What Margarita spoke about.

22 Apr

2024

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Amending Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, thank you to the rapporteurs for bringing together so many views. Trafficking in persons is essentially a perversion of the value of life and, therefore, of the dignity of the person. No one deserves to be treated as an object, let alone an object of compromise. We are all an end in ourselves, and not commodities or useful for others to dishonor…

14 Mar

2024

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Inclusion of the right to abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, all of us have been created as members of the human family. Our existence does not depend on being accepted or not by others. To consider exercising the "guaranteed freedom" of ending it in the mother's womb, as cited by the change in the French Constitution, calls into question the principles that underpin the rule of law. The European Union must …

13 Mar

2024

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European Semester for economic policy coordination 2024 – European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2024 (joint debate – European Semester)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the European Semester is the framework within which the economic and budgetary policies of the European Union are coordinated. It is an interference to change its nature by including matters in which the European Union has no competence, such as the so-called social policy, not to say socialist policy, with proposals for greater public spending, gr…

12 Mar

2024

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Council decision inviting Member States to ratify the Violence and Harassment Convention, 2019 (No. 190) of the International Labour Organization (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, once again such sensitive issues – and of course we are all concerned about them – are used to make proposals that have no legal basis and thus create precedents that disrupt the service relationship that the European Union should provide to the Member States. It is not for the European Union to authorize or not to authorize the ratification of th…

27 Feb

2024

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Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2023 (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioners, Members, this report shows the enormous contradiction in which this Parliament is navigating. Life must always be protected and cherished. It is not a right available depending on the circumstances. The pregnant woman and the life of the person in her womb must be protected, welcomed. The practice of abortion that this report raises as a human right is sold as a sig…

26 Feb

2024

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Need to overcome the Council deadlock on the platform workers directive (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, once again the European Union is meddling in areas that do not belong to it. Each country has a legal heritage to regulate the relations between companies and workers. It is not surprising that some see this proposal as a hindrance to the challenge of new employment models such as platform workers. Technologies must be used to offer job opportuniti…

7 Feb

2024

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Recent attacks on Christmas Eve in Plateau State in Nigeria

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Mr. President, at Christmas we remember the birth of Jesus. They are special days to meet families. This year, on Christmas Eve, as we all celebrated, at least 170 Christians were killed in Nigeria in a coordinated and deliberate attack on Christian village communities on Christmas Eve. In Nigeria, more than 52,000 Christians have been killed by Islamic extremists in the past 15 years, 18,000 chur…

7 Feb

2024

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The EU priorities for the 68th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate)

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I've been shocked that wanting to protect women's choices and do whatever they want, why is there a problem with women willingly staying home? Why do you consider it a setback? That same woman who at one point in her life may decide to stay at home, at another time may want to join the professional life. But I am shocked that this alarms and that I consider it a setback for women's rights, because…

7 Feb

2024

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The EU priorities for the 68th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, still millions of women on our planet are living immense injustices: ablations, forced marriages, lack of freedom to work, leave the house or even dress as they please. For them, the United Nations and the European Union have no voice. It seems more important to poison our legislation with a gender perspective and resentment. An ideology that denies the very nat…

6 Feb

2024

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Quality traineeships in the EU (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, in every society the transmission of knowledge is essential to boost the next generation of professionals. However, we find once again a superb attitude with impossible demands that destroy opportunities. It is only intended to favor practices if they are subordinated to ideological agendas, thus despising professions rooted in our traditions, to …

17 Jan

2024

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Addressing urgent skills shortages and finding the right talents to boost job creation (European Year of Skills) (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, if Europe has stood out in anything throughout history, it has been in its splendor and talent in all fields of human activity: science, art... Our universities have been a universal reference. However, today we see a decline. We see how our young people and professionals, despite being well trained, do not find recognition within our borders an…

17 Jan

2024

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Gender aspects of the rising cost of living and the impact of the energy crisis (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, we have suffered a rise in the prices of basic goods and energy that has led to a situation that is unacceptable to small entrepreneurs and poverty for European families. Mistaken decisions during the pandemic and an energy strategy that has prioritised completely ideologised environmental objectives have led to scarcity and dependence on third…

17 Jan

2024

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Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in 2022 and 2023 (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we are concerned that part of this Parliament uncritically accepts an abusive, partial, biased and even contrary to the literal and teleological meaning of the rules. Denying the life to which he is about to be born can never be considered a human right. It is an atrocity to pretend to legitimize it after the ambition to create other supposed rights. It is no…

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, ladies and gentlemen, a child has the right to know his parents and be cared for by them. Universal Declaration of the Rights of the Child. The protection of minors is already covered by family law, the competence of each Member State, in institutions such as the natural family or through adoption with parental authority. Another way of constructing filiation involves a rupture of a…

13 Dec

2023

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Review of the Spanish Presidency of the Council (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I regret that the passing of the Spanish Presidency has not honoured the greatness of my homeland. Perhaps the experience shows that, when the dignity of the person is not respected, there are no limits to its manipulation. We women have it clear. He's left us lying around. Mr. Sanchez, your government has reduced penalties and released sexual aggressors. It …

23 Nov

2023

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Standards for equality bodies in the field of equal treatment and equal opportunities between women and men in matters of employment and occupation (A9-0354/2023 - Sirpa Pietikäinen, Marc Angel) (vote)

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Madam President, in 2006 the European Union adopted a directive on equality bodies. In 2010 this was expanded to extend it to the self-employed. Today both are reviewed, they have merged and their capacity to act has been considerably expanded, promoting a standardization more typical of a regulation than of a directive. For example, agencies can set their own budgets, but have little accountabili…

23 Nov

2023

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International day for the elimination of violence against women (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we must respond appropriately to the dramatic situation of violence against women. It is clear that current policies have failed to effectively protect women. The data shows us that insecurity has increased. In Spain, 49 women were killed by their partners and ex-partners in 2022. In 2021, 202 143 rapists, 573 sexual offences in packs. In 2023, 1 2…

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, the aggression we Spaniards are suffering is existential. We see our soil, our concept of Spain, crumbling. Achievements of generations in a democratic order, blood of compatriots spilled, wasted by an unscrupulous ambition of political parties that have made it clear that they are capable of selling their motherland. For what? Well, not for what they imagine. Do you really think tha…

22 Nov

2023

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Reducing regulatory burden to unleash entrepreneurship and competitiveness (topical debate)

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Madam President, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, it is very sad to see how our productive fabric has been dismantled. During this term of office, more than half of this House has endeavoured to make life impossible for companies with unfair and disproportionate demands. Because of its commitment to ideological agendas, it has left behind the one that generates prosperity and jobs. Now, in the…

20 Nov

2023

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to express to you the concern of millions of Spaniards who have been peacefully concentrating for seventeen days in a row to defend our constitutional order. Pedro Sánchez has reached government agreements that corrupt our democratic system, selling the unity of Spain to achieve power. This lack of loyalty is only the beginning of proposals for exto…

20 Nov

2023

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Children first - strengthening the Child Guarantee, two years on from its adoption - Reducing inequalities and promoting social inclusion in times of crisis for children and their families (joint debate – International Day of the Rights of the Child)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we are all part of a family, where life, natural ties and care are given. Whoever has grown up in a stable family with affection starts from a huge advantage. We wish this fate to every child. Those who have felt the selfless love of a family understand their dignity as a person and relate in this frequency to others and can return it to society…

19 Oct

2023

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Commission proposal for a Council recommendation on developing social economy framework conditions (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the framework of the social economy must provide opportunities, it must be a framework in which projects that respond to different vocations can be shaped, which serves the common good with all the wealth that human beings – in society – are capable of contributing. Let us be inspired by the Member States and their developments in this regard. We know that the m…

18 Oct

2023

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Mental health at work (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we all have a responsibility to create a good working environment, but unfortunately the dimension of the mental health problem cannot be reduced to this area. We face an environment of insecurity, fears, scarcity; an increasingly confrontational, individualistic and hypersexualised society where relationships are instrumentalised and not stable; loneliness, …

17 Oct

2023

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Situation of Ukrainian women refugees, including access to SRHR support (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, a war shakes the foundations of any society. Citizens who are exposed to cruelty whose limits, unfortunately, do not cease to amaze us; dramatic situations against the life and dignity of the person; women exposed to sexual violence, to having to flee with their children leaving their lives behind. Sure, they deserve all our support and considerati…

5 Oct

2023

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The new European strategy for a better internet for kids (BIK+) (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, our children, our children, are on the brink of the internet. The impact of age-inappropriate content affects their development, risking their psychological and emotional integrity. Controlling and prosecuting child pornography, online child abuse should be a priority for all. The average age of onset of consumption is eleven years. A content that minors find…