What Alessandra spoke about.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, the work we have been doing for years on the issue of circularity needs a step forward. The opportunity of the next Circular Economy Act to finally create a more sustainable and competitive production system cannot be wasted. It will be essential to create a single market for secondary raw materials, to find an outlet in Europe for recycled materia

Madam President, we often say that the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine concerns us and the latest episodes show this: the escalation in the Black Sea is a direct threat to European security. It is difficult to continue talking about hybrid attacks when there are attacks on commercial vessels in the economic zone of Romania and Bulgaria and in Romanian waters. It is a dangerous escalation, thr

Madam President, in Russia, those who managed to vote were not free to choose. The regime had already eliminated all opposition parties from electoral competition, in most cases with the use and abuse of force. I say who managed to vote because so many citizens were prevented from exercising this right, because they were arrested for their ideas, threatened for writing articles against the regime

Madam President, Commissioner, unfortunately, many of us remember the importance of health only when we are missing it, just as too many remember health workers only when they have to go to the hospital or wait for a visit. Health is not an expense to be cut but an absolute political priority, an investment for the future and a universal right. With this report, we want to say one thing clearly: w

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Russian attacks against Ukrainians are increasingly violent. Just think that in July civilian casualties increased by 70% compared to last year. Attacks on water energy infrastructure raise the alarm on new black out, lack of warming as well as possible diseases. Meanwhile, Europe is struggling to become a credible and authoritative actor on the internationa

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the packaging and waste regulation is an essential pillar of our journey towards a circular economy. In the face of the climate crisis, the weather upheavals, we cannot afford to step back. Deviating today would mean betraying our commitments and prolonging an unsustainable model, creating the conditions for an environmental but also economic and social disaster

(IT) Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, in Pakistan there are 19 million child brides who are stripped of their childhood and denied education and the future in the name of a brutal patriarchy, which considers biological puberty as a guarantee of maturity for marriage. The drama of child brides, however, is only the tip of an iceberg, a systematic violation of rights. Women are banned from wor

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Russia is not Putin. Russia is also home to thousands of women and men who, in a suffocating climate, continue to defend democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms. They are people who oppose Russia's brutal war of aggression against Ukraine and it is precisely from them that every day we receive countless reports of repressed, detained, imprisoned and

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, there are many things we could say about the current tragic situation in Iran. The 80-day blackout has left 92 million people without the Internet and without the ability to communicate, inflation has reached unsustainable levels, there are 40 million people below the poverty line, and attacks conducted outside any rule of international law continue to kill inno

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, this week the European Parliament is taking an important step. The Directive on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime puts people at the centre: children who have experienced the horror of abuse, victims of human trafficking, women and men bearing the brunt of online hatred and violence; people who, in addition to trauma, face the silence and

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, think of the families around you. Who takes care of the children? Who cares for the elderly? In the face of a disability, who takes on the main care tasks? I'm sure you all have a woman in mind. Yes, because women are disproportionately responsible for these tasks. 56% of women with children under 12 spend at least five hours a day caring for them,

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, once again the price of sovereignism risks being paid by citizens, in this case putting their health at risk. Trump's tariffs block international collaboration in terms of drug research and development, and prevent the production of medicines that are fundamental to the health of all of us. The bill should be presented to the sovereignists of this

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in this debate on complex issues, it is important to start from the awareness that the choices we make have serious consequences, first and foremost for the citizens. The objective of this directive, namely to improve the safety and health of European waters, is not an objective to be treated lightly. I regret that on such an importan

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, approving this measure on critical medicines would be a great example of how the European Union can, when it wants to, change the lives of its citizens for the better. We cannot afford to run the risk of not being autonomous and ready to deal efficiently with crises and shocks that may occur in the future. With this piece of legislation we combine the needs o

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the testimonies from Sudan about mass killings, attacks on humanitarian workers, looting and kidnappings are chilling. We are talking about a forgotten war. As no one watched, one of the worst humanitarian crises has grown, forcing civilians to feed on leaves and contaminated water. Children are malnourished; women and girls are victims of rape; Men are subje

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the regression of women's rights in Europe is obvious. Femicides are the only crime that continues to increase in numbers. The perpetrators of violence are increasingly young. Some women are forced to listen to the beating of the fetus before terminating a pregnancy. Segregation at work is glaring, the web is full of misogyny and new tools fuel the frontier o

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, promotion of violence, arbitrary arrests, anti-European and pro-Russian propaganda, control of media and hate speech, threats of death and violence, illegal surveillance, unjustified dismissals: So, in the last year, the Serbian government has responded to the protests that have filled the streets throughout the country following the collapse of a roof at the

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, freedom of the press is a thermometer of democracy, it is a constitutional pillar. Where journalists feel threatened, intimidated or targeted, no citizen can fully enjoy their rights and freedoms. We see it in authoritarian countries, such as Putin's Russia; We saw it in the Gaza Strip, where more than 200 journalists were killed. in Serbia, where the lack of pr