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Dec

2022

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Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2021 (debate)

Madam President, the right to petition is a fundamental component of European citizenship and it is therefore very important that the Committee on Petitions rigorously examines all petitions from citizens relating to the competences of the Union. But we have a problem, Commissioner, which, incidentally, has already been pointed out by several parliamentary groups this year: the Chair of the Commit…

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Dec

2022

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Defending democracy from foreign interference (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, with external interference against democracy in the European Union, we are referring to the fact that, for decades, globalised financial markets have been subverting the will of democratic governments. Tell that to the Greek people, who suffered a bailout twelve years ago only to save some European banks at the cost of destroying their social protection system, …

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Dec

2022

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Turkish airstrikes on northern Syria and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (debate)

Mr President, Turkey presents itself to the EU as a necessary mediator between Russia and Ukraine, but it poses serious threats to Europe’s security. This month, we witnessed bombings of Kurdish territories in Syria and Iraq, which targeted, among other things, the Kobane pediatric hospital. Not only are these bombings and Turkey’s ground invasion of Syria’s Kurdish territories having grave humani…

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Nov

2022

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EU response to the increasing crackdown on protests in Iran (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, an elderly woman says, it is incredible how many women, especially young women, go out on the streets without a veil. Ours is a revolution, but our struggle is not just about the veil. We want a secular democracy. We are fighting for freedom. Marhane, one of the thousands of protagonists of this revolution explains that the purpose of the veil is to humiliate…

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Nov

2022

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Question Time (VPC/HR) - The impact on third countries of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine in relation to the “Black Sea Grain Initiative” agreement

Mr President, yes, Mr Borrell, I was also asking you about Turkey's role in evading EU sanctions on oil imports. Therefore, not only the flow of exports from Turkey to Russia, but the flow of import of Russian oil from Russia to Turkey. And the question about Kurdistan is related and justified, because what we are asking is whether Turkey's growing geopolitical role... (the Chair took the floor fr…

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Nov

2022

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Question Time (VPC/HR) - The impact on third countries of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine in relation to the “Black Sea Grain Initiative” agreement

Mr President, it is certainly good news for the food security of many developing countries that the grain export agreement from Ukraine via the Black Sea has been fully re-established. This will certainly help prevent the worst-case scenario for these countries in the global south, which are vitally dependent on Ukrainian grain imports. With regard to Turkey, I would like to point out that we all …

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Nov

2022

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Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the adoption of this directive is an important step towards an ambitious public corporate information system, which provides consumers and investors with all the data relating to the impact of business activities on the environment, human rights, workers' rights, the rights of indigenous peoples and the governance system of all developing countries. It is a w…

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Oct

2022

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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 - all sections (debate)

–Mrs President, Commissioner, I had the honour of being the rapporteur for the opinion of the Committee on Development for the 2023 budget, and as such, I would like to make it clear that we have – I believe you will agree – a very serious problem: the spending margin authorised by the Union’s multiannual financial framework for the 2021-2027 cycle is fully exhausted, which does not allow the Unio…

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Oct

2022

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Mental health (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, there are two main challenges to our mental health policies. First, be fully aware of social determinants. All the indicators of recent years confirm the devastating effects of the economic crisis, both that of 2008 and that derived from Covid on mental health. Rates of acute and non-acute pathologies, suicide rates, etc., rise rapidly in adults, but especially …

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Oct

2022

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Commission proposal for measures under the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation in the case of Hungary (debate)

Madam President, the comparative grievance between the treatment of countries such as Hungary and Poland by the European Commission and that of Spain is constantly increasing. What's happening in the last few months confirms it. In mid-September, the Commission proposed to the Council to withhold €7.5 billion in funding for Hungary for breaches of the rule of law. A much-needed step. But in the me…

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Oct

2022

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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - Serious cross-border threats to health (debate)

Madam President, the pandemic has forced us, the European Union, to take a step forward in the area of health policies, and we have done so. This is the best that could be done for health, and this regulation is a concrete expression of it. We are pleased that, following the last trilogues, the final version of this standard incorporates some of the proposals we have made. Ensure, for example, tha…

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Jul

2022

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Taxing windfall profits of energy companies (debate)

Mr President, I do understand that the Member who has spoken after me in this debate has failed to comply with the Rules of Procedure which require respect among Members and, for this reason, I ask the Chair of this debate to call her to order in application of the Rules of Procedure of this House. Mrs Benjumea, I am not a fugitive from justice, as you said, because I came to Belgium on 30 October…

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2022

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Taxing windfall profits of energy companies (debate)

Mr President, Spain is one of the countries in Europe with the greatest experience in energy oligopolies, which explains, among other things, that in one year the price of electricity, from March to March, has multiplied tenfold. On the occasion of the war in Ukraine, the large Spanish energy companies had an increase in their profits of up to 226 % compared to the previous year, 11 billion euros.…

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2022

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2021 Report on Kosovo (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, this report is right when it calls for Kosovo to be admitted as a candidate country for membership of the Union and it is right when it asks the Member States not to veto the request that Kosovo intends to formalise in this regard at the end of 2022. If, when this request arrives, states such as Spain oppose it, they will clash head-on against the will of thi…

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2022

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Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System - Social Climate Fund - Carbon border adjustment mechanism - Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System for aviation - Notification under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) (joint debate – Fit for 55 (part 1))

– Mr President, Commissioner, as we know perfectly well, the countries of the South have historically contributed the least to climate change, but, conversely, suffer the most from it. This is a global and systemic injustice, which the EU cannot ignore, especially since our industrial system has been, over the centuries, one of the main culprits behind this temperature escalation. At the COP in Co…

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May

2022

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Minimum level of taxation for multinational groups (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, the OECD agreement makes it possible to introduce this global minimum corporate tax; This is certainly good news, but we believe that setting the minimum tax at 15% of profits is not enough, especially at a time when there are large companies, such as energy companies, which have made extraordinary profits of more than EUR 200 billion from the rise in gas and oil pri…

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2022

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The case of Osman Kavala in Turkey

Mr President, Commissioner, Osman Kavala reminds us once again that Turkey is a state that systematically violates human rights and ignores the judgments of the Strasbourg Court and this is not a new precedent. In the case of Demirtas, the president of the pro-Kurdish party, Turkey has already refused to comply with the resolution of the European Court of Human Rights ordering his release. So how …

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May

2022

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Use of the Pegasus Software by EU Member States against individuals including MEPs and the violation of fundamental rights (topical debate)

Mr President, the question is not whether espionage with Pegasus is legal or not. If it is not legal, should those responsible for this crime be convicted? Does anyone have to take political responsibility? And if Spain does not have the capacity to detect criminals, then it is not a reliable rule of law. The correct question is: if our espionage is part of a democratic regime. I was spied on in t…

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Apr

2022

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Cooperation and similarities between the Putin regime and extreme right and separatist movements in Europe (topical debate)

Madam President, it is not normal that just a few days ago the leader of the largest parliamentary group in this House gave credence to the fake news that tries to link Putin with Catalan independence. Or do they not know that it was the European Commission itself that acknowledged in a written reply that the supposed European report on which these fake news are based does not exist, Mr Zarzalejos…

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Apr

2022

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Sixth Assessment Report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (debate)

Madam President, the war in Ukraine is pushing us to replace fossil fuels with renewable energy even faster. However, the Union is now caught in a shameful contradiction between its interests and its principles. We want to stop the aggression against Ukraine, and to contribute to this goal we need to stop buying Russian gas and oil. But we do not want to assume the consequences of this decision fo…

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Mar

2022

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The situation of journalists and human rights defenders in Mexico

Madam President, in 2021 many journalists were killed in Mexico, but also 42 human rights defenders, of whom 30 were defenders of the rights of indigenous peoples over their ancestral lands. Obviously, Mexico must improve its insufficient Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists, but the Union must also commit itself to this endeavour. First, we need European Union delegatio…

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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, there is no adjective to describe the human catastrophe caused by Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine. There is no reason to justify this invasion with all the death and horror it leaves in its wake. Among other excuses, Putin cynically claims that he is leading this invasion to protect Russian and Russian-speaking minorities in Ukraine, while the civilian population of R…

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Feb

2022

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The Rule of Law and the consequences of the ECJ ruling (debate)

Madam President, today, the Court of Justice of Luxembourg, by dismissing the action of Hungary and Poland, confirmed the regulation that allows access to the EU budget to be suspended if Member States do not respect the principles of the rule of law, but only when such a breach seriously affects the proper implementation of those budgets. However, where these breaches of the rule of law do not di…

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Feb

2022

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Strengthening Europe in the fight against cancer(debate)

Madam President, this report, of which I have been a member of a special committee, can be truly satisfied, is a milestone in the history of European policies to combat cancer. It will help our governments to better strategies in the field of oncology, no doubt. If I had to summarize it, I would choose two concepts: prevention and equality. Prevention is always the best health policy and oncology …

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Dec

2021

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State of play of the RRF (Recovery and Resilience Facility) (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the good news is that the European Court of Justice has confirmed the link between respect for the rule of law and NextGenerationEU funds. It dismissed the actions brought by Poland and Hungary against the regulation establishing that link. However, this Regulation only requires respect for the rule of law as regards the management of funds only. What happens…