Pernando BARRENA ARZA
Pernando BARRENA ARZA
Spain

Date of birth : , Pamplona

9th parliamentary term Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Political groups

  • 02-07-2019 / 17-12-2020 : Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left - Member
  • 18-12-2020 / 02-09-2022 : The Left group in the European Parliament - GUE/NGL - Member

National parties

  • 02-07-2019 / 02-09-2022 : EH BILDU (Spain)

Member

  • 02-07-2019 / 19-01-2022 : Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
  • 02-07-2019 / 02-09-2022 : Delegation for relations with Iraq
  • 20-01-2022 / 02-09-2022 : Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

Substitute

  • 02-07-2019 / 19-01-2022 : Committee on Culture and Education
  • 02-07-2019 / 19-01-2022 : Committee on Petitions
  • 02-07-2019 / 02-09-2022 : Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee
  • 02-07-2019 / 02-09-2022 : Delegation for relations with the United States
  • 02-07-2019 / 02-09-2022 : Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly
  • 14-09-2020 / 23-03-2022 : Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age
  • 20-01-2022 / 02-09-2022 : Committee on Culture and Education
  • 20-01-2022 / 02-09-2022 : Committee on Petitions

Main parliamentary activities

Contributions to plenary debates

Speeches made during the plenary session and written declarations relating to plenary debates. Rules Rule 204 and 171(11)

Reports - as shadow rapporteur

Political groups designate a shadow rapporteur for each report in the responsible committee to follow progress and negotiate compromise texts with the rapporteur. Rule 215

REPORT on the New European Bauhaus

19-07-2022 A9-0213/2022 PE719.836v02-00 CULT ITRE
Marcos ROS SEMPERE Christian EHLER

REPORT on the implementation of citizenship education actions

23-03-2022 A9-0060/2022 PE703.014v02-00 CULT
Domènec RUIZ DEVESA

Opinions - as rapporteur

Committees may draft an opinion to a report of the responsible committee covering the elements linked to their committee remit. Rapporteurs of such opinions are also responsible for the drafting of compromise amendments and negotiations with shadow rapporteurs of the opinion. Rule 56, Rule 57, Annex VI

OPINION on better regulation: joining forces to make better laws

07-02-2022 PETI_AD(2022)700410 PE700.410v02-00 PETI
Pernando BARRENA ARZA

Opinions - as shadow rapporteur

Political groups designate a shadow rapporteur for an opinion to follow progress and negotiate compromise texts with the rapporteur. Rule 215

OPINION towards an EU strategy to promote education for children in the world: mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

08-02-2022 CULT_AD(2022)699300 PE699.300v02-00 CULT
Sabine VERHEYEN

OPINION with recommendations to the Commission on a statute for European cross-border associations and non-profit organisations

12-11-2021 LIBE_AD(2021)697637 PE697.637v02-00 LIBE
Anna Júlia DONÁTH

OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union, repealing Directive (EU) 2016/1148

15-10-2021 LIBE_AD(2021)693822 PE693.822v02-00 LIBE
Lukas MANDL

Motions for resolutions

Motions for resolutions are tabled on topical issues, at the request of a committee, a political group or at least 5% of the Members, and voted on in plenary. Rule 132, Rule 136, Rule 139, Rule 144.

Oral questions

Questions for oral answer with debate, addressed to the European Commission, the Council or the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union can be tabled by a committee, a political group or at least 5% of Parliament’s members. Rule 136

Other parliamentary activities

Written explanations of vote

Members can submit a written explanation of their vote in plenary. Rule 194

Breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the adopted legal changes in the Hungarian Parliament (B9-0412/2021, B9-0413/2021)

08-07-2021

On 15 June 2021, the Hungarian Parliament voted in favour of amendments proposed by Fidesz MPs that severely restrict freedom of speech and children’s rights. The Law prohibits the ‘portrayal and promotion of gender identity different from sex assigned at birth, the change of sex and homosexuality’ in schools, in television programmes and in publicly available advertisements on any platforms for persons aged under 18, even for educational purposes; the Law disqualifies such content from being considered as a public service announcement or social responsibility advertisement even if intended for adults; the Law introduces amendments to the Child Protection Act, the Family Protection Act, the Act on Business Advertising Activity, the Media Act and the Public Education Act.
I consider this Law to be in breach of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary, in particular the freedom to provide services and freedom of movement of goods as set out in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Audiovisual Media Services Directive and E-commerce Directive in conjunction with the Charter of Fundamental Rights. Therefore I voted in favour of the resolution ‘Breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the legal changes adopted in the Hungarian Parliament’.

European Climate Law (Jytte Guteland - A9-0162/2020)

24-06-2021

. ‒ I abstained because the outcome of the interinstitutional negotiation is very weak. Even if it sets climate neutrality by 2050, as well as a roadmap and obligations on Member States to adopt adaptation strategies, the outcome is very weak compared to what we endorsed in Parliament in October 2020, which was more ambitious than the Commission proposal thanks to our Group’s pressure. This agreement sets very low targets for 2030, which are insufficient to keep the temperature increase below 1.5ºC as set in the Paris Agreement.
It sets a real reduction target of 52.8% for 2030, compared to the 60% achieved in Parliament’s mandate and the 70% that we have been pushing for from The Left.
Overall, the emission reduction targets aren’t enough and the agreement is very weak taking into account that we are at a point of no return and that ambitious measures, binding goals and policies are needed. However, the outcome achieved is better than nothing, and time is running out; voting against it and sending it back to interinstitutional negotiations would mean delaying the Fit for 2030 package for more than a year, and this could have had an enormous impact on achieving the targets.

Technical Support Instrument (A9-0173/2020 - Alexandra Geese, Othmar Karas, Dragoș Pîslaru)

19-01-2021

I voted to abstain on the technical support instrument since the compromise agreement’s text has not significantly deteriorated compared to the Parliament’s reading as voted previously. I would like also to underline that it is necessary to give technical assistance to the different administrations to tackle the multiple consequences of the COVID-19 crisis and the projects proposed in relation to the ‘New Generation’ funds. Nevertheless, this instrument should not be used as an excuse to prescribe austerity policies through ‘country-specific recommendations’ and the use of the most harmful measures of the European Semester.

Written questions

Members can submit a specific number of questions to the President of the European Council, the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union, for written answer. Rule 138, Annex III

Declarations

All declarations below have been signed by the Member, even if the signature is not visible in the online copy.