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28 Feb

2024

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European Digital Identity framework (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner Breton, ladies and gentlemen, this regulation finally creates a true European digital identity. I have followed this dossier thanks to my role as negotiator for the Socialists and Democrats in the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights, and allow me to congratulate the rapporteur-general, Romana Jerkovic, on her excellent work. The new European…

28 Feb

2024

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Data collection and sharing relating to short-term accommodation rental services (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner Breton, ladies and gentlemen, the regulation on the collection and sharing of data on short-term accommodation rental services is an important new piece of the European mosaic. I am happy to have followed him as a negotiator for the Socialists and Democrats Group. Let me also immediately thank the rapporteur, Kim Van Sparrentak, for the extraordinary work she has done…

28 Feb

2024

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Resumption of the sitting

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Madam President, I would like to raise an item on the agenda, pursuant to Rule 195 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure. We have heard the heartbreaking testimony of Yulia Navalnaya, a reminder of the need to step up our efforts to protect those who, like Navalny, have made the defence of human rights and dignity their mission. Together with other colleagues and Gariwo – the gardens of the Righteous…

27 Feb

2024

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Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2023 (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, 11 days ago was the terrible but predictable news of the murder of Alexei Navalny, yet another crime on Putin’s conscience: This is a very serious crime that the entire international community must firmly condemn. We can't help but talk about the state of human rights in the world. As a Union, we cannot allow other cases like this to happen. For this reason, on …

27 Feb

2024

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War in the Gaza Strip and the need to reach a ceasefire, including recent developments in the region (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, hunger is being used as a weapon in Gaza. Humanitarian aid is no longer coming in: in February they were much less than in January, while the death toll reaches more than 30,000 civilians, women and children. The UN Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNRWA, cannot be left without resources. What lasting peace and security can this humanitarian catastrophe guarantee?…

7 Feb

2024

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This is Europe - Debate with the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Mr Iohannis, Romania is an important European country. After joining the Union in 2007, it will enter the Schengen area from next March. This is good news, because it speaks to us of a more united and stronger Europe, where citizens can enjoy equal rights. A Europe that, today, faces great challenges together. We have adopted in this Parliament, in recent mon…

6 Feb

2024

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Quality traineeships in the EU (debate)

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Mr President, in Europe, 4 million young people a year undertake a traineeship as a first step towards entering the world of work. A growing phenomenon and a theme, that of internships and traineeships, which I have been following for many years, working in this Parliament to strengthen its quality, strengthening the Youth Guarantee and helping girls and boys in the difficult transition between st…

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, Orbán's Hungary has once again been guilty of a serious breach of the rule of law, to which this House must react. I am referring to the case of Ilaria Salis, a European citizen, who has been arrested for a year in very harsh conditions, forced to sign sheets in Hungarian without translation and carried on a leash and with chains in a courtroom. In Europe, th…

16 Jan

2024

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Fight against the resurgence of neo-fascism in Europe, also based on the parade that took place in Rome on 7 January (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I want to say this clearly in this House: neo-fascist and neo-Nazi organisations must be dissolved and their promoters prosecuted in accordance with the law. No tolerance is possible towards the intolerant. Our European democracy, born of the Resistance, must be defended by those who want to pollute it with the virus of nationalism, which in this very House has …

16 Jan

2024

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Humanitarian situation in Gaza, the need to reach a ceasefire and the risks of regional escalation (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, more than three months have passed since 7 October and the humanitarian situation in Gaza is only getting worse: More than 23,000 Palestinians have died and more than 60,000 have been injured. We need an immediate ceasefire and the release of all hostages, as High Representative Borrell has called for, preventing an escalation in neighbouring Lebanon and the Red…

13 Dec

2023

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One year after Morocco and QatarGate – stocktaking of measures to strengthen transparency and accountability in the European institutions (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, a year ago some people tried to bribe this Parliament by using the issue of human rights for personal gain, tarnishing the honour of the European institutions. The exact responsibilities will be ascertained but it is undoubtedly necessary to make our European democratic house more transparent and resistant to external influences, with best practices also in the …

13 Dec

2023

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Review of the Spanish Presidency of the Council (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, 'there will come a time when people will want to hang Sánchez by the feet': These are the very serious words of Santiago Abascal, leader of the Spanish far right. An incitement to hatred and violence for which I express my solidarity with President Pedro Sánchez, present here today, and with all of democratic and anti-fascist Spain. Despite all this, Giorgia …

12 Dec

2023

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Need to release all hostages, to achieve a humanitarian ceasefire and prospect of the two-state solution (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in Gaza, Israel and the West Bank, blood, terror and chaos continue to be the real protagonists. We need an immediate ceasefire! More than 18,000 victims in Gaza, 137 people still held hostage by Hamas, hospitals collapsing everywhere. 85% of Gaza's population, 1.9 million people, are displaced and the city of Rafah, on the border with Egypt, is a huge refugee c…

22 Nov

2023

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Humanitarian situation in Gaza, the need for the release of hostages and for an immediate humanitarian truce leading to a ceasefire and the prospects for peace and security in the Middle East (debate)

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Mr President, Mr High Representative, ladies and gentlemen, these are decisive hours: The ongoing negotiations seem to lead to a possible truce, to a release of the hostages. We hope it can happen as soon as possible. This slight optimism, however, immediately leaves room for the observation of a dramatic situation on the ground: More than a month after the criminal Hamas attack, deaths continue t…

21 Nov

2023

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Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the challenges facing the European Union are at a crossroads: To take a step forward in the integration process or, as Mario Draghi also recently said, to remain nothing more than a common market, to lose centrality, to lose one's role in the world. The proposal we are going to vote on is the first step in getting Council leaders to address the discussion on lau…

20 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)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, today is World Children's Day. It pains me to point out that the situation for children is still dramatic when we look at child poverty in Europe and Italy. I'm leaving from my own country: Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has received the European Union's Child Guarantee and an excellent national plan for its implementation. But since his inauguration everythin…

8 Nov

2023

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 26-27 October 2023 - Humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the need for a humanitarian pause (joint debate - Conclusions of the European Council and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the need for a humanitarian pause)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, 'we are in grave danger of Benjamin Netanyahu and his fanatical allies taking advantage of the Gaza crisis to drive the Palestinians out of all the occupied territories. We risk a regional war for these messianic criminals. These are the words not of a pro-Palestinian activist, but of Ehud Olmert, former premier of the Likud nationalist right, in an interview…

18 Oct

2023

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Islamist terrorist attack on French schools and the need to protect people and promote social cohesion (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we react with dismay to the deaths following the terrorist acts in France and Belgium. Once again, European citizens are being affected. In the face of all this, however, we must not resign ourselves. Something must and can be done, something other than shameful and generalizing speculation on the skin of migrants and refugees, the result of a purely racist visi…

18 Oct

2023

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Mental health at work (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, every year around 12 billion working days are lost due to depression or anxiety, at a cost to the world economy of almost USD 1 trillion. These are data that concern the World Health Organization and the International Labour Organization, which have developed guidelines and information on mental health in the workplace and are calling again for concrete actio…

18 Oct

2023

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Fighting disinformation and dissemination of illegal content in the context of the Digital Services Act and in times of conflict (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we have also seen this clearly in these days of conflict: Disinformation can have devastating effects and further fuel hatred and tension, if not governed and countered. Europe is at the forefront with the Digital Services Act, introducing platform accountability measures, which are necessary to protect European citizens and to create a healthy online environmen…

18 Oct

2023

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A true geopolitical Europe now (topical debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the tragic events of recent weeks have given us new crises with unpredictable and global implications, from migration flows to wars and security issues. Everyone is calling for a Europe that is truly an effective geopolitical actor, but to achieve all this we need to take a step forward in European political unity. I want to use this moment and this debate of…

18 Oct

2023

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The despicable terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel, Israel’s right to defend itself in line with humanitarian and international law and the humanitarian situation in Gaza (debate)

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Mr President, Mr High Representative, we have condemned the massacre perpetrated by Hamas criminals and we support Israel's sacrosanct right to defend itself and neutralise the offensive capacity of terrorists, as well as calling for the immediate release of all hostages. On the other hand, we cannot accept the affirmation of the right to revenge. In Gaza we are facing a real humanitarian catastro…

4 Oct

2023

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Need for a speedy adoption of the asylum and migration package (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, yesterday in this House we commemorated the tenth anniversary of the Lampedusa tragedy: 368 men, women and children who lost their lives in an attempt to seek a better life. It is angering to think that an agreement on the migration and asylum package is still blocked because some believe that the presence of NGO ships is an incentive for immigration, while the …

3 Oct

2023

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Situation in Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan’s attack and the continuing threats against Armenia (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we strongly condemn Azerbaijan's military aggression against the Armenian-majority region of Nagorno-Karabakh. More than 100,000 refugees have already arrived in Armenia from a region that was inhabited by more than 120,000 people. Any forcible transfer of persons and any possible action against them on ethnic grounds is and will be considered a crime against…

2 Oct

2023

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Signing of acts adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 79)

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Madam President, thank you for your words of remembrance of President Napolitano. I wanted to add something on our part, as a delegation of the Democratic Party. President Giorgio Napolitano was a statesman and of the Italian and European institutions. Parliamentarian first of all, but also a man of government and, as you mentioned, the first President of the Republic to be elected for a second ti…