What José Ramón spoke about.

13 Mar

2024

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The case of Rocío San Miguel and General Hernández Da Costa, among other political prisoners in Venezuela

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Mr President, Commissioner, the cause of freedom for political prisoners in Venezuela has ceased to be an exclusive cause for Venezuelans and has also become a European cause of its own. Many of those who survive today under the yoke of dictatorship have our nationality: the Spanish, the Portuguese, the Italian ... María Auxiliadora Delgado, Juan Carlos Marrufo, Ángela Expósito, and now we are for…

27 Feb

2024

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Critical situation in Cuba (debate)

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Madam President, two years after the infamous Russian invasion of Ukraine, we must also focus on the Kremlin's allies, in this case Cuba. Diaz-Canel follows in Castro's footsteps and calls young and innocent Cubans to the ranks to fight in the Russian army, to fight on European soil. So those he can't starve inside, he kills in the war outside. But the similarity between Russia and Cuba is solid. …

27 Feb

2024

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Driving licences (debate)

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Madam President, we Europeans benefit from an internal market and a Schengen area that allows the free movement of people. Undoubtedly, an unprecedented milestone in our continent. Even so, Europeans today do not have uniform and standard driving license regulations throughout the European Union. That is why the proposal we are presenting here today from the Committee on Transport and Tourism is m…

7 Feb

2024

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Need to fight the increase of antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred (debate)

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Madam President, Mr Vice-President, does calling Jews genocide violate your university's rules of intimidation and harassment? It depends on the context. Those were the words of the director of Harvard to a very simple question in the United States Congress. On October 9, a day after the largest massacre of civilians since the Holocaust, current ministers of the Government of Spain demonstrated ju…

6 Feb

2024

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Further repression against the democratic forces in Venezuela: attacks on presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado (debate)

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Mr President, I am addressing the Council because it is time to act. The time for good deeds and good words in favor of a criminal regime is over. For years they were criticizing being firm against Maduro. And time has put them back in their place. They gave in to Sanchez's socialist government and decided to extend the sanctions only for six months instead of a year. But, tell me, are you going t…

16 Jan

2024

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State of emergency in Ecuador (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, I would like to address my first words to our brotherly people of Ecuador, to whom I express my greatest solidarity, and I regret the human losses caused by the gang attacks of recent days. I would also like to express my full support for President Noboa, who is facing a political and social security crisis in the country as soon as he begins his term of office. Preside…

16 Jan

2024

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Humanitarian situation in Gaza, the need to reach a ceasefire and the risks of regional escalation (debate)

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Mr President, the ceasefire that this Parliament is asking for, to whom is it asking? Hamas, which continues to call on Arab countries to join in coalition and continues to receive arms, in this case from Iran? Or Israel, which is defending itself from a terrorist organization that murdered and raped civilians? No one can ignore the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and we must work to alleviate it. But…

12 Dec

2023

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EU-US relations (debate)

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Mr President, the coming year is going to be defining in relations between the United States and the European Union, but in no case will it be new. There may be continuity or there may be a return to 2016, but we will play on known ground. As such, there is no room for error in planning the next few years of relationship with our partner, with our most important ally. To defend a liberal rules-bas…

12 Dec

2023

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Need to release all hostages, to achieve a humanitarian ceasefire and prospect of the two-state solution (debate)

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Mr. President, Mr. High Representative, two months ago, on October 7, Hamas terrorists, paid by Iran and with the collaboration of Hezbollah, perpetrated the largest massacre in decades against innocent civilians in Israel. We have seen – and I personally have seen – the images of barbarism, brutality and pure evil recorded by the same terrorists who murdered entire families in the kibbutz and rap…

21 Nov

2023

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Strengthening the CO2 emission performance targets for new heavy-duty vehicles (debate)

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Mr President, there is something fundamental that we must bear in mind when dealing with this debate. A five-ton truck or a sixty-passenger bus aren't big cars no matter how hard some pawn. For this reason, the electrification of heavy-duty vehicles is a part of the solution, without any doubts, but it is not at all the only solution for this type of vehicle. The great variety of trucks or buses t…

18 Oct

2023

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A true geopolitical Europe now (topical debate)

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Madam President, Mr Borrell, unfortunately, on your trip to China you seem to have gone unnoticed, and it was not your fault, because you had to be monitoring the messages coming out of the geopolitical Commission. The EU aims to become a global player, and it certainly has the economic wealth to be one and to force – and forge – a strategy and exert its international influence. But, at this momen…

13 Sep

2023

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

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in democracy the independence and powers of the constitutional and democratic institutions of our countries must be sacred, whether in Guatemala, or in Spain, or in any of our Member States. Guatemalans voted freely in an election whose levels of scrutiny have not been reproached in any way. The Organization of American States, the European Unio…

12 Sep

2023

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Sustainable aviation fuels (ReFuelEU Aviation Initiative) (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to take this opportunity to thank publicly the work and collaboration of each and every shadow rapporteur from the various political groups in this House, who have contributed so much to reaching a good agreement. There has been talk of the possible negative effect of this new regulation on the price of airline tickets. Undoubtedly, it is somethi…

12 Sep

2023

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Sustainable aviation fuels (ReFuelEU Aviation Initiative) (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner Vălean, with the vote on the ReFuel EU Aviation initiative, we conclude the package that has undoubtedly set the political agenda for this parliamentary term: the European Green Deal, the Fit for 55 package. These have been the most used words over the years in Brussels, and also here, in this House, in Strasbourg. After many debates, words and negotiations, the chall…

12 Jul

2023

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The political disqualifications in Venezuela

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Madam President, it was high time for this Parliament to speak again on Venezuela after more than two years of silence. It has had to be the umpteenth disqualification of an opposition candidate, in this case María Corina Machado, that drives this new conviction. And I hope that all Members will be loyal to the values of our Union. This resolution on the doorstep of the next EU-CELAC summit will b…

11 Jul

2023

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Greening transport package (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, today we have the agricultural and livestock sector at war in front of Parliament over a series of measures being taken by the European Commission. Beyond their content, whether or not they contribute to the fight against climate change or whether or not they impact the economy, the truth is that there are productive sectors of society unhappy with some of the propos…

11 Jul

2023

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

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Mr President, Commissioner Schinas, ladies and gentlemen, let my first words, of course, be a reminder of the millions of citizens who died in Europe and the world as a result of COVID-19. The memory of the victims and the recognition of the extraordinary responsibility of citizens in the fight against the pandemic must be very present when making decisions to prevent similar situations. We are no…

13 Jun

2023

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State of EU Cuba PDCA in the light of the recent visit of the High Representative to the island (debate)

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Madam President, Mr Borrell, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights takes for granted the intervention of the Cuban dictatorship in the murder of Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero 11 years ago. Late, but he has managed to hunt down the tireless work of his daughter, Rosa María Payá, and so many other Cubans who defend dignity and freedom outside the island. One more proof that unfortunately yo…

10 May

2023

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Media freedom and freedom of expression in Algeria, the case of journalist Ihsane El-Kadi

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Mr President, Commissioner Reynders, last Wednesday we celebrated World Press Freedom Day, a date that reminds us and demands that for our societies to move forward there must be people who relate what happens and denounce what happens. This year Ihsane El Kadi has had to suffer in his own person the total elimination of that right because, like many of his colleagues, he is the victim of a persec…

9 May

2023

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Situation in Sudan (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, first of all, I would like to thank the army and diplomatic corps of our Member States, especially Ambassador O'Hara, who was attacked in the first days of the uprising, because, as they did two years ago in Afghanistan, they played an extraordinary role in the repatriation of our compatriots. Yet millions of civilians have been orphaned in Sudan because they have ne…

17 Apr

2023

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Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System - Monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions from maritime transport - Carbon border adjustment mechanism - Social Climate Fund - Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System for aviation (debate)

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Mr President, although the Fit for 55 package has been improving substantially throughout the negotiation process with the arrivals of different agreements, let me draw attention, in this case, to a point that has gone unnoticed by some, such as the connection of the outermost regions. The Council and the European Commission have not listened to the demands of this House and have decided that flig…

14 Feb

2023

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Response to the situation in Tunisia (debate)

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Mr President, the cradle of democratic hope in North Africa in 2011 is now nothing but ashes of what could have been. Although many countries had failed in their attempt, Tunisia glimpsed hope and progress in its 2014 Constitution. Today the Arab springs are dead. The outgoing president is most responsible for the critical Tunisian situation. He annulled the 2014 Constitution, suspended the powers…

14 Feb

2023

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CO2 emission standards for cars and vans (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, many of us here share a common goal: achieving emission reductions in the transport sector and reaching climate neutrality. Still, it is clear that the path to achieving that goal sets us apart. That is why the agreement we are voting on here in this Parliament today raises many doubts. I personally and deeply regret that a basic principle that many of us have been advo…

13 Dec

2022

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Prospects for the two-State solution for Israel and Palestine (debate)

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Mr President, thanks to the agreement signed between Israel, Egypt and Europe only a few months ago, we can have a normal winter today. Two years ago Israel signed normalization of relations with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan. The biggest paradigm shift in the region in recent years. This resolution that we are debating today is a missed opportunity to account for the progre…

12 Dec

2022

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Addressing persistent challenges in the aviation sector and the impacts on passengers, workers, capacity and safety (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, fortunately for everyone, the pandemic is more a part of the past than of the present. Unfortunately, not for the aviation sector, which, like other sectors of our economy, is still suffering its serious consequences. The financial situation of airlines is currently very delicate and, given this situation, some airlines have asked the European Commission to have grea…