Speeches

Effective, fair and transparent tax policies play a key role in the long-term economic growth of countries and societies. It also helps to reduce the so-called social exclusion that affects the poorest members of society. Simple and predictable tax laws and rules should make it easier for taxpayers to pay taxes rather than making them more difficult. Simplifying tax laws can help governments better manage revenue and make it easier to collect it. EU Member States should therefore be encouraged to support legislative initiatives aimed at simplifying tax regulation in such a way as to protect ordinary people in the first place. We are well aware that overly complex tax regulations can discourage the fair recruitment of workers and discourage entrepreneurs from investing. After all, simple, stable and predictable tax rules are essential for a competitive economy and contribute to jobs and growth. I therefore believe that the European Parliament's initiative calling on the Commission to make recommendations for a simplified and competitive tax system is necessary. This is particularly true in the age of digitalisation. According to economic analyses, this would reduce the administrative burden for businesses and citizens, for example by simplifying the use of the tax identification number in all Member States, as well as in the area of tax incentives. However, let us not forget that, under the EU Treaties, taxation falls primarily within the competence of the Member States, and the EU institutions should play only an advisory role here.

Madam President, I'm sorry. Dear Mr. President, Today's war in Ukraine poses a threat to international security and is the cause of the economic crisis. Lasting peace is paramount. Lasting peace is also essential, and solidarity is also essential in order to survive this difficult time. With European solidarity there is a big problem today, because some big countries have their own selfish policies. The Union is also experiencing a crisis of values, those values that once built the Community and from which, unfortunately, we are leaving. I say this above all to the EU institutions, where there is no development of democracy and free political thought. Unfortunately, the artificial arrangement of forces blocks the development of freedom, blocks against democracy, because the will of a large part of voters is rejected, up to 50%. Today's agreement combines the goal of power at all costs and the division of ‘stools’. This is a kind of appropriation of democracy. The two main forces in this Parliament, the EPP and the socialists, although theoretically having different programmes, have been coming together for years immediately after the elections to prevent a third force and thus not having to live up to their programmes. Socialists promise social programs, but they don't implement them. They promise to care for the poorest, but they support trade in CO2 emissions, which increases prices and impoverishes people. The EPP declares that it cares about Christian values, but does not defend life from conception to natural death, does not protect marriage understood as a relationship between a woman and a man, and often supports gender ideology, which has nothing to do with real Christian Democrats. In addition, both forces impose the creation of an EU federation, which destroys the Europe of the homelands, which was intended by its creators, Schuman and others. Unfortunately, this artificial political system blocks free thought and idea. The PPE agreement with the socialists does not allow any alternative, the so-called third force. Such a system is conducive to the political corruption we are witnessing in Parliament. This harmful and undemocratic practice is also transferred to the level of the Member States. Even our president Gitanas Nausėda is under attack and his election undermined, although he received 67% of the votes. This is not conducive to democracy. Europe is becoming an ideological emptiness thanks to the EPP and the socialists. He's in disarray. Therefore, in the name of true European solidarity, a third or fourth force is needed that will be able to heal Europe in order to restore its true face based on its roots. The ECR is the force that sees this and wants to change it, as we discussed recently at the summits in Warsaw and Madrid. We also talked about the need to strengthen Europe's energy independence and develop its own industry, including heavy industry and defence. According to this idea, today we would have no problems with the defensive condition in the age of aggression in Europe. Ladies and Gentlemen, Europe and the Union need more democracy and freedom based on Christian values, a traditional family and free thought, because that is the true soul of Europe.