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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, look, there are two ways of understanding Europe: the one of the hoaxes and the one that rescues 150 people from 23 countries in a Canarian port. The first one screams louder, the second one works. What happened to MV Hondius is not a miracle, it is what happens when the World Health Organization, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the Member States get to work together instead of discussing. That is multilateralism. That's what saved lives again. It worked because there was a government that rolled up its sleeves. Minister Mónica García was always on the ground, not on a set; It wasn't screaming, it was working and looking for solutions, and it worked thanks to public health that you cut back on whenever you can. While some spread hoaxes, our entire health system was working meticulously. That is why, ladies and gentlemen, this debate is not about a boat, it is about whether Europe is going to shield what works, strengthen prevention, finance the European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority, sustain public health in each Member State, because the next emergency is already traveling towards us and we are not going to stop it with hoaxes or partisanship.

19

May

2026

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Political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba (debate)

I believe what we have clearly said before, that there is a double standard and that, depending on the identity card of the people concerned, it is seen that there are some human rights or others. And that is the indignity of some representatives of the European institutions who do not apply these values to the whole of society and in everything around the planet, but it depends on what ID they have and it depends on who they are protecting, because it is based on the needs of the large multinationals and also on the interests of the United States that human rights are applied or directly looked the other way.

19

May

2026

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Political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba (debate)

Madam President, Mrs Kallas, in Cuba there are 11,000 children waiting for an intervention in hospitals without light 20 hours a day. And this as a consequence of the illegal blockade of the United States. I'm not saying it, the United Nations is saying it. Thousands of pregnant women are without electricity or water and at risk of losing their children. Look, I have to tell you very clearly: In the face of this, you do absolutely nothing and do absolutely nothing for fear of Mr. Trump. And I have to tell you: This indicates that you are not a worthy representative of European citizenship. And it is not because precisely the European citizenry is organizing itself in the face of the inactions of the institutions that you represent to bring solar panels to the hospitals of Cuba, so that those 11,000 children and thousands of pregnant women do not run out of light when they need to be treated humanitarianly. And that's why I tell you that long live the associations that organize and do what the institutions don't do. And you must take the reins at once and apply those values that you preach so much and that say absolutely nothing and that you never practice.

18

May

2026

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

Mr President, we must put an end to the unfair competition that threatens our industry and destroys quality jobs in Europe. Therefore, measures against overcapacity and also the implementation of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism for steel are essential. Thanks to these measures, the price of foreign steel will almost come close to the price of European production, protecting jobs here and also health across the planet, because when Europe acts boldly, Europe wins and the world is transformed. Our policies not only protect European industry and jobs, but act as a real lever for the global green transition, and we are already seeing this: In India there are steel giants that are investing in green steel to be able to enter the European market in better conditions, and countries such as Turkey or Brazil already implement emissions trading systems. That is the way; This is a path that we need to expand, and we need to be courageous also to expand it to other strategic industries, because overcapacity and unfair competition not only affect the steel problem.

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Apr

2026

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How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by animal diseases? (debate)

Mr President, for some Members of the far right - who are just gone because they don't really seem to care about farmers - the problem for farmers is not that they charge little, it is not the big multinationals that squeeze them every day to sell at a loss, it is the evil environmentalists and the evil vegans. Look, stop being ridiculous and put solutions to the real problems that farmers have. It is necessary that there is a remuneration adjusted to what it costs them and, for that, for example, we can create a "Remunerascore", so that the consumer knows how much of what he pays goes directly to the producer. We need to talk about animal health, of course! Let's talk about vaccination against lumpy skin disease, and make it real to avoid sacrifices. Let's also talk about not approving Mercosur so that there is no unfair competition with our farmers, and let's talk about real reciprocity, the same rules for everyone in animal welfare or food safety. Let's also talk - oh, they don't like that! - about fighting the monopolies of the big multinationals, which go against the small farmers. That is why it is important to stop making cartoons and really talk about small farmers and be by their side; Not with words, but with deeds and vows.

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Apr

2026

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Supporting democratic resilience in Armenia (debate)

Madam President, in six weeks, Armenians go to the polls. Beyond parties, candidates and debates, there is an invisible fight: disinformation, cyberattacks, foreign money – all of these designed to pull Armenia away from its democratic path. Dear colleagues, the Armenian people have earned our solidarity the hard way: through war and siege, through the forced displacement of the people of Artsakh, through genocide and through a weight of history that no people should ever have to carry. Armenia chooses Europe, and now Europe must respond. But our solidarity cannot be turned into a blank endorsement. Our engagement must be conditional on values, on rule of law, on accountability. We must celebrate the reforms, and we must continue asking for democratic standards. This is why the EU partnership mission is a step, but a step that must go further. Because what happens in Yerevan or in Artsakh doesn't stay in Yerevan.

26

Mar

2026

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EU-US trade deal (joint debate)

Mr President, six months ago, in the face of Trump's first threat, the president humiliated Europe with the signing of a nefarious agreement in which, before the start of the game, Europeans already lost 15 to 0. In addition, he knelt down pledging to invest European money to buy weapons and fossil fuels from the United States. All in the face of the promise that this agreement would bring us stability. And what has this deal really brought us after six months? More threats and blackmail, more instability and rising prices, more legal uncertainty and Trump's sense of total impunity for skipping international legality with illegal wars. Kneeling before an abuser is never the right way: you have to stand up and bet on Europe, setting the limits. We must apply the anti-coercion mechanism, we must invest in European reindustrialisation and we must end our dependence on fossil fuels by investing massively in the green transition. That is why, for the sake of consistency and dignity, we cannot validate this agreement.

10

Mar

2026

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Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, what you propose in this report is not going to solve the housing problem, it is going to aggravate it, because it is precisely what has been happening all these years, and no one has to explain it to the Valencians, because precisely deregulate to build without limits the only thing that has led us is to an increase in prices and the destruction of the territory by building houses of one million, two million euros, yes, on the coast, destroying the entire territory, while the citizens of the villages could not even access housing. Because not acting against illegal tourist apartments, looking the other way, as this report raises, expels the neighbors from the neighborhoods; Because privatizing public housing and using public money, without any price cap, without any conditionality, only adds gasoline to speculation. That is why we must stop doing what has generated the problem and make courageous policies. For example, put an end to financial speculation on housing, limit the prices of houses paid for with public money, act against turistification and make rents indefinite.

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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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Feb

2026

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State violence in Minneapolis and the rule of law in the United States (topical debate)

22

Jan

2026

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

Yes, MEP, Mr Oliveira, I fully agree with you: NextGenerationEU deadlines should be increased in order to be able to be implemented, precisely by focusing on and prioritising access to housing. And yes, there should be specific funds for affordable housing, with the conditionality that they are affordable: European funds cannot be created so that they can then be speculated on as housing. They must be used for the construction, rehabilitation and purchase of affordable housing, and that conditionality is what can change everything. That is why we have to insist on the European Parliament's report on housing, which makes it clear that the Commission can only allocate European money to housing if it is to make it affordable.

22

Jan

2026

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

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, look, today in the Spanish State there are more than 600 000 working families living in fear, afraid that their rental contract ending this year will not be extended, but will start asking them not for €700 a month, but for €1300; with fear that, after killing themselves to work all day, they will have to arrive at their home to pack, leave their homes, leave their neighborhood, leave their city. Put yourself in place when you listen here to debates like the current one, with many words, with good intentions, but not with deeds. They don't need any more good intentions. They need to have their rental contracts extended without them getting on board. They need to be made indefinite. What they need is that they can access a first home ahead of an investment fund buying the home that makes five hundred. And these examples of good practice exist in Europe, and we need them to spread throughout Europe, to make them the norm, to be the norm for all workers in Europe. And for that, we need facts from the European Commission on housing. Words are not enough; We need action, and that's it.

21

Jan

2026

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Preparations for the EU-India summit (debate)

Madam President, this Summit between the European Union and India is very important in the current context to strengthen multilateralism, cooperation and rules-based relations. But a European Union free trade agreement with India that sets aside fundamental aspects of our values or prevents the full development of our industrial strategy can weaken us. Trade agreements – without falling into colonial impositions – should also serve to promote human, labour and environmental rights. Therefore, we ask that the sustainable development chapter be legally binding and with real compliance mechanisms that improve people's lives on both sides of the agreement. We do not expect an agreement like New Zealand's, we are aware of the situation; But we do think it may have more social ambition and more climate ambition than we have seen so far in the meetings we have followed up. We also ask that this agreement not be at the expense of European industry. Today the two markets are profoundly different and opening them without any control can generate many problems. In fact, sectors such as steel, such as ceramics – which is particularly important for my land – or aluminium are already sounding the alarm; also the car, which says that it will not have enough benefits as the agreement is being proposed. Let us therefore hope that this agreement will not be an obstacle to the full development of industrial jobs, as called for by our Clean Industry Pact, and that they will not be destroyed by unfair competition. And I end with one last geopolitical question: Do you have any assurances, Mrs Kallas, that this agreement will reduce the preferential relations between India and Russia?

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Jan

2026

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Air passenger rights (debate)

Madam President, today we are sending a very clear message, one outward: it is possible, in spaces of mass polarisation in which parliaments have become, to reach agreements between very different forces. And we do this by putting the interests and rights of millions of passengers across Europe above the interests of certain large multinationals to do business with rights with which business cannot and should not be done. The second message we send is that we are not going to take a step back and we are going to do it by standing up, clearly, in a united way as we have done until we get here. And the third message is more internally: the Council's lack of respect, the fact that it is not even present today in this debate, is very significant. That is what they have done in all these debates so far. They have helped us a lot in the Unit, but it should be clear to you, gentlemen of the Council, that when you look at this video you will see that we make it very clear to you that sitting next to your son cannot be a business, that going with your carry-on suitcase with the essentials cannot be a business and that delaying flights cannot become a business for airlines.

26

Nov

2025

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

26

Nov

2025

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Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (debate)

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Oct

2025

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First anniversary of the DANA floods in Spain: improving EU preparedness (debate)

Mr President, unlike the Valencian Government, which is still more focused on fleeing justice than on repairing the pain of the victims, or Parliaments such as the Spanish State Congress, which are permanently mired in partisan anger, this Parliament – including the European Commission – has been relatively up to the task. This has been the first place where victims have been able to appear and be heard in parliamentary headquarters. And here we have agreed among representatives of democratic forces of different parties and different nationalities so that the funds reach the affected areas and to change regulations that had to be changed urgently. Therefore, thank you on behalf of the Valencians and the Valencians, even if it is not enough. And it's not enough because we have to learn, we have to learn and a lot. Funds cannot be conditioned. Look, right now the Valencian government has changed the law so that it can be built again in flood zones. And it will be done - it may be - with European money. This is unsustainable. We can't afford it. And second, the funds must be sufficient. Look, the Solidarity Fund has been totally inadequate. Only for the affected areas of the Valencian Community, of the Valencià Country, are 81% of the Solidarity Fund funds, and for the rest there are no more funds left. We also need to talk about how structural funds have been diverted to emergency situations. We have achieved it thanks to the Restore and funds arrive. But it cannot be that the structural funds are earmarked for emergencies and not for what they were established for, for essential infrastructure issues. Here I would like to draw attention to the right-wing democratic groups, if they still exist. And the consequences are not only personal, which should be enough argument. They are not only environmental, which should already be enough argument. So are economics. In the Valencià Country alone, the losses are eighteen billion. You tore your clothes this summer with the big fires. Yesterday they voted against protecting forests in a regulation that we had here. They must stop following the far-right trend of denying climate change, because the European economy cannot afford it. Climate change is being fought or wiped out. If you don't do it, if it doesn't seem enough to do it for people, if it doesn't seem enough to do it for the planet, do it at least for the economy.

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Oct

2025

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The decision to impose a fine on Google: defending press and media freedom in the EU (debate)

Mr President, Vice-President Ribera, Google invoices more than 60 billion a year in Europe and, according to all studies, it does not even pay 8% in taxes. On the other hand, a waiter who works, for example, in Spain charges 1,300 euros and pays 19% of his work in taxes. The megarrics are breaking the European social model, evading taxes and deciding – attacking our democracy – what everyone can think, what everyone should think. And this goes through two issues: the first, which has allowed them to concentrate a lot of power; and, the second, that they are allowed to pay less tax. That is why we must end dependence on large foreign technology multinationals, protect data and support European platforms and those that are open. And a tax on the big tech companies must be made effective in a real way throughout Europe. And, above all, get to the end with the fines - like the one you have put - to those who evade taxes, to those who until now have been making the propaganda to Trump. Because here we must show that Europe is with its citizens, and not with Trump and his oligarchs.

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Oct

2025

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Common agricultural policy (joint debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, there are three major problems with European agriculture. The first, which is often paid to farmers below production prices. The second is unfair competition from third countries that enter without our standards. And the third is clear too: the unfair distribution of European funds. Today, you are taking a step forward in the right direction, which is to protect small farmers, make their lives easier and ensure that they will not sell at a loss. And that's very good. But this step forward can be left in nothing if you don't also move forward on the other two big problems. In fact, if you don't keep encouraging the other two big problems. As for the first, unfair competition, Mercosur must stop. It is impossible to move forward if you carry forward the agreement with Mercosur, which will facilitate unfair competition. And, as for the second, it cannot be that you defend farmers if you cut 22% in common agricultural policies, as proposed in the budget. Therefore, stop the agreement with Mercosur, stop the cuts in agriculture and continue in this good direction that you have proposed today.

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Sep

2025

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Summer of heatwaves in the EU: addressing the causes and providing adequate housing and health policies to address record-breaking temperatures (debate)

Mr President, most workers in Europe have experienced this summer worse than the previous one. In Valencia, more than eighty nights have been tropical nights, in which, at night, you could not rest, and most workers could not rest because they can not afford an air conditioner. In my city, in Castellón, more people have died this summer from the heat wave than in some of the worst moments of the COVID-19 pandemic. And, in the face of this, what do the deniers do? Protect those responsible for this climate change. Protect those at the top, divert attention, protect the 180 most polluting companies, protect the megarricos who travel on private planes, because protecting those at the top and denying climate change is attacking those at the bottom. Because fighting climate change is protecting those at the bottom, it is protecting the social majority. That is why we ask the Commission to protect the majority of European citizens and to stop agreeing with the extreme right that denies climate change and only protects those at the top. Because fighting climate change is fighting for the European majority.

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Sep

2025

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Implementation of EU-US trade deal and the prospect of wider EU trade agreements (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, they bring a bad deal, and we do not have to tell those of us who are against it from the beginning, so are those who are trying to come out and defend their deal. In fact, they should reflect on whether the only ones in this Parliament who are happy with this agreement – and defend it very intensely – are those who are in the service of Trump. We just saw him. The only happy ones are Trump's partners in Europe and, therefore, they should make a reflection, not only because it is humiliating and because it is unequal, but also because it generates absolutely no stability. The only ones who are defending this deal say it will generate more stability. 14 days later, we already had a tariff hike on aluminum. A month later, we already have Mr. Trump saying that he is going to raise the tariffs again, because American companies that do not comply with the legislation that we Europeans have sovereignly given us have been fined. What stability is this agreement giving, if only a month later it is already said that it will be broken? Therefore, we need to advance in compliance with the international regulations of the World Trade Organization and do so as benchmarks, because it is our time. It is time for Europe, if we remain anchored in our values and in those we share with the whole world and stop doing business with those who blackmail us and do not comply with them.

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Sep

2025

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State of the Union (debate)

Madam President, Mrs von der Leyen, I would like to ask you whether you have today made a motion of censure yourself, because you have announced just the opposite of what you have been doing in many areas this year. You talk about a strong Europe and then humiliate us and subject us to Trump. You talk about climate change and then agree all the policies related to climate change with the deniers of the extreme right. You talk about housing and what you do is reinforce the budget in weapons and not in housing. And the most serious thing of all is that you, so far, have been silent in the face of genocide. She's been quiet, until now, saying she had no competition. And, suddenly, today I already had the power to announce partial actions, behind the mobilizations of millions of European citizens. To preside over Europe is to lead it, not to go after its citizens, like those in the flotilla that you must protect. To preside over Europe is to be consistent and to exercise its values, for example by acting the same in Ukraine as in Palestine, by acting, by defending universal rights throughout Europe and by exercising Europe's freedom throughout the world.

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Sep

2025

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Cohesion policy (joint debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, in the last two years alone, the price of rent has increased by 40% in Valencia. Only in two years. In Elx, 70% of the homes in the city's rental market are hijacked for tourist rental, 70%!, and do not go to neighbors. Or in my city, in Castelló, it turns out that there are students who have stopped studying the university career they wanted because they can not afford a room, and that we are seeing happening throughout Europe. That is why we cannot talk about cohesion policies without talking about housing. And you have a responsibility, you have it, you can exercise it, not just the Member State. And that is why I am going to propose two questions to you. The first is that the cohesion funds that are dedicated to housing can only be dedicated to affordable housing and that if they are allocated to affordable housing, that these homes cannot then be transferred to the free market, that they cannot be speculated on. And the second, that the funds are not recentralized, because they have to go to those who know most what their citizens are suffering: cities and regions. And to that end, Commissioner, you have an obligation. Because we can't talk about cohesion without a decent roof.

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Jul

2025

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EU Preparedness Union in light of the upcoming wildfire and droughts season (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, in my country this summer we are suffering from two historical events. The first, which has been the warmest month of June in history, with four degrees above what is usual at this time. And, at the same time, we are also suffering today from closed fire stations – for the first time in history in summer – and no forest reinforcement for the summer season. These are the diabolical consequences of two issues. The first is climate change – of course, of course – but also because we have negationists in governments, in our governments. And that is happening in my country, but it will happen and it is happening also in other countries in Europe. That is why we need courageous measures that really make it possible to increase funding for emergencies caused by climate change and to better coordinate the European rescue mechanism. But the Commission must also take courageous steps and stop agreeing with those who deny climate change. A year ago you and I spoke on the phone, almost a year ago, and I thank you for that, because of the floods that killed 228 people in my country, and in the emergency services they are now telling us that they are worse prepared than at the time and that is unacceptable. That is why we need more resources and we need better coordination of emergency services.

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Jul

2025

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State of play of implementation of the European Media Freedom Act in the Member States (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, you are going to have a lot of work if you really want this European regulation on freedom of the media to be implemented, among others, in my country, in the Valencià country. Why do I say this? Because Article 6(2), which says that editorial independence must be guaranteed, especially of the news media, shows that they have not read it directly, because in the midst of the crisis of the DANA, of the floods, the director of news media ceased because he was too critical, to seek the truth, and they did it in a totally political way. Article 6(3) speaks of the creation of internal bodies to guarantee the plurality and independence of journalists, and it turns out that, being far from being breached, because in the Law this body already existed, now with another Law, behind, they approve to load this body of independence of journalists and also change the Law to put the finger on the political direction of the censor of the previous public television. Moreover, not content with that, they directly attack the conditions of the workers. That's why I ask him: how will you ensure the implementation of this Regulation...