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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)

Mrs Carla Tavares, you are able to ensure that, with the creation of this own resource, the national revenue of the Portuguese budget, with the tax that is applied today on gambling online, Is it still there? Can you guarantee that Portugal will not lose this revenue from its national budget by applying this own resource to finance the European Union budget? Question 2: They support this proposal …

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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 Šefčovič, the budget of the European Union must be financed by national contributions on the basis of gross national income. That is the fairest solution. Countries benefiting from European Union policies contribute to the budget; countries that suffer from them are compensated by the budget. The proposal for new EU own resources threatens such redistribution and may …

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2026

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Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap (debate)

Mr Nascimento Cabral, there is a clear inequality between women and men in the provision of care, whether paid or unpaid. But there is also a great lack of guarantee of care for those who need it because they are in a situation of dependence – whether they are people with disabilities, or people who, for health reasons, need care, or children and the elderly, because of circumstances specific to t…

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2026

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Recent proposals to fight poverty in the EU (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner Mînzatu, today we are insisting on some of the central issues that we stated in the European Parliament's report adopted last February. The eradication of poverty requires a change of priorities that focuses on the social and economic needs of peoples. It requires addressing poverty at its root causes, with policies that ensure a fair distribution of wealth. It requires …

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High time to deliver on the Single Market, providing certainty and predictability for EU businesses and quality jobs (continuation of debate)

Mr President, Mr Nikolaou-Alavanos, you spoke of concern for workers' rights and that must indeed be a central issue. And the question I ask you is whether there is not a dose of hypocrisy when it comes to quality jobs, but, at the same time, whether it gives the political coverage that the European Union is currently giving in several countries, such as Portugal, Greece or Belgium? There are amen…

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2026

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Political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba (debate)

Mr President, I support all the peoples who are fighting for equality, progress, development, social justice and democracy. All those peoples who, fighting for these goals, face military aggressions, face blockades, face the dramatic situation that, from the humanitarian point of view, today condemns hundreds of children to not have access to medical care in Cuba, because the American power has de…

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Political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner Kaja Kallas, the criminal blockade of Cuba by the United States is primarily responsible for Cuba's difficulties. In 1960, a U.S. Undersecretary of State said that it was necessary, and I quote, "to deprive Cuba of money and supplies in order to reduce its financial resources and real wages, to provoke hunger, despair and the overthrow of the government." Sixty-six ye…

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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, Commissioner Kaja Kallas, the US military presence in some European countries does not correspond to any concern for the security and defence of those countries – it corresponds to US interests and the way in which each US administration interprets at all times the economic, political and geostrategic interests that justify such a military presence. And, therefore, the departure o…

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EU governance under pressure – institutional responses to global challenges (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner Šefčovič, we are told about passerelle clauses, about enhanced cooperation, about ways of circumventing or even ending unanimity in the few decisions where it still exists. We know why. They want to accelerate and deepen neoliberal and militaristic policies and to subject peoples against their will. They want federalist solutions that further concentrate power on the maj…

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EU governance under pressure – institutional responses to global challenges (debate)

Mr Bugalho, is it the unanimity rule that prevents the European Union from condemning the violations of international law by the United States in their aggression against Iran with Israel? Is it the unanimity rule that prevents the European Union from condemning and taking a firm stand to denounce the genocide that is taking place in Palestine? Is it the unanimity rule that prevents the European U…

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The impact of the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basins (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner Kadis, the discussion on maritime spatial planning continues to be marked by competition between different uses that confront activities and economic sectors with different sizes and economic power. Regrettably, the trend continues to be to support activities such as artisanal and coastal fishing, in the face of activities such as energy supply, maritime transport, aquac…

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The impact of the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basins (debate)

Mr Nascimento Cabral, this report has several elements, some of which are contradictory in nature, particularly in the relationship – which is still not a relationship – between economic sectors that are treated equally and with particular concern for artisanal and coastal fishing. And that's what I wanted to ask you a question about: do you not think that the various references to the importance …

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Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner Kadis, the defenders of liberal and neoliberal policies are today advocating protectionist measures in the steel sector within the European Union because, after all, the free market, operating freely, can destroy steel production capacity in the European Union. And it is obvious that this is so because markets are not free and because, when markets function and jeopardis…

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Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market (debate)

Mr Francisco Assis, with regard to these measures to protect steel production, I would like to ask you two very specific questions. First: why, when it comes to industrial sectors, such as the relevant industrial sectors in Portugal – in textiles, in the automotive sector, even in the production of electrical equipment – there are never protective measures and the free market and globalisation are…

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2026

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Order of business

Madam President, I and 74 other Members of this Parliament have asked the President and the Conference of Presidents to schedule an extraordinary plenary session of the European Parliament to discuss the dramatic situation in Gaza and the West Bank as a result of the Israeli government's policy of aggression. The Israeli government continues to murder, destroy basic infrastructure, deny humanitari…

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Situation in Lebanon: implementation of the ceasefire, support peace efforts and humanitarian access (debate)

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Situation in Lebanon: implementation of the ceasefire, support peace efforts and humanitarian access (debate)

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Danger of normalising relations with Russia, including its participation in major cultural and sports events (debate)

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2026

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Roma inclusion, equality and fundamental rights: delivering on Europe’s values (debate)

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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)

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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)

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2026

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Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank Group – annual report 2024 (A10-0086/2026 - Dick Erixon)

Madam President, we voted against this report on the investments of the European Investment Bank because we really see the wrong political direction of the action of the European Investment Bank, particularly with the emphasis and priority given to investments in militarisation called 'security and defence'. Furthermore, the over-emphasis on competitiveness, productivity, profits and deregulation …

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Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 (A10-0105/2026 - Siegfried Mureşan, Carla Tavares)

Madam President, we have made clear the reasons for our disagreement with this proposal for the next financial framework, and it is not just about the fact that there is a planned cut of 12% in the national envelope of funds for Portugal. But it was also not for lack of alternative that this bad proposal for the next financial framework was approved. In the Committee on Budgets and in this plenary…

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Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025 (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner McGrath, we are discussing the report on fundamental rights in the European Union, and fundamental rights are not only political rights, they are also economic, social and cultural rights. The report makes that reference, and that is an important reference. But there is a lot missing from this report for it to be a true report to what happened during 2024 and 2025, withi…

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Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025 (debate)

Mrs de la Pisa Carrión, you criticised the report on the fundamental rights of the European Union and I wanted to ask you some specific questions. Do you believe that fundamental rights are respected when protesters denouncing the genocide in Gaza are repressed at the hands of the Israeli Government? Do you believe that fundamental rights are respected when workers who exercise their right to stri…