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ES Written Statement

State of play of the implementation of the EU Digital COVID Certificate regulations (debate)

On 1 July, the European Union Digital COVID Certificate Regulation entered into force with the aim of helping to restore freedom of movement within the EU, a severely restricted right following the declaration of the pandemic. From this date, Member States should be prepared to issue and verify the physical or electronic document proving which persons are vaccinated, have been tested or have passe…

8 Jul

2026

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EU’s response and preparedness to protect people against recurring heatwaves and upcoming wildfires (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, I would like to begin by thanking you for your commitment in this matter. I am aware of the great work that you are carrying out and the work that you carried out last summer to respond with solidarity – which is how Europe has to do it in the face of misfortune – in many countries, such as in my own country, Spain, where you were on the front line, betting on and suppo…

7 Jul

2026

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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Irish Presidency (debate)

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Madam President, thank you, Taoiseach Micheál Martin, welcome to the European Parliament. Just two weeks ago I walked through the streets of Dublin. Today, I stand here with those streets still in my mind. Ireland begins its presidency at a defining moment for Europe. Your priorities are competitiveness, security and our values. But after what I saw in Dublin, I want to ask you one simple question…

17 Jun

2026

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Preparation of the European Council (joint debate)

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Mr President, I listened carefully to Mr Weber's speech and, if any European citizen were to pay the same attention, simplifying, he could have the message that, for Europe, 'China bad, America good'. Let's simplify, that was the message. And I believe that, in this very complex world, we must understand that external relations, economic relations and trade relations are much more complex than tho…

21 May

2026

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Resumption of the sitting

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(start of out-of-microphone intervention)... embarrassing. Allowing European citizens to be humiliated, maniated, kneeled and vexed for bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza is not a provocation, it is the image of impunity. And Europe cannot remain silent, nor can this Parliament allow it. He was silent when a member of Netanyahu's government celebrated a law allowing Palestinians to be hanged. Let u…

20 May

2026

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

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18 May

2026

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Order of business

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Madam President, 'the Afghans must not pay the price of the Taliban's shares'. We must do everything in our power to avoid returning to the dark ages of the Taliban regime. We are with you. "Women's rights must be protected"... These phrases will sound familiar to you because they have been spoken here, in this House. Our President Metsola uttered them, Mr. Weber uttered them and I uttered them my…

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)

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Madam President, Mr Weber, lessons, the fair ones. At a time when the Popular Party in Spain is closing agreements with the extreme right, with a principle such as the "national priority", that is, with a partner party of Orbán with xenophobic principles, lessons, the just ones. But let's talk about what we need to talk about here today. Two months ago, an illegal and irresponsible war by Trump an…

25 Mar

2026

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 19 March 2026 (debate)

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Madam President, Mr President, Commissioner, how much more destruction does it take for reality to be admitted? How much more evidence is needed to condemn an illegal war that should never have started? Mrs Montserrat, all the effort and effort you make to say that Mr Sanchez is alone becomes a confrontation with reality. And is that those who are increasingly isolated are you, when P…

25 Mar

2026

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Approval of the minutes of the previous sitting

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Madam President, I am heartened to hear, from your words, the support of this Parliament for the defence of the dignity of human rights, for the civilian population that is suffering and for all the groups that, at the moment, need a clear message from democratic institutions. I am very pleased to hear your words, at the beginning of this plenary session, condemning the Iranian regime a…

11 Mar

2026

ES Speech

EUCO and situation in the Middle East (joint debate)

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10 Mar

2026

EN Speech

International Women’s Day

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Madam President, International Women's Day is about a simple truth: equality never moves forward by accident. It moves forward because women fight for it. Across Europe and the world, reactionary forces are trying to turn back the clock on women's rights. They attack feminists, trivialise violence and spread hate. To them, we say clearly: we will not go backwards. Not one step. Because feminism is…

24 Feb

2026

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Four years of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for Ukraine (debate)

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Madam President, Mr President Zelenski, thank you for joining us once again, even remotely. He knows that this is his house, the house of European democracy. Four years after 24 February 2022, Maidan Square in Kiev barely has room for one more flag. Every photograph under the snow is a son, a mother, a fallen companion. Almost 15,000 civilians have been killed, more than 40,000 wounded, soldiers k…

11 Feb

2026

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Urgent actions to revive EU competitiveness, deepen the EU Single Market and reduce the cost of living - from the Draghi report to reality (debate)

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Madam President, when we talk about competitiveness today, we are not talking about an abstract concept, or even a fashion slogan; We are talking about the real life of millions of Europeans, of people who work more than ever before and yet feel that they are receding a little more every day, because while productivity has increased for decades, wages have not done so in the same way, because toda…

10 Feb

2026

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Spain’s large-scale regularisation policy and its impact on the Schengen Area and EU migration policy (debate)

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21 Jan

2026

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European Council meeting (joint debate)

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Madam President, I wanted, of course, to start by thanking President Costa and President von der Leyen for their words of solidarity with the Spanish people, to which I join in supporting all the victims and relatives of the train accidents that have occurred in recent days. A year ago Donald Trump returned to power and, with him, returned a dangerous idea: that the international order is a hindra…

17 Dec

2025

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 18-19 December 2025, in particular the need to support Ukraine, transatlantic relations and the EU’s strategic autonomy (debate)

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Madam President, Donald Trump's new national security strategy is neither a misunderstanding nor an occurrence: is a declaration of hostility against the European Union. He points us out as adversaries, legitimizes the far right and embraces a world ruled by unscrupulous autocrats and billionaires. Our historical obligation is clear: turning Trump's national security strategy into the European Uni…

16 Dec

2025

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Presentation of the European Affordable Housing Plan (debate)

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Madam President, today we are proud to take a historic step: Today, the first European Affordable Housing Plan is approved, a plan that does not fall from the sky. It is the result of three years of intense work since the previous legislature and, above all, of the S&D Group's determination to put housing at the centre of the European agenda. It is also the result of the commitment of the Commissi…

26 Nov

2025

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EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine (debate)

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25 Nov

2025

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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (debate)

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Madam President, today is not a day for celebration. It is a day of sadness for every woman taken by violence and for every family with a pain that never ends. But for us, social democrats, it is also a moment to stand up with full strength. Every day, 140 women are killed – one every ten minutes – often by someone they once trusted. And we know the real number is even higher. Enough is enough. Th…

13 Nov

2025

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Framework for achieving climate neutrality (A10-0223/2025 - Ondřej Knotek) (vote)

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Madam President, we have seen that, in recent voting times, there are groups that are resorting to the request for a secret ballot, and I would like to make a reflection in this House. A reflection on the transparency that is required of us as representatives of the citizenry. Citizens put us here to represent them and we have an obligation to be transparent and to say what decisions we are making…

12 Nov

2025

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The new 2028-2034 Multiannual Financial Framework: architecture and governance (debate)

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Madam President, Mrs von der Leyen, what is being debated today and what is at stake today is not a simple budget negotiation, you know: This is the model of the European Union that we want to build for the next decade. And what your proposal offers is no longer Europe. We have been talking with institutional loyalty and constructive will for months. We have written to him, we have listened to him…

22 Oct

2025

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 23 October 2025 (debate)

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Madam President, this is a turning point. In a world shaken by wars, the climate crisis and rising inequalities, European citizens expect more than just diagnoses: expects answers; answers that only a social and united Europe can give. And tomorrow, for the first time, the European Council is preparing to ask the Commission to present a European affordable housing plan. This is a historic step, an…

21 Oct

2025

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Commission Work Programme 2026 (debate)

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Madam President, President von der Leyen, today we can clearly say that an important part of this European Commission work programme bears the social democratic seal, and is proof that dialogue, cooperation and engagement between pro-European forces deliver concrete results for citizens. In the face of noise and division, we have chosen the path of responsibility and action. Thanks to the joint wo…

9 Oct

2025

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Request for waiver of immunity

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Madam President, saving so many thousands of innocent people from death is an objective that so many of us here in this House have shared over the last two years and we must therefore all be satisfied. So many of us here have been calling for an end to the terror that was happening in Israel and Palestine for the past two years, and I would have liked to see the same intensity and the same smiles …