What Francesca spoke about.

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Oct

2022

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Russia’s escalation of its war of aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the news from the front says that Ukraine is winning the war. But are we really sure that Putin will agree to lose without raising the bar? Nuclear drift is a possibility that becomes more likely every day, said General Petraeus, the former director of the CIA, to avoid World War III. What you call the European populists are calling for peace and negotiation. Bu…

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Sep

2022

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Situation of fundamental rights in the EU in 2020 and 2021 (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I must sincerely congratulate Mr López Aguilar on his report, because it is very complete and accurate and touches on all the problems concerning violations of fundamental rights in the European Union. I agree that it is an inescapable task for European democracy to defend at all costs, under all circumstances and without exclusion, all violations …

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Jul

2022

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The relations of the Russian government and diplomatic network with parties of extremist, populist, anti-European and certain other European political parties in the context of the war (debate)

Madam President, I am literally shocked by what I’ve heard here today. Are you really proposing to restrict the political activity of parties which democratically represent European citizens in their national dimension? Since when has the EU taken over, by totalitarian control, the political line of Member States’ national parties? What we are discussing today is a dangerous and disturbing drift t…

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Jun

2022

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 23-24 June 2022, including the meeting with Western Balkan leaders on 23 June - Candidate status of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Vice-President, we are facing a real perfect storm. The European intervention in the war in Ukraine and the drought that is affecting Italy and partly Central Europe have produced a devastating economic situation for our economy. On the other hand, it was foreseeable that raw materials would become a battleground with Russia, just as it was known that our depend…

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May

2022

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The fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine (debate)

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we all want war crimes against civilians and military prisoners in Ukraine not to go unpunished, but unfortunately this will happen, as has happened to date. For example, the perpetrators of the 2014 Odessa massacre, in which dozens of men and women were massacred and burned alive in the union house, as well as thousands more civilians in Donbass were exter…

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Apr

2022

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022: including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions against Russia and their implementation (debate)

Madam President, Mr High Representative, ladies and gentlemen, the conclusions of the European Council on the war in Ukraine contain statements that are ineffective and of no use in achieving the objective that we should all be pursuing, namely the cessation of the ongoing conflict. Demanding that Russia withdraw unconditionally, allowing the restoration of the situation prior to the entry of its …

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Mar

2022

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Debate with the Prime Minister of Estonia, Kaja Kallas - The EU's role in a changing world and the security situation of Europe following the Russian aggression and invasion of Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, Madam Prime Minister, Mr High Representative, ladies and gentlemen, the decision to arm Ukraine and dramatically increase sanctions on Russia is bearing bitter fruit: more deaths on the scene of the conflict, Putin's predictable countermeasures and the inevitable devastating repercussions on the European economy. European citizens and businesses are paying the bill for the short-s…

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Dec

2021

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 16-17 December 2021 - The EU's response to the global resurgence of Covid-19 and the new emerging Covid variants (debate)

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in Europe and in the world, it is not a global renaissance of COVID-19, but simply the transition of SARS-CoV-2 from the pandemic phase to the endemic phase. The virus is becoming less and less aggressive. The Omicron variant, to date, has not caused any death and produces only a very mild symptomatology. If policy followed science, this would be the time t…

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Nov

2021

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The EU's role in combating the COVID-19 pandemic: how to vaccinate the world (topical debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the question today must not be how to vaccinate the world, but why should we do so? We all call "vaccines" of experimental gene therapies with mRNA or DNA that do not immunize, because those who receive them can become infected with COVID-19 and infect, and reduce only partially and for a few months the probability of serious course of the disease. Conversely…

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Oct

2021

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The Rule of law crisis in Poland and the primacy of EU law (debate)

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, it is truly frustrating for an Italian European citizen today to witness this unprecedented test of the Union's strength against the Polish State for failure to comply with the Rule of law on LGBTQ ideology and the appointment of judges, while in Italy the fundamental human rights enshrined in the European Charter of Human Rights are being trampled on by th…

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Jul

2021

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Connecting Europe Facility - Streamlining measures for the realisation of the TEN-T - Railway safety and signalling: Assessing the state of play of the ERTMS deployment (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, these three measures address the crucial issue of investment in infrastructure, with the aim that we all share of speeding up construction sites by simplifying the bureaucratic burden on businesses. However, I am disappointed to note that the funding eligible for the Connecting Europe Facility does not cover, if not in the least, the costs of maint…