What Brando spoke about.

21 Jan

2025

IT Speech

Need to enforce the Digital Services Act to protect democracy on social media platforms including against foreign interference and biased algorithms (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, this morning's debate has made it clear that for many colleagues on the right, freedom of expression means that in Europe it should be possible to discriminate against women or declare mentally ill homosexuals, amplifying this content through algorithms, in a non-transparent way and paying to give this content more visibility. We disagree. The majority of thi…

25 Nov

2024

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The outcome of the G20 Leaders' Summit (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the conclusions of the G20 summit were disappointing: a downward agreement reflecting the difficulty of working together on a global climate change agenda, investment for transition and development cooperation. The text is weak on international crises, such as the war in Ukraine and the Middle East. Concrete commitments on a global tax on multibillionaires an…

13 Nov

2024

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EU-US relations in light of the outcome of the US presidential elections (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the American people have spoken and, as chairman of the delegation responsible for this Parliament for maintaining relations with the US institutions, I will continue to work for a strong transatlantic relationship. I returned yesterday, in fact, after a few days of meetings with representatives of the American Congress together with other colleagues I see in…

23 Oct

2024

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Foreign interference and hybrid attacks: the need to strengthen EU resilience and internal security (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the news of unprecedented interference and disinformation by Russia in the pro-European Union referendum and the presidential elections in Moldova came just a few days ago: fake news e Deep Fake They proliferate. However, the European Union already has the tools to ensure more integrity in our electoral processes, thanks to the Digital Services Act, thanks to…

22 Oct

2024

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State sponsored terrorism by the Islamic Republic of Iran in light of the recent attacks in Europe (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we are extremely concerned about the explosions and shootings that took place near the Israeli embassies in Stockholm and Copenhagen. We are waiting for the investigation to continue but the hypotheses seem to lead right to the track of Iranian state-sponsored terrorism. In the face of these serious events, we cannot remain helpless: We must be inflexible as …

22 Oct

2024

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Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the European Parliament is called upon to concretely renew solidarity with Ukraine with the new loan cooperation mechanism, which I am proud to have worked on behalf of my political group. An urgent and necessary tool to support a European country that is under the brutal and unjustified attack of Putin's Russia, which is intensifying its war effort precisely to…

9 Oct

2024

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Protecting the EU budget and ensuring that EU funds do not benefit entities or individuals linked to terrorist or Islamist movement (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the sole purpose of this right-wing debate is to slander UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees. Thanks to EU funds, it provides schools, primary health centres and other essential services to millions of people, children, women and men. This debate is superfluous because the European Commission, less than a year ago, has already verified the financial…

8 Oct

2024

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Outcome of the Summit of the Future: transforming global governance for building peace, promoting human rights and achieving the sustainable development goals (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the 'Pact of the future of the United Nations' must be supported because it promotes a more interconnected multilateralism in order to tackle today's challenges together. It is a right choice and one of these challenges is undoubtedly the functioning of international institutions. True, we need a more effective, representative and financially stable UN system…

18 Sep

2024

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Organised crime, a major threat to the internal security of the European Union and European citizens (topical debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Europol's recent report on the 821 most dangerous criminal networks operating within the European Union paints an alarming, but not surprising, picture. The mafias today are increasingly agile, more transnational, active in a multiplicity of sectors. Links with their countries of origin are weakened. Today, the money accumulated through illicit activities is …

17 Sep

2024

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Outcome of G20 ministerial meeting in Rio-de-Janeiro and fighting inequality (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the work being carried out by the Brazilian presidency of the G20 deserves not only our applause, but also our full support. President Lula's push to tackle global inequalities is now at the heart of the G20 agenda, and what was adopted at the last ministerial meeting in Rio is a big step forward in tackling world hunger, poverty and climate change. The Rio D…

17 Sep

2024

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War in the Gaza Strip and the situation in the Middle-East (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, an average of five children have been killed or injured every day since October 2023. I'm not talking about Gaza, I'm talking about the West Bank. These numbers speak for themselves. Netanyahu's government's intentions are clear: violate the right of the Palestinian people to have their own state and prevent peaceful coexistence between Israelis and Palestini…

17 Sep

2024

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Global measures towards social media platforms - Strengthening the role of DSA and protecting democracy and freedom in the online sphere (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Digital Services Act finally empowers and protects European citizens from disinformation and fake news, placing limits on the action of platforms. The European Commission has done an important job, but there is still a lot to be done. But if Trump isn't happy, I think we're on the right track. And the Member States, the guarantors of privacy, are also moving…

16 Sep

2024

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Need to prevent security threats like the Solingen attack through addressing illegal migration and effective return (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, my commitment as a Member of the European Parliament began in this House ten years ago. Many things have changed since then, and I have changed too, but my will to fight for a fairer Europe, capable of responding to people's needs, of overcoming fears by finding the solutions we need together, has never changed. For this reason, on a story like this in Solingen,…

23 Apr

2024

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EU-Egypt strategic and comprehensive partnership and agreements with key third countries (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, EUR 7 400 million. This is the value of the agreement between the European Union and Egypt, signed in March at the court of al-Sisi with Giorgia Meloni in the company of Ursula Von der Leyen. There will be as many as 200 million used to stop the departures of migrants, still outsourcing the control of European borders and ignoring human rights. This agreement wa…

23 Apr

2024

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EU’s response to the repeated killing of humanitarian aid workers, journalists and civilians by the Israel Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, more than 34,000 dead and more than 77,000 injured: And it is only a partial budget, the last one, after hundreds of days of war in Gaza and the massacre continues. Seven aid workers from the NGO World Central Kitchen were recently killed by the Israeli army. It must be said clearly: It is a war crime that we condemn and for which a thorough investigation wil…

23 Apr

2024

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Resumption of the sitting

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(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I just wanted to point out to the whole House that we have here with us today, in the balcony following this moment of voting, Patrick Zaki, a human rights activist imprisoned in Egypt for many years who, thanks also to our commitment here in the Chamber, the resolutions, the commitment that we have carried out - it was carried out first of all by President…

22 Apr

2024

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Common rules promoting the repair of goods (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, many billions of euros are currently lost a year in the purchase of new goods to replace broken ones, when it would be possible to repair them, not counting the 35 million tonnes of waste generated, because it is easier to throw away the broken phone or computer and buy a new one instead of repairing it. Europe often seems distant from the citizens, but the r…

14 Mar

2024

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Promised revision of the EU animal welfare legislation and the animal welfare-related European citizens’ initiatives (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, European citizens care about animal welfare and the Eurobarometer data speak volumes. Citizens are calling on the European Union to better protect the welfare of farmed animals: a limitation of the duration of the transport of animals and also a greater protection of the welfare of pet animals. However, there are too many economic interests that prevail over the…

13 Mar

2024

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Rising anti-LGBTIQ rhetoric and violence: recent attacks in Thessaloniki (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, unfortunately, even in this House, in the celebration of the International Day for Women's Rights, we have heard transphobic words so it is a problem that everywhere, here too, is a cultural problem, a problem of laws. It applies to Thessaloniki, it applies to Greece, to the acts of violence that we remember, but it also applies to my country, Italy, where there…

13 Mar

2024

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The immediate risk of mass starvation in Gaza and the attacks on humanitarian aid deliveries

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the famine in Gaza is much more than a risk, it is the dramatic reality that children, women and men are living in these hours, victims of the strategy of the Netanyahu government. High Representative Borrell also said: The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is not a natural disaster, Israel is using hunger as a weapon of war. What is happening at the Rafah crossing is…

13 Mar

2024

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This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Finland, Petteri Orpo (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Mr Orpo, the idea of Europe that your government represents is the opposite of what is needed: an alliance where self-styled moderate and pro-European parties bow to the nationalist and reactionary right like the True Finns party. A model that perhaps can please the Melons and Salvini of Europe, but that produces only division, weakness, isolation and fragili…

12 Mar

2024

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Artificial Intelligence Act (debate)

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(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would again like to thank Mr Tudorache for the work he has done together, the fellow rapporteurs of the political groups, but also you, Commissioner Breton, for the work carried out even in the difficult negotiations that you have mentioned, I am thinking about fundamental issues such as the safety of the most powerful models, an issue on which we have ta…

12 Mar

2024

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Artificial Intelligence Act (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner Breton, ladies and gentlemen, after two intense years of work, we have finally come to pass the world's first binding law on artificial intelligence, aimed at reducing risks and increasing opportunities, combating discrimination, giving transparency, bringing our democratic values of freedom and equality into the development of these new technologies, while supporting in…

12 Mar

2024

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Horizontal cybersecurity requirements for products with digital elements and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 (A9-0253/2023 - Nicola Danti) (vote)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I just want everyone, including those who listen to us and those who follow us, to know that Mr Ciocca is not new to doing these scenes. Even now, while we were voting, while we are doing our duty for the citizens of Europe, he does scenes only to be sent perhaps on social media or in some communication tool. It makes us ridiculous, it humiliates our work and…

12 Mar

2024

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Council and Commission statements - Preparation of the European Council meeting of 21 and 22 March 2024 (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we are not convinced by President von der Leyen's words here this morning. While around us Viktor Orbán hopes for Trump's return and Netanyahu says there will never be a Palestinian state, Europe must decide whether to disappear or become big, it cannot be content with half-way choices. We have heard of a humanitarian aid ship in Gaza, the first in many years, i…