What Sandra spoke about.

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ES Written Statement

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

The trial of Dominique Pelicot – and 50 other men – for drugging his wife to rape her for almost ten years, in the middle of the 21st century in the heart of Europe, shows how widespread the rape culture is. Socialists lead the support for effective European action to end gender-based violence, as we did in Spain with that Law against gender-based violence that turns 20 this 2024. 25 November is t…

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2026

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 18-19 June 2026 (debate)

Madam President, the position taken by the European Council on the Multiannual Financial Framework is simply disappointing. While Europe faces huge challenges such as the climate transition, competitiveness, digital sovereignty or access to housing, the Council's response has been to cut the budget; i.e. a smaller and unresponsive Europe. We can't do more with less. We cannot talk about strategic …

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2026

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr President, as a Valencian, I have to start by regretting the fire that we have suffered in Soneja, in Castellón, which has razed more than 183 hectares and, fortunately, there have been no victims, but we cannot ignore what this fire tells us. Droughts and heat waves lead us to consequences of climate change that are not a threat for the future: have consequences in the present, of pain and suf…

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Jun

2026

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EU-US trade deal (joint debate)

Mr President, I would like to begin by congratulating our colleague Bernd Lange on his firmness throughout this process. Turnberry's deal was never the deal we wanted: It is unbalanced and born out of an illegal tariff policy by the Trump administration that despises not only international standards, but also its historic alliance with Europe. However, a trade war with the United States benefits n…

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May

2026

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

Madam President, first of all, allow me to highlight citizens' initiatives: a real tool of citizen participation that allows us not only to listen to Europeans, but also to have the capacity to propose debates and initiatives like this. An initiative that has obtained more than one million signatures and that, therefore, shows us that there is a real concern about rights in the digital economy. In…

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2026

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Financing EU priorities in a sustainable, predictable and resilient way through a new EU own resource from the online gambling and betting services sector (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, today we are not talking about how we balance the MFF accounts with new own resources. I believe that we are doing so today in compliance with the fact that own resources must accept and comply with the principles of social justice and European sovereignty. And the European Parliament's proposal to include online gambling as an own resource goes in that right directi…

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May

2026

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Mr. President... (Speaking in an unofficial language of the European Union). Because we are experiencing an educational emergency. Thousands of students study in overcrowded classrooms, without air conditioning, withstanding temperatures of more than 40 degrees or worse, in barracks, in the case of students affected by the damage. And, meanwhile, teachers are required to sustain alone an increasin…

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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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Monitoring the application of European Union law in 2023, 2024 and 2025 (debate)

Madam President, this report addresses a fundamental issue for the credibility of the Union: it is not enough to adopt legislation, but we have to ensure that the law is applied effectively, transparently and uniformly in the Member States. And from the PETI Committee, we wanted to provide precisely that practical perspective based on the direct experience of citizens, since petitions are not a se…

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Apr

2026

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Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 (debate)

Mr President, there is something in this House that most of us share: ambition; the ambition to invest more, to respond to crises, to protect citizens and to make the European Union a stronger Union. But the reality is that there's an uncomfortable question that we keep avoiding, and it's how we pay for it, and that's where the inconsistency starts. The Commission and governments like to demand mo…

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Mar

2026

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EU-US trade deal (joint debate)

Mr. President, let's be clear: the Turnberry deal, as signed by Trump and von der Leyen, was deeply unbalanced. And it is even more so in a context in which the United States has acted with disloyalty, threats, pressure ... even against Member States such as mine, Spain. And that's not cooperation between allies, that's coercion. That is why today we are not going to give a blank chec…

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Mar

2026

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European Citizens’ Initiative 'Ban on conversion practices in the European Union' (debate)

Madam President, 'homosexuality: we help people explore their identity and correct the causes of their confusion'. This is an advertisement that has been found in various places that should be a place of peace. Homosexuality occurs because men have been seduced by their mother, and by not having sex with her because of the taboo of incest, they focus sexual energy on men. This text has …

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Mar

2026

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Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 (debate)

Madam President, this report should have been an exercise in institutional responsibility to strengthen transparency, ethics and good governance in the European institutions. And we did our part of the work, kept our word and voted on the compromises in the Committee on Petitions. But, as usual in that committee, the EPP Group, instead of sticking to the work done, opened the door to…

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Mar

2026

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Human trafficking and grave human rights violations linked to the recruitment of non-Russian nationals, in particular from Africa, for Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine

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Mar

2026

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AccessibleEU and the strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities: state of play and the future of EU accessibility policy (debate)

11

Mar

2026

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

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Mar

2026

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Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III (debate)

Mr President, uncertainty is increasing throughout the Union, not only because of wars, but also because of new emerging challenges, such as the increasing frequency and intensity of natural disasters that we are experiencing, for example, in my homeland, in Valencia. While it is clear that these problems cannot be solved by the annual budget alone, we can ensure that the Union has sufficient reso…

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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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Feb

2026

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Urgent need to address the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan and to achieve a sustainable peace (debate)

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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

Mr President, I would like to begin by stressing that the European Union's election observation in Honduras undoubtedly contributed to building trust and pacifying a very delicate electoral process. It should be remembered that Honduras has experienced, for almost two decades, episodes of political violence. He even suffered a coup d'état in 2009 and that is not a minor detail. We have to contextu…

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Jan

2026

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Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 (debate)

Madam President, Gaza, Sudan, Congo, Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine, Yemen, Myanmar, Nicaragua, to name the most relevant. It has been a black year for human rights, not forgetting the violence and criminalization that migrants and human rights activists are suffering in the United States. It is black, not only because of gravity, but also because of its normalization. The attack is global, cross-cutt…

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Dec

2025

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European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ (debate)

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Dec

2025

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European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ (debate)

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Nov

2025

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Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Spain and France in relation to natural disasters in 2024 and 2025 (A10-0215/2025 - Sandra Gómez López) (vote)

Madam President, first of all I would like to thank the shadow rapporteurs for the work we have done in committee. With the approval of this report we will approve a historic aid for the municipalities devastated by the Dana in Valencia and by the cyclones in France. But historical doesn't mean enough. It barely reaches 10%, in the case of Spain, and 2.5, in the case of France, of the total money …

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Nov

2025

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The new 2028-2034 Multiannual Financial Framework: architecture and governance (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, we do not agree with the structure of the plan, but what we do agree on is that it must be an ambitious financial framework. And, to be really ambitious, the current framework does not meet the objectives we have set ourselves. It is not possible to cover new priorities, such as the European Competitiveness and Defence Fund, to maintain traditional priorities, such as a…