What Brando spoke about.

16 Sep

2026

IT Speech

Stop gold-plating, relieve SMEs: Member States must implement EU legislation without adding extra bureaucracy (topical debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, it is right to set ourselves the objective of cutting red tape for businesses. But I say this immediately to my colleagues on the right: Get your hands off the protections for workers and the European social model. With the Platform Work Directive, we have left room for Member States to give more protection to working conditions and algorithmic management. As…

8 Jul

2026

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The EU’s role in the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and the accountability of Israel under international law (topical debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the genocide in Gaza has never ended. The words of the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pizzaballa, are like stones: They lack water, food, medicine, mice bite children, while people die. Hamas seems to be open to the transfer of the civilian administration, but not to disarmament. Meanwhile, there is talk of the deployment of a Moroccan contingent. Trump's plan advances…

7 Jul

2026

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Presentation of the Action Plan on Cybersecurity and AI (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the 'kill switch' is no longer a hypothesis: has been pressed. In June, with a signature, Donald Trump closed access to the world's most powerful artificial intelligence model, including to the European Cybersecurity Agency, which had just obtained it. Our rules decide how we can use artificial intelligence safely, today, others decide whether we can use it: Thi…

7 Jul

2026

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EU-Mexico (joint debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, while the United States is questioning the agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico, which has been the pillar of North American economic integration for thirty years, Europe is making the opposite choice and strengthening its alliances. The agreement with Mexico is a fundamental geopolitical choice: In a fragmented world, diversifying markets s…

15 Jun

2026

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Simplification of the implementation of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Digital Omnibus on AI) (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, to approve the European Artificial Intelligence Act, theAI Act, it was a right and far-sighted choice, because what happens in the world tells us something clear: Either democracy sets its own rules for this extraordinary innovation or private interests will do so, making this technology not an instrument of emancipation, but only of widening inequalities. Wh…

15 Jun

2026

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EU-US trade deal (joint debate)

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Mr President, tomorrow, the European Parliament is giving its support because we believe it is necessary to take a step forward stabilising transatlantic trade relations between the EU and the US, supporting our businesses, protecting jobs and creating greater economic predictability. But let there be no misunderstanding, our approval is only subject to conditions that we clearly outlined and obta…

19 May

2026

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Opportunities and challenges presented by a comprehensive artificial intelligence strategy for EU trade (debate)

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Mr President, colleagues, thank you for a rich debate, and thank you, Commissioner Tzitzikostas, for your support on the direction of this report, but I want to be frank: from the Commission, we need not only support, but also the ambition that matches the one of the Parliament with action. So, on global AI governance, we must say that from Bletchley Park to Seoul to Paris to Delhi, we have been s…

19 May

2026

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Opportunities and challenges presented by a comprehensive artificial intelligence strategy for EU trade (debate)

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Mr President, dear colleagues, the reality behind this report is that artificial intelligence is changing how goods move, how services are delivered, how companies compete and how economic power is exercised. Europe cannot respond with fragmented initiatives or with regulation alone. We need one strategy that brings together competitiveness, openness and strategic autonomy. I want to thank the sha…

19 May

2026

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EU governance under pressure – institutional responses to global challenges (debate)

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Mr President, Europe's moment is now. Forty years after Altiero Spinelli has died, his message remains as clear as ever: Europe moves forward only when it finds the courage to become a federal union. I want the European Commission, the President of this Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, not just to come here every September for the State of the Union, saying that we need to reform the Union, that …

19 May

2026

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EU cybersecurity and preparedness in view of advanced AI systems (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, a few weeks ago the Femwar02 group paralysed La Sapienza University in Rome: 400 blocked servers, hundreds of thousands of students without services, personal data on the dark web. In 2024, the Russian group Black Basta published the medical reports of millions of Italians in the Synlab system. And it's not just a problem for Italy: These attacks are not futu…

18 May

2026

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Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, without European steel, there is no European industry and without a strong, high-quality industry, there is no future for Europe, for its workers and for its businesses. Tomorrow we will adopt a regulation of fundamental importance, an urgent and concrete step to defend the steel sector from the devastating effects of global overcapacity. Today, in the world, th…

29 Apr

2026

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The need for targeted criminal provisions and platforms’ responsibility to effectively address cyberbullying and online harassment (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, 34% of teenagers in Italy have experienced cyberbullying. It is not a fact of nature: It is the product of platforms that earn on hate. We need to change course now. The Commission has just made a preliminary finding that Meta does not prevent children under 13 from using Instagram and Facebook, with all the relevant consequences on their mental…

28 Apr

2026

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Enforcement of the Digital Markets Act (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, today non-European digital platforms dictate the conditions of online activity to millions of consumers and businesses, obtaining resources, bypassing competitors, closing users inside their systems. This addiction must end. The Digital Markets Act exists to break this grip. Two years have passed, but today the investigations are still too slow, the measures …

11 Mar

2026

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Multilateral negotiations in view of the WTO’s 14th Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé, 26 to 29 March 2026 (debate)

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10 Mar

2026

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Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the words of leader Mark Carney in Davos hit the mark, because they made it clear once and for all that the old world is over and we have entered a new one. A world where Europe must change or disappear in relentless decline. For this reason, with Canada, as well as with other medium-sized powers, the European Union must build more advanced political and trade r…

11 Feb

2026

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Urgent actions to revive EU competitiveness, deepen the EU Single Market and reduce the cost of living - from the Draghi report to reality (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, a year ago Draghi told European governments: Do something! They haven't done almost anything yet and continue to read that report as a à la carte menu, while they should address the key recommendation: moving from a confederation to a European federation, with a pragmatic federalism that pools resources, collects common debt and makes common investments, over…

10 Feb

2026

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Presentation of the action plan against cyberbullying (debate)

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21 Jan

2026

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Preparations for the EU-India summit (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, strengthening the strategic partnership between the European Union and India is a clear political priority. We were with the Trade Committee at the end of October to hold meetings in New Delhi precisely for this purpose. We are talking about a relationship that concerns trade and investment, but also foreign policy, security, innovation and above all fundamen…

20 Jan

2026

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Territorial integrity and sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark: the need for a united EU response to US blackmail attempts (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the title of this debate is already indicative of what the majority of this Parliament thinks. We need a united European response to the American blackmail of Greenland. We need to send a clear message to the United States: Stop, go back to the discussion table, because this time the countermeasures, the sanctions will really be there and they will hurt. I say t…

20 Jan

2026

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Tackling AI deepfakes and sexual exploitation on social media by making full use of the EU’s digital rules (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I am outraged today. I am outraged and angry that, in this Parliament, even in the face of violence against children, sexual blackmail and suicide, the sovereign right can clearly say that it is necessary to apply the rules and punish those who abuse. On the contrary, we are asked not to censure freedom of expression. We're insane. So do we want to continue i…

18 Dec

2025

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European Democracy Shield – very large online platform algorithms, foreign interference and the spread of disinformation (debate)

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17 Dec

2025

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2030 Consumer Agenda (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner McGrath, why does a company that sells offline have to follow a whole series of rules to protect customers and consumers, while in online commerce large players, often non-European, can still do whatever they want, making unfair competition to companies in our territories? This also impacts consumers, so this agenda is an important piece to ensur…

16 Dec

2025

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Phasing out Russian natural gas imports and improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies (debate)

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26 Nov

2025

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Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (debate)

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Madam President, colleagues, this is a good report, the result of real cross-party work. It proves that, despite Brexit, cooperation with the UK can deliver – smooth sharing of police data to fight cross-border crime, steady energy trade to keep prices down, joint steps to protect farmers and small businesses from needless border checks, and new partnerships on clean technologies like carbon captu…

25 Nov

2025

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Digital Package (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, there are rules in the digital space regardless; It is a question of deciding whether we let the big tech companies establish them in agreement with each other, or whether we set them up in a democratic way. It is right to simplify our digital regulations, for example by helping small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups by removing their bureaucracy and c…