What Laura spoke about.

17 Jan

2023

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

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in Italy there is a temporary shortage of more than 3 000 medicines and the other Member States have similar problems. The cases do not only concern the increase in demand for COVID-19 waves, influenza viruses and respiratory infections, there are production problems linked to higher energy costs, more expensive raw materials and difficulties in the supply chain…

14 Dec

2022

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Defending democracy from foreign interference (debate)

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(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the serious suspicions of corruption from Qatar concerning Members and assistants of the European Parliament have further made clear the vulnerability of the European institutions to foreign interference. We urgently need countermeasures that can protect our democracy from outside interference. The granting of money and benefits coming from foreign actors a…

13 Dec

2022

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Suspicions of corruption from Qatar and the broader need for transparency and accountability in the European institutions (debate) (debate)

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(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the scandal over the serious suspicions of corruption from Qatar that has engulfed the European Parliament is casting a grim shadow over it, undermining citizens' trust in the European institutions and its direct representatives. Cooperation with the judicial authority is essential at this stage to defend the credibility and honour of Parliament, which is t…

23 Nov

2022

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Eliminating violence against Women (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, on 25 November it reminds us that visible and invisible forms of violence against women remain among the most widespread human rights violations in the world. The dramatic stories reported in the daily news awaken our consciences about violent and discriminatory behaviors that have physical, psychological and economic consequences, undermining f…

23 Nov

2022

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The need for a European solution on asylum and migration including search and rescue (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Europe is facing one migration crisis after another, without being able to find a solution because there is a lack of political will. Although a European approach is called for, each country continues to think in intergovernmental terms, focusing on strictly national interests. We have always called for the migration issue to be governed by the principle of soli…

10 Nov

2022

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Racial justice, non-discrimination and anti-racism in the EU (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, racism and discriminatory practices in the European Union are a major obstacle to the achievement of rights and opportunities, seriously undermining human dignity, well-being and personal security. Minorities and social groups, including LGBTQI people, continue to face socio-economic inequalities affecting employment and access to essential health, education, ho…

18 Oct

2022

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Impact of Russian invasion of Ukraine on migration flows to the EU (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the military escalation in Ukraine continues to cause casualties and destruction, forcing people to flee in search of safety and protection. According to UNHCR, more than 4 350 000 Ukrainian refugees are registered in the European Union for temporary protection or other similar measures. The European response is unprecedented in providing financial support and e…

17 Oct

2022

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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the eradication of poverty means the fight for human dignity, which is the basis of every fundamental right: freedom, justice, peace. Strong of this conviction, as a 5 Star Movement we have always supported measures such as the introduction of citizenship income and the minimum wage, in order to protect the most vulnerable and combat poverty and social exclus…

5 Oct

2022

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Countering the anti-European and anti-Ukrainian propaganda of Putin’s European cronies (topical debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, since 2014, Russia has secretly transferred rivers of money to parties, associations and individuals from different countries to create a network of influence and consensus. The European Parliament has also dealt with the relationship between the Kremlin and European political forces, on which we want more depth and clarity. This picture makes us understand the …

4 Oct

2022

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Question Time (Commission) Tackling depopulation through cohesion policy instrument

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, despite the efforts made by the European Union with cohesion policy, over the last eight years the South of Italy has suffered an unparalleled demographic decline within the European Union. In particular, regions such as Molise, Calabria and Basilicata have lost hundreds of thousands of residents. We know that cohesion policy has a decisive role to…

3 Oct

2022

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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - Serious cross-border threats to health (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, with the COVID-19 pandemic, Member States have understood the importance of improving common responses to cross-border health emergencies. Strengthening cooperation at European level will enable more effective coordination to prevent and prepare for managing not only infectious diseases, but also different threats to public health of environmental, food, biol…

14 Sep

2022

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Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in 2020 and 2021 (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, practices and policies detrimental to fundamental rights have taken different forms in the last two years in Europe: Attacks on the rights of women, LGBTQ minorities, refugees, media freedom and judicial independence remain persistent in some Member States. New threats to human rights and democracy manifest themselves online and with the misuse of surveillance t…

13 Sep

2022

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Consequences of drought, fire, and other extreme weather phenomena: increasing EU's efforts to fight climate change (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the prolonged drought that has hit Europe this year has been announced as the worst in 500 years. There has been a shortage of water resources in the Union with implications for agricultural and hydropower production, shipping and river transport. The succession of heat waves has triggered health alarms especially for vulnerable groups, such as the elderly. More…

12 Sep

2022

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Surveillance and predator spyware systems in Greece (debate)

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(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the revelations about the use of Predator spyware and telephone tapping in Greece have become the subject of a scandal involving secret services, government authorities and software providers. The seriousness of this case shows how difficult it is to protect oneself from the abuses of current cyber surveillance systems, how difficult it is to identify respo…

7 Jul

2022

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Recent heat wave and drought in the EU (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as was mentioned a few days ago, because of the high temperatures, a huge detachment of ice has caused the death of several people in the Marmolada mountains in Italy. In addition, the Italian Council of Ministers has deliberated on the state of emergency due to drought for five days. Globally, the number and duration of droughts has increased by 29 percent sinc…

5 Jul

2022

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EU initiatives to address the rising cost of living, including the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (debate)

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(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the increase in the cost of living is having economic and social consequences, which are being urgently addressed by European governments. In Italy, but not only, particularly problematic increases concern household expenses related to housing, water, electricity and fuels. The rise in energy and commodity prices has increasingly widened the scope of inflat…

4 Jul

2022

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US Supreme Court decision to overturn abortion rights in the United States and the need to safeguard abortion rights and Women’s health in the EU (debate)

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(IT) Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, there has recently been news of a 10-year-old girl who is pregnant because she is a victim of rape, who is denied abortion by law in Ohio, and who has been asked for medical assistance in the neighbouring State of Indiana to carry it out. This drama describes the first, devastating effects of the U.S. Supreme Court's retrograde ruling, which cancels the …

7 Jun

2022

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The rule of law and the potential approval of the Polish national Recovery Plan (RRF) (debate)

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(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the green light for Poland's national recovery plan of almost EUR 36 billion is revealing a hypocritical attitude on the part of the European institutions: The strong defence of the rule of law is invoked, but then inadequate decisions are taken for this purpose. Although the Article 7 procedure has been active since 2017, the situation on judicial independ…

7 Jun

2022

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Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System - Social Climate Fund - Carbon border adjustment mechanism - Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System for aviation - Notification under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) (joint debate – Fit for 55 (part 1))

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the momentous challenge of climate neutrality and environmental protection requires global cooperation and we are all called upon to tackle it: businesses, workers, civil society and political actors. The Five Star Movement has always fought in Italy and Europe for the Green Deal, making the ecological transition the foundation of its political action. Drasti…

18 May

2022

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Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law Report (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the regression of the rule of law and democracy observed in some Member States represents a systemic threat to the European Union, to fundamental rights and to citizens' freedoms. The Commission's efforts to identify developments in key areas such as the justice system, the anti-corruption framework, media pluralism and other issues of systematic checks and b…

4 May

2022

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Use of the Pegasus Software by EU Member States against individuals including MEPs and the violation of fundamental rights (topical debate)

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(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in the European Union, the list of victims of spyware attacks such as Pegasus continues to grow. It is a serious and alarming phenomenon that does not spare political leaders, journalists, human rights defenders in the Member States. Fundamental rights, democracy, the rule of law and personal security are therefore under threat. As we know, among those targ…

3 May

2022

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Question Time (Commission) Europe’s Energy Autonomy: The strategic importance of renewables and energy interconnections and efficiency

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I would always like to go back to the energy recovery fund because we are convinced that it would contribute to investments in energy efficiency and especially in buildings for the infrastructure necessary to interconnect Europe with regard to energy produced with renewables to create energy communities and other consumption systems. In Italy, the 110 percent…

3 May

2022

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Question Time (Commission) Europe’s Energy Autonomy: The strategic importance of renewables and energy interconnections and efficiency

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, the recovery fund was the ambitious and unified response of a European Union that was put to the test by the pandemic. We have tackled in this way a crisis that could not be addressed individually by the Member States, but at this moment we are facing another pandemic, which is the energy pandemic and which requires a similar response. Safer and…

6 Apr

2022

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The Schengen evaluation mechanism (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Schengen area is an achievement from which indisputable economic and social benefits derive. Strengthening its resilience means ensuring its smooth functioning when facing evolving threats and challenges, such as migratory pressure, terrorism and the pandemic emergency. The reintroduction of internal border controls should really be a measure of last resort …

8 Mar

2022

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The deterioration of the situation of refugees as a consequence of the Russian aggression against Ukraine (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, there have never been any right or wrong wars, each one carrying its own burden of death and pain, and even in Ukraine an increasingly serious humanitarian tragedy is taking place. UNHCR data, set to rise, leaves no room for interpretation. Since 24 February, more than two million Ukrainians have left the country and 1,200,000 have arrived in Poland alone. We…