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Ms Esther PEÑA

Speeches since 2019

29/01/2025 | 11:25:51 Good morning, Congratulations to the rapporteur, because she has got it right: liberty, remembrance and responsibility. Real liberty is that which allows us to vote, demonstrate and to express our ideas and live according to them, without fear of repression and censorship or that somebody would drag us out of our beds, throw us out of our jobs, or socially ostracise us. It allows us to build a free society, a society free of hatred, and create alliances on the basis of human rights and co... 25/01/2023 | 17:43:01 Thank you very much, President.  Congratulations and thanks for these three reports that focus on an issue of democracy as well as many proposals for today and tomorrow to prevent gender-based violence, which after all, is not a meteorological phenomenon.  Women who will live with those who ill-treat them in 10 years' time may not yet have met them, so if we invest in policies to foster equality and prevent gender-based violence, it means that we are in time to prevent these encounters with... 14/10/2022 | 10:25:21 Thank you, President. As the rapporteur says, the future of work is about decent work, about common values, about respecting human rights, trade union freedom, collective bargaining. In order to make sure that labour doesn't just mean pay, good pay, it also means full access for all of our citizens. The future world of work of course means digitalisation. It will also, unfortunately, mean a number of problems. There are uncertainties regarding this future. There are positive aspects to...