What Marisa spoke about.

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Feb

2024

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Working conditions of teachers in the EU (debate)

Mr President, when several petitions come to the European Parliament from teachers who do not see their rights enshrined, who do not receive fair wages, who do not feel recognition for their work, something is very bad in the European Union. The right to education is a fundamental right, the real guarantor of equal opportunities, and the European Union's successive pressures on national budgets ar…

18

Jan

2024

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Recent ecological catastrophe involving plastic pellet losses and its impact on micro plastic pollution in the maritime and coastal habitats (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we have seldom seen such a clear demonstration of contempt for people and for people's suffering, as we have just seen, but that is it – it is good to make things clear. I would like to begin by thanking Mrs Miranda for the pressure to hold this debate, which is very important, as is being shown. The Galician people are once again being the victim of an environm…

16

Jan

2024

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Humanitarian situation in Gaza, the need to reach a ceasefire and the risks of regional escalation (debate)

Mr President, 24 000 people have been killed – 70 % of them women and children – more than 60 000 injured, more than 8 000 missing, journalists and aid workers targeted by the military. Since October 8, Gaza has been massacred. The indiscriminate bombing and blockade of Israel on the arrival of humanitarian aid, in territory already devastated by the illegal occupation and blockade, has caused an …

12

Dec

2023

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Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials (debate)

Mr President, lithium literally moves mountains and in some cases, like Portugal, even overthrows governments. Therefore, all the rigour, all the demand, all the scrutiny regarding the exploitation and the provisioning of critical raw materials will always be little to ensure the public interest. But in the face of this evidence, what does the European Union do? It establishes as a rule that the e…

18

Oct

2023

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The despicable terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel, Israel’s right to defend itself in line with humanitarian and international law and the humanitarian situation in Gaza (debate)

Mr President, without any condescension and with total condemnation of the barbarity of Hamas' terrorist attacks, the least that decency and justice can demand is that we have the same rigour and the same demand in recognising Israel's crimes against humanity. Why is the suffering of Palestinian mothers not worth the same as the suffering of Israeli mothers? We cannot accept the collective punishm…

4

Oct

2023

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Human rights situation in Afghanistan, in particular the persecution of former government officials

Mr President, Afghanistan has a disastrous legacy of decades of international intervention and illegal occupations that have greatly deteriorated living conditions in the country. At the culmination of this legacy, the Taliban's seizure of power has exponentially increased the level of human rights violations, with a humanitarian crisis disproportionately affecting women and girls in the face of v…

4

Oct

2023

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Energy Charter Treaty: next steps (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, there can be no doubt about the exit position from the Energy Treaty. We know that the Council prefers stagnation and, therefore, the position of the European Commission must be strong, it cannot be short-lived and, above all, very, very slow. We do not live in times that allow us to hesitate even in the urgency of the fight against climate change. Denunciation of th…

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Oct

2023

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Medicine shortages and strategic healthcare autonomy in the EU (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the problem of shortages of medicines will only cease to be a problem when access to healthcare is put at the forefront of pharmaceutical companies' business, interests and profits. Quick patches in European legislation are not enough. We already know what happens to these: Sooner or later they end up falling and exposing the wounds of the system. What we need is a chan…

12

Sep

2023

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Iran: one year after the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini (debate)

Mr President, the horrific death of Mahsa Amini has brought about the greatest show of unity of the Iranian people against the Islamic Republic in its 44-year history and has acted as a magnifying glass for the blatant human rights violations committed by a regime that massacres its people to maintain power and repress and silence dissent. The regime's response was brutal. To date, more than 500 i…

11

Jul

2023

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COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations for the future (debate)

Mr President, when COVID-19 came, no one was prepared. This unpreparedness had several causes, but was not immune to successive public spending cuts and austerity policies. The labour market shock was dramatic, especially for precarious workers, women, young people and migrants. This shock is not immune to years of unprotected labor policies. The impact on healthcare workers and frontline workers …

10

Jul

2023

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Industrial Emissions Directive - Industrial Emissions Portal - Deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure - Sustainable maritime fuels (FuelEU Maritime Initiative) - Energy efficiency (recast) (joint debate - Fit for 55 and Industrial Emissions)

Madam President, the Industrial Emissions Act is one of the few that adopts an integrated approach to environmental protection as a whole, preventing pollution at source through stricter emission control, more monitoring and compensation, access to information and plans to transform industrial installations. Negotiations were difficult, especially on the inclusion of livestock farming. The origina…

13

Jun

2023

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Situation in Lebanon (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Lebanon is experiencing a deep economic and social crisis and a political situation that is still blocked. We remember well the protests of 2019, when the population, and in particular young people, took to the streets worried about the absence of a future. Degraded public services, lack of social protection, impunity, corruption. The explosion of the port of Beirut has…

10

May

2023

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Update of the anti-corruption legislative framework (debate)

Madam President, corruption undermines democracies and European legislation is not only insufficient. It's completely out of date. This proposal, which has now been tabled, if it does not go further, risks still being a handful of nothing. It is crucial to develop legislation covering the public and private sectors, to frame corruption offences, to better prevent corruption and to improve the enfo…

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Apr

2023

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The crackdown on the right to education and education rights activists in Afghanistan, including the case of Matiullah Wesa

Mr President, women and girls in Afghanistan are still denied the right to education. Matiullah Wesa, a prominent advocate for women’s education and founder of , was arbitrarily detained, as have so many others before, including women’s rights activists and protesters. We strongly condemn the devastating backlash against women's rights and the broader human rights situation in Afghanistan, and we …

15

Mar

2023

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Iran: in particular the poisoning of hundreds of school girls

Mr President, since November, thousands of girls have suffered chemical attacks in schools throughout the Islamic Republic of Iran. Breathing problems, headaches, nausea, dizziness and temporary limb paralysis have been reported. Hundreds of students and staff were hospitalized and tragically Fatemeh Rezaei, just 11 years old, died. These attacks are believed to come from religious groups that opp…

14

Mar

2023

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Question Time (Commission) - How to ensure energy security in the EU in 2023

Mr President, Commissioner, the truth is that in the proposal presented by the Commission there is no change, as I said, to the price-fixing system. The marginalist system remains. And so something happened, because in July last year, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, came here to this House, to this Parliament, to say that the marginalist market was not a market adap…

14

Mar

2023

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Question Time (Commission) - How to ensure energy security in the EU in 2023

Mr President, Commissioner, the energy crisis we are experiencing has left millions of households and small businesses in a very difficult situation, practically on their knees, unable to pay their energy bills. And while this is happening, energy companies have had the jackpot, with absolutely exceptional profits. The Commission has put forward a number of measures, but all of them short-term and…

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Mar

2023

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Energy performance of buildings (recast) (debate)

Madam President, I would like to begin by thanking the rapporteur for his serious and committed work, so that tomorrow we have here a proposal that really wants to improve the lives of so many people. Many families across Europe are unable to heat their homes, either because of rising energy prices or because of poor building quality. This proposal to improve the energy performance of buildings is…

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Jan

2023

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The storming of the Brazilian democratic institutions

Mr President, the violent attack by the far right on democratic institutions in Brasilia on 8 January is part of a more global phenomenon. A year ago it was the Capitol and now it was Brasilia. Trump and Bolsonaro go hand in hand in the same fight for the destruction of democracy. We therefore strongly support efforts to ensure a prompt, impartial, serious and effective investigation in order to i…

23

Nov

2022

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The Human rights situation in Afghanistan especially the deterioration of women´s rights and attacks against educational institutions

Mr President, we know that the Taliban regime systematically violates the rights of women and girls. We know there's a gender. We know that 850,000 girls have been prevented from attending secondary school for more than a year. We know and condemn all this. We demand the full accountability of the Taliban regime and welcome the resumption of the International Criminal Court investigation into war …

10

Nov

2022

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A high common level of cybersecurity across the Union (debate)

Madam President, I should also like to begin by thanking the rapporteur for the work he has done. The importance of cybersecurity in an increasingly interconnected world and where our relationships are increasingly dependent on the digital world is indisputable. Cybersecurity is a key guarantee and having the capacity for defence and joint response is an urgency. Cyberattacks have become part of o…

5

Oct

2022

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The situation of human rights in Haiti in particular related to gang violence

Mr President, Haiti is experiencing a catastrophic social, political and human rights situation, which has further deteriorated in recent years. The alarming increase in violence has led to the displacement of tens of thousands of families in urban and peri-urban areas of the capital. Due to gang violence, thousands of people have had to flee their homes and are being directly affected in their fr…

13

Sep

2022

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Consequences of drought, fire, and other extreme weather phenomena: increasing EU's efforts to fight climate change (debate)

Mr President, due to the climate crisis, summer 2022, like the most recent, has been characterised by increasingly frequent and extreme weather events, with record heat, droughts, forest fires, intense storms and floods. Europe has suffered its worst drought in at least 500 years and reached a record 660 000 hectares destroyed by forest fires, my country being one of the most tragically affected. …

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Jun

2022

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The instrumentalisation of justice as a repressive tool in Nicaragua

Madam President, the use of judicial measures for repressive purposes in Nicaragua remains very worrying. Since 2018, hundreds of NGOs have been banned and 350 have been cancelled this year alone. The United Nations considers the new law in Nicaragua to be contrary to rights obligations, restricting the freedom of expression and association of any organization that attempts to criticize the govern…

8

Jun

2022

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Global threats to abortion rights: the possible overturn of abortion rights in the US by the Supreme Court (debate)

Madam President, we women have never been granted our rights without having to claim them and fight hard for them. In 2022 we still have to fight for the recognition of our fundamental rights and around the world we continue to be confronted by those who insist on not wanting to see our human rights, on not seeing us as worthy of fundamental rights, equally unwavering, and by those who systematica…