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Mar

2023

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European Citizens’ Initiative "Save bees and farmers! Towards a bee-friendly agriculture for a healthy environment" (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, first of all, I would like to congratulate the organisers of this European Citizens' Initiative – a success, on behalf of the Committee on Petitions, for the support received by 1 200 000 Europeans, making it clear that this is a priority theme for European citizenship. Proper monitoring is essential in a participatory democracy. PETI has received a large number of p…

15

Mar

2023

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Deaths at sea: a common EU response to save lives and action to ensure safe and legal pathways (debate)

Mr. President, there is no worse wall than the wall of dehumanization. This latest tragedy demonstrates the lack of European solidarity and, above all, shame and scandal. Once again we come to the European Parliament to talk about the tragedy and the deaths, the lack of humanitarian corridors, the lack of legal and safe routes, the lack of a much-needed migration and asylum pact. Moreover, how sha…

14

Mar

2023

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Deterioration of democracy in Israel and consequences on the occupied territories (debate)

Mr President, all my support and solidarity with the protests in Israel, in Palestine and around the world; all my support to the Israeli and Palestinian civil-society organisations, in particular human rights defenders to continue their vital work. Israel respects nothing, nor to the Members of the European Parliament like me, who was on an official mission, and Israel arbitrarily decide not to l…

14

Mar

2023

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Deterioration of democracy in Israel and consequences on the occupied territories (debate)

Mr López-Istúriz, as you are the Chair of the Delegation for relations with Israel, I asked you recently, at the Delegation meeting, if you were aware of what happened to me when I entered Tel Aviv airport. You were left to make some representations to the Government of Israel; I simply wanted to ask if you have done so or if you have any information to withdraw the veto on the entry ban as a Memb…

13

Mar

2023

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Mr President, I live in a country rich in biodiversity, which is being looked at greedily by electricity companies. The wind lobby, supported by the governments, wants to make Galicia, my country, a wind colony. Renewable energy, such as wind, is needed, but we need to take into account its impact: protected nature reserves, consultation of affected populations, socio-economic impact, such as on t…

13

Mar

2023

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Signing of acts adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 79)

Madam President, I would like to begin my speech by calling for the diplomatic immunity of MEPs to be respected and for there to be no interference by third States in the performance of their duties. On 20 February he was part of the official mission of the Delegation for relations with Palestine of the European Parliament and was authorised to enter by the Government of Israel. My surprise was th…

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Feb

2023

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European Central Bank - annual report 2022 (debate)

Madam President, President Lagarde, the increase in the interest rate of the European Central Bank last year and in the course of this year is a fraud, a real scandal. This increase, translated into street language, can reach 300 euros per month more in the mortgages of families that, like Galicians, have fewer and fewer resources. The ECB manufactures poverty by promoting policies that favour the…

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Feb

2023

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Madam President, Galicia's natural connection with Portugal, and therefore with Europe, is hampered by a lack of support and investment. Many words and promises, but we remain periphery because of the political will of the State, Europe and inefficient governments, as recently seen at the meeting of the presidents of Galicia, Asturias and Castile and León or in the few investments of the Spanish S…

13

Feb

2023

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Following up on measures requested by Parliament to strengthen the integrity of European institutions (debate)

Madam President, in December, in the face of the current money-grabbing scandals, Parliament decided to set up a committee of inquiry into cases of corruption by third countries and MEPs, as well as a transparency committee, for Qatari interest representatives not to accede to Parliament and a call for an EU-wide ban on donations from third countries to MEPs and political parties. We debated again…

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Feb

2023

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EU response to the humanitarian situation following the earthquake in Türkiye and Syria (debate)

Madam President, we mourn for the lives lost. Our solidarity with the families of the dead and the wounded. All help is little in the face of so much misery and broken and missing lives. Refuge, drinking water, food, blankets. Yes, Commissioner, the EU's response was swift. Now, the priority is to organise shelters in the affected areas and more humanitarian aid. Because what is unacceptable is th…

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Feb

2023

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Mr President, in Galicia, where I come from, more than 7600 girls and boys lack a pediatrician. In 194 municipalities there is no pediatrics service. There is a tendency towards centralization that leaves part of the territory without services. In addition, the situation continues to worsen as more than 25% of active paediatricians are over 63 years old. Paediatric care is an essential service to …

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Jan

2023

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Small-scale fisheries situation in the EU and future perspectives (debate)

Madam President, I welcome Mr Pimenta's work on his report. My country, Galicia, is a maritime people, where women and men work in small-scale fishing and shellfishing, shellfishing, and in the cultivation of mussels, which feeds many families, has low environmental impact, uses sustainable fishing gear and respects the biological cycles of different species. With these characteristics, small-scal…

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Jan

2023

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Situation of journalists in Morocco, notably the case of Omar Radi

Madam President, Morocco is experiencing an unprecedented regression. I denounce the undermining of press freedom in Morocco and we call for the release of Mr Omar Radi, Moroccan journalists, Nasser Zefzafi, political prisoners from the Rif and political prisoners from Western Sahara. We denounce the constitution of the intimidating discourse, the torture and the lack of guarantees of the prisoner…

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Jan

2023

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The storming of the Brazilian democratic institutions

Mr President, Brazil took to the streets to defend democracy in the face of very serious events never seen before in Brazil's history. The coup movement tried to illegally reverse the outcome of the last presidential election, which gave the victory to President Lula da Silva. Supporters of former President Bolsonaro invaded and deprecated the buildings of the three powers in Brasilia, in an unpre…

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Jan

2023

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New developments in allegations of corruption and foreign interference, including those related to Morocco, and the need to increase transparency, integrity and accountability in the European institutions (debate)

Madam President, this weekend I was in the Saharawi refugee camps, at the XVI Congress of the Polisario Front, in that inhospitable place where the shame of Morocco's geopolitics, with the consent of other European powers, has left the Saharawi people in very harsh living conditions. The illegal occupation of Western Sahara by the occupying power, Morocco, a systematic breach of United Nations res…

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Jan

2023

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Mr President, many Galician families tighten their belts because of rising prices and credits. More than two hundred thousand mortgaged families who, in July, see Mrs. Lagarde raise Euribor rates. The European Central Bank has never had pity, now raising the interest rates that impact the portfolio of the peoples at high speed. After years firmly anchored below zero, and after reaching record lows…

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Dec

2022

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Tackle the cost of living crisis: increase pay, tax profits, stop speculation (topical debate)

Madam President, consecutive increases in consumer prices, particularly in products such as fuel and food, are contributing to an increase in the rate of inflation. You know the Commissioner, how much do eggs, potatoes, milk, fish, meat and light cost? Essential goods are a luxury for many families, for large families, for single parents, for students, for people on low incomes. We are in a social…

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Dec

2022

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Turkish airstrikes on northern Syria and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (debate)

Mr. President, where is Mr. Borrell? He should be pushing Turkey to stop its attacks. It should make clear that they do not credit Turkey's narrative about safe zones and security threats from the Rojava autonomous administration and that the Turkish attacks are completely unjustified. It should be supporting Rojava to implement an internationally protected no-fly zone. It should be actively worki…

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Dec

2022

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Prospects for the two-State solution for Israel and Palestine (debate)

Sir, President. To demolish apartheid, not the houses and schools of Palestine. To demolish Israeli apartheid in occupied Palestine. This cruel system of domination is a crime against humanity. Two states are needed to put an end to the denial of the fundamental rights of Palestinians, who face very difficult living conditions. In order for there to be two states, the human rights of the Palestini…

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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)

Mr. President, what a scandal! You can't do business with politics. But who do some MEPs think they are? Gods? We are representatives of our peoples, not sellers of votes or influences. Ethics, responsibility, integrity at work and, above all, transparency must be the way to exercise our mandate. Our political group denounced corruption practices many times. He denounced that we were being harasse…

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Nov

2022

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The need for a European solution on asylum and migration including search and rescue (debate)

Mr President, how much cynicism and, above all, how much hypocrisy in this House. When I left, in 2019, I thought something had improved, and three years later we were still the same or maybe worse. There is no European disembarkation protocol, there are no legal and safe routes, NGOs continue to be criminalised and, above all, the criterion of the first port of disembarkation has not been removed…

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Nov

2022

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Promoting regional stability and security in the broader Middle East region (debate)

Madam President, first of all, I would like to congratulate the rapporteur, despite criticism from the far right in this House, which is not present, by the way. They come, they listen, they let go of their roll and then they do not stay when it is necessary to stay out of respect for the debates and all the ideologies present here. So, first of all, we value positively strengthening multilaterali…

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Nov

2022

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EU response to the increasing crackdown on protests in Iran (debate)

Madam President, all my support is with the bravery of Iranian women. Protests in Iran and around the world are fuelled by the murder of Kurdish Mahsa Amini, by the murder of children, by opening fire against civilians. No woman should be murdered for what she wears. Women, life, freedom! Control over women’s clothing is an oppression of choice and a form of asserting power over women’s bodies. Th…

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Nov

2022

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Madam President, fighting depopulation, strengthening the economy of the northwest peninsular, improving infrastructure are some of the measures that we have taken years to defend for Galicia on the part of my political party, the Galician Nationalist Bloc: include Galicia in the Trans-European Transport Network European Corridor. But not only does this claim of Galicia exist: Castile-Leon and Por…

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Nov

2022

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Situation of human rights in the context of the FIFA world cup in Qatar (debate)

Madam President, goal. FIFA has scored a goal, the goal of money and the goal of corruption. Who cares about the lives of working migrants, women or LGBTI people in Qatar? Of course, FIFA doesn't care. We do care. That is why, last week, the Human Rights Commission organized a hearing with a Qatari minister and several NGOs who came on purpose to talk about the very serious situation, Commissioner…