Lídia PEREIRA

EPP

Lídia PEREIRA

MEP · Portugal

Plenary speeches · European Parliament

Plenary speeches · EU Parliament

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Speeches updated 16 days ago

All Speeches

143

Since July 1, 2024

Time at the Floor

4.1h

≈ 245 min

Average speech length

1:49 min

≈ 1.8 min · Rank 53/690

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6

May

2025

PT Answer

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

Thank you very much, Honourable Member, for the question. If by internal market you are referring to the European internal market, I could not agree more. We really have to work to remove all the barriers that still exist, all the barriers that still exist to trade within the borders of the European Union. So, yes, only in this way will we be able to respond robustly to what are the aspirations an…

6

May

2025

PT Speech

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

Mr President, Donald Trump has made the United States the country of the blinker. Today yes, tomorrow no, and then no one knows what's next. But in the midst of so much instability and uncertainty, there is a given: the world has changed, and the transatlantic relationship will not be the same again. It is up to us, therefore, to react with unity, but also with strategic vision. Let us not forget …

31

Mar

2025

PT Answer

Savings and Investments Union (debate)

Mr President, I thank you for the question and tell you that what I find really dangerous is that, in a few decades' time, the European social model will be at stake and that it will not be possible to pay pensions to people of my generation, of our generation. And for this, this Union of Savings and Investments is so necessary. We must find alternative ways of financing social security systems an…

31

Mar

2025

PT Speech

Savings and Investments Union (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I was just beginning this speech by deploring the Council's failure to appear here in this Chamber to discuss such an important issue as the Capital Markets Union, the Savings and Investments Union. I am sure that, if it were a debate on defence, we would have the necessary representation here and this is also one of the topics that will be central, an essential pillar …

11

Mar

2025

PT Speech

Clean Industrial Deal (debate)

Madam President, this is not the time for doubts that weaken our confidence. This is the time to lead the clean industrial revolution, to regain hope and to believe in the future of Europe. It's time to be proud to be European. O Clean Industrial Deal it is not just an opportunity, it is a commitment to growth and innovation, a commitment to building a Europe that leads in the energy transition, g…

10

Mar

2025

PT Answer

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

Thank you very much, Honourable Member, for the question. I can answer you the following: this proposal responds to what has been a necessary balance and leadership of the European Union. And that balance lies in finding capacity and answers, delivering results for the environment and the economy. We can only meet the aims of the environment if we have our economic fabric empowered to do so. And f…

10

Mar

2025

EN Speech

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

Mr President, over the past few months we have heard about deficits. Investment gap, innovation gap, skills gap, and others. These deficits do exist. But today I want to talk to you about excesses: Europe has overregulation, percentages and inconsequential debate. In recent years, the EPP, the PSD and I have warned of the regulatory overreach that strangles the ability of European companies to inv…

13

Feb

2025

PT Answer

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement (debate)

Madam, thank you once again for the question and I shall answer it. It's not much different from the answer I gave our other colleague. There are import quotas in the agricultural sector and there is sanitary control, which must respect all the safeguards and all the European standards that we implement for our farmers. So I think it's time to reflect, to give ourselves time to understand the fina…

13

Feb

2025

PT Answer

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement (debate)

Madam, thank you for the question, even though you have come at the very last minute. As you know, or at least I hope you know, because there is a lot of misinformation coming from your bench, there are quotas for the import of agricultural products, there are health control mechanisms. And, after all, the amount of meat to import corresponds to about one beef steak and one chicken breast for each…

13

Feb

2025

PT Speech

EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement (debate)

Madam President, tariffs are the topic of the moment. Fiat, Volkswagen, Renault are among the top ten best-selling brands in Mercosur. They pay rates of 35% as much as our fashion industry, and our world-renowned wines 27%. Reducing or eliminating tariffs will not be good news. The rare earths that these countries have and that we need for the energy transition? You may have noticed that the Balti…

12

Feb

2025

PT Speech

US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, the World Health Organisation and the suspension of US development and humanitarian aid (debate)

Madam President, to choose interests over principles is not only to betray character, it is also to betray history. Our long-standing partners have decided to put a price on cooperation and multilateralism. The European project, no matter how much it costs some in this room, proves to be more necessary, more urgent, more pressing. What answers? With the withdrawal of the United States from the Par…

12

Feb

2025

PT Question

Competitiveness Compass (debate)

Mr President, I wanted to clarify to the Honourable Member, and I think I was very clear in my speech, that simplification is not deregulation; They're two different things. What we are asking for is simplification, and I believe there is broad agreement in this House on that. But what I would like to ask the honourable Member, since she is so at odds with the programme that has been presented by …

12

Feb

2025

PT Speech

Competitiveness Compass (debate)

Mr President, a compass helps us find our way, but it is the concrete steps that get us where we want to be. The diagnosis is done and remade, and finally we have reached the moment of decisions. We can cut red tape by half for our citizens and businesses whenever they want to innovate, invest or even hire. The 25 % and 35 % minimums for large companies and SMEs must still be seen as minimum targe…

12

Feb

2025

PT Answer

Commission Work Programme 2025 (debate)

Thank you, honourable Member, for the question, one of our major concerns, and mine over the last five years, and I have said it repeatedly here in this Chamber, is that we really must ease the bureaucratic burden on small and medium-sized enterprises. And that has been the message that the European People's Party has sent to the Commission and that is embodied in the Commission's programme. I bel…

12

Feb

2025

PT Speech

Commission Work Programme 2025 (debate)

2024 was a year of reports and elections. 2025 has been a year of announcements, but it also has to be a year of decisions. The Commission's work programme is an accelerated step in a marathon that we must win. Good ideas have to get off the ground. If the word of fashion is competitiveness, then let's be competitive. Let's cut red tape that suffocates businesses, but seriously, with determination…

11

Feb

2025

PT Answer

Preparedness for a new trade era: multilateral cooperation or tariffs (debate)

Thank you very much for the question, and I will return it to you with another question. The Honourable Member has the courage to go to a Portuguese company, or a French or Spanish company, to Portuguese companies, to a small medium-sized enterprise, and say: forget, you cannot invest in your internationalisation, you cannot export, you have to confine yourself to a more restricted space. What the…

11

Feb

2025

PT Speech

Preparedness for a new trade era: multilateral cooperation or tariffs (debate)

Madam President, Donald Trump is instrumentalising customs policy to impose his will. It's turning economic diplomacy into transactional diplomacy. All indications are that it will try to force us to buy natural gas and increase spending on US military equipment. But Europe is the largest trading bloc in the world. We have to be firm. We cannot allow Trump to use customs policy to constrain us in …

10

Feb

2025

PT Speech

European Central Bank – annual report 2024 (debate)

Mr President, interest rates are falling, but more than announcements and news, families need to feel real relief in the cost of living. Two years ago, with inflation rates above 10%, we could only be apprehensive. Today, that time seems distant, but we must avoid triumphalism. Inflation has stabilised, yes, but is still above the medium-term objective; and in a Europe that we want to grow togethe…

23

Jan

2025

PT Speech

Cryptocurrencies - need for global standards (debate)

Madam President, rather than exporting legislation, Europe must export innovation. But let's be clear: we were not pioneers in the technology that supports crypto-assets and we should have been, but to create regulation, obligations and bureaucracies, we did not waste time there. It is clear that crypto-assets need a legal framework. They are a financial asset, so there are minimums of transparenc…

21

Jan

2025

PT Speech

Need to enforce the Digital Services Act to protect democracy on social media platforms including against foreign interference and biased algorithms (debate)

Madam President, 'not to believe the truth is to lie with thought; To deny the truth is to lie with the work. To lie is to lie with the word. These words of Father António Vieira should make us reflect. Social networks and their dynamics can be virtual, but their consequences are very real. O Digital Services Act (DSA) brings security, transparency and credibility to the digital sector, and we can…

20

Jan

2025

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Heat record year 2024 - the need for climate action to fight global warming (debate)

Honourable Member, I believe in moderation in order to respond to the people's problem. I do not believe in division, particularly in environmental matters. And I would like to remind you that, over the last five years, the Group of the European People's Party has approved the vast majority of the legislation in the package. Fit for 55This does not mean that we have an approach that is also conduc…

20

Jan

2025

PT Answer

Heat record year 2024 - the need for climate action to fight global warming (debate)

Mr President, to answer your question, I shall refer here to a Christian-Democratic reference. The Pope, not so long ago, said that we need everyone, everyone, everyone. This is no different in environmental matters. And when I say everyone, everyone, everyone, we need the market, yes, we need the companies, we need the people, we need the communities. My first answer to you is, once again, everyo…

20

Jan

2025

PT Speech

Heat record year 2024 - the need for climate action to fight global warming (debate)

Mr President, a hotter planet today is a planet with more disasters tomorrow. In 2024, the average temperature of the planet exceeded 1.5°C compared to pre-industrial times. The limit set in the Paris Agreement has failed. Forest fires, floods, rising sea levels are examples that threaten human lives, entire populations and the very existence of several countries. In Portugal, there are more than …

18

Dec

2024

PT Speech

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

Mr President, Europe is facing a competitiveness deficit. It is a fact that we all recognise. Discussing the causes is useful to avoid mistakes, but the most urgent thing is to make concrete decisions that relaunch our economy. We therefore need to balance two key objectives: one, regaining our competitiveness, and two, leading the fight against climate change. And, beware, these goals are not con…

26

Nov

2024

PT Speech

Political and humanitarian situation in Mozambique (debate)