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10 Mar

2026

PT Speech

Single Market: how to move from an incomplete single market to one market for one Europe (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner Séjourné, the proposals we are discussing today for the deepening of the Single Market are designed to encourage the accumulation of profits by multinationals and to ensure that the weakest and weakest economies of the European Union are controlled by the strongest economies. These measures are designed to benefit multinationals and to the detriment of micro, small an…

10 Mar

2026

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Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing (debate)

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Mrs Isilda Gomes, you have done an exact part of the diagnosis of the housing problem here, all over the European Union, including Portugal. And my question to you is whether the approach that emerges from this report is indeed the right one. Because the housing issue in this report is seen more as an economic issue, with concerns about the construction sector and financial investment, and not as …

9 Mar

2026

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Harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law (short presentation)

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Mr President, Commissioner McGrath, in a situation of insolvency the priority must be to maintain productive activity, to preserve jobs and workers' rights. To frame insolvency issues, as a matter of priority, in the deepening of capital markets seems to us to be wrong, especially when we envisage mechanisms such as the acquisition of insolvent companies that can generate accounting…

9 Mar

2026

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Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner McGrath, inequalities between women and men are one of the most obvious demonstrations of the inequalities that characterise the economic system in which we live. This report highlights the significant inequalities that persist, the most precarious and discontinuous careers, lower wages and pensions. But the problem is not in the diagnosis, it is in the policie…

9 Mar

2026

PT Question

Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors (debate)

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Mr Paulo Do Nascimento Cabral, the question I would like to ask you is: how do you reconcile the discourse on equality between women and men with the policy being pursued by the Portuguese Government that you support, particularly with the proposal for a labour package? How is it possible to talk about equality between women and men, particularly at work, if at the moment there is an amendment to …

9 Mar

2026

PT Question

Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors (debate)

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Madam President, Mrs Latinopoulou, if I have understood correctly, you believe that we are discussing trivial issues here today. And my question to you is whether you believe that a woman, when looking for a job, should be asked whether or not she intends to have children in order to know whether she has access to that job, whether it is a trivial matter for her. If the circumstance of t…

9 Mar

2026

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Upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner Zaharieva, scientific and technological progress cannot be shared in the logic of competitiveness policy according to the profit-accumulation objectives of large economic and financial groups. Scientific and technological progress must be seen as an instrument for responding to economic and social needs, for solving problems that affect the lives of peop…

9 Mar

2026

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Order of business

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Madam President, I refer to Rule 163.º on the agenda. In this plenary session, workers' rights should play a central role in the debates we have here. In several countries of the European Union, workers' rights are under attack. with labour packages amending labour laws to facilitate dismissals; to increase precariousness; to tackle collective bargaining and maternity and paternity…

12 Feb

2026

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Time to address economic inequalities in the EU and worldwide (debate)

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12 Feb

2026

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Cooperation among enforcement authorities regarding unfair trading practices in the agri-food supply chain (debate)

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12 Feb

2026

PT Question

Cooperation among enforcement authorities regarding unfair trading practices in the agri-food supply chain (debate)

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12 Feb

2026

PT Question

Cooperation among enforcement authorities regarding unfair trading practices in the agri-food supply chain (debate)

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11 Feb

2026

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Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy (debate)

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11 Feb

2026

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Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy (debate)

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11 Feb

2026

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International Day of Education, fighting inequalities in access to education (debate)

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11 Feb

2026

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International Day of Education, fighting inequalities in access to education (debate)

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10 Feb

2026

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Extreme weather events in particular in Portugal, southern Italy, Malta and Greece: European response in strengthening readiness, preparedness and solidarity mechanisms (debate)

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10 Feb

2026

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Extreme weather events in particular in Portugal, southern Italy, Malta and Greece: European response in strengthening readiness, preparedness and solidarity mechanisms (debate)

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10 Feb

2026

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Extreme weather events in particular in Portugal, southern Italy, Malta and Greece: European response in strengthening readiness, preparedness and solidarity mechanisms (debate)

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9 Feb

2026

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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22 Jan

2026

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Motion of censure on the Commission (B10-0063/2026)

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Madam President, first of all, I want to say that we voted in favour of this motion of censure, because we believe that the European Commission deserves censure - and Mercosur is one of the reasons for that censure, because the European Commission disregards the national parliaments, refusing to listen to their opinion and refusing to take account of that opinion that must be given, and, moreover,…

22 Jan

2026

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Joint action addressing the increased use of death penalty (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner Mînzatu, we agree with the idea that criminal justice systems should evolve in their modern conception, in order to place the resocialisation of individuals at the centre of their choices - meaning the use of the criminal justice system as an instrument for all citizens to comply with the rules and norms of community life - and, of course, we support the idea that the…

22 Jan

2026

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A new action plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner Mînzatu, on the European Pillar of Social Rights action plan, three issues are absolutely decisive. Firstly, to ensure that the necessary measures are in place to address the social problems affecting workers and peoples within the European Union; secondly, to ensure that they are effective measures and that they do not stop at proclamations of intent; and, thirdly, t…

22 Jan

2026

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A new action plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights (debate)

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Mr Vicent, you spoke about housing and the need for effective measures to address the housing problem. That is one of the dimensions that is specifically mentioned in this oral question on the European Pillar of Social Rights. And the question I ask you is this: was it not important for there to be additional and targeted funding in the next Multiannual Financial Framework to address housing issue…

21 Jan

2026

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European Council meeting (joint debate)

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Madam President, Mr Costa, the conclusions of the last Council meeting - a meeting that was just over a month ago, but it seems that it was an eternity ago - are, in fact, conclusions of a meeting disconnected from the reality of the peoples living within the European Union. We continue to see that neither the difficulties in housing, nor the difficulties in accessing health, education, social pro…