What Jaume spoke about.

22

Jan

2025

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EU financing through the LIFE programme of entities lobbying EU institutions and the need for transparency (debate)

Madam President, 'society does not exist, there are only individuals'. Do you know who said that? Thatcher, when he declared war on organised civil society. And you are inspired by it to take funding away from NGOs, because for you there are only private companies and individuals as mere passive, isolated, conformist, frightened spectators, who do not participate in public affairs. That is the pol…

21

Jan

2025

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Geopolitical and economic implications for the transatlantic relations under the new Trump administration (debate)

Mr. President, I have heard many of you today speak of the international order that is being jeopardized. But I ask myself a question: With what authority can we rise up against Trump's imperialist expansionist delusions? You have spoken of the principle of the viability of borders, of international rules, and we agree. But don't you find it somewhat contradictory to our position with Palestine? T…

20

Jan

2025

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Ceasefire in Gaza - the urgent need to release the hostages, to end the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and to pave the way for a two-state solution (debate)

Mr President, I, unfortunately, do not share the optimism of some of you. It is not a peace agreement or an end to violence. apartheid, ethnic cleansing, occupation. It's not even a permanent ceasefire. It is just a pause in the midst of the hell and barbarism that the Palestinians live. But, without the end of those atrocities, without justice and reparation, without Netanyahu arrested and tried,…

17

Dec

2024

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Towards a shared vision for European tourism, its sustainable growth and brand Europe (debate)

Mr President, to talk about tourism is to talk about climate change. The Dana, after sowing Valencia with death and chaos, has left us many lessons. I highlight one: We must respect nature. We're vulnerable. That means, at the very least, revising an unsustainable, polluting, destructive tourism model. It implies ceasing to fill our coasts with cement, but above all the flood zones such as the fin…

17

Dec

2024

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Toppling of the Syrian regime, its geopolitical implications and the humanitarian situation in the region (debate)

Mr President, in Syria, with the fall of tyranny, that dream has come true that beat in the hearts of those who mobilized in the name of freedom during the Arab Spring, a democratic wave that reached Tunisia, Egypt, Libya ..., but also Europe, Spain, when many of us mobilized in the same year during the 15M. Twenty-four years later, after thousands of displaced people, the dead, tortured or disapp…

26

Nov

2024

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Continued escalation in the Middle East: the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank, UNRWA’s essential role in the region, the need to release all hostages and the recent ICC arrest warrants (debate)

24

Oct

2024

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Abuse of new technologies to manipulate and radicalise young people through hate speech and antidemocratic discourse (debate)

Madam President, Mr Buxadé spoke about the freedom of patriots and the legitimate demonstrations in the United Kingdom against immigration, but I am sure you remember: These were not peaceful demonstrations, they were racist riots where vulnerable people were beaten and stabbed and homes burned. And why? Because they spread a hoax – with the help of Elon Musk – falsely attributing murders to an im…

22

Oct

2024

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Urgent need for a ceasefire in Lebanon and for safeguarding the UNIFIL mission in light of the recent attacks (debate)

Madam President, I had an intervention prepared, but I will say something else. Commissioner, I have been listening all morning to the arguments for supporting Ukraine, its people, and we agree. But I thought: You have to tell the truth. And the truth is that it is a hypocrisy to support Ukraine and not to do so with Lebanon or Palestine. Ukraine's borders are worth as much as those of Lebanon or …

9

Oct

2024

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Ensuring sustainable, decent and affordable housing in Europe - encouraging investment, private property and public housing programmes (debate)

Mr. President, do you know how much an apartment of sixty square meters costs today in Madrid? EUR 1 200 on average. And do you know how many young people can't access that floor? 70%. It's a real shame. We have been living for years with a runaway capitalism that aims to commodify everything and that has generated an unprecedented housing crisis with more anguish, despair and poverty. How long ar…

8

Oct

2024

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Escalation of violence in the Middle East and the situation in Lebanon (debate)

Madam President, thank you to Mr Borrell for talking about the victims in Lebanon, because yesterday we all stood up to express our solidarity with the families of the 1 200 Israeli victims. But today, as yesterday, a thunderous silence is heard: that of the bench of the right and the extreme right. What about the other victims: 42,000 in Palestine and 2,000 in Lebanon? They don't exist? Are they …

17

Sep

2024

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War in the Gaza Strip and the situation in the Middle-East (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, how long will Europe stop supporting the butcher Netanyahu? Last Thursday, he killed seven United Nations employees. And as you recalled, we have already killed more than 40,000 Palestinians, most of them women, children and girls. How long will the international community tolerate it? How long will you ignore the demands of the International Criminal Court? How many…