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Ms Belén HOYO (Spain, EPP/CD)

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Representative
Deputy
Partido Popular

Congreso de los Diputados
ES - 28071 - Madrid
Spain

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2025 , 2024 , 2023 , 2022 , 2018

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Group of the European People's Party since 24/01/2022
  • Member: Group of the European People's Party from 07/12/2016 to 24/02/2020
  • Member: Members not belonging to a Political Group from 25/11/2016 to 06/12/2016

In the Assembly

  • since 22/01/2024 Representative - Spain
  • from 24/01/2022 to 21/01/2024 Substitute - Spain
  • from 30/09/2019 to 24/02/2020 Substitute - Spain
  • from 24/06/2019 to 29/09/2019 Representative - Spain
  • from 25/11/2016 to 23/06/2019 Substitute - Spain

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Second Vice-Chairperson: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 30/01/2025)
  • Alternate EPP/CD: Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human Rights (since 04/10/2024)
  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 27/06/2024)
  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 30/09/2019 to 24/02/2020)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (since 23/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter (from 02/03/2023 to 21/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (from 23/01/2023 to 21/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Gonzalo ROBLES (Full Member): Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 07/03/2024)
  • Alternate of Ms Susana SUMELZO (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 13/10/2023 to 21/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Pablo HISPÁN (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (since 24/01/2022)
  • Alternate of Mr Pablo HISPÁN (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 02/03/2023 to 21/01/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Antón GÓMEZ-REINO (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 24/01/2022 to 12/10/2023)
  • Alternate of Mr José ZARAGOZA (Full Member): Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 01/03/2019 to 29/09/2019)
  • Alternate of Ms Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS (Full Member): Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 27/01/2017 to 26/02/2019)
  • Alternate of Ms Susana SUMELZO (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the European Social Charter (from 27/01/2022 to 01/03/2023)
  • Alternate of Ms Carmen LEYTE (Full Member): Sub-Committee on Public Health and Sustainable Development (from 24/01/2023 to 21/01/2024)

Interventions

Last speeches

08/04/2025 | 16:15:45 Thank you, President. First of all, I would like to commend the rapporteur, and also Ms Valentina MARTÍNEZ who came before her, because of course we are dealing with an issue which we believe to be of the utmost importance. The obsession of certain foreign powers, such as Russia, with influencing democratic processes in the region is quite concerning. This kind of interference can manifest in many ways, and sometimes it can be difficult to detect. In my country, Spain, there have been various... 30/01/2025 | 19:07:15 President, I will speak in Spanish. Colleagues, good afternoon to all of you.  Now, Isaac ASIMOV, a US writer, once wrote that change continues, it is inevitable and that is the dominant factor in contemporary society. And so, no decisions can be taken without taking account of the world as it is now, but also how the world will be in the future.  Ladies and gentlemen, in these difficult times, we are confronted on a daily basis with unexpected developments and events. A couple of weeks ago... 29/01/2025 | 19:58:11 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2)   Addressing the issue of migration is important for all countries, but I would tell that its more important for the countries in the south, the mainly reason is that affects us specially. For example, Spain is the nearest country to Africa, the point of view abouts this situation is an emergency. Migration is an issue trully serious, I believe that it's important not to move in demagogic and populist arguments. Leaving behind radical... 03/10/2024 | 11:45:50 Many thanks, Mister President, Ladies and gentlemen, When I began to be able to be aware of things and think about our history, I thought that future generations would never suffer the same horrors that our grandparents did.  But unfortunately, I was wrong. Today, I shall attempt to explain to my daughters the horrible pictures that come to us from Northern Europe and the Middle East and sometimes I don't have words for this. I don't have words, because I cannot manage myself to understand... 01/10/2024 | 11:14:38 Many thanks, Mister President.  Good morning, everyone.  First of all, I would like to congratulate the rapporteurs for this report, which deals with a very important subject that we need to tackle. I agree with the idea that independence or not of communications, media and the freedom of the press or not is something that indicates whether the democracy of a country is healthy or not.  I would like to make more visible what is happening in my country, Spain. Mr Pedro SÁNCHEZ, President of...

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