What Javier spoke about.

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Apr

2024

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Recent attempts to deny dictatorships and the risk of Europe returning to totalitarianism (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen of the Socialist Party, I do not think you have thought this through. Come and give lessons of democratic memory here, when you keep as a strategic partner who has not condemned or condemned a single one of the almost nine hundred murders committed by ETA. I think they have not thought well to come here to talk about democratic memory when every hour, every minut…

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Apr

2024

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Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response (debate)

Mr President, Mr High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission, we are holding this debate with the concern of an escalation in the Middle East. It is true that Iran – with its direct attack on Israel – has elevated the aggression to an unprecedented and much more dangerous state. But the escalation has already been caused by the acti…

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Mar

2024

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Allegations of corruption and misuse of EU funds in Spain during the pandemic (topical debate)

Mr President, when the biggest case of corruption with public funds for employment aid broke out in Andalusia, the Socialist Party said that this was a matter of four gulfs. Well, that case of four gulfs turned into a fraud of almost seven hundred million euros, ten trials held so far, ten convictions and thirty-five convicted, including the two former presidents of the Socialist Party and former …

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Feb

2024

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Report on the Commission’s 2023 Rule of Law report (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, thank you first to the rapporteur for this report, which we support and which we must welcome. The Commissioner knows that we have supported this instrument because we need a full-time European Commission, not a part-time European Commission in defending and guaranteeing the rule of law. And as I have seen that there is a certain tension in this debate, we will have to …

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Feb

2024

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Unitary supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products - Unitary supplementary certificate for medicinal products - Supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products (recast) - Supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products (recast) - Standard essential patents (joint debate - Patents)

Mr President, Commissioner, we in the Group of the European People's Party have wholeheartedly supported the reform package proposed by the Commission for the regulation of supplementary protection certificates. The new measures, which are essentially procedural, are aimed at reducing procedural times, reducing costs and are therefore beneficial to the sector and ultimately promote and incentivise…

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Feb

2024

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Further repression against the democratic forces in Venezuela: attacks on presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado (debate)

Mr President, I believe that there is only one possible message that must come out of the European Union: Without María Corina Machado there are no presidential elections with minimal credibility. Fifteen dialogues with the opposition. No results. Fourteen hundred disabled since 2002. Countless attempts at agreement. And now, María Corina Machado, who is the hope of democratic change in Venezuela,…

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Feb

2024

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Russiagate: allegations of Russian interference in the democratic processes of the European Union (debate)

Madam President, we must at least congratulate ourselves on the fact that the Russian strategy of interference is becoming clearer. This should be the end of innocence. It is clear that it is a continuous strategy, sustained over time, financed with a huge amount of money and with very specialized human resources. We are clear that Russia seeks the destabilization of the European Union, the discre…

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Dec

2023

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Review of the Spanish Presidency of the Council (debate)

Madam President, Mr President, many heads of government and state pass through this rostrum, but you really are a unique case. He is the only prime minister to occupy this rostrum who has left his government in the hands of a man fleeing justice for some of the most serious crimes a politician can commit. That's his presidency. That is unprecedented, no matter how hard you try, because otherwise, …

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Nov

2023

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Threat to rule of law as a consequence of the governmental agreement in Spain (debate)

Mr President, on 23 July there were general elections in Spain. Before July 23, amnesty was absolutely unconstitutional and would never be granted, and Carles Puigdemont was a fugitive from justice. After the 23rd, amnesty is the quintessence of the Constitution and Carles Puigdemont is an exile. Man, some explanation deserves the thing. And while quoting Mandela is very tempting, I think the expl…

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Oct

2023

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Order of business

Madam President, my group is opposed to holding this debate. Parliament is working intensively on this regulation and, as the Commissioner for Home Affairs is scheduled to appear in the LIBE Committee next week, we intend to add this matter to her appearance for explanations as appropriate.…

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Oct

2023

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The new European strategy for a better internet for kids (BIK+) (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, if at this moment we already think that the internet is a space that poses serious risks for our children, let us imagine how things can evolve with the massive application of new artificial intelligence tools or the management of natural language. We have a number of already very specific problems that need to be addressed. We must establish a real and effective age…

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Jul

2023

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2022 Report on Albania (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, I think we have to express our satisfaction with the progress that has been made in Albania in bringing that European perspective closer together and, finally, in joining the Union as the Albanians wish. But we know that this process requires efforts, it requires firm commitments, and we cannot hide the fact that there are also large deficits in terms of institutiona…

11

Jul

2023

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2023 Annual Rule of law report (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, allow me to greet the representative of the Spanish Presidency at this first hearing in Parliament and, of course, wish him every success in discharging his responsibilities. Jefferson said that the price of freedom is eternal vigilance. And it is not that the reports on the rule of law have been drawn up for an eternity, but they already accumulate a few editions an…

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Jun

2023

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Artificial Intelligence Act (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, the truth is that today is a day to congratulate ourselves on this initiative. We have to be realistic: There will be no pauses, there will be no moratoriums on the development of artificial intelligence and we are therefore facing the most important transformation phenomenon of our civilization in centuries. That's why I think it's also important that we take a cons…

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Jun

2023

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Foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation - Election integrity and resilience build-up towards European elections 2024 (debate)

Madam President, Madam Vice-President, the truth is that the magnificent report authored by our colleague Sandra Kalniete speaks for itself. It is a document of which we can be proud who have participated in this committee because, to begin with, it is a crucial contribution to raising awareness of what this threat and this challenge represent. And, secondly, because I think it is a report that me…

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May

2023

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Fighting cyberbullying of young people across the EU (debate)

Señor presidente, señor comisario, es realmente lamentable que con demasiada frecuencia se tenga que producir un hecho trágico para que se tomen medidas legislativas. Legislators should anticipate and address problems that we know exist and cannot be silenced. Coco Fox's life shouldn't have been lost. But now what we have to do is honor his memory and the struggle of his mother, Jackie Fox, to con…

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May

2023

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Update of the anti-corruption legislative framework (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, we must welcome this Commission initiative because it will resolve unacceptable situations within the Union as regards persecution and the punishment of embezzlement. And we especially thank the Spaniards, who have seen, with amazement and shame, how the Government of Spain and its parliamentary majority a few months ago amended the Criminal Code to dissolve the crim…

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Mar

2023

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2022 Rule of Law Report - The rule of law situation in the European Union - Rule of law in Greece - Rule of law in Spain - Rule of law in Malta (debate)

Mr President, Vice-President Jourová, we have heard a truly extraordinary statement that 'criticising a government in a democratic place means insulting a country'. No, we are democratically critical of the Spanish Government and affirm, however, that Spain does not have a structural problem of the rule of law. Spain's rule of law problem is its government. But your government – fortunately – is n…

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Mar

2023

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Iran: in particular the poisoning of hundreds of school girls

Mr President, after what we heard here a few hours ago, I can think of nothing that can improve the words of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Mrs Ebadi, because it is difficult to think of a more authentic, more passionate and more pressing testimony. So, I want to recall a request that Mrs. Ebadi made to us today: ask for the record in the history books of what the Iranian regime does to Iranian g…

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Mar

2023

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Combating organised crime in the EU (debate)

Madam President, Europol's analyses are conclusive on the dimension of the security challenge posed by organised crime: 5,000 organised crime groups under investigation in the European Union. A crime that uses sophisticated technology, which is organized in networks with greater capacity to penetrate the social and economic fabric and that expands its activities: illegal trafficking, weapons, onli…

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Jan

2023

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Protecting the Rule of Law against impunity in Spain (topical debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, I would like to be clear and start by saying that Spain does not have a problem with the rule of law, but that the rule of law has a problem with the current government of Spain. Our Constitution and the development of its institutions have made Spain a vigorous democracy and three generations of Spaniards, already, we are proud to have built a system of freedoms sin…

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Jan

2023

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EU response to the protests and executions in Iran (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, it is clear that the response to the protests and executions in Iran cannot be a routine appeal. It must be a firm act and, at the same time, a strategy that is sustained over time and well defined, both politically and legally. What is happening in Iran is the crossroads between excessive internal repression and destabilizing activity by the Iranian regime that goes…

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Dec

2022

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The 30th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (debate)

Madam President, I regret that this debate did not end with a resolution, as proposed by the People's Party through our colleague Loránt Vincze. It seems to me that, when we are celebrating this 30th anniversary, this Parliament should not have been absent from a clear pronouncement on this. The protection of minorities is not only a requirement of fundamental rights, it is a fundamental part of t…

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Nov

2022

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EU response to the increasing crackdown on protests in Iran (debate)

Madam President, this debate today is an act of recognition of the courage of the Iranian people. It is easy now to play the card of skepticism, sometimes disguised as realism, and think that repression will end up silencing the protests. But the protests have spread to all provinces. Protests continue and Iranians are standing up to repression. We are not, therefore, facing a déjà-vu. The genius …

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Oct

2022

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Setting up a comprehensive framework for missing children and missing persons at risk (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, this debate highlights a reality that is often silenced. The data, the figures, have already been given here. And, although we probably do not have completely accurate data, in any case, this reality is an overwhelming reality. It is true that behind these disappearances there may be different causes: mental health problems, voluntary disappearances, accidents... But…