Debate contributions by Oihane AGIRREGOITIA MARTÍNEZ

(start of intervention in an unofficial language) ...and my first words to send a strong hug to the entire Venezuelan community and people. Fifty days have passed since the National Electoral Council gave good results that do not have any disaggregated data and do not have any voting minutes to support them. The only acts that are known and that have also been endorsed by independent international organizations have been those that have been published by the opposition and that have also been collected by different social groups: almost or more than 80% of the total, and almost 70% of those that indicate that the winner would be Edmundo González. These minutes, according to the international verifications of the United Nations and the Carter Center, were printed at public events, at the closing of the tables and with strict adherence to compliance and electoral regulations. We therefore want this Parliament to value and take into account those minutes, which clearly point to a winner, and therefore to respect the will of the people. We in the Committee on Foreign Affairs have already issued an invitation to the Carter Centre and the United Nations and we hope that it will be an input This is the key to continue advancing, promoting democratic values and denouncing violations of human, political and social rights so that all guarantees are fulfilled in the electoral processes, the will of Venezuelans is respected and that, next January, Edmundo González is appointed president. Today we met many Members with Isadora Zubillaga and Antonio Ledezma, Sakharov Prize winner. We know how important this is. The Venezuelan people deserve a democratic government that respects their will and guarantees their rights.

(start of intervention in an unofficial language) Mr President, I was simply saying good afternoon in Basque, in my language, in this my first speech in Strasbourg, hoping to be able to do so officially in the not too distant future. Thank you very much, Commissioner, for your intervention and for coming to Parliament to let us know the state of play on something as strategic as the Energy Union. We all share the view that this energy transition is necessary, but today, as we have also been listening to Mr Draghi and as we have been hearing about Europe's necessary competitiveness, let me talk about industrialising the energy transition. We need a single energy market that protects us from price volatility, that protects vulnerable groups and that protects and responds to the needs of industrial regions. We want and need an efficient and increasingly electrified industry and we cannot afford 27 different energy models. We know that we will not be able to be self-sufficient and, therefore, we want to work on improving the efficiency of industrial processes and increasing production through renewables with storage and fair distribution so that our producers and our products compete on equal terms and are reinforced in this process when we talk about industrializing the transition. In short, an industrial energy transition made in Europe.