What Sira spoke about.

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May

2022

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Discharge 2020 (debate)

Madam President, second consecutive year in which it is proposed to delay the approval of Frontex accounts. In this case, pending the final report of the European Anti-Fraud Office, a report in several phases, which, for the moment, has already claimed the head of Fabrice Leggeri. Although it is excellent news that he has finally resigned, it is essential to point out that Frontex has a fundamenta…

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Apr

2022

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Violations of right to seek asylum and non-refoulement in the EU Member States (debate)

The EU is an example, a melting pot full of cases of people who have not received sufficient legal guarantees to prove the need to enter reception, asylum and refugee systems. So, I'm not mixing anything. Equal legal aid must be guaranteed. The application of the Geneva Convention, the application of international law, must be ensured. Human rights must be guaranteed. And there are many examples a…

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Apr

2022

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Violations of right to seek asylum and non-refoulement in the EU Member States (debate)

Madam President, I don't know about you, but I am perplexed by this. In just four weeks we have shown that we can receive more than four million people fleeing war and barbarism by guaranteeing the right to asylum. We have done so in conditions that have ensured a dignified reception. We have done so with pride and determination. Popular solidarity has been activated; Even at the price of petrol, …

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Apr

2022

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Trans-European energy infrastructure (debate)

Mr President, yesterday, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change made it clear in its report: we are in time to stop climate change, but for this we must decarbonize life and the economy, that is, we must stop burning gas, oil and coal, and we must also hurry because we run out of time. However, here we are, talking about how to invest European public money, that of all, in ma…

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Mar

2022

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The Power of the EU – Joint European Action for more affordable, secure and sustainable energy (debate)

Madam President, in recent months the profits of electricity in my country have increased fourfold and those of some oil companies have doubled. Meanwhile, the industry stops, boats do not go out to fish and prices in the "super" skyrocket. In a few weeks, their economic model has led to unbearable impoverishment. And, of course, there is a common denominator that allows energy multinationals to g…

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Mar

2022

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Rising energy prices and market manipulation on the gas market (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner for Energy, I endorse the Commission's words: We have to become independent of Russian gas. However, you and I know that reducing dependency is not enough to respond to this emergency; In addition, it is essential to change their rules of the game for pricing, their failed marginalist market model, which, by the way, they do not dare to touch. Let me give you an example:…

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Mar

2022

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The deterioration of the situation of refugees as a consequence of the Russian aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, this change in the direction of EU asylum policy is certainly good news. For the first time since it was adopted 20 years ago, the Temporary Protection Directive is activated, which today allows us to welcome people fleeing the war in Ukraine. This shows that, when there is political will, Europe can open up legal and safe avenues and articulate decent reception mech…

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Feb

2022

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The Rule of Law and the consequences of the ECJ ruling (debate)

Madam President, today we are debating good news. European justice guarantees that racist, LGBT, sexist policies that cut press freedom are not financed with public money... And if something should make sense of the European institutions, it is the possibility that this will serve as a space for guaranteeing rights for working people. That from here the possibility of a dignified existence is assu…

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Jan

2022

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Short presentations by the candidates for election to the office of the President

Mr President, I would like to begin by acknowledging the figure of David Sassoli and what he has meant to this Parliament. Comrades, comrades, it is an honor for me to represent in this process the Left, a humble group, but one that has been essential to build a more democratic, more just and more fraternal Europe. Our vocation always: improve the lives of working people, of the social majority. W…

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Dec

2021

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Plans to undermine further fundamental rights in Poland, in particular regarding the standards of the European Convention of Human Rights and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, these things usually happen gradually. They start with a raging man pointing to gays, lesbians, women, migrants and the poor as enemies, obviously imaginary. It continues with the normalization of that narrative in the institutions (I think it sounds to them). And it ends with discussions like this, in which we are debating the Polish government's plan to turn its co…

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Dec

2021

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The European Commission Guidelines on inclusive language (topical debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, let me start with some evidence: it will seem incredible to them, but people who believe that inclusive language is important because what is not named does not exist, or because diversity is also built through what is made visible, we do not intend to put an end to the ideas of others; Rather, on the contrary. That the European institutions have a Guide suggesting a…

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Nov

2021

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State of the Energy Union (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, thanks to this report we confirm that the European Union's energy model is a failure: failure for people, failure for the planet. The data show that energy consumption has not been reduced, which is essential to address climate change. We continue to dope fossil fuels with public money. Look green, but don't be green. Of course, it maintains its great fetish, the margin…

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Nov

2021

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A European strategy for critical raw materials (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, surely, behind the unattractive title of this debate, we have one of the most important issues of the moment. At bottom, to discuss the extraction of critical raw materials is to talk about the limits of the planet, about the effort we are willing to make for a just transition, about the audacity to change the forms of production. We are debating what resources we leave…

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Nov

2021

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The escalating humanitarian crisis on the EU-Belarusian border, in particular in Poland (debate)

Mr President, Mr Borrell, in my opinion, the real debate here is what the responsibility is and what the EU can do in the face of this humanitarian emergency. The fact is that we have thousands of people on the Polish border fleeing armed conflicts, minors, families... At temperatures below zero, enduring extreme violence, with several dead. And the fact is that we have a Member State, Poland, whi…

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Oct

2021

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2019 Discharge: European Border and Coast Guard Agency (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, in 2021 alone, 55 complaints and 7 cases opened with the Ombudsman. And yesterday we learned from the media that Frontex is once again being denounced. In this case, before the Court of Justice of the EU. This is a family of Syrian refugees who were illegally expelled courtesy of Mr. Leggeri. The problem with this news, which is very serious, is that it no longer surpri…

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Oct

2021

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The rise of right-wing extremism and racism in Europe (in light of recent events in Rome) (debate)

Madam President, I'm sure it rings a bell: defending the European way of life; protect our borders from the invasion of immigrants; gender-based violence does not exist and climate change does not; eradicating the LGTBI ideology; Progressive dictatorship; This narrative is a daily part of our day, it is the necessary framework for far-right policies to progress, but it is also the previous step fo…

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Oct

2021

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The Rule of law crisis in Poland and the primacy of EU law (debate)

Mr President, Polish justice is rebelling: they will not take over the European legal order, but they do not do so to protect their workers, who by the way have one of the lowest wages in the whole EU, or to challenge rules that have left years of austerity thinning social states – pensions, health, education ...; They do so because they want to deepen their authoritarian plan. Within a few weeks …

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Oct

2021

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European Union Agency for Asylum (continuation of debate)

Mr President, it is surprising that in such a debate you cannot go out in an anti-racist t-shirt in a House like this. The momentum of an asylum agency would be great news if there were a common EU asylum policy that respected human rights. Indeed, the creation of instruments that do not have a clear policy behind them or that are even contrary to the common sense of protection of vulnerable peopl…

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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, Commissioner, I believe that, at this stage, with this obscene escalation in the price of electricity, we cannot continue to cheat ourselves. Here are two reasons: the energy crisis due to the depletion of fossil fuels and legislation tailored to the oligopolies and energy lobbies that facilitates the monthly looting of the pockets of working people. It is obvious that, to solve i…

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Oct

2021

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Implementation report on the EU Trust Funds and the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (continuation of debate)

Madam President, today we are debating the use that has been made of the more than EUR 10 billion earmarked, in theory, for development aid projects with third countries: agreement of shame with Turkey, Libya, etc. I also clarify that the debate is purely conceptual, because in this House we have no control over this money. And while EU rules do indicate that their use is only to help development,…

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Sep

2021

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EU transparency in the development, purchase and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines (debate)

Mr President, certainly, although we should congratulate ourselves on the rate of vaccination in Europe, it is inevitable to compare it with the rate of vaccination in impoverished countries, which is clearly insufficient to curb the pandemic. The question that I think we must ask ourselves is whether we are doing everything we can from the countries with the most resources to solve a situation th…

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Sep

2021

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State of the Union (debate)

Mr President, Mrs von der Leyen, I understand that you have to tell us that everything is phenomenal, but, as in almost everything, the focus of this debate depends a lot on the volume of your bank account. For example, it has been a good year for AstraZeneca, which has made its August at the expense of public money, between opaque processes and scandals; It has served to bolster a far-right migra…