What Caterina spoke about.

23

Apr

2024

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Combating violence against women and domestic violence (debate)

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, with the directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence, the European Union has finally adopted a first fundamental legislative instrument to prevent and combat the unacceptable violence still suffered by too many women and girls throughout Europe and which, in the case of domestic violence, often also affects children, innocent witness…

13

Mar

2024

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Financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (recast) (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, help the national authorities to speed up the use of EU funds and remain vigilant, and carry out effective controls at all levels to ensure that the funds are spent according to the rules on time and for the achievement of the expected results. This, in a nutshell, is the warning contained in the latest annual report of the European Court of Aud…

7

Feb

2024

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Automated data exchange for police cooperation (“Prüm II”) (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, more than 70% of criminal organisations have ramifications in more than three Member States. Their trades, like their business, know no bounds. The most recent news, then, reminds us how much the terrorist threat is still present. But if crime is so widespread and connected, so must the answer. Those who, like me, have experienced the great season …

16

Jan

2024

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EU-India relations (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, today more than ever, in an unstable global context characterised by polycrisis and significant geopolitical challenges, including greater competition between the great powers, the strategic partnership between the European Union and India must certainly be strengthened. While cooperation between the Union and India has grown over the years, dem…

23

Nov

2023

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

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, 'Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women', against women, because words matter. Women and girls suffer physical, sexual, psychological, economic violence only because they are women. The reality of the numbers in the world and in the European Union is dramatic. The story of Giulia Cecchettin – and I thank President Metsola who wanted to r…

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Nov

2023

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Children first - strengthening the Child Guarantee, two years on from its adoption - Reducing inequalities and promoting social inclusion in times of crisis for children and their families (joint debate – International Day of the Rights of the Child)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, according to the report published last September by Eurostat, almost 20 million children under the age of 18 are at risk of poverty or social exclusion in 2022. Indeed, as always, in crisis situations, such as the COVID-19 pandemic or the repercussions of the war in Ukraine, the highest price is paid by children and among these, once again, the …

18

Oct

2023

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Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report 2022 (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, first of all I would like to thank President Murphy for the work carried out by the European Court of Auditors, which shows the need for concrete and timely measures and action. The material error rate, which is higher than in 2021, calls for an increase in efforts to simplify procedures, where possible, by lightening the burden on businesses and b…

17

Oct

2023

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Question Time with Commissioners - European measures to prevent and to fight the rise of organised crime

Organised crime in all its forms, as we have said, as well as terrorism, unfortunately we have just seen it, threatens security, freedom, citizens' rights, the values of the Union, of the whole Union, not of individual states because organised criminal groups know no borders. And so we need a response that is genuinely common and that, as in the experience gained in my country, Italy, is founded o…

5

Oct

2023

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The new European strategy for a better internet for kids (BIK+) (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Madam Commissioner, sexual exploitation and abuse, violation of privacy, violence, cyberbullying and profiling for commercial purposes are just some of the risks that, alongside the many opportunities, the digital world creates for children and young people. Of course, the Internet was not designed with minors in mind, but these are now one third of European …

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Mar

2023

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Cross-border adoptions from third countries (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in all countries that are in crisis situations, whether caused by natural disasters, such as the recent disastrous earthquake in Turkey and Syria, or by wars, the highest price is always paid by children, children who are often left alone, who risk ending up in the net of unscrupulous criminal organisations that take advantage of these situation…

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Mar

2023

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Combating organised crime in the EU (debate)

Mr President, Minister, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, 139: 139 billion euros are estimated by default to be accumulated annually by criminal organisations through their illegal activity in Europe and then laundered by increasingly sophisticated means. This concerns the whole Union and all its Member States and we therefore welcome the inclusion of the fight against organised crime as one of …

18

Jan

2023

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Protection of the EU’s financial interests - combating fraud - annual report 2021 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, 2021 was an important year for the protection of the European Union's financial interests and marked by significant innovations. In fact, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office has finally started its investigative activities, the first significant results of which already show how much its full operationalisation was now necessary, and the Rec…

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Oct

2022

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Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report 2021 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I wish President Murphy well in his new post and I thank him for his annual report, which gives a positive assessment of the reliability of the EU's accounts and the legality and regularity of revenue. The increase in the estimated level of error in EU budget expenditure and the resulting negative opinion for the third year in a row are of conce…

18

Oct

2022

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Setting up a comprehensive framework for missing children and missing persons at risk (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in Europe every two minutes a child is declared missing, about 300 000 in a year according to Amber Alert, and in my country, Italy, in the first four months of 2022 alone there were 3 589 missing children. Escapes, cases of parental abduction, disappearance of migrant children, lost children, criminal abductions, and to counter this dramatic ph…

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Jul

2022

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Protection of the EU’s financial interests – combating fraud – annual report 2020 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank the rapporteur and the other shadow rapporteurs for the work they have done together on this report, which, given the exceptional nature of the year 2020, is of particular importance. Indeed, managing the pandemic has created new and increased risks, both in terms of revenue and expenditure, and potential new opportunities …

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Jun

2022

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Parliament’s right of initiative (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the European Parliament, the only institution of the Union directly elected by the citizens, does not have a general right of legislative initiative like the national parliaments do. An atypical institutional architecture, therefore, which represents a clear democratic deficit, difficult to understand for European citizens. This institutional imbalance is partic…

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May

2022

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Discharge 2020 (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, in 2020 the EU agencies were able to adapt well to the difficult situation caused by the pandemic, promptly activating business continuity plans to address critical issues, so as to ensure functionality in the work and well-being of staff. The Court's positive opinions on the reliability of the accounts of all agencies, on the regularity and legality of reven…

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Apr

2022

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EU Protection of children and young people fleeing the war against Ukraine (debate)

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, during my speech - one minute, indeed two to be honest - many children still in Ukraine will continue to become internally displaced or refugees, children who are forced to flee their homes. Children, traumatised and vulnerable children, in particular those from institutions, foster care, children in hospitals, children with disabilities, war orphans, unacc…

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Oct

2021

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The impact of intimate partner violence and custody rights on women and children (debate)

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, domestic violence, whether physical or psychological, in family and emotional relationships, is one of the most widespread forms of gender-based violence, constitutes an unacceptable violation of the dignity and rights of women and dramatically involves children, sometimes directly with episodes of violence and infanticide, or indirectly in the case of assi…