What Idoia spoke about.

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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, Rafeef Ziadah: Today my body was a televised massacre, a televised massacre to fit in a digital audio and word limits. Don't mention the words apartheid and occupation. This is not political. So I gave them UN resolutions, statistics, we condemn, we deplore, we reject. And these are not equal sides. Occupying and busy. And between that, I count a hundred dead, two hundred dead, a …

13

Mar

2024

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The immediate risk of mass starvation in Gaza and the attacks on humanitarian aid deliveries

Mr. President, we have five months of Israeli-planned genocide in Gaza. Bombings, murders, forced displacements and the use of medicine, hunger and thirst as weapons of torture against innocents. Israel not only blocks the entry of humanitarian aid, but attacks the few convoys that pass through. And in the meantime, what does the European Union do? He remains unmoved by this barbarism. Not a singl…

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Feb

2024

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

Mr President, Europe and this Parliament continue to empty themselves of democracy. The New Zealand Agreement is amended without even going through this Parliament, as is an obligation. It's unacceptable. But, while Israel continues to murder almost 30,000 people, while the International Court of Justice is investigating it for the crime of genocide, while bombs fall, while they have to amputate c…

6

Feb

2024

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The need for unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after two years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Mr Bütikofer, from the outset we denounced Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine. A lie told many times does not become true. But I'll be very honest with you: What embarrasses me is the response from the European institutions and from this European Parliament, where it has been promised that our movements were for the Ukrainians when all they have done is finance a war that today is no longer on t…

6

Feb

2024

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The need for unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after two years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Mr. President, two years after Putin's invasion of Ukraine, of Europe's subordination to the United States to escalate this war, militarily arming and not pushing negotiation processes because it was done by Ukrainians, are they better today? Is peace closer? No. Thousands of lives are skewed, 15 million people depend on humanitarian aid, four million people are displaced in the country, six milli…

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Jan

2024

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Recent ecological catastrophe involving plastic pellet losses and its impact on micro plastic pollution in the maritime and coastal habitats (debate)

Mr President, more than a month after the pouring of plastic pellets that today flood the beaches of Galicia and other regions of the Cantabrian Sea, the Xunta de Galicia, governed by the Popular Party, continues to deny the gravity of the catastrophe. The same People's Party that denies climate change and only saw a few threads of plasticine in the oil spill prestige has said that pellets are not…

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Jan

2024

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Role of preventive diplomacy in tackling frozen conflicts around the world – missed opportunity or change for the future? (debate)

Madam President, the European Union must be an autonomous actor. And it can only be so if it is governed by criteria of international law, becomes an actor of peace and abandons the selective warlike drift undertaken. Today, for the European Union, some deaths are worth more than others. And this selection is no coincidence: This is due to the EU’s hypocrisy in dealing with conflicts in its own ne…

16

Jan

2024

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EU-India relations (debate)

Madam President, let us face the facts: European policy towards countries such as Turkey and Israel has failed and the European Union should take good note and do its homework with India. Modi's authoritarian and supremacist drift is a danger not only to religious minorities, migrants, women or LGBTI people in the country. Failure to act to curb hate speech and denial of rights turns against every…

13

Dec

2023

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Review of the Spanish Presidency of the Council (debate)

Madam President, Mr President, welcome to the European Parliament. Of the hyperbole and accusations heard and which we will hear today from the Group of the European People's Party, I will only say that the groping of this institution has become a ridiculous custom. We live in a time of great challenges. Today the far right is the first force in the vast majority of European countries, and Spain i…

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)

It is with great pleasure that you ask me this question, Mr Bütikofer. What we are experiencing in the last two months are continuous violations of international law: leaving the population without supplies, without electricity, without water, without gas; forcing population displacements within the territory of Palestine; bomb hospitals, schools, civilians; more than 18 000 people killed, half of…

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)

Mr President, 18,000 Palestinians have been killed under the bombs, and half of them are children. Every day, right now. Sixty-three journalists and more than 100 UN workers, 1.5 million displaced civilians. This is not self-defence. Israel has set out to break every last line of the Geneva Convention and turn the Gaza Strip into an extermination camp. And, in the face of this, it is not enough to…

22

Nov

2023

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Revised pollinators initiative - a new deal for pollinators (debate)

Madam President, something as small as bees has great environmental and agricultural value. They keep our ecosystems balanced. They are the engine of beekeeping and a third of the world's food production depends on them. Today they are seriously endangered by climate change, habitat loss, industrial agriculture, intensive agriculture and pesticide abuse. As a result, biodiversity, beekeeping and f…

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Nov

2023

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 26-27 October 2023 - Humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the need for a humanitarian pause (joint debate - Conclusions of the European Council and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the need for a humanitarian pause)

Madam President, what are you going to wait for? What are they going to wait for to demand compliance with international legality from Israel? One month of siege in Gaza, more than 10 000 people killed – 4 000 children, UNRWA staff, journalists – cuts in water, electricity and food supplies, ambulances, hospitals and schools bombed, more than 1.5 million people displaced. How many war crimes have …

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Oct

2023

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Egypt, in particular the sentencing of Hisham Kassem

Mr President, the Egyptian people continue to suffer fierce attacks on their freedom of expression, association, assembly and the press by the Al-Sisi regime. Today, from the European Parliament, we call for the immediate release of Hisham Kasem and all journalists and social leaders arbitrarily detained for their positions critical of the regime. It is unacceptable to continue whitewashing a repr…

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Oct

2023

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Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia (debate)

. – Madam President, for 30 years attempts to bring stability and peace to the Caucasus have failed. It has been three decades in which the European Union has not only looked the other way, but has encouraged Azerbaijan's aggressiveness. A very clear example is what happened last year: After increasing the amount of Azeri gas and oil imported into Europe, von der Leyen defined Azerbaijan as a reli…

14

Sep

2023

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Violence and discrimination in the world of sports after the FIFA Women’s World Cup (debate)

Mr. President, "it's over." It is the flag that the football players of the Spanish national team raised next to the World Cup. A Cup achieved with many obstacles, with a lot of effort, with a lot of work and that have made us all feel proud and proud and that has created new references in girls in our country. Thank you very much. "It's over". It is also the flag raised against sexual violence, a…

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May

2023

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Situation in Sudan (debate)

Madam President, Sudan is on the verge of civil war over the army's confrontation with the FAR, the country's main paramilitary organisation. Many democratic forces, the main supporters of the revolution, had been warning of the possibility of this conflict since the 2021 coup d'état. The message on the streets is very clear: No transition will be democratic if it uses the power of the army and ig…

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Apr

2023

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IPCC report on Climate Change: a call for urgent additional action (debate)

Mr. President, we will only have a habitable world if we act now. And we are very late, according to the report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; also the Copernicus programme report, which points to alarming changes in the European climate. Even today, in a context of rising global temperatures, severe droughts, torrential rains and fires, there are people who are d…

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Apr

2023

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Situation in Peru (debate)

Mr President, 70 people were killed, 1 300 were injured by police repression, 1 800 were indicted and more than 600 were arrested for protesting; persecution of opposition leaders, social leaders, peasants, a former president elected at the polls imprisoned without any legal guarantee. This is the balance of terror and this is the balance of the regime, to this day, of Dina Boluarte. And we say it…

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Mar

2023

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2022 Rule of Law Report - The rule of law situation in the European Union - Rule of law in Greece - Rule of law in Spain - Rule of law in Malta (debate)

Mr. President, how embarrassing. Yesterday Mr Weber said that they would not support national debates to avoid talking about the violation of LGTBI rights in Italy or espionage in Greece, but he did promote a debate on the rule of law in Spain. I understand that they have a lot of confusion after seeing their partner Feijóo walking around Brussels, pouring lies, trying to avoid the pension pact an…

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Mar

2023

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EU-Azerbaijan relations (debate)

Madam President, the defence of democracy and human rights cannot be subordinated to other interests. We cannot accept the European Union looking the other way whenever these are violated as long as oil or gas flows. What is consensus for Russia should also be consensus for Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The Azerbaijani regime is not a credible or reliable partner, as the Commission would hav…

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Oct

2022

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 20-21 October 2022 (debate)

Madam President, after eight months of war, the effects of the conflict are felt all over the world: runaway increases in energy and food prices. Today we repeat that the best solution to curb inflation is the firm commitment to peace and our energy and food sovereignty. The Council should promote what is already a consensus: put a cap on all gas, including that imported from Saudi Arabia or the U…

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Sep

2022

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Renewed partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood – a new agenda for the Mediterranean (debate)

Madam President, the policy on the Southern Neighbourhood can be very valuable in strengthening the relationship between the two shores. We must overcome the economistic vision, something that is still maintained in this proposal. The region is not a source of resources or a place to relocate production and take advantage of the lack of labour rights. Today there is a vibrant and active civil soci…

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Sep

2022

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Renewable Energy Directive (debate)

Mr President, we have been hearing for months that a harsh winter is coming, but the people who are going to suffer it are not responsible for the situation we are in. For years we have been warning about the danger of playing with an essential good such as energy. The proposal for a directive on the promotion of energy from renewable sources improves, but is insufficient, environmental standards …

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Jul

2022

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Recent heat wave and drought in the EU (debate)

Mr President, the lack of water hits sectors such as agriculture, livestock and tourism in various parts of Spain. Last June the 40 degrees were exceeded for several days, something unusual in Navarre, in my country. The most worrying thing is that extreme weather events will become more frequent. They also mean that nature has fewer resources to deal with fires and that they spread at high speed,…