Debate contributions by Ľuboš BLAHA

After you missed Majdan in Slovakia and Georgia, are you trying for Majdan in Serbia? You know very well that there is no growing repression in Serbia. Is it just you and your progressive agents who can't come to terms with the results of the democratic elections? Nowhere, in our country, was Prime Minister Robert Fico almost murdered because of this. Because of your hatred. You are attacking Serbia and Slovakia just because we want to have normal relations with Russia, just because we want peace. While you and your gunmen want to make money from the war. Now you even want to cut us off from cheap Russian energies, which is literally a declaration of economic war for Slovakia, Hungary and Serbia. Progressive Slovakia MP Karvašová even pushed for a ban on the import of nuclear fuel. At the same time, there is no technical way for us to use non-Russian nuclear fuel in less than five years, this is literally treason. They literally shut down Slovakia. And Slovak collaborators assist them in this. In the past, your Western fighters killed Serbian children. Then you illegally recognized Kosovo and today you are organizing Majdan in Serbia? Shame on you! Slovakia stands behind Serbia.

Madam President, let me express my sincere support for the heroic Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua, socialist and peaceful regimes facing brutal American imperialism. Instead of standing up for them, Europe continues to hate them. I was in Venezuela in May and saw with my own eyes how Western propaganda was lying. Without Western sanctions, a Khalidian Venezuela would thrive. And sanctions are your disgrace. Cuba has faced a criminal U.S. blockade for more than 60 years. Venezuela faces the threat of direct military aggression from the Americans. Colombian President Petro was expelled by the Americans from the UN General Assembly for opposing the genocide in Gaza. Americans are putting scandalous pressure on Brazil and left-wing President Lula. These are all heinous imperial crimes that the European Parliament should condemn. Instead, you're serving American aggressors here. The result of your arrogance will be a stronger position of Russia, China and the whole BRICS in Latin America. And good for you so. From here, I'm referring my friends to Cuba and Venezuela: Hasta la victoria siempre.

You hate Robert Fico because he wants peace and you want war. You hate Robert Fico because he rejects your extremist progressive ideology. But you may not know that all this useless and purposeful discussion is here just because the opposition party in Slovakia, Progressive Slovakia, whose MEPs are paid by the British government to interfere in democratic elections in Slovakia, wants it. We consider it treason in Slovakia and I believe that you too should ask your Renew colleagues whether they are committing treason or are just so convinced of their hatred for their own country. It's a disgrace.

Madam President, honourable colleagues, Slovaks and Serbs are fraternal Slavic peoples and Slovakia fully supports Aleksandar Vučić, the democratically elected President of Serbia. The West is attempting a Maidan in Serbia. They want to reverse democratic elections by force, as they once did in Ukraine. Violent protests in Serbia have already led to 750 attacks on party headquarters. As a result, 170 police officers were injured. The Serbian government, on the other hand, offers a dialogue or even a referendum. But no, the majdanists in Serbia do not want to respect democracy. Their goal is regime change. Serbia has been guilty of maintaining friendly relations with Russia and wants peace, just like Slovakia. And yes, even in our country, the West tried to make Maidan. The British government even wanted to manipulate democratic elections and also funded the current Renew MEP, Mrs Esztergom, who sits right in front of me. We reject such imperial interference in the national sovereignty of our countries. Wasn't it enough that you bombed Belgrade in 1999 and your children died because of you? Is it not enough for you to recognise Kosovo in violation of international law? We stand behind Serbia and democratic President Vučić.

Madam President, I respectfully look at the great men of Jewish descent, from Karl Marx to Rosa Luxemburg to Noam Chomsky. But today we have to tell the truth in our eyes. Israel is a rogue state. And I'm not saying that, but American professor Jeffrey Sachs, of Jewish descent, by the way. Israel commits genocide and murders women and children in tens of thousands. In the last six months, Israel has attacked five sovereign states, including Iran and Palestine. That's the Guinness World Record for doing evil. What does the West do? Washington is assisting Israel and has criminally attacked Iran and Brussels is silently landing. She even finds an understanding for a blatant violation of international law. This is the only reason she should be dismissed immediately. Let's face it, at the time of Hitler's Germany, there was the evil axis of Berlin, Rome, Tokyo. Today there is a new imperial axis, namely Washington, Brussels, Tel Aviv. American sociologist William Robinson is right to prove that Zionism is Nazism of the twenty-first century. Presidents Leyen and Kallas are spewing sanctions against Russia, but they are silent on Israeli terrorism. Who else should take these Pharisees seriously? Get out of here!

Madam President, colleague, I believe that the European Union, which was once a project of peace, has turned into an institution of war. The only purpose of these people shouting at me is to arm, arm and arm and hate Russia, while defending Israel and the genocide in Palestine. Totally hypocritical. These people are absolutely ridiculous, and you are absolutely right in the fact that today the whole world is already saying that the only way to peace in Ukraine is to negotiate with the Russian side. That is also why we, the five or six Members of the European Parliament, were in Moscow to negotiate with the Russian side, because we cannot achieve peace in any other way.

Madam President, colleagues, is it not really embarrassing that you are talking about sanctions against Russia here, but can you not even condemn Israel for attacking a sovereign Iran and even committing genocide against the Palestinian people? Where are the sanctions against Israel, Mrs Callas? Where is the supply of arms to Iran? Military aggression suddenly doesn't matter? Von der Leyen has shamefully stated that she has an understanding of the Israeli aggression, but in the case of Russia, no one wants to understand that the West has militarily extended to Russia's borders and that Russia has had to defend itself. What is this double standard? You're moralizing the state of Russian democracy, but don't you mind that a journalist in Estonia has been shut down for six years for having pro-Russian views? That's what you call freedom of speech, colleague? You pretend that anti-Russian sanctions are addressing something, but in reality only Europe is committing collective economic suicide. If you ban the import of all energy from Russia, you will not punish Russians, but us Slovaks or Hungarians. But you don't care, do you? Wake up, ladies and gentlemen, stop the double mile, stop the hatred of Russia, stop the clash of weapons.

Commissioner, please tell Mrs Callas that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. And you've been silent for months. No sanctions, no resolutions, just a bite like that. This is collaboration. This is the historical disgrace of the European Union, this is the historical disgrace of the European right. When it comes to Russia, you're spewing three resolutions a day and tons of sanctions. And yet Russia is not waging an extermination war, but Israel is. Palestinians in Gaza today live in conditions similar to those of Jews in the Warsaw ghetto. They want to starve them like the Russians in Leningrad. They want to destroy them, as Hitler wanted to destroy Jews and Slavs. If what Israel is doing is not fascism, then what is fascism? According to the latest estimates, more than 100,000 people have already died, most of them women and children. No, they were not Hamas, they were innocent children. Israel has also been criticized for its genocidal policies by Jews around the world, including Chomsky and Sachs. Let no one talk about anti-Semitism. Peace of Gaza, freedom of Palestine, let's stop Israel!

Madam President, I can confirm that today there is genocide on the part of Israel in Palestine. Yes, that's true. But no, we do not adopt political resolutions against Israel. We in the European Parliament do not take any action against Israel. No, we're breaking out in Cuba, which, on the contrary, needs our help. Isn't that hypocritical? Colleagues, especially colleagues from the right. Why do you keep doing pugs to the United States of America? The Lord has already rejected you, you no longer have to obey the US President. Stop that American policy and let's do a sovereign, Cuba-friendly European policy.

The answer is blockade. The criminal blockade of the United States. How can Cuba thrive if there is such a mad embargo? And I ask. Guess Guatemalans, Hondurans, Mexicans, El Salvadorans don't go to the United States? There you have capitalism, thriving capitalism. You don't mind? Why don't you let Cuba go its own way? Cuba has the right to go the socialist way, and I believe that Europe must defend this right.

Madam President, Cuba has been facing a criminal American blockade for over 60 years. Just as the German Nazis once starved Russian civilians in Leningrad, so now American imperialists are committing genocide against the Cubans. Europe must fight this far more actively. Speech is not enough. It is our moral duty to assist Cuba and develop political dialogue. And I'm sorry to punish Cuba for wanting to have a good relationship with Russia. That's literally absurd. Cubans are a heroic nation that has chosen the path of socialism and has every right to do so. Despite the horrific U.S. blockade, Cuban communists have built the best education and health services in the entire American continent. Cuba has resisted the U.S. invasion and continues to face tremendous pressure. And you're surprised that Cuba is defending itself? The problem is not Cuba. The problem is the U.S. and Israel. Two villainous states. A political dialogue agreement with Cuba is a necessary instrument and the Slovaks are behind Cuba. As Fidel Castro and Ernesto Che Guevara said: ‘Patria o Muerte, Venceremos’.

It's really a funny question. You know, you were saying that in Hungary there is a shrinking population, yes. In Denmark there are a homosexual marriages. There are, yes. And the population is shrinking as well. How is this possible? How is this possible? Lady, I think that Hungary has the right – has the right – to go its own way. Please respect it. Europe is about diversity, no? Not about the liberal progressive extremism. You are laughing at everybody who expresses a different opinion to you, is this correct? I think that this is liberal fascism.

Madam President, Slovaks and Hungarians have had very complicated relationships for centuries, but today we are best friends, thanks to you. Thanks to your crazy neoliberal politics in Brussels. We are united by resistance against war and resistance against your Russophobia. We are united in our opposition to the idea of a liberal superstate. We have been joined by resistance to illegal migration and by resistance to your sexual experiments. Robert Fico in Slovakia, like Viktor Orbán in Hungary, protects the family, protects our children and protects common sense. In Slovakia, left-wing conservatism prevails, in Hungary, right-wing conservatism prevails, but we are united by resistance to neoliberals. And I ask, where do you take the audacity to attack Hungarian democracy? In Romania you canceled the elections, in France you want to close the main opposition politician and you want to blame the Hungarians? You can also cut yourself. We Slovaks stand by the Hungarians and if liberal extremists want to take away Hungary's voting rights, Slovakia will block this in the European Council. You're out of luck. Long live Slovakia! Long live Hungary, long live common sense!

Mr President, colleagues, when fascists in Slovakia expropriated Jewish property during World War II, they called it arisation. Today, the target is not Jews, but Russians. If you freeze their assets on an ethnic basis, will you also call it arisation? Because that's what it is. This is fascism against the Russians. This is not the path to peace. Europe is turning into a war empire, a war empire. Reich. Willy Brandt and Altiero Spinelli must turn in the grave. I don't believe in war or arms. I believe in dialogue and diplomacy, which is why I was the first Member of the European Parliament in the Russian Parliament last week to discuss with our Russian counterparts, both from the ruling United Russia party and from opposition parties, including the Communist Party and the Liberal Democratic Party. And I say: The Russians are ready for dialogue with Europe. The problem is not them. The problem is you. You are the only one in the world who refuses to have a peaceful dialogue with Russia and is still riveting with weapons. We in Slovakia reject hatred of Russia and will continue to conduct dialogue in Moscow.

Mr President, colleagues, I am sorry, but I am already poisoned by all the anti-Russian hatred that solves nothing. Instead, let me give you some hard facts. Firstly, Ukraine has lost hundreds of thousands of people in vain. If we had agreed with the Russians in Istanbul, there could have been peace a long time ago. And if it wasn't for the Russian border, there wouldn't have been a war. Second, Russia is winning on the ground and Ukraine is losing. Sanctions are hurting Europe far more than Russia. Thirdly, greens have turned off gas and are increasingly arrogant towards EU Member States. Fourth, the United States has changed course, and Trump will negotiate with Putin. This is reality. And you continue to mourn here as little children, and no one in the world takes Europe seriously anymore. This is no longer the case, which is why I am pleased to receive an invitation from the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Russian Duma, Leonid Slutsky, and to travel to Moscow in early March for peace talks. We need to start talking to the Russians normally, otherwise we will never achieve peace.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, please stop spreading conspiracy theories here about some shadowy Russian fleets cutting cables in the Baltic Sea. That's completely stupid. You have no evidence, you have nothing but ridiculous anti-Russian propaganda. This is confirmed by the American media. How about asking who destroyed Nord Stream? The Americans themselves, including Jeffrey Sachs and Seymour Hersh, prove that it was the American secret services that committed this terrorist act. How about asking who attacked Turkish Stream and who stopped gas from the East to Europe? The answer is: Zelensky, dictator Zelensky. This madman has declared an energy war on Europe and we in Slovakia will defend ourselves. Tens of billions of euros are at stake, don't you care? I ask, in whose interest is it that Europe has completely cut itself off from cheap Russian gas? This is in America's interest, from which we will now have to buy four times more expensive gas, which will ruin Europe. Instead of going back to cheap Russian energy, here you are inventing hoaxes about Russian shadow fleets and glorifying the arrogant Zelensky, who betrayed Europe and served American companies. Wake up, for God's sake!

Mr President, each totalitarian regime is creating its own definition of how to define disinformation only so that it can restrict freedom of speech and impose censorship. The European Union is doing the same today and increasingly resembles a dusty totalitarianism. Let me tell you what real misinformation is. Disinformation was when it was said that Russia was pushing our borders. In fact, the West and NATO were pushing towards Russia's borders. Disinformation was when it was said that the vaccine would bring freedom from covid. In fact, this was not the case, and we were just undergoing a medical experiment. Disinformation was when it was claimed that Israel had the right to commit genocide against Palestine. This is also a huge lie, but the saddest misinformation was when, after 89 years, we were told that liberal capitalism would bring us freedom. No, capitalism has brought poverty, inequality, disruption, and today it also brings totalitarianism.

Mr President, let me warmly congratulate the Georgian Dream party on its significant and legitimate victory in the Georgian elections, 54% against 38%. It's not about what, my friends, you've lost. The Georgian dream won elections with a similar program as our Slovak left-wing conservative party Smer. It is a programme of peace and good relations for all four world parties, including our friends from Russia and China. Together, we reject war, extreme LGBTI ideologies and Western-funded Maidans. And yes, that is why the Eurocrats do not like us, because it is not allowed to have a different opinion here. There is progressive totalitarianism. After the assassination of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, the Georgian prime minister said that Western militaristic circles were behind the assassination and wanted a war against Russia. I'm going to Georgia: Prime Minister, be careful, you may be the next target, because democracy only applies to these imperial Euro-Pharisees if they win. And after Trump's victory, they tremble like aspen. That their progressivism will end up in the rubbish of history. And yes, it will end.

Madam President, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, I am a proud Slovak leftist, but I am ashamed as a dog of what the so-called leftists, social democrats and progressives are doing here. It is a deep disrespect for Hungary and Central Europe. The Spartans are keeping their fingers crossed. The Slovaks, together with you, are opposed to illegal migration. Together with you, Slovaks are opposed to the federalisation of the European Union and are fighting for national sovereignty. The Slovaks are fighting against the warmongers, militarists and russophobes who are also sitting in this room. And I will proudly follow your example and go to Moscow in a few days to conduct a peace dialogue with Russia. Mr. Orbán, remember, it's not you who are extreme. You have a strong mandate from the Hungarian people. These are the extremes: Neo-liberals, progressives, militarists, and warmongers. Thank you, Mr. Orbán.

Mr President, I am frankly appalled that the European Union is violating Georgia's national sovereignty and, without any mandate, wants to dictate to Georgians what to do. Yes, Georgians have adopted a family law that rejects extremist progressive ideologies, and they have every right to do so. Like us, Slovaks are a more traditional society and do not want to have 76 genders. As in Slovakia, the family is made up of mothers, fathers and children. And that's how it's supposed to stay. Georgia is also defending itself against color revolutions, and I keep my fingers crossed for them. Various American foundations, various neoliberal billionaires, various Soros are pouring millions into NGOs to sabotage an uncomfortable government. Even in Slovakia. If the Russians were doing this, you'd be shouting that it's a hybrid war. When you do it yourself, it is supposed to be the pinnacle of freedom and democracy. It's ridiculous. You hate Georgia because it wants good pragmatic relations with Russia. They want dialogue. They want peace. This is what we want in Slovakia and our Prime Minister Robert Fico was almost murdered by a progressive extremist. This is what you want? Long live the sovereignty! Long live the peace!

Please keep your hands off Venezuela. Put your hands away from Cuba, from Russia, from China. Quit the arrogant and chauvinistic Western imperialism. You may not have noticed this, but the era of colonies is over and the European Union has no right to violate Venezuela's national sovereignty. The West is not the navel of the world. Now finally come to terms with it. The poorest Venezuelans, who make up the majority of the country, are behind the left-wing chavists. But who in neoliberal Europe would listen to a voice with straw? What we are here to criticise is the criminal U.S. sanctions that are destroying life in both Venezuela and Cuba. What we have the right to criticize are the coups and Maidans organized by the Americans in Latin America. Before that, the Americans had Guaido as their henchman. Now they have Gonzalez. The same farce again. Stop the circus! The president of Venezuela is Maduro. This has been confirmed by the Venezuelan authorities, which alone have the right to do so. Dot! You better look in the mirror. In the summer, the left won the election in France, and Macron named his right-wing man prime minister. Election results are not respected in Europe. So what do you want from Venezuela? It's about Muerta!

Madam President, there is an ongoing Israeli war of extermination against the civilian Palestinian population in Gaza. More than 40,000 people have died, most of them women and children. And the same right-wing politicians who adopt hate resolutions against Russia here applaud Netanyahu for committing genocide. What kind of hypocrisy is this? I ask, where are the European sanctions against Israel? Where are the European arms supplies to Palestine? Where are the passionate speeches about protecting the territorial integrity of Palestine? Israel has occupied the Palestinian territories for decades. It also occupies Syrian territory. And the whole west smells like a lice beneath a scab. The Americans are also sending weapons to Israel so that it can continue to murder women and children in Gaza. And they are already killing not only in Gaza, but also in the West Bank, which has absolutely nothing to do with Hamas. Stop the double subway. It is our moral duty to defend Palestine's right to national liberation. It is our moral duty to fight fascism. It is our moral duty to work for peace.

You refer to Russia as a barbaric country. I would like to ask, do you consider it a manifestation of racism, to evaluate the whole Russian nation in this way? Especially when you're talking about a parallel with the Second World War. Most recently, Western weapons were on Russian territory by fascists, German fascists and other Western fascists. Do you want to redefine this tradition? I am very concerned that there are too many warmongers and too few peaceful people in this room.