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11

Jul

2023

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COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations for the future (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it is worrying that this Parliament, which represents the citizens, is presenting a text to wash the Commission's hands by applauding its measures without demanding accountability or transparency from it. We must be critical. There have been clear shortcomings in our supply chain. We suffer from an unprecedented limitation of fundamental freedoms a…

11

Jul

2023

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Nature restoration (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the European Commission is showing no scruples when it comes to wanting to impose itself and try to destroy our primary sector using an alleged environmental concern as an excuse. The so-called "nature restoration law" talks about restoring, but in reality it is threatening a large part of our arable area, which was already severely restricted by previous regula…

10

Jul

2023

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr. President, comrades, what can you expect from a society that does not appreciate life, childhood, that ignores the family, that understands people only in an instrumental way? For what we can expect is what is happening, what has been happening for years of governments obedient to anti-natalist agendas: in the 1970s, Europe accounted for more than 10% of the world’s population; now 5% and by 2…

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Jun

2023

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

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, our constitutions, the Treaties of the European Union and the Western rule of law are based on the protection of the dignity of the person. The Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man is the ultimate expression in this regard. In the case of parenthood, legal tools have always been sought to defend the child's right to know and be cared for b…

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May

2023

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Sexual harassment in the EU and MeToo evaluation (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we all agree that care must be taken to ensure that harassment does not have room in our institutions. However, I do not trust that mandatory courses for adults and sanctions for those who do not or other measures with a gender perspective will be positive, rather, even the opposite. Gender ideology promotes a rarefied environment of mistrust and confusion. H…

10

May

2023

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Impact of the interest rate increase decided by the ECB on households and workers (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, even today many of those who have a job do not make ends meet. The bills don't come out. No one's going to be held responsible? The Commission's measures, supported by the majority in this House, have not only not prevented us from being in this situation, but have largely provoked it. The energy crisis, the increase in the money supply, the sho…

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May

2023

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Roadmap on a Social Europe: two years after Porto (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Europeans are getting poorer, not less. It will have to do with the political line of this House. Once again, the pretext of the "social" is used as an instrument for the European Union to advance in competences. And I say pretext because the legislative initiatives - up to 15 - proposed here are not only an abuse, but they are also anti-social. Th…

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May

2023

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Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence – EU accession: institutions and public administration of the Union - Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence - EU accession: judicial cooperation in criminal matters, asylum and non-refoulement (debate)

Mr Rangel, according to the Istanbul Convention, violence against women is the consequence of an alleged heteropatriarchy where the male is an alleged abuser by nature against women. I ask you, as a man, how you feel. I understand that you agree with this statement. Should I see you like this, as an abuser? Should I be afraid of you as a woman?…

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May

2023

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Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence – EU accession: institutions and public administration of the Union - Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence - EU accession: judicial cooperation in criminal matters, asylum and non-refoulement (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the need to combat violence is too serious a challenge to be used to impose any ideology. The application of so-called gender perspective concepts does not help to prevent violence but rather hinders the implementation of truly effective measures. As recognized in its own preamble, the Istanbul Convention is based on gender theory, according to …

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Apr

2023

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EU Global Health Strategy (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we want investment in health – for example, to find solutions for cancer or treat rare diseases – to be a political priority. However, we see that this is not the case when analyzing what the interests are and where the European Union allocates the resources. There is a lack of health professionals and innovation is discouraged to the point that…

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Mar

2023

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Strengthening the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, once again, under the pretext of alleged equality, inequality is created, even between women. Some of you call this intersectionality. I call it injustice. It is a "slogan" directive: It has nothing to do with the title with what we want to sneak into it. We do not seek to help women and we do seek to introduce a gender ideology into our laws, impo…

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Mar

2023

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The Rights of children in Rainbow Families and same sex parents in particular in Italy (debate)

Commissioner, Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, debates such as this show the lack of loyalty towards the Member States of the European Union, which should show strict respect for national sovereignty in matters of exclusive competence, such as the regulation of the registration of children in the Civil Registry. The laws of our countries, our constitutions, provide us with a protection, an orde…

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Mar

2023

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The EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, a pregnant woman, in a difficult situation – for economic reasons, because of loneliness – is forced to have an abortion for lack of resources. There are people who, in solidarity, offer to help you. There are many cases in which women change their minds: They accept support and can happily receive their baby. Today, in Spain, offering this help can be consid…

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Mar

2023

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Women activism – human rights defenders related to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, almost half of this Parliament is uncomfortable with the title of this debate, because it is natural to understand that life is a gift to celebrate. What can happen in someone's heart so that they don't shudder at the beginning of a life? Here it has been said that it is cruel and inhumane to offer to listen to the beat of your heart. That means that sound te…

14

Mar

2023

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European Semester for economic policy coordination 2023 - European Semester for economic policy coordination: Employment and social priorities for 2023 (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the truth is that we can say that the political line chosen by the European Union in this last term of office has led us to be in a compromised situation, with foreseeable errors, warned by groups like mine. We see how jobs are destroyed, how our business fabric loses density and the industry does not find in our environment the conditions to be able to devel…

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Mar

2023

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Data Act (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, let us be honest. The European Union is late to the battle of data, today led by the United States and China, and the Commission has done so with a proposal that aims to monopolize more power and comply with an agenda, without measuring how it affects our business fabric or our life as citizens. On the other hand, the European Parliament, with good collaborat…

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Mar

2023

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Order of business

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to ask, on behalf of the ECR Group, for a roll-call vote on an amendment to the agenda of the sitting, which is certainly in the interest of my fellow citizens in Spain, the European institutions and the Member States. We propose to add the debate with the Commission, without resolution, on Wednesday afternoon before the urgency debates, under th…

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Mar

2023

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Order of business

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to ask, on behalf of the ECR Group, for a roll-call vote on an amendment to the title of a debate to be held next Wednesday. Because, if we want this Parliament to be everyone's home, if we want it to be the guarantor of the legality and plurality that must exist among citizens, then freedom of thought and conscience must be respected. Therefore,…

14

Feb

2023

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The EU priorities for the 67th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, one more year, the Commission on the Status of Women closes its eyes to the reality of women and continues as a bulldozer with its established agenda. Last year: climate change and gender equality. This year: digitalisation and gender equality. Next one: Achievements of gender equality. There is a continuing commitment to the promotion of gender id…

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Feb

2023

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Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: EU accession (continuation of debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I ask you: Can we allow ideological conventions to be used to create international legal instruments that undermine national laws themselves? The European Union should not position itself or accede to an international convention urging its parties to include a particular approach, in this case gender. Nor should it force Member States to ratify, because in ma…

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Jan

2023

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Revision of the European Works Councils Directive (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, colleagues, this proposal for an extension of the directive on the committees of undertakings operating in Europe - with the vagueness of definitions, we do not know exactly what they are; This is a sensitive point – it meddles with national legislation and attacks, once again, the freedom to conduct a business. It is intended to regulate in which companies it should ex…

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Jan

2023

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Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter - annual report 2022 (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, this report contains a manual of good intentions, but in practice it violates freedom of thought, conscience and religion. It points to those who do not agree with the ideological maxims oriented to the intersectional approach, green agendas or naturalization of the dramatic practice of abortion, in an alleged protection of unsafe abortions with the promotion…

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Dec

2022

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The 30th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the purpose of the Declaration is to enable persons belonging to minorities to contribute to the social and political stability of States, in order to serve the common good and the individual. Not in the general interest or in the interests of the majority, as is now being said. Always in an effort to find harmony and not confrontation. However, this right of…

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Dec

2022

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A need for a dedicated budget to turn the Child Guarantee into reality - an urgency in times of energy and food crisis (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the important thing is that the funds reach the children. And the reality is that today there are still not all the national plans presented. We know that money is often not reaching children. Whenever money is allocated to a minor, because of his vulnerability, he is susceptible to misuse, precisely because of the ease of manipulating him. We know…

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Nov

2022

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Resumption of the sitting

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, yesterday afternoon I hosted an event of civil society organisations. We received the boycott from deputies and assistants. This does not respond to the plurality that deserves to be respected in this institution. We assume that steps will be taken to ensure democracy in this space.…