What Lina spoke about.

This debate revolved around the current deadlock in the Council on the agreement for the Platform Workers Directive. The main objective of this directive – which has been defended by socialists for years – is to protect all workers in an increasingly changing and digitalised market. Also, combat unfair competition within the single market. The proposal aims to determine the real employment status

Madam President, vocational education and training is not only an economic policy instrument, but also a tool for equality, empowerment, social mobility and social justice. Gender equality must be embedded in the design and implementation of VET policies from the outset. As a fundamental principle and as the only tool to remove stereotypes which are very harmful, not only to women, but also to man

Madam President, we are debating the budget for the year 2027 and, once again, we must insist that a budget is where the political priorities are reflected. Most of the groups in this House - the excluded far right, of course - consider equality between men and women to be a priority and our Treaties, moreover, tell us that it is a fundamental right. But, on the other hand, when we come to the bud

Madam President, Commissioner, thank you to the rapporteurs, Lucia Yar and Javier Zarzalejos, because today we mark the most significant reform of EU victim protection in over a decade, and a very important one for women and girls, because behind this directive, there are numbers that should shake us. One in three European women has faced violence and one in six has survived sexual violence. Yet t

Mr President, surely no one here disputes the importance of care, which is essential for the maintenance and reproduction of our lives, especially those whose lives are incompatible with the absence of care or who could not live with dignity without such care. However, when we ask ourselves who assumes this work, with what cost and in what way, the thing changes a little, because it is useless to

Mr President, Commissioner, first of all, I would like to congratulate rapporteur Brando Benifei on this excellent and timely report, because we are at a turning point where artificial intelligence is not just a strategic technology, but an engine that is already transforming competitiveness, supply chains and global trade governance. So from the S&D Group we defend a firmly integrated approach, s

Mr President, the recommendations of this Parliament for the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly include, on equal grounds, seeking the appointment of a woman as Secretary-General. This isn't a ballad. If you remember a few days ago a photograph where thirty of the most powerful people in the world sat around a table at the Chinese-American summit, they were all men. But here, in E

Madam President, Commissioner, the activity rate of women in rural areas is 20 points lower than that of women in urban areas. And it is not for lack of talent, but for lack of opportunities, and this leads many women to seek as an alternative to undertake and often do so in very precarious conditions. For example, in my land, in Andalusia, villages are masculinized, because women – especially the

Mr President, dear colleagues, as rapporteur for the Women's Rights and Gender Equality Committee, I wish to underline the importance of sending a strong, ambitious and united message on the next MFF which will, after all, shape not only our parliamentary work in the coming years but also the European Union itself. It is also vital that we remind ourselves of why we do this – what are the principl

Madam President, one in five European women suffers sexual assault, including rape, which is a widespread crime. But his complaint is not, because the shame continues to fall on us, he has not changed sides, as requested by Gisèle Pelicot. Society blames us, laws do not protect us and institutions revictimize us. The absence of resistance does not amount to consent, rather to fear, to paralysis. B

Madam President, thank you, colleagues, for your support and commitment. Thank you very much, Commissioner Kos, thank you for your commitment. I hope you support us in front of the Council so that we bring a strong and united position from the European Union, because the European Parliament is not a symbolic participant. We have championed ambitious standards to combat gender-based violence, inclu

Mr President, colleagues, the theme of the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women this year is 'ensuring and strengthening access to justice for all women and girls'. This could not be more urgent, nor more fundamental. Access to justice is not an abstract principle. It is the difference between protection and impunity; between equality on paper and equality in reality; between r

Madam President, Madam Vice-President, thank you to the rapporteur for his excellent work, but I now want to focus on one reality: poverty in Europe has a woman's face. The data for 2025 is very clear: more than 65 million women are at risk of poverty or social exclusion. And this is not a coincidence, but the result of structural inequality. Not only are women less incorporated into the labour ma

Mr President, High Representative, from the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, which I chair, I would like to say that we condemn the increase in human rights violations around the world and, especially, the unprecedented crackdown on the rights of women, girls and the LGBTI community. The year 2026 continues with the systematic regression of our rights – those of women – in Iraq and

Madam President, Commissioner, the current state of the world shows how interdependent and vulnerable we are with regard to cybersecurity. That is why we very much appreciate this initiative, Commissioner. In the previous term of office, I had the honour of being rapporteur for the Cyber Solidarity Act, which was a key initiative to respond to an urgent need to strengthen the European Union’s capa

Madam President, first I would like to send my condolences to all the victims of the fateful train accident that has occurred on my land, in Andalusia. We are in mourning, and I thank the Commissioner, the European Union and also this Parliament for having remembered us. As Chair of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality, which has issued an opinion for this report, I would first of a

Mr President, Commissioner, we socialists have always been - and continue to be - on the side of women and their rights, respecting and accompanying the victims. Can you say the same, ladies and gentlemen of the PP and Vox? Mrs Montserrat, you are not interested in fighting sexual harassment, you just want to instrumentalise a problem that is very serious. Because, if they were interested, they wo

Mr President, research and innovation are essential pillars for Europe's security and autonomy. In an environment of growing threats, we must prioritise critical technologies such as quantum technology, artificial intelligence or cybersecurity, which will not only strengthen our defence, but also boost European competitiveness. Europe cannot afford to delay the uptake of disruptive technologies or

Madam President, Madam Vice-President, today we reaffirm our commitment to a fairer, more equal Europe, where women's rights are a tangible reality, and we do so by demanding that the Commission make progress not only in implementing the wonderful legislation we passed in the previous legislature, but also with new legislative proposals. In the historical context of regression and attack on women'

Madam President, Commissioner, Europe's Beating Cancer Plan stresses the importance of screening and preventive health in a disease where early diagnosis saves lives. And that's what the Andalusian women have been robbed of: save their lives free of cancer and metastasis, save their breasts, their bodies, their lives. More than 2,000 women have suffered delays of up to two years in breast cancer d

Madam President, gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting are not a luxury, but an essential tool in the Union's arsenal to show our political priorities. A way for us to make our money go further. We have made progress in gender budgeting over the last few years, but we still need to effectively monitor the application to ensure the budget works for all. I am pleased that the importance of items

Mr President, Commissioner, today the President of the European Commission said that the European Union must remain free and independent, but this trade agreement with the United States does not seem to facilitate it. Socialists are well aware of the importance of avoiding a trade war and we will certainly work to improve this agreement, but we are not sure that accepting asymmetric conditions pre