What Francesca spoke about.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the European Union is strong when there are common rules, when there are no differences, when people are put on an equal footing and their rights are recognised regardless of where they come from. With the European Disability Card and the new parking card, Europe is taking a big step forward to recognise dignity and equal rights for people with disabilities. The

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the objective of the pharmaceutical reform we are debating has an unquestionably noble purpose: to harmonise access to medicines in all EU countries. It is clear that unfortunately there is a clear fragmentation for the procurement of medicines. In some cases, they wait more than twice as long between states. We are talking about those who have a chronic, deg

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, why is it important to talk about detergents? It's important because when we talk about detergents, we talk about cleaning. When we talk about cleanliness, we talk about sanitization, and when we talk about sanitization, we talk about human health. And it is clear that this factor has been significant and relevant in a situation such as the fight against COVID.

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we are faced with a clear truth: If farmers had been respected, if their work had been respected, there would probably not have been hundreds of demonstrations across Europe, most recently in Brussels and Strasbourg. The problem is not the ecological transition or the need to protect the environment, also because the first ones that protect the environment ar

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, I am the youngest Italian Member of the European Parliament. I'm 30 years old. I am young, but not very young, yet I realize that there are many young people who not only have not entered the world of work to the full, but carry out internships that are underpaid or even unpaid. And this is a great sadness. It is a sadness because doing an internsh

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, how many times have you made a payment, seen the resources leave your current account, but not seen the disbursement arrive for days, a period that increases in the case of holidays. Well, every day about 200 billion euros are blocked in transit in the financial system. Ten seconds for a bank transfer, regardless of the day and time: Finally, a common sense d

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, it is clear that the lack of skills has a huge economic and social cost. In recent years we have seen how companies are finding it increasingly difficult to recruit and retain qualified talent, a difficulty that is expanding when we are faced with a generational renewal. In Italy, for example, according to Istat 2023 data, there were over 2 million job vacanc

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, every day we inform and deepen the violence that is being carried out against women, a sex that is still seen today as a weaker sex, which can be dominated. Unfortunately, however, we see how the numbers do not tend to decrease. Therefore, decisive action is needed because, unfortunately, awareness-raising and information initiatives, which must be maintained, a

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we all want cars that respect the environment, but we must act with caution. Europe is known worldwide for producing low-emission and high-quality cars, with the turnover generated by the car industry accounting for almost 8% of the European Union's GDP. The European Union's climate objectives must go hand in hand with the effort required of car and car componen

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, how many more deaths will there have to be in order for the Member States to assume their responsibilities? How much more should we facilitate the work of criminals who traffic in human beings, the same people who trade in drugs and weapons, before we move towards a solution shared by all the Member States? Colleagues, migratory flows represent a serious problem

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the aim of the increase in interest rates by the European Central Bank is to make a substantial contribution to the timely return of inflation. But caution is needed. As an Italian delegation of Forza Italia we immediately considered this unshareable choice, the consequences of which have been paid and are paid by families and businesses. All this, inevitably, l

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, while we must recognise the strategic role of small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe, we see how small and medium-sized enterprises are always facing continuous and growing challenges. But what do small and medium-sized enterprises ask us? Small and medium-sized enterprises are asking us for answers and the package presented by the Commission, even if i

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the future of our children, our grandchildren and future generations depends on the good health of the planet in which we live. We are all aware of this, there is no political force that has more awareness than others about living on a healthy planet, despite some trying to prove otherwise. Climate change is certainly the greatest challenge faci

Madam President, what happened in this month of May in Emilia-Romagna, Marche and Tuscany is a real tragedy. The economic damage, in fact, is dramatic, damage affecting the flooding of tens of thousands of homes, damage ranging from 7 to 10 billion. But the social damage is not quantifiable. People who lost everything, the sacrifices of a lifetime, and who had to give up everything they had. But m

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, these are objects that are an integral part of our lives but that now, with their widespread and inappropriate use, can become dangerous and devious tools, where those who are more fragile are subdued compared to those who, instead, believe themselves strong. Can we afford to wait? Can we afford to be indifferent or underestimate the phenomenon of cyberbullying?