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May

2026

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The need to reduce work-related fatalities (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, when we talk about deaths at work, we often risk stopping at the numbers, but behind those numbers there are people, there are families waiting for someone at home and they have never seen him come back. The latest figures show more than 3 000 victims at work and almost 3 million accidents every year. And then there are the occupational diseases, t…

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May

2026

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Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, every day we walk in high heels on a mountain path. It is a narrow, impervious path, full of obstacles. We can't run, we can't distract ourselves, we can't afford to fall. We can only go forward with effort, with love and with a strength that no one has taught us to have, because before us there is the path of our son and it is only we who must …

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Apr

2026

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World Day for Safety and Health at Work (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, 2023: more than 3000 deaths at work and almost 3 million accidents, not to mention occupational diseases, which are still too often invisible. The priority is one: prevention. Prevention means training and a culture of safety, full implementation of standards and effective controls. In a rapidly changing world of work, between digitalisation, algorithmic mana…

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Mar

2026

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AccessibleEU and the strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities: state of play and the future of EU accessibility policy (debate)

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Feb

2026

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Developing a new EU anti-poverty strategy (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Madam Vice-President, wealth cannot be distributed unless it is first created. A European anti-poverty strategy that ignores this fundamental principle is bound to turn into mere political propaganda. Social rights are not protected by rain subsidies that feed dependence on the state, but by creating the conditions for a dynamic economy, capable of supporting…

11

Feb

2026

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International Day of Education, fighting inequalities in access to education (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, education is not just a principle written in the Treaties, it is a moral choice, it is the measure of what a society believes in the dignity of a person. It is the first and most powerful antidote against poverty, marginalization and inequality. It is a responsibility that arises from the deep roots of Europe, from the classical tradition, from …

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Jan

2026

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A new action plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to focus on the issue of NEETs. In Italy, the share of young NEETs remains high compared to the European average. Approximately 16% of 15-19 year olds are not in education, employment or training. In numerical terms, this means more than 1.3 million young people without an active role in education and work. This is well above the Europ…

26

Nov

2025

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EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024 (debate)

9

Oct

2025

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World Mental Health Day - addressing the socio-economic factors (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, today we are called not only to celebrate, but to act. Mental health must no longer be a taboo, it must no longer be accompanied by stigma, shame, forced silence. It is not a sign of weakness, but a fundamental right. Yet, in Europe too many people still suffer in silence. Too many families carry the burden of an invisible disease that leaves no sc…

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Oct

2025

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Intergenerational fairness in Europe on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, according to an old saying, when an elderly person dies, it is a library that burns. Our history lives on in the memory and experience of older people. It is the elderly who, in an accelerated time, teach us the value of slowness, the time of storytelling. It is the elderly who remind us that every step forward in our European journey bears the imp…

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Jul

2025

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Endometriosis: Europe’s wake-up call on the gender health gap (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, are you hypochondriac? Do you have a low pain threshold? Don't exaggerate, what will it ever be? With these superficial and offensive phrases a very serious problem is minimized, which can even become disabling. Endometriosis affects over 14 million women in Europe and causes pelvic pain for which it is difficult even to sit, tiredness, migraine an…

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Jul

2025

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2023 and 2024 reports on Albania (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Jean Monnet said: Europe will not fall from the sky, it will be through crises and it will be the sum of the solutions found to these crises. Albania, on its European path, also faces complex challenges, but has already shown that it wants to turn them into opportunities for growth. Now it is up to us to accompany it consistently and responsibly, because enlargement …

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Jul

2025

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From institution to inclusion: an EU action plan for deinstitutionalisation, family- and community-based care (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, guaranteeing people with disabilities the right to live in the community with the same freedom of choice as others is a commitment that Europe must make clearly. The transition from institutional to personalised care models requires investment, integrated coordination and above all a clear recognition of the role of caregiver family members. Millio…

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Jun

2025

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Combating the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children and child sexual abuse material and replacing Council Framework Decision 2004/68/JHA (recast) (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, when we talk about child abuse, we are not talking about numbers. We are talking about children, broken childhoods, silences full of shame, scars that no one can ever erase. Whoever hurts a child destroys a world, and whoever closes his eyes or takes refuge behind the bureaucracy is complicit. Every child deserves to grow up in a world full of l…

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Mar

2025

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Union of Skills: striving for more and better opportunities to study, train or work in the EU and to bring our talents back home (debate)

Mr President, Executive Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen, European competitiveness cannot be separated from the polarisation of skills, support for quality training and the fight against brain drain, a phenomenon that is transversal but which affects my country dramatically. This hemorrhage of talents is a defeat for all of us: A phenomenon that has serious consequences because it involves a l…

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Mar

2025

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Roadmap for Women`s Rights (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, does this table really include all women? Or perhaps, too often, there is a category that continues to be forgotten? I think so. Yet more than one in four women in the European Union live with a disability. These women face double and triple discrimination: as women, as persons with disabilities and, in many cases, also on the basis of their age or…

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Feb

2025

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Boosting vocational education and training in times of labour market transitions (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, what is the challenge today? The challenge is not only to create new jobs, but to prepare our young and old to seize these opportunities. This is why it is essential to promote flexible training courses that allow rapid and concrete retraining of skills in an ever-changing market. Fundamental then is the enhancement of technical and vocational educ…

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Jan

2025

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Addressing EU demographic challenges: towards the implementation of the 2023 Demography Toolbox (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, 190 000 fewer births by 2030: This is the figure that Eurostat forecasts for the whole of the European Union compared to 2020. In the face of this emergency, it is our duty to take concrete and coordinated action to create a birth-friendly environment. We need to build a society where families are not forced to choose between career and parenting. …

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Dec

2024

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Recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women - EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (joint debate - EU priorities for the upcoming session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, 131 years to close the gender equality gap; 169 to bridge the gap of economic equality; 162 for that policy. Women around the world continue to face disproportionate burdens, gender bias and discrimination that hinder their autonomy and deny them equal opportunities. The next session of the UN Commission must find a united and courageous Europe, ca…

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Dec

2024

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Need to update the European strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, today more than ever, Europe has a duty to live up to its fundamental principles: equality, inclusion and dignity for all citizens. Yet millions of people with disabilities continue to experience discrimination, barriers and exclusion on a daily basis. It is clear that the European Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities needs an am…

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Nov

2024

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Strengthening children’s rights in the EU - 35th anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, Article 12: "the views of the child must be duly taken into account, taking into account his or her age and degree of maturity". It is the right to listen, that right denied most of the time, which is therefore not limited to the possibility of expressing an opinion but implies that it is really taken into account in particular contexts: I think…

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Nov

2024

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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, to all women victims of violence: Stop being silent! Say enough to the silence of your thoughts, to the solitude, to the silence after a slap, to the silence after a violence or an offense, to the silence of provocations and gratuitous allusions. Say enough to the silence of expectations, of the knot in your throat, to the silence of courage. Be al…

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Oct

2024

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Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, we certainly welcome some updates incorporated into the new guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States. Our amendments have strengthened the importance of education and refocused on the issue of teacher salaries, as well as the key role of vocational training and support for older people and people with disabilities. However, the c…

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Oct

2024

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International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, poverty is not just an economic issue: It is a social scourge that undermines people's dignity and hope. Fighting it is a moral duty and a political responsibility that must engage us all, without exception. There is one aspect that deserves special attention and that too often is overlooked: the situation of people with disabilities, who are among the most e…

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Oct

2024

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World Mental Health Day - need for a comprehensive EU strategy on mental health (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, today we are called upon to reflect on the profound impact that health issues have on millions of European citizens. The pandemic, economic uncertainties and geopolitical tensions have exacerbated the mental challenges that already affected more than one in six citizens in the Union every year. These events have left deep scars, especially on our y…