What Ignazio spoke about.

11 Apr

2024

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Internal markets for renewable gas, natural gas and hydrogen (recast) - Common rules for the internal markets for renewable gas, natural gas and hydrogen (recast) - Union’s electricity market design: Regulation - Union’s electricity market design: Directive (joint debate – Reform of the energy and electricity markets)

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Mr President, colleagues, first of all I would like to thank all those who have been working on this gas package for more than two years. I especially thank the rapporteur on the directive, Mr Geier, who with patience and passion managed to find a not-easy compromise. The gas package, in its complexity, is above all our response to the energy crisis caused by the vile attack of Russia on Ukraine a…

11 Mar

2024

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Energy performance of buildings (recast) (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to respond to the example of Palermo, because I have lived there for many years. To think that the houses of Palermo do not need energy efficiency seems to me a resounding mistake, or in any case the statement of those who do not know that where there is more heat there is a need to improve the efficiency of buildings because, for example in summer,…

11 Mar

2024

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Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner Breton, ladies and gentlemen, cybersecurity is a key priority for Europe in today's digital world. Every day, Europe's critical infrastructures, businesses and citizens are exposed to increasingly sophisticated cyber threats; It is a broad subject, with broad facets that deserve to be treated by the European Union as a priority, both for today and for tomorrow. The Cyber…

26 Feb

2024

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, today I am addressing an issue that seems local but which is actually crucial for the proper functioning of the European Union: the full participation of Sicily in the ascending phase of the European legislative process, provided for by the Treaties of the European Union and Lisbon, but unfortunately so far missed by the ARS (Sicilian Regional Assembly), which i…

5 Feb

2024

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Situation of prisoners in Hungarian jails, including the case of Ilaria Salis (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I would also like to say this to my colleague, Mrs Győri, for her speech just now: We are not here to determine whether Ilaria Salis, who is an Italian teacher currently detained in Hungary, is guilty or innocent of the crimes she is accused of. We are not a court, we are not judges, but we are here to talk, once again, about fundamental rights violated by a …

18 Jan

2024

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Recent EU-Audits identifying that Uruguayan and Argentinian meat from horses with unreliable sworn declarations and unknown drug history is entering the EU (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, recent EU audits have shown that horsemeat from Uruguay and Argentina is characterised by unreliable claims and an unknown and therefore potentially dangerous pharmacological history. In fact, this absurd situation has been known since 2012, when they were documented by the Animal Welfare Foundation the numerous cases of non-compliance with our requirements o…

14 Sep

2023

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Improving firefighters’ working conditions (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, while reiterating and endorsing what many Members have said about the working conditions of firefighters and their exposure to deadly diseases, I would like to stress that the infringement of Directive 1999/70/EC on fixed-term work continues to undermine the rights of discontinuous firefighters – who are 9 000 in Italy – who are constantly relegated to a stat…

13 Mar

2023

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Energy performance of buildings (recast) (debate)

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I do not believe that this document is contradictory. The reduction of CO2 is one of the obvious elements, because obviously, going to improve the quality of buildings you go to consume less, and on the other hand you go to save on bills. So you do a double job: one that goes to help the citizens' coffers and, on the other hand, it goes to help, precisely the environment, in the framework of the g…

13 Mar

2023

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Energy performance of buildings (recast) (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the directive on the energy efficiency of buildings that we are about to vote on is a positive one because it allows us to reduce the cost of bills and improve the quality of buildings. With the instruments made available by this directive, often interpreted in an imaginative way by the supporters of energy and climate immobilism, the whole of E…

13 Dec

2022

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Renewable Energy, Energy Performance of Buildings and Energy Efficiency Directives: amendments (REPowerEU) (continuation of debate)

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Madam President, good morning Mr Executive Vice—President. Yesterday, a historic scientific breakthrough was announced. In ten years, nuclear fusion might power a completely decarbonised energy system. But we are still talking about ten years at least. What do we do until then? Shall we keep growing our dependence on fossil fuels and foreign countries that produce them? Doesn’t seem very wise. Sha…

23 Jun

2022

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Gas storage (debate)

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Mr President, at the end, we reached a good compromise in the storage regulation in case of emergency as the scope to protect our citizens and households. However, we could do more with the ban on Russian gas, which should not be used to fill up our storage facilities. I welcome the fact that energy efficiency has become part of the security of gas supply policy and the filling target mechanism, e…

6 Jun

2022

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EU islands and cohesion policy (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, first of all I want to thank the rapporteur for this important and useful work, and I do so as an islander and as a representative of a constituency that includes islands where six and a half million European citizens live, citizens who live in disadvantaged conditions despite the fact that many funds have been allocated over the years. However, th…

5 Apr

2022

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Trans-European energy infrastructure (debate)

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Mr President, everyone seems to finally understand how important it is to fund our European energy independence. That doesn’t mean stop using gas today, of course, but we can’t repeat the same mistakes made in the recent past. Relying on more gas through different suppliers only creates new dependencies, draws away funds from investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency, and locks us into…

17 Feb

2022

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The death penalty in Iran

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Mr President, I am, as many of you colleagues, deeply alarmed by the increasing use of the death penalty against protesters, human rights defenders and dissidents, but also ethnic and religious minorities in Iran. In order not to seem only an external concern, I want to highlight the proposal in the joint motion that recognises citizen—led initiatives in Iran, such as petitions calling for an end …

25 Nov

2021

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The human rights situation in Cameroon

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Madam President, Commissioner, colleagues, as you know, Cameroon is beset with two violent conflicts and went from peaceful protest to war. The escalation of violence has led to a number of simultaneous political and security challenges and to the high level of instability which the people of Cameroon are now facing. This is very deplorable and frustrating. Armed groups and government forces commi…

20 Oct

2021

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The rise of right-wing extremism and racism in Europe (in light of recent events in Rome) (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, it is true that in Italy the virus of fascism still exists, but fortunately it is marginal in size and the country that experienced its catastrophe and defeated it on the ground has developed effective antibodies. The attack on the union in Rome, which is reminiscent of the darkest page in our history, is an obscene act that should be condemned by all, withou…

6 Oct

2021

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European solutions to the rise of energy prices for businesses and consumers: the role of energy efficiency and renewable energy and the need to tackle energy poverty (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, the devastating increase in the energy bill is caused by the increase in the price of gas, by our delayed ecological transition, by lack of investment in renewables and energy efficiency. While gas prices have skyrocketed, the cost of producing electricity from renewable sources has remained stable and low. Investing in new gas infrastructure an…

6 Jul

2021

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Situation in Tigray, Ethiopia (continuation of debate)

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Mr President, I am also very worried about the ongoing situation in Ethiopia. The fresh start we expected with the election has turned into a nightmare. A few days ago, I spoke with the representatives of various Tigrayan communities and I received extremely worrying information concerning human rights. The Ethiopian Government is extensively cracking down on civilians throughout the country. This…