What Alessandra spoke about.

8

Jul

2026

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The abduction, forced conversion and child marriage of Maria Shahbaz and the protection of girls in Pakistan

(IT) Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, in Pakistan there are 19 million child brides who are stripped of their childhood and denied education and the future in the name of a brutal patriarchy, which considers biological puberty as a guarantee of maturity for marriage. The drama of child brides, however, is only the tip of an iceberg, a systematic violation of rights. Women are banned from wor…

8

Jul

2026

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Future of EU support for Russian democratic forces, anti-war actors and repressed civil society (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Russia is not Putin. Russia is also home to thousands of women and men who, in a suffocating climate, continue to defend democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms. They are people who oppose Russia's brutal war of aggression against Ukraine and it is precisely from them that every day we receive countless reports of repressed, detained, imprisoned and …

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May

2026

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Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in Iran

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, there are many things we could say about the current tragic situation in Iran. The 80-day blackout has left 92 million people without the Internet and without the ability to communicate, inflation has reached unsustainable levels, there are 40 million people below the poverty line, and attacks conducted outside any rule of international law continue to kill inno…

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May

2026

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Rights, support and protection of victims of crime (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, this week the European Parliament is taking an important step. The Directive on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime puts people at the centre: children who have experienced the horror of abuse, victims of human trafficking, women and men bearing the brunt of online hatred and violence; people who, in addition to trauma, face the silence and…

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May

2026

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Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, think of the families around you. Who takes care of the children? Who cares for the elderly? In the face of a disability, who takes on the main care tasks? I'm sure you all have a woman in mind. Yes, because women are disproportionately responsible for these tasks. 56% of women with children under 12 spend at least five hours a day caring for them,…

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May

2026

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European solidarity: key to securing medicine access in a shifting geopolitical era (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, once again the price of sovereignism risks being paid by citizens, in this case putting their health at risk. Trump's tariffs block international collaboration in terms of drug research and development, and prevent the production of medicines that are fundamental to the health of all of us. The bill should be presented to the sovereignists of this …

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Mar

2026

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Implementation of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and risks to the security of supply of medicines (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in this debate on complex issues, it is important to start from the awareness that the choices we make have serious consequences, first and foremost for the citizens. The objective of this directive, namely to improve the safety and health of European waters, is not an objective to be treated lightly. I regret that on such an importan…

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Mar

2026

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EU enlargement strategy (debate)

9

Mar

2026

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Gender pay and pension gap in the EU: state of play, challenges and the way forward, and developing guidelines for the better evaluation and fairer remuneration of work in female-dominated sectors (debate)

12

Feb

2026

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Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate)

9

Feb

2026

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World Cancer Day (debate)

19

Jan

2026

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Framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interest (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, approving this measure on critical medicines would be a great example of how the European Union can, when it wants to, change the lives of its citizens for the better. We cannot afford to run the risk of not being autonomous and ready to deal efficiently with crises and shocks that may occur in the future. With this piece of legislation we combine the needs o…

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Dec

2025

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European Citizens’ Initiative ‘My voice, my choice: for safe and accessible abortion’ (debate)

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Dec

2025

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Presentation of the EU Cardiovascular Health Plan (debate)

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Nov

2025

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Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan (continuation of debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the testimonies from Sudan about mass killings, attacks on humanitarian workers, looting and kidnappings are chilling. We are talking about a forgotten war. As no one watched, one of the worst humanitarian crises has grown, forcing civilians to feed on leaves and contaminated water. Children are malnourished; women and girls are victims of rape; Men are subje…

12

Nov

2025

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Gender Equality Strategy 2025 (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the regression of women's rights in Europe is obvious. Femicides are the only crime that continues to increase in numbers. The perpetrators of violence are increasingly young. Some women are forced to listen to the beating of the fetus before terminating a pregnancy. Segregation at work is glaring, the web is full of misogyny and new tools fuel the frontier o…

21

Oct

2025

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Polarisation and increased repression in Serbia, one year after the Novi Sad tragedy (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, promotion of violence, arbitrary arrests, anti-European and pro-Russian propaganda, control of media and hate speech, threats of death and violence, illegal surveillance, unjustified dismissals: So, in the last year, the Serbian government has responded to the protests that have filled the streets throughout the country following the collapse of a roof at the…

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Oct

2025

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Criminal intimidation against investigative journalists in the EU: the attempted attack on Sigfrido Ranucci (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, freedom of the press is a thermometer of democracy, it is a constitutional pillar. Where journalists feel threatened, intimidated or targeted, no citizen can fully enjoy their rights and freedoms. We see it in authoritarian countries, such as Putin's Russia; We saw it in the Gaza Strip, where more than 200 journalists were killed. in Serbia, where the lack of pr…

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Oct

2025

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Order of business

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, last September two Italian lawyers asked the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to open a formal investigation into the situation of the Kurdish activist, Pakhshan Azizi, who was arrested in Iran in 2023 and sentenced to death in 2024 for providing humanitarian aid to women and children fleeing Islamic State attacks. The UN said that in 2025, in just nine …

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Oct

2025

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World Mental Health Day - addressing the socio-economic factors (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, mental health is one of the great evils of our time. It strikes in a transversal way, no one is exempt from it, but it is the weakest who suffer the heaviest consequences. In particular, it is the very young who manifest the most obvious signs of these diseases, which are often not detected promptly, determining even for families a burden that they cannot bear. …

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Oct

2025

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Situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakes (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, the earthquake that struck north-east Afghanistan killed more than 2 000 people. Of these, there are certainly more women than men. Why? Because, because of the laws imposed by the Taliban, women cannot be touched by men. In fact, the rescuers, who were obviously all men, because we remember that women cannot work, let them die under the rubble sim…

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Sep

2025

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Summer of heatwaves in the EU: addressing the causes and providing adequate housing and health policies to address record-breaking temperatures (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the effects of climate change continue to affect European citizens; think about the effects on our territories, with increasingly frequent disasters, or the effects on health. Relapses are not the same for everyone: they affect the most fragile people more strongly, representing a further push towards inequalities and increasing social differences. Over the last…

9

Sep

2025

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Wave of violence and continuous use of force against protesters in Serbia (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, one thing is certain: There is no turning back in Serbia. The last ten months of protest and awareness by Serbian citizens, not just students, have marked a profound turning point in the history of the country, which cannot be ignored either by the Serbian leadership or by the European institutions. From here and from the demands of thousands of citizens who …

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Sep

2025

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Announcement by the President

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, not many days ago I received a phone call from a colleague who warned me that thousands of my photos had been published on a sexist and pornographic website, and fed to the most obscene comments up to the incitement to rape. I wasn't the only one: On that site were portrayed, without their knowledge, many women, politicians and not only. For at least 15 years…

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Jun

2025

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Rise in violence and the deepening humanitarian crisis in South Sudan (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, almost ten million people are in need of humanitarian assistance in South Sudan, where cholera, hunger and the world's highest neonatal mortality rate are rampant. A country where rape is a common weapon of war. Unlike others, this is a totally forgotten conflict. South Sudan is on the precipice of a new total war. Political tensions led to violence, militias…