What Ernest spoke about.

6

Oct

2021

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Pandora Papers: implications on the efforts to combat money laundering, tax evasion and avoidance (debate)

Madam President, I believe that we are faced with a very great shame once again. An embarrassment that seriously damages the credibility of our institutions by giving the image that there is a tax system for ordinary people and an elite that benefits from a parallel tax system. And in the face of this embarrassment, frankly, I find it regrettable that the Council did not have even the thorny embar…

6

Oct

2021

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European solutions to the rise of energy prices for businesses and consumers: the role of energy efficiency and renewable energy and the need to tackle energy poverty (debate)

Madam President, in this excessive increase in the price of energy, some lose, some households lose, and others gain, oligopolies that, in addition, have been capturing political decisions for years. And now it is not worth saying that the ecological transition is to blame, because, as is well known, only 20% of the increase in the bill has to do with the increase in carbon prices. 80% has to do w…

16

Sep

2021

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The case of human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor in UAE

Madam President, Ahmed Mansoor was convicted for his human rights advocacy. For the last 10 years, his rights under international and Emirati law have been violated. Ahmed has been subject to arbitrary arrest and detention, death threats, physical assault, government surveillance and inhuman treatment which amounts to torture. His arrest is a direct attack on the legitimate work of all human right…

15

Sep

2021

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State of the Union (debate)

Mr President, Madam President of the Commission, I believe that your speech today lacked ambition, in at least three areas, which I believe will define the second part of your mandate. The first is the ambition of the fight against climate change. The recent United Nations report is telling us that we are in the worst-case scenario, we are not doing enough, and we are still here, in Brussels, pres…

14

Sep

2021

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Situation in Afghanistan (debate)

Madam President, Mr High Representative, the disaster in Afghanistan will, of course, force us to reflect on Europe's role in the world, with a United States that will no longer play the role it has played in the last century, as we well know. But now we're in the urgency. And urgency is fundamentally three things: The first is to help partners from European countries get out on the ground. To do …

8

Jul

2021

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The case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran

Madam President, it has been more than four years since the arrest and imprisonment of Dr Djalali, a dual Swedish national, in violation of numerous human rights conventions. After having spent over 100 days in solitary confinement, his health has dramatically worsened, as well as his psychological condition, after having been subject to different forms of torture. The case of Dr Djalali is not an…

7

Jul

2021

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Review of the macroeconomic legislative framework (debate)

Madam President, I agree with the previous speaker that perhaps we should reconsider the timetables at which we debate these very important things. But, in any case, I do want to say that if, about seven years ago, when I was elected to this House, I had been told that we would vote on a report calling for a legal review of the Stability Pact, the truth is that I would not have believed it. Tomorr…

7

Jul

2021

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 June 2021 (debate)

Madam President, Madam President of the Commission, Mr President of the Council, I would like to begin my speech by paying tribute to Samuel Luis Muñiz, a 24-year-old boy beaten to death while being shouted 'maricon'; a crime that has shocked all of Spain, Europe, the LGTBI community, and a crime that must remind us that we are far from equality and that we must protect ourselves from hate speech.…

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Jul

2021

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Financial activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2020 - Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2019 (debate)

Mr President, Mr Vice-President, Mr President Hoyer, I too would like to refer to the case of Vice-President Emma Navarro, who, as everyone knows, spent two years as Vice-President of the EIB and then jumped, after four months of leaving office, directly to a company, Iberdrola, which had received under her direct mandate projects and financing for up to EUR 1.4 billion. What's surprising is that …