What Thomas spoke about.

Today we are at a crucial moment in the international effort towards peace in the Gaza Strip and the Middle East. The peace agreement, although positive, is at the same time fragile. Slaughter is ongoing, requiring sustained diplomatic engagement. The European Union has been silent since the beginning. But now, BLA WATER, we must support humanitarian access, support transitional governance that in

The Draghi report comes as a collection of concerns and possible solutions raised by various entities through the years. The direst point remains an EU shortfall in its competitiveness vis-à-vis its trading partners. Despite major EU funding programmes agreed upon in the last decade, the EU still needs to invest heavily in crucial areas, including innovation research, business start-ups, connectiv

Mr President, I am as much as I am a Maltese, as I am a European, I am from the Mediterranean. And what future are we giving young people like me who grew up and lived in the Mediterranean? A future of peace? Future of opportunities? Or a future of fear and trouble? Anyone who has spoken here, or the majority of colleagues who have spoken here coming from a non-Mediterranean country, have spoken a

Ms President, a Gozitan boy receives cancer care in London while his family spends months away from home. A Maltese student will be accepted at a university in Brussels but will have to give up her dream because the fees are too expensive. Two different lives, two different challenges, but they have a common point. For generations, Maltese families, including mys, have looked at the UK to study, w

Ms President, across Europe the cost of living is felt when you get to pay in the supermarket and you notice that you are spending more for a lighter basket than usual. It is felt when a working couple want to raise but cannot afford a house. It is felt when a young person wants to live alone but cannot afford the rent. After each price increase there is a person who is reduced by some other need.

Madam President, on an island, the ship and the plane are not luxury, they need. For our families, young people, SMEs, the ship delivers food, medicines and raw materials and the plane connects us to the continent. These are our connections with the world to reach us the essential and to have access to opportunities. And for us Gozitans, living on an island in an island is a famine that is bigger.

Madam President, if we want to talk about the state of the Union, let us look at the state of our water and climate this summer. A farmer watches his harvest disappear. Workers face extreme heat while doing their job. Families without clean, affordable water. This is the state of our Union today. President von der Leyen, a year after the water resilience strategy, you announced today a new water i

I don't think it was a direct question or a question. But I respect the Chairman of the Fisheries Committee to also respect the discussion that is on the fisheries sector. And here we must continue to ensure that we remain focused, we are all the deputies of the Fisheries Committee, to protect our fishermen. And let's continue to do this because our focus must be on them and let us continue to sup

Mr President, I will start with a simple question: if you control how much you fish but don't follow the same ambition around you, will you really be able to protect fish? The Common Fisheries Policy is important, and its principles should remain. But simplification is also important, with more simplification, more fairness and support for our small fishermen who depend on the sector for their liv

Mrs President, but are we really prepared? We are still talking about heatwaves as if they are the problem of tomorrow. But they are not. People are struggling to sleep, children cannot go to school as usual, workers are working at dangerous temperatures and this is a social emergency. People do not need more debates need protection and action today. Solving our homes, protecting schools and hospi

Madam President, 'I was forced to fake my own funeral.' 'I passed through eight exorcisms.' 'I was told to pray the gay away.' These are the voices of young Europeans we have failed to protect. In 2018, this very House already called for a ban of conversion practices. Ten years ago, my country, Malta, was the first in Europe to prove that such a ban is possible. And yet, a decade later, here we ar

Does she want to address them? That was the question.

Thank you, colleague, for accepting the blue card. I felt that it was a good opportunity that we have a Hemicycle with youth – around 50, if I can count well over there – to make the point that here we are debating about their future, we are debating about how we can make the world safer, our Europe safer for them. So maybe it can be also an opportunity that we can address the youth that are actua

Mr President, when we speak about nitrous oxide, many people still think of something harmless: a chocolate mousse, a painless dentist appointment, a brief moment of fun. But laughing gas is not a laughing matter. Young people across Europe are inhaling the substance in ways it never intended to be used and the consequences can be severe: loss of consciousness, damage to the nervous system and eve

Madam President, we have not yet successfully created a single market that is adapted to the different European realities and that is able to compete in the global scene. The real struggle lies in the first step: building a genuine European investor culture. This requires building trust in the system, strengthening financial literacy, and creating transparent and tangible opportunities – opportuni

On behalf of the S&D ECON shadow, I would like to thank the rapporteurs and shadows for their efforts and cooperation. There is no doubt that in an interdependent economy such as that of the Union it is necessary to have coordination between Member States. But we cannot forget that the well-being of the citizen must come first. These recommendations often seem to forget a simple principle: people.

Mrs President, when we talk about housing, we are not just talking about prices or statistics. We are talking about people's lives. We are talking about a young man who works, does everything well and still can't build his own life, about a small family who lives every month with the anxiety of how to cope, and about elderly people who after a full working life fear losing their home. Because the