What André spoke about.

Madam President, Mr Vice-President, the Azores are profoundly European, and the pro-European Azoreans are convinced. We therefore welcome this new strategy because it recognises that we are strategic assets of the European Union, places where Europe projects itself in the world. We are 5 million Europeans. Our seas account for more than half of the Union's exclusive economic zones. From the Azores

Mr President, the International Court of Justice has been clear: Israel has obligations. It must guarantee what is essential for the survival of the people of Gaza. You have to let help in, no exceptions. Moreover, the Court factually rejected the excuses used to block such aid. A decision of the Court that is not complied with is not only an ignored decision. It is international law that is calle

Mr President, I was in Kiev a few days ago. I saw a country at war that didn't stop: Parliament meets, institutions reform, civil society monitors. But I have an alert: Beware of managing expectations. Promising dates that we do not meet undermines trust and it is this trust that we need to strengthen: the Ukrainians in us and the European citizens in this process. Now, this trust is built with ba

Madam President, Commissioner, we have farmers on the doorstep of this Parliament again today, and rightly so. More than a month ago, when the conflict broke out in Iran, we called for immediate action. We all knew that the issue was not just geopolitical. The truth is that Europe is too exposed. European agriculture relies heavily on imported fertilisers. In Portugal, the price of urea has double

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, women's work in rural areas is invisible to many. The Azores prove it. Women contribute to the development of numerous farms, but the figures do not lie: the female employment rate is 40 % below the European average, only 12 % of agricultural area is managed by women and only 2 % of bank funding is directed to women. They contribute a lot, but a

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Europe cannot produce less food, it cannot produce less animal protein, nor can it abandon its farmers. And yet, that's what happens when we impose costs that our competitors don't have and bureaucracy that stifles and reduces support and presence when they need it most. We need a CAP that protects, science that prevents, rapid responses when there

Mr President, more than 70% of Europeans think that the Union should have more means to face the current global challenges. Employment, housing and public health, education, training, culture and youth policies, security and defence are the concrete answers they expect from us and they are the answers we have to give. This report does not shy away from the challenges, but rather faces ‑os with amb

Madam President, Commissioner, from the Lajes base in the Azores to the NATO base in Romania, our collective security extends ‑se throughout the territory of the Union. We can't just be a place of transit. We must be guardians of our interests, of our people, but also of our values. Europe does not defend itself by buying 27 times the same dependence, nor by wavering in the face of blackmail from

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, very quickly, what we are discussing here today is not an exotic subject. These are concerns of fishermen, coastal communities, outermost regions and the tourism sector. But they are also, in essence, concerns of the real economy of many territories of the European Union. This report puts forward better responses to support the protection of our biodiversity

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, after listening to all the speeches in this debate, I recall a famous sentence summarising, I believe, what we have been talking about here today: Now this is not the end. It's not even the beginning of the end. But it is perhaps the end of the beginning. We have a lot of work ahead of us. In this time of uncertainty, progress and setbacks, with

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, after a simplification exercise in 2024, the second simplification proposal presented by the European Commission in May 2025 sought to respond directly to the calls from farmers and the conclusions of the strategic dialogue with the sector on the future of European agriculture. I want to start by saying clearly what this proposal is not: It is n

Madam President, according to Rule 60(4), I request referral back to the committee responsible for interinstitutional negotiations.

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, first of all I would like to thank everyone for their contribution to this debate today. The proposal we are debating today does one essential thing: It paves the way. With its approval – as I hope – tomorrow, we will immediately enter into negotiations with the Council and the Commission to try to reach a consensus that will allow it to enter i

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, over the last few years farmers have made themselves heard on the roads of Europe, in the squares of our cities, outside and inside this Parliament. And European farmers have been very clear: want to produce and want less paperwork; fewer duplications; more time in the field, with stable rules. This is what we are talking about today: restore pr

Madam President, Commissioner, we run the risk of having a CAP that is little more than an acronym. To undermine it, reduce its budget or turn it into a national fund is to undermine the income of millions of producers and their families, our food security and territorial cohesion. The post-2027 CAP must respect those who work the land, it must have a fair and stable budget, indexed to inflation,

Madam President, Commissioner, the United Nations Ocean Conference has once again been clear. Marine degradation is accelerating and, without immediate action, the future of marine life and, as a result, of all of us will be compromised. In this context, I welcome the European Commission's proposal on the European Oceans Pact. In particular, I would stress the recognition of the fundamental role o

Dear colleague, Mr Oliveira, first of all I would like to thank you for the question and for the opportunity I have to be able to answer it. It is obvious that we do not share the same political vision; I believe that this report has many positive aspects and my intervention has focused precisely on those positive aspects. But we don't have the world we want, we have the world we have, and that me

Madam President, Commissioner, the report we are discussing today proposes long-overdue responses to the structural challenges of rural areas. More investment in public services, infrastructure, digitalisation, support to employment and local communities. It also underlines the urgency of halting depopulation, strengthening the role of women and young people, supporting SMEs and ensuring that rura

Mr President, Commissioner, we need a new vision for a new time in the world and for a new moment in our history. To do this, we need a Community budget with greater resources to meet greater challenges, which opens up the possibility of new sources of funding to meet the new demands of our collective life, which continues to support economic, social and territorial cohesion, which deepens the sin

Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, Europe is the most maritime of the continents. This is therefore the time to affirm a blue Europe, where healthy seas coexist with sustainable coastal communities. The European Ocean Pact must be a binding commitment to restore, protect and sustainably manage our maritime ecosystems and support the communities that depend on them. Keeping fishermen and coastal

Colleague, thank you very much for your questions, the first of which I must say is that we have been advocating for a long time the need to have a real balance in the food chain, so that producers are not, in fact, the poor relative of this same chain, thus ensuring greater equality in the distribution of income. As for the question you are asking about quotas (which, as you know, are many years

Mr President, Commissioner, the need to ensure a fair and stable income for today's farmers and to build a sector that is attractive enough to attract tomorrow's farmers are priorities with which, I am sure, we all agree. However, they will only be achievable with a robust budget capable of addressing the complex challenges facing the sector. In this context, it is essential to maintain coherence