All the thorny debates and celebratory moments of the year put in a 3-minute nutshell for you.

Zapping 2013: How Europe fared under the year's big challenges?

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These 82% of European farmers  do not have more than 15,000 euros,

and for that reason Cameron  is against 'Capping'

because he would be taking money  away from the Queen of England.

The budget should support the Europeans  who are in the most precarious situations

We must reason with those who wish  to slice the EU budget

President Van Rompuy has called  on the EP to shoulder its responsibilities.

Today, the Parliament's responsibility  is to calmly say no!

It's an end to overfishing,  to exploitation of the seas,

we have proved that the  European Parliament is not a paper tiger.

Well this is my return for the bailout tax,  I won't be registering

together with hundreds of thousands  who will be saying:

let the rich pay their taxes, working people  have paid enough. Thank you.

I don't know if you heard  President Obama's statement:

'Don't worry, we're not spying  on US citizens

Foreigners. So that's us.  That's European citizens.

So what kind of  'special relationship' is that?

Dobro došla Hrvatska!  Welcome Croatia!

It is my hobby,  and I still take pleasure in it every day.

I'm gobsmacked.  What exactly are we debating here?

Everyone is claiming  that all kinds of jobs are being lost.

It's the jobs of 161 Phillip Morris lobbyists  we are talking about here.

I would like us to take  a moment of reflection

for the victims of the Lampedusa tragedy.

If the EU builds up a fortress around itself,

it's no surprise people  seek illegal means of entry.

The European Commission President,  Mr Barroso,

that from mid-November  the European Commission

Frankly, I'm sorry  but you're taking us to be idiots.

The 25th Sakharov Prize  goes to a survivor, a heroine,

to an extraordinary young girl  for her fight for the right to education

I would like to start with a great quote  by a great French philosopher, Voltaire.

'I do not agree with what you have to say

but I will defend to the death  your right to say it.'

We are all children of immigrants.  First, second, third generation.

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