What Giusi spoke about.

Mr President, Madam Vice-President Mînzatu, in order to understand what Erasmus is, we must not start from Strasbourg. We must start with Antonio, a twenty-year-old boy born in San Luca, in the province of Reggio Calabria. Antonio grew up there, where the world may seem far away and the future have already drawn boundaries. One day, Antonio arrives in Lisbon, studies, meets people, searches for wo

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Celeste is 12 years old and has seen her father beat her mother many times. He struggles to sleep and concentrate and tends to isolate himself. Children are victims of domestic violence both when they are directly affected and when they witness violence against a parent. The latter is called "assisted violence", but it is just violence. In Italy, the latest I

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, 'to future memory (if memory has a future)'. In these words of Leonardo Sciascia there is a restlessness that does not belong to a single time. It is the doubt that every generation should have in front of their wounds: if the memory remains only a word or if it becomes conscience, responsibility, choice. Marcinelle is not only the place of pain, i

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, when we talk about the role of women in informal care, we rightly think of the employment, wage and pension gap. But there is a less discussed reality, that of young people Caregiver: In the European Union, almost a quarter of boys aged 15-17 engage in unpaid care, on average 18 hours of informal work per week, and girls are already largely overrep

Mr President, Madam High Representative, ladies and gentlemen, the enhanced agreement with Uzbekistan is now a political choice and concerns the way in which Europe wants to be in Central Asia, because the region is no longer a periphery, but is stability, security, energy, critical raw materials and connectivity between Europe and Asia. This is demonstrated by the first EU ‑Central Asia interparl

So, yeah, thanks, we're doing it. In the meantime, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Mrs Łukacijewska, because it is an important turning point in her report, because we are taking all-round action to promote women's entrepreneurship and, therefore, opportunities linked to the same activity in rural areas. We are doing this in parallel in the EMPL Committee, with the cohesion f

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Alessandra is 26 years old, has a degree in economics and has chosen to stay in Reggio Calabria to turn her passion into a business. It is not an isolated case, it is the result of targeted policies, programs such as "Yes I Start Up Women Calabria" show that, when training and accompaniment to self-employment work, female business ideas become r

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Angela is a Calabrian mother; He has lived for years on the 4º floor, without a lift, with two severely disabled daughters. For many, that's just a people's house; It is a vertical prison for them. Every step denies a right, every day weighs like a sentence. And like Angela, there is Matteo, a disabled boy who lives the same hell. They do n

Madam President, High Representative, ladies and gentlemen, there is a boundary that measures the health of a democracy: It is the space recognized to women in study, in speech, in power. In Afghanistan it is canceled by decree, in Iran freedom becomes condemnation. It is the same logic: When power is afraid, it begins with the control of women. Contexts change, but some legacies also resist in th

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, we can pass all the laws of the world, but if a child grows up thinking that certain careers are not for her, if a boy learns that taking care of children is women's stuff, we have lost. Laws change norms, and education changes minds, so they both serve. On 8 March 2025, the Commission set an ambitious course for women’s rights, an important step t

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, today we are asking ourselves a decisive question: Do we want to remain prisoners of 27 different rules or do we want to build a true European Education Area? The answer admits no hesitation: In order to consolidate the internal market and make it more dynamic, the free movement of goods and capital is not enough; the free movement of educational q

Madam President, Commissioner and Vice-President Fitto, ladies and gentlemen, I come from Calabria, a region facing the depopulation of inland areas, aggravated by the demographic decline and the flight of our young people. But Calabria has it all: sun for renewables, talents for digital, beauty to attract investments. The real challenge, however, is to make our riches opportunities for the future

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, fires and droughts are now a dramatic event that Europe has to deal with every summer. I come from a region, Calabria, which, with its high forest density – 650 000 hectares of green heritage – is well aware of this challenge. And I like to point out how Calabria has become a positive model for Italy, which could very well be taken as a European

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, when I talk about culture, my thoughts inevitably lead me to my Calabria, a land of extraordinary potential, because if the wealth of Magna Graecia that characterizes it were to meet digital technologies, disruptive opportunities could really arise. This is the alchemy we want: transform the cultural and historical heritage of the territories in

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Europe must build with determination an interconnected and comprehensive education system, a system in which innovation, mobility and inclusiveness are the fundamental pillars. In this context, the model of automatic recognition of qualifications is finding effective application in academic education through the European diploma. But a question ari

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the European educational framework has forced us to think urgently. Too many students lack basic skills and a shortage of teachers puts the future of education at risk. The average age of the teaching staff is high and the profession is unattractive. Too many young people no longer choose education, discouraged by uncompetitive wages and insuffi

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I am a doctor, not Sabina; I am a teacher, not Mariangela. I'm a leader, not Giusi. How long do we have to wait for us women to be considered for our qualifications and nothing else? 286 years. If we do not change pace, this is the time estimated by the United Nations to fill the legal gaps and eliminate gender discrimination. So it's time to run!

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it is incomprehensible and offensive to our people that the government should not think about the respect and dignity of its citizens. These are not the words of Giusi Princi or any other secure MEP within these walls; I am the democratic cry of the Georgian president, a woman who risks her security and freedom every day to defend her country. Salo

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, one in three women in Europe experience violence in the course of their lives: In Italy alone, 100 women have been killed since the beginning of the year. This is unacceptable! Online violence is also a growing scourge. How extensive is it? We don't know. There is currently no harmonised definition of cyber-violence. It is time to fill this gap. As EPP we call f

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, our ability to remain competitive and resilient depends on the quality of our skills. The Draghi report makes it clear that investment in this context is essential for training a highly skilled workforce. This is the only way to ensure that Europe has a role to play. leadership in key industries such as digital, green energy and sustainable finance

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the text we are going to vote on is of fundamental importance, as it redefines the framework of employment policies, responding to the needs of a world of work that is rapidly evolving its paradigms. The guidelines that Parliament will have to vote on embrace the deep transitions underway, directing Member States to make progress in an ethical, safe and benefici