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Old continent growing older - possibilities and challenges related to ageing policy post 2020 (debate)

Demographic change has different impacts on European regions, most severely affecting rural and remote areas, which are also experiencing a decline in their population, which could have a negative impact on the social, economic and territorial cohesion of the European Union. On the other hand, the ageing of the workforce and the lack of generational renewal is a problem that affects agriculture mo…

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Apr

2024

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Production and marketing of plant reproductive material - Production and marketing of forest reproductive material (joint debate - Plant and forest reproductive material)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, rapporteur, ladies and gentlemen, the circulation of seeds and agricultural propagating material is something of common interest which serves a number of objectives well described, moreover, in the Commission's legislative proposal, such as ensuring the quality and diversity of choice of plant reproductive material available to farmers and contributing to the co…

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Mar

2024

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Promised revision of the EU animal welfare legislation and the animal welfare-related European citizens’ initiatives (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner Ferreira, today we are debating the promise to revise European animal welfare legislation. Much has been said and will be said this morning. But because I was co-rapporteur of the Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of Animals during Transport, I could not fail to be here to underline the failure of the current Commission on animal welfare legislation, because nothing…

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Feb

2024

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Empowering farmers and rural communities - a dialogue towards sustainable and fairly rewarded EU agriculture (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, my first word is one of solidarity and goes to farmers, in particular young farmers who, regardless of their Member States, are fighting for something as simple as this: dignification of their way of life, decent incomes for an activity that is essential to everyone and less, much less bureaucracy in accessing the funds to which they are entitled. I would als…

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Jan

2024

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EU Action Plan: protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, protecting marine ecosystems is an ethical imperative for the future of humanity itself. These ecosystems face enormous challenges, such as climate change, acidification, pollution, overfishing. Therefore, no one in good faith can say that we do not need urgent measures, nor do we need to adapt fishing gear to where it is used. But it is precisely …

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Jan

2024

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Implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and future perspectives (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, let me just stress once again that fishing and aquaculture activities must be environmentally sustainable in the long term, but they must also be managed in a way that is consistent with the objectives of achieving economic and social benefits, and it is clear that this tripartite sustainability must always be based on the best available scientific knowledge and…

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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, ladies and gentlemen, millions of pellets on Galician beaches are an environmental disaster. Regional authorities may say that they are not toxic, but we are talking about large-scale non-biodegradable material, which remains indefinite in marine ecosystems, harming, threatening those ecosystems, thereby also threatening the fishing and shellfish industry itself, and the Galician com…

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Jan

2024

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Improving the socio-economic situation of farmers and rural areas, ensuring fair incomes, food security as well as a just transition (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, there are recent - and even positive - figures showing an increase in the average incomes of European farmers, and this is the result, first of all, of a great effort on the part of farmers to invest in improving the value of their production. But this average increase hides many realities. It hides marked geographical differences, it hides the income gap bet…

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Nov

2023

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Sustainable use of plant protection products (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, if we have said here - like science - that it is essential and urgent to reduce dependence on the use of pesticides by our agriculture, not least for the health of our farmers, but also for all of us and for the environment, then we cannot deny the imperative need to have targets. But I would remind you that, in order to meet targets, investment…

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Oct

2023

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Generational renewal in the EU farms of the future (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, everything I could add on this report has been said here and very well by all my fellow Members. I want to thank you very much, not for the praise for the report, but for the unequivocal way in which you have demonstrated your commitment, our commitment to all young farmers, the commitment to this noble cause. Commissioner, you see that it has been…

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Oct

2023

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Generational renewal in the EU farms of the future (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, allow me first of all to express my sincere thanks for the commitment, commitment and dedication of all the rapporteurs in this process and also to the teams that have worked together to produce this report. A report on the future. The future of our farmers, the future of European agricultural production, the future of 80% of the European territory…

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Oct

2023

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European protein strategy (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we have a large deficit in the production of vegetable proteins in the European Union, which results in a high dependence on imports. I therefore support this resolution's call for the development of a comprehensive and ambitious protein strategy in the European Union. We need a strategy that includes a clear focus on promoting the production of pr…

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Oct

2023

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European Citizens' Initiative 'Fur Free Europe' (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the COVID-19 pandemic, for example, has brought us much pain and suffering. However, from the blackness from which we emerged, there came with it a light, a light on a sector that went unnoticed in the eyes of the majority of European citizens and that does not have, cannot have, a place in today's world. The proponents of this citizens' initiative describe t…

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Oct

2023

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Water scarcity and structural investments in access to water in the EU (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, the lack of water is not just a problem for the countries of the South, it is a European problem! I therefore welcome President von der Leyen's announcement that a European Commission initiative on water resilience will soon be launched. I hope that this is not just a reflection paper, because the time for reflection has passed. This is the time to…

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Oct

2023

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Implications of Chinese fishing operations for EU fisheries and the way forward (short presentation)

Madam President, sustainable fishing, transparency of practices, respect for human rights do not seem to easily enter the lexicon of the People's Republic of China. When we talk about the working conditions often reported as inhumane on board some Chinese vessels, when we talk about the conservation of natural resources or the fight against marine pollution, none of this seems to disturb the Peopl…

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Oct

2023

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Fisheries control (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to begin by congratulating and thanking Clara Aguilera for her excellent work, together with the whole of Parliament's team involved in these complex, difficult and much-needed negotiations. The Fisheries Control Regulation is a cornerstone of the Common Fisheries Policy, whether in the context of the sustainable management of marine resources, …

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Oct

2023

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The proposed extension of glyphosate in the EU (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, we are discussing here the renewal of the authorisation of a product which European society itself has long rejected. What is more, we are debating the possibility of extending the presence of this product in what will be the crucial decade of the transition to more sustainable agriculture. When what we should be doing is discussing exactly what the European Union's …

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Jul

2023

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Nature restoration (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the law for the restoration of nature is not to set forests on fire, nor to steal land from farmers, but to guide us in the regeneration of natural resources, because without that, yes, there will be neither economic sustainability nor food security. Restore habitats sensitive marine species, such as spawning grounds, is not to attack fisheries, but to ensure…

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Jul

2023

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Management, conservation and control measures in the area covered under the Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA) (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to begin by thanking my fellow Members for their speeches and, in particular, for our rapporteur's very honourable position in defending Parliament as co-legislator. It is unfortunate, we know, to have to be here and come to this need to propose rejecting the Commission's proposal. However, we cannot accept that the Commission woul…

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Jun

2023

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The water crisis in Europe (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, there is no longer any doubt about the presence of climate change in our lives. Extreme phenomena, such as floods and severe droughts, arise in an increasingly violent and devastating way. Let us think of the human and environmental drama of the recent floods in Italy and, in the case of drought, let us look at Portugal, which in May already had its entire te…

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Jun

2023

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Ensuring food security and the long-term resilience of EU agriculture (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, food safety is not a given in the European Union, it is not a given for millions of European citizens, for whom the costs of food are a source of daily concern. That is why, of course, we must respond to the immediate pressures that European agricultural production and food prices have suffered as a result of the pandemic and Russia’s war against Ukraine, whi…

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Jun

2023

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Assessment of the new Commission communication on outermost regions (short presentation)

Madam President, I would also like to thank the excellent work of the rapporteur and all my fellow rapporteurs for this collaboration and for this spirit of compromise that has gone far beyond political issues, because we have sought above all to defend uncompromisingly the sustainable development of our outermost regions. And I say ours, not just by reference to Portugal, Spain and France, but to…

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May

2023

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Geographical Indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products (debate)

Madam President, I would like to begin by congratulating Mr De Castro, our rapporteur, on his commitment to a dossier that is particularly important and relevant to our rural world, or where geographical indications do not have a deep connection with our communities and with the entire cultural heritage of our rural areas. That is why it is so important to ensure that they are consistent with agri…

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May

2023

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Towards a strong and sustainable EU algae sector (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, a strong and sustainable algae sector has everything to be a key player in a sustainable and circular blue economy. The versatility and applicability of algae is enormous, as has already been said. It ranges from animal feed to energy production, from cosmetics to pharmaceutical production. And, rich as they are in protein, algae can still be used as an important comple…

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May

2023

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Protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries - Agreement of the IGC on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (High Seas Treaty) (debate)

Mr President, I should like to begin by thanking you for your efforts in trying to clarify some sensitive points here. I believe we do need ambitious restoration and conservation targets as a matter of urgency. But, Commissioner, these targets must also be realistic and realism, in my view, can only come from two paths: science and impact studies that also address the social and economic dimension…