What Anna spoke about.

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Apr

2024

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Chinese police activity in Europe (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, dear representatives of the Council and the Commission, the vast network of Chinese police stations in Europe has been reported by this Parliament since at least 2022. It is therefore alarming that you are only now reporting on a threat that is of serious concern to European citizens. Italy has done its part to dismantle the agreements of the left and still stru…

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Feb

2024

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The current situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, today's debate on the Congo comes just days before the third anniversary of the deadly ambush of the Italian ambassador, Luca Attanasio, of the chosen carabiniere, Vittorio Iacovacci, and of the driver of the World Food Programme, Mustafa Milambo, who were killed in an ambush in Congo on 22 February 2021. In those lands rich in biodiversity and …

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Feb

2024

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Closer ties between the EU and Armenia and the need for a peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia (debate)

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, a new partnership agenda between the European Union and Armenia, which sets out more ambitious common priorities for cooperation that encompasses all dimensions, is the recognition of Yerevan's effort to embark on the path of a complete democracy, the affirmation of the rule of law and the move away from the influence of Putin's Russia. However, this only p…

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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)

Mr President, Commissioner Lenarčič, ladies and gentlemen, the involvement of employees of the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October is a horrific truth. A truth that emerges more and more in the rubble of the conflict, such as the operational base installed under UNRWA headquarters in Gaza. More than European values! While the Jewish State of Isra…

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Feb

2024

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

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Mr President Iohannis, in March you will lead Romania into the Schengen area. This is a historic moment and it will make the European Union and its country stronger. With pride I welcome you, also as a representative of Italy, as Romania and Italy will add a new card to their friendship, founded on deep and ancient historical, social, human, economic, commerc…

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Feb

2024

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Further repression against the democratic forces in Venezuela: attacks on presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, María Corina Machado has been declared an outlaw because she is liberal and anti-communist. We know that this means that she is a free and fair woman, fighting in the name of a better future for Venezuela, with the support of her citizens. These principles also underpin European values and must underpin our demands for the unconditional release of all political …

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Nov

2023

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Latest attacks against women and women's rights defenders in Iran, and Iran's arbitrary detention of EU nationals

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we all know what steps the European Union must take to be on the right side of history, on the side of women and girls, in Iran, murdered, tortured, abused, imprisoned and oppressed. To include the Islamic guards of the Iranian revolution in the European list of terrorist organizations, as already done by the United States. Isolate the regime fr…

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Nov

2023

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Recent developments at the EU’s external border between Finland and Russia and the need to uphold EU law (debate)

Madam President, representative of the Council, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, what is happening on the borders between Russia and Finland is a blatant violation of the sovereignty of a Member State and therefore a violation of the entire sovereignty of Europe. We are talking about that legal territorial sovereignty on which we base the defence of our values, our identities, our cultures and …

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Nov

2023

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Urgent need for immediate measures against the rise of antisemitism (statement by the President)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, history unfortunately repeats itself: still hatred against Jews, still hatred against the Jewish State of Israel and the will to eliminate it from the face of the earth. This is the truth highlighted by Hamas' military and terrorist use of Gaza's underground, which, in order to kill the Jew, is willing to sacrifice the lives of so many Palestinian civilians by o…

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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)

Mr President, High Representative Borrell, ladies and gentlemen, we do not remember enough that there are many victims and hostages among European citizens caused by the despicable Hamas attack on Israel, including Italians, French, Germans and Spaniards. And I hope that everything will be done to free those hostages, and all the hostages, by the European Union, High Representative. Because the Eu…

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Oct

2023

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Human rights situation in Afghanistan, in particular the persecution of former government officials

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in Afghanistan, since we allowed the Taliban to reoccupy the country, women and girls have been living in segregation from the regime. It means living in conditions that many of us in this room would consider inhumane, said Kofi Annan, it is the most serious in history. 5,000 of these women were security and military officials, fighting for a better future and i…

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Oct

2023

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

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, in 2019 the President of the European Commission announced that it would be a more geopolitical European Union. For example, is abandoning more than 130 000 Armenians to their fate a geopolitical European action, or, as High Commissioner Borrell would call it, is it the victory of the jungle law over rules-based international law? And how could …

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Sep

2023

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

Mr President, High Representative, ladies and gentlemen, one year after the tragic death of Mahsa Amini and the beginning of the protests of the brave Iranian women and girls, we have acted to isolate the regime from the international community: Iran will chair the UN Human Rights Council Social Forum. We have imposed sanctions but the Islamic Revolutionary Guard is still off the list of terrorist…

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Jul

2023

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Recommendations for reform of the European Parliament’s rules on transparency, integrity, accountability and anti-corruption (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, after Qatargate, the biggest political scandal in the history of the European institutions, we were hoping for a serious reflection on the democratic future of the European Parliament, and I would like to thank Mr Glucksmann for his action and for his balance. We all worked hard to ensure that Parliament, the House of European Peoples, could be an even bright…

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Jul

2023

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2022 Report on Albania (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the European Union and Albania have a common destiny and today we reaffirm the will to integrate a friendly and allied state, but I want to take this opportunity to highlight Albania's contribution to international peace and stability, to safeguarding the rule of law among nations, to safeguarding multilateralism. Through his skilled ambassador to the United …

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Jul

2023

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Question Time (Commission) – EU-Africa Strategy

As recognised by Europol, human trafficking is a dynamic that exploits every crisis as an opportunity. Traffickers are more digitized than ever, abusing social media platforms, mobile applications and encrypted communication tools. Are there, I ask you, tools in the EU Strategy for Africa to tackle digital trafficking linked to immigration?…

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Jul

2023

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Question Time (Commission) – EU-Africa Strategy

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I thank the Vice-President and Commissioner for mentioning the recent trip of our Prime Minister Meloni together with Prime Minister Rutte, accompanied by President von der Leyen, demonstrating that Italy is at the forefront of policies to help this vast strategic Euro-Mediterranean-African area. And what about Sicily, crucial to face these challenges and that M…

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Jun

2023

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Situation in Lebanon (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Lebanon is experiencing one of the worst economic crises in the world, with a high rate of inflation and a continuous devaluation of the currency. This has worsened the living conditions of Lebanese citizens and the one and a half million Syrian refugees that Lebanon hosts. In short, the political consensus needed for the country to function does n…

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Jun

2023

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Humanitarian and environmental consequences of the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam - Sustainable reconstruction and integration of Ukraine into the Euro-Atlantic community (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Minister, Commissioner, this is an unprecedented moment for Euro-Atlantic security, a security that cannot be achieved without a safe Arctic, a safe Baltic Sea, a safe Black Sea, the whole safe enlarged Mediterranean and a safe Africa. But Russia has invaded a sovereign Euro-Atlantic state, upsetting many aspects of our security. In inflicting this devastation, …

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2023

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Foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union, including disinformation - Election integrity and resilience build-up towards European elections 2024 (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, thank you to the rapporteur, Sandra Kalniete. The spirit of unity on my colleague's text shows that it is in everyone's interest to defend the free voices of the peoples of Europe from all forms of foreign interference, including disinformation. It is a commitment that begins with the fight against antisemitism, for example, the mother of all challenges in th…

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Apr

2023

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Children forcibly deported from Ukraine and the ICC arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin (debate)

Mr President, thank you, Commissioner, for your words. From the collective moral conscience of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which recalls the shared heritage that flows from the cultures of the peoples of the earth, the two arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova for the alleged crimes of deportation of children from the occupied territories of Ukraine to…

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Apr

2023

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EU Rapid Deployment Capacity, EU Battlegroups and Article 44 TEU: the way forward (debate)

Madam President, thank you to the rapporteur, Mr López, for the work we are dealing with today in this debate. We discuss the Union's Rapid Deployment Capacity, the Union Battlegroups and Article 44 of the Treaty on European Union. This is a defence capability that Member States have decided to plan, as enshrined in the new European Defence Doctrine, the Strategic Compass, and sustainability, cont…

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Mar

2023

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to draw your attention to the Strait Bridge, which is central and in many respects. In permanently uniting Calabria and Sicily, it will unite Italy even more and will unite Europe even more, connecting, through the Brenner, the North Sea, the Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. As Minister Salvini declares, the Bridge over the Strait will be much …

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Mar

2023

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Situation in Georgia (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, a NATO member Georgia will make the European Union's allies stronger and safer. This is because the two international institutions are complementary through an indissoluble strategic partnership. Participation in the Alliance will always be based on Georgia's commitment to the founding values of NATO and those of the European Union: rule of law, democracy, human…

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Mar

2023

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Deterioration of democracy in Israel and consequences on the occupied territories (debate)

Mr President, High Representative Borrell, ladies and gentlemen, the citizens of Israel today are proud of their country, which this year celebrates 75 years of independence, and believe in the justice of its cause, but at the same time they are exhausted by infighting and its consequences on political and social life. These are the words of President Herzog and we thank him for this warning valid…