What Jordi spoke about.

17

Jan

2023

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Consumer protection in online video games: a European Single Market approach (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the aim of this report is to inform the Commission of Parliament's position on the protection of citizens in online gaming, especially minors. I would like to thank the rapporteur, Adriana Maldonado, for her work here. I believe we have achieved our goals: to identify gaps in regulation and, indeed, to put on the table the need to harmonise the laws regulating video gam…

17

Jan

2023

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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Swedish Presidency (debate)

Madam President, Mr Prime Minister, those of us who defend trade looked forward to your intervention with a special desire to hear in your words trade as one of the priorities of your semester. That was because, in recent European semesters, trade has not been one of the priorities of the different presidents and presidencies. However, I have to say, with some concern not without some disappointme…

16

Jan

2023

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The creation of a European Capital of Local Trade (short presentation)

Mr President, first of all, I would like to thank and congratulate the proponents who have taken this initiative to this point, to the European Parliament. It is very important because the trade of proximity to me reminds me very much of an essay by George Steiner who talked about the idea of Europe, who said that the idea of Europe was built on cafes, on those streets that have names of famous pe…

14

Dec

2022

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Defending democracy from foreign interference (debate)

Mr. President, how can we defend our democracy from foreign interference? For not allowing it, not protecting it, not legitimizing it. Because for too long we have allowed, protected and legitimized Russia and Iran, Venezuela and other countries to finance and promote extremist political movements in different European countries and also in this House. Because we have allowed, legitimised and prot…

12

Dec

2022

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Towards equal rights for persons with disabilities (debate)

Madam President, the title of this 'Report towards equal rights for persons with disabilities' is an honest title, because 'towards' is a preposition that indicates and marks the movement towards somewhere in relation to a goal. And we really have that goal, which is equality, but we're not there. We are sometimes , but not . The reality is that there is no such equality. We checked it out here to…

18

Oct

2022

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Mental health (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, mental health is the great neglect of public health policies across Europe. It is the great forgotten that moves, in addition, in the misunderstanding and stigma of the people who suffer from it, often between loneliness, sadness and isolation. Crises reveal certain situations and this crisis has revealed the profound impact that m…

18

Oct

2022

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Keep the bills down: social and economic consequences of the war in Ukraine and the introduction of a windfall tax (debate)

Mr President, Commissioners, is it acceptable that, while the electricity bills paid by our citizens, the self-employed, SMEs and companies are multiplied by 100, 200 or 300, the large electricity companies multiply their profits by three, four and ten? The answer is very simple: no. Is it acceptable that, while citizens pay for this crisis, there are companies that benefit from it? No, because th…

5

Oct

2022

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The Media freedom crackdown in Myanmar, notably the cases of Htet Htet Khine, Sithu Aung Myint and Nyein Nyein Aye

Mr President, Commissioner, the dramatic situation of journalists in Myanmar is merely a reflection of the systematic violation of human rights in this country. Torture, murder, disappearance. Given this, what do we do, apart from resolutions and blah, blah, blah? What can we do? What instrument do we have to promote and, I would say, force this dictatorial government to assume its commitments reg…

5

Oct

2022

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Outcome of the Commission’s review of the 15-point action plan on trade and sustainable development (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, is trade an end in itself? Trade is a goal. Among other things, because we are the world's leading exporting region and millions of jobs depend on our exports. We must also talk about jobs when we talk about sustainable development. Of ours, of the employment of our workers, too, which some forget. They talk about trade as if it were a vague and ethereal concept. No, it…

5

Oct

2022

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Countering the anti-European and anti-Ukrainian propaganda of Putin’s European cronies (topical debate)

. – Mr President, Commissioner, Ukraine is at war with Russia and Europe has been engaged in a hybrid war against Russia for years. A hybrid war of disinformation, propaganda and political interference that has supported the far right, the far left and separatist parties. Here we have heard of Salvini. Yes, yes. We've heard of Berlusconi. Yes, yes. We've heard of Le Pen. Yes, yes. But do you know …

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Oct

2022

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Radio Equipment Directive: common charger for electronic devices (debate)

Madam President, Madam Vice-President, rapporteur, Europe is certainly making progress in major crises, but also in small things. And this is a small thing that will make life easier for our citizens in an extraordinary way and that gives meaning, sometimes, to what we do in this Parliament. And it does so for several reasons: in the first place, because it gets, obviously, less cables, less waste…

13

Sep

2022

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Renewed partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood – a new agenda for the Mediterranean (debate)

Madam President, do we have to renew and strengthen the partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood and the Southern Neighbourhood? Sure, of course, it is a priority for Europe, but how can we explain to our fellow citizens that we have to strengthen key relations in order to seek an area of shared prosperity and security when, to this day, those countries with which we want to strengthen our rela…

6

Jul

2022

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The situation of indigenous and environmental defenders in Brazil, including the killing of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira

Madam President, the tragedy of the death of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira, killed for their commitment to the defense of the Amazon and indigenous peoples, adds to the unbearable list of more than twenty environmental defenders killed in Brazil since 2020. But, in addition to condemning, regretting, making – necessary – resolutions, what else can we do, apart from the traditional ideological ver…

6

Jul

2022

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The relations of the Russian government and diplomatic network with parties of extremist, populist, anti-European and certain other European political parties in the context of the war (debate)

Madam President, imagine that the government of a region of the European Union maintained contacts with Putin's Russia to help repeal the constitutional order in that territory. Imagine that in that region the Russian interference machinery has been working since 2017, aggravating a political crisis with the aim of destabilising the Union. Imagine that the president of that meeting... Excuse me, M…

6

Jul

2022

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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Czech Presidency (continuation of debate)

Madam President, among the priorities of the presidency’s programme – in the letter – was progress in the negotiations or even the finalisation and ratification of the European Union’s agreements with third countries, especially Latin America and the Indo-Pacific. It seems to me a very good idea, very convenient, after the paralysis of these processes during the French presidency. But I was very s…

5

Jul

2022

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EU action plan for the social economy (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your words, thank you for your work. But some MPs asked: What is the social economy? Look, when I hear "social economy" I think of commitment, inclusion, respect, dignity and opportunity. That's the social economy. It is a lever of transformation, it is a way in which those who need it most can enter the labor market, can receive the …

5

Jul

2022

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EU action plan for the social economy (debate)

Mr President, I would like to begin this speech on the report on the Union's action plan for the social economy with thanks. Firstly, thank you to Commissioner Schmit, because without his work and without his impetus the action plan presented by the Commission for the social economy would not have been possible. Secondly, I would like to thank all the shadow rapporteurs for their work on this repo…

5

Jul

2022

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Mental health in the digital world of work (debate)

Mr President, first of all, I would like to thank the rapporteur, Mrs Walsh, for her excellent work, because this is a report on mental health in the world of necessary digital work, because it is attached to the reality of a world of work redefined by the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has changed the working conditions of millions of workers in Europe with positive consequences, but also with n…

4

Jul

2022

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Loss of life, violence and inhumane treatment against people seeking international protection at the Spanish-Moroccan border (debate)

Madam President, what happened on 24 June on the border between Morocco and the European Union is a real tragedy, a tragedy that this Parliament condemns. But what happened is the tragic corollary of Morocco's border management, a management that is a mixture of negligence and incapacity, coupled with an indecent political use of the migratory drama as a mechanism to pressure Spain and the Europea…

22

Jun

2022

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Inclusion measures within Erasmus+ 2014-2020 (debate)

Madam President, first of all, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the rapporteur on her extraordinary work on this report on inclusion measures under Erasmus+ 2014-2020 and to thank her for having included and developed the ideas that we, the Committee on Petitions, have put forward for inclusion in this report. First, to correct the unacceptable lack of reliable quantitative an…

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Jun

2022

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Conclusions of the special European Council meeting of 30-31 May 2022 (debate)

Mr. President, the war has shown our weaknesses and our dependencies, and in the face of those weaknesses and dependencies, I have not once heard of trade, of deepening our trade relations, of seeking supply alternatives. I've heard it for gas and oil, but not for food. And you know what's going on? The Commission has been paralysing vital trade agreements to secure alternative food supplies for a…

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May

2022

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Use of the Pegasus Software by EU Member States against individuals including MEPs and the violation of fundamental rights (topical debate)

Mr President, it is paradoxical that the Catalan separatist politicians, who repealed the Constitution in Catalonia in a coup d'état against democracy, denounce without proof that the rule of law is defended. It is paradoxical that those accused of spying on and following Catalan politicians, journalists and constitutional activists now report alleged espionage, without evidence. It is paradoxical…

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Apr

2022

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The situation of the rule of law and human rights in the Republic of Guatemala

Mr President, the Guatemalan authorities are sliding the country down the slope of corruption, attack and judicial and rule of law independence. A slope that ends on the precipice. The Guatemalan authorities have to decide whether to take a step forward or take a step back, backtrack and orient public policies in Guatemala towards the path of the recovery of the rule of law and the independence of…

15

Feb

2022

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Implementation of the Toy Safety Directive (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, this directive lays down the strictest legal framework in the world for the safety of toys. Europe, once again, is a leader in regulatory standards, in this case to protect our children. It shows that our standards are a guarantee to ensure that our children can play safely and that our producers comply with them. The problem is that we have many operators today who con…