What José Manuel spoke about.

24 Apr

2024

ES Speech

The sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive - Anti-Money Laundering Regulation - Establishing the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (joint debate - Anti-money laundering)

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–Mr President, Commissioner, I am going to talk about Gibraltar, but do not be alarmed, I am not going to talk about sovereignty, because if that does not concern the Spanish Government, I do not know why my friend Markus Ferber, who lives in Bavaria, is going to be concerned. I'm going to talk about tax havens and money laundering. The only agreement between the United Kingdom and Spain after the…

29 Feb

2024

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EU/Chile Advanced Framework Agreement - EU/Chile Advanced Framework Agreement (Resolution) - Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Chile (joint debate - EU-Chile agreements)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the fact that we are discussing this agreement here is good news because the European Union in general and the Commission in particular have paid very little attention to Ibero-America in this legislature. That disdain for such a close continent is suicidal at a time when we are witnessing a struggle between liberal democracies and illiberal democr…

9 May

2023

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Revision of the Stability and Growth Pact (debate)

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Mr President, after the turbulent times we have experienced, we must return to normality. But normality does not mean simply returning to the world of yesterday, which Stefan Zweig would say, it means learning from the lessons of history and correcting what has not worked. The new fiscal framework maintains the limits set in Maastricht, and so it should be, but it sets out three novelties. The fir…

19 Apr

2023

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Digital euro (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, today's debate is about the launch of the digital euro as a complement to, and not a substitute for, cash. In this debate we are not alone: other central banks are doing the same, and we would do well to try to go hand in hand. This implementation, in short, must be preceded by a cost-benefit analysis. In case of doubt, we must refrain from acting, although we must not …

15 Mar

2023

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Failure of the Silicon Valley Bank and the implications for financial stability in Europe (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, Scripture tells us about foolish virgins and prudent virgins. In the crisis of 2008 the European Union behaved like foolish virgins and when the Lord arrived they had no oil in the candlestick. At the time, the European Central Bank took much longer than its American, Japanese or English counterparts to lower interest rates or buy assets on the markets. National gove…

1 Feb

2023

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Need for urgent update of the EU list of high-risk third countries for anti-money laundering and terrorist financing purposes (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Gibraltar: Don't worry, I'm not going to talk to you about sovereignty, because, if that doesn't matter to President Sanchez, I don't see why it's going to matter to you. I'm going to talk to you about money and dark money. Gibraltar has 6.7 square kilometers, 34 000 residents, no natural resource, 30 000 companies and the third income per capita highest in t…