What Iratxe spoke about.

17 Dec

2024

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Amendment of the agenda

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Madam President, it's only for one minute to tell you that we received information about the situation with one of the finalists for the Sakharov Prize, Mr Ibadoghlu, and we received the information that he was in very bad circumstances: they cut the internet. I would ask the President of Parliament to make contact with the authorities and try to guarantee that he will be safe, and we are taking i…

27 Nov

2024

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Election of the Commission (vote)

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Madam President, Madam President von der Leyen, I am sure - I have no doubt - that today you have read the message of this House perfectly. You have perfectly read the message that those of us who want to build Europe with you and your College of Commissioners want to convey to you. Obviously, the European Parliament represents citizen sovereignty, a diverse Europe, a Europe with differences, but …

27 Nov

2024

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Presentation by the President-elect of the Commission of the College of Commissioners and its programme (debate)

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Madam President, Madam President von der Leyen, the new Commission will begin its mandate at a decisive moment for the future of the European project, at a time when the progress of our citizens, the survival of the planet, the competitiveness of our companies, our defence capabilities and the leadership we want in the world are at stake. Challenges of enormous magnitude that we will have to face …

19 Nov

2024

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1000 days of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine (debate)

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Madam President, President Zelenskyy, welcome to the European Parliament. Thank you very much for joining us at such a difficult time for Ukraine. Despite the distance, it is a pleasure and a great honour to have your presence in our common home, in the home of European democracy. Today marks a thousand days since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but it is also four thousand days since the aggression…

14 Nov

2024

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Deforestation Regulation: provisions relating to the date of application (vote)

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Madam President, this is a sensitive vote and all colleagues have the right to have their sense of vote recorded. If there are machines that have not worked, we must start again with the vote.

13 Nov

2024

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The devastating floods in Spain, the urgent need to support the victims, to improve preparedness and to fight the climate crisis (debate)

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Madam President, DANA is one of the worst natural disasters in the history of Spain. At least 223 lives lost, dozens missing, entire villages devastated by water and billions of euros in material damage. Paiporta, Aldaia, Alfafar, Benetússer, Massanassa, Catarroja, Chiva, Utiel or Letur are places that remind us, in a painful way, of the terrible impact of climate change. Faced with a disaster of …

23 Oct

2024

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Managing migration in an effective and holistic way through fostering returns (debate)

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Madam President, after ten years of disagreements, blockades and obstacles, we managed to reach an agreement to solve the migratory phenomenon. Ten years later, the socialist family will not allow last week's letter from Mrs von der Leyen to bury the migration pact, an agreement that we must implement in 2025. The only charter we are obliged to comply with is the Charter of Fundamental Rights of t…

9 Oct

2024

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Ensuring sustainable, decent and affordable housing in Europe - encouraging investment, private property and public housing programmes (debate)

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Mr President, dear Vice-President, dear colleagues, our Union is suffering from a tragedy that has hit millions of young people and families for a long time: the drama of housing. It is a drama that drowns the middle classes, that hits families with fewer resources, that prevents the emancipation of young people and that triggers the number of homeless people. Eurostat faces this harsh reality: so…

9 Oct

2024

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

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Madam President, Mr Orbán, welcome to the European Parliament. Welcome to the house of European democracy, where, from the word, we defend our ideas and defend the European project. His main contribution to the European Union since coming to power in 2010 has been the formation of a new far-right group here in Parliament: the so-called "patriots". And precisely you have used that false patriotism …

8 Oct

2024

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Preparation of the European Council of 17-18 October 2024 (debate)

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Mr President, the world is going through one of the most dangerous times since the fall of the Berlin Wall. In this increasingly hostile world, we cannot react behind events. Wars sow the destruction of our neighbourhood in Ukraine, in the Middle East and in the Sahel, and that forces us to wake up. Although we have taken important steps in building a foreign and security policy, we are still quit…

18 Sep

2024

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The devastating floods in Central and Eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change (debate)

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Madam President, lives cut short, rivers overflowing, dozens of villages flooded and thousands of people evacuated: the life, work and dreams of many citizens of the European Union were lost in just half an hour underwater. Our solidarity and commitment to the people concerned must be demonstrated by a swift mobilisation of the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve, the European Union Solidarity Fu…

16 Sep

2024

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Order of business

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Madam President, we in the Socialists and Democrats Group have been the driving force behind this proposal for a debate on the floods in Central Europe and we want, of course, first of all to show our full solidarity with the families of the victims. It is obviously necessary, it is important and it is essential for this Parliament to speak out on this matter, but not only by showing that exercise…

18 Jul

2024

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Statement by the candidate for President of the Commission (debate)

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Madam President, Mrs von der Leyen, welcome to Parliament. Today we return to the home of European democracy thanks to the trust of the citizens. As of today, we are obliged to continue building the Union they elected with the power of votes, with the power of democracy. Faced with the aspiration of the extreme right to return to the Europe of nations that brought the two world catastrophes, on Ju…

17 Jul

2024

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The need for the EU's continuous support for Ukraine (debate)

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Madam President, since the beginning of Putin's war against Ukraine, we have witnessed the strength, courage and resilience of the Ukrainian people. Unfortunately, we are also witnessing the violation of the most basic norms and principles of international law and the Charter of the United Nations. And, for a long time, we have also witnessed the collusion of the far right in this House with Putin…

24 Apr

2024

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Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response (debate)

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Mr President, the spiral of action-reaction in which Israel and Iran live is a leap towards a scenario of regional war that must be stopped. Diplomacy must prevail in the face of warmongering rhetoric that does not provide a solution and that would only generate more fear, more death and more destruction. Faced with these scenarios, the European Union must remain united. We are committed to Israel…

23 Apr

2024

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Conclusions of the recent European Council meetings, in particular on a new European Competitiveness deal and the EU strategic agenda 2024-2029 (debate)

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Madam President, on Thursday 25 April, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution in Portugal, the ninth legislature will come to an end. Although citizens have an enormous responsibility to decide with their vote the Europe we want to continue building, it is inevitable to look back and value the progress we have made over the last few years. After the pandemic hit us, we pr…

10 Apr

2024

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New allegations of Russian interference in the European Parliament, in the upcoming EU elections and the impact on the Union (debate)

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Mr President, two months after the European Parliament elections, the Putin regime is increasing espionage, disinformation and propaganda, as well as reprisals against dissidents or defectors. And in this regard we would have to make a request to President Metsola because, now that we are no longer faced with mere suspicions, but with real certainties, a thorough investigation into Russian interfe…

13 Mar

2024

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This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Finland, Petteri Orpo (debate)

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Madam President, dear Prime Minister, welcome to the European Parliament. Welcome to the House of the European democracy. The European people learned through great suffering that hate and fear are dangerous to democracy, a hate and fear that the far right has against those who they consider to be different, a hate and fear that are affecting the centre right within the European Union, where the fa…

12 Mar

2024

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(International Women's Day Celebration)

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Madam President, it is always an honor to have guests who are women referents in their different fields, but in this case, in addition to pride, you are going to allow me to have a patriotic moment, as a Spaniard, to thank and welcome the two colleagues. Because you have made history, because you have become the reference, as you have said, of many women and girls who today know that there is no b…

12 Mar

2024

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Council and Commission statements - Preparation of the European Council meeting of 21 and 22 March 2024 (debate)

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Madam President, Putin's invasion of Ukraine and the massacre suffered by Palestinians under Netanyahu are two events that can radically change our lives. International law and the right of peoples to live freely are at stake in Ukraine and Gaza. Ladies and gentlemen, we cannot resign ourselves to feeling compassion for Ukraine and Palestine. Because compassion only remains in time if it is transf…

7 Feb

2024

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Empowering farmers and rural communities - a dialogue towards sustainable and fairly rewarded EU agriculture (debate)

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Mr President, Mr Vice-President Šefčovič, it strikes me that, with the whole agricultural sector being built up in Europe and with a debate as important as this, the Commissioner for Agriculture is totally missing, not only from this House, but completely. In any case, let's talk about what your obligation would be. Protests by farmers in the European Union have taught us a lesson: the agricultura…

6 Feb

2024

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Conclusions of the European Council meetings, in particular the special European Council meeting of 1 February 2024 (debate)

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Madam President, the financial support for Ukraine of EUR 50 billion until 2027 is a big step. A big step for the Ukrainian people and for the European Union. Ten years after the Maidan Revolution and after two years of invasion of Russia, it is fair to honour the European aspiration of the Ukrainian people not only with the status of EU candidate, but with a fundamental help to ensure Ukrainian r…

16 Jan

2024

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

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Madam President, Prime Minister De Croo, welcome to the European Parliament. Belgium holds the rotating Presidency of the Council in times of uncertainty and major transformations, after the successful Spanish Presidency, led by President Pedro Sánchez, with the closing of historic agreements, as you well mentioned: the Immigration and Asylum Pact, electricity market reform and the Nature Restorat…

15 Jan

2024

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Commemoration of Jacques Delors

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Madam President, the Union in which we live is the Union of Jacques Delors. Never has a President of the European Commission left such a deep mark on the construction of the European project. Jacques Delors is the man committed to peace, because he always had in mind his father, seriously wounded in the First World War; the Social Democrat convinced of enlarging our Union and of ensuring cohesion …

13 Dec

2023

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Review of the Spanish Presidency of the Council (debate)

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Madam President, dear President Sanchez, welcome to the European Parliament, to the house of the word and to the house of understanding. Thank you very much for your leadership in the courageous, historic and united response during the pandemic and Putin's war against Ukraine to protect the middle and working classes. Because despite the resistance of the right and the extreme right, you have mana…