What Mónica Silvana spoke about.

23

Apr

2024

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EU’s response to the repeated killing of humanitarian aid workers, journalists and civilians by the Israel Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip (debate)

Madam President, I do not want to leave this House without thanking Mr Borrell for his clear messages which, together with the Spanish Government's commitment to the Palestinian state, shed some light when we take to the streets to ask for the confidence of European citizens in the new Parliament which will be set up from July. Plenary after plenary session, we denounce war crimes, the destruction…

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Mar

2024

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

Madam President, I believe that one of the main challenges of cohesion policy is intra-regional inequality, the lack of opportunities for the most vulnerable groups such as Roma, migrants, people with disabilities, who live in the richest regions of Europe. Specifically, the Community of Madrid is a clear example, is one of the richest communities in all of Europe, but has a structural poverty rat…

12

Mar

2024

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The adoption of the Special Measure in favour of Tunisia for 2023 (debate)

Madam President, I regret that Mr Várhelyi is not here, because the explanations given are totally inadequate. The relationship with Tunisia is the chronicle of an announced death and is proof of the double standard in foreign policy, which comes just as we are facing the mid-term review of the NDICI, the largest instrument for development cooperation. Just a year ago we were clear with the resolu…

27

Feb

2024

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Rising inequalities in the world (debate)

Mr President, fighting rising inequalities and promoting a more sustainable and equal world between men and women are our core values and must accompany our funding. As the world’s largest donors of cooperation, we cannot be indifferent to the increase in inequality following the pandemic – closely linked to gender and climate change. From European experience, we know that technical cooperation cr…

27

Feb

2024

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Critical situation in Cuba (debate)

Madam President, we must take advantage of this resolution to put pressure on the Commission to implement the commitments made by Mr Borrell last year – and, previously, by Mrs Mogherini – with more technical cooperation to speed up the process of economic recovery on the island, correct distortions and incentivise production through the creation of small and medium-sized enterprises, the developm…

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Feb

2024

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Association agreements for the participation of third countries in Union programmes (debate)

Mr President, our values are increasingly needed in a world marked by wars, pandemics and the impact of the climate crisis, suffered more by those who have contributed the least to warming. That's why we must expand our partnership programs to be more useful in the world and bring the best of ourselves. The Erasmus+ programme is already working for young people around the world, including people w…

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Feb

2024

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State of play of the implementation of the Global Gateway and its governance two years after its launch (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, we who are engaged in international cooperation have said so from the outset, and recently the High Representative reaffirmed it: prevent Global Gateway, with its emphasis on physical infrastructure, from making us forget the importance of social infrastructure, which builds the dignity of living in freedom. We need more transparency; more inclusion projects with measur…

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Jan

2024

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State of emergency in Ecuador (debate)

Mr President, the first thing is to express solidarity with the Ecuadorian people and especially with the Ecuadorian women who suffer from this situation in Ecuador of unprecedented violence associated with the great scourges such as drug trafficking and transnational crime, which must be fought in an internationally articulated manner. We know that the drugs that are grown and passed through Ecua…

16

Jan

2024

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Transparency and accountability of non-governmental organisations funded from the EU budget (debate)

Mr President, some in this Parliament - the rapporteur and his group - are committed to criminalising NGOs, but the danger lies not in them, but in the influence of companies with interests that run counter to our values. NGOs are essential to the democratic functioning of our institutions and even more so to the materialisation of European solidarity, to the materialisation of development coopera…

11

Dec

2023

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The European Elections 2024 (debate)

Madam President, welcome is this report and welcome is the excellent work of the rapporteurs because, among other important things, concrete actions are called for to remove physical and legal barriers to voting for people with disabilities. In 2019 we were all happy that voter turnout was higher and in part it was because 200 000 people who were previously unable to exercise the fundamental right…

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Oct

2023

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Outcome of the SDGs Summit (18-19 September 2023, New York) – transformative and accelerated actions leading up to 2030 and beyond (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Mr Buxadé is not here, but I understand that everyone in your group believes that the poor are poor because they want to, right? Fortunately, in this Parliament we are the majority who defend this global alliance to combat not only poverty. And, as has been said, we are halfway to meeting the objectives of the 2030 Agenda, halfway through the Multiannual Financial Fr…

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Oct

2023

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Human rights situation in Afghanistan, in particular the persecution of former government officials

Mr President, this Parliament's main message must be addressed to the women and girls who continue to survive under the Taliban regime: You're not alone. They bring us names like Matiulah Wesa, founder of The Pen Path and candidate for the Sakharov Prize, Zholia Parsi and Neda Parwani, activists for the rights of women and girls, who are in detention. But it is important that the issue be put back…

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Sep

2023

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Segregation and discrimination of Roma children in education (debate)

Madam President, thank you, Commissioner, for being in this important debate at an opportune time, which is the very beginning of the school year. The Fundamental Rights Agency says: 71% of the Roma population aged 18-24 left the education system prematurely and have not continued any other type. They are also victims of harassment. In Spain, fortunately, at the national level the data are encoura…

13

Sep

2023

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Guatemala: the situation after the elections, the rule of law and judicial independence

Madam President, there is a message in unison of all the political families that have participated in the Electoral Observation Mission that the will of Guatemalans must be respected. This is a message for defenders of indigenous peoples and human rights defenders to tell them that they are doing a great job of putting up with the terrible pressure they are enduring. We have to be consistent. The …

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Sep

2023

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Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials (debate)

Mr President, every time we visit countries in the Global South, such as Latin America, which contains 70% of lithium reserves, they ask us, from Europe, to put an end to extractivism. They ask us to help finance and develop their processing and refining industries and create added value, as President von der Leyen herself said today. Mining is threatening the rights of indigenous peoples and thei…

12

Sep

2023

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New Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean in the aftermath of the EU-CELAC Summit (debate)

Madam President, congratulations, Mr High Representative, and congratulations to the Spanish Presidency on the organisation of the EU-CELAC summit, which was successful and marked a before and after - but which took place, obviously, after the effects of the invasion of Ukraine - to look back at the region most affected by COVID-19. No one misses the Chinese interests in the expansion of the BRICS…

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Jul

2023

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

Mr President, Commissioner, rapporteur Montserrat, to learn from the mistakes made in this terrible pandemic I would like to say two things. The first is to take care of those who take care of us. To learn from what happened, we cannot just stay on purely health issues. Let's learn from mistakes and not remember immigrants only when we need them; learn how to deal with new pandemics and how to imp…

13

Jun

2023

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Negotiations on the European Electoral Law (debate)

Madam President, one of the three negotiating points offered by this Parliament is precisely the vote of people with disabilities. That is why we ask you, Commissioner, lady of the Council, to start negotiations as soon as possible, because there are still eight Member States where people cannot go to a polling station because of accessibility barriers, because of reduced mobility or simply becaus…

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Jun

2023

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Humanitarian and environmental consequences of the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam - Sustainable reconstruction and integration of Ukraine into the Euro-Atlantic community (debate)

(start of off-mic intervention) ... of European solidarity and in particular humanitarian aid we have been since the beginning of this terrible war. We have been able to meet Ukraine's needs without neglecting other major forgotten crises. But this crisis is being prolonged and actions are needed in the medium and long term after the terrible situation of this ecocide that has occurred. Humanitari…

12

Jun

2023

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EU Day for the victims of the global climate crisis (debate)

Mr President, it is all very well to celebrate European Union Day for the victims of the global climate crisis, but if we really want to protect the victims, we must recognise as soon as possible in this Parliament the direct link between climate change and climate migration. We must define the figure of the climate refugee. More than 243 million people are already moving across borders, and this …

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May

2023

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Sexual harassment in the EU and MeToo evaluation (debate)

Mr President, the report we are debating today, in addition to sexual harassment, refers to harassment at work and psychological harassment: I believe that there is a red line that we must not confuse between sexual and moral harassment, and this must be very clear. But I believe it is necessary to humanise this institution by providing both Members and staff with safe and informal opportunities t…

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May

2023

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Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (debate)

Mr. President, we are the greatest development agent in the world. That is why we have an added responsibility. This directive, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, in line with EU trade policy, is precisely in support of our objective: prevent corruption in global value chains and business relationships. However, it is also important that SMEs are included, that this new rule app…

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Dec

2022

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The humanitarian situation in Ukraine due to Russia’s attacks against critical infrastructure and civilian areas (debate)

Mr President, from a purely humanitarian point of view, we are concerned and concerned not only with the cruelty of attacks on critical infrastructure, but how to be effective in helping people, in view of the snowfall and temperatures of less than twenty degrees below zero, deadly if we do not help. Thanks to Team Europe, we have been able to locate EUR 19.7 billion, which has materialised in mor…

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Nov

2022

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The future European Financial Architecture for Development (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, we know that the development scenario is becoming increasingly difficult and will become more difficult to meet the objectives of the 2030 Agenda. It is therefore urgent to create a financial architecture for effective development, with monitoring and evaluation mechanisms to measure its impact. We do a lot, but we do not know the real impact, for example, in Latin Amer…

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Nov

2022

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Question Time (VPC/HR) - The impact on third countries of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine in relation to the “Black Sea Grain Initiative” agreement

Mr President, Mr High Representative, Russia's war against Ukraine is increasing hunger. It's clear. And they have nothing to do with the sanctions that we have imposed on Russia from the European Union. FAO data – from the United Nations – show that prices were falling in September, with cereals falling by 1.4% and wheat by 5.1%. As good news, a few days ago the pact on the export of grain by Bla…