What Sabrina spoke about.

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Apr

2024

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The sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive - Anti-Money Laundering Regulation - Establishing the Authority for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (joint debate - Anti-money laundering)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, thank you to all those who have worked on this new anti-money laundering directive. According to the latest Europol data, almost 70% of criminal networks operating in Europe use money laundering to hide their assets and finance their activities. There is another worrying fact that is often underestimated, but that actually follows along with that of recycling. T…

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Apr

2024

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Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, do we want to talk about de-escalation in this House? Then we must do so by admitting that the European Union has played a definite role in the military escalation in the Middle East for what it has not done, for the inertia with which it has remained to watch decades of international law trampled on by Israel that is slaughtering an entire people with impunity.…

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Feb

2024

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The extradition and prosecution of Julian Assange and implications on freedom of the press (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, what is the crime committed by Assange? I was at the hearing at the High Court in London. U.S. lawyers accuse him of publishing secret documents that tell the truth beyond official statements: news of public interest, denouncing crimes. Other journalists in the past have published secret news, but only Assange has been confined to a maximum security prison fo…

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Feb

2024

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Critical situation in Cuba (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, it is very difficult to travel to Cuba because of fuel shortages; cigar and sugar production is stalled due to lack of energy; The school system is collapsing and people are hungry. I was recently in Cuba: the situation in the country continues to deteriorate due to the economic blockade and the inclusion in the list of states supporting terrorism. These are …

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Feb

2024

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Situation of prisoners in Hungarian jails, including the case of Ilaria Salis (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the chains that in a courtroom tied hands and feet to Ilaria Salis have gone around the world, because it is not conceivable that this will happen in a country of the European Union. For almost a year, this Italian citizen has been imprisoned in degrading conditions in a cell in Hungary, where she has suffered ill-treatment and humiliation. This is a blatant …

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Jan

2024

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Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in 2022 and 2023 (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, there is no democracy if citizens cannot be properly informed, which is why the temptation of power is to control journalists. In Italy, a gag law is being passed that will prevent journalists from publishing pre-trial detention orders, in full or in extract, until the end of the preliminary hearing. These are public acts, but Italian journalists will no long…

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Jan

2024

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

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in Gaza more than 10 000 children have lost their lives in almost 100 days of war, while more than 10 children a day are losing an arm or a leg and will be mutilated for life. The war and siege on Gaza has been an indiscriminate massacre of women, the elderly and children from the outset. In the face of so much suffering, we expect Europe to provide the only pos…

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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)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Gaza is hell on earth: There is a lack of water, food and medicine. Infants die in intensive care due to lack of electricity. Schools are being bombed, as are ambulances and hospitals. Over 5,000 children, 200 doctors and nurses, more than 60 information workers and more than 100 UN staff have been killed in a month and a half. It's carnage. What else has to hap…

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Oct

2023

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Decent Housing for All (topical debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, one of the European Parliament's objectives is to put an end to the shameful phenomenon of homelessness by 2030, a scourge that affects almost 900 000 European citizens. But affording a home has become a business for several categories. I'm thinking of the off-site students. In these hours in Italy there are many demonstrations. The possibility of renting a h…

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Oct

2023

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European Media Freedom Act (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, national security cannot be a sufficient reason to monitor, spy on and silence journalists. In the democracies of the states that make up Europe, sovereignty belongs to the people, who have the right to know the truth, even with regard to state structures that respond to logics and interests different from the common good. Leaving the exception of national se…

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Sep

2023

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Geographical indication protection for craft and industrial products (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we have seen the positive results achieved by designations of origin as regards agri-food products. After years we are finally about to approve this regulation on the protected geographical indication for all craft and industrial products. These brands will have to serve as a driving force for the development of territories, even the most peripheral ones, many o…

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Jul

2023

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Relations with the Palestinian Authority (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to point out that this Parliament has voted innumerable resolutions on the Palestinian issue. What were they used for? Not at all. The attacks of the Israeli army have increased and continue to claim civilian victims, including children and journalists, and the schools built with the money of European taxpayers are being demolished. The State of …

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Jul

2023

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Protection of journalists and human rights defenders from manifestly unfounded or abusive court proceedings (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we are now dealing with accusations that are instrumental in shutting down the press, and we will talk later about the international protection of journalists, two very important and necessary reports. Too often, however, in the European institutions we fill our mouths with freedom of the press and the rule of law, without going from words to deeds. An emblemati…

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Jun

2023

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 29-30 June 2023, in particular in the light of recent steps towards concluding the Migration Pact (debate)

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, after the threats about the use of nuclear weapons, after tens of thousands of deaths and injuries, after the massacres and looting suffered by the Ukrainian population, yesterday the Wall Street Journal revealed that the United States, like Great Britain, is ready to supply Ukraine with depleted uranium weapons and Putin replied that they will then use the…

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Jun

2023

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Artificial Intelligence Act (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, artificial intelligence is like a river. We can put a dam in it to block it, but sooner or later it will overflow. What we have to do is try to direct the course. The European response is the Artificial Intelligence Act, which marks an important point of arrival, but also the beginning of a challenge, because special attention will be needed to ensure the goo…

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Mar

2023

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Combating organised crime in the EU (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, if we really want to combat organised crime, we must bear in mind that it is vital for these organisations to have support and cover in the economic, financial, political and institutional world. We can cut the visible branches by incarcerating the bosses and the workforce: dutiful and just. But the real challenge is to eradicate the roots of these organizations…

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Jan

2023

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Protection of the EU’s financial interests - combating fraud - annual report 2021 (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank all those who have spoken in this debate and given interesting ideas. It was important to hear from you, Commissioner, and many colleagues who made the fight against organised crime a priority and there were many interesting ideas, the transparency of money flows, the importance of prevention, the timing of fraud detection and also the i…

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Jan

2023

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Protection of the EU’s financial interests - combating fraud - annual report 2021 (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, I would like to start with some numbers of cases of fraud and irregularities that were reported in 2021, compared, for example, to those in 2020. Case numbers are stable. What really stands out and is worrying is the value of irregularities, which have increased by 121% and the total amount of irregularities and fraud has reached 3.24 billion. I…

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Jan

2023

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Protecting the Rule of Law against impunity in Spain (topical debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the situation that has arisen in Spain is a clear example of how respect for the rule of law, even in democratic countries, can never be taken for granted, but constant monitoring and work is necessary to maintain it. The judiciary must have the sole role of administering justice, regardless of the color of the government; on the other hand, executive reforms…

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Dec

2022

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The Commission’s reports on the situation of journalists and the implications of the rule of law (debate)

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, freedom of the press measures the state of health of the rule of law and is a fundamental pillar of it. This in words, but then in deeds? How can a journalist be able to make inquiries, to be the watchdog of power if in all the states of the European Union there are no laws that protect him from reckless judicial actions? Instead of guaranteeing the right t…

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Nov

2022

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

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, in September the average price of American gas sold in Europe was USD 57.8, in the United States it was only USD 8. European companies pay up to seven times more for energy than their direct counterparts competitor Americans and Asians. What are the European institutions actually doing to defend our businesses and our economy? Nothing. After months of endless…

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Oct

2022

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Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report 2021 (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, first of all, congratulations on your appointment, Mr President. The Court's study on the EU's financial situation shows us how far we have to go for a truly effective and efficient budget. The Court points out that there are still too many errors in the budget and, in addition, all RRF-related expenditure must now be managed. These conclusions paint a pictur…

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Sep

2022

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New EU Forest Strategy for 2030 – Sustainable Forest Management in Europe (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we are the only continent on which the forest area has increased. Too bad that this happens mainly as a result of abandonment of agricultural land and depopulation, giving way to a bush that produces more CO2 than it can absorb. We don't need this: We need healthy forests that improve our well-being and help us achieve our climate neutrality goals. To have healt…

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Jun

2022

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Conclusions of the special European Council meeting of 30-31 May 2022 (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I have read the conclusions of the European Council and in the more than 2 700 words there is no word for peace. The only weapon that brings peace is diplomacy, but obviously peace and diplomacy are not part of the European strategy in Ukraine. I think this is a serious mistake, because the only real victory is to restore peace to the Ukrainian people. A Europea…

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May

2022

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Discharge 2020 (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank the chairman and all my colleagues in the Committee on Budgetary Control for the work that has been done. Verifying the conditions for deciding whether or not to grant discharge is a challenging task and it is not just a control in a way. Thanks to the debates that have taken place within the CONT Committee, it has been possible to bring…