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Jan

2025

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Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 (debate)

Mr President, 'intolerable, but not surprising': That could be the headline every time we talk about the Maduro regime. We have demanded again and again the return of democracy to Venezuela. We have defended and presented the cause of the Venezuelan opposition. We have called for action on countless occasions, because Venezuela concerns us, and we are rightly concerned. We saw with sadness how a t…

10

Oct

2024

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World Mental Health Day - need for a comprehensive EU strategy on mental health (debate)

Mr President, today, World Mental Health Day, I would like to remind you that we are in a critical situation. One in six Europeans suffers from a mental disorder. One in two Europeans has experienced some kind of emotional or psychological problem in the past year. And 46% have not sought professional help. Among young people, cases of depression have doubled. This must change. We cannot allow men…

9

Oct

2024

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Strengthening the security of Europe’s external borders: need for a comprehensive approach and enhanced Frontex support (debate)

Mr. President, dear Vice President, this is the data. More than thirty-five thousand migrants have arrived in the Canary Islands so far this year. Thousands dead and missing and more than three thousand unaccompanied minors. An island, the island of El Hierro, which can no longer. He gives his all, but he can't take it anymore. And an archipelago, the Canary Islands, southern border of Europe, whi…

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Sep

2024

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The case of José Daniel Ferrer García in Cuba

Madam President, Commissioner, if yesterday we were debating Venezuela, today we are debating Cuba, one of the worst dictatorships in Latin America and which, unfortunately, we continue to finance through the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement, but today we are also talking about José Daniel Ferrer, a clear example of the cruelty of the Cuban regime in the repression of its population. H…

17

Sep

2024

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Situation in Venezuela (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner: murders, torture, kidnappings, disqualifications, persecution, political prisoners, almost eight million people forced to leave their land. Yes, we're talking about Venezuela. And if they thought they had seen everything, they are very wrong. From a tyrant and his environment you can always expect more. On July 28, elections were held in which, on the part of the reg…

13

Mar

2024

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The case of Rocío San Miguel and General Hernández Da Costa, among other political prisoners in Venezuela

–Mr President, Commissioner, we are again debating Venezuela and again we have to refer to the atrocities of the regime. Today we are talking about Rocío San Miguel, a European human rights defender, arrested for no reason and kidnapped in El Helicoide since 9 February. Your crime: fight for freedom. We also talk about General Hernández Da Costa, a political prisoner since 2018 and transferred on …

13

Mar

2024

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Allegations of corruption and misuse of EU funds in Spain during the pandemic (topical debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, embezzlement of public funds, prevarication and influence peddling in contracts signed during the pandemic. Let's say we talk about the Canary Islands, under the presidency of the then president of the Socialist Government, and today Minister of Pedro Sánchez, Ángel Víctor Torres. While some died, others were enriched by the plot. Millionaire masks, more than sixteen mi…

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Feb

2024

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EU/Chile Advanced Framework Agreement - EU/Chile Advanced Framework Agreement (Resolution) - Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Chile (joint debate - EU-Chile agreements)

Mr President, Commissioner, two decades ago the agreement between Chile and the European Union entered into force. Today, twenty years later and following a negotiation process that began in 2017, I am pleased that we are finally addressing the approval of this modernised agreement with Chile, a crucial partner for the European Union with which we share many values. Hopefully this great news can s…

27

Feb

2024

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Critical situation in Cuba (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Nicaragua, Venezuela and today again Cuba. How long are we going to keep looking the other way while the longest-lived dictatorship in Latin America survives? How long are we going to allow the criminals who rule the island to continue oppressing Cubans? The situation is unsustainable: This year the number of political detainees has increased to 1,066 prisoners of co…

27

Feb

2024

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Geographical Indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, at a time when the countryside is dying and rebelling against a suicidal policy, it is strange that we are going to adopt a rule that benefits farmers, even more so after this morning's vote on the Nature Restoration Regulation, which is going to have very negative consequences for farmers. In Europe, we have more than 3 500 protected geographical indications, such as b…

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Feb

2024

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Multilateral negotiations in view of the 13th WTO Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi, 26-29 February 2024 (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, we all agree that reform is needed to make the WTO much more functional. To this end, it is essential that the dispute settlement body be made fully operational and effective again. A clear example of the dysfunctionality of this organization is the dispute between the United States and Spain regarding tariffs on Spanish black olives. Despite the fact that in 2021 the W…

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Feb

2024

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Further repression against the democratic forces in Venezuela: attacks on presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado (debate)

Mr. President, tyranny, political persecution, arbitrary arrests, disqualifications, disappearances, lack of freedom, oppression of a people: Yes, once again we talk about Venezuela. Once again Maduro has rejected the hand that was extended to him. On January 22, he gave the order to arrest more than thirty Venezuelan citizens. Your only crime: defend a more democratic and fairer Venezuela. I reco…

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Jan

2024

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EU Action Plan: protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, we have already spoken a lot today, but it is clear that the sector is facing a very complicated situation and I am concerned that coastal communities perceive the European Union as an entity that dictates increasingly tough rules without taking into account the economic and social dimensions of fishing. Fishermen complain that the co-legislators are disconnected from r…

18

Jan

2024

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Implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and future perspectives (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, first of all, thank you very much to all those who have spoken. Dear Commissioner, stability in what does not work, no. What is valuable must be preserved, but what is necessary must be reformed. And the Common Fisheries Policy needs a paradigm shift, moving, as I have said many times, from rigid and unrealistic objectives to pragmatic and achievable goals, adapted to t…

18

Jan

2024

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Implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy and future perspectives (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, you know that I appreciate you and you have heard me tell you many times - and I know that you do not like to be told - that you have benefited ecology over the economy, environmental protection over the protection of fishermen in the European Union, local ocean governance over good governance within the Union, where fishermen should be at the heart of local management.…

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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, we are concerned about the loss of pellets that occurs in Portugal and that affects the Spanish coasts of Asturias, Galicia, the Basque Country and Cantabria... Of course we're worried! But the left and the nationalists are only interested in the Galician elections of February 18. And that is why we have this debate today. We are very concerned that the Spanish Government has abandon…

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Jan

2024

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State of emergency in Ecuador (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the events of recent days in Ecuador are extremely worrying and, from here, I want to show my solidarity with Ecuadorians and the strong support for the Government to confront drug trafficking and organized crime with determination and always respecting the rule of law. The criminals, feeling unpunished, have reached extremely dangerous quotas of power, as shown by the …

12

Dec

2023

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Situation in Venezuela (debate)

Mr. President, Mr. High Representative, how long will the Maduro regime continue to persecute and imprison the opponents? How long will he continue to trample on citizens' rights and freedoms? And how long are we going to continue to allow it? One more debate, this time – regrettably – without a resolution, and Venezuela’s horizon remains bleak. Whether through an armed conflict or the arrest warr…

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Oct

2023

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Fisheries control (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, fishermen are not criminals; fishermen are decent men and women who work hard to provide high-quality food, even in unprecedented crises such as COVID or war. Difficulting the lives of fishermen by imposing more bureaucracy and controls makes the profession less attractive to young people, with generational renewal being one of the main challenges facing the sector. …

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Oct

2023

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Need to complete new trade agreements for sustainable growth, competitiveness and the EU’s strategic autonomy (debate)

Madam President, COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine have made us see that we must be self-sufficient and, at the same time, that we must diversify our sources of supplies. In this sense, the agreement with Mercosur is key to contribute to the strategic autonomy of both regions and strengthen our political, economic and cultural ties, establishing a market of more than 780 million people. But the trut…

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Oct

2023

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Need for a speedy adoption of the asylum and migration package (debate)

Mr President, Mr Vice-President, Europe's borders are absolutely overflowing. In the Canary Islands we are sadly aware of what these arrivals mean. We are forced to receive thousands of people to whom we cannot give attention or solutions. Just yesterday, a cayuco with 280 people arrived on the island of El Hierro. So far this year, more than 15,000 people have arrived in the Canary Islands. And h…

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Sep

2023

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Sustainable aviation fuels (ReFuelEU Aviation Initiative) (debate)

Madam President, we are all aware that we must combat climate change, but we must not forget that we must do so with common sense, adapting to the times and avoiding inequalities and harm to citizens. When legislating we cannot ignore that there are regions such as the Canary Islands that are totally dependent on air transport and that need longer deadlines to take certain decisions and to face th…

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Sep

2023

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New Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean in the aftermath of the EU-CELAC Summit (debate)

Mr President, I acknowledge my satisfaction that Ibero-America is beginning to receive the attention it deserves in this House. However, in the light of the EU-CELAC Summit, there are some issues that we should try to correct. The Summit did not meet expectations and, although it has managed to give some political impetus to our relations with Latin America, many challenges remain. The presence of…

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Sep

2023

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EU-Tunisia Agreement - aspects related to external migration policy (debate)

Mr President, irregular migration is undoubtedly a matter of concern for the Union. Thousands of people die at sea looking for a better life and almost always at the hands of mafias. But this is not a phenomenon unique to a single Member State. In the Canary Islands we are daily witnesses of death at sea, as the West African route is the most dangerous. Some 2 000 people died last year trying to c…

12

Sep

2023

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Towards a more disaster-resilient EU - protecting people from extreme heatwaves, floods and forest fires (debate)

Mr. President, I'm going to talk about fires with a single fact: Spain alone has burned more than 88 000 hectares in 2023. The effects of these fires have been particularly dramatic in the Canary Islands; the most serious in the island of Tenerife, where almost 15 000 hectares have burned, 7% of the island's surface, with damage estimated at more than 80 million euros. We must draw lessons from th…