stop this injustice, because 150 000 mothers and 950 000 people with disabilities, whose tax rights have also been suppressed, suffer from this injustice. We have to be human, we have to think empathetically, not just accounting. And also, Mr President, I will end all my speeches from now on by demanding the European federation now.

The next item is the debate on the recommendation for second reading from the Committee on Transport and Tourism on air passenger rights (10015/1/2025 - C10-0228/2025 - 2013/0072(COD)) (rapporteur: Andrey Novakov) (A10-0001/2026).