What Álvaro spoke about.

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the Union is taking concrete action which will first of all create de facto solidarity between the various Member States, as Robert Schuman taught us just over 73 years ago. It was exactly this motto that guided all our action during the discussion with the different political groups and the analysis of the four opinions of the Committees on Bud

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the proposal for a regulation that we are discussing today was the result of negotiations which presented difficulties in the light of the specificities and legitimate interests at stake, both of the producers of the groups, of the suppliers and, of course, of the views here and there different from the various Member States. But it is this report that we wil

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, rural areas and all the regions listed in Article 174 of the Treaty need a specific strategic development framework that does not ignore the characteristics of each and their vulnerabilities. They need a European legal environment conducive to their economic, social and even environmental development. In the case of regions with different charac

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it has already been said, and we all know it, that over the last few years fertilisers have increased by between 230 % and 250 % compared to 2019. The situation differs from one Member State to another. For example, fertilisers of around EUR 200 and EUR 300 per tonne in my country, in Portugal, cost between EUR 600 and EUR 900. But what about farme

Mr President, Commissioner, we already know what has been said here, namely that the increase in farmers' incomes is not accompanied, to the same extent, by the increase in food. And the Commissioner agrees. Analyzed and agreed. That agreement is already important, but the point, on which I accompany many of my fellow Members, is that I wanted the Commissioner to say in an objective way: The Commi

Commissioner, we have discussed this a great deal, nor can I agree more with you and with the sensitivity that we recognise for you. But, look, both in Europe and perhaps in each of the Member States – and we are talking about our own, which we know well – is it true what the Commissioner said that the important poles, close to the big capitals, do not eventually develop, because big capital attra

Mr President, Commissioner, in this question, which is called 'Combating depopulation through a cohesion policy instrument', we all know that depopulation, ageing and rural abandonment are certainly among the main policy objectives of the Commission and the Member States. It is certainly a European priority, but how do we do it? We involve the people of the regions, the living forces, the municipa

Mr President, Commissioner, this debate here in the European Parliament today is a tribute to all the firefighters and all the mayors who fought and fought in adverse conditions. But it is also to say that if natural disasters increase in intensity and severity, Europe and many of the Member States must act more and more effectively. You say that it is important to have such consultation and I wou

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Mr Vice-President of the Commission, we are in fact currently experiencing the worst drought on record in some parts of Europe, particularly southern Europe. A recently published study points to a frequency of dry winters in the Iberian Peninsula of 1 every 4 years. In Portugal, the effects of climate change are clear. Average annual rainfall has reduced by 20 m

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it should not be for the sake of this absurd war, but for the sake of justice for farmers, who are men and women who want to produce in accordance with good environmental practice. But the truth is that agriculture, food security and food sovereignty have come on the political agenda for those reasons that shouldn't exist. There are also reasons

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the drought in Portugal and Spain is extremely serious. We are getting closer and closer to a situation similar to the largest drought we have ever seen in Portugal and which occurred in 2005. For 17 years, there have not been so many areas of Portugal in severe drought at this time of year, which causes enormous damage to various sectors of our ec

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, this is a reform agreement and not an agreement for some kind of break-up. It is reform in the right sense. It continues to look at agriculture from an economic point of view, supports investment and supports income, but also looks at it from a social and environmental point of view. It is an agreement that encourages young farmers and points them

Madam President, Commissioner, I would just like to make this note: Perhaps we could be on the way to making a historic mistake in this Parliament. A good strategy cannot have against farmers, it is not the lobbyists, it is those who apply it. A good strategy cannot ignore science, however hidden it may have been. You're doomed to failure. A good strategy, which we all want, because we who believe