What Luisa spoke about.

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Feb

2023

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The EU priorities for the 67th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner Dalli, Minister, the gender gap in digital skills and opportunities is still too high in many countries. Most women, and not just in developing nations, do not have access to information, services and proper digital education. These circumstances constitute an obstacle on the road to gender equality, of the oldest, most disparate and most widespread…

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Nov

2022

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Establishing the Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, with the ever-increasing importance and use of digital, it is increasingly difficult for citizens and businesses to keep up. New technologies contribute to economic and social development, but are accompanied by risks, insecurity and disinformation. Many small and medium-sized enterprises have been abandoned to themselves during the transition t…

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Nov

2022

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Eliminating violence against Women (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, about one in three women in Europe is the victim of physical or psychological violence, so it is clear that the laws we have are not enough. Preventing violence and protecting victims is what we have called for in this Parliament with the report on the impact of domestic violence, of which I was a co-rapporteur, and the report on the inclusion o…

21

Nov

2022

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Prevention, management and better care of diabetes in the EU on the occasion of World Diabetes Day (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, there are more than 33 million people with diabetes in Europe and these numbers are set to increase. Diabetes is also a complex disease, because in most cases it is connected to associated pathologies: cardiovascular disease, kidney complications, up to permanent disability. At the base of the treatment of this highly disabling and widespread di…

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Jul

2022

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Better regulation: joining forces to make better laws (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the report on Better Law-Making, which we are adopting today in plenary, is of fundamental importance in increasing the transparency, clarity and also adequacy of European legislation, for the benefit of citizens and businesses. In its role as co-legislator, this Parliament has a duty to streamline and simplify the legislation it helps to adopt. Hi…

7

Jul

2022

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Recent heat wave and drought in the EU (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we must ensure that drought does not also dry up the budgets and competitiveness of our farms, which are a key sector for the economy, not only in Italy. This can only happen with the decisive role of Europe, which is called upon to launch structural solutions to ensure food self-sufficiency at Community level. Climate change and the resulting dryn…

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Nov

2021

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The International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women and the State of play on the ratification of the Istanbul Convention (continuation of debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, today's anniversary leads us to reflect on a phenomenon that constitutes not only a public and social emergency, but one of the most shameful violations of human rights. We come to this symbolic day with a tragic balance: Only in Italy in 2021 there is one femicide every three days. But anyone who thinks women are the weaker sex is wrong. Living a …

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Nov

2021

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A pharmaceutical strategy for Europe (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, I would like to thank Mrs Montserrat for the excellent work she has done and for taking account of the suggestions made in the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs, for which I was rapporteur. This initiative expresses the parliamentary will to ensure better prevention and response to future health emergencies, as well as to stimulate the d…

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Oct

2021

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EU Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority: ensuring a coordinated EU approach for future health crises and the role of the European Parliament in this (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, the European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) is a central instrument in strengthening the European Health Union and a first, important step towards the European Health Union, which we have long hoped for. The pandemic crisis has shown all EU countries that health threats, such as COVID-19, do not affect borders or bor…

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Oct

2021

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The impact of intimate partner violence and custody rights on women and children (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank Commissioner Dalli for her speech and all my fellow Members for their speeches. On such an important issue there can only be a wide-ranging and participatory debate. The file under discussion has seen the cooperation of all the groups, and I would like to thank them for their commitment and cooperation. The issue we are discussing today is …

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Oct

2021

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The impact of intimate partner violence and custody rights on women and children (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, it is an honour for me today to introduce, with my co-rapporteur Mrs Kontoura, this debate on the own-initiative report on the impact of domestic violence and custody rights on women and children. The vote we are called upon to cast today, as the European Parliament, is of great importance, and I believe it is our duty to send a strong, clear and hopeful message…