What Cristina spoke about.

Article 7 TEU aims to ensure that all EU countries respect the common values of the Union, as enshrined in Article 2 TEU, including the rule of law. The European Parliament has always been very active in addressing the challenges related to the rule of law in the EU, in particular by adopting resolutions that initiated the above-mentioned Article 7(1) TEU procedure for both countries. Since then,

Madam President, in the second quarter alone, agricultural energy and lubricants have risen by 22% and fertilisers by 13.4%. But despite these impressive increases, farmers' sales prices have fallen on average by 5.8%. These are Eurostat data. At the same time, it happens that the final price of the shopping basket is through the roof and does not stop rising. What is happening? The farmer is sell

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the European countryside has three problems with fertilisers. One: dependence on third countries. Two: prices. Nitrogen fertilisers today cost 70% more than two years ago, and are paid for by farmers and citizens. And three: the model. Or quite the opposite: the lack of a stable, coherent model with structural and time-sustained measures. For example, the fie

Madam President, women have always been the root, essence and strength of rural areas. They have been women collectors, administrators, managers, mothers, cooks, caregivers, everything; But, in the end, they are the great forgotten ones: lower pensions, if any, lower wages, no ownership, no access to land, no access to credit... We all know the story, we all know it. This has changed, fortunately

Mr President, some time ago, I saw on television an interview with a farmer who tried to explain the constant uncertainty in which he lives, talked about the prices he does not control, the diseases he fears, the future he does not know if he will be able to offer his children. And, very excited, he said that he spends more time with his cows than with his family, which is the only thing he has an

Mr President, the position of the European Parliament that we are voting on here today is courageous, committed and clear. It is clear because we have clearly said that we want to put agriculture and rural areas between our red lines and we have made it explicit, guaranteeing those 139 billion euros more. This is very important. There has been a lot of talk about traditional sectors here. Agricult

Madam President, Mrs Kallas, why is there such a rush to close this summit with India when there are no wickers for a trade agreement that is balanced? Haven't we had enough with the photo of Scotland between Trump and Ursula von der Leyen? Why force an agreement at any price? We're not signing a blank check with India. We freely defend trade agreements, we defend multilateralism; But we defend th

Madam President, animal diseases have become one of the biggest challenges for European livestock farming. Nodular dermatosis, but also African swine fever or avian influenza are having a huge health, economic and social impact on our rural territories. The European Union has responded in accordance with its legislation: early detection, movement restrictions, vaccination where appropriate and, in

Madam President, this reform stems from farmers’ protests in May 2024. The message then was clear: less bureaucracy, more flexibility and rules adapted to the reality of the countryside. And today we give you an answer, so congratulations, André Rodrigues, and congratulations, Mr Hansen. The CAP simplification package strengthens support for small farmers by raising payments to EUR 3 000, increase

Madam President, a year after the damage, some continue to deny the obvious: climate change is not a threat. I think so, which is a reality: municipalities that carry water ahead, lives taken away. And if we join fanaticism and denialism - we have already seen and heard it here in this plenary even. And if we unite it with incompetence and shamelessness, we have as a result a phantom government th

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, at this time, when the geopolitical scenario is agitated and when some prefer to break bridges rather than weave ties, it is logical to seek a free trade agreement with India, one of the European Union's biggest strategic partners. Yes, we need reliable and stable partners, we need to diversify our supply chains, but we also need to forge ties grounded not only

Mr President, Commissioner, welcome back. We are facing an express reform of the Single CMO Regulation which should undoubtedly serve to strengthen the position of farmers in the value chain - it is very easy to say, but I believe that it must also be demonstrated with the proposals and also with the sense of the vote. The question I would therefore like to ask is whether all the members of the Eu

Mr President, someone should look at the fact that it is the countryside that always pays the bill for other people's conflicts. Now, the boomerang the dispute of electric cars reaches the pig sector. The European pig sector does not compete with dumping, but offers quality products, with traceability and transparency. It is a sector that has managed to gain the trust of Chinese consumers, not onl

Madam President, Commissioner, I know you do what you can, but the President's plans are different: cuts and single fund. If things don't change, Ursula von der Leyen will go down in history as the president who cut the common agricultural policy and made farmers pay the NextGenerationEU debt. This is an injustice, because it was the countryside that fed Europe when we were locked up by COVID-19,

Mr President, the European Commission is negotiating in good faith and in the interests of Europe. We greatly appreciate the immense work that Commissioner Šefčovič is doing, but we already know how Trump spends it: We must not give in to their blackmail or to the politics of fait accomplis. Tariffs are an unjustified attack on the multilateral order and a flagrant violation of WTO rules. And the

Mr President, pointing out the agri-food sector in the rise in the cost of living is deeply unfair, because we are not talking about the cost of energy, housing, fuel and others. The farmer does not set the price of gas, the cost of transport, or the interest rate. It produces under pressure, with increasing costs and minimal margins. Inflation has come from many fronts: energy costs, high interes

Mr President, Commissioner, the vision you present here is good: collects the feeling of the field, its needs and its demands. Could we subscribe to it? Yes, of course. We can subscribe to it. But it lacks the most important. He lacks the how and he lacks the how much. We're all saying it here this morning. Therefore, the question is: Are we going to have a CAP with enough funds to do this or are

Mr President, the questions we have to ask ourselves are: Do we want to be a strong power or isolate ourselves in a competitive world? Do we want to strengthen our industry – which invests more than €340 billion – or give the market away to China, India or the US? Do we want our farmers to continue to pay fees of 28%, 35%, or even more, or open up a tariff-free market? The far right is in a labyri

Madam President, Commissioner, 2025 will be the year in which the new CAP begins to be prepared, while the future long-term budget of the European Union will be prepared. More and more information suggests that there will be a foreseeable cut in the common agricultural policy. Are you in a position to deny this and affirm that the European Commission has among its priorities to strengthen the CAP

Mr Buxadé, you really like everything Trump does, because you are also on the side of those who want to break coexistence and the world order. And the greatest gesture of patriotism – you who attribute this characteristic so much to yourself – is giving it by clapping your ears at this trade war that will harm European industry and also Spanish industry; will prevent our industrialists, Europeans

Mr President, Commissioner, agriculture is one of the most dangerous jobs in Europe. I am not saying that, says the European project SafeHabitus, which also says that the death rate in this sector is 233% higher than in other sectors and accidents at work are 18% more frequent. In addition, many deaths and injuries are not reported or investigated, making it difficult to learn from these cases and

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Budapest Declaration on the New Pact for European Competitiveness incorporates the agri-food sector, and I like that. The Draghi report ignored this and, today, the President of the Commission did not mention the agricultural sector among the priorities in the competitiveness chapter. Is the European Commission giving up on Europe remaining the pantry of the