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Nov

2025

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Gender Equality Strategy 2025 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, gender equality is not a privilege. It is a necessity for progress and for European democracy. Tackling gender-based violence remains urgent. One in three women in the European Union is a victim of this scourge, many in their homes, at work and increasingly online. Digital violence, which affects both young people and women, has led to a move away from public and pol…

12

Nov

2025

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

Mr President, Commissioner, I also congratulate Vice-President Fitto. In fact, after the initial storm of the Commission proposal which devalued the role of the European Parliament, destroyed two fundamental policies for the construction of the European project, which are the Common Agricultural Policy and also the Cohesion Policy, and also ended what is the Common Fisheries Policy, we now have a …

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Nov

2025

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

Thank you very much, Honourable Member. In fact, the initial proposal of the European Commission was a step backwards in what were the competences of the European Parliament in respect of a common agricultural policy and a multi-level cohesion policy involving local and regional authorities in the design, management and implementation of European funds. But this revision proposed by the European C…

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2025

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Combating violence against women and girls, including the exploitation of motherhood (debate)

Madam President, motherhood should never be used as a form of violence against women. The impact of parenthood is still disproportionate for women economically and professionally. In 2023, in the European Union, the gender employment gap reached 17% for people with children, while for people without children it was only 4%. Disparities in pay, career development and greater precariousness create s…

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2025

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Common agricultural policy (joint debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, today is the day to congratulate you and our rapporteurs, Céline Imart and André Rodrigues, on having these two important proposals. We are strengthening the position of farmers in the food supply chain and making life easier for them. I take the view that predictability, a balance in negotiations for farmers and respect for the cooperative model are also guaranteed if …

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2025

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Post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, there is nothing more important for security and defence than putting food on the table of Europeans without relying on others, and it is our farmers, so often mistreated and unloved, who do so. That is why the Commissioner's positive message from agriculture and the rural world is so important. The CAP must return to its origins, with a focus on sustainable food pro…

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Jul

2025

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EU-US trade negotiations (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, 50 % yesterday, 10 % today and tomorrow what will it be? In the face of this instability, I must praise him for his democratic patience. But the successive postponements of the conclusion of trade negotiations with the United States are already having a significant impact on businesses and citizens on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as on the perception that both Eu…

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Jun

2025

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European Ocean Pact (debate)

Mr Oliveira, I was indeed present at the United Nations Conference in Nice, and a EUR 1 billion package for the Blue Economy was announced by the President of the European Commission herself. The focus of his intervention was precisely on small-scale fishing – artisanal fishing and coastal fishing – which we must preserve, as it is a cultural heritage and so characteristic of our coasts. Let me al…

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2025

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European Ocean Pact (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, congratulations on what you have achieved. The Oceans Pact will mark a new era and reassume the European Union's leadership in protecting the ocean, in a unique ocean approach. The oceans are transatlantic relations. They unite us with other continents, peoples and cultures. And in times of geopolitical tension, the focus on the ocean that is common to us is essentia…

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2025

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Strengthening rural areas in the EU through cohesion policy (debate)

Madam President, Mr Vice-President, the European Union is much more than its capitals, and it is because we do not understand this that we are losing many defenders of the European project. Rural areas represent more than 80% of the territory of the European Union and are home to about 25% of Europeans and 33% of Portuguese. This indicates that the lack of conditions leads many of our young people…

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2025

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A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the next multiannual financial framework will decide the future of the European project and of the European Union itself. We need simplification, de-bureaucratisation and also flexibility not only for the final beneficiaries, but also for the administrations of the Member States. And I believe that the European Court of Auditors should be an integral part of the definit…

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2025

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A unified EU response to unjustified US trade measures and global trade opportunities for the EU (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the European Union and the United States account for around 30% of global trade, so the imposition of tariffs has a direct impact on our businesses and, above all, on consumers, as they are reflected in final prices, which have already increased by around 12%. There are three premises that must be followed by the European Union. Negotiate, because we cannot give up our …

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May

2025

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Ninth report on economic and social cohesion (debate)

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2025

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Ninth report on economic and social cohesion (debate)

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Apr

2025

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European oceans pact (debate)

Honourable Member, in fact, we must guarantee here the protection of small-scale fishing and coastal communities, which are vibrant and are also characteristic of many Member States, first and foremost Portugal for its cultural heritage. No, I don't share your view. I even think that, at European level, we have here the EMFAF, which has worked very well and has reached – unfortunately not in the w…

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2025

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European oceans pact (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the Ocean Pact must put the European Union back at the forefront of this agenda, combining the protection of the oceans, and I highlight the example of the Azores with the definition of 30% of its sea, classified as marine protected areas, with economic activities such as fisheries and blue economy sectors. This balance is crucial when the European Union imports 70% of …

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2025

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Improving the implementation of cohesion policy through the mid-term review to achieve a robust cohesion policy post 2027 (debate)

Mr President, Executive Vice-President, cohesion policy is the largest investment policy in the European Union and benefits, directly or indirectly, all Member States and regions. We were faced with the need to close the previous multiannual financial framework with the RRP, with the current financial framework and also with an inflationary crisis, with the COVID pandemic and the war in Ukraine, w…

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Mar

2025

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A Vision for Agriculture and Food (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, this vision has put in writing what we in the PSD and the farmers out there have advocated so much. We have finally been heard, and thank you for that, Commissioner. The CAP needs to be strengthened, because agriculture is also cohesion, security and defence. What is the point of having territories if we do not develop them, or armies if we cannot feed them and depend o…

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2025

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Stepping up international action to protect whales following Iceland’s decision to extend commercial whaling until 2029 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, we see with deep concern the extension until 2029 of Iceland's authorisation for whaling, one of the last three countries in the world still resisting the ban on commercial whaling, which was initiated in 1985-86 through a moratorium by the International Whaling Commission. The European Union has adopted measures to protect whales, but as whales are migratory species…

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Dec

2024

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Recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women - EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (joint debate - EU priorities for the upcoming session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women)

Honourable Member, what we have to bet on is precisely the achievement of these rights, through education and training, not only thinking about what women's education is, but also about what education for the sensitivity and, above all, the awareness of men and the male sector is. It is essential to have this increased care in promoting and, I would even say, in creating conditions so that women c…

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Dec

2024

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Recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women - EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (joint debate - EU priorities for the upcoming session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women)

Mr President, Commissioner, there are still many challenges to achieving gender equality in some parts of the world. At this rate, in the European Union, we are 60 years away from this goal and, in the rest of the world, we still need more than 300 years. It's impressive! The participation of the European Union in the 69th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women is crucial. We need to …

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Dec

2024

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Challenges facing EU farmers and agricultural workers: improving working conditions, including their mental well-being (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, studies indicate higher suicide rates in the European Union among farmers and farm workers compared to other professions, concluding that about 20 % of farmers have already had suicidal thoughts. Risk factors include long working hours during all 365 days of the year, financial uncertainty with changes in incomes and subsidies, regulatory pressures, dysfunctional social…

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Dec

2024

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The situation in Mayotte following the devastating cyclone Chido and the need for solidarity (debate)

Madam President, Mr Executive Vice-President, I express my solidarity and deep sorrow to the bereaved families and people affected by the horror and devastating passage of Cyclone Chido, in the outermost region of Mayotte and also in Mozambique. As has already been done by the president of another outermost region, the Regional Government of the Azores. Human tragedy and the trail of destruction a…

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Nov

2024

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Need to adopt an ambitious international legally binding agreement on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment

Yes, nothing to oppose, the point here is that I come from an outermost region, an oceanic region, the Azores, and we there suffered well what is the impact of plastics and microplastics. We've got our dive sites under threat. We also have here the plastic that drifts and floats with the currents, which affects our own biodiversity. That is why, more than just talking about the consequences here, …

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2024

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Need to adopt an ambitious international legally binding agreement on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment

Mr President, Commissioner, around 11 million tonnes of plastic and microplastic waste flow into the oceans each year, contaminating our coasts and diving sites, and these are one of the greatest threats to the conservation of ocean marine biodiversity and ecosystems. And we all remember the tide of pellets that washed up on our shores recently. More than 800 marine and coastal species are affecte…