What Leire spoke about.

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ES Written Statement

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (debate)

On the occasion of the anniversary of 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Gender-Based Violence, socialists are once again leading the way in supporting effective European action to end gender-based violence, which continues unabated. Women's rights are human rights and there is no place or space for violence against women in Europe. Following the ratification of the Istanbul…

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Jul

2026

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Joint communication on humanitarian aid (JOIN(2026)0025) (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the reasons for this communication and for making humanitarian aid a priority for the European Union are many. This Communication comes at a particularly difficult time - probably the most difficult time we have experienced in recent times - for humanitarian aid. By 2026, 239 million people will need humanitarian assistance, but at the same time, the global humanitarian…

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Jul

2026

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The threat of war crimes, the escalating violations of international humanitarian law and the human rights situation in El-Obeid, Sudan

Mr President, Commissioner, I confess to you that I am attending this debate with a dose of frustration and helplessness, because we are bringing the debate on Sudan to this House again and again as Sudan bleeds to death and El Obeid becomes a symbol of a tragedy announced again and again. In just three weeks there have been fifteen drone strikes in the city, summary executions, kidnappings, tortu…

8

Jul

2026

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Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda: EU solidarity and preparedness in global health (debate)

Madam President, the outbreak originating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda is not an African matter. It is a global issue and also a European one. Diseases do not stop at borders. An outbreak can start very far from Europe, but it takes exactly as long to get there as it takes for a person to move. At first, we get news, figures, a few hundred cases and the first deaths - we alre…

8

Jul

2026

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EU’s response and preparedness to protect people against recurring heatwaves and upcoming wildfires (debate)

Madam President, in recent days we have experienced temperature records throughout Europe. And I'm afraid this is going to be the coolest summer of the next few years. Heat waves have left thousands of victims and multiplied the fires. Thermal stress threatens more than 130 million workers and the burned area already exceeds 130 000 hectares. In our land, in Castellón, in Soneja, but also repetiti…

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Jul

2026

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EU-Mexico (joint debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, with our support, Europe and Mexico will not only seal a strategic agreement, but a shared way of understanding the world. It is an alliance between two democracies that, against those who use their power to impose their will and their own benefit, defend dialogue, cooperation and clear and agreed rules to build peace, prosperity and collective sustainable developmen…

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May

2026

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The Union’s preparedness for and response to health emergencies: the case of the MV Hondius and the hantavirus warning (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, as you rightly said on Wednesday 6 May, the World Health Organisation issued an alert for the outbreak of hantavirus on board the cruise ship and called for a rescue and a response. On Sunday, May 10, just four days later, 148 passengers and a large part of the crew members had been disembarked and repatriated to their countries of origin, with a strictly controlled …

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May

2026

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Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban's adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for Courts

Mr President, Commissioner, women and women's rights have always been the cause and also the excuse for political dialogues and military presences in Afghanistan. However, on some occasions we have had the feeling that when the Allies decided to leave Afghanistan and the cameras stopped being there, the weight of the women ceased to be so present. And I say that because today the situation of wome…

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May

2026

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Political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba (debate)

Madam President, Vice-President Kallas, it is not the first time, nor indeed the last time, that we have spoken in this House of the people of Cuba, but I would like us, for the first time, at least for this time, to really have a debate thinking about the people of Cuba and not about other interests, and to defend a coherent and clear position of the European Union based on the values that we saw…

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Apr

2026

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Shortcomings and deficiencies of the ‘Amnesty Law’ in Venezuela

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Apr

2026

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Sudan’s abandoned humanitarian crisis: three years of conflict (debate)

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Apr

2026

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

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Mar

2026

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Rail transport safety in the EU – lessons learnt from the Adamuz accident and three years after the Tempi tragedy (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, I want to start by recognising and embracing the victims of railway accidents and their families, because they must always be at the centre of everything. Secondly, I would like to highlight the Spanish railway system, one of the most robust in the world, which will soon reach 90% of the urban and rural population. It is a high-performance service …

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Mar

2026

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Immunity of International Criminal Court officials and the activation of the EU Blocking Statute to strengthen EU strategic autonomy (debate)

21

Jan

2026

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Presidential elections in Honduras, the non-recognition of the outcome by the incumbent administration and the attacks on opposition members of the National Assembly

Madam President, after the presidential elections in Honduras, we must congratulate the winning president and, above all, the people of Honduras for their commitment to democracy. But we also want to recall the importance of ensuring the peaceful resolution of any differences and, above all, the full transparency of the contestation processes opened during a recount in the votes. We must also work…

21

Jan

2026

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Online piracy of sports and other live events: urgent need to address unsolved issues (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, intellectual property is crucial for the development and growth of the European Union. It contributes nearly €7 billion to our gross domestic product and generates more than 81 million jobs. But the other side of the coin is the huge losses caused by online piracy; increasing piracy, using increasingly complex, more sophisticated instruments and undermining investment c…

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Jan

2026

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Situation in Venezuela following the extraction of Maduro and the need to ensure a peaceful democratic transition (debate)

Madam President, Madam Vice-President Kallas, since the last few years in this House we have followed very closely the deterioration of the economic, political, social and democratic situation in Venezuela. We have been particularly concerned and concerned about the violation of the human and political rights of Venezuelans and, especially, of political prisoners and displaced persons. About a yea…

19

Jan

2026

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Humanitarian aid in a time of polycrisis – reaffirming our principles for a more effective and ambitious response to humanitarian crises (short presentation)

Madam President, I would like my first words to be of deep solidarity and condolence with the families of the victims of the train accident in Andalusia, in my country; of deep gratitude to health emergency professionals and workers, to all institutions and to citizens. I would also like to express my deep gratitude to you, Commissioner, for always being close to Spain and for always responding wi…

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Jan

2026

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Framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interest (debate)

Madam President, six years ago we suffered a COVID-19 pandemic, a crisis that altered our lives, our societies and our economies, a crisis that tested our health systems. But then we had allies that we could count on, that we could work with. Today that has completely changed. That is why, while the threats of war are increasingly noisy, we cannot forget the next pandemic; nor of patients in need …

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Dec

2025

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

Mr President, in order to have a democratic debate on equality, the first thing to do is to ensure that the rights of women in this House are respected and that violence against women is prevented here as well. Spain is the fourth European country and the tenth in the world that scores best in equality, and it is no coincidence: It is thanks to the efforts of feminist organizations, which always s…

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Dec

2025

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Impact of the geopolitical situation on European patients and their access to medicines (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the European Union is surely at one of the worst crossroads since its birth. And, in my opinion, we're not living up to it. We don't know how to react. Because we should start calling things by their name, also in this debate: the current US administration is no longer an ally of the European Union. Now they've written it down. It is not in trade, it is not in the world…

27

Nov

2025

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Outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference - Belém (COP30) (debate)

Mr President, denying climate change, saying – as we have heard here today – that it is ideological fanaticism or that it is bullshit, will not only not prevent us from suffering more and more consequences in floods, heat waves or also in devastating fires, but will mean that we will increasingly expose our citizens, our economy, our security and our lives. That's why we have to take it seriously.…

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Nov

2025

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Fishing opportunities 2026: ensuring the sustainability of fish populations, marine ecosystems and coastal communities

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Nov

2025

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

Madam President, Commissioner, today we bring once again to this sitting the most graphic example of horror, of a horror that sometimes we only intuit or imagine through the testimonies of children and women who manage to get out of it. A horror that involves ethnic cleansing and genocide in a place where 25% of the population suffers gender-based violence. A horror that is the epicenter of suffer…

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Nov

2025

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30th anniversary of the Barcelona Process and the new pact for the Mediterranean (debate)