What Dolors spoke about.

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Jan

2025

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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Polish Presidency (debate)

Madam President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, your leadership of the institutions is very good news, because it means that European values are brought back into line with the needs and future of millions of citizens. Poland and Spain share major challenges: more defence of the rule of law – you have suffered from previous governments that have put it at risk, as we Spaniards suffer from …

21

Jan

2025

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Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 (debate)

Mr President, Mr Commissioner, Mr Council representative, ladies and gentlemen, the coronation of dictator Maduro is the worst news for all democrats. Shutting up to his coup is his dream, but protecting Venezuelans now, in the darkest moment, is our moral duty as Europeans. Maduro is the tyrant who lost the elections and kidnapped democracy with weapons to all the people of Venezuela. He is the c…

18

Dec

2024

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Need to ensure swift action and transparency on corruption allegations in the public sector to protect democratic integrity (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Pedro Sánchez has been assaulting the institutions and violating the rule of law in Spain for six years in order to assume absolute control of the State: It has amnestied coup plotters, reformed the Criminal Code to erase corruption offences, put the Attorney General's Office at its service, promoted censorship of the critical press, stormed public television and subjec…

27

Nov

2024

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Presentation by the President-elect of the Commission of the College of Commissioners and its programme (debate)

Ladies and gentlemen, this new Commission will have to lead the defence of our values, our security and our rule of law, boost competitiveness and innovation, give opportunities to young people, comply with the migration pact and protect farmers, ranchers, fishermen and the self-employed, so that no family is left behind. The European People's Party has been the decisive driver of Europe's great p…

13

Nov

2024

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The devastating floods in Spain, the urgent need to support the victims, to improve preparedness and to fight the climate crisis (debate)

Madam President, "If you need help, ask for it" was the phrase that the president of my country, Pedro Sánchez, told Valencians seven days after suffering the worst climate and humanitarian catastrophe that is remembered in Spain. "If you need help, ask for it" were the words of the same president who, out of sheer arrogance, has despised for fifteen days all the help that Europe put at his dispos…

23

Oct

2024

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Managing migration in an effective and holistic way through fostering returns (debate)

Madam President, Europe’s southern border – the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla – is at serious risk of collapse due to the constant influx of irregular migrants. Mafias that traffic in people do not randomly choose where they send their boats. The Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla are the three areas that receive the most irregular immigration today in all of Europe. And it's not by chance. The…

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Oct

2024

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Preparation of the European Council of 17-18 October 2024 (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, defending Ukraine against dictator Putin, Israel's fight against terrorism in the Middle East and Europe's existential challenge, which is competitiveness, will be three of the four key issues of the European Council on 17 and 18 October. But the fourth, and no less important, has to be the migration crisis. Ladies and gentlemen, irregular immigrat…

17

Sep

2024

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Situation in Venezuela (debate)

Madam President, on 28 July, in the eyes of the world, a tyrant once again stole democracy from the people of Venezuela. It was the last crime of a cowardly man who uses violence, repression, kidnapping and persecution to silence what the polls shout, a dictator recognized only by other dictators like Putin who, even with all his weapons, lives terrified because the voice of the people, represente…

18

Jul

2024

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Statement by the candidate for President of the Commission (debate)

Madam President, Madam President von der Leyen, ladies and gentlemen, the European People's Party has won the elections and that is why it is up to us to lead the European institutions with President Ursula von der Leyen. The challenges are getting bigger. There are citizens who simply no longer trust the European Union. If we ignore this, we'll be making a fatal mistake. That is why Europe must m…

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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, my party and my parliamentary group always condemn totalitarianisms and dictatorships, past and present, such as those in Latin America. The People's Party, born in democracy to defend it and within the framework of the Transition to protect it, will not accept a single lesson from the Socialist Party. The European People's Party, a pioneer in the European project since its creation …

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Apr

2024

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Union code relating to medicinal products for human use - Union procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human use and rules governing the European Medicines Agency (joint debate - Pharmaceutical package)

Madam President, Mr Vice-President, Europe works, Europe protects, Europe takes care. Europeans should know that in this Parliament and in this legislature we have taken very important decisions for their health: We have pushed forward the European Health Union, we have approved a pharmaceutical strategy and, today, the pharmaceutical package. For what? To improve patients' access to the best medi…

13

Mar

2024

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

Mr President, Commissioner, things happen every day in Spanish politics that in the rest of Europe would be absolutely incomprehensible and inadmissible. But, unfortunately, in Spain, the accumulation of socialist scandals has become an everyday occurrence. Sánchez has pardoned very serious corruption crimes of his convicted partners and reduced the penalties for embezzlement. Its partners – inves…

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Mar

2024

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Statements by the President

Madam President, all of Spain, Europe and the world remember the terrible pain caused by terrorism in Madrid on 11 March 2004. Twenty years have passed and although another twenty years have passed, we cannot forget the victims, the people who lost their lives, the injured with consequences forever and the families who lost their loved ones and, also, all the health, civil and security personnel. …

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Feb

2024

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

Mr President, Commissioner, let us talk about the rule of law, but also about exemplary action and the fight against corruption. Are you aware of what is happening in Spain? It is intended to erase justice with an infamous amnesty that eliminates the separation of powers, judicial independence and equality of all Spaniards. An a la carte amnesty is being negotiated, outside the European Union, wit…

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Feb

2024

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

Mr President, Mr Vice-President Schinas, not only are there suspicions about Russian interference in the independence process against the law in Catalonia, but we are facing the first signs investigated by a Spanish judge and published by the media. There has even been an alleged Russian spy sitting in this House, a Latvian MEP with strong ties to Catalan independence. And what's the surprise? Tha…

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Jan

2024

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Recent ecological catastrophe involving plastic pellet losses and its impact on micro plastic pollution in the maritime and coastal habitats (debate)

Mr. President, gentlemen on the left... Are they so nervous about reaping another electoral defeat? Look, the Spanish coast – and not just Galicia – is getting pellets from a container. We could talk about the work that the Xunta de Galicia is doing, the more than 350 people who are working on more than 55 beaches, helicopters and boats at sea. But this does not interest them, because what the lef…

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Jan

2024

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Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

Madam President, Mrs Miranda, defending the sea and working in front of the pellets that reach the Spanish beaches is what the Xunta de Galicia does. What you are doing here today is political misery to scratch votes and to make electoralization of this crisis. This crisis falls to everyone, starting with the Government of Spain, which has to collect pellet sacks from the sea. Therefore, on Thursd…

13

Dec

2023

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Review of the Spanish Presidency of the Council (debate)

Madam President, Mr Sánchez, from a Catalan and Spanish to a Spaniard, I am going to speak to you with my hand in my heart and I am going to tell you what millions of Spaniards would like to say to your face. Spain says "no" to an amnesty, to a blow to democracy and to very serious crimes of terrorism and corruption; ‘no’ to an amnesty that you denied in the campaign and that creates Spaniards of …

22

Nov

2023

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

Mr President, listen, Europe, to the voice of a Catalan and Spanish woman, who is astonished at the dismantling of democracy in Spain because of the pact between Sánchez and a fugitive from justice. Sanchez, to get the seven votes that will allow him to govern, and Puigdemont, to achieve the amnesty of a blow to democracy and of very serious crimes of corruption and terrorism. Listen, Europe, the …

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Nov

2023

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 26-27 October 2023 - Humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the need for a humanitarian pause (joint debate - Conclusions of the European Council and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the need for a humanitarian pause)

Mr President, since today we are in the general debate on the Council's conclusions and since Europe has always defended the rule of law, the separation of powers and the equality of citizens, let me ask you if you are aware of what is happening in Spain. Do you know that the current president of the Spanish Government is preparing a massive amnesty agreed with those convicted of justice and fugit…

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Oct

2023

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 26-27 October 2023 (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Secretary of State, Europe faces great challenges and threats here and in the world – challenges such as overcoming the economic crisis or protecting our rule of law, and threats such as Hamas’ terrorism against Israel, which seeks to sow terror and take away freedom. We must take firm and united positions and adopt a European roadmap that does not falter. But let me in…

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Oct

2023

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Need for a speedy adoption of the asylum and migration package (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Secretary of State, migration is a common European challenge, not just for southern European countries such as Spain. Thousands of lives and the stability of European regions that cannot cope with the arrival of migrants alone are at stake. In Spain we see how the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla are overwhelmed by the massive arrival of migrants. Maritime Rescue and t…

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Oct

2023

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Medicine shortages and strategic healthcare autonomy in the EU (debate)

Mr President, drug shortages are a serious problem throughout Europe, which is having a direct impact on the health of Europeans. For example, in Spain there is a shortage of more than 900 drugs. That is why we denounce the fact that the European Union has not already put in place a policy of support for the production of active ingredients and medicines, an area which I would like to recall is al…

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Sep

2023

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State of the Union (debate)

Madam President, Madam President von der Leyen, I agree with you on the challenges ahead and you have our support. But today I must talk about the seriousness of what is happening in Spain, which now chairs the Council. It is unusual and unacceptable that the President of the Spanish Government does not appear in this plenary session to defend the priorities of the Spanish Presidency and that he d…

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Jul

2023

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COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations for the future (debate)

Mr President, viruses, diseases and pandemics do not understand ideologies, but neither do they understand borders. The best truth is what science brings us. And the best justice is that we all have access to vaccines. What we have learned from this pandemic is that we must act decisively, united, coordinated and with more transparency. This report gives us, he tells us, the way to be more prepare…