What Fabio Massimo spoke about.

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Jul

2022

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Taxing windfall profits of energy companies (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, as inflation in the EU shot to a new record in June, cost increases are exacting a deep toll on the economy, eating into most Europeans’ wages. But for many of our largest companies and their shareholders, it has been a very different story. The pandemic, the war and the supply chain bottlenecks have created a smokescreen that allows companies to pass on inflationary co…

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Jul

2022

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2021 Report on Bosnia and Herzegovina (debate)

Mr President, dear colleagues, as the main outcome of the last European Council, we have applauded the decision to give Ukraine and Moldova EU candidate status. While this was an essential political message aiming at reaffirming our undiminished commitment for the future membership of the countries in the Western partnership, this fast track is causing turbulences in the Western Balkans. For this …

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May

2022

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2021 Report on Albania (debate)

Mr President, the status in which we have relegated Albania is something we cannot afford anymore as the geopolitics of our neighbourhood is showing us once again, if there was still any doubt, how the enlargement perspective of the Western Balkans is more important than ever. I fully agree with High Representative Borrell when he says that this situation is not only harming the candidate countrie…

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May

2022

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2021 Report on North Macedonia (debate)

Mr President, dear Commissioner, despite undiminished popular support for European integration, trust in the EU as the most important partner and ally for North Macedonia has dropped by 30% in the last two years. This tells us a lot about our relationship with this country which, since it embraced the European perspective in 2004, has undergone significant reforms and international efforts – even …

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May

2022

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Reports of continued organ harvesting in China

Madam President, Madam Commissioner, it is beyond reasonable doubt that in China forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience has been practised – this is the conclusion of the China Tribunal – from persons not clinically dead, according to a recent study by the Australian National University. The targets are well known – Falun Gong, Tibetans, Muslims, Christians and Uyghurs. People treate…

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May

2022

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EU preparedness against cyber-attacks following Russia invasion on Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, according to some analysts, after the Russian criminal invasion of Ukraine, cyberattacks against the EU and its Member States have increased by 1000%. It goes without saying that these numbers must represent a wake—up call for us. The number one priority must be to pursue strategic autonomy and technological serenity, pledging adequate resources to this end. In particular, a shift of…

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May

2022

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The follow up of the Conference on the Future of Europe (debate)

Thank you, my answer is very clear in that regard. I stand for the strengthening of the European integration moving towards a federal Europe because I truly believe that, otherwise, facts will decide instead of us. As is happening right now with the criminal invasion of Ukraine, as happened many times also with the multiple crisis we were experiencing in the last decades. And I must, of course, un…

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May

2022

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The follow up of the Conference on the Future of Europe (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much, dear colleagues, despite the initial scepticism of some Eurosceptical governments, the Conference on the Future of Europe turned out to be a success, empowering participative democracy at its outmost and putting long-sighted proposals on the table. Now it is time to move forward, to achieve citizens’ goals and hopes, turning them into concrete actions. And the…

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Apr

2022

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Outcome of the EU-China Summit (1 April 2022) (debate)

Madam President, High Representative, dear colleagues, I appreciated the EU’s approach to the last summit. A difficult meeting where we arrived with many colleagues still under sanction by Beijing, let’s not forget it. And in an extremely complex international context, the results have been underwhelming, but not because of the EU’s lack of trying and this adds to its importance. The elephant in t…

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Apr

2022

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Question Time with the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - Security and the EU's strategic compass

Thank you very much. It’s certainly true that the most urgent issue to be addressed is the criminal invasion of Ukraine. And I am convinced that we can be a decisive actor in the conflict with several means in our variegated toolbox. However, we must not forget also the threats that we are facing, that they are variegated and they come from all strategic directions. Therefore, how will we ensure t…

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Apr

2022

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Question Time with the Vice-President of the Commission/High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy - Security and the EU's strategic compass

Dear High Representative, first of all let me congratulate you and the whole EEAS for having completed this unprecedented exercise that will give more coherence, ambition and renewed impetus to our approach to global politics. Moving decisively towards the Europeanisation of security and defence is something we cannot delay further, and the Russian criminal invasion of Ukraine represents yet anoth…

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Apr

2022

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Urgent need to adopt the minimum tax directive (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the almost unanimous agreement we signed in the OECD to introduce a minimum tax on multinationals was an important step. But it was presented to us as a historical moment: On the other hand, it is a compromise that is already clearly on the downside, which only partially solves the problem of an international tax system, which has been programme…

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Mar

2022

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Destruction of cultural heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh

Madam President, in these days, we are all deeply moved by the criminal invasion of Ukraine, for which Putin created unacceptable justifications. He falsified the past, bending history to his propaganda needs, and he is trying to prevent a sovereign country from choosing its own future. Similar trends are present in Nagorno-Karabakh, where Azerbaijan’s authorities are trying to eradicate the cultu…

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Mar

2022

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Myanmar, one year after the coup

Madam President, the recent events made clear that we are facing a global battle: democracy versus authoritarianism; the rule of law versus the rule of power; respect for human rights against their total disregard. It’s a battle fought in different places with different means, and Ukraine’s invasion is only the most evident example. Nevertheless, it is the same fight. One of the battlegrounds is i…

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Mar

2022

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The situation of journalists and human rights defenders in Mexico

Madam President, the growing stigmatisation, the weakening of institutions, the increase in violence and the diffuse impunity all provide a clear message: in Mexico, the press and freedom of expression overall are under siege. Since his election in 2018, López Obrador has not only failed to improve the country's human rights record, but he has allowed the loss of many of the hard-fought gains acti…

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Mar

2022

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The situation in Bosnia Herzegovina (continuation of debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, one month after the 30th anniversary of its independence, Bosnia and Herzegovina is going through its worst political crisis since the end of the Balkan war. Old and painful wounds come back to bleed. Even a celebratory plaque is affixed to Vračar by Ratko Mladić, a war criminal and genocidal. The European Union has expressed all its outrage at the situation, bu…

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Mar

2022

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Russian aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, today, we are not simply condemning an unjustifiable aggression. Today, we stand up united in this House to face the criminal invasion of an authoritarian regime against international law, our principles, our values, therefore against all of us. Putin’s cynical bet assumes he would quickly overthrow the Ukrainian democracy with these divisions on the ground, but also brings other div…

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Jan

2022

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Violations of fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong

Mr President Karas, ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much to all of you. It is with great anguish that we comment on what is happening in Hong Kong, as we see it yielding more and more under the decisive blows of Beijing, which incessantly and with an almost scientific method attacks and limits the freedom of the media, civil society and international organizations, leaving very little doubt a…

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Dec

2021

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Forced labour in the Linglong factory and environmental protests in Serbia

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, there are 750 of them, mostly Vietnamese, working on the construction of a tyre factory and living in nightmare conditions. Winter is just around the corner and there is no heating or heavy clothing. Many would like to go back to their home in Vietnam but they cannot because their documents have even been withdrawn. This is what is called modern slavery. We are …

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Dec

2021

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Agenda of the next sitting

The sitting is closed and will resume tomorrow, Wednesday 15 December 2021, at 9 a.m. with the Joint Declaration on the preparation of the European Council and the EU’s response to the global COVID outbreak. The agenda has been published and is available on the European Parliament's website.…

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Dec

2021

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European framework for employees' participation rights and the revision of the European Works Council Directive (debate)

The debate is closed. The vote will take place on Wednesday 15 December 2021. Written declarations (Rule 171)

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Dec

2021

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European framework for employees' participation rights and the revision of the European Works Council Directive (debate)

The next item is the report by Gabriele Bischoff, on behalf of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, on democracy at work: European framework for employee participation rights and revision of the European Works Councils Directive (2021/2005(INI)) (A9-0331/2021). I would remind the honourable Members that for all the debates in this part-session there is no catch-the-eye procedure and no …

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Dec

2021

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Outcome of Global Summit Nutrition for Growth (Japan, 7-8 December) and increased food insecurity in developing countries (debate)

The debate is closed.

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Dec

2021

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Cooperation on the fight against organised crime in the Western Balkans (continuation of debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, organised crime knows no barriers or borders and only if we are able to find concrete solutions to the problems facing the Western Balkans will we be able to guarantee our own security. In order to do so, it will first be necessary to strengthen and promote transnational cooperation, both on a regional basis and with the Member States of the European Union, incl…

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Dec

2021

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Situation at the Ukrainian border and in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, Mr High Representative, ladies and gentlemen, the movements of troops orchestrated by Moscow are increasingly worrying. I would like to remind everyone, dear colleagues, that the threat, like the use of force, is a clear violation of the founding principles of the United Nations. Yes, a direct invasion is still unlikely, but seeing military pressure of this kind towards a democrat…