What Lídia spoke about.

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Apr

2023

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Digital euro (debate)

Mr President, Europe has more than one currency in the euro. It is a commitment by 20 of the 27 Member States to share an important part of their sovereignty – that of monetary policy. And because we are talking about sovereignty, it is important to be clear with the citizens we represent. It is true that the globalisation of economies, the digitalisation of payments or the decentralisation of fin…

19

Apr

2023

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Markets in Crypto-assets (MiCa) - Information accompanying transfers of funds and certain crypto-assets (recast) (debate)

Madam President, the financial markets are changing and the laws must change with them. Digitalisation and decentralisation are inevitable trends. The emergence of crypto-assets brings risks that we must mitigate and opportunities that we must not waste. Europe lost the innovation convoy when the internet emerged and failed to lead the platform internet revolution. Now, it's not enough just to cat…

15

Mar

2023

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More Europe, more jobs: we are building the competitive economy of tomorrow for the benefit of all (topical debate)

Mr President, job creation is a priority that must unite us all. Where we differ is perhaps in the strategy to achieve it. And we do not only differ between political parties, we also differ between Member States. Everyone says they want to create more jobs and decent work, but we still have economies in the European Union based on low wages and high taxes. I share the Commissioner's enthusiasm fo…

14

Mar

2023

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European Semester for economic policy coordination 2023 - European Semester for economic policy coordination: Employment and social priorities for 2023 (debate)

Madam President, the revision of the European Semester, the exercise of coordinating economic and social policies, is necessary and urgent. We are talking about European fiscal rules, deficit control, debt management and public investment capacity. After the pandemic, inflationary pressure and the real war effort in Europe, no one would want to go back to 2019, to the past. The key words of this r…

15

Feb

2023

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European Central Bank - annual report 2022 (debate)

Madam President, controlling inflation is an economic emergency and a social emergency. 8.5% is a high figure, but 14% in food is worrying and rising interest rates on housing loans only add to the concern. The poorest are the hardest hit by inflation and the response from some governments is slow. Let's move on to the sixth consecutive rise in the European Central Bank's interest rates. It is the…

16

Jan

2023

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Rules to prevent the misuse of shell entities for tax purposes (debate)

Mr President, we have come to the end of this debate with a clear conclusion, an interesting lead and a strange feeling. We draw the clear conclusion that, despite the differences between political families, there is a shared understanding. And on this matter, I would like to respond to Mr Gusmao, in his attempt to put the fight against evasion always on the side of the fight of the left. For know…

16

Jan

2023

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Rules to prevent the misuse of shell entities for tax purposes (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, the resulting but already behind-the-scenes inflationary crisis and the uncertainty in the international community and in the markets are anticipating a difficult time for everyone. Time that we see every day. Tax policy is a competence of States, which can and should be better used in times of crisis. Taxes are key to…

14

Dec

2022

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Tackle the cost of living crisis: increase pay, tax profits, stop speculation (topical debate)

Madam President, the increase in the cost of living is an undeniable reality. The historical numbers of inflation are evident, but it is critical to look at the people these numbers represent. Households, especially younger ones, are facing rising food prices, significant instability in energy prices and a tremendous rise in housing loans. We know that, invariably, the poorest families are the mos…

12

Dec

2022

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Outcome of COP27 (debate)

Madam President, COPs succeed each other, but results tend to be scarce and time is running out. Here in Europe, we have been delivering results for several years now, bringing our homework to the successive COPs. While increasing our productivity and our GDP, we have been able to reduce emissions. Here, we invest in innovation, new technologies, renewables and demand more from our companies. We c…

9

Nov

2022

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Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (debate)

Madam President, unlike many, we believe that lucrative private investments are key to financing the climate transition we need and commit to. And to do so, we need capital markets and large and small investors to direct their resources towards sustainable investments and to promote economic growth that respects the planet. But for this to happen, investors need information about companies to be m…

18

Oct

2022

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UN Climate Change Conference 2022 in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt (COP27) (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we know that the challenge of climate change is enormous and must be tackled. That is why this Parliament has been the most ambitious European institution in demanding the climate transition. Moreover, as we know, Europeans are today the ones who do the most in the fight against climate change. This is also why the actions of activists who do nothing but spoil w…

18

Oct

2022

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Keep the bills down: social and economic consequences of the war in Ukraine and the introduction of a windfall tax (debate)

Mr President, historical levels of inflation go beyond figures or statistics. They show us the difficulties of families without money to meet their essential expenses. Rising food, energy or transport prices are throwing families into despair, families left with a large chunk of the month at the end of their salary. And the critical phase of winter is yet to come. But there are already many people…

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Oct

2022

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Key objectives for the CITES CoP19 meeting in Panama (debate)

Madam President, the different living things that inhabit the Earth are one of its greatest riches, and biodiversity is a fundamental good that it is up to us all to preserve. The question for governments and the Commission is whether we are doing everything necessary to safeguard the future of the planet and not only whether we can protect more species, but whether those that are already identifi…

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Oct

2022

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Impact of new technologies on taxation: crypto and blockchain (debate)

Madam President, the political debate is the field of divergence. But it is important to emphasise that, when we talk about new technologies and taxation, there is a broad consensus with clear statements as we can hear in the speeches throughout the debate. The first consensus is that taxation must be smart, innovation-friendly and forward-looking. The second consensus is that new forms of investm…

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Oct

2022

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Impact of new technologies on taxation: crypto and blockchain (debate)

Madam President, the European economy is changing. If it is true that difficulties are more present, it is no less true that opportunities are also emerging. Europeans, especially young people, are now looking for alternatives to saving and investing. With the emergence of new technologies, financial markets have also found new solutions, solutions that are increasingly decentralised, more accessi…

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Sep

2022

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Consequences of drought, fire, and other extreme weather phenomena: increasing EU's efforts to fight climate change (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, when we talk about droughts and fires, we also talk about the increasing impact that climate change has on our lives and that is manifested in the increase in global temperature, in the heat waves that repeatedly ravage Europe, or even in storms and floods, so often out of season. But let us have no illusions. Climate change and its consequences are also largely…

23

Jun

2022

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National vetoes to undermine the global tax deal (debate)

Mr President, the minimum effective tax rate of 15% on the income of multinationals seems increasingly to be a European requirement. The second pillar of the OECD agreement is becoming less and less global. On the other side of the Atlantic, in the United States, we already realize that the implementation of the agreement is a mirage. On this side, progress and setbacks are evident and we still ha…

22

Jun

2022

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Implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (debate)

Madam President, the recovery and resilience mechanism is one of the engines of the economic recovery we want for Europe. However, it is not the only one. The commitment of national governments to more and better public investment is also essential. I am therefore astonished to see so many reluctances on the part of some heads of government to revise the rules of economic governance. Maybe it's se…

22

Jun

2022

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Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (debate)

Madam President, sustainable development is not a soundbite or a fashion today, but a fundamental need to ensure the harmonious development of society and social cohesion between generations, geographies and communities. The European Union cannot only reaffirm a theoretical commitment to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, it must put them into practice and assess their performance. And it must …

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May

2022

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Minimum level of taxation for multinational groups (debate)

Madam President, taxes are the most important source of public revenue and a manifestation of the sovereign power of states. It is taxes that finance our budgets and it is the tax burden that determines better or worse conditions for companies to create jobs, generate wealth and contribute to our economic growth. Fiscal competitiveness is therefore an indispensable dimension of any economic strate…

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May

2022

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Competition policy – annual report 2021 (debate)

Mr President, competition policy is one of the pillars underpinning our internal market. Free, fair and fair competition is a necessary condition for the integrity of this market, but it is above all the precondition for an economy that grows, generates wealth and creates jobs. The last two years have been marked by a pandemic that has required significant flexibility in our competition policy. Th…

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May

2022

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The social and economic consequences for the EU of the Russian war in Ukraine - reinforcing the EU’s capacity to act (debate)

Mr President, fellow Europeans, war is at our gates. Europeans are suffering, with fuel prices on the rise, with food prices, particularly bread and other essentials going through the roof. In fact, many Europeans are facing difficulties to which we cannot turn our faces in denial. But we need to face the social and economic consequences of this war, not only inside the EU but also in Ukraine. We …

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Apr

2022

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Sixth Assessment Report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (debate)

Madam President, the Sixth Assessment Report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows the world how the average temperature of the planet has already risen by 1.1° and is affecting natural and human systems in Europe. Since the last assessment, the impacts of climate change have increased, resulting in losses in agricultural production, infrastructure or water scarcity…

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Mar

2022

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European Withholding Tax framewor (debate)

Mr President, the tax scandals, of which the Pandora Papers are the most pressing and recent example, rightly lead our citizens to demand more from policy-makers. At international level, the agreement reached at OECD level to reform the international tax system is exemplary. In the Union we now have a responsibility to lead in its implementation. At European level, we are committed to making the n…

9

Mar

2022

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Fair and simple taxation supporting the recovery strategy (continuation of debate)

Mr President, taxation is at the heart of the political debate. We have, on the one hand, the positive impulses of the agreement for the reform of the international tax system and the recent initiatives of the Commission and, on the other hand, we have the negative impulses of the tax scandals and the economic crisis that results from the pandemic. The response to this crisis cannot ignore the sca…