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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, in 2015 the experts described the Dieselgate case as groundbreaking and they were right. The case sparked mistrust of diesel engines and put a sharp strain on the transition to electric vehicles. All this must be added to the increased traffic and operating price of the vehicles, because every new diesel car has to refuel AdBlue, the price of which is constantly rising. Compared t…

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Apr

2023

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Digital euro (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner McGuinness, first of all I would like to thank you for presenting today the Commission's proposal, or what you think should be a digital euro. It is also important to stress to the citizens of the European Union that this is actually the first debate we have in the European Parliament on the digital euro, and it certainly does not mean its introduction, nor that we ag…

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Apr

2023

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Mr President, this week in Slovakia we are celebrating the so-called Day of Daffodils, which is a symbol of the fight against cancer. Cancer is not just one, it has different forms and affects different parts of a person's body. It is an insidious disease, which in the beginning does not need to hurt at all, and therefore it is often revealed only at an advanced stage. According to the latest find…

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Apr

2023

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Deforestation Regulation (debate)

Mr President, none of us supports deforestation. Trees and forests are the lungs of the planet and we all need to breathe. We must support revitalisation, restoring forests and preserving diversity and improving the climate. But not only by the foolish proclamation of, for example, national parks, but also by the proper management of the forest. And people live in and with the forest, and we have …

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Mar

2023

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Strengthening the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women (debate)

Mr President, I consider the adoption of this directive on pay transparency to be historic. Finally, we will have legislation in the European Union that will genuinely support the reduction of the pay gap between men and women. Defining what equal work actually means is important so that we can compare, so that we do not encounter the notion that women still do less, easier, easier work and theref…

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Mar

2023

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Strengthening the EU Defence in the context of the war in Ukraine: speeding up production and deliveries to Ukraine of weapons and ammunitions (debate)

Madam President, I totally disagree with what everyone is saying here that we should procure weapons together. We can see how it went with the joint procurement of vaccines. But first and foremost, I think that we are not an institution to deal with military and defence matters at all. After all, we ourselves have written in our treaties that our defence policy is peacekeeping, conflict prevention…

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Mar

2023

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Question Time (VPC/HR) - Strengthening the Trans-Atlantic ties in an ever challenging multilateral world

Mr President, I would like to ask you about transatlantic relations, Mr Borrell. We have always had very good cooperation with the Americans in terms of humanitarian aid and support to the countries that were most vulnerable, which had various problems. Today, for example, we are discussing critical raw materials that are needed for both us and Americans, and for other countries, such as China, to…

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Mar

2023

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Question Time (Commission) - How to ensure energy security in the EU in 2023

Mr President. Commissioner. Today, for example, we have approved a document here that talks about how we should have energy-efficient buildings. It mentions, for example, that we want fossil fuel to no longer be used for heating, which only implies that we can use either solid fuel or more electricity. I come from a country that has more than fifty percent of its energy mix of nuclear electricity …

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Mar

2023

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Mr President. In the current economic and energy crisis, our citizens are suffering the most. The Commission undertook to present at the end of the year a proposal for a ban on caged animal husbandry and how it will be phased out. I don't think it's right for us to deal with this right now. The prices of basic food are rising, we have a shortage of vegetables and proteins, and this is when the hug…

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Mar

2023

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The functioning of the EEAS and a stronger EU in the world (debate)

Mr President, I am very sorry that there are so few of us here on such an important subject, and that it would be much better if he were really here, that full house and everyone would sit here and listen, because it is very important how we look at the European Union. And when we talk about the future, I have great respect and I want to say that I appreciate the European External Service and all …

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Feb

2023

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Availability of fertilisers in the EU (debate)

Madam President, the situation has taught us, unfortunately, that we need to look for alternatives and other resources so that we can support our farmers and use fertilisers. It is therefore important to promote the use of more organic and organic fertilisers and the use of nutrients from recycled waste. I think that it is necessary to support domestic producers in the European Union and also to i…

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Feb

2023

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One year of Russia’s invasion and war of aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, I am fascinated at the outset by the fact that on a subject such as the year of the war in Ukraine, colleagues from the EPP are using it embarrassingly to attack us as their political opponents. But I think it is also necessary to talk about things such as the victim of European Union citizens living on the border with Ukraine, namely, for example, citizens of the Slovak Republic, Po…

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Feb

2023

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Mr President, on 1 January 2023, we celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of the peaceful division of Czechoslovakia and thus the establishment of an independent Slovak Republic. I consider this an important milestone that deserves not only a celebration, but also a look back and appreciate what we have achieved in the era of independence. Slovakia gradually became a member of all important interna…