What Francesca spoke about.

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the legislation we are voting on today aims to support the competitiveness of the European pharmaceutical sector vis-à-vis its external competitors. For some time now, the large pharmaceutical companies have been calling for a simplification and acceleration of the procedures for the approval of new drugs by the EMA and with this legislation they are satisfie

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, today it is all the more urgent to express our firm opposition to Macron's proposal to send European Union soldiers to Ukraine, a crazy idea that would undoubtedly trigger a war escalation, with disastrous consequences for the whole of Europe. European security policy must always be part of a defence framework, based on strategic cooperation between the Membe

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the proposal to set the reduction in CO2 emissions in the European Union at 90 % by 2040 is yet another demonstration of the irresponsibility and approximation with which the European Commission defines its green policies. On the basis of an analysis of the average one-degree increase in global temperatures over the last century, which does not take into ac

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Mr Michel, Commissioner, we are talking about responsibility. You are taking responsibility for allocating another 50 billion European taxpayers’ money to the bottomless pit of war spending in Ukraine – an expenditure that has so far not produced any retreat of the Russian army, which has indeed advanced – and do not even condemn, nor mention, the fact that t

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the proposal to extend the list of cross-border crimes recognised by the EU to include hate speech is totally untenable, as it is incompatible with the principles of criminal law, the determination of punishable conduct, proportionality and effectiveness. Such a criminal law should in fact describe precisely what expressive methods constitute incitement to ha

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, this regulation on packaging and packaging waste is part of the European Green Deal policies, which aim at objectives such as the elimination of fossil fuels, the zeroing of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere, the modification of climate trends, objectives to be achieved by the Commission at all costs, including that of the destructi

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we have heard from the Commissioner's words a long list of projects shared with the Biden administration by the European Union, some of which are not as shared by the peoples of Europe and the United States, such as unlimited military and financial support for the Ukrainian government, without any effort to reach a negotiation, or the pursuit of climate obj

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the war is raging in Israel and the latest massacre of civilians in the Baptist hospital in Gaza City, hit by a rocket, is still increasing the tragic death toll. The cross-accusations between Hamas and Israel on the paternity of this rocket will have to be verified with seriousness in order to put an end to propaganda speculation. But today more than ever

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the stated objective of the sanctions on Russia was to break the kidneys of the Russian government and force it to withdraw from Ukrainian territories. More than a year and a half after the start of the war in Ukraine, Russia is still there and has advanced considerably. The Russian economy is healthier than the European one, which has been heavily affected by E

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the European Union stands before the world as a model and bulwark of democracy, going so far as to issue injunctions and impose sanctions on those who do not respect its democratic standards. But in reality there is still a long way to go for the European Union to translate the noble ideal of its founding fathers into a genuinely and solidly democr

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the conclusions of the European Council consistently reaffirm the commitment to military, financial, etc. support for Ukraine for as long as necessary. But, forgive me if I ask you, necessary to get what? The end of the war, with the unconditional Russian withdrawal and the capture of Putin, how does President Zelensky's peace formula foresee? Is this really a c

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the definition of this report has been particularly difficult in view of the large number of amendments tabled, but the outcome that we will vote on tomorrow is completely devoid of the critical contributions of various Members on numerous and very serious mistakes made in the management of the pandemic. From the mismanagement of the joint purchase

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, this regulation on artificial intelligence is the first, at global level, to regulate the matter and to lay down precise conditions for the use of these devices. The risk-based approach leaves some gaps uncovered. However, many improvements compared to the Commission's initial proposal have been introduced by the rapporteurs in the compromises.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Vice-President Šefčovič, I have a question for you today: What macroeconomic science underpins the 60% debt-to-GDP benchmarks of 3% of the deficit, which still do not want to be removed or changed? Because, you see, I've been looking for this answer for years, but I can't find it, since the study of the two Oxford professors who supported the 60% debt ceiling on

Mr President, the accusation against Russia of deportation of Ukrainian children was made for the first time by the Ukrainian Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova, then dismissed by the government in Kiev for the too many lies propagated. Unfortunately, however, his accusations, which have never been proven, have been taken up by other Ukrainian politicians and disseminated by various media outlets. In rea

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Mr Michel, the European Council has reiterated its support for the Zelensky peace plan, which prohibits all negotiations and aims to attack the territories that have met with Russia through referendums. Now, with the European Peace Facility, we will provide €2 billion worth of ammunition. So it's clear: For you, war is peace. In addition, Ukraine is already i

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, there has been talk for years of regulating access to and sharing of personal and non-personal data in this Parliament. At the beginning the declared intention was to introduce the concept of ownership of the individual on their data with the related rights. Then they went in the opposite direction. Today we are debating a proposal that, in the name of compet

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, congratulations and thanks to the rapporteur and the Ombudsman for their excellent work. The work of the European Ombudsman focused on issues related to the lack of transparency and the persistence of conflicts of interest within the European institutions. In particular, most of the dossier they concerned the European Commission and several cases of maladmini

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the serious acts of corruption which have come to light in recent days against Members and officials of Parliament rightly arouse indignation and dismay in all of us. Personally, I have long argued that the current rules on transparency and lobbying are completely inadequate to prevent or limit the risks of corruption, but this is not limited to Pa

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the amendments to the Renewable Energy Directive proposed by the Commission set even more unrealistic and unsustainable targets for Member States than those already set out in the Fit for 55 package of July 2021, requiring a 13% reduction in energy consumption by 2030, which can only be achieved through massive deindustrialisation. The measures aimed at accel

Mr President, the EU has taken too many financial risks on Ukraine. That is what the European Court of Auditors has stated in its last report on European Union budget. In 2022 the Union has committed EUR 7.2 billion of loans to Ukraine. European borrowing operations funding this support involve serious risks: Ukraine’s default first, fraud and misuse of money as the second. Nobody knows how the wa

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I disagree with the Council's conclusions and, in particular: on the attribution to Russia alone of all responsibility for the energy crisis, which started well before the beginning of the war in Ukraine because of unsustainable European policies, which demonized fossil and nuclear sources by investing everything in renewables, insufficient to cover our energy n

Madam President, President Murphy, congratulations, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the ECA once again issued a negative opinion on the European Commission's management of the budget in 2021, seeing a high percentage of error in several specifically identified spending chapters. These include operations carried out under direct management through the ESI, where the Commission granted payments

Madam President, (start of speech off microphone) meeting the Council will reaffirm the EU military, humanitarian and financial assistance to Ukraine. The Commission could propose a more structural solution by granting Ukraine EUR 1.5 billion per month in 2023. As for military aid, the EU has so far provided EUR 2.5 billion to Ukraine and the Foreign Affairs Council a few days ago agreed an additi

Madam President, I oppose myself to this request because I think that, on the basis of the facts that we have and that we know, labelling the Russian Federation as a state who supports terrorism is arbitrary. We could do the same thing against Ukraine after the US have assessed that the murder of Darya Dugina has been made by Ukrainian secret services, and that is no doubt a terrorist assault. So