What Lina spoke about.

13 Mar

2024

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European Semester for economic policy coordination 2024 – European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2024 (joint debate – European Semester)

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Mr President, Commissioners, Ministers, the European Semester must establish a framework for social convergence by applying the principles of the European Pillar of Social Rights with an adequate level of public investment that guarantees a social shield for our citizens. And it's not just words. Progress also needs to be made on better indicators for monitoring and evaluation not only ex post, bu…

12 Mar

2024

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Council decision inviting Member States to ratify the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) of the International Labour Organization (debate)

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Mr President, the existence of violence and harassment at work is a threat to well-being, to equality and also to the proper functioning of companies. And, above all, it is something incompatible with the dignity of the people. ILO Convention No 190, which the Council recommends to the Member States to ratify - something which, I must say, follows the unblocking during the Spanish Presidency and w…

28 Feb

2024

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European Digital Identity framework (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, throughout this legislature we have been working to redefine the relationship between citizenship and the digital world, setting standards that help us navigate the digital transition, ensuring full citizenship – including in the digital world – that leads us to know and exercise rights in the digital environment, but also to manage its risks. The European Digital Id…

27 Feb

2024

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Multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 - Establishing the Ukraine Facility - Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) (joint debate - multiannual financial framework revision)

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Mr President, an important aspect of the revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework is the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform, known as STEP, an instrument to support the development and manufacturing of emerging technologies that are essential for the green and digital transitions in the Union and also for our strategic autonomy. Socialists support this proposal as a test bed for an …

8 Feb

2024

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Working conditions of teachers in the EU (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, Mandela said that education is the most powerful weapon we have to change the world. But education needs knowledge, laws, budget and teachers, who are the ones who ultimately transmit this knowledge. It's an exciting profession, and I tell you from experience. But even the greatest of passions is quenched in the face of precariousness and lack of opportunities. This sho…

7 Feb

2024

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The EU priorities for the 68th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, the next session of the Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations has as a priority to accelerate progress on gender equality and the empowerment of all women, most notably, to escape poverty. Yes, from poverty. Because poverty has a woman's face in the world and also here in Europe, as we demonstrated in the report we adopted in 2022 - and of which I was …

17 Jan

2024

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Gender aspects of the rising cost of living and the impact of the energy crisis (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, as rapporteur for the S&D Group on this report on the gender aspects of the rising cost of living and the impact of the energy crisis, I would first like to congratulate Alice Kuhnke on her commitment and her great work. In mid-2022, in this Parliament, we adopted a report on women’s poverty in Europe, for which I was rapporteur, and where we clearly called on the Co…

16 Jan

2024

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Fight against the resurgence of neo-fascism in Europe, also based on the parade that took place in Rome on 7 January (debate)

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Mr President, in the 1930s we were late in fighting fascism and we know the consequences, even if some shamefully deny them. That's why we can't waste time. Our democracies, our freedoms and the values that underpin the European project itself are at stake. We women know this very well, because advances in equality, feminist politics, have been the first objective against which the radical or neo-…

12 Dec

2023

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Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, congratulations to the negotiating teams, including the Spanish Presidency, on this very important agreement, which lays the foundations for our open strategic autonomy, ensuring access to critical raw materials for European reindustrialisation and the necessary green and digital transitions; It also allows the creation of quality jobs and the maintenance of activity an…

23 Nov

2023

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International day for the elimination of violence against women (debate)

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Mr President, there is no better way to celebrate this 25N than by finally adopting a directive on combating violence against women. A good directive to put an end to violence against women once and for all, to make progress in prevention and to improve the treatment of victims and their families. The Commission and Parliament are clear about this, but it is essential that the Council, that the Me…

21 Nov

2023

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Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties (debate)

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Mr President, Madam Vice-President, Spanish Presidency, the opinion of the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality on the reform of the Treaties, of which you have been rapporteur, which has supported a very large majority, has been very clear and raises three main things. The first is gender equality as a principle that should inspire the Treaties. It must therefore be applied across all …

20 Nov

2023

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Framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero technology products manufacturing ecosystem (Net Zero Industry Act) (debate)

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Madam President, the Net-Zero Industry Act aims to strengthen Europe's manufacturing capacity for technologies that support the decarbonisation of our economies. These projects and investments in strategic technologies will benefit from accelerated permits and financial support. Green reindustrialisation must be based on innovation and science, but have a very clear focus on training, skills and q…

18 Oct

2023

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New European innovation agenda (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, while Europe is a leader in research, we know that accelerating and strengthening innovation remains a pending task for the European Union. The New European Innovation Agenda is undoubtedly a first step towards positioning Europe as a leader on the global innovation scene and advancing the open strategic autonomy of the European Union. But there are still unknowns and c…

18 Oct

2023

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Fighting disinformation and dissemination of illegal content in the context of the Digital Services Act and in times of conflict (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, the recently implemented Digital Services Act, which I was involved in drafting, aims to ensure that the digital world is secure, free of illegal content and does not contribute to the spread of disinformation or hate speech. This is especially important in times of conflict like the current one. Therefore, we urge the major pla…

17 Oct

2023

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Water scarcity and structural investments in access to water in the EU (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, water scarcity is worsening in Europe, especially in the south. More than a third of the European population already suffers from a certain lack of water. And, while this resource is scarce, we continue to develop economic activities that are intensive in the use of water, but on which many jobs and entire regions depend. Therefore…

14 Sep

2023

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Violence and discrimination in the world of sports after the FIFA Women’s World Cup (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, the Rubiales case is not an isolated case, it is simply the normality of machismo. Rubiales himself and much of the football world, so opaque, where so much power and so much money is distributed, still do not understand what has happened. But women do understand it and, along with many men, we have said "it's over", feeling that non-consensual kiss from their boss t…

13 Sep

2023

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Regulation of prostitution in the EU: its cross-border implications and impact on gender equality and women’s rights (debate)

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Mr President, prostitution is not, in most cases, the result of free choice or the empowerment of women. Rather, it is the result of necessity, lack of opportunities and exploitation linked to the asymmetry of power. Prostituted women are not sex workers. Treating them as such would involve, for example, including within the European Skills Union this profession, establishing vocational training p…

13 Sep

2023

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Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials (debate)

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Mr President, strategic autonomy is central to the European project, to the well-being of our citizens, to the competitiveness of our companies and I would say even to our democracies. At the heart of this strategic autonomy are undoubtedly the critical raw materials we need to tackle the reindustrialisation of Europe and also the green and digital transitions. So this Critical Raw Materials Act, …

11 Sep

2023

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Surface water and groundwater pollutants (debate)

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Madam President, water is key and hence this proposal amending three directives with the aim of updating the lists of water pollutants and of monitoring surface water and groundwater more strictly. We define new standards for substances that harm nature and human health in line with scientific advances and streamline monitoring processes that prioritize groundwater and river basin pollutants. Euro…

11 Jul

2023

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European Chips Act (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, semiconductors play a vital geostrategic role in modern economies; are a central part of digital products, devices and infrastructures. Without semiconductors there is no digitization possible. The agreement on the Chips Act is a key step in ensuring our digital transition and our open strategic autonomy. This law will contribute to the development of this sector, wh…

9 May

2023

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Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence – EU accession: institutions and public administration of the Union - Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence - EU accession: judicial cooperation in criminal matters, asylum and non-refoulement (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, gender-based violence is a persistent and structural problem also among Europeans, whites and Christians. It has nothing to do with Islam or migrants, as has unfortunately been said in this House today. It is a violence that continues to kill women, also in life. Lives shattered, filled with fear, guilt or hopelessness. That's why most victims don't report. That's wh…

30 Mar

2023

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Strengthening the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, thank you to the rapporteurs, because today we are taking an important step in Europe to combat wage discrimination against all women. In Europe, the wage gap is now around 13%, bringing the annual income gap closer to 40%. This translates into a higher risk of poverty, a greater and earlier abandonment of the labor market, a lower bargaining power of times and jobs in …

15 Mar

2023

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Women activism – human rights defenders related to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) (debate)

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Madam President, the right to defend and promote human rights is a risky activity in many parts of the world, as we heard here this very morning, from the hand of Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize winner. But it is also a risky activity in Europe, in Poland, and nothing has happened. Since 2020, there has been a serious escalation of judicial persecution of sexual and reproductive rights defenders s…

15 Feb

2023

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Access to strategic critical raw materials (debate)

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Madam President, Madam Minister, access to critical and strategic raw materials is essential for the green and digital transitions, which will allow us to achieve climate neutrality and also strategic autonomy in this new geostrategic context of profound transformation of the international order, as we know it. Currently, the production and processing of these materials are highly concentrated and…

14 Feb

2023

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The EU priorities for the 67th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, in a world that is digitally transformed, digital is often hostile to women and girls. Let's think about cyberviolence or sexist labor cultures of technological sectors that, in addition, are those of the future. Only 19% of ICT specialists are women. Only 1% of the risk capital available for innovation, highly focused on this digital present and future, goes …