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Oct

2025

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Revision of the Visa Suspension Mechanism (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, the revision of the visa suspension mechanism is a matter of security, credibility and a test of our political resolve. For too long we had a slow, bureaucratic mechanism that existed only on paper. A mechanism incapable of responding to reality and to a world that is no longer naive. In the last decade it has been triggered only twice; twice, at a time when Europe h…

9

Sep

2025

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Devastating wildfires in Southern Europe: the need to strengthen EU aid to restore the massive loss of forests and enhancing EU preparedness (debate)

Mr President, my condolences to the victims and to all those affected by the fires, with gratitude for the courage of those who fight these tragedies. Ladies and gentlemen, when we talk about forest fires we are not just talking about hectares of forest or statistics - we are talking about people. Entire villages evacuated, families losing homes, farmers seeing life's work reduced to ashes, ecosys…

9

Jul

2025

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EU Preparedness Union in light of the upcoming wildfire and droughts season (debate)

Madam President, if there is a risk that in my country, Portugal, we know too well, it is that of forest fires. In 2024 alone 137 000 hectares were burned, 16 lives were lost. The burnt area was four times higher than in 2023 and 2025 has already given us the hottest June ever. It's time to break with reactive logic. Europe needs a new culture of structural preparedness. There is a lot of talk abo…

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Jun

2025

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Safeguarding the rule of law in Spain, ensuring an independent and autonomous prosecutor's office to fight crime and corruption (debate)

Mr President, how many scandals fit into a single government before it ceases to be a government and simply becomes a mechanism of self-protection? When judges, prosecutors and the Supreme Court itself raise their voices, it is not institutional formalism. The rule of law, gentlemen, does not negotiate, it does not adapt to the whims of those in power. In Spain, Sánchez heads a survival scheme whe…

18

Jun

2025

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Upcoming NATO summit on 24-26 June 2025 (debate)

Honourable Member, let me remind you, because sometimes the memory is short when it is convenient, that you have been a staunch supporter of a government – the government of Geringonça – which has been responsible for the largest disinvestment in defence in decades. And, from our point of view, defence investment is politically viable, socially responsible and even strategically necessary, because…

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Jun

2025

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Upcoming NATO summit on 24-26 June 2025 (debate)

Mr President, Portugal sends a message to the NATO summit: We are ready to comply. For too long Portugal has fallen short of what was required, and that has changed. We are making up for lost time with an ambitious, solid and coordinated plan between the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces, fully aligned with NATO's strategic objectives. This investment is not only a response to external dema…

17

Jun

2025

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Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast) (debate)

The CDS, the party of which I am a member, has, as you know, a history in this area. We were among the first parties in the Assembly to propose criminalising the possession or use of pornographic material with minors. In this regard, I also invite the honourable Member to read pages 145 and 146 of the Government's programme, which will be discussed today in the Assembly of the Republic.…

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Jun

2025

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Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast) (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, this is not a technical or ideological debate. It's a theme that doesn't belong to the left or right. It belongs to decency. In Portugal, three children per day are victims of sexual abuse. Many of these aggressions occur where the child should be most protected, and we continue to debate, often with velvet gloves, as if there was room for ambiguity, as if it…

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May

2025

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Resilience and the need to improve the interconnection of energy grid infrastructure in the EU: the first lessons from the blackout in the Iberian Peninsula (debate)

Madam President, a blackout originating in Spain plunged Portugal into darkness. Millions of people ran out of electricity, rail networks stopped, traffic lights stopped working and hospitals used emergency generators. The truth is that the restoration of normality happened in Portugal first than in our neighboring country, and the government communicated with the Portuguese by the means available…

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May

2025

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EU support for a just, sustainable and comprehensive peace in Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, her name is Mykola, she is 19 years old. He grew up in Kharkiv, to the sound of sirens, under Kremlin attacks, but never lost hope. He dreams of being an engineer, not to flee the war, but to rebuild his free, secure and fully European homeland. Mykola believes in a Ukraine where the will of the people is worth more than the force of arms, where borders are not redrawn by violence…

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Apr

2025

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European oceans pact (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I come from a country where the sea is part of our identity: Portugal. For centuries, my country has seen the oceans not just as a means of subsistence, but as a strategic asset. The future of our planet depends on the health of the oceans in Europe and beyond, be it trade, security, innovation. The ocean is at the heart of Europe's future. That is why we are here today…

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Apr

2025

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Presentation of the New European Internal Security Strategy (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I would firstly like to congratulate you on the strategy you are bringing to us today. It is a decisive step to face the reality that we all recognize. Threats no longer have borders and are increasingly fast, intelligent, interconnected. We are dealing with an explosive combination of organised crime, terrorism, hybrid threats and even acts of sabotage promoted by host…

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Mar

2025

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White paper on the future of European defence (debate)

Madam President, Minister, Commissioner, defence policy must be guided by realism, not illusions. The European Union has recognised the obvious: Europe is not ready to defend itself. Peace depends on strength, and Europe does not have enough. For decades, we have believed in a world without war, a rules-based order and a safe continent, with no investment in defence. NATO remains the pillar of our…

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Mar

2025

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Presentation of the proposal on a new common approach on returns (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, a fair and credible migration policy rests on two pillars: welcome those who really need protection and ensure that those who have no right to stay in the European Union return to their country of origin. Those who do not return remain in legal limbo, vulnerable to human trafficking, labour exploitation and marginalization. This is not sustainable for migrants, for o…

11

Feb

2025

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Continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s war of aggression (debate)

Mr President, three years. Three years of destruction, resistance, courage. Three years since Russia tried to crush Ukraine, believing that fear would weaken our response. They failed. Three years of devastated cities, broken families, children who have only known war. Three years of bombing of schools, hospitals and homes. Three years of war crimes. Three years that tested Europe, because this wa…

10

Feb

2025

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Escalation of gang violence in Sweden and strengthening the fight against organised crime (debate)

I'm not going to answer that overly populist question, to which I have no answer. It seems to me that without security there is no freedom, and without freedom there is no European Union.

10

Feb

2025

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Escalation of gang violence in Sweden and strengthening the fight against organised crime (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, from Stockholm to Paris, from Berlin to Brussels, we have seen the rise of organised crime cartels operating as genuine terrorist groups. And in the face of this, Europe has too often been slow and hesitant. Freedom of movement, one of the fundamental pillars of the European Union, has been instrumentalised to facilitate human trafficking, drug trafficking, smuggling…

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Jan

2025

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Links between organised crime and smuggling of migrants in light of the recent UN reports (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, organised crime networks are abducting the hopes of defenceless immigrants. It is a trade of exploitation and death. Smuggling of migrants on the central and western Mediterranean routes is no longer just a problem of illegal crossings. It is a highly sophisticated operation of migrant smuggling networks that are also involved in the trafficking of drugs, firearms an…

21

Jan

2025

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Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 (debate)

Mr President, without light, without water, without food, this is a country where 94% of the population lives in poverty, where more than seven million people have fled, not out of choice, but out of desperation. A country where the minimum wage does not buy even a kilo of rice, where hospitals without medicines and without electricity are places of despair, not cure. In Venezuela, Maduro does not…

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Jan

2025

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Need to detect and to counter sabotage by the Russian shadow fleet, damaging critical undersea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea (debate)

Mr President, this is a war that is not declared, but that strikes where we are most vulnerable. The sabotage of submarine cables in the Baltic Sea is not just an incident. These cables carry 99% of international data traffic, form the backbone of global communications and the modern economy. Let's think about what that means. Our economies, our governments, our societies, everything depends on ca…

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Nov

2024

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Political and humanitarian situation in Mozambique (debate)

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Nov

2024

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Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia (debate)

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Nov

2024

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The devastating floods in Spain, the urgent need to support the victims, to improve preparedness and to fight the climate crisis (debate)

Señora presidenta, señorías, expreso mis más profundos palabras de solidaridad hacia las víctimas de la mayor catastrophe jamás vivid en España. The President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez, although he was able and willing to act, was forced not to do so, no one asked him. He is a politician who convenes an extraordinary plenary session, in the midst of tragedy, to discuss the control o…

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Oct

2024

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Foreign interference and hybrid attacks: the need to strengthen EU resilience and internal security (debate)

Madam President, cyberattacks on critical infrastructure, manipulation of public opinion, instrumentalisation of migration crises, disinformation campaigns – we are facing a war of hybrid attacks and foreign interference. This battle is not fought with conventional weaponry, but with disinformation and manipulation. For years, the Kremlin has orchestrated disinformation operations to advance its g…

23

Oct

2024

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Seven years from the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia: lack of progress in restoring the rule of law in Malta (debate)

Madam President, today we remember Daphne Galizia, who was brutally assassinated for exposing corruption and defending the truth. Her legacy lives on, but in Malta the culture of impunity persists. Malta's recent history reminds us of the massive power of citizens and journalists in the fight for justice. Their efforts led to the courts declaring the EUR 4 billion hospital privatisation deal fraud…