What Nicolás spoke about.

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ES Written Statement

A unified EU response to unjustified US trade measures and global trade opportunities for the EU (debate)

On trade, this is the most worrying issue for the EU and multilateral institutions: the effects on the economy and on the world political and economic order of the political and, in this case, commercial lines of the new US Administration. Unity is the concept that stands out above others. The President of the United States must not succeed in dividing the members of the EU and despising its insti…

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Jul

2026

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Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up (debate)

Mr President, as you know, Commissioner, (the speaker is in an unofficial language). It is true that the Common Fisheries Policy has made it possible to improve the sustainability of European catches. But now it is important to ensure the sustainability of fishing communities, because that is what is at risk. Let's admit it: the evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy notes the destruction of 30…

17

Jun

2026

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Electrification Action Plan (debate)

Firstly, geothermal energy must be part of this electrification strategy, but it must also have its own section. An action plan for geothermal energy would seem quite right to me. And I say more: an action plan for geothermal energy that also supports the development and innovation of drilling and exploration systems to make geothermal energy less risky and more financially affordable. I believe t…

17

Jun

2026

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Electrification Action Plan (debate)

Madam President, in Galicia, my land, a new plant of electric vehicles is projected while the one we already have is electrified. And yet, here in this Parliament, we see the right and the far right coming together against that electrification to delay it. That is, they unite against the interests of my land, Spain and Europe. Another example: we are seeing how some intend to power new data center…

18

May

2026

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European solidarity: key to securing medicine access in a shifting geopolitical era (debate)

Mr President, in Europe we have opted for cooperation and universal access to medicines. We know what our model is and we have made it efficient. What we cannot tolerate is decisions being made today about our own health in the White House. It is true: Trump's tariffs on our medicines also affect Americans, but we must defend our model, and health can never be a currency of geopolitical change. We…

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May

2026

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The impact of the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basins (debate)

Mr President, it does not seem easy to organise maritime space, but the directive promised to balance interests and ensure fair management of Europe's seas and oceans. But more than a decade later, Commissioner, that promise has not been fulfilled and the directive favoured those who already had a voice at the expense of fishermen and coastal communities. Small-scale fishing has decreased, regiona…

30

Apr

2026

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Cali fund – follow up from the COP16 UN Convention on Biodiversity (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, the COP16 agreement on the Cali Fund was presented as a historic breakthrough and it is: This is an important step towards strengthening the principle of fair benefit-sharing and ensuring that those who benefit from the use of biodiversity also contribute to its protection. But today we must ask ourselves a simple question. Is it working? The answer for now is uncomf…

29

Apr

2026

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EU strategy in response to the ongoing Middle East crisis, its implications on energy prices and the availability of fertilizers (joint debate)

Mr. President, this is a fossil fuel crisis caused by Trump and Netanyahu. And I wonder: Why is the EPP repeatedly denying that this is a fossil fuel crisis, that we have to abandon them? Why is he avoiding talking about Trump and Netanyahu, if Chancellor Merz himself has said that the United States is being humiliated by Iran for having no plans for this war? Why does the EPP not call things by n…

28

Apr

2026

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Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 (debate)

Mr President, Europe faces colossal challenges and what is the Commission's priority? Facing the challenges of our time on a scary budget? Undermining the European social model through deep cuts to cohesion, fisheries or the environment? No, that's not Europe's way. When our world burns because of dictators, autocrats or aspirants, Europe's response cannot be that of a surrender embodied in a budg…

25

Mar

2026

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Energy security, independence and supply in the geopolitical context - ensuring market stability and affordable energy for industry and citizens (debate)

Mr President, we are all concerned about high energy prices. I see two certainties: the first is that an illegal war, which some here support, is affecting our economies; the second is, how curious, that it is the same people who support the war who create the problem and push to continue consuming expensive, volatile and harmful fossils. Let's show the whole of Europe who populists r…

10

Feb

2026

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European response to the attacks on the Ukrainian energy system causing a humanitarian crisis (debate)

9

Feb

2026

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World Cancer Day (debate)

16

Dec

2025

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Phasing out Russian natural gas imports and improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies (debate)

15

Dec

2025

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Impact of the geopolitical situation on European patients and their access to medicines (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Europe must wake up. Trump knocks on our door to tell us that the blame for the exorbitant prices of medicines in the United States lies with the Europeans and that we must pay for it. And that's not true. The reality is different. The countries of the European Union have a social, functional State that negotiates the prices of medicines effectively in favor of …

27

Nov

2025

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Development of an industry for sustainable aviation and maritime fuel in Europe (debate)

Mr President, competitiveness goes hand in hand with decarbonisation, that is clear. That is why we need sustainable aviation fuels, which also offer an industrial opportunity for Europe. If we don't support those who invest, others will occupy that space. Two more notes. First, it seems that now in third countries are miraculously fried tons and tons of chips but - oh, oh, miracle! - without pota…

26

Nov

2025

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Fishing opportunities 2026: ensuring the sustainability of fish populations, marine ecosystems and coastal communities

26

Nov

2025

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Fishing opportunities 2026: ensuring the sustainability of fish populations, marine ecosystems and coastal communities

26

Nov

2025

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EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine (debate)

23

Oct

2025

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Breast cancer: the importance of screening (debate)

Madam President, breast cancer is not pink. It's a brown for women who suffer from it. When we did the report of the Special Committee on Beating Cancer, we saw that there were inequalities in screening. across Europe. And we set ourselves a goal: reach 90% early detection of breast cancer. Because it saves lives, it increases survival four times in an early diagnosis. And that is what has been st…

23

Oct

2025

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Breast cancer: the importance of screening (debate)

Between an early diagnosis and a late diagnosis, they mediate four times less chance of survival. What opinion do you deserve, as a woman and as a political representative, that women who have been screened should not be notified? and to be told not to be warned because of anxiety? What is the opinion of this political leader?…

22

Oct

2025

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Ending all energy imports from Russia to the EU and closing loopholes through third countries (debate)

Mr President, our engagement with Ukraine was lame and now it is no longer. We welcome this comprehensive agreement to end the import of Russian gas. And the commitment will be even greater if we get not a single euro of the European economy to flow into Putin's hands for the purchase of fossil fuels. That must be an even greater commitment. In Galician we have the word xeito, which is to act with…

22

Oct

2025

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UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30) (debate)

Madam President, yesterday we had news that, for the first time, mosquitoes were detected in Iceland - a few places on earth that were free. That is, the effects of climate change will mean more diseases, greater health risks. We have more storms, more floods. That is, climate change accelerates. And, in the face of this acceleration, what we cannot do from Europe is to step on the brakes. That is…

11

Sep

2025

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Summer of heatwaves in the EU: addressing the causes and providing adequate housing and health policies to address record-breaking temperatures (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, imagine a family of three children, in a small apartment, in a city where summer lasts eight weeks longer, as in southern Europe, and go out into the streets and find the squares, which were previously wooded, completely cut down. These are the denialist and retardist policies being carried out by the right, also in southern Europe. Ladies and gentlemen, protect…

9

Sep

2025

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Devastating wildfires in Southern Europe: the need to strengthen EU aid to restore the massive loss of forests and enhancing EU preparedness (debate)

Mr President, I have seen Galicia burn again and the competent autonomous government has failed miserably. A failure without palliatives that continues today with the concealment of burned areas such as Pena Trevinca. On 13 August they said that there were plenty of resources and on 14 August they asked for assistance from the army, which was already there, and all the planes in Europe. To the pop…

9

Jul

2025

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Presentation of the Stockpiling Strategies - strengthening response capacities for a changing risk and threat landscape (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I think we are heading in the right direction. We have learned from the pandemic and I believe that these strategies are part of those lessons learned. A safe and prepared Europe is a Europe capable of reacting to threats. I have worked more than fifteen years of my life in health emergency. I know that the next crisis is not always the same as the previous one, but I k…