What Diego spoke about.

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Jul

2026

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Presentation of the Action Plan on Cybersecurity and AI (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, artificial intelligence is already having an impact on all of us, on our personal relationships, on our business and on our daily lives. Everything. We used to find data, compare information, form our own opinion. Today we ask AI and we take everything for granted, and that can become a big problem, a very serious problem. If that artificial intelligence is maliciously …

16

Jun

2026

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Achieving digital sovereignty and resilience for Europe, in light of recent developments affecting access to advanced AI technologies (debate)

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May

2026

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Reviewing the ETS system to support European competitiveness (topical debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Europe no longer penalises polluting, it penalises producing. And that is the reality that we have been hearing for almost two years in office: industries that close, companies that leave, workers who lose their jobs. And, in the meantime, Europe continues to increase imports from countries that do not rule from ideology, but defend their own interests. And this no long…

19

May

2026

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EU cybersecurity and preparedness in view of advanced AI systems (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, artificial intelligence is advancing today at missile speed and, while in Europe we continue to regulate at typewriter speed. That's the problem, because while cyberattacks automate, learn and evolve in seconds, our companies continue to waste time, resources and competitiveness navigating between bureaucracy. And precisely there is one of the great risks that we fac…

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Mar

2026

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Energy security, independence and supply in the geopolitical context - ensuring market stability and affordable energy for industry and citizens (debate)

Mr President, Mr González Casares, Mrs Corrado, you did not want to use Spanish energy policy as an example. What do they want, an even bigger blackout? Commissioner, do you know who wins when the price of energy goes up? The State, through taxes. And you know who pays for it? It is paid by families, it is paid by the self-employed, it is paid by SMEs and it is paid by European industry.…

12

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 begin by addressing the Spanish Government. Do you know how my wife feels every Thursday that she has to take the train to go to Madrid? He feels afraid, afraid of not knowing if he will ever see his children again. She and millions of Spaniards who take the train every day. Do you know how my sister-in-law feels when she goes to work at the hospital on…

10

Mar

2026

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Presentation of the Energy Package (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, it seems that our group was not on the wrong track. This energy package includes what we have been asking for: lower prices, strengthen energy security, invest in nuclear energy and modernise networks and interconnections. Congratulations, thanks for getting in the car of common sense. But what about Spain? Spain maintains the closure of the nuclear starting with Almara…

10

Feb

2026

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Spain’s large-scale regularisation policy and its impact on the Schengen Area and EU migration policy (debate)

10

Feb

2026

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Spain’s large-scale regularisation policy and its impact on the Schengen Area and EU migration policy (debate)

10

Feb

2026

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Extreme weather events in particular in Portugal, southern Italy, Malta and Greece: European response in strengthening readiness, preparedness and solidarity mechanisms (debate)

21

Jan

2026

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Presentation of the Digital Networks Act (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Europe is not going to win the digital race with more papers, it can win it with fiber, with 5G, with 6G, with security and with investment. Today the problem is simple, you said: Europe is fragmented, slow and expensive, and while we discuss forms, others build networks, attract investment and dominate artificial intelligence. The Digital Networks Act can be an oppo…

21

Jan

2026

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Restoring control of migration: returns, visa policy and third-country cooperation (topical debate)

Mr President, Europe not only has a migration problem, it has a control problem. And when the state loses control, it is occupied by the mafias. Without control there is no security, no social cohesion, no trust in institutions. And if we want to get it back, there are three priorities. The first is the real and fast returns: To remain without the right to do so is not a right, it is an illegality…

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Jan

2026

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Presentation of the Cybersecurity Act (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, we agree on the diagnosis: Cybersecurity is no longer a technical issue, cybersecurity is everywhere. It is in our hospitals, in energy, in transport, in our children's mobile phones, in administration, etc., and is part of hybrid attack campaigns. But from the ECR Group we put three conditions. The first is sovereignty and subsidiarity: ENISA should support and coor…

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Dec

2025

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European Democracy Shield – very large online platform algorithms, foreign interference and the spread of disinformation (debate)

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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, Commissioner, how many more scandals will Spain tolerate before it reacts? How many abuses, how many victims silenced, how many resignations without explanation do we need to wake up? Today we talk about sexual harassment in public institutions and the problem is also the double yardstick. When cases appear in the environment of the left, they are relativized, they hide. But if they'…

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Nov

2025

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

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Nov

2025

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Enhancing police cooperation in relation to the prevention, detection and investigation of migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings; enhancing Europol’s support to preventing and combating such crimes (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, I am Valencian – I was there and I am here every week – and what hurts us most is not only what happened on 29 October, but everything that has not happened since then. We are tired; tired of public institutions unable to coordinate, of promises that are not fulfilled and of aid that does not arrive. And, above all, a lack of absolute transparency. No one has clearly explained what h…

9

Oct

2025

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Deliberations of the Committee on Petitions in 2024 (debate)

Mr President, as has been said before, this is the committee closest to the citizens and which reflects in some way the democratic quality in each country. Almost 23% of 2024 petitions came from Spain, it is the country from which they arrive the most. And one of the most recurrent issues is the rule of law. Here in this House and in the Commission there is immense hypocrisy: Hungary or Poland are…

8

Oct

2025

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Europe’s automotive future – reversing the ban on the sale of combustion cars in the EU (topical debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, let's see: Were Kodak reels banned when digital cameras came out? Were Blackberrys banned when the smartphones? Why do we have to ban the combustion engine to force people to buy an electric car? This is not a transition, it is an imposition. Europe has been talking about ecological transition for years, but it does so from carpeted offices, away from factory workshops …

7

Oct

2025

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This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Luc Frieden (debate)

Madam President, Prime Minister Frieden, Europe was built to unite free peoples, not to dilute identities. And yet today millions of citizens feel that this Europe no longer represents them. They are overwhelmed by bureaucracy, stifled by rules and, worse, do not see in Brussels a solution to their real problems: farmers who cannot sow, young people who have no future, industries that close, borde…

10

Sep

2025

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State of the Union (debate)

Madam President, I can repeat it if you like.

10

Sep

2025

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State of the Union (debate)

Madam President, Mrs von der Leyen, I share very little – or nothing – of what we have been told here today, but I share everything that farmers, ranchers and people on the street, in general, tell me. What about Europeans who are having a hard time? Those who feel increasingly insecure in their own streets, those who have been waiting for months for help that does not arrive, those who are rescue…

9

Sep

2025

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Devastating wildfires in Southern Europe: the need to strengthen EU aid to restore the massive loss of forests and enhancing EU preparedness (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, we said this in June: fires are put out in winter, with prevention, and helping the rural environment, farmers, ranchers and those who understand and know the mountains. But you didn't know... Couldn't it be prevented? High precipitations in spring are gasoline for the mountains in summer. So far in 2025, nearly 350 000 hectares have been burned in 223 fires, breaking t…

9

Jul

2025

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

Madam President, Commissioner, fires do not start with fire, they start much earlier: When the field is abandoned, when the shepherds disappear, when the goats no longer climb the mountain, when the roads are covered, the firewalls are forgotten and the farmers throw in the towel. Europe and the governments talk a lot about the environment, but they have expelled those who cared for it, filled the…