What Iratxe spoke about.

18 May

2022

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The killing of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Aqla and the violent incidents at her funeral (debate)

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Mr President, Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American journalist who worked for Al-Jazeera for 25 years, was killed on 11 May while reporting from Jenin. He was one of the most prominent voices in the Middle East, covering the Arab-Israeli conflict for decades; He was working with a helmet and a vest with the word in very large letters when he was shot in the head where the helmet did not cover …

4 May

2022

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Resumption of the sitting

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Madam President, I will be allowed to use one minute of this plenary session of Parliament to deliver a message from thousands and millions of voices of Europeans to tell the women of the United States that we are with them, that we cannot take a step back. (Applause) Not a step. (Applause) We need to guarantee our rights and we are with all women in the world, with our eyes, our body, our choices…

4 May

2022

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The social and economic consequences for the EU of the Russian war in Ukraine - reinforcing the EU’s capacity to act (debate)

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Madam President, let us speak without euphemism, ladies and gentlemen: We're at war. The European Union supports Ukraine as an assaulted country with all the means at our disposal: sanctions, arms, aid to refugees and diplomacy. Without the courage of the Ukrainian people and without the support of the European Union and our allies, Ukraine would not have resisted Putin's criminal aggression or th…

3 May

2022

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The follow up of the Conference on the Future of Europe (debate)

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Madam President, almost a year ago, under the leadership of the Portuguese Presidency and our Prime Minister, Antonio Costa, we committed ourselves to this unique project called the Conference on the Future of Europe. I have had the honour of chairing the Working Group on a Stronger Economy, Social Justice and Employment, and its conclusions, with citizens' recommendations at the centre, are very …

3 May

2022

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This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Italy, Mario Draghi (debate)

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Madam President, Mr Prime Minister, welcome to this House, which is the House of European Democracy. Thank you very much for your words about our dear President Sassoli who, as you well said, represented the best of the European spirit and, therefore, we will work on continuing his legacy, well aware of how important that work was. As you well described in your speech, we are facing a series of cr…

2 May

2022

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Order of business

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Madam President, over the weekend we had the opportunity to hold the last plenary session of the Conference on the Future of Europe, the conclusions of which were very clear as to what the next steps should be. That is why it is important for this Parliament to hold a debate on this matter and, in addition, for that debate to be accompanied by a resolution where we can express the position of this…

6 Apr

2022

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022: including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the summits of NATO, the G7 and the European Council have served to strengthen the international coalition against Putin's criminal war and to strengthen our mutual defence and expand sanctions. In particular, the EU Summit reached a key agreement to start also alleviating the impact on families and businesses on energy prices. The achievements of the Summit …

5 Apr

2022

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Question Time (Commission) - von der Leyen Commission: Two years on, implementation of the political priorities

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Madam President, President von der Leyen, of course, the European social model is a model of success if we are really able to ensure a balance between economic growth and social justice. That means that we are able to take advantage of the fact that this economic growth translates into people being able to live better. I would therefore like to know where the European Commission's proposal to intr…

5 Apr

2022

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Question Time (Commission) - von der Leyen Commission: Two years on, implementation of the political priorities

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Madam President, President von der Leyen, the pandemic and the war in Ukraine have given another face to the European Union. The Union has shown that the European project can also be a powerful shield for people's health, also to defend the safety of European citizens and to improve their living conditions. The Porto Social Summit was an opportunity where leaders took a number of actions and commi…

5 Apr

2022

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EU Protection of children and young people fleeing the war against Ukraine (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, every day that passes the news that comes to us from Ukraine is more bleak. I do not mean the advances on the front, no, what is terrible and bleak is to see that in 2022 atrocities like those we have seen during these days in Bucha can occur. Those maniated bodies, that macabre scenario on the road. Every day that passes seems more to attend to a duel betwee…

4 Apr

2022

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Statements by the President

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Madam President, also on behalf of the Socialists and Democrats Group, I would like to join that message of thanks for your presence in Kiev this weekend. All of us who have been able to see the images during these days of the atrocities that are happening in Ukraine, the images of Bucha, with what the Putin regime is doing, have evidently become more aware than ever of the importance of defending…

23 Mar

2022

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Need for an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the EU in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (debate)

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Madam President, the tension and uncertainty we are experiencing in Europe these days are unprecedented in half a century. And yet today I want to send a message of reassurance to Europeans. The European Union stands ready to face the effects of this war and ensure that there will be no shortage of food. And this is because we have been preparing for a long time. Who was going to tell us that sixt…

23 Mar

2022

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Address by Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada

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Madam President, Prime Minister Trudeau, welcome to the European Parliament. You stand at the heart of a European democracy that can and should feel yours, because it was also built with the courage of Canadians who eighty years ago sacrificed their lives on this continent to bring democracy and freedom back to Europe. It was some time later, with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, when we enter…

23 Mar

2022

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Debriefing of the European Council meeting in Paris on 10 March 2022 - Preparation of the European Council meeting 24-25 March 2022 (debate)

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Madam President, a month after Putin's criminal invasion, the strength of our unity has turned Russia into an international pariah, with serious damage to its economy. But if we want to resist and support the admirable Ukrainian resistance, we must direct all our efforts on two fronts: maintain pressure on Putin and strengthen the European Union's strategic autonomy in energy and defence. Sanction…

23 Mar

2022

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Order of business

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Madam President, since we are starting a new stage by normalising parliamentary activity, what I would ask the Presidency to do is to stick to our usual procedures. In order to raise an issue of compliance with the Regulation, it is first necessary to indicate the article to which it refers, to see if we have not complied with any article. A matter of compliance with the Regulation is not so that …

9 Mar

2022

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Debate with the Prime Minister of Estonia, Kaja Kallas - The EU's role in a changing world and the security situation of Europe following the Russian aggression and invasion of Ukraine (debate)

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Madam President, Prime Minister Kallas, welcome to the European Parliament, to your home. Putin's criminal attack has put us in the mirror of our own strengths and weaknesses as a Union. The faltering position we traditionally held towards the Kremlin contrasted with the crackdown after the outbreak of war, in particular the agreement on economic sanctions and the change of an asylum policy that t…

8 Mar

2022

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International Women’s Day – Address by Oksana Zabuzhko

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Madam President, thank you very much, Oksana Zabuzhko, for being today the voice of millions of women who are being attacked in their fundamental principles; refugee women fleeing Ukraine with their children, with their daughters; Ukrainian women who stay in Ukraine having to care for the most vulnerable, because it is always us, the women, who are the most vulnerable in these situations. And that…

1 Mar

2022

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Russian aggression against Ukraine (debate)

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Madam President, Putin's war against Ukraine marks the beginning of a new stage in Europe and in the world. In historical times we need historical decisions. The financial and military support to Ukraine, the disconnection of the main Russian banks from the SWIFT platform, the activation of the International Protection Directive to help Ukrainian refugees and the banning of the Kremlin media machi…

16 Feb

2022

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The Rule of Law and the consequences of the ECJ ruling (debate)

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Madam President, I am sure that many of us share that today is a day of victory for this Parliament. Justice has been on our side, on the side of those who work, defend and bet on an instrument of conditionality between the budget and the rule of law in Europe, because we defended that the one who supports the European project is not the market, but the common values that we share and the defense …

16 Feb

2022

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EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine (debate)

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Madam President, it has been more than eight years since the Maidan Square Revolution of Dignity, since the Ukrainian people began their struggle to approach the project of freedoms represented by the European Union. We have been its most loyal partner in economic integration, supporting the reform process and defending Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Today, the European Parliamen…

20 Jan

2022

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Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the European Union (topical debate)

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Madam President, health – and we know this in full knowledge today – is one of the main concerns of European citizens: we all defend the right to health protection and access to health care and appropriate treatment; However, when we talk about sexual and reproductive health, some already take a step back and deny this right to citizens, especially denying it to women, to those most affected. Huma…

19 Jan

2022

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

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Madam President, given the ideological difference that we all obviously have here, I ask that we be respectful of today's debate in this House: out of respect for Europe, out of respect for our citizens. We will all have the opportunity to campaign to support our colleagues from the various political groups, of course I will too. But this is not the time. Whenever we want, we meet our teammates fr…

19 Jan

2022

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

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Madam President, President Macron, welcome to the European Parliament. This rotating presidency of the Council comes at a time when the pandemic has allowed the Union to take historic steps in advancing the integration project. In his New Year speech he promised a change of course in 2022 to achieve a powerful Europe in the world, fully sovereign, free in its elections and in command of its destin…

18 Jan

2022

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Election of the President of Parliament (announcement of results)

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Madam President, congratulations, President. It is an important day for this institution, for this House and for those of us who believe that the European project needs dialogue, it needs understanding, it needs to build bridges with those of us who think differently, but we want to work for the common good of European citizenship: That's what we've been chosen for. I am therefore going to keep th…

17 Jan

2022

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Memorial ceremony for President David Maria Sassoli

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Madam President, Alessandra, Giulio, Livia, ladies and gentlemen, Jacques Delors said that Europe lacks a soul; David Sassoli embodied precisely that soul of Europe. This is perhaps the most difficult, the most painful speech, because we haven't lost just one great president: We have lost a comrade, a friend, and Europe has lost an exemplary politician. Politics as a service to the common good, as…