What Irene spoke about.

16 Sep

2026

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State of the Union (debate)

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Madam President, 'Europe needs to put household savings at the service of its businesses'. And you said this, Mrs von der Leyen. Do you know what it costs people to save? The gas, the light, the rent. Have you looked, lately, how much does it cost a dozen eggs, a liter of milk? Why do they always move money in the same direction, from the bottom up, from families to the rich and from Europe to the…

8 Jul

2026

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The EU’s role in the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and the accountability of Israel under international law (topical debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, one question: Does Donald Trump have your phone? You call them what you call the FIFA president? I don't know, tell us what those conversations are like. Does Donald Trump call on you to support genocide, to support the illegal occupation of the West Bank? Do you call them when they are going to burn children alive or do you just call them to be quiet and pay for their …

16 Jun

2026

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The role of the EU in efforts for peace and stability throughout the Middle East after the announced deal between the US and Iran (debate)

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19 May

2026

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Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (debate)

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Mr President, imagine any of you earning a million euros every month since you were born and not spending anything on rent or food, on anything. Well, they would need to work 83,000 years (there were mammoths on Earth that time) to accumulate the fortunes of the seventeen billionaires who have accompanied Trump to China. Of course: on the table, not a single woman. I don't know if they get it, but…

29 Apr

2026

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Situation in Lebanon: implementation of the ceasefire, support peace efforts and humanitarian access (debate)

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27 Apr

2026

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Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU (debate)

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Mr President, Mr Zarzalejos, have you heard the prosecutor of the violence against women chamber say that 100% of the women who denounce in Spain would not do so again, that women do not trust Spanish justice precisely because justice does not trust them? Have you heard Judge David Maman, a gender-based violence judge who says many advantages are given to women for reporting? For example, legal ai…

27 Apr

2026

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Importance of consent-based rape legislation in the EU (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, imagine that tomorrow any of you will be robbed of a backpack. Can you imagine the police asking them why they didn't yell? Can you imagine a judge telling you the same thing you're exaggerating a little bit, even lying? That they are denouncing the same thing to seek fame or money, because they don't really have any wounds? Can you imagine debates on televis…

25 Mar

2026

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 19 March 2026 (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioners, President-in-Office of the Council, Israel has announced the conquest of southern Lebanon and nothing is happening here. Its finance minister calls for the annexation of 10% of the territory after weeks of illegal bombing and nothing happens here. They have used white phosphorus, they have forcibly displaced 700,000 Lebanese, they have destroyed …

11 Mar

2026

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Rise of political violence, notably by far-left organisations (debate)

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11 Mar

2026

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EUCO and situation in the Middle East (joint debate)

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10 Mar

2026

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Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, look, there are a lot of people in Spain who charge about €1 800 a month. Hopefully, you pay 1 000 € rent, being generous; make the purchase, 400 €; internet, electricity, water, gas, insurance, 250 €; gasoline 100 and going up. Do you know how much is left in the account? 100 €. And we still have to pay for the dining room and the children's extracurriculars, clothe…

11 Feb

2026

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State violence in Minneapolis and the rule of law in the United States (topical debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, how many of you would have gone to the Epstein Island parties if you had been invited with Trump and Elon Musk? The reality is that they would have gone and kept quiet, because their silence, the silence of this Parliament, gives them impunity. You, who treat these criminals as respectable people, make your crimes acceptable. Where is your outrage, the rule o…

10 Feb

2026

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Spain’s large-scale regularisation policy and its impact on the Schengen Area and EU migration policy (debate)

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10 Feb

2026

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Spain’s large-scale regularisation policy and its impact on the Schengen Area and EU migration policy (debate)

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20 Jan

2026

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Brutal repression against protesters in Iran (debate)

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Mr President, Madam High Representative, today Trump has leaked a private WhatsApp in which the President of France calls him "friend" and asks him to do great things in Iran and Syria in exchange for Greenland. Do you still believe that by helping America commit its crimes we will be safe? No, you are not going to end up with Trump's sons doing business in Gaza or with oil from Venezuela or Iran.…

17 Dec

2025

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Preventing sexual harassment in public institutions: latest revelations and resignations in Spain and institutional responses (debate)

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Mr. President, look, Alvise, what you just did is violence. And if you dare to do this in the European Parliament in front of everyone, what you will not do at home when no one sees you, what you will not do at home when no one sees you. I have asked to answer because feminism means that when men exercise political violence or sexist violence against us, you no longer remain in impunity. And we ar…

17 Dec

2025

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Preventing sexual harassment in public institutions: latest revelations and resignations in Spain and institutional responses (debate)

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Mr. President, "What a good ass these pants make you!" Do you think any woman was surprised when she read what Pedro Sanchez's right hand was saying to the women on his team? How many of you, of those who are here, have not made such comments? How many workers are afraid to be alone with their boss? Think about it. How many of you think we're exaggerated? Does feminism bother you and your friends …

17 Dec

2025

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 18-19 December 2025, in particular the need to support Ukraine, transatlantic relations and the EU’s strategic autonomy (debate)

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Madam President, Mrs von der Leyen, absent: It doesn't stay one way. They already carry nineteen packages of sanctions against Russia, do you know how many they carry against Israel? Zero. Genocide continues, but you do not punish the genocidal, you support them. The United States illegally appropriates Gaza, bombs countries it wants, splits Ukraine with Putin, threatens Colombia and Mexico. How m…

16 Dec

2025

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Presentation of the European Affordable Housing Plan (debate)

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16 Dec

2025

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Presentation of the European Affordable Housing Plan (debate)

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25 Nov

2025

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Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan (continuation of debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, Sudan is hell on Earth: the pools of blood left by the killings can be seen from space; 25 million people are severely food insecure; More than 12 million people are forced to flee in the world's largest displacement crisis, and the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war is unprecedented. Do you know who is behind the main genocidal force in Sudan? The United Arab…

25 Nov

2025

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Effective use of the EU trade and industrial policy to tackle China’s export restrictions (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, do you - you! - really intend to teach China lessons in values and democracy? You, who have put Europe at the feet of Donald Trump, a criminal who puts children he separates from their families in cages, who has unleashed a race war against thousands of workers. Trump, a condemned sexual aggressor who does business with the war in Ukraine, with the massacres in Sudan…

13 Nov

2025

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 23 October 2025 (debate)

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Madam President, Madam President von der Leyen, it is tremendous that this lady cannot stand an entire debate in this House. They didn't talk about housing. It's people's main security issue, but they didn't talk. Imagine that you had to pay more than half of your salary to be able to pay a rent, to have a place to live, that you have to put the heating less hours, that it does not reach you to ma…

23 Oct

2025

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Combating violence against women and girls, including the exploitation of motherhood (debate)

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Madam President, MEPs, who are here, how many of you have paid for sex? How many of you have shared a sexual image of a woman without making sure she agreed? How many have thought it's not so much for a friend to force a kiss on a night out? How many see it normal to start a sexual relationship with their wife while she sleeps? Once again, you come here, ladies and gentlemen, to tell us how we hav…

22 Oct

2025

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First anniversary of the DANA floods in Spain: improving EU preparedness (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, how can you be so cruel as to allow Carlos Mazón to attend the State funeral of the victims of the disaster? Can you imagine the pain of those families who lost a loved one, who have lost everything? Are you not even going to let them honor the memory of yours without having the person responsible for that murderous management in front of you? Haven't you made t…