What Marco spoke about.

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the violence that marked European squares over the past weekend - from Paris to Brussels, from Lyon to Tirana - is certainly an alarming sign that cannot and must not be underestimated. Demonstrating is a precious right – certainly – but devastating cities, looting shops or attacking law enforcement agencies that only do their job is certainly absolutely into

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, thank you Commissioner for drawing up, for the first time, a strategy for islands, for these territories which are an important and strategic part of our European Union. I am a real asset geopolitics of our continent. The islands guard our borders, the Mediterranean and strategic routes, but at the same time preserve communities, economies and territories tha

Mr President, Commissioner, in the face of the growing expectations of European citizens about housing, the European Union must offer clear and concrete answers. The new Housing ActSo far, however, it is far from this goal. It focuses on a very marginal aspect, short rentals, proposing models already tested with negative results. That is why today I would like to call everyone to common sense. The

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, this year and a half the Special Committee on the Housing Crisis in the European Union has done an extraordinary job of analysing all aspects of the housing crisis in Europe, but also of understanding the expectations of our European citizens. We all agree on one principle: on housing there is no one-size-fits-all solution for all Member States,

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, for us people, the European Investment Bank cannot just be a technical machine, it must be a political engine for European development. That is why we have worked on this report, which we greet with great favour, giving impetus to so many concrete proposals, born from the confrontation with the territories. We wanted to focus on access to credit, strengthening m

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the Banking Union is one of Europe's strategic objectives: It serves to increase competitiveness, to improve access to credit, to increase investment, to offer more and better services at lower costs. Unfortunately, the delay in this process has resulted in a significant handicap compared to the international challenges with the well-equipped co

Madam President, Mr Vice-President of the Commission, ladies and gentlemen, with the report on competition policies that we are going to vote on tomorrow, Europe is preparing to face new challenges in the international context, placing competitiveness, innovation and growth as the basis for its political action. On the one hand, this is our horizon, but on the other, the new agenda must be marked

We in the European People's Party look at a very pragmatic approach. Of course, the ecological transition becomes the beacon for us, but at the same time we believe that a serious investment program must be calibrated to the needs of the territory. We must not exceed in one sense, but not in another. Certainly, interventions in agriculture, technological interventions and, if we want, even a serio

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, at a time when a large part of the continent is facing winter, it might seem out of context to talk about desertification and water scarcity. And yet, this should be the attitude we should all have here in Europe: Take care of this huge challenge, this huge emergency, in time, before it's too late. This is what those who arrive here in Strasbourg f

(IT) Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the need to strengthen the competitiveness of the countries of the Union is becoming more and more widespread at the present time. This was also said by President Mario Draghi, who was heard a few days ago in this House. In this sense, it is worth remembering that the European Commission and Parliament must, however, look at a strategic role f