What José Manuel spoke about.

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Nov

2022

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System of own resources of the European Union (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, this European Parliament has always advocated new revenue for the budget of the European Union, genuine own resources, which should be genuine and not exclusive transfers from the respective budgets of the Member States. It is essential to end the distinction between net contributors and net beneficiaries. In fact, all the Member States are benefic…

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2023 budgetary procedure: joint text (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the European Union budget is always an investment, an asset for the whole of Europe. Administration expenditure is only 6% of the Union budget. A budget that is essential for growth, competitiveness and territorial cohesion, and which should be given increased attention, and our proposals go in that direction, given the current situation of househo…

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Nov

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Borrowing strategy to finance NextGenerationEU (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, allow me to thank the co-rapporteur of this report, Valérie Hayer, for all the work she has done and also for work that is bearing fruit, in order to have new revenue, new own resources. A thank you to all those who have brought their position and their opinion here and support for this report. A thank you to the Commission for all the work it i…

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2022

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Borrowing strategy to finance NextGenerationEU (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, the European Union's response to the pandemic crisis is unprecedented. It's a historic response, a strong response. For the first time in the European Union, the Commission went to the markets and it was not just to lend money to the Member States, it was to strengthen the programmes, it was to give grants to the Member States, to make the recov…

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2022

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REPowerEU chapters in recovery and resilience plans (debate)

Mr President, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, energy union is essential for the European Union and, in this sense, REPowerEU is very positive. However, there are some problems here and I draw the Commission's attention to them. There will be no energy independence of the European Union without cross-border projects and interconnections. Here's a question: What are the interconnections and cro…

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Nov

2022

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 20-21 October 2022 (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I must emphasise the fact that we have a President of the European Commission, Mrs von der Leyen, who is supportive, competent and proactive, which contrasts with the governments we have, as we can see from the timid conclusions of the European Council. We must have strategic autonomy, but this cannot be done with rulers who only look at their navel, with nation…

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Oct

2022

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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023 - all sections (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, dear Council representative, ladies and gentlemen, the 2023 budget, according to our proposal, is a budget that helps families and businesses to respond to the challenges, to the problems that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought us. We want more growth, more internal solidarity. We must also not forget humanitarian aid and support for Ukraine and other countr…

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Oct

2022

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The death of Mahsa Amini and the repression of women's rights protesters in Iran (debate)

Mr President, Mr Vice-President and High Representative, ladies and gentlemen, first of all, we must express our condolences to Mahsa Amini's family and friends. Unfortunately, she was murdered by the Iranian regime. It should be stressed that this is not an isolated case. And we should also ask whether we have done everything to condemn, repudiate and prevent these cases from happening. The Irani…

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Oct

2022

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Commission proposal for measures under the Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation in the case of Hungary (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Minister, ladies and gentlemen, I have said this more than once, respect for the rule of law, for European values is not an option, it is an obligation. And I don't feel good about even being here talking about a regulation that we shouldn't even have and that shouldn't even be necessary. But it is important to say that this regulation is not punitive in nature, it i…

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Oct

2022

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Question Time (Commission) Tackling depopulation through cohesion policy instrument

Mr President, Commissioner, it is essential not to lose a cent of Cohesion Policy 2014-2020 and to accelerate Cohesion Policy from 2021 to 2027. In Portugal, Portugal 20-30 runs the risk of not having a single euro used in 2022. In addition, it is very important to pay particular attention to regional operational programmes. Does the Commissioner know that, in the case of Portugal, the regional op…

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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - Serious cross-border threats to health (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it is our duty to do everything we can to protect the lives of our citizens and to provide them with the best possible health. This requires coordination and sharing. For this, there is an urgent need for a health union, a health union that has proven joint purchasing and research for vaccines and that has allowed vaccines for all and a cheaper …

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Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2021 - Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2020 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the European Investment Bank is an asset and we need it to remain strong, competent and active. The economic situation demands it. My congratulations on having mobilised more than EUR 95 billion in loans to support the economy and, above all, to support 430 000 businesses. What I ask is that we do even more and speed up, for example, the InvestE…

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2022

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EU action plan for the social economy (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, to support the social economy is to strengthen social Europe. These entities are key to promoting the quality of life of our citizens, territorial, economic and social cohesion. They are proof of solidarity: favor and include. They are entities where we verify the value of volunteering. Entities that respond and are present in the most depopulated …

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2022

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National vetoes to undermine the global tax deal (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, unanimity cannot mean blockage, it is not acceptable for it to be used for blackmail. The Council has to be much more than the sum of the 27 national selfishnesses that we sometimes see. In an area such as taxation, it is essential that this OECD agreement is put into practice, as it will mean more social justice. It is also important that those wh…

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2022

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Implementation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the recovery and resilience plans in terms of grants amount to EUR 338 billion resulting from a debt that the European Commission has made. This means that our leaders must act responsibly. It has to be worth it. This is an effort of solidarity which, if necessary, should be repeated in the future. For this, this action and the results have to h…

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2022

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The rule of law and the potential approval of the Polish national Recovery Plan (RRF) (debate)

Madam President, Madam President of the Commission, your presence here is a sign of compromise and I have no doubt that you will do everything to ensure that the rule of law is respected in the European Union. But on this side, on an issue like this, Mr Macron should be there. There are a lot of people, and I have not heard anyone mention it, who forget that, in order for suspensions to exist, it …

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Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System - Social Climate Fund - Carbon border adjustment mechanism - Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System for aviation - Notification under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) (joint debate – Fit for 55 (part 1))

Mr President, Mr Vice-President of the Commission, ladies and gentlemen, the objective of combating climate change has no borders and has an impact in the light of our ambition, the goals and objectives we set, economic impact and social impact. It requires support for citizens, for the modernisation of our economy. Of course, we cannot deindustrialise, and for that we need European funds, funds t…

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May

2022

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The REPowerEU Plan: European solidarity and energy security in face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including the recent cuts of gas supply to Poland and Bulgaria (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, energy independence is an essential objective of the European Union. It is unacceptable that we are buying energy from Russia for EUR 1 billion a day. In practice, we are financing the purchase of weapons for Mr. Putin. But this goal is not new. We have been talking for a long time about interconnections and, for example, interconnections for energy between Portugal, Sp…

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May

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Discharge 2020 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we can rejoice that we have 53 institutions in the European Union and their budgetary weight is less than 7%, which means that the Union budget is truly an investment budget and that it is a high added value. As far as Parliament is concerned, we can also be proud to know that we can give the 2020 discharge. The accounts are correct, they comply…

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Guidelines for the 2023 budget – Section III (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the 2023 budget will necessarily be a budget for solidarity and cohesion. The necessary financial resources cannot be lacking for humanitarian aid and also for supporting Ukrainian refugees. They are concrete actions and it is de facto solidarity. In addition, we must help Europeans, families, who are also in difficulty in the face of inflation …

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MFF 2021-2027: fight against oligarch structures, protection of EU funds from fraud and conflict of interest (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, European funds must be managed and implemented transparently. It is a legal obligation, but it is also a way of respecting the effort of European citizens who contribute their taxes to the Union budget. Fraud, misuse of funds, is not acceptable, it is not acceptable. This is why Member States, governments, are required to do their best and commi…

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Implementation of the 2021-2027 cohesion policy (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we all recognise that cohesion policy is fundamental, it is crucial. And it is crucial for cohesion, competitiveness and sustainability. Therefore, there is an urgent need for coordination between cohesion policy and the recovery and resilience plans in order to have synergies. And it is also very urgent that not one cent of cohesion policy 2014…

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Feb

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The Rule of Law and the consequences of the ECJ ruling (debate)

Madam President, Mr Secretary of State, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, respect for the rule of law is a condition for a Member State, for a country, to join the European Union, it is not an option. And once you are in the European Union, it is an obligation to respect the rule of law. Our common ground, our European foundations, are values that we must protect, such as democracy, freedom, the…

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State of play of the RRF (Recovery and Resilience Facility) (debate)

Madam President, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, the recovery and resilience plans must serve to modernise economies, to make them more sustainable and resilient, to make the economies of the Member States more productive in order to achieve more competitiveness and, at the same time, more territorial, economic and social cohesion. But in order to modernise our economies, we need real reforms…

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2021

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2022 budgetary procedure: joint text (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, this is a budget that helps growth, recovery, increased competitiveness and productivity and helps us to meet the challenges before us. In good time, Parliament was able to increase the amounts for the health of citizens, to fight the pandemic, to strengthen programmes for small and medium-sized enterprises, to strengthen that competitiveness and p…