What Fabio Massimo spoke about.

The tragedy of children deported to Russia is dangerously reminiscent of some of the darkest pages in human history. Imagine the fear and uncertainty of these children, torn from the arms of their mothers, catapulted into a foreign country, away from their affections and imprisoned in forced re-education camps. If this is not a crime against humanity, I wonder what it might be. Putin's ambition is

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the repression achieved by the 2020 National Security Law was clearly not enough for the Hong Kong authorities. It was not enough to have arbitrarily arrested thousands of activists, it was not enough to have reserved inhumane treatment for many of them, including Jeremy Lai and Andy Li. It was not enough to have forced dozens of media, newspapers and news sites

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in recent years we have repeatedly denounced the authoritarian drift of President Aliyev, his violent, constant, incessant repression of internal dissent, the infamous blockade of the Lachin corridor, the forced exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh and even the proclaimed alliance with Putin. Yet what has changed? Has the Baku regi

Madam President, High Representative, ladies and gentlemen, since the first day of the criminal invasion of the Putin regime, our history has called us to a sacrosanct choice: We stand with Ukraine. It is good to have already allocated 144 billion euros in humanitarian, financial and military aid, but we can and must do much more. We already have the tools, they are in our hands. We use the more t

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, more than 200 humanitarian workers, almost 100 journalists, more than 33,000 civilians, almost half of them just children. A hell that has lasted seven months before our eyes, a hell of brutality. But behind these cold numbers are stories, stories of atrocious suffering, broken families, children who will never become adults. And it is intolerable that hundre

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we have not even had time to celebrate the historic milestone reached by Greece on 16 February with the egalitarian marriage, which the aggression in Thessaloniki has already reminded us of how deeply rooted the culture of hatred is in our Europe. I have always felt that politics should also have a pedagogical function, trying to improve society, and instead I s

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, according to the United Nations, the Afghan people are in a much worse situation today than they were in 2002. In Kabul there are no more rights, only fear, prohibitions and deprivations; In Kabul there is the full application of Sharia law and its medieval punishments. in Kabul a woman does not have the right to higher education, cannot work and cannot even lea

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to begin by expressing my sincere thanks to Mr Gahler and Mr Bullmann for submitting this question. We finally have a frank and sincere debate about our support for Tunisia, which we have been asking for too long in vain. I fully agree with the questions already asked by many colleagues, but I would like to add two more: Can we make agreements w

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, combating external interference is an increasingly urgent and crucial debate if we are to safeguard the integrity of next June's European elections. However, I have a doubt: How effective can the preventive measures that we will put in place be if in a country like mine, Italy, there is a deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini, who categorically

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, tomorrow's vote shows that we are once again decisive, as the European Union, in protecting the safety of our citizens, filling dangerous legal gaps and at the same time promoting effective and attractive standards at global level. Thanks to the risk-based approach and smart measures such as sandbox We leave room for innovation while governing that revolution wh

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the risk of sabotage and attacks on submarine cables is one of the most dangerous threats to our security and our economy. This recommendation introduces some very useful innovations, starting with the creation of infrastructures of European interest to increase the connectivity of our continent. Future joint risk and vulnerability assessments. But

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, it is shameful, absurd and aberrant to still count the deaths at work in 2024. This is what happens in Italy. The five workers who dramatically lost their lives in the Florence shipyard on 16 February are just the latest in a very long series. This year there are already 181 white deaths, while in 2023 there were more than 1000 victims, almost three per day

Madam President, I would like to table an oral amendment that I deem as essential to substantiate the other amendments that I have already presented on behalf of Renew Group on the establishment of the European Civil Peace Corps. The amendment reads as follows: ‘Whereas there is a need for a comprehensive peace-building approach involving civilian specialists to implement practical measures for pe

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, it was a punch in the heart in icy Siberia that broke Alexei Navalny's life. Vladimir Putin thought, with this crime, to strike at the heart of all Russian civil society, breaking its dreams of freedom and democracy. He was wrong, because thousands of people have gathered in major Russian cities to honor his memory, and thousands will continue to do so, openly d

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, do we want to be the architects of our own destiny, or do we want to reduce ourselves to being the chessboard on which other powers will play in the coming years? Enough ambiguity, enough tactics! After an absurd hibernation of almost 70 years, it is time to create a real European army. The provisions of the Strategic Compass have already been overcome by the

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, just a few months ago we hosted the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, in this House. We have listened to his clear and strong words, his legitimate demands, his willingness to pursue a European path and we have promised him all our support. Yet, it seems that nothing has really changed. We need to be clear: The green light for Armenia's participation in

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as we know all too well in my country, in Italy, the subtle phenomenon of counterfeiting of so-called Italian sounding indiscriminately affects assets of around EUR 19 billion: thousands of companies that for generations proudly carry on our traditions. Only in Italy are currently recognized 578 PDO products and 257 PGI products, a number that leads us to have t

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Iran is the country in the world with the highest rate of executions, a hell where no one can feel safe from arbitrary violence and persecution by the regime. This is demonstrated by the case of Mohammad Ghobadlou. I am proud to have contributed the Sakharov Prize to the memory of Mahsa Amini and the "Woman, Life, Freedom" movement. But a prestigious award is no

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, night raids, interrogations in inhumane conditions, forced labour, retaliation against family members and anyone who has offered help to the almost 1 500 political prisoners. The modus operandi of the Belarusian State Security Committee, the infamous KGB, is frighteningly reminiscent of that of its eponymous predecessor. Lukashenko's active complicity in th

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, it is still incredible to hear some of you say, especially from the benches of this side of the Chamber, that this debate is useless and superfluous and, even worse, a wrong debate. I would like to ask you – if you were here in the Chamber and you are not – where do you live, colleagues? Do you really need the Eurobarometer to understand that, in today's Euro

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, as we speak in this Chamber, a specter is creeping around our cities: Russian misinformation. A threat that grows every day, increasingly suffocating, sneaky and dangerous. Putin's goal is to disintegrate from within, undermining our democratic institutions, eroding our rule of law and even manipulating the minds of future generations of European citizens. No

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, two years, 24 months of bombs, violence and terror inflicted on an innocent people only to satisfy the thirst for power of a tyrannical and criminal regime. Supporting Kiev with all our might is a moral duty, but it is also an existential challenge for the future of our Union. I thank you, Mr von der Leyen, for your clear, strong and determined words today, beca

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, this is 2024, the 21st century. The European elections are just around the corner, yet in my country, Italy, almost 5 million people, 10% of those entitled to vote, are at risk of not being able to vote. It is an injustice that particularly affects young people aged 18 to 35, young people who, by choice or necessity, live outside their municipality of residence,

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, nine months of fratricidal struggle have made Sudan the country with the highest number of internal refugees in the world, causing a terrifying food crisis and 7.5 million refugees. Our Union certainly needs to increase humanitarian support, but that is not enough, because the problem is actually another one: We must ensure that international or

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, for 25 years now, the Beijing authorities have started a real persecution against Falun Gong followers, but also against the Uyghurs, the Rohingya, the Kashmiris and the Tibetans. There are real witch hunts against minorities and ethnic groups of medieval mold, but perpetrated with the help of increasingly oppressive futuristic technologies that