25/06/2026 | 10:20:29 I will speak in Spanish. As Ms Sandra ZAMPA said, immigration is one of the great challenges of our time, and it's for that reason that it deserves something better than slogans, oversimplifications and political exploitations. Europe needs a migration policy that combines humanity and responsibility. A policy that protects people's dignity, the security of our borders and the fulfilment of our duties. The reality is clear: societies need legal, orderly, integrated immigration. Many of our... 23/04/2026 | 12:10:55 Thank you very much, Madam President. Ladies and gentlemen, I really believe that all of us here today – and in particular those of us who have a responsibility of representation in this Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe – we must make an effort to maintain a balanced position based on common sense. And, above all, we should avoid using such a complex and painful conflict as this to reflect national political debates. The reality is clear. We're facing an escalation of... 22/04/2026 | 10:43:29 Thank you very much indeed, Madam President. Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to congratulate the rapporteur on an excellent job, because obviously we have to fight against violence against women and sexual violence in particular. And in our political group, we are very much in favour of the report, as well as instruments to protect women and children. And we're all for promoting genuine equality and stamping out all forms of violence against the dignity and freedom of women. In recent... 26/01/2026 | 17:01:18 Thank you very much, Madam President. Ladies and gentlemen, Democracy is undergoing difficult times. We have radicalism, polarisation, we have foreign interference and these all attempt to undermine our rule of law on a daily basis. We have a number of cases that have been addressed in the various reports of our Monitoring Committee. I would even include territorial integrity for our nations, which is also under threat. My group would like to call out Russia's invasion of Ukraine once again... 02/10/2025 | 12:03:16 Thank you President. Honourable colleagues, The brutal attack of October 2023, perpetrated by the Hamas terrorist organisation, should never have happened. It was a massacre which tore into a music festival, leaving hundreds of young people either murdered or hostages. Nor should the completely disproportionate response have occurred, which was conducted by Benjamin NETANYAHU's government in Gaza, a military offensive whose consequences are being paid for with the most terrible suffering... 01/10/2025 | 18:53:33 Thank you very much President. Colleagues, I'll speak in Spanish. From the Group of the European People's Party, we think that this is helping to guarantee human rights and the rule of law. We should open our doors to Russian democratic forces. We must give a voice to that part of society that Vladimir PUTIN is trying to silence. We need to strengthen co-operation with human rights activists, independent media, free civil society and all democratic forces in Russia which are fighting for a... 24/06/2025 | 16:27:44 Thank you, President. Dear colleagues, what Russia is doing in Ukraine is more than an invasion against a sovereign state, it is also an attack against the pillars of this organisation: the defence of human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Since 2022, we have been witnessing a brutal escalation in crimes against the Ukrainian civilian population. Russia has attacked hospitals, houses and schools, and used terror as a political weapon and resorted to systematic violence. Without a doubt... 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...