What Salvatore spoke about.

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Dec

2022

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The Commission’s reports on the situation of journalists and the implications of the rule of law (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the International Federation of Journalists has already documented 59 murders of media professionals in 2022, twelve more than in 2021. It is even more disconcerting that nine out of ten murders of journalists still go unpunished. These are alarming data, especially if they are also associated with the many episodes of violence and intimidation against those …

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Dec

2022

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Defending democracy from foreign interference (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in these difficult days, President Metsola has said so, 'European democracy is under attack' and, I would add, that it has not been since Friday evening. Foreign forces have been trying for years to get involved in our decision-making processes to influence or change the fate of our Union, and it is no coincidence that we have set up a special committee precisel…

12

Dec

2022

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Towards equal rights for persons with disabilities (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, today, once again, we are here in the Chamber and we all agree that disability is an undeniable disadvantage, which makes everyday life and their integration into society more difficult for millions of people. Unfortunately, years later and despite numerous European and national measures that are not always coordinated with each other, we must take note that …

23

Nov

2022

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The need for a European solution on asylum and migration including search and rescue (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, this morning's debate confirms once again that when we talk about immigration we risk being misunderstood. And unfortunately there is a widespread distorted perception that sees on the one hand the good, those who integrate and welcome human lives, and on the other the bad, those who are only trying to govern migration processes. I believe that there cannot be s…

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Nov

2022

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Resilience of critical entities (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the vulnerability of our strategic infrastructure is visible to all. In fact, in recent years we have seen an increase in hybrid attacks due to both climate change and domestic threats and terrorism, not to mention the pandemic, and then to the war that has endangered the security of our continent. Today, more than ever, it is essential to defend t…

6

Oct

2022

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The urgent need for an EU strategy on fertilisers to ensure food security in Europe (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, European agriculture and our farmers are in difficulty. For months, the People's Party has been denouncing how the increase in the costs of raw materials and the price of gas have generated a situation that risks blocking the entire agri-food chain. This debate, allow me, runs the risk of passing on European farmers or some of us as those who do not have an envi…

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Oct

2022

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AccessibleEU Centre in support of accessibility policies in the EU internal market (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, I would like to thank the rapporteur for the work she has done and for having found the synthesis of a balanced text. As part of the strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities, the creation of this centre was necessary to assist the Commission in monitoring and implementing the strategy, but also to support and coordinate the various M…

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Oct

2022

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Impact of new technologies on taxation: crypto and blockchain (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, we all agree that the global economy is changing and that its progressive digitalisation is confronting us with new challenges that the European Union and its states must face in a cohesive and coordinated manner. The principles of the current tax framework are progressively outdated and do not guarantee fair, transparent and harmonised taxation…

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Jul

2022

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Recent heat wave and drought in the EU (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, drought is not a problem for some, we do not make the mistake of two years ago when in the presence of the first COVID cases, someone thought it was the problem for some states. Drought is a problem across Europe and beyond. That is why we need a common European approach, structured and with concrete actions. It is necessary to modernise and implem…

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Jul

2022

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Digital Services Act - Digital Markets Act (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, allow me first of all to thank the two rapporteurs for these two important pieces of legislation, which represent a crucial turning point in the discipline of a market, the digital market, where more and more citizens and businesses, it has been said, meet and, over the years, there are many increased risks for users and many forms of unfair competition. For man…

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Jun

2022

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Parliament’s right of initiative (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, how can we explain to our citizens that, although we are the only institutional body democratically and directly elected by them, we do not have the power of legislative initiative? Unfortunately, it is difficult to explain it and over the years this anomaly has also contributed to fuelling anti-European sentiment. With the Conference on the Future…

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Jun

2022

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EU islands and cohesion policy (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, it is unfortunately clear from today's debate that European cohesion policies have failed in recent years to deal effectively with the various socio-economic problems of the 20 million citizens living on the islands of the European Union. This observation deserves a deep reflection, considering that precisely from the small island of Ventotene, in …

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May

2022

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Minimum level of taxation for multinational groups (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, for a long time we have witnessed forms of unfair tax competition, especially from multinational groups and, finally, after the agreement between the majority of the OECD countries, Europe is starting with this step to transpose an important agreement to combat circumvention and evasion, providing for a minimum tax rate of 15%. Of course, the path is long and…

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May

2022

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EU action plan for organic agriculture (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I too would like to thank the rapporteur, who has been able to combine the needs of the organic sector with those of farmers in a practical way. It has been said that our goal is to support organic production, by making our farmers contribute to the Green Deal, but let us not forget that we must ensure proper price formation, so that organic products can be k…

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Mar

2022

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Need for an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the EU in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, this unjust and unjustifiable war is undermining our production chains and our food autonomy. War is an exceptional and extraordinary event, against which Europe must act and react with equally exceptional and extraordinary measures, both to promote its cessation and to defend our food production security. As we build a long-term strategy for our autonomy, we…

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Mar

2022

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Batteries and waste batteries (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, it must be acknowledged that, unlike what has happened in the past, where we have supported environmental policies in favour of photovoltaics without having a European production, on this occasion the European Union is aligning its environmental policies with industrial ones and aims to have its own gradual autonomy of quality production to be opposed to that…

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Mar

2022

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Foreign interference in all democratic processes in the EU (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, for too many years in Europe we have underestimated the problem of foreign interference in our democracies and we have not considered the disastrous consequences that would have had and unfortunately have had, the images of war these days are confirmation of this. Attempts at foreign interference are increasing all over the world and are increasingly sophisti…

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Feb

2022

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Protection of workers from the risks relating to exposure to carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxins at work (continuation of debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, this very day this House has debated and approved the report on a European strategy against cancer, so that the European Union can strengthen its research, prevention and treatment activities to combat this insidious disease. We have all recognised that the fight against cancer must be a priority and we have shared the need to do more. Meanwhile, millions of Eur…

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Feb

2022

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Implementation of the Toy Safety Directive (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, some time ago I was reading the news of an interactive plush teddy bear that made it possible to send messages between children and adults. This toy was hacked and allowed malicious people to acquire private video and audio images, but above all related to minors. This is just one of the unpleasant scenarios that we face if we do not ensure higher …

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Jan

2022

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Digital Services Act (continuation of debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I too would like to begin by thanking the rapporteur for her work with the political groups. A demanding job, certainly not simple, a complex job where certainly not all aspects have found a widely shared definition. And unfortunately, I believe that in some passages of the text, especially in the light of some amendments, we have gone beyond the initial purpose…

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Nov

2021

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Outcome of the COP26 in Glasgow (debate)

Mr President, Mr Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen, for me, COP26 means that 25 years have passed during which we have always questioned ourselves, whether we agree or not, how many and what results we have managed to achieve. In the meantime, however, nature has given us, unfortunately, many more signals and warnings than have come from activist squares and theoretical debates. I am one of tho…

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Oct

2021

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Protecting workers from asbestos (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, today's debate confirms that asbestos, although its use is prohibited, remains a serious problem. Unfortunately, it has been said, many citizens still die and many others are affected by pathologies deriving from exposure to asbestos, many of which are not even recognized among the professional ones and therefore do not give the right to any type o…

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Oct

2021

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European Union Agency for Asylum (continuation of debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the proposal for an Agency to replace the current European Asylum Support Office is a step forward after years of stalemate on migration at European level. But we must not be too enthusiastic because to date, after numerous migration and humanitarian crises on all the continents close to us, the European Union has not yet adopted a real migration policy with whi…

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Oct

2021

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State of EU cyber defence capabilities (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, today's debate sees us all agreeing that the European Union needs a single, coordinated, more ambitious and stronger cybersecurity strategy, with serious commitment from all Member States and a strengthening of cyber diplomacy. Cyberattacks are increasing, both in quantity and sophistication, and are set to grow in the future. This poses a serious risk to Eur…

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Oct

2021

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The protection of persons with disabilities through petitions: lessons learnt (debate)

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as long as there is a debate or a measure on the rights of persons with disabilities, it means that there is a problem and that there is still much to be done. This resolution ignites the responsibilities of everyone, so that we can intervene in defense of those people who face obstacles and discrimination every day and are deprived of the freedom and funda…