What Antonio spoke about.

Madam President, High Representative, in September I stood here and asked a simple question: what about the Houthis? A month later, the answer came, written in blood at Riyadh's International Airport. Civilians killed – travellers, families, workers – targeted for no other reason than to spread fear. The Commission itself has called it a horrific act of terror. If we call it terror, colleagues, th

Madam President, Commissioner, you have not even mentioned Gibraltar in this matter; You have had your mouth filled with Ireland, but nothing with Gibraltar. The time you have had with Mr Albares not to negotiate anything favorable to Spain or Europe is running out. In a month's time that will change: in Gibraltar we are going to study perfectly what has been negotiated so as not to turn it into a

Mr President, hundreds of years ago, the Spanish, we stopped the Ottomans at Lepanto on the coast of Greece. Is Europe going to stop Erdoğan now? I leave the question mark. Once again, we are confronted by Turkish provocations in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean. These are not bilateral issues; it is an attack on the sovereign rights of Greece and Cyprus, and this is an attack in the Europ

Madam President, in Cuba there are more than 1 300 political prisoners, including Félix Navarro and his daughter Saylí, imprisoned for defending freedom and taking an interest in those detained after the protests of 11 July; There are 1 300 prisoners who suffer the violence of a state turned murderous executioner. And while Cubans suffer jail, torture and persecution, in Spain we have an Ibero-Ame

Mr President, thank you very much. Europe must decide. Either we help shape the future of the Middle East with the right partners, or its instability will shape ours. The threat is Iran. The threat is its proxies. High Representative, I heard you talk about the settlers and sanctions. What about the Houthis? I mean, the Council talked about it, fantastic, because we have to put them in the black t

Madam President, we are not dealing with this for the first time. We spoke before the cases of the persecution of Christians in Nigeria, but this is even more serious. It is the persecution of forced girls in Pakistan, abducted, forced to convert to Islam, with forced marriages. Worst of all, no doubt, is silence. Silence complicit. I see here the radical left, which is not even present, which is

Mr President, thank you very much, Mr Maniatis, I understand that you are pressed by the leadership of the socialist group – the Spanish leadership – to talk about this now. But what I don't understand – because, you know, there are some problems in Spain and the government, and this classic debate appears always out of the blue when there are problems in Spain – but what I can't understand is tha

Madam President, the European Union needs to strengthen its alliances with strategic partners. And Mexico, of course, is. Not only because of the weight of our economic relationship, but because we share a history, common interests and a responsibility to defend a rules-based international order. But precisely because we aspire to a lasting alliance, we cannot settle for talking only about trade.

Madam President, it is heartbreaking to find out that a girl of 16 years has been imprisoned and tortured by the regime of Lukashenka, but it's even more heartbreaking – yes, true, as many of our colleagues have pointed out – that we are discussing in this plenary, but I think that we have to do it. We have to remember her. We have to remember all those who are fighting against this dictatorship.

Mr President, the dictatorship in Nicaragua – the centre of human exploitation, of drug trafficking, of everything that separates us, of everything we are fighting in this European Parliament – is reflected in the Ortega Murillo family. And I want to use this forum today to denounce a fact: May our fellow Europeans be very attentive, because perhaps in the month of November this pair of bloodthirs

Madam President, Madam Vice-President, the markets are happy, the oil industry is happy, but the supporters of the Iranian regime are the happiest. Let me tell you – in business language that is now so fashionable – what is really happening. We are confronted with a classic 'negative business' model: I create the problem; I give you the solution. Well, I have news for you all: the problem is there

Mr President, our mission as the European Union is clear. We need to help Lebanon with the face of reconstruction, peace and prosperity, especially for the Lebanese people. That should be our duty. Lebanon's Government is demonstrating strength and unity. It has taken a firm stance against Hezbollah. Most importantly, many Lebanese citizens are also voicing their opposition. Particularly among the

Madam President, Commissioner, there have been 17 attacks on Jewish targets in European countries in a coordinated wave of destabilisation and violence. Ladies and gentlemen, anti-Semitism does not appear out of nowhere: It grows when hate speech is normalised, when polarisation is fuelled and when some policy-makers act with serious irresponsibility – that is what my country is all about. Here's

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, when I hear the Spanish Socialist spokeswoman yelling at the president of my group or when I hear the far-left and far-right Members insulting the President of the Commission on these Middle East issues, this Spanish saying comes to mind: They bark, then we go well. We want to talk about energy, about the safety of our citizens! We do not want to make what is ha

Mr President, Commissioner, once again we are here denouncing the brutality of the regime of the ayatollahs. Since the uprising of the civilian population, the regime has proven once more that they have no mercy for their own citizens: violence, executions, murders. The killings reported by human rights organisations continue to increase at an alarming rate, and these include children, women, the

Mr President, last month we witnessed in Uganda the full subversion of democratic standards: abuse, severe restrictions on civic space, widespread intimidation of opposition figures, fraud, violence and a nationwide internet blackout. How is it possible that the main opposition candidate, Bobi Wine, could have been besieged by the military in his house, and his family and his wife assaulted by gov

Madam President, let us admit it loud and clear: the education system in Europe and in my country, Spain, has failed. At the moment, all students with some motivation escape to other countries because our system does not work. In Spain, there is more concern on the part of government partners about persecuting students than in Catalonia or the Basque Country they speak in Spanish. Yes, ladies and

Madam President, dear colleagues, I just wanted to put the point today for you that what we are going to vote is not a technical report. We are taking a decisive step for the consolidation of Europe as a true space of justice. We can no longer close our eyes to injustice and impunity inside and outside the European Union. In December 2020, we adopted a global human rights sanctions regime, our own

Madam President, Madam High Representative, I have now come to finish negotiations on a motion for a Parliament resolution on Iran and what I can say is that I have seen politicians from the left and right united, together with you, in the cause of the denunciation of the terrible acts that are happening in Iran against the regime of the Ayatollahs. They thus leave all the fans out, including thos

Mr President, dear Commissioner and friends, some days ago we received good news: the first direct talks between Lebanon and Israel in 40 years. The fact that the Lebanese Government has shown willingness to start negotiations with Israel cannot be overlooked. Lebanon is heading for elections next year and looking forward to starting a new chapter. After decades of political assassinations, of com

Mr. President, today we are witnessing yet another massacre. How much longer are we going to be ignoring the rise of anti-Semitism? Anti-Semitism grows thanks to omission, to the silence of the international community, especially here in Europe. Thanks also to the radical left, which in their social networks feeds in their countries discourses that point and stigmatize the Jewish community. The Is

Madam President, Javier Marañón Montero and David Rodríguez Ballesta, two European and Spanish citizens who have been arbitrarily detained for months in Black Beach, one of the worst prisons on the African continent in Equatorial Guinea, are deprived of their liberty, without due process, without access to their lawyers or their families. Their conditions are inhumane and their health is seriously