What César spoke about.

7 Jul

2022

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Recent heat wave and drought in the EU (debate)

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Mr President, Mr Vice-President of the Commission, I think we are well aware that heat waves and droughts are going to happen. The question, the problem, is why we're not ready yet. Basically I want to ask you about desertification, which has a lot to do with what we are talking about this morning. When will it be among the European Commission's priorities to prepare and present a European Union s…

5 Jul

2022

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Objection pursuant to Rule 111(3): Amending the Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act and the Taxonomy Disclosures Delegated Act (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, I think you have been wrong. They have been wrong in this delegated act, they have been wrong in the ways, because they have neither followed the public consultation nor made the impact assessment and, above all, they have been wrong in substance, because so many Members are saying it: Neither gas nor nuclear power is green, and that's scientific evidence. Therefore, if…

5 Jul

2022

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Question Time (Commission) Increasing EU ambitions on biodiversity ahead of COP 15

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Mr President, Commissioner, I am happy to hear you with that passion and that strength. This Parliament will accompany you in Montreal with those ambitions and with those goals, but also with other expectations. And I'm talking about something that's very important: investment is needed to protect and restore biodiversity – according to some experts, up to $700 billion – but it is as important to …

5 Jul

2022

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Question Time (Commission) Increasing EU ambitions on biodiversity ahead of COP 15

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Mr President, Commissioner, the results we have had in Geneva, in Nairobi, are not very encouraging. And the expectations, which were really frustrated, of Aichi's goals, should not be the example either. So, my question is: Do you think that we have to have an agreement, but that it is binding as it is, in relation to the climate, the Paris Agreement? A binding agreement means that it has to have…

7 Jun

2022

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Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States (Effort Sharing Regulation) - Land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) - CO2 emission standards for cars and vans (joint debate – Fit for 55 (part 2))

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Mr. President, we must wait. There are two ideas from Mr. Timmermans that I think lead the way: It must be a coherent package, he said this morning, where no one is left behind, and this policy must be fair or it will not be a good policy. Well, I think we should be ambitious, but mindful; pragmatic with the possibilities and with the rhythms that we can follow, but without giving up the objective…

6 Apr

2022

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Human rights situation in North Korea, including the persecution of religious minorities

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Mr President, we are debating the human rights situation in a country that is a black hole of information, of democracy, of rights, in short, of collective security. The situation in North Korea is catastrophic. We must also add to the political and economic isolation, natural disasters and famines the COVID-19 pandemic. And, according to the United Nations, a virtually total denial of the most ba…

10 Mar

2022

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The need for an ambitious EU Strategy for sustainable textiles (debate)

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Madam President, at the outset I did believe the Commissioner's words. The consumption of clothing, footwear and household textiles in the European Union means the use, ladies and gentlemen, of 675 million tonnes of raw materials every year, that is to say, an average of 1.3 tonnes per citizen of the European Union per year. The textile sector exerts the second largest pressure on land use and is …

9 Mar

2022

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General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030 (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, it is good that we have here the future law on soil health; I think that is one of the achievements of this agreement. I welcome this because it reinforces the commitment of the Member States to the need to regulate soil problems at European level. It's about time. I hope that it does not happen to us as in 2006 - you know that in the end he fell out of the programme…

9 Mar

2022

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Batteries and waste batteries (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, I would like to add my congratulations to the rapporteur and also to the shadow rapporteurs. The greening of batteries sought by this Regulation is essential in the green energy transition. We are already seeing an increase in the demand for batteries, and in the electrification of the transport sector, which will lead to a further increase – it is clear – for use in…

24 Nov

2021

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Outcome of the COP26 in Glasgow (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, Mr Vice-President, we all know that the Glasgow text uses a language we could call 'caution', sometimes not always clear, which sometimes justifies the frustration of scientists, activists and, in general, of all those who want to move faster. But there are positive points of this COP26 and I want to say them here, today, in this plenary: for the first time, the target …

22 Nov

2021

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A pharmaceutical strategy for Europe (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, rapporteur, I would like to add my congratulations. I welcome the report, but it is true that there are many measures to support the pharmaceutical industry that somehow ignore a social component, which I think it would have been good to reflect. On the one hand, a new system of research incentives is proposed, but the report does not mention the misuse that has been…

19 Oct

2021

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The Right to a Healthy Environment (debate)

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Madam President, Minister, Commissioner, it was a pleasure to hear from you after just over a week ago the UN Human Rights Council recognised for the first time the right to a healthy, safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a human right essential for the full enjoyment of all human rights. Moreover, as has been said here, it called on the Assembly to incorporate it into the Universal…

14 Sep

2021

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Natural disasters during the summer 2021 - Impacts of natural disasters in Europe due to climate change (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, as we are seeing in this debate, I believe that a few years ago we thought that hundreds of people were going to die from fires in Portugal or Greece or that torrential rains were going to cause the deaths of two hundred people in Germany or Belgium this summer. Right now, in my country, in the south of Spain, a unique natural setting, Sierra Bermeja, is burning - it is…

7 Jul

2021

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Establishment of Antarctic Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and the conservation of Southern Ocean biodiversity (debate)

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Madam President, Minister, Commissioner, thank you for your words and for your commitment. There is a growing interest in the commercial exploitation of Antarctic resources, which is a critical area for the survival of our planet. The Antarctic ⁇ has been said here ⁇ is facing increasing pressure, due to marine pollution, climate change, ocean acidification, illegal fishing, deregulated fishing …

7 Jul

2021

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General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030 (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, congratulations to the rapporteur and the shadow rapporteurs. Firstly, I welcome the resumption of the petition, the need for the Commission to present a legislative proposal for the protection and sustainable use of land. It is the third dossier in less than three months to reflect this need, so, Commissioner, Parliament's message is very clear. Second, there need to b…