What Ana spoke about.

17 Oct

2023

PT Speech

Water scarcity and structural investments in access to water in the EU (debate)

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Mr President, Galicia, my country, suffers the consequences of poor water management by the Spanish State by failing to comply with European regulations, in particular the Water Framework Directive, especially by failing to update its watershed plans and flood risk management plans. That is why the European Commission launched an infringement procedure in February last year and also, on 28 Septemb…

16 Oct

2023

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Madam President, I am going to talk about the AP9 motorway. We welcome the collective’s complaint, lodged with the European Commission, which opened an infringement procedure against the Spanish State in 2021 for failing to call for the public tender of that motorway. Spain has failed to comply with the obligations of the Directive and the procedures for the award of public works contracts. The Eu…

16 Oct

2023

ES Speech

Fisheries control (debate)

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Madam President, I wonder where the Commissioner is. Indeed, in a debate like this that has taken so many years, it is truly shameful that the Commissioner for Fisheries is not present. The activity of fishing crews is a very risky daily exercise to obtain few resources and, in many cases, to risk their lives. Ships are not offices at sea, as the European Commission officially intended in its firs…

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, Samuel Luís was murdered in A Coruña because he was gay. (The Chair interrupted the speaker)

4 Oct

2023

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Decent Housing for All (topical debate)

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Madam President, the lack of houses, their high price and rising interest rates are some of the main problems of concern to the popular classes in our countries. Prices rise, speculative capitalism rises, robbing the possibility of living with dignity, banks and real estate funds are left with houses for tourist apartments. It's a business. Empty houses, people without houses, houses without peopl…

3 Oct

2023

FR Speech

Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia (debate)

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Mr President, in the European Parliament today, we have been many Members from different political groups expressing our solidarity with the Armenian people. It is a disaster, it is genocide, ethnic cleansing and Europe was absent. We are facing a silent war, and silent in front of the world. Azerbaijan is responsible for the fate of the Armenian population. While the Armenian forces asked for our…

2 Oct

2023

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Rising precariousness in Europe including the need for aid to the most deprived (debate)

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Mr President, rising prices have made it impossible for many people to live. Living each day and reaching the end of the month is a heroic act. Commissioner, you have just been in my country, Galicia, in Santiago de Compostela, where the minimum interprofessional wage does not reach 50% and where there are 680 000 poor people, temporary contracts, low wages and a lack of job stability. The worst i…

12 Sep

2023

ES Speech

50 years since the murder of Allende and the Coup in Chile: democracy and sovereignty (debate)

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Madam President, fifty years after the coup d'état in Chile, the assassination of the president of Popular Unity, Salvador Allende's project is still valid in the demands for equality, historical memory, democracy and freedom. Allende was betrayed because he was fighting inequality in Chile with transformative changes, without taking a step back, he paid with his life for loyalty to the people. Th…

12 Sep

2023

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New Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean in the aftermath of the EU-CELAC Summit (debate)

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Mr President, Mr High Representative, the alliance between Europe and Latin America is strategic and must be preferential, fair and harmonious. I hope that for the first time there will be a predisposition to the opportunity of this regional cooperation based on mutual respect and reciprocity and that it will put nature and life at the centre of public policies. It is time for this bi-regional coo…

11 Sep

2023

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Surface water and groundwater pollutants (debate)

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Madam President, I come from a country rich in rivers and rivers, mistreated by governments for failing to protect them. Therefore, in the debate on this important report, I want to denounce what is happening at the San Fins mine. An environmental, economic and social risk, Commissioner, for the Muros and Noia estuary, rich in fish and seafood. This complaint is open in the European Parliament. De…

12 Jul

2023

ES Speech

The political disqualifications in Venezuela

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Madam President, how the right and the far right like to get their head out just before the EU-CELAC summit. Getting your head out to attack Venezuela is nothing new. When the lie is the instrument of communication, when the fake news are the target of many political groups of the extreme right and the right, what is provoked is a manipulation. Fake to repeat. Many things have been changed and dis…

12 Jul

2023

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The need for EU action on search and rescue in the Mediterranean (debate)

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Mrs Mussolini, when you sit in the seat, you get very nervous. You are the one who does not respect the debates because you start screaming, kicking, doing so at the table... The truth is that it is quite disrespectful to the House. In addition, those on the left are here to defend values, to defend human rights, to defend migrants and to defend people. I have been in Italy, on the Open Arms boat,…

11 Jul

2023

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Relations with the Palestinian Authority (debate)

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Madam President, last February I tried to have a meeting with the Palestinian Authority, with Israeli NGOs and with Palestinian NGOs, but I was prevented from entering the territories occupied by Israel. This is precisely what Mrs Incir's resolution says. And I would also like to thank you for mentioning that two MEPs have not been able to accede as part of an official delegation. Because, while I…

10 Jul

2023

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Madam President, I want to show support as a Bloc MEP for workers in the metal sector who have been protesting in my country since 15 June for fair wages and decent work. The workers took to the streets with great support in Vigo, Pontevedra and Vila Garcia, in a sector that is vital for Galicia. They claim their rights because the entrepreneurs do not comply with the agreements. Europe cannot acc…

10 Jul

2023

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European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Save Cruelty Free Cosmetics – Commit to a Europe without animal testing’ (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, on behalf of the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the organisers for their good work and for having garnered the support of 1.2 million Europeans committed to eliminating animal testing in the EU before the end of the current legislature. The ECI (European Citizens' Initiative) tool once again gives…

15 Jun

2023

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The water crisis in Europe (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, I am going to talk about the drought in Galicia. In the country of 1,000 rivers there is also a lack of water. Rainfall patterns are changing in a context of climate urgency. Water availability in Galicia is conditioned by the supply network sized according to wet conditions. There is a lack of excess rainwater storage infrastructure and water-saving irrigation syste…

13 Jun

2023

ES Speech

State of EU Cuba PDCA in the light of the recent visit of the High Representative to the island (debate)

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Madam President, how important it is for the European Union to make its voice heard in the fight against the blockade, but also in the intensification of these diplomatic relations. The United States blockade of Cuba is unacceptable, unjust and inhumane. The far right no longer knows what to do and provokes this resolution. And we know that, from 2019 to the present, Cuba has had a tightening of t…

31 May

2023

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Mr President, voting to end the far-right is what we did in Galicia last Sunday. The advance of the far-right in Europe and the Spanish state is worrying. In Galicia they had only one representative. What an example if we compare it to the rest of the state! The Bloque, my party, was the antidote in my country to stop the right and its far-right friends, because Mr Feijóo, who wants to be the pres…

11 May

2023

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Towards a strong and sustainable EU algae sector (debate)

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Mr President, Galicia also has a historical relationship with the harvesting of algae, such as sargassum. The natural resource of algae gives work, picks up standing, with their hands. It is a natural resource with high nutritional value in proteins, but also good for health, for cosmetics, for biofuels. In Galicia, we have several innovative companies producing algae and, in addition, in this sen…

11 May

2023

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Protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries - Agreement of the IGC on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (High Seas Treaty) (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, on 9 May the Galician and European fleet stopped at ports and asked to resign. And you know why? Because it has lost its trust and legitimacy. Because a Commissioner cannot demonise certain fishing gear without having scientific, environmental, but also social and economic foundations. I agree with protecting the marine ecosystems, the estuaries, the seas, but I also ag…

11 May

2023

ES Speech

European Citizens' Initiative "Stop Finning – Stop the trade" (debate)

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Mr President, finning is a reprehensible, condemnable, detestable and anti-ecological practice, as the European Citizens' Initiative says. European regulations have prohibited finning since 2013, as you know, Commissioner. When the measure was approved, there was an express commitment by the European Commission to adopt a ban on finning, without the agreement being reached in opposition to China, …

10 May

2023

EN Speech

New Oil Drilling in Alaska – impact on the global climate crisis and the rights of indigenous peoples (debate)

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Madam President, our concerns from the Greens/EFA Group of the European Parliament about the proposed Willow project in Alaska: there are a big opposition of the project of the natives and in the public opinion, the Willow project is a disaster for the native communities and for the wildlife. This is a huge climate threat, inconsistent with the administration’s promise to take on the Biden adminis…

8 May

2023

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Mr President, sailors see how Brussels decides with its back to the sea. Seamen, shipowners, workers and seamen, such as those who catch seafood or weave nets, who sell fish, all tired of seeing that Brussels decides without knowing it, with deep ignorance and without taking into account the interests of coastal communities, such as Galicia, where I come from. Commissioner Sinkevičius ignores the …

8 May

2023

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Schools scheme for fruit, vegetables, milk and dairy products (short presentation)

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Mr President, I would like to congratulate the rapporteur and give her a suggestion. You talk about the Mediterranean diet. I also want to add the Atlantic diet, which is very, very good and is also based on vegetables, fruits and milk. School milk – I come from a milk-producing country – how important it is for local producers to be involved in providing food to schools. But this is not the case.…

8 May

2023

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Implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (short presentation)

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Mr President, Galician is the proper language of Galicia, where it is also official, but it is only in less than 1% of the offer of audiovisual operators and it is very difficult to access films of recognised quality in the original version in Galician. O Shabarin, wild boar in Portuguese, is a television character that the Galician people have converted into a symbol to normalise Galician in all …