What Nicola spoke about.

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, for the first time I will not focus my speech on combating illegal immigration. Unfortunately, we will have to endure the consequences of past policies for a long time to come, but now we are finally heading in the right direction. It remains to finish the work. There are still steps to be taken to achieve a proper governance of immigration, as advocated by t

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, there was a time when Conservative views on border protection and industrial realism were derided or dismissed as provocative. The conclusions of the last European Council show that that time is over: Today, the Union is beginning to move along the path we have set out for years, starting with the management of migration flows. Unfortunately, we will not be a

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the debate that the European Conservatives bring to Parliament touches the heart of our common destiny. Today in Strasbourg we are not discussing cold market algorithms, but how to defend the survival of Europe's productive and social base, and even how to defend the environment. The ideological setting of the Green Deal has chained us to unrealistic goals, w

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, four years ago the world stood by and watched as the foundations of the international order were torn down. Today we meet not out of obligation, but out of conviction. We are here to strongly recall that the freedom of all European peoples is inextricably linked to the freedom of the Ukrainian people. We all know that this is a war for the expansion of Russia

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Madam President von der Leyen, today's debate confronts us with a truth that we, as conservatives, have been denouncing for years. Europe is no longer the place where the economy runs fast and, thanks to the economy, civil and social rights, scientific discoveries, quality of life and environmental protection also run. Unfortunately, we have lost the optimism

Madam President, President von der Leyen, President Costa, ladies and gentlemen, the conclusions of the last Council give us a clear picture: Europe is finally emerging from its ideological bubble to confront the harshness of reality. As far as immigration is concerned, the agreement on safe third countries for returns is a success of common sense. We are beginning to take away the government of i

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, as we debate in this House, in the streets and in the universities of Tehran, the uprising of young Iranians is being stifled in blood. The regime of Ayatollah It is brutally repressing yet another generation thirsting for freedom. In a few weeks the numbers of terror have become unbearable: Thousands of deaths of all ages, including many children. The result

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Madam President von der Leyen, we are approaching this European Council at a crucial moment. On Ukraine, the ECR Group welcomes the shared goal of a just and lasting peace. It is important that Europe works with the United States of America: There is no need for lonely forward escapes, but to build a common strategy that guarantees Ukrainian security and the

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Madam President von der Leyen, in the Council conclusions there is, first of all, an important recognition of reality. The Council welcomes the peace plan for Gaza. Perhaps the proper recognition of the role played by an American president surrounded by too many European prejudices is lacking. But, patience, you can't have everything from life. We hope that i

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, in the last plenary we welcomed the end of the war in Gaza, the release of Israeli hostages and the entry of humanitarian aid through the finally reopened crossings. Not everyone in here showed the same relief. The face of many colleagues was rather that of those who no longer have the toy with which to play "revolutionaries on a sailboat". Some even seem to

Madam President, in this Chamber we are used to delivering bad news. Today, however, we can all join the celebrations of the people in the streets of Tel Aviv and Gaza. A few minutes ago, a peace agreement was signed. Donald Trump has made it; despite all the bias against him, he succeeded. And this reaffirms a long tradition: conservative American presidents end wars rather than start them. So, l

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, two motions with the same objective, in which some arguments are different and others are the same. In the far-left motion, the focus is on the Israeli-Palestinian issue. Not a single word of condemnation of Hamas, not a single reference to the Israeli hostages alive and dead, or to the massacre of October 7, which tomorrow will take place for two years. Isra

Madam President, Madam President von der Leyen, ladies and gentlemen, I am leaving from afar, but only geographically. The military parade of the Chinese leader dressed as Mao Tse-tung, holding hands with Putin and Kim Jong Un, is an image that does not make you laugh; It reminds us that the world is a dangerous place, where regimes thrive that no longer hide their will to reshape the global order

Madam President, Prime Minister, ladies and gentlemen, our task today is to evaluate your programme in the light of our different political sensitivities. Of course, I welcome your resolutions on the fight against illegal immigration, on the protection of the external borders and on the need to facilitate the return of those who are not entitled to asylum. You don't know how long we conservatives

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I will obviously not be able to speak today on behalf of the whole group, but I will be able to speak on behalf of two thirds of ECR colleagues who have not signed the motion. Not because they did not share some of the reasons for censorship in the text, but because, like me, they consider this motion a mistake, a gift to our political opponents, which comes

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, today we are celebrating forty years of a great European victory. Schengen is the story of a Europe that has removed internal barriers to guarantee almost half a billion people the freedom to travel, live, work and grow beyond their national borders. We remember the events, the faces of the first cross-border commuters, of families no longer divided by a pass

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I have been waiting for this debate for a long time, because I have often felt a little alone in denouncing what happened after the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war: There have been nations that have done stunts to immediately disengage from Russian gas, both liquid and piped. I quote one: Italy. But perhaps you do not know that other European nations have