EU-UK negotiations are based on four fundamental freedoms, and citizens' well-being and rights must remain in focus, Picula told at a plenary session in Strasbourg.

MEP Picula commented on the current security situation in Syria.

New methodology is a step forward, but it is up to the Member States to deliver on their promises, MEP Picula said at a plenary session in Strasbourg tonight.

MEP Picula called for de-escalation of conflicts and refraining from unilateral actions because they have a multiplying effect on regional as well as global security.

MEP Picula said that greater emphasis should be placed on the Western Balkans as a priority of the common foreign, security and defense policy.

Global warming threatens the survival of citizens and cultural heritage, both Croatian and European, Croatian MEP Tonino Picula warned.

Failure to open negotiations with Northern Macedonia and Albania is a historic mistake of the European Union, Picula told a plenary session in Strasbourg.

"The electoral interference of foreign powers in electoral processes in EU member states, financing parties and spreading false information and news," Tonino Picula said during his speech at a plenary session of the European Parliament, in a debate on foreign interference in electoral processes.