What Esther spoke about.

Madam President, Commissioner, it is a pleasure to see you here again. We have been discussing the implementation of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive for several months and we always come to the same conclusion: there are more than reasonable doubts about the estimation of costs for each sector. I agree that the objectives of the Directive are legitimate and that the ‘pollute

Mr President, Commissioner, many leaders - men and women - of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party have looked the other way on reports of sexual harassment among their own. Despite their much-vaunted feminist protocols, this is being denounced by the socialist workers and militants themselves who have been victims. We have heard many times the "sister, I do believe you"; When a citizen, especiall

Madam President, Commissioner, this Plan presented today by the European Commission deserves to be welcomed. We must improve our cardiovascular health and the measures included in the Plan seek it. However, I miss more references to studies on classical good practices. For this I think it is necessary to look at what has been working for centuries: the Mediterranean diet and lifestyle, a lifestyle

Mr President, Madam Minister, Commissioner Roswall, despite the efforts made by the institutions and the significant increase in social awareness of biodiversity, the possibilities offered by the Internet and social networks have clearly favoured an increase in the demand for protected, banned wild species. In particular through online commerce and, worse, poaching of threatened species. The need

Madam President, the debate we are having today has not started today. For years, for ideological reasons, partisan use has been made of a power that the European Parliament has, as an institution, to issue objections to legislative acts. Various reasons are put forward, but, at bottom, the only thing in the vast majority of these objections is an ideological fundamentalism and sometimes even a co

Madam President, with this political report we laid the foundations for our position on water resilience. With 20% of territories and 30% of the European population affected by water stress, the Strategy should focus on how to reconcile the challenge of ensuring water supply for citizens, industry and, above all, agriculture with the protection of the environment and biodiversity without losing co

Madam President, access to water must be a priority for any administration in the world. I appreciate the initiatives launched in recent years at EU level following the European Citizens’ Initiative Right2Water. of whose report in this House I was shadow rapporteur in 2015. According to the 6th Sustainable Development Goal of the United Nations, access to drinking water and sanitation must be guar

Mr President, I have carefully reviewed the Budapest Declaration that we are debating today and I am glad to see that the Member States are ready to bet on competitiveness, while maintaining the ambitious emissions targets set in recent years. But I miss something fundamental in this text which says that the reports of Enrico Letta and Mario Draghi are welcomed. I believe that, in addition to deep

Madam President, I would like to express my condolences to the families of all the victims and to convey an emotional message to those affected, especially to the family of Izan and Ruben. When belief is imposed on science, mistakes are made that unfortunately cost lives, hundreds of lives this time. The channels must be cleaned regularly. It is necessary to develop water infrastructures and maint

Mr President, Commissioner, when we talk about the competitiveness skills gap, we tend to always focus on sectors related to IT development or the 4.0 economy. However, there is a key economic sector for our strategic autonomy and competitiveness that is often overlooked, such as agriculture and livestock. In recent decades there has been a huge evolution in the use of new technologies and precisi

Mr President, first of all, I would like to join in the messages of solidarity with the victims and those affected by the floods in Central and Eastern Europe. Extreme weather events like this remind us of the importance of investing in measures and infrastructure that help prevention. Floods and droughts are two sides of the same coin: there is a need for better water management and its impact on