What Idoia spoke about.

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ES Written Statement

The devastating floods in Spain, the urgent need to support the victims, to improve preparedness and to fight the climate crisis (debate)

The main objective of the S&D Group in requesting the debate was to highlight the need for immediate support to the victims of the recent floods that have devastated large areas of Spain – which have particularly severely affected the Valencian Community – and to fight the climate crisis that underlies these natural disasters. This disaster is not an isolated phenomenon, but a clear symptom of the…

8 Oct

2026

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UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, for a moment I am going to ask you to close your eyes and ask yourselves how you would like to grow old. This is the question that so many older people have not had the opportunity to answer because they have simply never been asked. If we do that exercise, surely most of us want to imagine ourselves accompanied, vital, eager to do what we want and, above all, surrounde…

6 Oct

2026

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Affordable Housing Act (debate)

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Thanks to the efforts of the Social Democrats, we have managed to have in this legislature a commissioner, a commission, a plan and now an Affordable Housing Law, to which the PP has already expressed its opposite position. Do you not think that Europe should plan affordable housing with the whole life cycle in mind, young and old, and above all ban vulture funds, ensure that the elderly can choos…

5 Oct

2026

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Psychosocial risks, stress and mental health at work (debate)

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15 Sep

2026

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Defence (joint debate)

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15 Sep

2026

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Presentation of the Fair Labour Mobility Package (debate)

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9 Jul

2026

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Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, the challenges are forcing us to look to the future and the common fisheries policy designed more than a decade ago needs to be updated. The Arrantzales The Basques expect answers from Europe and yet today we have an outdated and underfunded policy. It's not about starting from scratch. The Common Fisheries Policy has promoted more sustainable fisheries, improved sci…

8 Jul

2026

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

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Mr President, there are already an estimated 20 000 deaths in Europe this year, half of them among the elderly, and we are still doing nothing. The lack of investments to adapt their homes is not being a priority for this commission. Many nursing homes also fail to meet climate adaptation. In Europe the elderly suffer an ageism that makes them live worse and die sooner. Ask yourselves, ladies and …

7 Jul

2026

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Urgent measures to strengthen the competitiveness and safeguard quality jobs in the EU’s automotive sector (debate)

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I wanted to share with you if you consider that what we need, taking into account the regulations that we have in process, is really a greater accompaniment to our companies, a clear definition of theMade in Europe», unique and harmonised, easy to apply and, above all, easy to audit, and, above all, that any definition of origin must be clear, stable and easily verifiable. I also believe that we n…

21 May

2026

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European Citizens’ Initiative ‘Stop destroying videogames’ (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, imagine buying an e-book and discovering years later that it is no longer accessible because someone has decided to deactivate it. That happens today with many video games, and video games are part of the lives of millions of households in Europe. They generate talent, innovation, jobs and creativity, but they are also artistic creation and European cultural heritage…

20 May

2026

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The cases of human rights and environmental defenders Andrie Yunus and Muhammad Rosidi in Indonesia

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Mr President, Indonesia is a strategic partner for the European Union and we want to continue building a strong, stable and forward-looking relationship with Indonesia and ASEAN, but precisely because we believe in that relationship, we speak clearly: a strong partnership cannot be based on economic or geopolitical interests alone, it must be based on shared principles. Human rights and the protec…

20 May

2026

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Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap (debate)

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Mr President, Madam Vice-President, 16 billion hours are needed. Those are the hours women spend on unpaid care work around the world. In Europe, 45% of the population provides unpaid care, and the vast majority are women. So, the question is inevitable: If women spend much of our lives caring, why do we still treat care as secondary and invisible? Because without care, our societies, our economy,…

20 May

2026

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Recent proposals to fight poverty in the EU (debate)

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Madam President, this first European anti-poverty strategy was necessary and urgent, because behind the figures there are real lives. Today more than 93 million people in Europe are on the poverty line, not to mention the 20 million children who are also poor and that we have more and more working poor. That is why we value measures such as the strengthening of the European Child Guarantee, the fi…

19 May

2026

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EU governance under pressure – institutional responses to global challenges (debate)

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President, the European Union is facing unprecedented pressure. Geopolitical instability is joined by climate change and technological disruption, along with great uncertainty. We have seen how Orbán paralyzed us with decisions. We see the Commission's weakness in trying to pressure Netanyahu. We also have serious difficulties in responding to Donald Trump's threats. We therefore need to go beyond…

18 May

2026

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Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, steel is a strategic sector for our industrial sovereignty. Global overcapacity and production and unfair competition are putting unbearable pressure on European steel, and also threatening other essential industrial sectors. Europe needs to act with determination. We need more transparency in the global steel market. We need to defend low-emission green steel, as well …

10 Mar

2026

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Tackling barriers to the single market for defence - Flagship European defence projects of common interest

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Madam President, strategic autonomy is not built on speeches, but on concrete decisions. And the time has come for the European Union to take a step forward. We can no longer talk about security and strategic autonomy while keeping our defence capabilities fragmented and remaining overly dependent on third countries. There will be no Europe, stronger, safer and better equipped to protect its citiz…

10 Mar

2026

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European Semester for economic policy coordination 2026 - European Semester for economic policy coordination: employment and social priorities for 2026 (joint debate)

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Madam President, Madam Vice-President, I have worked for this European Semester to ensure convergence, stability and growth, but also social cohesion, which is our European identity. Because Europe cannot be guided by the Competitiveness Compass alone if we want a strong, competitive and secure Europe, we also need a Semester that measures and ensures what makes us better and unique, our real comp…

9 Mar

2026

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Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors (debate)

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Mr President, we still have a serious pay and pension gap problem. Women are still concentrated in the lowest-valued and lowest-paid sectors and are also the majority in part-time employment. And the result is clear: poverty has a woman's face during working life, but also in old age. Many retired women today live on pensions that do not allow them to live with dignity. Theref…

11 Feb

2026

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Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rights (debate)

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11 Feb

2026

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Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy (debate)

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11 Feb

2026

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International Day of Education, fighting inequalities in access to education (debate)

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11 Feb

2026

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Urgent actions to revive EU competitiveness, deepen the EU Single Market and reduce the cost of living - from the Draghi report to reality (debate)

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22 Jan

2026

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A new action plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights (debate)

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Madam President, Madam Vice-President, I want a Europe that protects, that offers living wages, that guarantees housing and in which children are not condemned to poverty. The new action plan should serve to correct errors and reinforce it. It cannot be a catalogue of good intentions. We need guaranteed rights and sufficient funding to achieve the results. Just this week, the International Monetar…

21 Jan

2026

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Preparations for the EU-India summit (debate)

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Madam President, I take this turn to make a wake-up call to all those colleagues who voted today to weaken Europe, sending a message of weakness to our trade and political allies. To paraphrase Canadian Prime Minister Carney, the question for Europe is not whether we adapt to this new reality, the question is whether we adapt by building higher walls or whether we try to do something much more amb…

17 Dec

2025

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The urgent need to combat discrimination in the EU through the horizontal anti-discrimination directive (topical debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, the rise of intolerance and extremism is leading to a rise in discrimination. Hate speech and prejudice are the order of the day. We are certainly living in very dark times, and Europe is the only hope for many people, that is why the need for the horizontal anti-discrimination directive. Women, migrants and people with disabilities, among many other groups, deserve …