What Diana spoke about.

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2022

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The deterioration of the situation of refugees as a consequence of the Russian aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Madam Minister, since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 1.5 million people have fled to neighbouring countries and the UNHCR estimates that this figure could rise to 4 million. Faced with this great humanitarian challenge, the European Union is finally up to the task of activating the Temporary Protection Directive for the first time. An activation wh…

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Mar

2022

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Shrinking space for civil society in Europe (debate)

Mr President, all over the world, civil society organisations and individual citizens are seeing civil and political freedoms restricted and threatened. The deterioration is evident on multiple fronts, but I will focus the intervention on two points that I am especially concerned about. On the one hand, the increasingly widespread practice of resorting to "gag" lawsuits or strategic lawsuits again…

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Feb

2022

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The EU priorities for the 66th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, let me start by putting a few more facts on the table: According to the UN Development Programme report, the proportion of deaths among women in extreme weather events over the past 20 years has increased by 60%, and 80% of those displaced by climate change-related causes since 2010 have indeed been women and girls. Of course, the climate crisis also has a gender bias. …

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Feb

2022

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One youth, one Europe (topical debate)

Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, the youth unemployment figures in the European Union are just a symptom of a fundamental problem: For many young people, the social elevator has stopped working. They pursue long years of studies to subsequently encounter unstable and poorly paid jobs and an endless loop of unpaid internships. In this sense, work in exchange for ex…

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Jan

2022

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Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the European Union (continuation of debate)

Madam President, for too long women have not decided freely on political, cultural, economic or social issues that directly affected our lives; Even some, today, are still obsessed with advocating that we cannot decide on our bodies: We have seen it in recent years in Poland or Slovakia. To understand the importance of this debate, it is crucial to put some facts on the table: According to the WHO…

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Dec

2021

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European Year of Youth 2022 (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the figures are clear. Last August the youth unemployment rate almost tripled the overall unemployment rate in the European Union. The social and economic crisis caused by the pandemic has affected young people disproportionately. And if we talk about young women or young people from the LGTBIQ collective, migrant or racialized young people, the indicators are even more…

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Nov

2021

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The European Education Area: a shared holistic approach (debate)

Mr President, for the European Education Area to succeed it must be inclusive, accessible and cohesive. For this reason we are pleased to have reached an agreement where we talk about education alongside concepts such as climate crisis, green and digital transition, gender gaps or discrimination and where, beyond the purely economic perspective, we highlight continuous learning, non-formal trainin…

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Nov

2021

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Strengthening democracy, media freedom and pluralism in the EU (debate)

Mr. President, Goliath against David. These are the strategic lawsuits against public participation: harassment and intimidation imposed by the great economic and political powers through the filing of lawsuits against journalists, human rights defenders, political opponents, activists and all those who are dedicated to informing, investigating or encouraging public debate. This has a silencing ef…

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Oct

2021

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The first anniversary of the de facto abortion ban in Poland (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, once again, today we have to talk about Poland. Surely we would have to denounce again the authoritarian drift of the Polish Government and that of its executive arm, the Constitutional Court. But I won't give you another second today. On the contrary, I will focus my minute of intervention to talk about them. To talk about the fighters, to talk about Polish women an…

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Oct

2021

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The Rule of law crisis in Poland and the primacy of EU law (debate)

Mr President, Mr Prime Minister: crossed a red line. The latest challenge from Poland's institutions is another unacceptable attack on democracy, the rule of law and the European Union. President von der Leyen, there is an urgent need to react to the model of illiberal democracy that has already planted too many seeds in Europe. For this reason, today I would like to invite you to look up. In the …

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Oct

2021

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The situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU (debate)

Mr President, the cultural sector has been hit by the pandemic, and that is why for months we have been calling urgently for a European framework to guarantee artists decent work: Without this framework there is no cultural health or democracy possible because artistic creation is much more than an entertainment or a trade, it is a fundamental part of the social debate. That is why we are concerne…

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Oct

2021

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European Union Agency for Asylum (debate)

Mr President, last June the countries of the European Union reached an agreement to strengthen the European Asylum Support Office and make it a fully-fledged European agency. An agreement that we have concluded, because it has made it possible to reduce the delay in the entry into force of some key articles in the Regulation. While we welcome the new roles assigned to it, we are aware that the age…

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2021

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The impact of intimate partner violence and custody rights on women and children (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, it is a source of pride to see how this House, little by little but without pause, is increasingly addressing the causes and consequences of this scourge of gender-based violence. Violence that, as we have explained in the report we are voting on today, not only affects women, but also has a profound impact on the lives of children, sometimes even by taking it away. Thi…

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Sep

2021

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Identifying gender-based violence as a new area of crime listed in Article 83(1) TFEU (continuation of debate)

Madam President, firstly, thank you all for your speeches and for this very fruitful debate, which has once again contributed to putting sexist violence on the political agenda. But we know that, after the debates, it is time to legislate and, in order to take steps forward, we must act through unappealable parliamentary majorities; And this is what we all have to build today, beyond our political…

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Sep

2021

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Identifying gender-based violence as a new area of crime listed in Article 83(1) TFEU (debate)

Mr President, I would like to start this speech by thanking the MEPs and the teams of the different groups who have contributed to the fact that in this plenary session we can vote on an ambitious, inclusive and, above all, much-needed report. I think it is fair to highlight the collaboration and constructive attitude that has prevailed throughout the negotiation of a report that will help to draw…

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Sep

2021

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The Pegasus spyware scandal (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, several countries around the world have used the Pegasus spy program to unlawfully monitor journalists, political dissidents and activists. In this Europe that claims values such as democracy, the rule of law and respect for fundamental rights, we find that its Member States are using this technology. The Spanish state uses Pegasus to investigate political rivals, in…

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Jul

2021

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Breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the adopted legal changes in the Hungarian Parliament - The outcome of 22 June hearings under Article 7(1) of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, last Saturday a young Galician man, Samuel, was killed after a beating. The same night in my city, St. Cugat, another young man was assaulted unconscious. The two attacks were carried out with the cry of "maricon!". The escalation of violence against the LGTBI collective is an emergency that we must combat without palliatives. And this means combating all thos…

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2021

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Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund 2021-2027 - Integrated Border Management Fund: Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy 2021-2027 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Madam rapporteur, since the summer of 2015, when Europe experienced an unprecedented humanitarian and political crisis, we have witnessed a systemic lack of solidarity towards forced migrants. We have suffered the absence of a narrative that combats exclusionary discourses. In this context, strengthening integration policies is imperative. In many cases it is the reg…