What Cristina spoke about.

22 Oct

2024

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Question Time with Commissioners – Situation of animal health in Europe: how to prevent and prepare for future sanitary crises in agriculture

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Madam President, Commissioner, of course there are more and more animal health crises, and we have a very big crisis from north to south of the European Union with the spread of bluetongue among ruminants: thousands and thousands of farms affected, veterinarians do not supply. If we listen to farmers, the most common expressions are "uncertainty" and "desperation": the ruin for many farmers who su…

19 Sep

2024

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Droughts and extreme weather events as a threat to local communities and EU agriculture in times of climate change (debate)

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Mr President, drought is no longer a cyclical phenomenon, it is a chronic phenomenon with serious human and economic consequences: Without water, there is no food; Without water, there is no life. That is why climate change mitigation measures are urgently needed and we also need to achieve efficient water management, modernise the irrigation system with the use of smart techniques, and that costs…

16 Sep

2024

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Outcome of the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, the document that has emerged from the strategic dialogue with the agricultural sector is certainly a very good basis, but there are still some details to go into: concrete solutions and measures, in short. We need to go deeper into how we ensure the competitiveness and profitability of the European Union's agri-food system and we need to do so, effectively, while impro…

13 Mar

2024

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Cohesion policy 2014-2020 – implementation and outcomes in the Member States (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, cohesion policy has proved to be a very important political and financial instrument for dealing with crises that, as always, affect those who have less. And what have been the lessons learned? First, if you want flexibility, you can make it more flexible. And that is why it has been able to quickly give economic and social support to the most affected regions. Secon…

29 Feb

2024

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EU/Chile Advanced Framework Agreement - EU/Chile Advanced Framework Agreement (Resolution) - Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Chile (joint debate - EU-Chile agreements)

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Mr President, this modernised free trade agreement between the European Union and Chile provides extraordinary conditions for our exporters. With the dismantling of tariffs, investments will be further boosted, with an estimated increase of around 4.5 billion euros. This, of course, is an excellent driver of sustainable development and employment growth. In addition, as has been said, it will be a…

27 Feb

2024

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Geographical Indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products (debate)

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Mr President, the European Union is the world's leading exporter of agri-food products with 230 billion, of which 80 billion come from products with geographical indications. These agri-food products have characteristics that are genuine and of quality, and that make them unique in the world. That's why they have geographical indication labels and we focus on protecting and sharing them beyond our…

8 Feb

2024

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Working conditions of teachers in the EU (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, welcome. Teachers are the support that our children have in their day to day, those adults of the future who need a strong pillar in their teaching. And we should take more care of them. We have been told this in the Committee on Petitions, which has forwarded its complaints to us, and the Eurydice report also reflects this very well. Talk about temporality. It has been…

7 Feb

2024

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Empowering farmers and rural communities - a dialogue towards sustainable and fairly rewarded EU agriculture (debate)

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Mr Buxadé is asking this House to apologise for the measures taken by this Parliament as a whole to benefit and help the agricultural sector. And I would like to ask you if you have asked your Commissioner - the Commissioner of your far-right political family who disappeared here in this debate - to apologize for what you have not done in the entire parliamentary term that you have been missing. I…

16 Jan

2024

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Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2022 (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Madam Ombudsman, Mr Vice-President, the role of the Ombudsman is crucial in guaranteeing the rights of European citizens, especially as regards the strengthening of good administrative practices. It should also ensure ethics and transparency in the governance of institutions. In this report, the rapporteurs and also Mrs O'Reilly have detailed the main complai…

21 Nov

2023

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Harnessing talent in Europe’s regions (short presentation)

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Madam President, Commissioner Johansson, in the European Year of Skills, we are presenting here this own-initiative report on harnessing talent in Europe's regions. This is a report that addresses a reality that exists in many regions of Europe and that translates into the fact that, having the best-prepared young people in history – even in less developed areas of Europe – they are forced to leav…

21 Nov

2023

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EU/New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (debate)

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Madam President, I believe that the Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and New Zealand will bring significant benefits for the European Union. With the elimination of 100% of tariffs, it is estimated that it will save companies in the European Union about 140 million euros per year; In addition, bilateral trade is expected to increase, with potential growth of around €4.5 billion per …

19 Oct

2023

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Generational renewal in the EU farms of the future (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, the situation is as follows: agricultural holdings have decreased by around 40% in the last 15 years. According to the data in the report, only 6% of farmers are under 35 years of age. Isabel Carvalhais's report explains the causes very well. The countryside is not attractive to young people. Low profitability, uncertainty, market access and difficult access to land are…

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, Secretary of State, I will tell you about Spain, where 70% of the geographical demarcations present water stress and the risk of desertification. This affects agriculture but, above all, it also affects human supply. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop as quickly as possible the infrastructure necessary for proper water planning and management. First of all, t…

12 Jul

2023

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Recommendations for reform of the European Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption (debate)

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Madam President, in my country it is said, 'River scrambled, gain of fishermen'. I believe that we must stand firm and united in the face of the threat of corruption in the institutions, because, if not, this weakens us even more. I believe that this report has served to implement ways of improving it so that it can function better and use it as a kind of vaccine against corruption. I want to high…

10 May

2023

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The role of farmers as enablers of the green transition and a resilient agricultural sector (continuation of debate)

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Mr. President, a statement that is obvious: Without agriculture we cannot live. We need resilient agriculture. That's what the Commissioner said. Is it right now? There's a lot of talk about food security, but do we really have it? How long? Crops are being lost due to drought and climate change. To give an example: in Spain, 50% of the cereal harvest has been lost due to drought. And there is als…

16 Feb

2023

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Availability of fertilisers in the EU (debate)

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Madam President, since the beginning of the war, the shopping basket has not stopped rising, among other things, because of the high price of fertilisers, where the cost of manufacturing gas is 80%. Putin knows what he's doing. But European citizens also need to know what the European Union is going to do to deal with this situation. Long-term measures are fine. You, Commissioner, spoke about the …

14 Dec

2022

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Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2021 (debate)

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Madam President, thank you to the rapporteur for the work done. I would also like to thank my colleague, Álex Saliba, as shadow rapporteur, for the work he has done. The Committee on Petitions is the most direct channel of communication between citizens and the European institutions. Thanks to petitions, Europeans can denounce the violation of rights or raise trilogues - with Parliament, the Counc…

14 Dec

2022

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Defending democracy from foreign interference (debate)

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Mr President, Parliament is not an impenetrable bubble. There are real threats from those who want to impose themselves against the rule of law and democracy. We know that they use sophisticated and cruder formulas to penetrate institutions, condition public opinion, whitewash tyrannized governments and alter the will of citizens in democratic processes. We live in times of shock and shame that ha…

14 Sep

2022

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Economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU: the 8th Cohesion Report - EU border regions: living labs of European integration (debate)

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Mr President, to speak of cohesion policy is to speak of one of the most important pillars of the Union, as it is the guarantor of equality in Europe and the backbone of territories. The fact that more than a third of the European budget is earmarked is a measure of its importance. However, I would like to stress the need to maintain a correct approach to what is being pursued by cohesion policies…

7 Mar

2022

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Cohesion policy: promoting innovative and smart transformation and regional ICT connectivity (short presentation)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, promoting a digital and intelligent transformation, placing us at the highest standards of intelligence, innovation and global competitiveness, is now more necessary than ever. We're seeing it in Putin's war, which combines conventional attacks with cyberattacks. They are hybrid wars that are doing serious damage to democracy and human rights. A…

14 Feb

2022

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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Madam President, the aromatic plants sector is of great importance in Europe; In addition to being beneficial and healthy, it is a sustainable crop due to its low water consumption and contributes to the protection of the environment. However, in the context of the chemicals strategy and the revision of the European Commission's REACH Regulation, there are those who intend to include lavender and …

14 Feb

2022

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Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2020 (debate)

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Madam President, one more year we value the work of the Ombudsman, of this very important European institution, in this case the year 2020, a very complicated year for all, at the height of the pandemic and with the European authorities taking important decisions: measures that, as everyone knows, had to be taken against the clock to respond to the impact of this huge pandemic. But the urgency of …

15 Dec

2021

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Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2020 (debate)

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Mr President, whenever we take stock of the Committee on Petitions we often say that this is a very, very important committee because it is the tool that citizens have to enforce their European rights. It would be good if we all believed it, because some also think that, since it is not a legislative committee, it is a second committee. In my opinion, this is a top-notch commission. No other has t…

23 Nov

2021

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Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other regulations (debate)

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Mr President, after three years of intense negotiations, we finally voted on the political agreement on the CAP, and I would like, first of all, to congratulate the architects, because it has been complex, it has not been easy, and, after meetings and disagreements, we have managed to improve what was initially proposed. It is true that it is not perfect, but today we are voting for a more ambitio…

4 Oct

2021

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The protection of persons with disabilities through petitions: lessons learnt (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we have already said: If there are 87 million people with disabilities in the European Union and only 1% of the petitions we are debating here, in this Parliament, have to do with people with disabilities, does that mean that everything is all right? No, it means we're not doing everything right. And here we have talked about many deficiencies that highlight the…