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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, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, one of the issues that really affects the sector is the inequality that exists in the sector, and certainly we all need to think about bringing together and getting a compromise so that our producers can achieve more balanced incomes and thus see greater redistribution and greater justice. I think that is what we are all focused on, especially i…

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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, working conditions in agriculture are difficult, with a significant precariousness of employment contracts, more than a quarter of the workforce is seasonal and the contribution of a large number of migrants, often also without adequate social and labour protection. But there are other dimensions that truly concern our producers. There are concerns about the income and …

17

Dec

2024

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

Madam President, honourable Member, what I think is really important and fundamental today is that we can all speak with one voice to support those who are victims of a tragedy and that we do not use that same tragedy to make policy in a way that does not concern and cannot clearly respond to the victims of a tragedy. Being able to confuse something that affects so many people in an outermost regi…

17

Dec

2024

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

Madam President, Commissioner, I would firstly like to express the solidarity of my region, the Azores, and my country, Portugal, with the people of Mayotte, who have been severely affected by the devastation caused by Cyclone Chido. The outermost regions of the European Union are well aware of the power that geography and climate have over their development possibilities. And, unfortunately, they…

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Oct

2024

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Protecting our oceans: persistent threats to marine protected areas in the EU and benefits for coastal communities (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, the European Union has set ambitious targets for the protection of at least 30% of marine waters by 2030. But let us be under no illusions, this can only be ensured if we actually ensure the involvement of fishermen, fishing communities, aquaculture professionals, environmental NGOs and other relevant actors and if we also ensure that proper compensation is provided …

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Oct

2024

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Madam President, today I bring to this House the worrying reports on the proposals that the European Commission is developing for the future EU budget. If what has been widely reported is true, the Commission's proposal for the post-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework may be radical, inflexible, centralistic and unacceptable. On the horizon is the exclusion of Europe's regions from participating …

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Sep

2024

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Droughts and extreme weather events as a threat to local communities and EU agriculture in times of climate change (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the floods that have hit Central and Eastern Europe and the devastating fires that are still burning in the north and centre of Portugal are dramatic examples of how the effects of climate change are present today in the lives of our farmers and other citizens. This is the time to express our deepest solidarity with all the affected populations and to express ou…

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Sep

2024

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Outcome of the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I welcome the conclusions of the Strategic Dialogue on the future of agriculture, in particular the consensus reached between farmers, agri-food producers, consumers and environmental organisations. This is an important basis for our future work, which already contains many elements relevant to our reflection. But in order to have a more sustainable and fair agriculture…