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Madam President, the pace for building AI global governance has been too slow, and the interests of the big tech companies have been overrunning it. But the AI Act remains the framework the world is looking at for dealing with real risks, from algorithmic discrimination in the workplace and the safe deployment of AI in healthcare, through mass electoral manipulation up to general loss of control a

Mr President, can we really deepen the alliance with Canada if we cannot even deepen our European Union? For decades we have been paralysed in the debate between enlargement and deepening the Union. Too many of Parliament's proposals have fallen on deaf ears. Today, strengthening relations with third countries such as Canada is necessary, and recognising it as the first associated member of the Un

Madam President, High Representative Kallas, ladies and gentlemen, the Graham Act was born with the stated aim of increasing economic pressure on Russia, but what credibility can this strategy have if, at the same time, by Trump's decision, the United States agrees to buy Russian diesel, violating not only international sanctions, but also its own laws and arousing firm opposition in Congress, bot

Madam President, Commissioner, a few months ago, my political group, which I represent here in the debate, the Socialists and Democrats, made ten commitments for a new relationship between Europe and Africa: Rise with Africa. The message is clear: Africa is not a land of conquest, a mere recipient of aid or a market to enter. It is also a political, economic and social partner with its own priorit

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, it is right to set ourselves the objective of cutting red tape for businesses. But I say this immediately to my colleagues on the right: Get your hands off the protections for workers and the European social model. With the Platform Work Directive, we have left room for Member States to give more protection to working conditions and algorithmic management. As

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the genocide in Gaza has never ended. The words of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pizzaballa, are like stones: They lack water, food, medicine, mice bite children, while people die. Hamas seems to be open to the transfer of the civilian administration, but not to disarmament. Meanwhile, there is talk of the deployment of a Moroccan contingent. Trump's plan advances

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the 'kill switch' is no longer a hypothesis: has been pressed. In June, with a signature, Donald Trump closed access to the world's most powerful artificial intelligence model, including to the European Cybersecurity Agency, which had just obtained it. Our rules decide how we can use artificial intelligence safely, today, others decide whether we can use it: Thi

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, while the United States is questioning the agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico, which has been the pillar of North American economic integration for thirty years, Europe is making the opposite choice and strengthening its alliances. The agreement with Mexico is a fundamental geopolitical choice: In a fragmented world, diversifying markets s

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, to approve the European Artificial Intelligence Act, theAI Act, it was a right and far-sighted choice, because what happens in the world tells us something clear: Either democracy sets its own rules for this extraordinary innovation or private interests will do so, making this technology not an instrument of emancipation, but only of widening inequalities. Wh

Mr President, tomorrow, the European Parliament is giving its support because we believe it is necessary to take a step forward stabilising transatlantic trade relations between the EU and the US, supporting our businesses, protecting jobs and creating greater economic predictability. But let there be no misunderstanding, our approval is only subject to conditions that we clearly outlined and obta

Mr President, colleagues, thank you for a rich debate, and thank you, Commissioner Tzitzikostas, for your support on the direction of this report, but I want to be frank: from the Commission, we need not only support, but also the ambition that matches the one of the Parliament with action. So, on global AI governance, we must say that from Bletchley Park to Seoul to Paris to Delhi, we have been s

Mr President, dear colleagues, the reality behind this report is that artificial intelligence is changing how goods move, how services are delivered, how companies compete and how economic power is exercised. Europe cannot respond with fragmented initiatives or with regulation alone. We need one strategy that brings together competitiveness, openness and strategic autonomy. I want to thank the sha

Mr President, Europe's moment is now. Forty years after Altiero Spinelli has died, his message remains as clear as ever: Europe moves forward only when it finds the courage to become a federal union. I want the European Commission, the President of this Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, not just to come here every September for the State of the Union, saying that we need to reform the Union, that

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, a few weeks ago the Femwar02 group paralysed La Sapienza University in Rome: 400 blocked servers, hundreds of thousands of students without services, personal data on the dark web. In 2024, the Russian group Black Basta published the medical reports of millions of Italians in the Synlab system. And it's not just a problem for Italy: These attacks are not futu

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, without European steel, there is no European industry and without a strong, high-quality industry, there is no future for Europe, for its workers and for its businesses. Tomorrow we will adopt a regulation of fundamental importance, an urgent and concrete step to defend the steel sector from the devastating effects of global overcapacity. Today, in the world, th

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, 34% of teenagers in Italy have experienced cyberbullying. It is not a fact of nature: It is the product of platforms that earn on hate. We need to change course now. The Commission has just made a preliminary finding that Meta does not prevent children under 13 from using Instagram and Facebook, with all the relevant consequences on their mental

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, today non-European digital platforms dictate the conditions of online activity to millions of consumers and businesses, obtaining resources, bypassing competitors, closing users inside their systems. This addiction must end. The Digital Markets Act exists to break this grip. Two years have passed, but today the investigations are still too slow, the measures

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the words of leader Mark Carney in Davos hit the mark, because they made it clear once and for all that the old world is over and we have entered a new one. A world where Europe must change or disappear in relentless decline. For this reason, with Canada, as well as with other medium-sized powers, the European Union must build more advanced political and trade r

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, a year ago Draghi told European governments: Do something! They haven't done almost anything yet and continue to read that report as a à la carte menu, while they should address the key recommendation: moving from a confederation to a European federation, with a pragmatic federalism that pools resources, collects common debt and makes common investments, over

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, strengthening the strategic partnership between the European Union and India is a clear political priority. We were with the Trade Committee at the end of October to hold meetings in New Delhi precisely for this purpose. We are talking about a relationship that concerns trade and investment, but also foreign policy, security, innovation and above all fundamen

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the title of this debate is already indicative of what the majority of this Parliament thinks. We need a united European response to the American blackmail of Greenland. We need to send a clear message to the United States: Stop, go back to the discussion table, because this time the countermeasures, the sanctions will really be there and they will hurt. I say t

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I am outraged today. I am outraged and angry that, in this Parliament, even in the face of violence against children, sexual blackmail and suicide, the sovereign right can clearly say that it is necessary to apply the rules and punish those who abuse. On the contrary, we are asked not to censure freedom of expression. We're insane. So do we want to continue i