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.

Madam President, the other day I received a message from a young woman in Romania who said to me: ‘No, I can’t vaccinate myself against HPV, because the doctor in my municipality is an anti-vaccineist (antivaxxerWe are talking about the first country in Europe with cervical cancer, where 1 800 women die each year from a totally preventable cause. How do we know it's preventable? Well, the vaccination program in Australia shows that 85% of their population has been vaccinated and the result is zero cases, zero cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 years of age. Meanwhile, we have far-right politicians, but also public figures dressed in white robes, who circulate on the internet with medical information and who scare the world without any consequence - as if what they are doing is not a crime, as if it is just disinformation. We have to be serious here in the European Union. What are we doing here for prevention through the Cancer Plan? It's a good thing, but when it gets into our communities, it's totally twisted. Nobody understands anything anymore, people are misinformed. So, together with everything that means support for Europe's Beating Cancer Plan, we need to take this issue seriously: false doctors in white robes who lie to people and, in my opinion, sentence them to death. I have something else to say for young people. You, through vaccination, through what you do, do what the state should have done for you: Inform, speak in your communities. And there's something else, if you have a doctor. antivaxxerYou can change doctors without any repercussions. I repeat this message: a European plan against cancer is extremely important, but even more important is to reach people with objective, clear, net scientific information. That's how we're gonna save lives, or we're gonna be part of this digital crime.

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).

Dear colleagues, we are now at the catch-the-eye session. Before I give you the floor, I just want to repeat one thing. This House is a House of dignity. Offensive language, such as the one used by Mr Vistisen, is not acceptable in this House no matter how strong our political feelings are. It is about dignity – our own dignity. There will be consequences in accordance to his speech.

Dear colleague, there will be consequences for your expletive. There are two blue cards in the room. Will you accept one? I will give the floor to Kira Peter-Hansen.

I'm sorry, colleague, this is against our rules. As much as you might feel, or the room might feel on this, we have clear rules about curse words and language that is inappropriate in this room. I'm sorry to interrupt you, but it is unacceptable even if you might have strong political feelings about this.