What Adrián spoke about.

6 Feb

2024

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Russiagate: allegations of Russian interference in the democratic processes of the European Union (debate)

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Mr President, Mr Vice-President Schinas, it is very sad that today we have to be here, once again, talking about the interference of foreign autocracies in the European Parliament. After the shame caused by Qatargate, we now accumulate the journalistic and judicial investigations that point to members of this House for conspiring with the Kremlin. Vladimir Putin is not only a threat to the Europea…

6 Feb

2024

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Conclusions of the European Council meetings, in particular the special European Council meeting of 1 February 2024 (debate)

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Madam President, Mr President of the European Council, Mr Vice-President of the Commission, the last European Council once again demonstrated our firmness against the threat of Putin's war, even overcoming Orbán's blackmail in our support of Ukraine. An achievement that is a new test of European unity and determination. However, that same day we saw the streets of Brussels burning with the discomf…

16 Jan

2024

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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Belgian Presidency (debate)

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Madam President, Prime Minister De Croo, Vice-President Šefčovič, ladies and gentlemen, today we welcome the Belgian Presidency in a key semester to close many of the still outstanding legislative texts and thus fulfil our mandate. At the end of this presidency, European citizens are called to the polls and to submit our work to democratic scrutiny. These are elections that are likely to change th…

13 Dec

2023

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Jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition of decisions and acceptance of authentic instruments in matters of parenthood and creation of a European Certificate of Parenthood (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner Reynders, rapporteur Leitão-Marques, the Regulation we are discussing today aims to guarantee, once and for all, the full legal recognition of parenthood throughout the European Union. With the regulation, parenthood that is recognised in one Member State, automatically will be recognised by all, fully and mandatorily. By doing so, we put children first and we ensure the…

13 Dec

2023

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Review of the Spanish Presidency of the Council (debate)

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Madam President, Madam President von der Leyen, Mr Vice-President Borrell, Mr Sánchez, we have been waiting for you for six months in this Parliament and in the end you have done what you always do: explain to us priorities that are not true, because the priorities really cannot be explained by you. I wish I had used these six months to advance the great challenges of the Union: unblock the Pact o…

22 Nov

2023

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Threat to rule of law as a consequence of the governmental agreement in Spain (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, today we are discussing the rule of law in Spain, my country. I wish this debate had never taken place, but recent events leave us no choice but to denounce them here, at the seat of European sovereignty, where our values are represented and defended when they are attacked, despite whoever you regret, Mrs Garcia. Today, where we have said Poland an…

18 Oct

2023

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 26-27 October 2023 (debate)

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Mr President, the terrible attacks perpetrated by the Hamas terrorist group on the civilian population of Israel bring us back to the worst moments in the history of the twentieth century. These attacks have provoked new clashes, conflict and pain. Faced with the threat of a new war in our neighbourhood, we Europeans need a firm stance and to speak with one voice. The most geopolitical European Co…

4 Oct

2023

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The spread of ‘anti-LGBTIQ’ propaganda bills by populist parties and governments in Europe (debate)

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. – Thank you very much for the question, Mr Dzhambazki. I have not spoken of the rule of law at any time.

4 Oct

2023

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The spread of ‘anti-LGBTIQ’ propaganda bills by populist parties and governments in Europe (debate)

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Mr President, we are witnessing the resurgence of official campaigns by European governments that directly undermine the dignity of their own citizens on account of their sexual orientation. These campaigns, which refer us to dark times in our continent, range from determining physical areas of LGTBI exclusion to denying paternity certificates to homosexual couples, to wanting to declare surrogacy…

4 Oct

2023

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Need for a speedy adoption of the asylum and migration package (debate)

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Mr President, Mr Vice-President of the Commission, Mr Secretary of State, few people now doubt that the Dublin Regulation is not enough to address the major migration and asylum challenges we face. The Regulation must be based on solidarity, but also on the shared responsibility of all Member States, not only those with external borders. And yes, granting asylum to those fleeing war and persecutio…

13 Sep

2023

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State of the Union (debate)

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Madam President, Madam President von der Leyen, you have said today in this House that the rule of law is the pillars and glue of our Union. But we already know that there are countries that have gradually degraded their democracies and we have only acted when it was too late. And yes, we have major economic, social and environmental challenges ahead of us. But believe me, President, there is no S…

12 Jul

2023

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 29-30 June 2023, in particular the recent developments in the war against Ukraine and in Russia (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we are here today to assess the recent European Council in a plenary session in which, sadly, the President of my country, Pedro Sánchez, should have appeared, but he did not do so because he was in the middle of an electoral campaign. The Spanish Presidency of the Council begins and begins as a missed opportunity. A Spanish semester, which we do n…

15 Jun

2023

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Ukraine’s accession to the Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, Ukraine has signed and ratified the convention of 2 July 2019 on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in civil or commercial matters, which is called the Judgments Convention, which has also been signed by other countries such as Uruguay, Israel, Costa Rica, the United States and Russia. The Judgments Convention enters into force one …

14 Jun

2023

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Surrogacy in the EU - risks of exploitation and commercialisation (topical debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I cannot begin this speech without expressing my deep disappointment and rejection of the title that the ECR Group, the VOX Group, has wished to give to this debate. Associating surrogacy with exploitation and trafficking is not only an insult to thousands of children and families, it is also an interested manipulation of those who only want to …

31 May

2023

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Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, a little over a month ago marked a decade since the tragic collapse of the Rana Plaza textile factory: an accident and negligence that claimed the lives of 1,134 people and left more than 2,500 injured. Today we know that this could and should have been avoided. Those workers should never have been forced back to work after structural cracks were d…

13 Dec

2022

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Suspicions of corruption from Qatar and the broader need for transparency and accountability in the European institutions (debate) (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, this week the European Parliament has appeared in the media around the world, but unfortunately not because of the many positive actions we take here for our citizens. Allegedly, there are third countries that would have been buying the will of MEPs and parliamentary assistants illegally and illegitimately, which is not only a frontal attack on this institution, but on …

19 Oct

2022

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

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Madam President, tomorrow will be just one year since the Council met in October 2021. The priorities of that meeting were the deployment of vaccines, the recovery of travel and the recognition of certificates for future health emergencies. It's only been a year, but there seems to be a world of difference: the war in Ukraine, the economic and social situation... Reality has changed a lot and chan…

14 Sep

2022

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State of the Union (debate)

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Madam President, this is not just another EU debate. Mrs von der Leyen, the measures you announced today and how we manage to carry them out will largely define the future of our common project. And we need, more than ever, courage, solidarity and resistance. And I congratulate you on the boldness of your proposals, which I hope will alleviate and reduce the impact that this perfect storm will hav…

6 Apr

2022

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Data Governance Act (debate)

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Madam President, first of all I would like to thank the Commissioner for his presence and his proposal and, above all, his excellent work to the rapporteur, Mrs Niebler, with whom, of course, I share the conviction of the absolute need for our Union to have a Data Governance Act: a law that increases trust in data intermediaries and strengthens exchange mechanisms; a law that puts the focus on the…

4 Apr

2022

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Protection of the rights of the child in civil, administrative and family law proceedings (short presentation)

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Madam President, the report I am presenting to this House today focuses on the protection of the rights of the child in civil, administrative and family law proceedings. The main objective is to achieve child-friendly justice through common standards and recommendations across the European Union to ensure three key elements. The first is a treatment adapted to the age, maturity and needs of each c…

23 Nov

2021

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Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other regulations (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, after three and a half years since the European Commission presented its legislative proposals, today we are finally voting on the new common agricultural policy. I am aware that this new CAP is not perfect, but I am also aware that this new CAP ensures the legal and financial security of our primary sector. It maintains the productive capacity of food in the European U…

19 Oct

2021

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

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Mr President, Madam President, Prime Minister, ladies and gentlemen, by acceding to the European Union all Member States – including Poland – accepted a set of principles and values, including the primacy of Community law and respect for the rule of law and individual rights and freedoms. Since then, membership of our Union has allowed all Member States, including Poland, to benefit from a number …

18 Oct

2021

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Farm to Fork Strategy (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, achieving the environmental sustainability of the food system is vital for the future of our societies, but it is also vital to do so without taking the economic sustainability of our primary sector forward, it is also vital to do so by achieving these environmental objectives without provoking a social revolution among European farmers. I there…