What Juan Fernando spoke about.

27 Nov

2025

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Development of an industry for sustainable aviation and maritime fuel in Europe (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, the European Union's objective of decarbonising its economy is unobjectionable. Includes air and sea transport. But you have clearly heard the message that draws attention to the need to adequately finance this transition to the decarbonised economy in the outermost regions, such as the Canary Islands, which have no alternative by road, but depend exclusively – not only…

26 Nov

2025

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Defence of Democracy package (joint debate)

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26 Nov

2025

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EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024 (debate)

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26 Nov

2025

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Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (debate)

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26 Nov

2025

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EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine (debate)

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25 Nov

2025

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Digital Package (debate)

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Mr President, Vice-President Virkkunen, the last parliamentary term came to an outstanding conclusion and it is regrettable that the pieces of this legislative acquis are currently being dismantled under the pretext of simplification, realism, lightening of burdens or competitiveness: the just green transition, the Pact on Migration and Asylum and the Digital Agenda, which aimed exactly to bring t…

25 Nov

2025

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Protection of minors online (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner McGrath, Mrs Schaldemose, in the face of an extensive social and citizen demand, this Parliament cannot fail to respond. The European Union has a duty to do so, because Article 24 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union requires the protection of minors. But, in addition, our legal basis is the same that has allowed us to regulate the business model…

25 Nov

2025

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Communication on the Democracy Shield (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner McGrath, the bad news is that defending democracy against its threats and its internal and external enemies - which exist on both fronts - has become such a politically and ideologically divisive issue in this European Parliament. But the good news is that there is still a majority in this European Parliament who understand that the Commission's proposals are reasonable.…

25 Nov

2025

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European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’) (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner Kubilius, you will surely have noticed that there is broad consensus and broad agreement in the interventions, in sustaining this commitment to a European defence programme, which translates into the commitment to strategic autonomy and for the European Union to take charge of its defence. Yes, we agree that we need to invest better, and that means doing it together, …

24 Nov

2025

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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24 Nov

2025

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30th anniversary of the Barcelona Process and the new pact for the Mediterranean (debate)

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24 Nov

2025

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Enhancing police cooperation in relation to the prevention, detection and investigation of migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings; enhancing Europol’s support to preventing and combating such crimes (debate)

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24 Nov

2025

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Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded (debate)

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13 Nov

2025

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Proxy voting in plenary for Members during pregnancy and after giving birth (A10-0214/2025 - Juan Fernando López Aguilar) (vote)

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Madam President, honourable Members, it's been 46 years that this European Parliament has been the only directly democratically elected institution in the Union, and the European electoral act that made it possible stems all the way back to 1976, when this European Parliament was not this big, not this strong. So it obviously needs to be updated. Actually, this European Parliament has voted twice …

13 Nov

2025

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 23 October 2025 (debate)

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Madam President, Madam President von der Leyen, the raison d'être of the European Union is summed up in one word: solidarity. And solidarity now hangs over the fact that there is, in the multiannual financial framework, sufficient funding for an affordable housing plan. It is the priority of progressives because it is for the European Union, for the working class and for the emancipation of the yo…

12 Nov

2025

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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Mr President, Vice-President Virkkunen, last week the meeting of the outermost regions called the Eurodom Conference took place in Brussels, with the participation of regional governments and the productive fabric, but also of Members of the European Parliament born and living, like me, in the Canary Islands, an outermost region. And the message was a choral polyphony but very consistent. It is un…

12 Nov

2025

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Addressing transnational repression of human rights defenders (short presentation)

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Mr President, I applaud this report by MEP Chloé Ridel of the S&D Group because it brings to the attention of this European Parliament that human rights are a direct source of European law and bind the European institutions and, therefore, it is an obligation of the European Union to defuse any form of transnational repression against human rights and their defenders, but actively, not only with d…

12 Nov

2025

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Protecting EU consumers against the practices of certain e-commerce platforms: the case of child-like sex dolls, weapons and other illegal products and material (debate)

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Mr President, Mrs Virkkunen, a while ago in this European Parliament we were discussing the Gender Equality Strategy and now we are discussing how to combat these absolutely abusive, intolerable, illegal and punishable practices of digital platforms that trade in sexualised doll products that directly incite paedophilia. And the answer is clear: impose European law, strictly speaking. We have regu…

12 Nov

2025

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Condemning the illegal unilateral declaration of the secessionist entity created by Türkiye in Cyprus and the continued Turkish military occupation (debate)

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Mr President, Vice-President Fitto, 50 years of illegal occupation in a Member State of the European Union, the Republic of Cyprus, which is the only State legitimately recognised in the international community, and the European Union cannot rest until its territorial integrity has been restored, on which the integrity of the democratic representation of its national Parliament and the integrity o…

12 Nov

2025

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The new 2028-2034 Multiannual Financial Framework: architecture and governance (debate)

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Mr President, Mrs von der Leyen, three very clear ideas. The first is that under no circumstances is a multiannual financial framework acceptable where Europe's raison d'être is not recognisable: not only agricultural policy, but also cohesion policy, interregional solidarity and the European Social Fund. The second idea is that it is by no means acceptable for innovation and defence to be finance…

12 Nov

2025

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The first European Annual Asylum and Migration report and the setting up of the Annual Solidarity Pool (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner Brunner, the presentation of this first Commission report setting out a first annual solidarity plan is positive, but above all it is a fulfilment of an obligation, clearly set out in our Pact on Migration and Asylum as a binding law for the Member States. It is no surprise that this report points out that Italy, Spain, Greece and Cyprus are under migratory pressure a…

23 Oct

2025

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Combating violence against women and girls, including the exploitation of motherhood (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner Jørgensen, with or without a Commissioner specifically dedicated or dedicated to equality, a joint statement by Council and Commission committed against all forms of violence against women and against the exploitation of motherhood is important. But even more important than a declaration is legislation. We did this – working hard in the last legislature – by finally p…

23 Oct

2025

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Audiovisual Media Services Directive obligations in the transatlantic dialogue (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner Jørgensen, this is a particularly fortunate debate. Not only because it is a closed and firm defense of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive, but also because there is unanimity in all interventions in the defense of what we have called "European cultural sovereignty", so it is rejected that there is a threat from the Trump Administration to impose a 100% tariff o…

22 Oct

2025

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Allegations of espionage by the Hungarian government within the EU institutions (debate)

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Madam President, as Chair of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, I chaired several fact-finding missions. Parliament in Hungary and I personally experienced hostility towards a European institution, forcing me to remind myself that the European Parliament is no external spacecraft, no spacecraft flying over Hungary, but represents directly democratically ten million Hungari…

22 Oct

2025

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The ongoing assault on the democratic institutions and the rule of law in Bulgaria (topical debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, we have put in place a rule of law, fundamental rights and democracy framework, which encompasses all of the 27 Member States in the individual country reports. And six years in a row we have learned lessons. The first lesson: we have to tell the difference as to those cases in which there is a serious, clear risk of a serious breach and violations of the values ensh…