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I will now, please quiet, colleagues, and respect each other.

I will now open up for the Blue Card and invite you to use it, and the next speaker is Mr. Gahler, for one minute, please. Thank you very much, colleagues.

Well, the previous speaker forgot who is responsible for the costs that we have.

It's Putin's war of aggression, why we have all these costs, and you are his puppet, and I wonder what you profit from that.

You will not have a future in Europe with Putin winning this war, and that is why we need to be very clear what the objective is.

As we have seen in Abu Dhabi, Putin does not even want a ceasefire.

Putin wants to kick the can down the road, wants to get over the winter because he doesn't,

he will attack Ukrainian civilian targets in order to get them agreeing to his demands.

We will remain clear and with regard to the sanctions that we have to apply.

I think we need indeed to be more forceful in the implementation and for my specific German case, when it comes to the shadow fleet,

I call on my own government to be as courageous as the Finns, the Danese and the Seeder are in controlling these ships.

We are not doing enough in this regard, so that is one specific thing that we could also do in this field. Thank you very much. Mr. Gala, there is a blue card. There is a blue, Mr. Gala, Mr.

Gallia, do you want to take a blue card from Mr. Costel, seat 854, please. Mr.

Garner, you asked who is profiting from the sanctions, and I answer you it is India and it is China,

because all these cheap oil and gas is going there from our Central European states.

Do you think it is proper to harm European industry and benefit the Indians and the Chinese,

so our competitiveness will be even worse than without the sanctions?

Do you think it is the right strategy for Europe?

We cannot, we cannot demand from India or China what they do or what they don't.

I mean, we are currently having a scarcity of of oil because of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz,

and that is why everybody tries to grab whatever he or she can get hold of.

I'm not happy about this situation with India and China, but we cannot prevent it, but we should not add to to Russia's income. That is clear.

Thank you very much, and we will continue with the speaker's list, and the next speaker is Ms. Moretti for 1.5 minutes please.

Thank you, colleagues, well,

this week we've had a Court of Auditors report which denounces the continued avoidance of sanctions by Russia.

The sanctions work, they're more urgent than ever.

They're exerting serious pressure on Putin's regime, but, circumvention remains a major problem for the effectiveness of the EU's policies towards Moscow,

and it's a threat to the credibility of our institutions.

Member states implement the trade sanctions in a differentiated manner, which means they have less overall impact.

We have to watch out for vague formulations and wording that allow for different interpretations.

It's not just more sanctions that are needed or more targeted sanctions.

We actually need to ensure that the existing sanctions are more effective.

More than 4 years have passed since the start of this war, and We continue to work for peace, but it has to be a fair peace.

Which respects the rights of people, the rights of Ukraine to be autonomous and independent,

and it needs to have its own decision making process about its own future. Thank you. There is a blue card for you. Do you want to take it? It's from Mr. Olivia, seat 136, please. Mr.

Chair, Miss Moretti, you spoke about peace, and I have a question. What is, what was the last. EU peace initiative. Not just sanctions.

Not just measures that are actually prolonging the war.

What measures, what political strategies have there been from the Council or the Commission?

What has been done to actually talk about the terms of peace in Ukraine and so that we can have a peace strategy,

not just for Ukraine, but from all of Europe. Well, thank you very much, colleague.

Well, I do agree with you that Europe is weak.

Europe, unfortunately, does not have the ability to act incisively in the peace process.

And that is because certain political forces within this Parliament want Europe not to have a say in the negotiations. That's why we need to continue.

To work to reinforce the EU's position with a joint foreign policy and a joint European defense. We want to work on different levels.

We want to reinforce our authoritativeness, and we also want to work on the sanctions. Because otherwise we would be irrelevant.

We will continue with the speakers list, and the next speaker is Mr.

Thank you, Madam Commissioner,

the Russian war against Ukraine is damaging Europe and sanctions against Russia are there for a legitimate response.

Top priorities in sanctions should be technologies, products, materials and precursors that Russia could use to continue the war.

Also, sanctions should continue to decrease our dependence on Russia. We shall diversify our produce in Europe.

My message here is that our sanctions must be smart, and look at what we have done with natural gas.

We have sanctions on Russian gas imports, OK.

But we still import products from Russia, made from Russian gas,

like ammonia fertilizers or urea, so Russia still gets a lot of money.

We stopped buying a commodity, but instead we buy a product with higher add value,

so sanctions could be considered in this direction.

The second element,

our export bans from Europe to Russia often cover products which cannot be used in Russian warfare.

One example for all EU based company, 115 employees,

basalt, basalt tiles or basalt severage parts.

They cannot export to Russia despite the market demand, because basalt is considered as a war effort.

So, Madam Commissioner, allow me to pass you from the heart of Europe, from the Czech Republic,

basal heart, to demonstrate that basalt is not a weapon and that export bans could be considered. Mr. Knut, there is a blue card. Mr.

Knut, there is a blue card from Mr. Dossat. Do you want to take it? Yeah, please, Mr. Dossat seat.

I'll ask you in Czech if we impose sanctions on whatever entity, it ends up in India,

in ASEAN countries, And it won't benefit either European or Czech industry.

What is the benefit of such sanctions for taxpayers, Czech taxpayers or Czech industry?

If it limits their competitiveness towards those who do not impose these sanctions,

this is a very complex issue if we are talking about European industry.

It is faced with climate policy that has a bigger impact than the sanctions themselves.

I just spoke about the fact that the sanctions are far from perfect.

If we talk about exports and the rules for exports of goods that are not considered military equipment,

sanctions should be primarily intelligent.

And we undermine our position through climate policy. Thank you very much, Mr.

Rusdal, that was the last blue card you got in this debate.

We will continue with the speakers' list, and the next speaker is Ms. Wasilewska for one minute please.

Ladies and gentlemen,

how many debates and resolutions do we need before Europe stops funding Russia's war against Ukraine? Russia is bombing Ukrainian cities. It's killing civilians, and it's destroying infrastructure.

Yet Money from Europe continues to flow to Moscow in exchange for Russian raw materials. Where's our European solidarity and credibility?

We can't fund the aggressor and defend victims at the same time.

This is why we need more sanctions, but above all we need to enforce those already in place.

And We must focus on the origin and funds from raw materials.

We need to strike at the shadow fleet and Stop funding those that support the Kremlin.

We cannot have impunity for those who circumvent sanctions. Enough double standards.

It's time to Stop talking about solidarity and start actually putting it into practice for one minute please. Thank you.

Everyone knows Russia will never win the war in Ukraine.

But it's our choice how much longer we want to sustain Putin's terror. Europe needs to strangle Russia's war machine.

With empty pockets, Putin can't buy missiles for killing Ukrainian people.

Everything left unsanctioned, every exemption means fresh money for Russia.

We are funding hybrid warfare on EU Member States ourselves.

So let's use the economy as our battlefield.

Let's stop doing business with Russia,

let's use the frozen assets and make Russia pay for the war. Thank you.

It calls through, there is a blue card from Ronsa. Do you want to take it? Set 156 please. OK, madam, I am here. I will speak in Polish.

Please take the headphones, pani or Madam,

you mentioned something very interesting.

The frozen assets, the frozen Russian assets which are held in Western Europe,

and we're all talking about these assets and what should be done with them. They should be used.

To fund support for Ukraine, you're from a wealthy country yourself, an influential country.

Do you think there is a way to unfreeze these frozen Russian assets, or are we going to continue talking about this for the next two years? Thank you for this debate.

I think it's down time to use the frozen assets. It's Russia's war.

Russia should pay for every damage it has caused to Ukraine,

and it's up to the Council to deliver. We know that.

There are legal possibilities for a decision in the Council.

There is no time to wait, so from this House, we expect a proposal,

and I can promise you that we will not delay that decision.

So let's use the frozen assets and make Russia pay. Thank you.

Thank you, thank you very much, and the next speaker is Mr. Lagodinsky, for one minute please.

Colleagues, yesterday we talked about Ukrainian children who are being abducted.

Today we're talking about Ukrainian children who are being killed.

Because this is what it is about every ballistic missile launched from Russia and produced in Russia has a blood stain on the other end of the trajectory.

And to those colleagues who are asking what for, this is what it is for.

This is what we are investing in,

and this is what we're sanctioning for in order to save 1 in 200 Ukrainian children's lives.

And I think it is worth it Alone this year,

about 80 children were already killed and 700 were demolished,

or traumatized, and we cannot normalize the situation.

We should not normalize, we should not invite athletes, we should not call the Kremlin humanitarian, we should not. We should sanction.

By the way, we sanction also for our own benefit.

RSV satellite system is about to be launched in Russia, and it will be a threat to us. So let's stop supplies for this technology. Sanctions do not normalize.

Dear colleagues, there's a lot of people on the speakers' list and we have a lot of cats the eye,

and hopefully also get more blue cards, so please try to stick to speaking time, that would help us. And the next speaker is Mr. Botenga, one minute please.

Thank you, you said that the Ukrainians have to decide whether they negotiate. Well, yes, they are negotiating today.

You said that the Russians don't want to negotiate, but today they are.

Today you're saying zero concessions and zero negotiations, and that will lead to endless war.

The result is that today the EU has not even been invited to the negotiating table in Abu Dhabi. I want to understand this pigheadedness. I've looked at this.

Document of the governments and Ukraine is seen as a strategic opportunity,

a strategic opportunity for Europe.

You're talking about Ukraine as a strategic opportunity while people are dying on the ground. This is so scandalous, shameful. So do we also desire Ukrainian resources? People are fed up of this war. There are deserters in Ukraine. 80% of people want to negotiate.

2 million people don't want to take part in the war.

And in Europe, people are fed up of paying for this war.

So let's have a special representative to negotiate. Negotiate, do your work. I have in fact 3 blue cards.

I cannot allow all of them, but I might take 2. Do you want to take them? OK. First, Mr. Lagodinsky, please. Yeah.

You're saying that the Russians want to deal and negotiate with us.

Do you know who is blocking the participation of Europeans at the table?

Do you know that the Americans are now going to Moscow to beg Russia to allow Europeans to the table?

Do you know that Lavrov, just while they were negotiating,

said That they will get back every meter of their territory from Ukrainians,

so who is not willing to negotiate?

These negotiations are a farce, they are just distracting our attention from the fight and from the murder that they're making. Mr. Pöttgen.

I think there are 2 things, and I will answer in English.

First, yesterday there were negotiations between three parties the United States, Russia, and Ukraine. The Europeans were not there.

I said 3 parties, I said 3 parties.

The Europeans were not there, and I don't see you troubled by that.

I don't see you troubled by that, and what I see, what I see is when I hear the High Representative and you're not listening to the answer,

you've got, you're defending democracy, but you've got difficulty listening to other people in this house, Mr.

Lagodinsky, I think you need maybe a little course in democracy, it's, it's you, Mr. Poting.

I need to take one more blue card, if you allow it. Andriukaitis, please, Mr. Andriukaitis, 225. Blue Card, please stick to your time.

Colleague, may you can take for, I can ask you in between.

I Thank you, I would like to ask the following and to hear a response in the following manner yes or no,

my question is as follows territorial integrity and inviolability of borders have been confirmed in the Helsinki Final Acts and in the international documents. I have the following question.

Inviolability of borders and territorial integrity, does that constitute a fundamental basic principle,

and can it be violated, yes or no? Thank you.

Let's be clear,

international law is absolutely clear you cannot attack another country.

You cannot occupy another country, you cannot violate the borders of another country. Thus, I completely agree.

But I want the EU to be clear and consistent. You know, what about Lebanon?

And Palestine and Syria, where there is Israeli occupation.

What about Iran, which is being bombarded by our US ally?

It's hypocrisy, double standards, territorial integrity only applies to Ukraine, and that's hypocrisy.

No, no, we don't have, sorry, we don't have time for that. The next speaker is Mr. Sell for one minute please.

The Russia sanctions are working according to the Commission, but for whom? But what about German companies?

Last year there's been, there was a huge reduction in exports to Russia.

We in Europe are not able to buy any more oil from Europe.

And what's happened, but Russia is not selling less oil, but more oil before the war, but outside Europe.

And it's now India, Turkey, and China that are doing business with Russia. In September. Russia, Europe was suffering because of this. This is harming Europeans, not Russia. We don't need a 22nd sanctions package.

We need a realistic peace plan for Ukraine,

and that can only happen if we are ready to speak to both sides as the Americans are in Abu Dhabi.

I'm happy that the Commission is not at the table, otherwise they would have been shooting ourselves in the foot. Thank you. The next speaker is Mr. Paa for 1.5 minutes please.

The EU has failed Ukraine by refusing to use diplomacy to put an end to this war.

These crazy policies that you vote in this Parliament has resulted in leaving Zelensky alone negotiating with Putin and Trump.

This means they will be the ones deciding over the future of our continent.

Some members of the European Parliament have spent years trying to change this, and we have tried to push the EU to get serious and do diplomacy with Russia,

but in exchange for our efforts, we have just been called Russian puppets,

and recently we even have been added to an alleged kill list.

In the past few days, of course,

I completely condemn the Russian invasion because a clear violation of international law.

We must defend Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity while recognizing that diplomacy is essential to achieving a just and lasting peace in Ukraine.

Europe must get serious now and finally have one representative to directly negotiate with Russia and Ukraine to put an end to this war,

because this is our continent and we must shape our future.

So, do you want to take a blue card? OK, I had Mr.

Sarkio on, do you still want to take it, you for your speech.

I'm a bit curious, is Russia paying you for spreading his propaganda or are you betraying Europe for free?

We have the same problem in my country Cyprus.

Cyprus has been invaded by Turkey and is still illegally occupied,

and it's still the same position that I hold for my country to solve this problem with diplomacy, not with war.

OK, well, I, I did in fact have one more, but we're running a little bit out of time, so I will continue with the speaker's list, and the next speaker is Mr. Altruda for one minute please. Thank you. Europe is being pressured from two directions. Russia wants its war to be.

Continuing and they want us to foot the bill. However, we can do more.

The sanctions and the frozen assets are in Europe and the market where Russia wants to enter. They are ours.

Without us, Russia will not get what it wants.

With us, the United States will not be able to get what it wants. You can't surpass us. You cannot surpass Ukraine either.

Now we have no reason to give more.

Russia attacks Ukraine every night and asks for more.

This is why we must have more sanctions, we must blacklist banks,

and we have the cards in our hands until Russia stops the war.

Thank you very much, and the next speaker is Mr. Chamant for 1.5 minutes please.

Colleagues, this war has changed from a territorial war to a war against civilians.

Energy infrastructure is strategically targeted so that the Ukrainians are exposed to the cold.

In the parks and schools, Russian bombs hit women and children, and in Abu Dhabi,

the US and Russia are discussing the security of our continent while we Europeans.

Remain on the bench simply watching it all go on from afar.

Russia is unlikely to negotiate in good faith,

and that's why I salute the efforts of the Council to expand our sanctions.

We have to starve Russia's war of money, but what are our sanctions for if they're not respected?

How can European components still be found in Russian missiles?

How can those who violate sanctions get away from all prosecution?

How can we urgently cut Putin's financing mechanisms while supporting Ukraine?

Let's ensure that they get the 70 billion they need to continue to work.

We also need to work on the frozen Russian assets.

We have talked about that transfer to a European vehicle.

This is a common sense solution that allows us,

our member states to avoid the risk of For Russian response. So let's remain active. Mula, do you want to take it? Set 576 please. Thank you very much.

I agree with you when it comes to the fact that the sanctions need to be bolstered towards Russia and Russia should have to pay more for this war.

But what surprised me and what you said. Is, is it you?

Mentioned components being transferred via Italy from Poland.

Could you tell me a little bit more about that? I didn't quite understand that. What companies are concerned? What was that point?

So using Italy as a way of getting components from Poland to Ukraine to Russia, colleague,

because I think it's really important to track any way of not applying the sanctions.

Those, those ways of going through the sanction on the way for products to, when they are blocked in Poland,

for example, to go through the sanctions and to come back to the country are now well documented.

I was speaking of, of, of an example through, through Italy,

but there are many more of them and I guess they they should be tracked much more than now. Thank you, dear colleague.

Thank you very much, and the next speaker is Mr. Ferris for one minute please.

Mr Russia is continuing brutal attacks against Ukraine.

It's killing civilians, destroying cities every day, it is annihilating infrastructure,

and it does not limit itself to Ukraine. Baltic states and other countries are.

We drone incidents, airspace violations and other provocations.

This is becoming a relevant issue for Europe, not just Ukraine,

and each euro we pay to Russia for its gas, oil,

and other energy resources is feeding Russia's war machine.

Unfortunately, Russia's gas still constitutes 11% of all gas arriving into the EU.

Therefore, our sanctions must be strong and efficient.

We must give up Russia's energy sources and curb all ways to circumvent the sanctions.

In 2022, Lithuania proved that it is possible to survive without Russian gas, so can the whole of Europe. Avi for one minute please.

Thank you, Commissioner, Council Representative, honorable colleagues, in 2027,

the Russian regime will allocate 44% of its state budget for its war efforts,

44%.

This figure has increased by 27% on an annual basis, confirming.

The aggressor's intention to continue its war of aggression against Ukraine and its terror operations and attacks against us,

Europe.

Fossil fuels account for around 30% of the Russian budget,

while value added and other domestic taxes account for another 40%.

Clearly, the more fossil fuels Russia sells, and the more active its domestic economy is,

the fuller its budget becomes,

increasing its capacity to continue the war of aggression against Ukraine. Colleagues.

There might have been a time when even the European Parliament was heated using Russian gas.

But those days must be consigned to history. Thank you.

Thank you very much, and the next speaker is Mr. Starki for one minute please.

Thank you, yesterday in Abu Dhabi, Putin's negotiator Medinsky told Europeans. They call him the tourists.

He told them to sit in the hotel's bar.

Actually, colleagues, he meant us from this side of the House to that side of the House,

to the Kremlin, we are just tourists. And where is America?

Inside, discussing Europe's security with Russia while Europe waited outside the door,

and today its envoys are in Moscow asking Putin whether Europe may join talks about Europe.

But let me tell you, tourists are not sanctioned.

Putin's war machine and tourists are not arming Ukraine, Europe does.

Do we really lack the pride to answer Putin, you are the murderer, and The Hague is waiting for you,

and Putin and Trump, you are already on Putin's side, and Europe is not yours to trade.

Europe is ours, we live here and no one dictates us, not Moscow, not Washington. Thank you. Thank you, Mr.

Sarkio, there is a blue card, there is a blue card from Ms. Kunita.

I have two blue cards, but I will only take one, and Ms. Gornitzka, seat 524 please. Thank you. Colleague, you. I you were saying.

The negotiators say that we are tourists, what did we do for not being tourists? How many peace initiatives have you prepared?

How many times did you actually try to sit at the table?

Sanctions, yes, more weapons, that's what you can do.

But how many times did you not want to be a tourist and did you try to be part of the negotiations? I don't think at least once.

And that's the whole problem of the European Union.

You're only talking about sanctions, weapons, but you never talk about peace.

Well, since you asked me in your language, I'll answer you in Latvian.

I don't believe that the war criminals should be talked to at all.

I think that Russia will lose this war, if not on the battlefield, and economically,

and what we should persevere with is to help Ukraine and also to supply weapons and also put on sanctions on Ukraine.

That's the way how we can put an end to this war. Thank you.

You Thank you very much, and the next speaker is Mr. Anderson, for one minute please.

Thank you, is it a problem, as some have said, that Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Store,

in close consultations with Ukraine, made a phone call to Putin? I think it is not.

Europe needs to make sure that neither Ukraine nor Europe is sidelined in diplomacy, especially as the US is so clearly aligning with Putin,

and European security architecture is one of the topics the US has mentioned should be discussed.

Is diplomacy, then an alternative to military support and sanctions,

as many, especially in the extreme right, are saying? Absolutely not.

As Putin continues to strike on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, residential areas and even schools, Europe needs to be ready to respond with strong military support,

stronger sanctions, and making sure we are not sidelined at the diplomatic tables.

Especially important is to finally stop financing Putin's war crimes through gas imports.

It is shameful that some Member States have accelerated these imports before the ban enters into force at the beginning of next year. Terraposina.

At the talks in Abu Dhabi, where the United States and Russia talked about the future global security, the EU officials roamed the corridors,

hoping that one of the big ones would pay attention to them, or at least grace them with a little nod.

Never before in history have European politicians been so helpless and so pitiful.

Never before have European leaders been the epitome of total intellectual helplessness.

The only thing these people can come up with is another sanctions against Russia.

With senseless stubbornness,

the EU leaders continue to convince us that precisely this next action will inflict a crushing blow on the Russian Federation.

And this is given that thousands of sanctions have failed to do so again and again.

No serious geopolitical power will negotiate with such politicians, with politicians devoid of human sense.

If Europe wants to engage in talks about the future,

it must be represented by leaders who are the complete opposite of the current ones.

I'm going to be taking only one blue card, so Mr.

Trippier, I'm sorry, you will not get it.

Mr Völner, you're talking about engaging with Russia, and haven't you been engaging with Russia all along?

You are doing everything in order to leave your country defenseless in the face of attacks that are taking place near your coast.

You are supporting pro Russian forces and pro-Russian candidates during elections,

and you and your party are bringing a Russian style anti agent law that would observe civil society,

like Moscow is doing in the Kremlin.

What is your term of engagement with Russia? Each person who has common sense. You say is connected to Russia. This is not very intellectually evolved.

What we, with my party and with other normal political forces here in the European Parliament are doing is that we want Europe to be represented at the table of the negotiations and not to behave like a little scared dog,

and we have to be serious and we have to talk seriously. Mr. Thank you. The next speaker is Ms. Kalniete. Mr.

President, currently millions of tons of grain are stuck in the Black Sea ports of Ukraine. They will start rotting soon.

Russia regularly attacks civilian vessels in the Black Sea,

including in the exclusive economic zone of EU countries and territorial waters even. Tens of sailors have already been killed.

The Kremlin's aim is to strangle the Ukrainian economy and destabilize global food security.

Due to these attacks, these grains do not reach millions of people in Africa and the Middle East. Let's not be naive.

It's all part of Putin's plan to destabilize regions around.

EU external border and to unleash new waves of migration. Let the Europeans suffer.

Latvia and other Baltic states invite the EU to immediately put a ban on the transit of Russia's blood grain.

We should stop feeding the Russian war machine and force Putin to end this blockade.

Colleagues, a new round of negotiations is underway between Russia, America and Ukraine.

That leaves us here in Europe with a choice.

We can either once again politely watch from the sidelines and hope for the best as others decide about Europe without Europe.

Or we can finally get our act together, speak with one voice and claim from a position of strength our rightful place at the negotiating table,

because, colleagues, if Europe's security architecture is on the menu, then this should be our table to begin with.

This is our security, and we have the strength to defend it. We are Ukraine's strongest supporters.

We are the 2nd biggest economy in the world, and our sanctions hit Putin where it hurts, but we must be honest. To be honest with ourselves.

The greatest leverage is useless unless we decide to use it and use it strategically,

decisively and effectively.

So let's act now and close every last loophole in the sanctions, use Russia's frozen assets as a leverage for peace,

and take the diplomatic initiative,

together with Ukraine to get real negotiations from a position of strength for our Europe.

Thank you, and you have a blue card from Mr. Makarczyk. Mr. Tsipras 2nd again. Mr.

Mohorcic, this is your 2nd blue card, so I will stick to the 2 blue cards per member, so we are on time. I have a lot of questions. I will speak in Polish. Dear colleague, I've listened.

And you've said it's a shame that Europe is not at the negotiation table when we know what's on the menu and who is present.

Russia, Ukraine, US, but isn't it our fault?

Isn't the European Commission's fault that aren't we're being confrontational vis a vis Trump?

Isn't it the left that has damaged ties between the EU and the US? Be very realistic. We support every diplomatic initiative.

Our hand is always open, but we have seen before what appeasement looks like.

Trump has rolled out the red carpet in Alaska, and what was the result? Nothing, just more bombs on Ukraine.

We want negotiations, but we also have to understand that diplomacy requires not.

Not appeasement of the dictator, but a position of strength, and the only reason Putin will ever really come to negotiate is if we put on the screws with the sanctions,

if we show him, if we change his calculus, that he understands that he will never win this war and that he must stop now. The next speaker is Ms. Deva.

Thank you, colleagues, Russia continues to bombard Ukrainian cities,

destroy energy infrastructure, and they kill civilians.

Putin's regime does not show any real will to end the war, and therefore our response cannot be to hesitate.

If we really want to have just and permanent peace,

we cannot keep sending money to Russia to Keep fighting.

We definitely need to end the purchase of oil and liquefied gas, and we have to enforce the existing sanctions,

and we need to stop the shadow fleet and we need to stop circumventing the sanctions.

Supporting Ukraine is not a charity, it's a direct investment in our own security,

and if we fail to stand united due to political bickering or self interest,

and if we do not persevere, we are only playing into Russia's hands. The next speaker is Mr. Brandstetter. Putin that's what Noel Opps writes today.

It's Putin's war against Europe, and we have to understand that there is terror.

He wages terror against Ukraine, but also war against Europe.

There are attacks in Europe, disinformation, cyber attacks, and so on.

So we need the sanctions also for us, and the sanctions work and of course the right.

Extremists are against the sanctions because they are Putin's poodles, and we have to say it very clearly and we have to enforce the sanctions.

It's a shame that Irish aluminum is going to Russia.

It's a shame that we removed or the EU removed people like Alia Usmanov and Michael Froman from the EU blacklist.

It's a shame that many components of Russian missiles kill Ukrainians because these components were produced in Europe.

So we need more sanctions, we need stronger sanctions, we have to control them, and we have to understand that this war is also against us.

So when we help Ukraine, we defend Europe. Thank you very much. Thank you. The next speaker is Ms.

Do you remember what he did 5 years ago and what has happened in your life since then?

Well, we were celebrating half a decade of Christmases, of birthdays, of really life changing things.

Ukrainians had air raid sirens, they had destroyed homes, they had their loved ones lost at the front.

Ukraines are paying the highest price for Russia's illegal war.

They pay with their life, and Russia is paying nothing.

Why is the only one waging this illegal war also the only one not paying for it?

The one who causes the damage should be the one who pays for it. Why is that even debatable?

Of course, Putin won't pay voluntarily, but we don't need him to.

We already have Russia's money here, over 200 billion of frozen assets right here in Brussels at Euroclear.

This shouldn't be Belgium's burden alone, of course.

Europe can and Europe should take the risk and use that money for Ukraine.

That money stopped being Russian a long time ago.

This is unpaid debt, and it's time to settle the bill. Mr. Thank you very much. The next speaker, Mr. Hörstedt. Thank you very much President.

Well, now we can see how Donald Trump deals with Putin.

He does deals about Russian oil and gas.

He's directly supporting Russia's brutal war of aggression against Ukraine.

Well, if the proposal is to reopen Nord Stream for Russian gas exports, well,

this pipeline goes through the Swedish economic zone in the Baltic Sea. Well, our answer is a clear no.

The problem is not that Nord Nord Stream has been taken out of use,

it's that it should never have been built in the first place.

So we have to make sure that we are steadfast on refusing Russian gas,

and we also need to have a full ban on Russian oil. The sanctions need to be further strengthened.

We have to put an end to the Russians shadow fleet's export of gas and oil in the Baltic Sea.

I welcome Germany's,

decision that the Russian team will not play ice hockey in the world championships in that country.

We should not have athletes from the country that is abusing and attacking Ukraine.