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From the heir of Peter the Great to the heir of Ivan the Terrible

17-12-2021

Intervention in the plenary session on the “Continued repression of civil society and human rights defenders in Russia: the case of the human rights organisation Memorial”

Madam President, my dear colleagues, this movement that Mr Putin wants to muzzle was the first ray of sunshine of the perestroika. I will never forget the first meetings organised by Memorial with former Gulag prisoners who were reunited, who looked at each other, whose tears began to flow and who said in a weak voice: “It’s you, it’s really you”. Yes, they were the survivors.

Let’s talk about security guarantees, Mr Putin

15-12-2021

Intervention in the plenary session on the situation on the Ukrainian border and in the territories of Ukraine occupied by Russia

Madam President, dear colleagues, I am not going to go back over what so many of you have already said, well said and rightly said, about Russian military posturing on the border with Ukraine.

With a democratic Russia, we can build stability and prosperity in our common continent

14-12-2021

Plenary intervention in the debate on the 30th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union and its significance for the future of Russia and Europe

TAIWAN: ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS, NO THANK YOU

20-10-2021

Plenary speech in the debate on political relations and cooperation between the EU and Taiwan

Mr President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, there are times when even a dictator can speak the truth. When Mr Xi Jinping says that Taiwan is China, yes, he is right. Taiwan is China, and it is the destiny of Taiwan and Communist China to reunite one day, just as West Germany and East Germany did, just as the two Koreas, let us hope, let us be certain, will do one day. But under what conditions?

FACED WITH THE DISORDERS OF THE WORLD, THE UNION MUST pull ALL ITS WEIGHT

11-10-2021

Speech in the plenary session in the debate on the situation in Burma

Mr President, my dear colleagues, the situation is unbearable. The facts are appalling. We know the facts and the figures: more than 1 000 people killed, more than 8 000 people imprisoned and, above all, hundreds of thousands of displaced people and even more Burmese citizens now threatened with extreme poverty, if not worse.

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From the heir of Peter the Great to the heir of Ivan the Terrible

Let’s talk about security guarantees, Mr Putin

With a democratic Russia, we can build stability and prosperity in our common continent

TAIWAN: ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS, NO THANK YOU

FACED WITH THE DISORDERS OF THE WORLD, THE UNION MUST pull ALL ITS WEIGHT

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