What Antonio spoke about.

16

Dec

2021

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The situation in Cuba, namely the cases of José Daniel Ferrer, Lady in White Aymara Nieto, Maykel Castillo, Luis Robles, Félix Navarro, Luis Manuel Otero, Reverend Lorenzo Rosales Fajardo, Andy Dunier García and Yunior García Aguilera

Madam President, we owe a moral debt to those who defend the freedom of their people with their lives and who only want the values and freedoms that we here enjoy. Two Sakharov Prize laureates, Berta Ramos and Guillermo Fariñas, addressed this House, its President and Mr Borrell to ask for protection from our European Union against the persecution of a regime that still does not respect minimum co…

23

Nov

2021

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Situation in Belarus and at its border with the EU and the security and humanitarian consequences (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the current situation on the border with Belarus is above all a human tragedy. Lukashenka is using migrants and causing them suffering solely for their political survival. This is both a human tragedy and a hybrid attack to blackmail our Union. Let's not be fooled. This crisis is not the work of a single dictator. Once again, Putin is trying to destabilize us…

14

Sep

2021

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Direction of EU-Russia political relations (debate)

Mr President, I consider this report by my friend and colleague Andrius Kubilius to be excellent. We are, clearly, with the Putin regime, facing an authoritarian and repressive regime. We have an uncomfortable neighbour, who behaves both as a trading partner, an aggressive competitor and often as an enemy of the peace, stability and unity of our Union. Energy security, strengthening our defence ca…

5

Jul

2021

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EU-NATO cooperation in the context of transatlantic relations (short presentation)

Madam President, I am glad that this important report is voted on this week. I would like to thank all the Members who contributed to the final text; I would especially like to thank the shadow rapporteurs for their work. We were very ambitious from the beginning. We wanted to have a text that could send a strong and clear political signal on the role of the European Union in defence matters. We a…