What Juan Ignacio spoke about.

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Jul

2026

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Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers (debate)

Madam President, "there are nights when my partner and I are alone against fifteen drug dealers". Unfortunately, it's not the beginning of a Colombian Netflix series: This is the testimony of a Spanish civil guard, denouncing the helplessness with which our agents are forced to fight the narco. A defenselessness that has a very high human cost. In the last two years, four agents have been killed i…

7

Jul

2026

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EU-Mexico (joint debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, we Europeans and Mexicans know well that our prosperity is greater when it is shared and, in a world where trust is scarce and the list of reliable partners is getting shorter, Mexico reaffirms itself with this Agreement as a strategic trade ally for Spain and for Europe. This agreement will open up new opportunities for our exporters and businesses and encourage man…

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Jun

2026

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Preparation of the European Council (joint debate)

16

Jun

2026

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Russia’s unacceptable provocative actions and drone incursions into Romania, the Baltic states and Finland (debate)

Mr. President, "The Coming Storm," Churchill called the first volume of his memoirs on World War II. In 1939, the storm looming over Europe was metaphorical. In the year 2026, this storm is very concrete and comes in the form of Russian drones. In just one year, Russia has violated the airspace of a dozen European countries with impunity, from French submarine bases in the Atlantic to Estonian pow…

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Jun

2026

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EU-US trade deal (joint debate)

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Mar

2026

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EU-US trade deal (joint debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, European businesses and families are going through a time of extreme volatility: the price of gas and oil is skyrocketing, the stock markets are shifting from green to red every day and inflation is having a major impact on the shopping basket. Faced with this uncertainty, we must bring stability to our trade relations and, to do so, we must keep a cool…

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Mar

2026

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Rail transport safety in the EU – lessons learnt from the Adamuz accident and three years after the Tempi tragedy (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, today I can only begin by recalling the victims of the accident, the forty-six who died, the more than one hundred and fifty injured, and their families, and also by recalling with great pride the people of Adamuz, who in the toughest hours showed more humanity, more efficiency and more dignity than the entire Government of Spain, a Government that has replace…

10

Feb

2026

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Spain’s large-scale regularisation policy and its impact on the Schengen Area and EU migration policy (debate)

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Feb

2026

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Building a stronger European defence in light of an increasingly volatile international environment (debate)

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Feb

2026

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Extreme weather events in particular in Portugal, southern Italy, Malta and Greece: European response in strengthening readiness, preparedness and solidarity mechanisms (debate)

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Jan

2026

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Drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges (debate)

Mr President, Madam Vice-President, as early as 1903 the New York Times He claimed that flying machines were unnecessary inventions and predicted that it would take between one and ten million years to become a reality. Just two months later, the Wright brothers successfully made the first flight in history. A few years later, the airstrike on Pearl Harbor made it clear that these flying machines …

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Dec

2025

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European Democracy Shield – very large online platform algorithms, foreign interference and the spread of disinformation (debate)

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Dec

2025

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EU Defence Readiness (joint debate)

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Dec

2025

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Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, we Europeans have taken the challenge of defence seriously, a seriousness that is reflected in an unprecedented budgetary commitment: EUR 800 billion of investment. But investing is not enough: we must do so in a much more efficient and coordinated way, avoiding duplication. At present, the armed forces of the members of the European Union have invested in more than …

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Nov

2025

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EU response to the continuous airspace violations and sabotage of critical infrastructure in the EU originating from Russia and Belarus (debate)

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Nov

2025

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Effective use of the EU trade and industrial policy to tackle China’s export restrictions (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Europe's response to growing trade frictions with China must be threefold: dialogue, defend and diversify. First, dialogue. Because our prosperity, like China's, depends on trade, and we are simply doomed to understand each other. That is why we must avoid escalations of tension that are mutually damaging. In this regard, we welcome Beijing's decision to lift controls o…

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Nov

2025

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Communication on the Democracy Shield (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, information manipulation effectively undermines trust in our institutions and weakens democracy. We take good note of the recommendations in your report, but also of those you have made here today in this rostrum. But in Spain, unfortunately, much of the information manipulation emanates from the government itself. In recent months, President Sanchez has embarked on a v…

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Nov

2025

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European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’) (debate)

Madam President, the creation of this European Defence Industry Programme is good news for Europe, an important step in strengthening and modernising our armed forces. But if we truly aspire to have an effective deterrent capacity and, ultimately, a credible defence, we must significantly raise our level of ambition. Russia, of course, is doing it. All the data suggest that Putin is preparing for …

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Oct

2025

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Breast cancer: the importance of screening (debate)

Madam President, I would like to begin my speech by showing my solidarity with all the women affected and with their families, which is what the Junta de Andalucía and Juanma Moreno have done: apologise, debug political responsibilities, appoint a new counsellor and, more importantly, devise a shock plan to treat the women affected – with a real budget – and revise the protocols so that it does no…

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Oct

2025

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The ongoing assault on the democratic institutions and the rule of law in Bulgaria (topical debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, as a career judge I have always argued that the separation of powers is not a mere formality, but an inviolable principle. It is the pillar that sustains our democracies and the ultimate guarantee that justice acts independently, without political or partisan pressure. It has to be independent. That is why we must acknowledge the progress Bulgaria has made in this ar…

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Oct

2025

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United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, in a matter of weeks, Russian drone incursions into European airspace have become more frequent and more daring. They are no longer launched only from Russian soil, they now take off from the hundreds of ghost ships that surround our shores. Drones no longer arrive solely from the east, they now do so from all directions. What began in Poland is now spreading through…

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Sep

2025

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China’s unjustified decision to impose duties on imports of pork products from the EU and the need to support European farmers and workers (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, imposing Chinese tariffs on European pig exports is an additional challenge for a sector that has already been facing difficulties. In 2020, 50% of Spanish pig exports were destined for China worth more than €3 billion. Four years later – and with trade pressures in between – this share has plummeted to 20%. With these data it is clear that the new tariffs do not meet t…

10

Sep

2025

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Implementation of EU-US trade deal and the prospect of wider EU trade agreements (debate)

I will not go into the disqualifications they make of those who have been democratically elected president of a state. That experience that you had when you were young maybe I could have had it too, but there is something that is very clear: it has been possible to reach an agreement under very difficult conditions - as I just said in my speech - and we have to make an effort to leave absolutely n…

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Sep

2025

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Implementation of EU-US trade deal and the prospect of wider EU trade agreements (debate)

Mr President, I think it is becoming clear that the agreement with the United States is not what we Europeans would have wanted, but, as Bismarck said: Politics is the art of the possible, not the desirable. The agreement reached is probably the best possible with the current Trump Administration: with it we avoid a major clash with our main trading partner and gain certainty for our producers. Fo…

9

Jul

2025

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EU-US trade negotiations (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, we have three weeks to reach a tariff agreement with the United States, but we must not accept a "salvese" negotiation in which we try to save some sectors while others are unfairly punished, especially when it comes to sensitive sectors such as agriculture, especially with products, such as olive oil or wine, so dependent on the US market. I must confess that I am very…