What Marco spoke about.

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we are here to firmly call for the immediate and unconditional release of Félix Navarro and his daughter Saylí and all prisoners of conscience detained in Cuba and to recall that the political dialogue and cooperation agreement is and remains an effective bridge with the island and with the Cuban authorities. This is demonstrated by the success of the diploma

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, humanitarian aid is not a bargaining chip, it is a duty, a duty to weave the thread that keeps us alive and recognises human dignity when everything is in ruins. Yet, today, near and far from our Europe, that thread is being systematically broken. Opposed and defunded organizations, workers killed, actions stopped, local actors marginalized, communities deprived

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we are living in a time of vertical challenges, strength is worth more than rules, it is proclaimed. Global actors aim for supremacy over near and far, waging blackmail, imposing tariffs, raising walls, waging war. The European Union knows and can go the other way: meeting, negotiation, construction and custody of shared rules, winning partnersh

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, dictatorships also go into words: Ernesto Cardenal, poet, monk and minister of early Sandinistas, denounced it. It is happening again in Nicaragua, in the third life of Daniel Ortega, already rebellious against the dictator Somoza, president-elect, and now with Rosario Murillo, himself a dictator. Leaders of a regime that occupies words and takes away freedom

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the humanitarian crisis in Cuba has different and deep roots, but we must be clear, Madam High Representative: The US administration's tight grip does not liberate Cubans, condemns them to hunger and insecurity with the tightening of the embargo until the blockade of oil supplies, secondary sanctions, which also affect European companies, and the constant thr

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I will be drier: fundamental rights are the essentials that underpin our being Europeans. It's just two words. But the right words are never enough. This is why our Parliament regularly writes and votes on reports – such as the one that Mrs Strolenberg has negotiated with all of us on the situation of fundamental rights in the Union – setting out o

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the elections in Honduras remind us of a simple and fundamental lesson: In a democracy, you win and lose by just a handful of votes. And he who loses must know how to accept it; Whoever wins must know how to govern, with the awareness that he is not a master and that he must defend the freedom and integrity of all, first of all the opponents. In Ho

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the title of our debate reads 'Restoring migration control: returns, visa policy and cooperation with third countries". Let's try to shift the word "return" from first place to last. We will begin to give a more sensible, humane and useful direction to national and European migration policies. The truth is that any repatriations are a possibility and sometimes,

Madam President, Madam High Representative, the human rights system is founded on values that precede and inspire laws and institutions. The United Nations, international courts and the European Union were born like this, we know, and today they are all under attack, like human rights. Overwhelms and wars are multiplying, we would like to archive shared principles and rules, disturbing perspective

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, thank you, Commissioner Lahbib, for what you have said here today and for what you are doing, trying to restart the path of the horizontal anti-discrimination directive. In Europe, unfortunately, we continue to have incomplete protection – as we have heard in many voices today – for people with disabilities, for all those and those who are marked by religion,

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, there is a precious, fragile and contradicted ceasefire in Gaza and the hostages still alive in Hamas' hands are finally free. But where is peace? The path is all to be developed with tenacity, patience, vision and – I use an ancient Greek word – with parrhesia, the naked force of truth. And the truth is that in Gaza, as in the West Bank, the overw

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the massacre of Christians in Mar Elias has reopened deep wounds. When lives are extinguished by hatred and fanaticism it is an atrocious common defeat. The European Union, the Member States and the entire international community must therefore support the Syrian authorities in the fight against terrorism – in this case Islamist – so that such horr

Madam President, rapporteur Schieder, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Albania has embarked on its accession path with commitment and incisiveness and with commendable reform work. Real problems persist, but the issues to be resolved are well identified: I witness this as co-chair of the EU-Albania Parliamentary Committee. We must now proceed with a clear assumption of responsibility and an eff

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, thanks to the rapporteur, Mrs Mendes, attacks on fundamental freedoms and the rule of law threaten many countries around the world, including - I too stress bitterly - some Member States. Today, more than ever, we must be able to resist the attempts of illiberal forces to transform principles and rights into their reverse. It is a matter of defending the esse

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Cameroon has become one of the most dangerous countries for journalists: There is a very high risk for them of being imprisoned, assaulted, accused of falsehood and defamation. Many pay with their lives for having carried out with passion and courage the job that has also been yours, Madam Commissioner, and mine too, for more than 40 years. The right to informat

Madam President, Madam High Representative, ladies and gentlemen, unfortunately, we are witnessing a constant and increasingly alarming deterioration in human rights globally. The report that has been prepared gives its meaning and depth: From Palestine to Sudan, from Congo to Haiti, crises, authoritarian involutions and wars are rampant, tragically claiming victims. When we speak and speak about

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I very much appreciated what the Commissioner and the Council representative said. The EU must do its best to ensure that Syria's future is no longer characterised by the terrible lacerations of the last 15 years. A brutal dictatorship, finally over, must not slip back into blood, hatred, sectarian overwhelms and external power games. We have a part to play:

Mr President, Madam High Representative, ladies and gentlemen, the brutal Assad regime has passed and that is enough to hope for. However, the path to peace, security and democracy in Syria is still steep, uncertain and long, as you said. That is why a strong political and diplomatic commitment from the EU is needed here and now: pressure must be exerted with all the instruments at our disposal on

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Madam Commissioner, defending freedom of association, workers' rights, essential human rights and acting to protect the environment cannot be grounds for prosecution or in any case a pretext for systematic pressure and attacks typical of illiberal governments. It happens, unfortunately, and it continues to happen in Cambodia. The EU must not stand idly by w

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, I am Italian and I see and hear well what is happening on the shores of the Mediterranean. I will not repeat the things that have been said tonight, for better or for worse, about our friend the Tunisian people. In the Tunisia of the plebiscite president-master Saied there is an apparent and shocking peace. In Tunisia there is war on democracy and

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty born at the G20 in Rio is a very important step. Now we have to move forward, not backward. We will never achieve the UN 2030 Agenda without an alliance of partner countries that are aware of the cornerstones of fair and sustainable development: international cooperation, combating inequalities thro

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the massacre and hostage-taking of so many Israelis on 7 October 2023 perpetrated by Hamas is a horrendous crime. It's been said by everyone, here, tonight, again. But no crime justifies another crime. Members of the Netanyahu government display contempt for the lives of Palestinians, empty and violate international law, and concoct provocations