What Juan Fernando spoke about.

16 Jan

2024

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Fight against the resurgence of neo-fascism in Europe, also based on the parade that took place in Rome on 7 January (debate)

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Mr President, the fact that we are discussing in the European Parliament the resurgence of fascism in the light of a demonstration of that sign, no less than in Rome on 7 January, is saddening, but above all it is worrying. Because fascism is not an ideology; It is above all a violent, totalitarian action, moving from hate speech to hate crime. And that is exactly why it is a permanent threat to t…

16 Jan

2024

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Implementation of the Treaty provisions on national parliaments - Implementation of the Treaty provisions on EU citizenship (joint debate – Implementation of the Treaty provisions)

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Mr President, Vice-President Šefčovič, after two years of hard work to organise and launch a Conference on the Future of Europe – with the broad participation of civil society in this very seat of the European Parliament – I find it impossible not to eagerly support an own-initiative report that wants to strengthen European citizenship, by systematising all the case-law of the Court of Justice int…

16 Jan

2024

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Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2022 (debate)

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Madam President, Advocate O'Reilly, Vice-President Šefčovič, we support this own-initiative report because we support the performance of the European Ombudsman institution, which is marking doctrine, with its 348 reports in the course of 2022, against bad practices in the European administration – against delays, against the abuse of silences – and ensuring access to documents, transparency, a cul…

16 Jan

2024

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Transparency and accountability of non-governmental organisations funded from the EU budget (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner Reynders, this report on the transparency and accountability of non-governmental organisations financed from the Union budget coincides with the assessment and programmes that we have supported and promoted from the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs for non-governmental organisations, positively recognising their role, especially in the humanitarian …

16 Jan

2024

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Keeping commitments and delivering military assistance to Ukraine (debate)

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Mr President, Mr Vice-President Šefčovič, in the two years of Putin’s Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, a clear majority of this European Parliament has signalled its determination to support Ukraine from a humanitarian point of view – the Temporary Protection Directive – financially and also from an arms point of view. But critical voices are heard. They are not a majority, but the best…

14 Dec

2023

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Non-objection mechanisms in international conventions to which the European Union is a party (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, in this debate on an apparently obscure issue such as the accession of the European Union to international conventions, I have an extraordinarily important and yet still pending issue. The Treaty of Lisbon gives the European Union a single legal personality – Article 47 of the Treaty on European Union – and gives the European Parli…

14 Dec

2023

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Ensuring proper functioning of EU-Ukraine Solidarity Lanes (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, in this debate on the evaluation of solidarity measures and corridors in favour of Ukraine following Putin’s war of aggression in Russia, it is relevant and necessary that the contribution of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs be highlighted, because we activate – we demand this – the Temporary Protection Di…

13 Dec

2023

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Frontex, building on the fact-finding investigation of the LIBE Working Group for Frontex Scrutiny (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, once again Frontex – the European Border and Coast Guard Agency – in a debate with resolution in the plenary session of the European Parliament: a resolution resulting from the Frontex Scrutiny Working Group that we have launched in the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, which has been precisely responsible for…

13 Dec

2023

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Planned dissolution of key anti-corruption structures in Slovakia and its implications on the Rule of Law (continuation of debate)

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Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner Reynders, you know it and we Members of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs know it: one of the great achievements of this legislature lies precisely in the consolidation of the rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights framework, which regularly scrutinises the 27 Member States with regard to their instit…

13 Dec

2023

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Jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition of decisions and acceptance of authentic instruments in matters of parenthood and creation of a European Certificate of Parenthood (debate)

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Mr President Karas, Commissioner Reynders, rapporteur María Leitão, either because of this regulation which creates a single European certificate of parenthood on a legal basis, which is a mandate of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – Article 81, mutual recognition of legal documents in civil matters – and which serves the realisation of a fundamental right, not only the free mo…

12 Dec

2023

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Defence of democracy package (debate)

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Madam President, Madam Vice-President Jourová, Commissioner Šuica, well done for this defence of democracy package! Because democracy can never be taken for granted, it must always be defended and reinforced. And that is what we have an obligation to do ahead of the 2024 elections. Firstly, by protecting it against foreign interference and manipulation and against hoaxes and fake news, but also by…

11 Dec

2023

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The European Elections 2024 (debate)

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Madam President, either because of this constitutional report on the 2024 elections or because of the contributions of the rapporteur Domènec Ruiz Devesa, because it is, firstly, that the elections are more European, secondly, that this Parliament is more democratic and, thirdly, that the political process leading to the election of the Commission is more parliamentary. How will the election be mo…

23 Nov

2023

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International day for the elimination of violence against women (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, when in this European Parliament we are talking precisely about the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, it is good to highlight that in this legislature we have achieved nothing less than the European Union ratifying the Istanbul Convention, which is the great sign of commitment to the elimination of all forms of violence against women and c…

22 Nov

2023

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The lack of legislative follow-up by the Commission to the PEGA resolution (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner Reynders, when you heard in this European Parliament a polyphony of voices from different parliamentary groups, the conclusion is that you actually heard a symphony with essentially the same score. After a year of work in the Committee of Inquiry into the Pegasus programme and the conclusions adopted by this European Parliament, it is only possible to legislate to infer …

22 Nov

2023

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Threat to rule of law as a consequence of the governmental agreement in Spain (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner Reynders, European Parliament, the Spanish People's Party has covered itself with failure in the attempt to invest its candidate for the Presidency of the Government before the Congress of Deputies. Not content with that bitter taste of mouth, he tries to refresh it here in this Parliament with a forced debate on a legitimate initiative adopted under the Spanish Constitu…

21 Nov

2023

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Recent developments at the EU’s external border between Finland and Russia and the need to uphold EU law (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner Johansson, the representative of the Spanish Presidency, to the extent that the European Union – which started 70 years ago with six Member States – has been expanding, expanding and becoming more diverse and complex, with a land border no less than on the African continent – Ceuta and Melilla – and, at the other end, with Russia and Belarus, the chances of rogue rule…

21 Nov

2023

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Continuing threat to the rule of law, the independence of justice and the non-fulfilment of conditionality for EU funding in Hungary (debate)

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Dear colleague, I thank you for your question. Don’t you think I’m ready to answer? Don’t you see that precisely because in Spain, there has not been any legal change in the Constitutional Court, any legal change in the Supreme Court, any legal change in the judiciary, the only challenge, the only threat on the independence of the judiciary in Spain is precisely the blocking of the Judicial Counci…

21 Nov

2023

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Continuing threat to the rule of law, the independence of justice and the non-fulfilment of conditionality for EU funding in Hungary (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, President-in-Office of the Council, the debate on the threat to the rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights, and the European idea in Hungary, goes back as far as 2010, thirteen years ago. As of 2015, the discussion extends to Poland. What is the common thread? What is the causal nucleus of this sequence? Well, obviously, an absolute majority in both countries …

21 Nov

2023

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Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, Spanish Presidency, this 2019-2024 term started with high expectations: a Conference on the Future of Europe which brought together here, in this very Chamber, representations from all strata of open societies, drawing the European Union in its diversity. The European Parliament took up these conclusions and has worked hard on them for two long years. And all the commit…

8 Nov

2023

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 26-27 October 2023 - Humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the need for a humanitarian pause (joint debate - Conclusions of the European Council and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the need for a humanitarian pause)

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Madam President, I join those who cry out against the pain caused by this humanitarian tragedy in Gaza. They condemn the violence inflicted on innocent people, whether they are Israeli victims of Hamas, whether they are Palestinian victims of the Israeli military response. But speaking of humanitarian tragedies beyond our jurisdiction, I would also not like to ignore that there are some humanitari…

18 Oct

2023

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Rule of Law in Malta: 6 years after the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia and the need to protect journalists (debate)

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Madam President, Vice-President Jourová, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, the abominable murder of Daphne Caruana, a courageous investigative journalist in Malta, now took place six years ago. And, unfortunately, she has not been the only journalist or the only journalist killed in the Member States in recent years. And yet this Parliament has deduced the lessons. It has passed legislation a…

18 Oct

2023

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 26-27 October 2023 (debate)

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Mr Vice-President Šefčovič, Spanish Presidency, on the issues to be dealt with by the next Council, I focus on the opportunity to close the commitment with this European Parliament to approve in this mandate the Pact on Migration towards the five regulations. But you, Vice-President Šefčovič, have alluded to three outstanding issues that are not in the five regulations. The first is to combat illi…

17 Oct

2023

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Situation of Ukrainian women refugees, including access to SRHR support (debate)

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Mr President Angel, Commissioner Dalli, Spanish Presidency, you yourselves have described the issue. Since Putin’s brutal war of aggression against Ukraine, 11 million displaced people have fled the conflict and entered EU territory. 90% of these people are highly vulnerable women and children. They are protected by the Temporary Protection Directive, which means free movement, choice of residence…

17 Oct

2023

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Urgent need for a coordinated European response and legislative framework on intrusive spyware, based on the PEGA inquiry committee recommendations (debate)

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Mr President Angel, Vice-President Jourová, Spanish Presidency, for more than a year, this European Parliament set up a committee of inquiry of which I had the honour of being a member, and we worked very hard to account for the reported abuses of an intrusive espionage technology, in principle incompatible with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. We drew conclusions and the C…

17 Oct

2023

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Schengen area: digitalisation of the visa procedure - Schengen area: amending the Visa Sticker Regulation (Joint debate – Schengen area)

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Mr President, Vice-President Schinas, we were very pleased to hear you begin your speech by highlighting the value of Schengen, equivalent to free movement, which was for a long time the distinctive domain of the Member States of the Union. But it ceased to be so when we set up what is now the most precious asset of the European experience: freedom of movement, a fundamental right enshrined in the…