What Juan Fernando spoke about.

10 Mar

2026

ES Speech

Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, in this debate it is clear that there is a division between those who believe that housing is a right of social content and those who see it exclusively as a market good subject to speculation. The contribution of the S&D Group to the conclusions of the housing committee has an impact on the law, tenants' rights, the right of the homeless and the right of vulnerable …

9 Mar

2026

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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9 Mar

2026

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Harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law (short presentation)

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9 Mar

2026

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Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors (debate)

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9 Mar

2026

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European Union regulatory fitness and subsidiarity and proportionality – report on Better Law-Making covering 2023 and 2024 (debate)

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9 Mar

2026

ES Speech

Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission (debate)

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11 Feb

2026

ES Speech

Systemic oppression, inhumane conditions and arbitrary detentions by the regime in Iran

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Mr President, Commissioner, once again a debate on the massive violation of human rights in Iran and a resolution in which the majority of this European Parliament clearly reaffirms its commitment and solidarity with the opposition and with the resistance, which manifested itself in Berlin this weekend: those young people fed up with repression and those brave women who stand up after so many year…

11 Feb

2026

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Post-election situation in Uganda and threats against opposition leader Bobi Wine

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Mr President, Commissioner, more than 10 years ago, in my first mandate in this European Parliament, I was a member of an EU electoral commission mission to Uganda – a country long tormented by oppressive, brutal regimes. Museveni was elected. So many years after, Museveni is still in place, but democracy has been eroded; human rights continue to be violated. I had the opportunity to check the imp…

11 Feb

2026

ES Speech

Accession of Montenegro to the Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters - Accession of the Republic of Albania to the Convention of 2 July 2019 on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters (joint debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, we are discussing here the accession of Albania and Montenegro to an international convention on the recognition and enforcement of judgments, a convention to which the European Union is a party. And, as has been heard here, the majority of this Parliament welcomes that willingness on the part of Albania and Montenegro to fulfil the conditions for accession, in due cour…

11 Feb

2026

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Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner Mînzatu, we have again a debate on social Europe, on the fight against poverty: an EU anti-poverty strategy. And those of us who are lawyers know that rights are worth what their guarantees are worth, including social rights, which means that the European Child Guarantee must have a budget allocation - as this European Parliament calls for - of at least EUR 20 billion…

11 Feb

2026

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International Day of Education, fighting inequalities in access to education (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, when we talk about education in this Parliament, we see that many of us have come to politics from teaching and some and some from a lifelong passion for equal rights and opportunities, because that is education: a capital pillar of social Europe, redressing inequalities. This is recognised not only in the Sustainable Development Goals (Goal 4), but above all in the …

11 Feb

2026

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Rule of law, fundamental rights and misuse of EU funds in Slovakia: the need for an EU response (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, of the concerns I have already heard regarding the rule of law and the management of European funds in Slovakia, I would add and underline one that sums them all up: the removal by law of 2025 of the Whistleblower Protection Office and the withdrawal of the protection enjoyed by those who had already reported. And this affects European legislation, the Directive on t…

10 Feb

2026

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Spain’s large-scale regularisation policy and its impact on the Schengen Area and EU migration policy (debate)

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10 Feb

2026

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Presentation of the action plan against cyberbullying (debate)

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10 Feb

2026

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Building a stronger European defence in light of an increasingly volatile international environment (debate)

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9 Feb

2026

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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9 Feb

2026

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Amending Regulations on agricultural products as regards market rules and sectoral support measures in the wine sector and for aromatised wine products (debate)

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22 Jan

2026

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A new action plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner Mînzatu, the recovery of the social pillar decided in Porto has been essential for the relaunch and recognition of Europe, after the mistreatment of the social pillar and the exasperation of inequalities caused by the Great Recession and its poor management: austerity. But if there is a social priority at present, it is housing and that is why we welcome the Commissio…

22 Jan

2026

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Drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges (debate)

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Mr President Pons, Commissioner Mînzatu, this is a very good debate aimed at accelerating and intensifying the European drone industry, but I share three ideas with you. First of all, yes, it is essential to accelerate the European anti-drone wall, but even more essential is to identify the threat to our critical infrastructure, because we have all suffered airport collapses by a drone and it is e…

21 Jan

2026

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Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania (debate)

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I basically agree with the point – although it is not a question, again, but I can comment! The reason why we put in place a rule‑of‑law, democracy and fundamental rights framework is to prevent a serious breach from happening. Because we saw that in Hungary first, then it was a time in Poland too, but then it was a situation that was to be corrected when it was much too far and much too late. So …

21 Jan

2026

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Attempted takeover of Lithuania’s public broadcaster and the threat to democracy in Lithuania (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner Micallef, we are discussing here a point on the agenda regarding a reform of the oversight body of public television in Lithuania, and the S&D Group has negotiated a measured resolution that we are about to vote in favour of because we are concerned, yes, about information pluralism and compliance with the European Regulation on Media Freedom, without a doubt, and it is …

21 Jan

2026

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Restoring control of migration: returns, visa policy and third-country cooperation (topical debate)

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Mr President, Vice-President Virkkunen, migration is not an out-of-control threat, it is not an invasion, it is not a crisis; it is a fact, and it can only be faced – because it is beyond the reach of any of the Member States – if we do it together, without any concession to fear or panic, if we do it in accordance with our values and with legislated law. This European Parliament has put into forc…

21 Jan

2026

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European Council meeting (joint debate)

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Thank you, Madam President, Mr President Costa, High Representative Kallas, is it that Europe cannot respond to Trump's threats, attacks and pressures or is it that Europe does not want to? It has the instruments: suspend, as uneven and unfair, Scotland’s tariff agreement; activate the 2023 Anti-Counterfeit Regulation - which we approved exactly for that purpose and, if not now, when? - and activa…

20 Jan

2026

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Pending approval of the Hungarian national plan for Security Action for Europe (SAFE) funding in light of persistent concerns around the allocation of public funding (debate)

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Madam President, sixteen years ago Viktor Orbán led an increasingly despotic, increasingly putinesque and increasingly anti-European government in Hungary. There are countless debates and resolutions that we have adopted in this European Parliament, starting with the activation of Article 7, with an extraordinary sanction that should have long ago deprived Hungary of its voting rights in the Counc…

20 Jan

2026

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Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2025 (debate)

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Madam President, High Representative Kallas, if the European Union wants to take human rights seriously, as a priority of its foreign policy, what it has to do is follow the report of our colleague Francisco Assis. First, there must be sufficient funding, budgets, programmes and conditionality of humanitarian aid for real progress on gender equality and in relentless combat against the death penal…