What Domènec spoke about.

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Mar

2023

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The functioning of the EEAS and a stronger EU in the world (debate)

Mr President, Mr Executive Vice-President Timmermans, I thank you for being here today in this debate. I would also like to thank the rapporteur for the report, Mr Paet, who was unable to be present. I would like to address a more particular issue, because many things have already been said: Article 31 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). Article 31 TEU is very important. Why? Because in its par…

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Feb

2023

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The recent deterioration of the inhuman imprisonment conditions of Alexey Navalny and other political prisoners in Russia

Madam President, first of all, I would like to convey all the solidarity of myself, of my political group of socialists and, I would also say, I am sure, of all the Spanish people and the European people, to Navalny for this very inhuman and unjust situation. Certainly, we have to do everything we can from the European Union to get them released, and not just for a humanitarian reason. Because I a…

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Feb

2023

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The recent deterioration of the inhuman imprisonment conditions of Alexey Navalny and other political prisoners in Russia

Madam President, I’ve just listened attentively to the colleague, and I don’t think she referred to the debate that we were having.

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Feb

2023

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Violence against opposition activists in Equatorial Guinea, notably the case of Julio Obama Mefuman

Madam President, first of all, I would like to extend my heartfelt condolences to the relatives of Julio Obama Mefuman, who died on 15 January 2023 in a prison in Equatorial Guinea. What this Parliament is asking for today with the resolution that all the political groups have negotiated is simple. First, the repatriation of Julio Obama's body to Spain. Julio Obama had dual Equatoguinean and Spani…

15

Feb

2023

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One year of Russia’s invasion and war of aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Mr President Othmar Karas, High Representative Josep Borrell, thank you for your intervention this morning. I agree exactly with that idea that diplomacy is also a tool at our disposal, together with all the military support that should go further in Ukraine, always bearing in mind that the objective has to be a just peace, that is, for Ukraine to regain its sovereignty and territorial integrity. …

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Feb

2023

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Electoral rights of mobile Union citizens in European Parliament elections - Electoral rights of mobile Union citizens in municipal elections (debate)

Madam President Picierno, Commissioner, one of the most important innovations of the Maastricht Treaty was the introduction of European citizenship, including the right to vote and stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament and also in municipal elections. We currently have more than 13 million citizens living in another Member State of the European Union. It is therefore essenti…

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Feb

2023

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Preparation of the EU-Ukraine Summit (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much for your flexibility and generosity also in this round of catch-the-eye. I'm going to be really very brief. The Allies have spent six, seven, eight months debating whether to send the tanks or not to send the tanks to Ukraine. And it was very clear from the outset that it is absolutely necessary to make available to the Government and people of Ukraine all avai…

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Jan

2023

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Criminalisation of humanitarian assistance, including search and rescue (debate)

Mr President, 24 aid workers on the island of Lesbos accused of facilitating illegal immigration into Europe, a case which a study by this Parliament described as the largest criminalisation case in Europe and for which the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called for the charges to be dropped. And this is not the only case, unfortunately. Now we see how the Italian h…

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Jan

2023

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The establishment of a tribunal on the crime of aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, first, if I may, a point of order: closed the debate with a list of not less than eight MEPs from the European People's Party and opened the catch-the-eye procedure by also giving the floor three times in a row to three MEPs from the Group of the European People's Party. Maybe it would have been more reasonable to alternate with the other groups that we had asked to participate in…

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Jan

2023

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The EU’s response to the appalling attack against civilians in Dnipro : strengthening sanctions against the Putin regime and military support to Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, indeed, we have to move forward in the area of sanctions and move forward in the area of military aid to Ukraine. In the first of the camps, of course, the Navalny list in its entirety, as several colleagues have said. We could even go further: Let's think of all the members of the political parties that make up Putin's regime, who could at least be denied a visa to travel to Euro…

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Jan

2023

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Implementation of the common foreign and security policy - annual report 2022 - Implementation of the common security and defence policy - annual report 2022 (debate)

Mr President Karas, thank you also to the High Representative and Vice-President of the European Commission for his presence and patience. In this debate there has been a consensus - a very clear majority, I would say - in favour of overcoming unanimity in foreign policy decision-making. There are three ways to move in that direction, from the most difficult to the easiest – none of which is easy …

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Jan

2023

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30th Anniversary of the Single Market (debate)

Mr President, we are celebrating the 30th anniversary of the single market, which entered into force on 1 January 1993, following the signing of the Maastricht Treaty on 7 February 1992. It was therefore not only the internal market, which is very important, but also European citizenship (proposed by Felipe González), the euro, European political parties, the codecision power of this Parliament an…

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Jan

2023

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Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

Madam President, only to draw the attention of the House, in accordance with Rule 195 of the Rules of Procedure, to the fact that Julio Obama, an activist opposed to the regime of Equatorial Guinea, died yesterday in a prison in that country, surely murdered. His death occurred days after the accusation, by the Spanish Justice, of Carmelo Ovono Obiang, son of the dictator and head of the secret se…

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Dec

2022

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The Commission’s reports on the situation of journalists and the implications of the rule of law (debate)

Vice-President Charanzová, Minister Bek, Commissioner Hahn, there is no doubt that without free journalism there is no functioning democracy. It is very worrying that in the 2022 Rule of Law Report we see the deterioration of the indicator on the journalistic profession and its protection. This trend comes from afar. Since 2015, 15 journalists have been killed in the European Union: in France, Mal…

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Dec

2022

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Defending the European Union against the abuse of national vetoes (debate)

Mr President Karas, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner Gentiloni, I have of course taken note of what you have said. You can talk a lot about the catwalks, but we know that to activate the catwalks you need unanimity. I therefore believe that we cannot ignore the fact that a reform of the Treaties is absolutely necessary at the moment in order to be able to resolve this issue. But…

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Dec

2022

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Turkish airstrikes on northern Syria and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, on this issue I am obviously joining in the denunciation and condemnation of the Turkish Government's offensive on Iraq following the bombing in Istanbul, which caused six deaths and dozens of injuries. But it is also necessary, in the case of this new – not the first time – violation of Iraq’s national sovereignty by Turkey, to investigate the possible use of c…

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Nov

2022

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Madam President, the intellectual George Steiner, a European Jew and philosopher, argued that "the true being of Europe" is the confluence of various traditions, including Athens and Jerusalem. It is not necessary to extend the great legacy that the Jewish community has contributed to European civilization and to the whole of humanity. Names like Maimonides, Freud, Einstein, among many others, spe…

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Oct

2022

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Cultural solidarity with Ukraine and a joint emergency response mechanism for cultural recovery in Europe (debate)

Madam President, first of all, I would like to express my support and that of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party for this motion for a resolution on cultural solidarity with Ukraine and a joint emergency response mechanism for cultural recovery in Europe. This debate takes place at a symbolic and – I would say – unfortunately important moment. We have observed how it is not enough for Putin's cr…

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Oct

2022

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Outcome of the first meeting of the European Political Community (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we are indeed dealing with the project of the European Political Community which, in the light of what was once the Prague Summit – indeed, very well organised by the Czech Presidency – is a forum for meetings between European States, that is to say, not only between those who are members of the European Union ... As I say, in view of the result and the expec…

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Oct

2022

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EU-Western Balkans relations in light of the new enlargement package (continuation of debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I would of course like to take this opportunity to reiterate my support for the process of enlarging the European Union to the Western Balkans without reservation. I really welcome the candidate status that has been granted to Bosnia and Herzegovina. But I did want to make a precision that has not been made - I would say - in the framework of this debate so f…

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Oct

2022

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The accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen area (debate)

Madam President, Minister Bek, I am happy to see you again in the House. Also Vice President Schinas. The first thing I want to express on this subject is my thanks, especially to Victor Negrescu, for his work, already in his time as minister, aimed at achieving accession to the Schengen area, and also for having proposed the debate that we are having today within the Socialist Group, since it was…

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Oct

2022

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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - Serious cross-border threats to health (debate)

Madam President, I would like to thank the Commissioner, who is here, and the colleagues who have worked on these two rules, which seem to me to be fundamental, because they are the two main pillars of the health union, a project that began, obviously, in the wake of the pandemic. The Commissioner has pointed out that she made the proposal in November 2020 and there I do allow myself a little crit…

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Sep

2022

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Statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations (debate)

Madam President, thank you to Minister Bek and Vice-President Jourová, with whom we always have excellent cooperation on all matters; I would also like to congratulate the rapporteurs of the report and the members of the negotiating team. I will not gloss over the main elements, it has already been done, I will only emphasize that we need to have this instrument of European political parties and E…

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Jul

2022

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Better regulation: joining forces to make better laws (debate)

Mr President, I would like to express a very special thanks to my group colleague, Tiemo Wölken, for this magnificent report on such an important issue as improving the legislative and regulatory production procedure. Thank you also, of course, to the Vice-President of the Commission for his presence. The report highlights, in fact, the new positive elements launched by the Commission, such as the…

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Jul

2022

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

Madam President, dear Roberta, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, thank you very much for your presentation to us. I would like to add to what other Members have said: how important it is for Parliament that we move forward on the institutional chapter which, indeed, has not been mentioned, perhaps so much, in the presentation, but it is never too late if the bliss is good. I have full confiden…