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Mr President, Commissioner, under the slogan 'a people-centred budget', it is important to focus in this budget debate on one of the sectors that contribute most to the growth and development of the European economy. The tourism and travel industry, even after several crises, including the pandemic, remains the driving force for economic growth and social development in several Member States and i

Mr President, Commissioner, the importance of the European Maritime Safety Agency in the current geopolitical context, particularly in the face of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, underlines its undeniable strategic value in the sphere of maritime situational awareness. The Agency has provided invaluable support by working with the UN on the facilitation of sea lanes for grain transport and the ef

Mr President, Commissioner, I congratulate the Commission on this initiative which ensures the resilience and safety of submarine cables. For many regions of the Union, such as the outermost regions and, in particular, Madeira, where I come from, submarine cables are the fourth essential accessibility for their development. Commissioner, I call on you here to ensure that the outermost regions are

Madam President, Commissioner Breton, this agreement will, in fact, allow us to obtain crucial quantitative data to better understand local housing and, consequently, to be able to legislate in a more effective, transparent way, ensuring that political decisions will be based on evidence and not on ideological perceptions, as has been the case in Portugal. The left has changed the Local Accommodat

Mr President, Commissioner, in the various illegal abuses of Nicolás Maduro is the disqualification of Henrique Capriles in the past and today of Corina Machado. It is a measure that clearly violates their political rights and, by extension, threatens the right of all Venezuelans to participate in fair and free elections. This incident takes place in a broader context of arbitrary arrests, harassm

Mr President, Commissioner, today we are discussing part of the legislative package on road safety. Road safety is a real concern and one that should mobilise us all. Recent data, covering the period from 2011 to 2021, show a 6% increase in road fatalities in the European Union, putting an end to a decade of successive declines. Faced with each of these lives lost on the roads, it is up to us, as

Mr President, allow me, first of all, to commend and thank Mrs Barandica for all the work and cooperation in this report, for these effective proposals to improve what is one of the regulations - one of the pillars too - of the common fisheries policy. This regulation represents an excellent opportunity for Europe, but specifically for Portugal, to strengthen the fisheries sector, also promoting a

Mr President, I should like to begin by congratulating Mr Mato on his excellent work on this report. We do need a serious and modern reform of the CFP, as this report makes clear. A reform is therefore needed that takes economic and social conditions into account in a balanced way and not just a predominantly environmentalist view. I therefore insist, as I have done for many years, on this part of

Mr President, we have seen with great concern the housing crisis in recent years. Not being an exclusively Portuguese problem, the truth is that the increase in the cost of living, the difficulty of access to affordable rental, the late departure from the parents' house are a particularly serious reality in my country, Portugal. The socialist government, which has been in power for years, has comp

Mr President, the PSD, the PPE, is still on the side of the Venezuelans. We do not forget their suffering and repudiate the continued deterioration of democratic values, the violation of the rule of law and human rights in this country. More than 7 million people have left Venezuela since 2015. 90% of Venezuelans live in extreme poverty. At the moment, there are about 300 political prisoners and t

Mr President, technological neutrality, if achieved in heavy-duty vehicles, will benefit all Member States, allowing each of them to meet their respective targets according to their energy mix. In all modes of transport, and not just heavy-duty road, there are no technical, unique and perfect solutions for this decarbonisation. So what we stand for in the European Parliament, what we should stand

Mr President, I would just like to ask you to show some solidarity with a preliminary point that I want to focus on before this Parliament - my public vote, also one of solidarity and appreciation, for the courage of all Madeirans, in particular the citizens of Calheta, Porto Moniz and Câmara de Lobos, for the moments they have experienced of anguish and loss against the fires that have ravaged th

Mr President, I would firstly like to thank colleagues for their excellent work on this dossier on urban waste water. However, it is crucial to recognise that the reality of the outermost regions – and I also call on the Commissioner to recognise Article 349 of the Treaty – in particular the Autonomous Region of Madeira, requires differentiated action and approach. I therefore call on this Parliam

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, this debate concludes a lengthy and complex process. Having arrived here, we can conclude that we have managed, in this legislative work, to establish a set of clear and realistic targets, with a view to supporting the production and use of sustainable aviation fuels, leaving no one behind. We will therefore vote on a set of rules setting target

Madam President, Commissioner, it is first of all regrettable that the Commissioner responsible is not here with us today to hear what we have to say about the agreement under discussion here. We could discuss today the public policies and rules drawn up in this agreement, but we will not. We could discuss the urgency of supporting the fisheries sector to manage it sustainably and efficiently, but

Madam President, Commissioner, we have no doubt about the importance of marine protected areas in conserving and restoring natural resources. We all understand, in certain cases, the prohibition of more intensive exploitation practices that are potentially harmful to the environment. What we do not understand, nor do we accept, is a non-transparent decision-making process, without scientific consi

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, this week we are voting on two proposals for regulations, both maritime and infrastructure, which are central to achieving the 2050 climate targets. Maritime transport may be one of the sectors with the greatest demands in this transition process. Aware of this need, the Commission has shown ambition in the texts it presents to us, supported by imp

Mr President, Commissioner, Mrs Carvalhais, the transposition of Union law into national law of the conservation and enforcement measures adopted by the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation is crucial to ensuring compliance with sustainable fishing practices in these waters. It is a pity that it takes so long to implement this transposition. The Union must speed up these processes by ensuring

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, allow me to begin by commending the spirit of openness and compromise of the rapporteur, Søren Gade, in this negotiation process, but also to express a thank you which extends to all colleagues in the other political groups. Often with diverging positions, indeed many of them antagonistic, I believe that we have started with a constructive, reasone

Mr President, Commissioner, we are currently experiencing a turbulent period in our history. Europe, still recovering from a pandemic crisis, is facing an unthinkable and unjustifiable war in the 21st century. Of course, the loss of human lives is the main burden of the conflict, but in addition to this humanitarian catastrophe, there are the economic effects that are beginning to be felt in vario

Madam President, Commissioner Sinkevičius, ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for your speeches and for most of your support for this project. At the end of this debate, it is clear that there needs to be a gradual opening-up of the market for the rental of vehicles for the carriage of goods, as well as the desirability, in a forthcoming review, of talking about a fully open market, which w

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the debate we are bringing to this House today is the culmination of extensive legislative work carried out in recent years to demonstrate the importance of the road logistics sector and its relevance to the world economy, to the European economy and how it directly affects the daily lives of European citizens. While we were fully aware of the i

Mr President, many considered this debate to be out of time. Why now discuss this coordination of travel when several Member States have already declared an end to restrictions? The fact is that the free movement of citizens within the European area and the disparity of measures around travel and tourism remain the rule rather than the exception. In December, the Commission established the validit

Madam President, Commissioner, the rise in fuel prices has been constant over the last year. We could list many factors, both internal and external, that led to this rapid rise, but I believe that the most important thing is to ensure that all European citizens, regardless of where they live, whether public services are offered or not, are not deprived of the use of cars, planes or trains because

Mr President, Commissioner, we are indeed experiencing a logistical bottleneck, a global supply crisis affecting the competitiveness of the European economy, affecting citizens. The general increase in prices, the lack of stock or delays in deliveries and replacements, is a reality that needs our response. The Union, together with international partners, needs to address the causes of this bottlen