What Isabella spoke about.

22 Nov

2023

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Reducing regulatory burden to unleash entrepreneurship and competitiveness (topical debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, our companies are ahead of the European institutions, which should stimulate their growth and competitiveness, instead of curbing it with rules and constraints, as is now all too often the case, every day with measures linked to the green turnaround. Our companies are ahead because they already know for themselves that attention to the environment is a factor…

8 Nov

2023

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, left-wing associations and parties in Belgium are pushing for a law that prohibits criticism of Islam, a law that would erase freedom of expression, handing us over directly to those who want to turn Europe into a branch in Tehran. In the ghetto neighborhoods of our cities, in the shadow of mosques funded by fundamentalists, more than a generation of immigran…

4 Oct

2023

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The spread of ‘anti-LGBTIQ’ propaganda bills by populist parties and governments in Europe (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would first of all like to address the lefts in this House, but they are obviously less and less present among ordinary people and in the governments of the European nations. After you have impoverished families, doubling mortgages, after you have decided to force them to buy an expensive electric car, perhaps produced in China, and after you have forced them …

13 Sep

2023

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Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Europe is not under the illusion that: With the new Critical Matters Act, we will certainly be able to create a European supply chain of these elements that are indispensable for the green transition, but we will not be able to free ourselves from dependence on China, Turkey and the countries of Africa, from which we import 98% of the rare earths. Already today,…

12 Sep

2023

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Iran: one year after the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, everything has changed since the killing of Mahsa Amini in Iran. Unfortunately, nothing has changed in Europe. While in Tehran people die, Brussels has quickly forgotten all the Saman Abbas of Europe and continues to promote the veil as a symbol of freedom and emancipation in official communications, thus trampling on the battle of Iranian women against what the…

11 Sep

2023

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, when our local administrators try to apply in the territories the crazy and ideological measures decided in the buildings of Brussels, the results are inevitably disastrous and only the citizens are always at the expense of them. In Piedmont, for example, 140 000 workers and families who own relatively recent cars – for example, cars that are only eight yea…

12 Jul

2023

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Putting the European economy at the service of the middle class (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, with a single entry into the family, our parents were able to buy the first house, sometimes even the holiday home, and arrive at the end of the month. Today a family with two salaries struggles to support the installments of a single mortgage and, in four out of ten cases, fails to pay the bills or sobs. The ECB's decision to raise interest rates to combat infl…

12 Jun

2023

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, historic cars are a wealth that contributes to promoting tourism and the identity of our territories through gatherings and charitable initiatives that move a great deal and above all give prestige to European industrial design. The stop to endothermic engines risks dispersing this heritage, handed down from generation to generation, with dedication and econo…

19 Apr

2023

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The crackdown on the right to education and education rights activists in Afghanistan, including the case of Matiullah Wesa

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Mr President, with the Taliban in power, women's conditions in Afghanistan have gone back 20 years. In the name of an archaic and extremist interpretation of sharia, women were forced to wear the full veil and were forbidden not only to work, but also to study. Almost all girls' schools have been closed and those who study or teach secretly do so at the risk of their lives. The recent arrest of Ma…

18 Apr

2023

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Energy storage (debate)

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Madam President, Europe's industrial and geopolitical future is mainly played out on the energy front. Yet so far Europe has not been able to respond adequately to the challenges posed by the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. For years it has demonized gas, a resource that has turned out to be strategic and will continue to be so for many years to come, it has made energy agreements with unstable and un…

15 Mar

2023

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International Women's Day

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, in this debate on women - and I greet the two guests who are a tangible example of success, courage and women - I have decided, however, to draw attention to an important issue: the issue of eating disorders. A dramatic phenomenon and above all in worrying increase, which concerns mainly the female universe and of which there is still not enough talk. Today i…

13 Mar

2023

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Energy performance of buildings (recast) (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, under the pretext of protecting the environment, the European lefts have finally succeeded in inventing a hidden patrimony over the home of Italians, hitting the refuge par excellence, the result of work and sacrifices of a lifetime. In the name of ideological environmentalism, the Household Directive green will lead to the devaluation of what for many famili…

14 Dec

2022

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Tackle the cost of living crisis: increase pay, tax profits, stop speculation (topical debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, speculation about energy prices is literally bringing citizens and businesses to their knees, but unfortunately Europe does not seem to realise this. Today, here in the European Parliament, we have awarded the Ukrainian people the highest European award, namely the Sakharov Prize, but we do not realise that if Europe does not take concrete and i…

23 Nov

2022

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A truly interconnected Energy Single Market to keep bills down and companies competitive (topical debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the time has come when Europe could proclaim unity and solidarity without having to demonstrate it in practice. Today, the energy crisis, a real test for the European Union, requires concrete and shared initiatives, which, however, are slow to arrive, leaving room for divisions and selfishness, which make us lose face at international level and …

22 Nov

2022

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Gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges (debate)

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In this regard, I have just mentioned the good practices of the region from which I come, which is the Lombardy region, where 48% of women managers reside in Italy, without the need to impose quotas. We have reached better percentages, but I am not satisfied. The problem is that I do not think quotas are an appropriate instrument. We need welfare, that's the only solution and that's the only keywo…

22 Nov

2022

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Gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges (debate)

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I believe that focusing solely and exclusively on pink odds is a diversion not to address the problem. We are facing the digital transition and there will be new professions of the future, especially in STEM subjects, but we must be aware that only a very small percentage of women approach technical and scientific subjects, because they tell us that these subjects are probably the prerogative of m…

22 Nov

2022

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Gender balance among non-executive directors of companies listed on stock exchanges (debate)

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(IT) Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, imposing equality on the boards of large companies is a façade operation, which certainly appeals to progressives, but unfortunately does not solve the problem of gender inequality at work at its root. To have more women at the top you do not need pink quotas or fines for companies, but an efficient welfare and a valid training offer, which allow women t…

19 Oct

2022

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Whitewashing of the anti-European extreme right in the EU (topical debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would first of all like to address those who today strongly wanted this debate, namely the European Lefts. Once again you want to convince us that governments are democratic only when you win the elections, or, better yet, when you go to the government, perhaps without an electoral mandate, exactly as has happened for many years in Italy. Obsessed with those w…

4 Oct

2022

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The death of Mahsa Amini and the repression of women's rights protesters in Iran (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Masha Amini, Hadis Najafi, Roshana and who knows how many other names have escaped the news these days. But how many women still have to die before Europe takes a strong stand against the fundamentalist regime in Tehran and against the process of Islamization of Europe? The time has come for Brussels to get out of ambiguity, if it really wants to stand in solida…

12 Sep

2022

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Energy efficiency (recast) (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, energy efficiency is crucial to reducing Europe's dependence on suppliers that are no longer reliable, such as Russia. However, in order to be effective, energy savings in homes, industry and energy production must go hand in hand with realistic ones, especially when it comes to the redevelopment and decarbonisation of public and private buildings. If we really …

7 Jul

2022

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Recent heat wave and drought in the EU (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, water scarcity is bringing all our territories to their knees, causing enormous damage to an economy that is already struggling. In Lombardy alone, losses of 500 million euros are already complaining and, also due to higher energy prices, companies in the sector will have greater burdens in harvest management and fruit production, which will inevitably be passed…

7 Jun

2022

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Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States (Effort Sharing Regulation) - Land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) - CO2 emission standards for cars and vans (joint debate – Fit for 55 (part 2))

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, at this dramatic moment, it is very risky to sacrifice European economies on the altar of the ecological utopia of the green shift. Some of Europe's biggest polluters, such as Germany, which alone is responsible for a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union, want to erase their guilt by imposing unrealistic climate targets on everyone, such as …

5 Apr

2022

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Trans-European energy infrastructure (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the aggression against Ukraine has turned the issue of energy into an economic crisis that is hitting households and businesses hard. Our citizens seem powerless to witness price increases that risk leading us to a new recession soon. At this stage, addressing the role of trans-European energy networks is strategic for all of us. That is why we hav…

24 Mar

2022

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The Power of the EU – Joint European Action for more affordable, secure and sustainable energy (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the energy crisis is choking businesses and citizens, undermining economic recovery and, not least, giving Putin's Russia a weapon of blackmail against Europe. The European Union was born on the rubble of war precisely from energy as a Coal and Steel Community. Maybe we haven't learned our lesson. The foresight of the founding fathers in recent decades has le…

19 Jan

2022

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Digital Services Act (continuation of debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, when we browse the web, we feel free: free to inform us, free to use new services, free to meet virtually and to share experiences and opinions. This freedom, however, can become an illusion or worse a trap when it is not guaranteed and protected by a system of certain and shared rules. For this reason, the primary purpose of a European Digital Services Act must…