What Massimiliano spoke about.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, teachers are the centre of the school: form, educate, transmit knowledge and culture to young people. School is the beating heart of democracy, it is curiosity and diversity. If you invest in school, you invest in democratic participation. In recent years, teachers have been asked to take on the difficulties of children, especially the psychosocial

Mr President, Mr High Representative, ladies and gentlemen, what is happening in Guatemala these days is serious. The prosecutor's office is moving to avoid the handover and the December 8 press conference, in which the prosecutor reiterated the need to lift the immunity of the president-elect, is only the latest blow of an unscrupulous and dangerous political class. The UN High Commissioner for H

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the European Media Freedom Act is an opportunity for Europe. Parliament should strongly choose which side to stand on: the independence of journalists, guaranteed by an ambitious regulation. The protection of journalistic sources is an act of civilization. In too many Member States we are witnessing attempts to silence the work of journalists, especially inve

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, what has happened is a serious matter. The act of macho violence is an abuse of power, a plastic demonstration of how patriarchal culture is still present in sport. Just think of the latest abuses in the world of women's football carried out by coaches. Unfortunately, this is a widespread phenomenon: One in seven athletes under the age of 18 say

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, books have always been a means of free expression, a means of getting to know the world better and of learning and transmitting knowledge. The book sector is made up of a myriad of subjects that need to be supported: authors, publishers, translators, readers, up to booksellers. Booksellers, in particular, are valuable professional figures to introd

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the High Representative's mission to Cuba was an important event. Visiting Cuba means shortening distances with the Cuban people, strengthening European strategic autonomy, defending continental interests, given that the European Union is the first commercial partner of the Caribbean island's cooperation. An act of sovereignty in line with European positions

Mr President, Commissioner Schmit, more than 850 000 cultural objects, including paintings, sculptures, archaeological objects and book materials, were seized globally in 2020. More than half of these objects have been seized in Europe. This data hides a large problem, as many cases are still undetected. Cultural heritage is of enormous importance from an artistic, historical and scientific point

Mr President, Mr High Representative, we are concerned that the situation continues to be unsustainable: We are talking about at least 60 people killed and 1 335 injured during the protests, all exacerbated by enormous social injustices and systemic racism, also manifested by the official press, with violence and repression directed mainly against the original Aymara and Quechua peoples. On the ma

Mr President, Commissioner, I think we must be honest: The European Year of Youth was not the success we wanted. A wasted opportunity, thanks to the pandemic and the war, which, moreover, have also exacerbated some youth fragilities. There are still many problems, including mental well-being, strained by isolation and lack of future prospects. So when will we have a European strategy on mental hea

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Europe is considered to be a safe place for journalists, but threats and attacks against them are on the rise, as are intimidation and pressure. The main concern concerns precarious working conditions and blackmailability, as well as the protection of sources and professional secrecy. With regard to source protection, seven EU countries fall into the medium r

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the work that we have done on this report, thanks also to the rapporteur Salima Yenbou, has been important and has seen the CULT Committee committed to assessing both the 2018 New European Agenda for Culture and the EU Strategy for International Cultural Relations, two strategic documents that define our cultural priorities. Europe has changed prof

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, a few weeks after its conclusion, we have the opportunity to discuss the European Year of Youth. A year that has missed its objectives, first of all to really reach the young European generations, understand their needs, especially after the pandemic and in the midst of the current social crisis. I would like to remind the Commission that we sti

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, art, beauty and culture are the antidote to violence and horror and the highest form of human expression. Today, when bombs and tanks have returned to the heart of Europe for Putin's responsibility, forcing tens of thousands of innocent people to abandon their homes and lives to face fear and the unknown, we must be firm in rejecting the logic of war and oppr

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner Gabriel, Erasmus+ is the longest-running European programme, which best represents Europe's core values, which values cultural exchange among young people and their growth. To be a 360-degree success, Erasmus+ must fully reflect progressive values, starting with inclusion and diversity. It must be a programme open to all, regardless of physical,

Mr President, Commissioner, the Committee on Culture and Education welcomes the Commission's ambitions in the field of education and training with these three initiatives that will pave the way for wider access to learning opportunities for all. It is important that these initiatives are fully inclusive, addressing everyone, regardless of age, employment or gender. Member States must bear in mind

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, almost 3 million children are in urgent need and only 47 000 have been reached by educational and recreational material and psychosocial support. Still too few. Among those in need of immediate support are students affected by the war, directly and indirectly. The greatest challenges at this time are faced by States, called upon to rapidly integrate all students

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we live in a society characterised by continuous interconnections between people. Nevertheless, the foreigner continues to be frightened, episodes of racism and xenophobia are too often on the agenda. They are not always violent actions, often they are gestures, words and looks that are enough to make us understand that there is still much to do fo

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, the pandemic has suspended moments of sharing and meeting, spaces for participation, work and sociality. In this unprecedented scenario, young people were among the most penalized subjects, with serious consequences on their psychophysical well-being. Inequalities and difficulties in accessing fundamental rights, such as education and healthca

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the neo-fascist violence in Rome, the authoritarian drift of Poland and other states, the construction of an anti-system public opinion fuelled by fakes and no vax ideology and the racist twisting present in our society are part of the same phenomenon: the growth of social resentment and increasingly violent forms of political struggle, also favored by the po