In a dangerous world where there is so much conflict, from Palestine, to Syria, to Libya, to Yemen, to Ukraine, we believe that this is not the path to follow! War and confrontation and sanctions are not the path. It is the path of peace. That is what my presence here means. It is this desire that peace should prevail over war in the world, in relation to conflicts and with all the consequences that this entails. Because generally in a war it is always the people who pay and the big economic groups are those who win, as we are once again witnessing.

The PCP reaffirms its stand of upholding the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law and condemning a whole path of interference, violence and confrontation, the 2014 coup d'état, promoted by the US in Ukraine, which established a xenophobic and warmongering power, the recent Russian military intervention in Ukraine and the heightening of the warmongering escalation by the US, NATO and the European Union.

The NATO summit and the meeting of the Council of Europe, whose decisions essentially coincided, raise well-founded concerns and are part of a logic of confrontation that, politically, militarily and economically, is marking the evolution of the situation in Europe and in the world.

For months, the country has been facing an escalation in the prices of fuel and other products. An escalation that, with sanctions under the pretext of war, now knows even more brutal increases for the benefit of those who take advantage of them. In addition to the unjustifiable increases in fuel prices, a few days ago we were faced with further increases in electricity, gas and food products.