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Feb

2024

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The need for unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after two years of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, for two years now Ukraine has been courageously defending its territory and its citizens against Putin's illegitimate attack. In these 24 months we have witnessed very serious violations of international law by Russia, which has threatened not only European security and stability, but also all the values of peace and democracy that underlie it. Putin thought Ukr…

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Nov

2023

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International day for the elimination of violence against women (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, these days my country has been shaken by the death of Giulia Cecchettin, who was killed by her ex-boyfriend. To find the author of a femicide you don't have to search far. Unfortunately, like Giulia, there is a woman who dies every three days at the hands of a husband, a partner, an ex. Giulia Cecchettin could be one of us, she could be our daughter, our sister,…

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Nov

2023

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30 years of Copenhagen criteria - giving further impetus to EU enlargement policy (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, 30 years have passed since the Copenhagen criteria for a State to become a member of the European Union. In these 30 years, many things have changed in Europe and in the world, but one thing has remained the same: Enlargement policy is one of the most important instruments for ensuring peace, security and prosperity for peoples. The Russian aggression against Uk…

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Nov

2023

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EU enlargement policy 2023 (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, enlargement policy is a crucial instrument for the stability, prosperity and peace of our continent. Peace that unfortunately is often compromised, with all the tragic consequences that we now witness every day. Over the past year and a half, the European Union has extended its hand to Ukraine, which deserves all our support and commitment, but we cannot forg…

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Oct

2023

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Resumption of the sitting

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as my colleague Mr De Meo said a moment ago, last night, at around eight o'clock, a tragedy took place in Mestre (Venice): a coach carrying several people from several European countries, due to circumstances still to be defined, crashed from an overpass and, after a flight of over 15 meters, crashed, catching fire. Twenty-one are dead, of which two are children…

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Oct

2023

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Recent developments in the Serbia-Kosovo dialogue, including the situation in the northern municipalities in Kosovo (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, what happened on 24 September in northern Kosovo is terrible. A frightening explosion of violence that has caused the death of several Serbian and Kosovar people. A violence that unfortunately is not new, since in recent years we have witnessed a frightening escalation, animated by an aggressive narrative, often watered down by propaganda and false reconstructio…

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Oct

2023

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Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, imagine that you are forced to leave your homes, your friends, the places where you grew up. This is what happened in a few hours to about 100,000 inhabitants of Nagorno-Karabakh, a population of Armenian culture and tradition but located in the Azerbaijani borders. It is not about migrants or refugees fleeing, but about ethnic cleansing, which constitutes a …

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Jul

2023

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Ecodesign Regulation (A9-0218/2023 - Alessandra Moretti) (vote)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, first of all I would like to thank my fellow Members, the shadow rapporteurs who have worked constructively on this file, the assistants, I and the Secretariat. We did a teamwork that allowed us, in less than a year, to approve an ambitious text that protects the environment and the health of citizens, while ensuring the competitiveness of our companies. Than…

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Jul

2023

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Ecodesign Regulation (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I really want to thank all my fellow Members for their support, for their contribution and for the proposals that have improved the initial text. This has been a team effort, it is a work that has seen us, albeit in legitimate differences, united in the purpose of offering the market and consumers an ambitious regulation that focuses on the environment, the prot…

11

Jul

2023

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Ecodesign Regulation (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, what we are going to vote on tomorrow is a proposal that will have a major impact on our society, on our businesses and on our consumers. In fact, this regulation will radically change the way industry operates in many sectors, indicating to the production world the way to manage the entire life cycle of a product, including the end of life. A regu…

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Jul

2023

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COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations for the future (debate)

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, after the dramatic experience of the pandemic, citizens are asking us not to repeat the mistakes and to learn from what happened, improving European health skills. In this report, there are concrete proposals to prepare the Union and the Member States to better protect health in the face of possible future health emergencies. First, the right to quality pub…

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May

2023

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Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence – EU accession: institutions and public administration of the Union - Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence - EU accession: judicial cooperation in criminal matters, asylum and non-refoulement (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, when I am together with so many women, I think that, according to the data, one in three of them has suffered physical or sexual violence, often at the hands of a close person, perhaps a family member. Scary numbers are those that photograph the female condition. Violence against women is a human rights violation that we can no longer tolerate. Preventing thi…

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May

2023

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Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence – EU accession: institutions and public administration of the Union - Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence - EU accession: judicial cooperation in criminal matters, asylum and non-refoulement (debate)

– As the honourable Member has just stated that the Istanbul Convention is by no means useful as an instrument for combating violence against women, I would like to know from my colleague which, in his view, would be the most effective instrument.…

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May

2023

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Order of business

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, a few days ago, after months of drought, violent rains hit Emilia Romagna and in just 36 hours it rained one fifth of the total amount of water that normally falls in a year. Two people lost their lives, 500 had to leave their homes to escape the fury of the floods. We often say this in this House, Mr President, droughts and floods are two sides of the same c…

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Apr

2023

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The crackdown on the right to education and education rights activists in Afghanistan, including the case of Matiullah Wesa

Mr President, it is a tragic collapse that we are witnessing in Afghanistan with regard to women's rights. In just over a year, Afghan women have been fired from their jobs and removed from administrative roles, banned from playing sports and buying contraceptives, removed from high schools and universities, and prevented from building a dignified future. Banning girls from accessing education is …

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Mar

2023

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Iran: in particular the poisoning of hundreds of school girls

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, a tuft of hair escapes the veil and a woman in Iran is killed; a ballet and five girls are arrested; A day behind the school desk and the students are poisoned. We can no longer tolerate violence that aims to deprive girls of the right to their future. Thousands of students have been victims of chemical weapons in recent months, a terrible and cowardly crime. Ch…

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Feb

2023

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Question Time (Commission) - Strengthened EU enlargement policy to the Western Balkans

Thank you, Mr. President. Dear Commissioner, I am happy to see you here today. I am convinced that these moments of exchange are essential to continue the path that brings our Union and the Balkan countries on the same track. Much has been said about the issue of Serbia's alignment with European foreign and security policy, in particular with regard to the sanctions applied to Russia. This is cert…

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Feb

2023

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The EU priorities for the 67th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate)

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the green transition, the recovery of the pandemic and the digital revolution are shaping a fast-changing world and it is our task to ensure that no one is left behind. We need an inclusive digital economy, taking into account gender-specific needs, so that women and girls, in all their diversity, are not harmed or excluded from it. Supporting women's acces…

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Feb

2023

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EU response to the humanitarian situation following the earthquake in Türkiye and Syria (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the violent earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria, causing tens of thousands of victims, marks the beginning of an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. It will be the most fragile people who survived the earthquake that will pay the highest price. I am thinking, in particular, of women and children. The Commission must support the implementation of the p…

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Feb

2023

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Situation in Afghanistan (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, there are more than a million girls in Afghanistan who cannot go to school. Banning girls' education not only denies a fundamental right, but deprives Afghanistan of the professional, cultural, economic and social contribution of women, because without women's work the country will not be able to recover from the current situation, which sees 97% of the popul…

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Jan

2023

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Surge of respiratory infections and the shortage of medication in Europe (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I think it is very important today to discuss this complicated picture, which sees on the one hand the emergence of different strains of respiratory and flu diseases that are associated with COVID and, at the same time, the shortage of certain types of medicines that are starting to become worrying for some countries. Some of the solutions have lon…

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Nov

2022

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New EU strategy for enlargement (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the rule of law, human rights, gender equality, minority rights, alignment with an environmental sustainability policy, a common foreign policy: These pillars, on which Europe cannot deal and on which it will not step back, because this is the starting point for a solid, credible and forward-looking enlargement policy. The last few months, in which we have se…

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Nov

2022

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EU response to the increasing crackdown on protests in Iran (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the news coming from Iran is terrible and frightening: More than 300 people have died, including 40 children, 14,000 arrests and at least six death sentences. Many of the women who started the protests are in prison, detained in atrocious conditions, victims of torture and rape. Yet the courage of women, young people, workers, many Iranians does not stop and …

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Oct

2022

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EU-Western Balkans relations in light of the new enlargement package (continuation of debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we can no longer postpone the alarm clock that dictates the rhythm of enlargement policy, which has been sounded for a long time and Putin's unjustified war in Ukraine has only turned this sound into alarm. The time has long, in fact, come to address with commitment and credibility the issue of the enlargement of the Union to the Western Balkans. We are talki…

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Oct

2022

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Sustainable maritime fuels (FuelEU Maritime Initiative) - Deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, this is an extremely important regulation. Indeed, the availability of recharging and refuelling infrastructure primarily for cars, light commercial vehicles and trucks, but also for the maritime and aviation sectors is a key parameter for determining the future market share of low- and zero-emission vehicles in Europe in the years to come. The more recharging p…