What Margarita spoke about.

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in Europe there is a shortage of professionals and teaching staff in essential sectors that face serious difficulties, such as the primary sector, construction or care. This situation certainly affects our competitiveness. The solution cannot be to import talent from abroad when, in countries like mine, youth unemployment is around 25%. Good tra

Excuse me, outside of Europe? Forgive me: Ceuta is Europe, Ceuta is Spain, and Gibraltar, too. It seems to me to be a very serious mistake to allow interventions where Europe's sovereignty over these territories is called into question. This demonstrates the betrayal of the European Union in looking after the interests of my country, of the Spanish citizens. And this is not only happening on the p

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, close cooperation between the European Union and the United Kingdom, but at what price? This year – although not yet ratified – an unacceptable agreement between the European Union and Gibraltar has entered into force without the participation of Spain; an agreement negotiated behind the backs of all Spaniards with which we feel deeply disappointed. Neither P

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, put yourself for a moment in the place of a doctor from Ceuta, exhausted, without relays, chaining guards... On July 30, more than 100,000 people enter a city that was already overwhelmed. Surgeries are suspended, consultations are suspended, a minimum staff of doctors has to attend to people without stopping. The normal thing would be to send reinforcements,

Madam President, unfortunately Maria's case is not an isolated one. Pakistan is not the only country in the world where women are not recognized for their dignity, forced to marry as children or assaulted. Even more so if they are not Muslim, then they are forced to renounce their faith and brutally violated. No, it is not the only country in the world, it has also happened in Europe: cases of chi

Madam President, nothing leaves our Christian brothers more unprotected than a Parliament that refuses to call things by their name. On 22 June, armed men broke into the Christian village of Kabul at dawn, shot at neighbours, burned their homes, killed more than 20 people, including their parish priest. This is not a tribal conflict. Nor because of the scarcity of resources as we are trying to jus

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, today the so-called European values are used as a throwing weapon against those who think differently from the dominant discourse in this House. We see it when the budgets of the European Union are conditioned on ideological criteria such as climate or gender, or when these same values are invoked to question the legitimacy of democratically elected parties, thu

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, with the amendment of this directive we had a historic opportunity to ensure respect for the victims and their families. Tributes are still held in Spain today –ongi etorri— the murderous terrorists of ETA, so that the criminalisation of the crime of glorification of terrorism would have been crucial and has not been achieved for lack of politic

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the most natural act of being human is caring. We can't be reassured if someone isn't well taken care of. Those with political responsibility must be accountable to their own, primarily to those with special needs. This is the first thing that should concern us, and not entangle with the promotion of gender ideology, which aims to make believe t

I understand that you, like me, have read the report and you know that this report attacks those people who criticize or question the gender perspective, that we are not other people who think that we must give value to life and also to the family, that we protect this. We are called anti-gender movements and it is said that you have to fight. You make that interpretation that someone attacks your

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, what are the values of the European Union? I'm serious about this question. We talk about gender, climate, the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, but none of these concepts are included in our Charter of Fundamental Rights. This report shows very clearly the ideological drift of the European Union, with a transformation of values that has nothing

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, this Holy Week we have once again lamented episodes of violence and death against Christian communities, which continue to increase every year. In Jos, Nigeria, at least twenty-seven people were killed on Palm Sunday. And it is not an isolated fact: Although it is a country where a large part of the population is Christian, two out of five Christians are pers

Madam President, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, we all deserve love, respect and dignified accompaniment, without pressure or physical or psychological abuse, of course. But this citizens' initiative tries to pursue any intervention that is not exclusively aimed at favoring a reaffirmation. This puts at risk any accompaniment, both professionals and educators and parents, out of fea

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the tragedy of the trains in Adamuz, Spain, reminded us of something very simple: Behind every news story are lives, families and entire villages that are forever scarred. Among the victims were Cordoban, Huelva, Andalusian families, and in Andalusia death is lived with deep pain, yes, but also with a hope that is part of the lives of many people, th

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, International Women's Day is a form of recognition of equality in rights and dignity; also of the importance of our participation in all spheres of social life. The funny thing is that it is celebrated very differently in each country. In places like Poland, women receive bouquets and flowers and thanks. In others, it becomes a day of screaming, confrontation