What Dino spoke about.

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Apr

2024

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EU’s response to the repeated killing of humanitarian aid workers, journalists and civilians by the Israel Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I have yet to speak of Gaza, of the 13,000 Palestinian children who died innocently, of the women, of the civilians who were mercilessly killed, massacred by Israel, by Netanyahu's criminal policy. I have to talk about the millions of Jews around the world demonstrating against Netanyahu and his crimes, and not because they are anti-Semites but, on the contrary,…

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Mar

2024

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The immediate risk of mass starvation in Gaza and the attacks on humanitarian aid deliveries

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Netanyahu's policy of criminal aggression not only continues, but reaches unbearable, vomiting, unworthy heights of horror and inhumanity. Gaza is hell on earth. When you attack human beings who, exhausted by hunger, are receiving humanitarian aid, you are responsible for a disgrace that throws shame not only on those who pull the trigger and kill, but on the en…

28

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, Julian Assange is a martyr of freedom. Julian Assange is a man who has lived in prison for the last twelve years of his life without guilt, without conviction, just for telling the truth. He is a father who cannot hold his children, a husband kept away from his wife Stella and father John. Which Europe is the one that does not fight with all its might to free…

28

Feb

2024

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The murder of Alexei Navalny and the need for EU action in support of political prisoners and oppressed civil society in Russia (debate)

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we are saddened, shocked by the story of Alexei Navalny, by the ferocity with which Putin has suffocated him, deprived of his freedom and by his death in a Russian prison. Europe mourns Navalny and it is right to do so, although many of his ideas were wrong for me: You cannot die for informing the people. But if Naval'ny can only remember him, celebrate him…

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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, ladies and gentlemen, I spoke here in plenary on 19 October, first and foremost publicly denouncing the violence of Israeli troops in Gaza against civilians. I reiterated this in November, recalling that it is not worthy of European values to witness in silence the massacre of innocent children, Palestinian children. Today is February 27 and nearly 30,000 civilians have died at the h…

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Feb

2024

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Empowering farmers and rural communities - a dialogue towards sustainable and fairly rewarded EU agriculture (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, European farmers are protesting and making themselves heard. It happens in Italy, it happens in Belgium, it happens here, outside this building, in Strasbourg. The reason is very simple: As they say, they can't make it to the end of the month. For years, even decades, we have allowed large retailers to strangle producers. Producing a kilo of tomatoes or wheat or…

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Jan

2024

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Fight against the resurgence of neo-fascism in Europe, also based on the parade that took place in Rome on 7 January (debate)

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, fascism was a criminal dictatorship that took away all freedom and led thousands of Italians to die in concentration camps. Mussolini's fascism was the primary tumor of which Nazism was the metastasis - said Primo Levi - a tumor that led to the death of Italy, Germany and Europe. Repeated gestures in Rome reveal ignorance of that tumor: People who look with…

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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, ladies and gentlemen, COP28 has, yes, produced results, but we are not yet really determined to tell the truth, namely that we must immediately end fossil emissions because the future of all humanity is at stake. We have known dictatorships on this continent, the fascist dictatorship and the Nazi dictatorship, and today we cannot think of moving forward with the dictatorship of fossi…

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Dec

2023

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EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis (topical debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, one in three students in Italy cannot bear the cost of renting a house and 30% of university students are in enormous economic difficulty. There is a need for about 700 000 beds and about 40 000 are offered, only 5%; 10 000 new beds have been financed through the NRP, but many of them are managed by private individuals, who then rent these houses for 800 euros a…

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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, children who have died from reckless attacks; Civilian women and men killed mercilessly just because they were Palestinians; Even newborns who die in incubators because even hospitals have been stripped of electricity: This is happening in Palestine. These are Netanyahu's grave responsibilities. A month ago, in this House, I asked Europe to condemn this horror, …

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Oct

2023

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Generational renewal in the EU farms of the future (debate)

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, many beautiful rural places in Europe – there are many in Sicily and Sardinia – are now depopulated, abandoned by young people, by the new generations, with a triple negative result: whole areas of our regions that risk becoming ghost cities, the very dangerous advance of desertification and the increasing dependence on imports, with less control over the p…

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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)

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the terrorist violence of Hamas, the massacre of civilians, the kidnapping and killing of children and young people without fault are an atrocious horror. Therefore, it is very right to reiterate Israel's right to defend itself and live in peace and to condemn terror, but it is not enough. If we are honest, we cannot be silent that the response to the atroc…

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Oct

2023

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The new European strategy for a better internet for kids (BIK+) (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, it is useless to mock us, it is useless to turn around. Today children, children, from an early age, use new technologies, use mobile phones, use devices, iPad and digital. Technologies that are not bad or good in themselves. Moreover, even those children who have not used them, those of friends, companions, etc. The problem is the content that is conveyed th…

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Oct

2023

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European Media Freedom Act (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, it is essential today to talk about Julian Assange, because whenever we discuss freedom of the press, rules regarding the press, we have a duty to remember the story of Julian Assange. Julian has been in fact imprisoned for years without any fault, indeed, for having done exclusively his duty as a journalist: informing citizens, thus making them more aware of…

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Sep

2023

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Violence and discrimination in the world of sports after the FIFA Women’s World Cup (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, imagine if, at the end of the World Cup in Qatar, an Argentine leader had gone to kiss Leo Messi in the mouth: What was going to happen? And why did a Spanish leader do it with a woman? The problem of harassment and then rape is primarily a cultural problem and must be fought by educating children and young people to mutual respect and a complete awareness of…

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Sep

2023

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EU-Tunisia Agreement - aspects related to external migration policy (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, at this moment, as we speak, the south coast of the island of Lampedusa is literally invaded by boats that the criminals responsible for human trafficking continue to use, putting thousands of lives at risk, enriching and exasperating the daily reality of a small island that bears on its shoulders, on its slender shoulders, a burden that should be shared by all …

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Jul

2023

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The need for EU action on search and rescue in the Mediterranean (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, all European citizens, let us be honest, the Dublin Agreement is a complete failure. It is a disgrace to require the countries of first entry to deal in solitude with an epoch-making phenomenon that affects the whole of Europe. Thousands of migrants arrive in Italy and Greece every day and for help and rescue at sea means, men and money from all European coun…

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Jun

2023

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Ensuring food security and the long-term resilience of EU agriculture (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the availability of food and healthy food for all is an inalienable right. Today, even in Europe, we risk taking a path that in a few years could make the availability of food insufficient, just as the accessibility of healthy food for millions of European citizens is already inadequate. We are at a crossroads and we must take the right path: not the brutal inte…

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Jun

2023

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Artificial Intelligence Act (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, artificial intelligence is an opportunity, yet another one that is given to us by technological progress, but at the same time it can become a risk for our communities. For this reason, artificial intelligence developed and used in Europe must be human-centric and respect the fundamental rights and values of the Union as enshrined in the Treaties. We must wor…

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May

2023

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Geographical Indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the system of geographical indications has done so much for European excellence, being useful to producers, especially virtuous producers and consumers, Europeans and beyond. To improve it, some procedures for the recognition of bodies could perhaps be simplified, nothing else. The Commission should remember that the operators of the PDO and PGI system in a f…

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May

2023

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Protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries - Agreement of the IGC on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (High Seas Treaty) (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, last month, after years of negotiations, an agreement was finally reached at the United Nations on the need for a holistic approach to the conservation of resources in the most sensitive areas, and not just in international waters. We must in any case avoid the gradual melting of glaciers, combining the battle for zero CO2 emissions with that for the conservatio…

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May

2023

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European Citizens' Initiative "Stop Finning – Stop the trade" (debate)

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the first time I heard about finning was back in 2009 and even then there was talk of banning this horrendous practice. It is 2023 and, while it is commendable that citizens are fighting to abolish it, it is sad that this has not happened before, years ago. The finning It is putting many species of sharks at risk of extinction and this seriously undermines …

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May

2023

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The role of farmers as enablers of the green transition and a resilient agricultural sector (continuation of debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the role of the farmer has always been central to the evolution of society and today more than ever it is essential to accompany humanity towards a more sustainable world and greater food security. The ecological transition must have the farmer as a key figure for our correct coexistence in a planet that is about to have ten billion inhabitants. So, either it wi…

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Apr

2023

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The need for a coherent strategy for EU-China Relations (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the latest events and meetings between European leaders and China's summits have made it very clear that we need a common European foreign policy. Europe must be present and ensure balance at a time when the obvious tensions, such as the war in Ukraine, and the underground tensions, no less dangerous, oblige us to be united and play that role of authoritative me…

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Apr

2023

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr President, colleagues, Covid and war have exacerbated problems that threaten to overwhelm humanity and the planet itself. I am talking about the dramatic growth of inequalities and therefore poverty and the climate and environmental emergency. Article 25 of the EU Directive, the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, indicates the obligation for companies with more than 250 employees…