What Rosa spoke about.

A European Strategy to tackle Alzheimer’s and other dementias represents a decisive step towards a more supportive and prepared Europe in the face of one of the greatest public health challenges of our time. The aging population will lead more and more families to face these diseases, with a profound human, social, and economic impact. We support this strategy because it promotes research and inno

Gender equality is a fundamental value of the European Union and must be extended to all our policies. Combating violence against women and gender-based violence is an absolute priority of the Union. Harassment is an absolute form of gender-based violence. There are cases of sexual harassment in the European institutions and that is why we need to combat it. This requires the following: first, a c

Yes. My friend Gabriel Mato, who is an undisputed leader in the defence of the outermost regions – like my colleague Paolo de Nascimento Cabral – has defended it tooth and nail and, therefore, we will continue on the path of defending POSEI, which has been so successful and so well defended by my colleagues.

Madam President, Commissioner, the islands - we all know this - are an essential part of the European identity: million people live on more than 4 000 inhabited islands in 16 Member States. Insularity – I know this well, I come from the Balearic Islands – has disadvantages that the strategy has to consider: Living on a European island costs up to 300% more in transport, because we are dependent on

Madam President, Commissioner, the pandemic taught us that health resilience is not built when the crisis comes, but has to be built much earlier. Global health policy must be a strategic priority for the European Union not only for solidarity, but also for global security. At a time of increasing geographical instability, and also of cuts in global public health funding, Europe needs to take a st

Mr President, Commissioner, since the Taliban took power, oppression and persecution of women have been institutionalised, which is a crime against humanity. Since coming to power, attempts have been made to erase women from public life and reorganize Afghan society around male supremacy. Women are the great victims, there has been a apartheid gender, but also collectives such as the LGTBIQ: banne

Madam President, Commissioner, it is clear that with Directive 2012/29/EU establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime, and during its implementation, shortcomings were identified. Basically because the victims were unaware of their rights, did not report enough and, in addition, did not receive adequate support for their specific needs. That is why this

Mr President, Commissioner, tomorrow is a great day. Tomorrow we have the opportunity to show the world that Europe is taking a step forward and supporting this report on care, which is the prelude to the European Care Pact that the Commission will present in 2027. Tomorrow we have to rise to the occasion. It can't be a political battle because "that article I wanted like that" or "that amendment

Madam President, Commissioner, we know: the demand for care is growing rapidly. Care is key to ensuring well-being, dignity, equality and human rights. It is women who continue to shoulder a disproportionate burden of care, both formal and informal. This imbalance undermines their income, professional development and pensions, perpetuates inequalities and further limits women's participation in so

Mr President, Commissioner, every ten minutes a woman is murdered and there is no doubt that the figures are terrifying. We have the right not to be victims of violence because we are women. The Istanbul Convention set the course for combating and preventing violence against women. Consent has to be clear, it has to be unequivocal, affirmative, free and reversible, and this is key to preventing an

Mr President, Commissioner, four years have passed since the creation of the Global Gateway, which was born to encourage public and private investment in projects that will boost the digital transition, the green transition, sustainable growth, healthcare, education, energy and the promotion of European values. There has been visible progress – more than 270 flagship projects – but th

Madam President, Commissioner, as you know, 21.4% of the total population of the European Union is at risk of poverty or exclusion and the trend indicates that the European Union will not reach the target of reducing the 15 million people in exclusion by 2030, since in almost half of the Member States poverty rates have stagnated or, even in some Member States, have increased. Data on child povert

Mr. President, in these weeks, Iranian society has risen up across the country to demand future, dignity, justice and equality. The repression of the tyrannical regime has been brutal: thousands and thousands of fatalities, torture, injuries, detainees and so on. I want to focus on the courage and tenacity of Iranian women: they are on the front line of the mobilisations and are a priority subject

Mr President, a tsunami of cases of harassment of women in the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party has toured my country, Spain. The me too The PSOE is advancing by leaps and bounds. A former adviser to Moncloa – from the team closest to the president – accused of harassment: five months the complaints have been in a drawer; Nothing has been investigated until the press has reported it. A mayor of a

Mr President, Commissioner, the horizontal anti-discrimination directive has been - as you have said here - for more than 17 years in a drawer, blocked by the Council, to which we ask you to unblock it, because it is imperative to bet on the defence of human rights. I know that the Commissioner has made a superlative effort to be able to put this issue back on the Commission's agenda and I thank h

Madam President, on the verge of 25 November, the day dedicated to the fight against gender-based violence, the commitment of my unequivocal popular formation to equality, women's rights and the fight against violence against women in all its forms is ahead of me. Every ten minutes a woman is murdered in the world. The numbers are devastating and the photo evolves for the worse. We need a politica

Mr President, Commissioner, we approved the roadmap for women's rights that will mark the gender equality strategy from 2026. Without equality there is neither competitiveness nor democracy nor social justice. We protect women's rights because we have the right to live in a society without violence against women. In my country, Spain, a poorly approved "only yes is yes" law made it possible for th

Mr President, Commissioner, the Second World Summit for Social Development will now take place in November, thirty years after Copenhagen. It is a good time to analyze the path traveled and to see the challenges of the future. Of course, poverty and social exclusion must be reduced, decent employment for all must be sought, vulnerable groups must be protected and social inclusion must also be foug

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, since the Taliban came to power four years ago, the cascade of prohibitions and attacks on human rights and crimes against humanity has been constant in Afghanistan. Women have been erased from public space, they can't study more than until the age of twelve, they can't work or play sports, they can't go out if it's not with a relative, they can't