What Gianna spoke about.

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Apr

2024

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Forging a sustainable future together: economic, social and territorial challenges for a competitive, cohesive and inclusive Europe (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that cohesion policies are a pillar of the European Union and an absolutely ambitious and necessary challenge. What we want to remember is that the European Union, with all its institutions, must ensure that we grow and support what is already there and which is important in our socio-economic fabric, and in this case I am referring to sm…

28

Feb

2024

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Regaining our competitive edge - a prosperous EU in a fragmented global economy (topical debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in this important debate, I would like - with the short time I have available - to highlight three important points. The first point is certainly to think of a real reform of the treaties towards a Europe as a single, geopolitical, strong entity, and a reform in the liberal, federalist sense to have a really strong economy. The second point is to p…

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Feb

2024

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Working conditions of teachers in the EU (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, there has been talk for some time now of a crisis in education systems, without ever wanting to admit that the problem is upstream and also arises from the training and working conditions of teachers. Lack of attractiveness of the teaching profession, lack of homogeneous continuing education programmes, significant geographical and didactic imbalan…

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Jan

2024

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Gender aspects of the rising cost of living and the impact of the energy crisis (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, it is undeniable that there is also a gender disparity in the European Union which has increased the impact on women of the recent energy crises. The report mentions aspects that should certainly not be underestimated and there are also positive aspects, such as support for women to enter the world of work in STEM disciplines, to name a few, but we must bear …

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Dec

2023

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Outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (COP28) (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, today is a crucial moment for our planet and for the future of the new generations. COP28 marked a fundamental milestone because we found an important agreement, in which a serious and realistic path was defined: Pragmatism, gradualness, neutrality and accompaniment are the polar stars of this agreement. Financial commitments have also been made to…

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Nov

2023

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Type-approval of motor vehicles and engines with respect to their emissions and battery durability (Euro 7) (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, today we are faced with a crucial choice between common sense and ideology. The Euro 7 proposal, as presented by the European Commission, risks stifling our automotive sector. We strongly support the compromise reached in ENVI to ensure a cleaner environment, listening to the needs of industry and thus safeguarding employment. The Council of the Union, with the …

12

Sep

2023

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Ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to say at the outset that air quality, improving air quality and combating pollution are top priorities. However, I would like to submit to you our concern that the morphologies and geography of some regions have not been taken into account, for example Padania or Catalonia or the Netherlands - there are others that I could mention - and therefore …

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May

2023

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Adequacy of the protection afforded by the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we believe that it is essential to establish the highest possible standards of transparency and privacy for the protection of European citizens. We cannot compromise on the issues of human rights and individual freedoms. Sensitive data is a weapon and not only an economic resource, therefore, Commissioner, it is appropriate to achieve the highest o…

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May

2023

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Fighting cyberbullying of young people across the EU (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, first of all a greeting to Coco's brave mother. The best way to deal with cyberbullying is to call it a social scourge: When we talk about cyberbullying, the tendency is to focus only on those who suffer the gesture, without dwelling on the multiple aspects of an enormously complex phenomenon. Cyberbullying obliges us to go, even legally, beyond th…

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Apr

2023

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Keeping people healthy, water drinkable and soil liveable: getting rid of forever pollutants and strengthening EU chemical legislation now (topical debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that this is a very important moment for our future. It is clear that there are conflicting actions regarding industries and sometimes the public interest, health, soil. I think we need to change the paradigm altogether: Money must no longer be the engine of our choices, but a vision that we must give to our children and future generat…

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Mar

2023

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EU-Armenia relations (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, today we are discussing the EU-Armenia relationship and the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. As rightly pointed out in the resolution, the rule of law, human rights and fundamental freedoms are common values of democracy and the European Union still needs to address some important issues concerning the stability and security of the region. It is w…

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Nov

2022

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The future European Financial Architecture for Development (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, today, when we talk about the financial context in development cooperation, we are forced to acknowledge a bitter reality. The fact that immigration is being rebounded in many Member States and that there are also such silly discussions between Member States is, I believe, the result precisely of the fact that we do not start from factual evidence and reality. H…

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Jun

2022

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The human rights situation in Xinjiang, including the Xinjiang police files

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, 'shoot him on sight': These are the watchwords of the Chinese police in the forced re-education camps for the Uyghurs. The shocking revelations about the totalitarian policy of persecution of this minority in China leave us no longer in doubt. For years, the Beijing regime has been trying to hide what we have been denouncing here in Europe for s…

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May

2022

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Use of the Pegasus Software by EU Member States against individuals including MEPs and the violation of fundamental rights (topical debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Pegasus spyware affair is first and foremost a problem of credibility for Europe, for its values and rights, those that we would like to defend and therefore the rights, the values of European democracy and also of its governments. Let's face it, those who should have watched over the privacy and integrity of their citizens' data evidently did not. They have…

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Apr

2022

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Global approach to research and innovation: Europe’s strategy for international cooperation in a changing world (debate) (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, freedom of research is increasingly under threat in various parts of the world today. According to the latest UN report from July 2020, university autonomy and reductions in higher education funds are on the agenda in different parts of the world. In Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan the violations are constant and often lead to the removal of teach…