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Jan

2024

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Commemoration of Jacques Delors

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, among those who are speaking today to commemorate Jacques Delors, I am probably one of the most politically distant from him, but this does not prevent me from giving him the right human respect, nor does it prevent me from positively evaluating certain features of his political experience at European and national level. First of all I like to emphasize the anch…

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Dec

2023

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 14-15 December 2023 (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the geopolitical context requires us to look at reality as it is and not as we would like it to be. The world is much bigger than the European Union and it is not going in the direction we are pointing. It did not do so with sanctions against Russia or even in the fight against Islamic terrorism; It is not doing this on energy sources and climate warming. Thi…

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Dec

2023

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The European Elections 2024 (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we are living in a strange time, when it is up to us European Conservatives and Reformists to preserve the Treaties establishing the Union and to defend them from the attempts at reform that are often proposed here. Nothing new, in reality, at least for us conservatives of the Italian right, who since 1957 have been supporters of the European Union, while tho…

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Nov

2023

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Threat to rule of law as a consequence of the governmental agreement in Spain (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in this Parliament we have heard countless times about the rule of law, usually when there was an attack on governments that were displeased with the sinister efforts to implement the programme with which they had won the elections. Our group has always denounced this political exploitation. The rule of law is a serious matter: It is the separation of judicial, …

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Nov

2023

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 26-27 October 2023 - Humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the need for a humanitarian pause (joint debate - Conclusions of the European Council and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the need for a humanitarian pause)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the last European Council took place in the aftermath of the Hamas attack on the people of Israel. A vicious, cowardly, inhuman violence. Since that day the world has entered a new spiral of fear and disorder. And for some, that's good news. For China, for Islamic regimes, for Putin who trusts in the distraction of democratic nations, for his senseless war again…

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Oct

2023

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 26-27 October 2023 (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the next European Council is taking place in a dramatic context. Never before has the ability to see the geopolitical picture in its entirety been needed. There is a thread that binds all the bloodiest crises of our time and it is the will, on the part of some, to subvert the international order. I am referring to that set of rules, rights and geographical bound…

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Oct

2023

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Need for a speedy adoption of the asylum and migration package (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, reforming the European rules on immigration and asylum is right, it is necessary, it is urgent. The problem is how to do it. On the one hand, there is the duty to welcome those fleeing war or persecution, on the other hand, there is the duty to counter illegal immigration, red gold, dirty with blood, whose trafficking in human beings is greedy, and…

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Oct

2023

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The 10-year commemoration since the tragedy in Lampedusa(statement by the President)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Pietro, you will not have missed the fact that this debate is taking place thanks to us who voted in favour of your request, otherwise it would not have taken place. We did not do so to highlight that on 3 October 2013 there were men from the Democratic and Socialist Party at the helm of the Italian government and the European Commission. Unlike what happened…

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Jul

2023

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 29-30 June 2023, in particular the recent developments in the war against Ukraine and in Russia (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we welcome the conclusions of the European Council. Not all of them, but a number of appropriate answers have been given at the level that the European Union, that is to say, foreign policy, has been most lacking. I am also referring to immigration, the most divisive issue and therefore relegated to the communications of the President-in-Office of the Council. O…

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Jun

2023

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Surrogacy in the EU - risks of exploitation and commercialisation (topical debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner Reynders, there are issues that should not have a political colour, because they go far beyond belonging to a party or an ideological party, because they concern natural principles that go beyond space and time, beyond each of us. The fight against surrogacy is one of them. We are talking about a contract by which one or more clients agree with a…

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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)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the next European Council will be held one year after the elections. It is not yet time for budgets, it will come. Now let us think about the time that remains, the definition of a political line that addresses and does not escape the serious common challenges of our time. I am thinking of immigration, an issue on which the European Union has wasted too many yea…

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Jun

2023

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This is Europe - Debate with the President of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the past and future of the European Union meet in Cyprus. The history of this island is also the history of the Mediterranean and its geographical position has always made it a place of great strategic value. Since 2020, the United Nations has stepped up its efforts to establish a new round of negotiations for the reunification of the country. I am convinced …

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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, what we are about to approve has been awaited for a long time. The protection of geographical indications is an economic issue, but it is above all a matter of respect for the history, traditions and agri-food culture of our nations. For years we have witnessed powerless unfair competition from products such as Parmesan or Prosec, which narrowly recalled our …

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May

2023

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10 year anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh (statement by the President)

Mr President, the tragedy at Rana Plaza in Bangladesh forced us to open our eyes to a disturbing aspect of globalisation. I am referring to the logic that only profit and profit margin count and that in order to arrive at the lowest possible price it is necessary to relocate production where the rules and protections for workers are minimal or non-existent. A perverse logic, the result of a greedy…

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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, what is happening in different parts of Europe reminds us that farmers are continually called upon to face the challenges of climate change: droughts, floods, land degradation, just to name a few. These challenges not only threaten their household incomes but also jeopardise the food security of the entire continent. While it is therefore right to encourage the …

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Apr

2023

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This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel (debate)

Madam President, Mr Prime Minister, welcome. The beautiful castles of Luxembourg remind us of the history of our continent. An ultra-millennial history that has produced a civilization of which we are proud, to be loved and preserved. I know I am not telling you anything new by reminding you that Luxembourg is also famous for some overly aggressive tax practices. This allows many companies to redu…

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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, this debate was put on the agenda a few days before the world listened to the words of some mercenaries of the Wagner company, whom I quote verbatim: I executed the order with this hand, I killed the children, including the five-year-olds. It was probably not necessary to add these words to the horror unleashed by Vladimir Putin, but they can help us understand the abyss of what is h…

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Mar

2023

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 23-24 March 2023 (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Mr President Michel, Madam President von der Leyen, the ECR Group has welcomed the so-called Windsor Framework between the European Commission and the UK Government, as it strengthens our alliance with London, allowing us to turn the page on Brexit and focus on the difficult challenges we have in common. This agreement then takes on even greater significance …

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Mar

2023

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Order of business

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, without wanting to go into the substance of the matter, there is a substantial error in the request of the groups of the Red and Green Lefts that I would like to make clear to everyone. The current Italian government is accused of something it has not done and for which, evidently, it cannot be responsible. In Italy today there is no law that authorizes the t…

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Mar

2023

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Conclusions of the Special European Council meeting of 9 February and preparation of the European Council meeting of 23-24 March 2023 (debate)

Madam President, President von der Leyen, President Michel, ladies and gentlemen, at the next European Council you will have to deal with major issues. On behalf of the ECR Group, I would like to reiterate, first of all, our support for the people of Ukraine, who are called upon to resist the Russian invasion amid atrocious daily suffering. And while it's good news that Russian oil and gas have ac…

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Jan

2023

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 15 December 2022 (continuation of debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, it has been a reasonable time since the last European Council to consider the decision to finally put a cap on the price of gas, on which, as we know, the price of all electricity depends. Well, speculation on the Amsterdam market has stopped and the price of gas collapsed yesterday to 51 euros and 40 cents per megawatt hour. One of the most irreducible oppon…

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Jan

2023

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Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter - annual report 2022 (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we know that this Parliament report is being produced annually, but talking about human rights and corruption here this year deserves proper consideration. Too many times it has been talked about in an instrumental way to strike at governments politically invisible to the left, only to discover that behind those certificates of admiration for the most illiberal …

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Dec

2022

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Tackle the cost of living crisis: increase pay, tax profits, stop speculation (topical debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, in order to cope with the cost-of-living crisis caused by the increase in the cost of energy, there is an easy solution: Do the opposite of what we have been doing so far. First of all, we must stop speculation on the price of gas, on which the cost of electricity in general for households and businesses depends. Unfortunately, despite the fact that the major…

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Dec

2022

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Suspicions of corruption from Qatar and the broader need for transparency and accountability in the European institutions (debate) (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, yesterday it was said that corruption is neither right-wing nor left-wing. Personally, I agree with this assumption, but I wonder if my left-wing colleagues also agree. I'm afraid not, because we've heard them tell the tale of their moral superiority for years. Even last night this false and hypocritical narrative resonated in the speeches of some group leaders.…

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Dec

2022

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Outcome of COP27 (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the only outcome of COP27 was the creation of the "loss and damage" fund, money that will be disbursed by the most developed countries to developing countries, despite the latter refusing to commit themselves to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Frankly, I do not share this ideology that imposes self-flagellation on Europe and the most advanced democracies i…