What António spoke about.

8

Jul

2026

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Future of EU support for Russian democratic forces, anti-war actors and repressed civil society (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, my dear friends, let us make a little history. European mistakes since the end of the Cold War, the fall of the Berlin Wall: very little political dialogue with Russia and total energy dependence on that country. The result was predictable because we moved away politically and embraced economic and energy dependence. My dear friends, far, far from accepting t…

7

Jul

2026

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2025 Commission report on Ukraine (debate)

Mr. President. President, Commissioner, I'm speaking Portuguese. We are, without hesitation, on the side of the Ukrainian people, on the side of mothers who have lost children, on the side of a people who have seen their land invaded, their cities destroyed and their future suspended. Russian aggression must be clearly condemned, as we would condemn it if it were our own country. Ukraine's soverei…

16

Jun

2026

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An EU future for the Western Balkans (joint debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, dear colleagues, I have been talking, and now again, in this Hemicycle about the Balkans. As shadow rapporteur for Bosnia and North Macedonia and the former envoy to the Western Balkans of the European Union, and I was also ambassador to these countries, I must express my deep concern about the European Union's approach. I can tell you something: both these countries we…

16

Jun

2026

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The role of the EU in efforts for peace and stability throughout the Middle East after the announced deal between the US and Iran (debate)

Madam President, High-Representative Kaja Kallas, dear colleagues, the announced deal between the United States and Iran is being presented as a possible opening for peace and stability in the Middle East. But Europe must not confuse an agreement with peace, and it must not confuse diplomacy with weakness. If the European Union wants to play a serious role after this deal, it must begin by naming …

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May

2026

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Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in Iran

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, there is no worse crime than killing our own. There is no worse crime than slaughtering our populations, tens of thousands of people. Worse: There is no worse crime than having mercenaries from Pakistan and Afghanistan to kill our citizens. This is the Islamic regime of Iran: hanging Olympic athletes, hanging young people just because they went to …

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Apr

2026

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Topical debate requested by a political group (PfE) (Rule 169) - Commission interference in democratic process and elections (topical debate)

29

Apr

2026

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EU strategy in response to the ongoing Middle East crisis, its implications on energy prices and the availability of fertilizers (joint debate)

26

Mar

2026

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Global Gateway – past impacts and future orientation (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the Global Gateway has been presented as the European Union's great response to the geopolitical and economic context of our time. It is therefore completely out of step, because the context has evolved and we have not. It is only a context of a festival of ideological dogmas. We are talking about EUR 300 billion, ladies and gentlem…

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Mar

2026

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Child sexual abuse online: protect children, not perpetrators (topical debate)

11

Mar

2026

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EUCO and situation in the Middle East (joint debate)

10

Mar

2026

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EU enlargement strategy (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, enlargement can be very good or very bad. It can be very good when it strengthens stability, peace and prosperity in Europe. It can be very good when it respects the accession criteria, in particular the Copenhagen criteria and, on a case-by-case basis, is making use of the strengths of that country which wants to join the European Union. It can be…

18

Dec

2025

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

Mr President, Commissioner, I liked your speech on Bosnia, I did not like your speech on the Democracy Shield. My dear friends, it is not with dictatorships and autocracies that the democratic deficit is fought. On the contrary, it is with the will of the populations, it is with the informed populations. This is very simple. This fight against social networks and this support for media Classics ha…

18

Dec

2025

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30th anniversary of the signing of the Dayton-Paris Peace Agreement (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I like your speech, Commissioner. I'm going to speak in English. Mr President, Commissioner, I liked your speech. I was in Bosnia before, during and after the Paris-Dayton Accords. It's been 30 years. Thirty years is a long time in an evolving world, and that means that agreements have to be reviewed. We have to think about a different future than the past. The strength…

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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The situation of Christian communities and religious minorities in Nigeria and the Middle East, and Europe’s responsibility to protect them and guarantee freedom of conscience (topical debate)

25

Nov

2025

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Communication on the Democracy Shield (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the key word is fear: fear, fear. Democracy is not protected with shields, democracy is protected with deeds, democracy is protected with freedom, democracy is protected with truth. And you can see from this Parliament where democracy is when the third political force is subject to a cordon sanitaire that does not allow it to hold committee presidencies or other activit…

12

Nov

2025

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The first European Annual Asylum and Migration report and the setting up of the Annual Solidarity Pool (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, let us then talk about human rights. Everyone talks about human rights and I ask: and our human rights, the human rights of European citizens? In Portugal, 20% of Portuguese live on the poverty line. We have homelessness, we have homelessness, and what are we going to do with them? Are we going to preempt them in favor of illegal immigrants? I d…

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Oct

2025

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Polarisation and increased repression in Serbia, one year after the Novi Sad tragedy (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, I was serving in Serbia in 1999. I was instrumental in downing Milošević. You know one of the reasons why? Because I promised the Serbs a future in Europe. Eight years afterwards, I came back as a special representative of the European Union. And what had been done? Zero by us! So we are complaining about Serbia, but we are not complaining about us – for what we did …

21

Oct

2025

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Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, we are, of course, in favour of enlargement, especially in relation to the countries of the Western Balkans, because there is a black hole, which is there in the middle of Europe, which it is essential to fill. However, enlargement should not be a pretext for destroying unanimity, crushing small countries or diluting sovereignty. And, by the way, I wanted to tell you: B…

21

Oct

2025

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Recent peace agreement in the Middle East and the role of the EU (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, my dear friends, it seems that history does not pass through this Parliament. It seems that history in the Middle East began on October 7th two years ago and that what happened back doesn't matter. How many times were the Israelites harassed, how many times was Israel not attacked? And I'm telling you, this isn't a situation that's going to be solved overnight. It wi…

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Oct

2025

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Promoting EU digital rules: protecting European sovereignty (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, when the Commission speaks of digital sovereignty, it forgets the very foundations of sovereignty, which is the freedom of citizens and the sovereignty of the Member States. What it actually proposes is centralization and control. Digital identity, the digital euro, the so-called chat controlThey are not instruments of freedom, they are mechanisms of surveill…

7

Oct

2025

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Rising antisemitism in Europe (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, it is extraordinary. It seems that anti-Semitism and the problems of the Middle East only began on October 7th two years ago. It's not quite like that. They're centuries old. If my friends study history, they will see that the roots are deep, and we cannot allow them to evolve. In Europe, the work of the Muslim Brotherhood has been tireless against our democratic struct…

7

Oct

2025

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The EU’s role in supporting the recent peace efforts for Gaza and a two-state solution (debate)

Mr President, Madam Minister, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, hallelujah! There was light. I have been advocating for years for an international administration for Gaza and, in principle, for the entire Palestinian Authority. And now that the plan of the Americans has come to the fore, this administration has become unavoidable, which I think is extremely positive, because without it there wil…

10

Sep

2025

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After 10 years, time to end mass migration now - protect our women and children (topical debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, we in Portugal have always been in favour of immigration, we have always had immigration since the country was founded almost 900 years ago. What we want is regulated immigration that integrates into the life of the country. It is not a mass, unregulated immigration that harms Portugal and harms the Portuguese – and harms Europeans as well, because their countries ar…

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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, Madam Commissioner, Madam Minister, first of all, I'd like to thank you very much for the solidarity that was displayed by this House and by our friends in the European Union towards, not only this terrible happening that 3 % of Portugal this year destroyed out and the loss of lives, but also for the solidarity vis-à-vis the terrible accident with our elevator which killed 16 people …