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Belgian MEP Marc Botenga sharply criticized U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran during a heated European Parliament debate, accusing Western leaders of hypocrisy and saying past interventions brought “chaos, not democracy.” He cited reports of a deadly school strike while urging the EU to rethink support for military escalation in the region.

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00:00Most of you don't condemn, even support Trump's and Netanyahu's war on Iran, yet claim to
00:06stand with the Iranian people.
00:08Now I dare you to say that to the eyes of that seven-year-old girl, her backpack still
00:14beside her desk that was killed when a US Tomahawk missile hit her elementary school.
00:20Dare to admit to the 167 other victims in that school that you are offering European
00:26bases to US killing machines.
00:28Tell the families of Tehran, a city of 10 million people, that you support the chemical
00:34warfare of Israel as they poison the air with toxic fires and black rain that will cause
00:40cancers for decades.
00:42Tell the Iranian people how much you really love them, while from Golestan to Chehel Sotoun
00:47western bombs damage century-old cultural heritage.
00:52Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, Iraq, your bombs never brought democracy and never will.
00:58They bring chaos, death, destruction, and the unbearable silence of children who will
01:06never come home.
01:09MS.
01:11Honorable Ulrich.
01:14Mr. Ulrich now, please.
01:30I'm sorry.
01:31Ms.
01:31Von der Leyen has been talking about we are doing this right.
01:34No, it's not enough.
01:35We are destroying us.
01:38Importing oil from the east doesn't work because Zelensky doesn't want to repair the pipeline,
01:45he doesn't want to pay anyone to repair it.
01:47You have prohibited importing oil from that region, and now we cannot even get it from the Middle East.
01:56So the result is that in France, in Germany, other countries, they are paying more than €2 per litre.
02:05Companies are going bankrupt.
02:07People are leaving.
02:09People are fed up with these high energy prices.
02:11So please stop banning things and banning imports.
02:15They enable energy, security, and let people import and produce things so that the chip is possible for people.
02:30Mr. Panayotto is not here, so let's move on to Mr. Hadji Pantala, please.
02:34Mr. President, Mr. Chair, Mr. Minister, Ms. Commissioner, dear colleagues.
02:47As for the past 52 years, we have been living with the consequences of the illegal Turkish invasion.
02:57And still we are suffering.
02:58A third of our country is under occupation.
03:02The operation against the Iran regime has also come to our country.
03:12Cyprus remains safe due to the immediate solidarity of the European Union.
03:18I would like to thank from the bottom of my heart Greece, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the other
03:27friendly countries.
03:28Greek fighter jets, the European frigates and the counter-missile batteries are protecting our country.
03:39We now see that we are not alone.
03:42It's not a slogan anymore.
03:43It is something we can see in fact these past few days.
03:48Our family is by our side and we are grateful.
03:54Also, Madam Chair, we would like to thank you for your clear words.
04:00The security of Cyprus is the security of the EU.
04:04This solidarity in action leads us into a new era.
04:08And of course our goal always remains a fair solution for the Cyprus.
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