7
Oct
2026
EPP
Hélder Sousa Silva
MEP · Portugal
Plenary speeches · European Parliament
Plenary speeches · EU Parliament
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Speeches updated
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All Contributions
65
Since July 1, 2024
Time at the Floor
1.6h
≈ 94 min
Average speech length
1:28 min
≈ 1.5 min
· Rank 261/694
Activity
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6
Oct
2026
Effective measures to protect and empower children in the digital world (debate)
Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, protecting children in the digital world begins by preserving their right to grow up, learn and discover the world beyond a screen. The figures demonstrate the urgency. The latest data from the European Commission show that teenagers spend an average of 4.5 hours a day on the internet on weekdays and 6 hours a day on weekends. This reality clear…
6
Oct
2026
Pilot project on European Schools Alliances and its contribution to citizenship education, democratic competences and European values (debate)
Mr President, Commissioner and dear colleagues, European competitiveness begins long before people enter the labour market. It begins at school. Today, 46 % of European small and medium-sized enterprises struggle to find workers with the right skills. More than half of EU companies see this shortage as an obstacle to investment. We cannot allow a skills shortage to hold back European growth. This …
5
Oct
2026
Escalating student riots in France: arson attacks on schools, assaults against firefighters, police officers and teachers, including in La Ciotat, and the role of far-left parties in inciting violence (debate)
14
Sep
2026
Establishing the Union Customs Code and the European Union Customs Authority (debate)
Madam President, rapporteur, Commissioner, this reform of the European Union Customs Code is clearly an important step towards preserving the Union's internal market, protecting European consumers and, above all, promoting the competitiveness of European businesses. As rapporteur for the Committee on Budgets on this regulation, I welcome the overall result achieved, but especially the introduction…
18
Jun
2026
Joint Declaration on ‘Culture for Europe - Europe for Culture’ (debate)
20
May
2026
Financing EU priorities in a sustainable, predictable and resilient way through a new EU own resource from the online gambling and betting services sector (debate)
Madam President, today I do not accept blue cards because I am trying to protect our Commissioner, Piotr Serafin, in the level of this plenary, because it is too much.
20
May
2026
Financing EU priorities in a sustainable, predictable and resilient way through a new EU own resource from the online gambling and betting services sector (debate)
Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, ensuring adequate and predictable funding is one of the main factors in ensuring the success and effectiveness of the European budget. The introduction of new sources of revenue is key to enabling the Union to respond to the new needs and current expectations of citizens, but also businesses. In order to implement the traditional and new politic…
19
May
2026
Europe's response to reduced US military deployments in Europe, particularly at its Eastern flank in the light of the latest US decisions (debate)
Madam President, Madam High Representative, there are policies that are done by words and there are policies that are confessed by gestures. And when it comes to defense, gestures don't lie. The reduction of the American military presence on our continent, particularly from Germany to the eastern flank, is evidence of a trend and not of chance. It is therefore not up to Europe to regret it. We hav…
28
Apr
2026
Joint debate - Discharge 2024 (joint debate)
Mr President, Commissioner Serafin, ladies and gentlemen, the discharge procedure is clearly a fundamental moment of democratic control over the use of European taxpayers' money. Regarding the budget implementation of the year 2024, the Committee on Culture and Education highlights the remarkable acceleration in the implementation of the Erasmus+ and Creative Europe programmes. I emphasise the Eur…
28
Apr
2026
Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 (debate)
Mr President, Commissioner Serafin, ladies and gentlemen, to define the next multiannual financial framework is to choose clearly the kind of European Union we want to build. In this draft report, the European Parliament advocates an ambitious budget, but at the same time a realistic budget. As draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Culture and Education, I would like to highlight the increa…
10
Mar
2026
Tackling barriers to the single market for defence - Flagship European defence projects of common interest
Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the war has returned both to our continent and to our neighbourhood. With it, we realised very late that supply chains are extremely vulnerable and external dependencies have clearly revealed ‑se a real risk to our security. Faced with this reality, one thing became ‑ evident: we cannot continue with the fragmented European defence market, where…
10
Mar
2026
Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III (debate)
Mr President, Commissioner Serafin, in these challenging times, we must ensure that the European Union budget remains a real investment tool. In this context, education, culture and youth have a central role to play in leveraging the competitiveness of the European economy, promoting territorial cohesion, economic and social cohesion and safeguarding principles, rights, but above all European valu…
11
Feb
2026
International Day of Education, fighting inequalities in access to education (debate)
11
Feb
2026
International Day of Education, fighting inequalities in access to education (debate)
9
Feb
2026
One-minute speeches on matters of political importance
22
Jan
2026
Drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges (debate)
Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, drones are today a turning point in European security and defence. In Ukraine, its use has already demonstrated a decisive impact on the battlefield and has dramatically accelerated innovation cycles. Europe needs to keep pace with industrial scale, clear rules and predictable investment. For smaller Member States, this means a realistic way to cre…
21
Jan
2026
Presidential elections in Honduras, the non-recognition of the outcome by the incumbent administration and the attacks on opposition members of the National Assembly
Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the future of democracy is at stake in Honduras. The elections of 30 November 2025 had results proclaimed by the National Electoral Council, and the results were clear. Nasry Asfura was announced as president-elect, and this result must be respected. We therefore call on the current president, Xiomara Castro, to continue to give express and also cl…
21
Jan
2026
Online piracy of sports and other live events: urgent need to address unsolved issues (debate)
Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, let us begin with the essentials: the fight against piracy online It is not an attack on the citizen trying to watch a football match, nor does it boil down to economic losses. It is clearly a matter of safety, consumer protection and public trust. Today, piracy online It is recognized as an intellectual property crime, increasingly linked to organ…
17
Dec
2025
Grave political situation in Guinea-Bissau after the coup of 26 November
Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, there are coups born out of the ambition to conquer power and coups born out of the fear of losing it. In Guinea-Bissau, on 26 November, we witnessed an assault on popular will on the eve of the proclamation of the election results. We therefore unequivocally condemn the military’s seizure of power on 26 November and the interruption of the elec…
15
Dec
2025
Incentivising defence-related investments in the EU budget to implement the ReArm Europe Plan (debate)
Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, this resolution deals with something very specific: how we adapt existing European programmes to a profoundly changed security and defence reality. Many in this house have already identified the problem: Europe needs to produce faster, Europe needs to innovate better, Europe needs to reduce its dependence on third countries and reduce its bureaucra…
25
Nov
2025
Increasing the efficiency of the EU guarantee under the InvestEU Regulation and simplifying reporting requirements (debate)
Madam President, today I don't accept the blue card question because Mr Oliveira only publishes the questions and he never publishes the answers. And it's the third time. Dear Colleague, in English: That's not fair. I don't take it today.…
25
Nov
2025
Increasing the efficiency of the EU guarantee under the InvestEU Regulation and simplifying reporting requirements (debate)
Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the regulation we are debating today reinforces one of the most effective instruments for promoting competitiveness, but above all, as has already been said, for leveraging the private investment that the European Union has at its disposal - we are talking about InvestEU. The simplification proposal will bring numerous benefits to businesses but…
25
Nov
2025
2026 budgetary procedure: joint text (debate)
Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, ladies and gentlemen, in these difficult times, marked by uncertainty and instability, the adoption of the budget for 2026 is a very positive signal from the European Union for European markets and citizens. In the face of current fiscal constraints, this agreement safeguards the interests of European taxpayers, strengthens investments – particularly in resear…
24
Nov
2025