What Antonio spoke about.

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May

2025

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An urgent assessment of the applicability of the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (PDCA) with Cuba (debate)

Madam President, Madam High Representative, I would like to deal with two issues. First, I want to apologize: You come from a country that suffered the horrors of communism. Millions were killed in Russia and Ukraine. There were also persecutions and tortures justified by many members of this House even today. I would like to apologise for this and also to all those who have suffered in the past c…

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Apr

2025

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Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 (debate)

Madam President, democracy and respect for human rights in the world are in decline. It's a fact. I'm not saying it, the reports of Freedom House and other renowned organizations that study the subject say it. I could cite many cases, such as Russia, Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, Nicaragua. The usual suspects: autocracies that persecute their citizens, inside and outside their borders, and deliberately p…

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Apr

2025

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CFSP and CSDP (Article 36 TUE) (joint debate)

Madam President, when it comes to ensuring the security and defence of our European and Spanish interests, prevention is better than cure. And on top of that, it's cheaper to prevent than to cure. In Europe it is being prevented. We have a defense policy already in place. We already have a White Paper on defence, a Commissioner for defence. We already have a Committee on Security and Defence in th…

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Mar

2025

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White paper on the future of European defence (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, some of us - like you and me - have been calling for more defence spending in this European Union for years. Now we have all joined, good thing, it was time. Let's see if this finally allows Europe to defend its welfare system as well. Thank you very much for the White Paper and for the millions that will accompany this whole affair. Time, as I say, will tell us if we a…

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Feb

2025

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Repression by the Ortega-Murillo regime in Nicaragua, targeting human rights defenders, political opponents and religious communities in particular

Mr. President, to the dictators Daniel Ortega Saavedra and Rosario María Murillo, congratulations. They have achieved the impossible: that all political groups in this European Parliament, as a unit, denounce their crimes, torture, persecution and exile to those who have subjected the Nicaraguan people and, especially, the Catholic Church, which is being viscerally attacked by this bloodthirsty re…

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Feb

2025

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Wider comprehensive EU-Middle East Strategy (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, the EU‑Middle East strategy. What strategy? Do we have a strategy? Good. First time. The ones that have a strategy are the Russians, the Chinese, Turkish, Iranians in the region. It's about time that as Europeans we have a strategy for the Middle East and not let others interfere. We have a different approach and we should implement it. We should be enthusiastic abou…

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Jan

2025

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Further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia (debate)

Mr President, one thing is clear: the October parliamentary elections were not free and fair. We cannot allow those who stole the elections to get away with it. A wake‑up call, members of the Commission, members of the European Council: in this Parliament, we have it clear that the de facto authorities controlled by the oligarch Ivanishvili have adopted increasingly repressive legislation, while d…

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Jan

2025

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Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the truth is that I rarely feel proud of a title in these debates: ‘usurpation’. Indeed, it is the usurpation by the criminal regime of the dictator Maduro and his aides, those drug traffickers that he has around, and that here, in the European Union, we have not yet known how to pursue in the right way. Here, with the help and collaboration of the European far left, th…

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Jan

2025

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Geopolitical and economic implications for the transatlantic relations under the new Trump administration (debate)

Mr President, President Trump has finally been elected and confirmed and, although it rains here in Strasbourg, the skies do not open, as some predict; Nor will the world be destroyed, as others predict. It's all right now! It's all right now! Let's be the Europe that discovered and colonized America. Let us return to the pride of our unity, which we have achieved so much in the past and which we …

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Jan

2025

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Ceasefire in Gaza - the urgent need to release the hostages, to end the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and to pave the way for a two-state solution (debate)

Mr President, there is no doubt that this is an important time for us. Thank you to those who collaborated to have this ceasefire. The ceasefire agreement in Gaza, whose implementation started yesterday, was our end goal from the very beginning. Our priority was always the liberation of the hostages held captive by the terrorist group Hamas and the alleviation of the challenging situation faced by…

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Dec

2024

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Toppling of the Syrian regime, its geopolitical implications and the humanitarian situation in the region (debate)

Without taking an iota of importance away from the problem you are mentioning. What I say is that the priority is to solve the problem in Syria so that it does not happen again and so that you do not have to waste time with these issues, and to solve the problem of emigration. And what he has to do is talk about what is happening in Syria and what the population is suffering from. That is why they…

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Dec

2024

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Toppling of the Syrian regime, its geopolitical implications and the humanitarian situation in the region (debate)

Mr President, 13 years of civil war and 50 years of a bloody regime are coming to an end, but not yet. Let's see what happens in Syria with the new government and the new situation created. You will understand that I have my suspicions and my doubts about the rebel groups that are part of this new government. We Europeans are also at the root of this problem and no one has spoken about it. At the …

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Nov

2024

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Strengthening children’s rights in the EU - 35th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (debate)

Mr President, 35 years later, we have achieved much but a long journey is still ahead. Children's voices, needs and rights should be at the heart of everybody's work. The anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child is not only an occasion for celebration, but also a reflection of the failures. In many parts of the world, with armed conflicts and humanitarian crises, th…

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Nov

2024

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Political and humanitarian situation in Mozambique (debate)

Mr President, last month I led the European Parliament electoral observation mission to Mozambique. I would like to thank my colleagues that participated in that delegation and also the Chief of the European Mission, Ms Laura Ballarín, my colleague, for the very good collaboration that we had there. We were welcomed by kind people hopeful to overcome a very challenging social and security context.…

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Nov

2024

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Continued escalation in the Middle East: the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank, UNRWA’s essential role in the region, the need to release all hostages and the recent ICC arrest warrants (debate)

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Oct

2024

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State sponsored terrorism by the Islamic Republic of Iran in light of the recent attacks in Europe (debate)

Madam President, that Iran is a terrorist state, we all know. But you didn't know, and we have to know, that a year ago I denounced it. Once again, I need to remind you of the assassination attempt against our colleague Alejo Vidal-Quadras, a former Vice-President of this House, of this Parliament, who was shot in his face in bright daylight in the streets of Madrid. This is unacceptable. Today, a…

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Sep

2024

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Situation in Venezuela (debate)

Madam President, I am writing to Nicolas Maduro Moros: Your days are numbered. You will not escape justice. Neither all the gold bars of Delcy Rodríguez nor the money of your drug traffickers nor your oil stolen from the Venezuelan people will be able to pay the debts you have contracted with the Venezuelan people and with humanity; Not even your lawyer and ambassador Zapatero will get you out of …

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Apr

2024

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

Mr President, gone are the days when some naive politicians in Europe and America thought that they could sit down with the ayatollahs, leave some sanctions, and think that the Iranian regime would no longer pose a threat to us. Iran is a country that supplies the weapons that Putin’s regime is using daily against the Ukrainian population. It is a regime that sanctions Members of the European Parl…

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Apr

2024

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EU’s response to the repeated killing of humanitarian aid workers, journalists and civilians by the Israel Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip (debate)

Madam President, the tragic events when seven staff members of the World Central Kitchen were killed by an Israeli strike are regrettable and unacceptable. The distinction that we have to make is the reaction. Whereas Hamas and Hezbollah terrorist attacks butcher innocent civilians and show absolutely no regret, a democratic country, Israel, which is fighting a difficult war to neutralise terroris…

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Mar

2024

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The immediate risk of mass starvation in Gaza and the attacks on humanitarian aid deliveries

Thank you very much, Mr President. The situation in Gaza is dire and concerning. We want this war to end. But it is also our responsibility that the over 100 innocent civilians kidnapped 558 days ago by the Hamas terrorists be released. These are innocent civilians like Tsachi Idan, husband and father of three whose daughter was murdered, or little Kfir Bibas, who turned one year old in captivity.…

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Mar

2024

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The immediate risk of mass starvation in Gaza and the attacks on humanitarian aid deliveries

Mr President, when dealing with a crisis, we as politicians have a duty to look beyond the ballot box. Unfortunately, half of this Parliament doesn’t do it. Twenty-two speakers from the left after me will not speak about Hamas, will not speak about Israeli prisoners. No, they will not. I will speak about all of them. I will speak about the sufferings of the Palestinian children and people and also…

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Feb

2024

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The murder of Alexei Navalny and the need for EU action in support of political prisoners and oppressed civil society in Russia (debate)

Mr. President, I had the enormous privilege of meeting Alexei Navalny personally, and I was immediately impressed by the humility in his treatment and his firmness of character. Humility and firmness are the attributes of a leader. I feel enormously, dear Alexei, the lack of humility and firmness in Europe. I feel the lack of leadership, a leadership that you did have. We are not used, after eight…

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Feb

2024

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Strengthening European Defence in a volatile geopolitical landscape - Implementation of the common foreign and security policy – annual report 2023 - Implementation of the common security and defence policy – annual report 2023 (joint debate - European security and defence)

Madam President, our Ukrainian friends are fighting a war for us. Once again, others are fighting our wars for us. We must face reality: this is no longer sustainable. Europe needs to be able to protect itself. This is a serious debate that will define our future capacity to protect our democratic societies and our international liberal order as we know it. It requires vision, leadership and respo…

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Feb

2024

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War in the Gaza Strip and the need to reach a ceasefire, including recent developments in the region (debate)

Mr President, if my calculation is right, we are holding the sixth debate on Gaza, and we have had two resolutions, in four months. If anyone is taking good note, I think that we are breaking all the records in this Parliament. We did not break these records for Ukraine in four months. Neither for Bosnia. No we didn’t, no we didn’t. Not in four months, my friends. Because this is not about ideolog…

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Feb

2024

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Increased number of executions in Iran, in particular the case of Mohammad Ghobadlou

– Mr President, first of all, I would like to thank the authors for this very timely resolution. Today we address the assassination of yet another young Iranian man who died at the hands of the tyrannical regime of the Ayatollahs. Three people die every day in Iran – including women and children – but it’s also important to know that this is not only happening in Iran, but also in the streets of E…