What César spoke about.

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ES Written Statement

The new 2028-2034 Multiannual Financial Framework: architecture and governance (debate)

Since the European Commission presented the proposal for the financial framework for the period 2028-2034 in July, our group has expressed a critical position and expressed our concern about the architecture of the future MFF and we have informed its President accordingly. This weekend, the European Commission presented an informal paper with a proposal on National Plans. We found that this docume…

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2026

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

Madam President, Commissioner, I believe that the common fisheries policy needs to be adapted while maintaining its fundamental principles, because the Commission concludes in its assessment that many of the current problems are not due to a lack of legislation, but to insufficient and uneven implementation. One example is marine protected areas. The legislation makes it possible to adopt conserva…

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Jul

2026

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Harnessing the potential of a competitive and sustainable EU Bioeconomy Strategy for EU strategic autonomy (debate)

Mr President, of course the bioeconomy can be a great opportunity. But we cannot substitute, Commissioner, an economy based on extracting oil for one based on extracting more and more resources from nature. It would be a mistake because biomass is not infinite. Our forests, soils, seas and ecosystems have limits. And respecting them is not a brake on development, it is the condition for that devel…

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Jul

2026

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EU-Mexico (joint debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, I think this is just what we need: honest, proportional relationships, with democratic and tolerant principles and values. Congratulations to the rapporteurs; more to the rapporteur López than to the rapporteur Larraz, because I have seen that he has "eased" a little bit and I do not know if it was necessary. I find the agreed standards of labour, health and environm…

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Jun

2026

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Electrification Action Plan (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, of course this Electrification Action Plan can strengthen our competitiveness and our sovereignty, but I say one word to you: coherence ... because we continue to allocate billions of euros to subsidise fossil fuels. We therefore need a date to eliminate this aid. Secondly, we cannot talk about energy independence and, at the same time, we continue to delay the closu…

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2026

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Reviewing the ETS system to support European competitiveness (topical debate)

Madam President, today we see all the populist anti-European right wings attacking a system like the emissions trading system, which works. This is a system that has helped reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, which is what we want. That's why I think it doesn't have to be weakened. We need a system aligned with the Climate Regulation, with its decarbonisation objectives, and to ensure regulator…

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Mar

2026

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Cutting red tape to enable a competitive and clean transition – the urgent need to shorten and simplify permitting (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, in this neo-imperial scenario accelerating the energy transition and strengthening competitiveness is the way forward. Mrs. von der Leyen wants to dispense with all the rules, we heard it yesterday... What an occurrence! Because simplifying can never mean weakening environmental protection. Environmental assessments are a guarantee for communities, for nature and also, …

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Feb

2026

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Extreme weather events in particular in Portugal, southern Italy, Malta and Greece: European response in strengthening readiness, preparedness and solidarity mechanisms (debate)

22

Oct

2025

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Key objectives for the CITES COP20 meeting in Uzbekistan (debate)

Mr President, at the end of last year, a global operation – coordinated by Interpol and the World Customs Organisation – made it possible to seize almost 20 000 protected live animals and detain 365 people in 138 countries. At the same time, Traffic, the international reference organisation fighting crime against nature, warned that the EU remains one of the world’s leading centres of illegal wild…

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Oct

2025

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

Madam President, in the privacy of these evening debates, Commissioner, I am going to say a Spanish saying to you: To God praying and with the deck giving. And is that we are losing credibility and leadership to jets. In yesterday's work programme I read that they want to reopen the ban on combustion engines by 2035. This is not compatible with having a strong image at COP30, especially because of…

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Oct

2025

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Europe’s automotive future – reversing the ban on the sale of combustion cars in the EU (topical debate)

Mr President, dear Commissioner, since we are here almost in privacy, you are correcting and reducing – as if it were a sausage, sliced into slices – the whole European Green Deal. They say one thing, but then they do the opposite. They are sent by a gentleman who sat here until recently, Mr. Weber; He tells you, he gives you orders, and you change. Look, my intervention, really, is a request: No,…

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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, the Commissioner has said that this summer's fires are a direct consequence of the warming of the Mediterranean. Thank you for saying it. And I make a reflection: It is not time to reduce the European Green Deal, it is time to strengthen it. We're listening to him. Therefore, more Pact and less negationism. On funds, Commissioner, we need more environmental policy funds, but the fina…

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Jul

2025

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Presentation of the Chemicals Package (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Mr Vice-President, some critical remarks: They say they simplify, but they actually deregulate. I give two examples: in the classification and labelling of chemicals or when providing for derogations for carcinogenic substances in cosmetic products. That's the first observation. The second: the chemical sector is very profitable, very profitable. Therefore, there is …

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Jun

2025

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Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, I would like to express two ideas: firstly, the funds should continue and this Facility should continue. It is one of the best things we did when we were here last term and it must continue. And now, in these 50 seconds that I have left, I'm going to make an approximation to a very specific topic: the issue of the environment and the implementation of the funds in th…

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Jun

2025

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European Ocean Pact (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, the European Pact for the Ocean is a positive step, but, look, I would like to remind you that the Agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction has not been signed, and neither have other Member States. I ask that the Ocean Law have binding targets and a clear timetable, because we have to stop…

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May

2025

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The European Water Resilience Strategy (debate)

Madam President, congratulations to Mr Bajada, because I think he has done a good job and we already have a consensus, Commissioner, that he will come to you well for his work in the coming weeks. I say this, first, because this report prioritises nature-based solutions – well; secondly, because it advocates objectives to – read in the report – limit water abstraction in both agriculture and indus…

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Apr

2025

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Outcome of the recent COP16 biodiversity negotiations in Rome (debate)

Mr. President, then COP16 ended well. We have a funding strategy, a monitoring framework. Is that enough, Commissioner? No, we know it's not. Now we have to finish the task: first, by supporting developing countries, because they are experiencing the biodiversity crisis more severely; second, respecting and protecting the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities; thirdly, Commissioner, r…

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Mar

2025

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Cutting red tape and simplifying business in the EU: the first Omnibus proposals (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, this is a very bad proposal from the European Commission: bad because it will result in cuts and legal uncertainty. They almost completely dismantle due diligence. This means that they leave the most vulnerable links in the chain abandoned, that they cut mandatory civil liability and that they severely limit access to justice for victims. That's what you guys do. In ter…

23

Jan

2025

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Combating Desertification: 16th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Convention (debate)

I was looking, Mr. President, in case I was someone from the far right, because I would never have accepted anything, neither blue nor green card. Look, everything related to European funds, despite your Group and your policy in Spain, we are doing well. And I do not want to recall here what you have tried to do with First Vice-President Teresa Ribera. That is, despite the fact that you here are a…

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Jan

2025

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Combating Desertification: 16th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Convention (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, it is a debate in a rather difficult context, because we have the new tenant of the White House and his denialism, and a retarded EPP Group, I am sorry. Mr Tusk's speech yesterday takes us down these dangerous paths. I present two ideas that are like two pieces of evidence. Soil is a non-renewable resource, it is important not to forget it. Do you know how much …

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Dec

2024

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Restoring the EU’s competitive edge – the need for an impact assessment on the Green Deal policies (topical debate)

Mr President, Madam Vice-President Ribera, it is a pleasure to see you here. By the way, the Spanish economy is doing very well and it's partly thanks to you. So I'm really glad to see you around here. Look, Mr Procaccini - which I do not see now - European competitiveness is never in conflict with sustainability. On the contrary, it depends on her. And the United States, which has its inflation-r…

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Nov

2024

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Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia (debate)

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Nov

2024

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Outcome of the UN Biodiversity Conference 2024 in Cali, Colombia (COP16) (debate)

Madam President, I believe that the importance of these multilateral spaces is being stressed here – in the previous debate on the G20 they also did so – and I think it is very important that we continue to do so and, also, that we recognise the efforts of the Colombian government – as the Commissioner has done – because their organisation was a success. I would like to highlight the work of the C…

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Sep

2024

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The devastating floods in Central and Eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, this is the kind of debate we never want to have here, because we are talking about numerous victims, material damage... In short, a catastrophe, but reality cannot be denied, and, although a section of this House denies it, reality will always be in front of us and will prevail, and that reality is called climate change. I point out two ideas: In this new cycle…

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Sep

2024

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War in the Gaza Strip and the situation in the Middle-East (debate)

(start of the intervention out of microphone) ... almost a year since the terrible attacks and the genocidal invasion, Commissioner Netanyahu, and since the last debate in February we have seen the spread of poliovirus in children under the age of five. They have their first dose alone, they need the second one right now, later this month. By the way, I haven't given you the figure yet: 560,000 gi…