What Sandra spoke about.

The drought situation in Portugal is very worrying and requires support and basic measures to deal with the consequences that are already anticipated, from the supply of human consumption, agricultural production and hydroelectric power to the tourism sector. In agriculture, for example, the impact on farms, requiring the use of irrigation, increases production costs as other factors such as energ

Madam President, the right to mobility of the population in general, and of persons with disabilities in particular, is fundamental in an inclusive society, but it is far from being realised in the lives of many citizens. Persons with disabilities and their representative organisations have long claimed the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities. It is

Mr President, we are commemorating the 50th anniversary of the April Revolution in Portugal. The fascist dictatorship was repression, arrests, torture and murder. It was economic and social backwardness, illiteracy and obscurantism, misery, inequality, injustice, emigration. It was a denial of rights, of workers, of women, of young people. It was colonialism and colonial war with the support of NA

Mr President, the directive we are discussing here is moving in the direction of combating trafficking in human beings. In addition to sexual exploitation, it includes other situations such as substitution management, forced marriage or illegal adoption, whose practices increase the number of victims of trafficking. We also value the approach on the specific situation of children as well as person

Mr President, this reform of the market, the so-called energy and electricity market in the European Union, is not surprising, because true truth brings nothing new. It continues to deepen a market that serves the interests of large energy companies, rather than ensuring access to affordable energy for households and micro, small and medium-sized enterprises. Despite promoting the increase in the

Mr President, for several months farmers have been taking to the streets in protest against a CAP that does not serve them - especially small and medium-sized agriculture and family farming -, against free trade policies and the political choices and forces that promote them. The proposals that the European Commission is now putting forward, which the majority of this Parliament wants to deal with

Madam President, we are asking for this debate because we want to discuss the degradation of people's living conditions. Social inequalities continue to increase without policies and political will to curb and reverse them. I would stress the Council's absence from this debate. In Portugal, 5% of the population owns 42% of the wealth. In parallel, in 2023, more than one in five people was at risk

Mr President, a month later, the European Parliament is once again discussing the situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. If there were any doubts, with such insistence it is clear that the goal, aligned with the agenda of the United States of America and the Venezuelan extreme-right coup, is to seek to interfere, once again, in the electoral processes in Venezuela. The purpose of this

Madam President, the annual designation of the European Capitals of Children should be accompanied by concrete measures to achieve the objective of eradicating child poverty and social exclusion, creating a level playing field so that all children can have integral, balanced and healthy development. Otherwise, like so many other initiatives, they propose objectives without corresponding to the act

Mr President, we agree that the limits and uses of artificial intelligence must be clearly defined, but the regulation we are discussing here does not do so, since it legitimises a range of practices by means of an extensive list of exceptions. We have no doubt that in a society like ours, where profit is the main driving force, these instruments will eventually be used to increase the exploitatio

Mr President, the successive political choices of recent years, characterised by widespread precariousness, increasing and deregulating working hours, facilitating dismissal, high costs of justice and lengthy procedures, have exacerbated the vulnerability and lack of protection of workers in the face of repeated practices that undermine their dignity. In Portugal, the majority of victims of labour

Madam President, despite so many speeches, young people are living worse and worse. Low wages, precariousness, lack of labour rights, difficulty in accessing decent housing, insecurity and instability in their personal and professional lives are present in the daily lives of young people. But this situation has responsible: the policies, also of the European Union, that put the market above people

Mr President, the fundamental right to housing has been called into question, affecting millions of people across the European Union, whether through speculation in renting, a brutal increase in interest rates, or the lack or absence of a public housing offer – this at a time of sharp rises in the cost of living, where inequalities are increasing and poverty is increasing. There is an urgent need

Madam President, it is worrying and worrying that living conditions are deteriorating in various countries of the European Union, with the increase in the cost of living, food, housing and energy, as well as the increasing difficulties in accessing health care, a reality that is accompanied by the accumulation of colossal profits by large economic groups. The ECB’s recent insistence on keeping ben

Honourable Member, there is a part of the agreement that speaks exactly about the exploitation of resources and that is what this agreement is intended to do, it is to continue to explore as it is in all agreements of the European Union.

Honourable Member, the policy that the European Union has in its trade agreements is to exploit the natural resources of third countries and this agreement is no exception. That is what is in the agreement and that is why we will also be voting against it.

Mr President, the European Union's trade policy is essentially determined by the interests of its powers and economic groups and is not based on the principle of mutually beneficial cooperation. Particularly when it is directed at developing countries, it emphasizes their predatory nature of third-country resources, ensuring the disposal of their already processed and valued products. The peoples,

Mr President, since 2020, the five richest men in the world have doubled their fortunes. In this period, these five people made an average of 14 million euros per hour. At the same time, almost 5 billion people around the world have become poorer. In 2023, the risk of poverty in Portugal was above 20%, after accounting for social transfers. Meanwhile, large companies profit 25 million a day from t

Madam President, let us not talk about the content of this shameful initiative, instigated by forces and Members who promote the most brazen interference against Cuba, disrespecting and attacking the sovereignty and rights of the Cuban people. As you say, Cuba has always been willing to engage in a frank and open dialogue with this Parliament and with other institutions of the European Union, prov

Mr President, in Portugal, one of the biggest problems facing teachers is disinvestment in public schools, jeopardising access to constitutionally established education. We talk about thousands of teachers and early childhood educators who, from north to south of the country, have been confronted with multiple problems: disinvestment in teacher training, the devaluation of teaching careers, precar

Madam President, the equality enshrined in important international and national texts, such as the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic, is far from being achieved. Successful EU LGBTI Equality Strategy 2020-2025 requires measures that effectively address all forms of discrimination. Concrete and awareness-raising strategies are needed to combat discrimination based on sexual orientation, gende

Mr President, the next session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women will focus on gender equality, the empowerment of women and girls and the fight against poverty. However, the European Union's policies insist on pursuing the path of imposing neoliberal policies, which cause serious setbacks in women's rights: increased unemployment, deregulation of the labour market and working hours, inc

–Madam President, farmers protesting across Europe have a common cause: the common agricultural policy. You can announce quick dressings, but we have all seen that if this disastrous policy continues at European and national level, with injustices in the allocation of aid, where 70% of direct aid goes to only 7% of farmers, the just outrage of farmers will continue. Portuguese farmers denounce, am

Mr President, the purpose of this debate, which is in line with the agenda of the United States of America and the Venezuelan extreme right-wing coup, is to seek to interfere once again in the electoral processes of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Remember the shameful recognition of Juan Guaidó as said President, the unacceptable support for coup attempts, organized armed operations from ab

Mr President, this debate, also held at the initiative of the members of the PCP in the European Parliament, aims to warn, once again, of the recurring situations of drought and extreme drought in some regions and countries, particularly in Portugal. The populations, farmers and irrigators with whom we have been, whether in Alvor, Armamar, Arraiolos, Montemor or in so many places in the country, r