What Alex spoke about.

16 Sep

2026

MT Speech

State of the Union (debate)

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Ms President, Europe has always been a pioneer in regulating technology and must remain the same in protecting minors. I speak as a father and I know that many of you also want your children to be protected. Parents are concerned about digital security. As a Socialist group, we have been asking to act and look forward to the Children's Act proposal. Big tech companies have put addictive products o…

8 Jul

2026

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Defending European democracy and the integrity of the European Parliament in light of revelations that an MEP was subject to surveillance by illegal spyware (debate)

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Ms President, All European citizens have a right to privacy and should be reassured that their personal communication remains private. But one asks: This is still the case? Nowadays a spyware has been created through which smartphones can be accessed without knowing and without the need for the victim to press a link intended for phishing. This development can kill our right to privacy and, worse,…

7 Jul

2026

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

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Mr President, the more we digitalise our lives, the more vulnerable our society is to cyber attacks. Where previously hackers were only human beings, today we are facing bots and artificial intelligence models. They can further expose our vulnerabilities. We have seen what Anthropic Mythos can do and in the future we will see much stronger artificial intelligence-based hacking tools. This is not a…

17 Jun

2026

MT Speech

Protecting children’s safety and mental health from the risks posed by social media – our duty to act now (debate)

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Mrs President, the dear thing for us the parents always remain the children. We want to see them succeed, but every parent today is frustrated when he sees the heavy dependence of our children on social media, which is hindering them from their development. Whoever has adolescent children can understand what I am saying. Social media is the biggest headache for us, especially because of screen tim…

16 Jun

2026

EN Speech

Achieving digital sovereignty and resilience for Europe, in light of recent developments affecting access to advanced AI technologies (debate)

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Mr President, is there anyone left who believes that Europe can put its economy in the hands of Donald Trump and his big tech oligarchs? We have seen what happened to the international court judges being cut off from essential digital services because of sanctions. Just try to imagine living without Microsoft, Mastercard and other American technologies – good luck! But you can't. Therefore, Europe…

12 Mar

2026

MT Speech

Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2024 (debate)

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Ms President, starting with, first of all, congratulating the new Ombudsman Teresa Anjinho, I wish her every success in her term of office. Its commitment to a focused administration that gives more transparency and accountability to European citizens is vital. Europeans expect from us, from the European institutions, more ethics, more transparency and better administration. Our political g…

11 Mar

2026

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Package travel and linked travel arrangements: make the protection of travellers more effective and simplify and clarify certain aspects (debate)

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11 Mar

2026

EN Speech

Package travel and linked travel arrangements: make the protection of travellers more effective and simplify and clarify certain aspects (debate)

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Madam President, for our voters, their holiday is the highlight of the year, something they have to save money for, something that is planned well in advance, something to look forward to. But things can go wrong and the holiday can be spoilt by a natural disaster, a pandemic that leads to travel restrictions, an armed conflict – something which is also unfolding right now in the Middle East, whic…

11 Mar

2026

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Child sexual abuse online: protect children, not perpetrators (topical debate)

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10 Mar

2026

MT Speech

Single Market: how to move from an incomplete single market to one market for one Europe (debate)

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Mrs President! The European single market - is the world's second largest market: Four hundred and fifty million consumers depend on our decisions. Four hundred and fifty million consumers who are today waiting for the European Commission to take action as soon as possible to also see that the pressures that our consumers are falling on their own, due to the geopolitical crises we are facing due t…

11 Feb

2026

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Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy (debate)

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Ms President, in Europe we can never accept that our children are raised in poverty. Financial stress within the family, food missing in children's school bags. How can you expect these children to reach their educational potential? And this is not fair, and this is something we can prevent with a financially backed European Child Guarantee. If the Commission needs inspiration, you can visit Malta…

11 Feb

2026

MT Answer

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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Ms President, see, having a balance, ultimately, on regulation, not putting unnecessary burdens on our businesses, is something we are totally not opposed to. However, when I see this side of the room attacking, today, so ferociously the Green Deal when yesterday we were talking to the European Commission, as we did, in order to help in the aftermath of the climate crisis that led to devastation i…

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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Ms President, we can never be competitive if we do not incentivise our workers on the best conditions, with the best rights. We can never be competitive if we do not produce the best quality products for our consumers, European consumers. And this is not a question of ideology, as we have heard in various interventions today, but it is one of common sense. The American economic model is not, not t…

10 Feb

2026

EN Speech

Presentation of the action plan against cyberbullying (debate)

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Mr President – Paul, a 15-year-old. Last year, his parents found him dead in his bedroom. Dead after months of bullying. As his friends were making fun of his looks and bullying him non-stop on different online platforms. There is nothing worse for a parent than seeing your child suffering, nothing worse than losing a child because of bullying, which, in today's world, has shifted online. Too many…

10 Feb

2026

MT Speech

Extreme weather events in particular in Portugal, southern Italy, Malta and Greece: European response in strengthening readiness, preparedness and solidarity mechanisms (debate)

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21 Jan

2026

MT Speech

Presentation of the Digital Networks Act (debate)

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Mrs President, one of the sectors that we have the most consumers talking to us about because of problems they are facing, always remains that telecommunications sector. And so, in every reform we move forward, we must ensure that the most important element that always protects our consumers, which is that of competition, remains at the centre of our work. And so, it is important that no new regul…

21 Jan

2026

MT Answer

European Council meeting (joint debate)

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Mr President, I remain amazed that the far-right and political groups on this side of the room consistently continue to defend their idol - their idol that is Trump - in the face of all these attacks on European integrity. Nowadays not only attacks on European legislation, but a direct attack, directly, on one of our Member States and its territorial integrity. I think that if you really want to c…

21 Jan

2026

MT Speech

European Council meeting (joint debate)

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Mr President, the best weapon we can use against bullies, like Trump, is to be consistent. First of all consistent with our principles and values, consistent with the way we ultimately lead diplomacy and act in the face of threats. And so, I think the message that as a European Union has led us forward, when, following threats from the U.S. government, directly from President Trump, against theacq…

20 Jan

2026

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Presentation of the Cybersecurity Act (debate)

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Ms President, can we continue to function when the internet continues to be demolished by a cyberattack? Today digital infrastructure has become as essential for our citizens as other utilities: utilities such as electricity supply and water supply. More and more now that our physical infrastructure has also become dependent on the internet to function normally, to enable hospitals to deliver care…

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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Ms President, the photos of our children are no longer safe on the internet. Imagine your son's pictures, imagine your daughter's pictures being used to create child abuse material? This is a sad thought but it is a reality that many and many parents are facing across the European Union. Women, who are already facing a toxic environment on an online basis, are seeing their photos being used malici…

18 Dec

2025

EN Speech

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

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Mr President, nowadays, most of us get our news from social media – in Malta, around 80 % do so. And while healthy democracies rely on quality journalism for objective information, this is not how our platforms are working. Big tech made a business out of polarisation. Their algorithms give preference to interaction. – it's what keeps attention and sells more advertisement for them. We know this, …

26 Nov

2025

EN Speech

Defence of Democracy package (joint debate)

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Madam President, Executive Vice‑President, our democracy thrives by transparency. We need to shed light on all the special interests and also lobbies that try to influence our policy, and this goes beyond third country interests: it is as much about corporate lobbies and all legitimate civil society organisations that provide us with useful advice. Our voters want to know who tries to influence us…

26 Nov

2025

MT Speech

EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024 (debate)

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25 Nov

2025

EN Speech

Digital Package (debate)

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Mr President, the proposal for a digital omnibus comes at a very difficult time – I would even say at the worst time possible. The US Commission are already having a difficult task to enforce our digital rules with the headwinds coming from the US. Investigations on platforms are ongoing and need to be concluded to ensure that they respect our acquis. In this context, you are opening a discussion …

25 Nov

2025

MT Speech

Protection of minors online (debate)

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Ms President, the online world today is not a safe place for our children primarily because of the model with which platforms work that are leading to excessive times our children are spending on their smartphones, on their tablets. And in some cases, algorithms are pushing even totally flawed content, which promotes self-harm on minors, with devastating effects on them. Cyberbullying is on the ri…