What Sandro spoke about.

16 Sep

2026

EN Speech

Stop gold-plating, relieve SMEs: Member States must implement EU legislation without adding extra bureaucracy (topical debate)

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Madam President, our single market remains fragmented and national gold-plating is one of the main causes. Let's call it as it is: governments cannot blame Brussels bureaucracy while creating more bureaucracy themselves at home. They cannot demand simplification in Europe and then transform one European rule into 27 different national regimes, adding obligations, procedures and paperwork. That is …

15 Sep

2026

EN Speech

Findings and recommendations of the Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield (debate)

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Madam President, democracy cannot defend itself if we leave its digital infrastructure in the hands of private interests without transparency or accountability. This is why the Regulation on political advertising must be firmly enforced, Commissioner. It tells citizens who is trying to influence them, who is paying for the advert, and how their personal data are used to target them. These are not …

16 Jun

2026

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Achieving digital sovereignty and resilience for Europe, in light of recent developments affecting access to advanced AI technologies (debate)

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Mr President, digital sovereignty is not a technical debate: it's a question of power. The decision by the Trump administration to restrict access to advanced AI models must be a wake-up call for Europe. Artificial intelligence is no longer just innovation: it is a strategic asset, a matter of security, competitiveness and geopolitical influence. So let us stop opposing regulation and innovation. …

15 Jun

2026

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Time for European economic independence (debate)

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20 May

2026

FR Speech

High time to deliver on the Single Market, providing certainty and predictability for EU businesses and quality jobs (continuation of debate)

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Madam President. Too many obstacles and not enough money, Commissioner, that is the problem of the single market. Too many obstacles. The root cause is protectionism, the persistence of 27 national barriers in strategic sectors: energy, services, telecoms, capital. Use your power. You can force Member States to dismantle these barriers. Use powers with infringement procedures. And then there's the…

19 May

2026

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EU governance under pressure – institutional responses to global challenges (debate)

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Mr President, Europe must become independent. To achieve this, a true European defence is no longer a choice; it is an emergency. But arms alone will not secure Europe's future. Without political and democratic unity, there can be no European power. That is why new European governance and also Treaty revisions are now indispensable. We need a new transnational coalition, cross-party, across instit…

18 May

2026

IT Speech

Order of business

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, on 4 May, after being diagnosed with an incurable disease, Olivier Dupuis, a former Member of this Parliament, freely chose to leave us at the age of 67. Olivier Dupuis was of Belgian nationality and was elected to two legislatures in Italy with Marco Pannella's Radical Party. It was the most successful embodiment of the dream of a party and transnational pol…

29 Apr

2026

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Amendment of the European Electoral Act allowing Members to vote in plenary by proxy voting during pregnancy and after giving birth (A10-0123/2026 - Juan Fernando López Aguilar) (vote)

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Madam President, proxy voting is about freedom. Nothing less. It is about making equality real, not rhetorical. Pregnancy must never become a structural penalty, a barrier that limits representation. So if we are truly serious about gender equality, if we are truly committed to democratic representation, the path before us is clear. Yes, there are still issues to be addressed in our electoral law.…

26 Mar

2026

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EU-US trade deal (joint debate)

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Mr President, dear colleagues, Commissioner, you said a deal is a deal. Yes, but it takes two to tango. We can be a reliable partner, but the trust is not there if the other partner does not practice what we preach, and Trump does not. We can make effort to clarify the legal framework, but the framework falls if the other partner is in a legal limbo, and Trump is in a legal limbo. We can, under ce…

10 Mar

2026

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EU enlargement strategy (debate)

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Mr President, we must reform the Union to unify Europe. Let us be serious, the Union is not fit for purpose with 27 Member States; it cannot act with the necessary speed in the current world disorder. We need a stronger and enlarged Union on the world scene. But if it does not work with 27 Member States, how could it work better with 35 Member States without reforms? Unanimity and vetoes are no lo…

10 Mar

2026

FR Speech

Single Market: how to move from an incomplete single market to one market for one Europe (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, too many obstacles and too many barriers. Now we are even talking about internal tariffs: 45% for manufactured goods and 110% for services, according to the IMF and the Draghi report. But what is the cause? The cause is the persistence of 27 different national laws in strategic sectors. It is the Council's duty to eliminate them. Of course, we w…

9 Mar

2026

FR Speech

Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European Commission (debate)

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11 Feb

2026

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Urgent actions to revive EU competitiveness, deepen the EU Single Market and reduce the cost of living - from the Draghi report to reality (debate)

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Madam President, 'And yet it moves' – this must be the title of tomorrow's summit. After months of hesitations and vetoes, we need to move, faster and better – no time to waste anymore. The message from today's debate is clear: simplify the single market; diversify our trade partners; protect our strategic sectors. We have forgotten to finance innovation also with Eurobonds and strengthen the inte…

21 Jan

2026

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Preparations for the EU-India summit (debate)

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[Start of speech off mic] ... point in our partnership, the end of the current world order is very far from our common interest. But nostalgia is not a strategy. In this time of brutality, we must build new coalitions, which work. We need to create new institutions and agreements among like‑minded partners. To this end, the EU‑India trade deal will unlock new potential not only for our business an…

21 Jan

2026

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European Council meeting (joint debate)

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Madam President, colleagues, we often say that we do not have the means for our ambition. I will say that in these cases we do not have the ambition to use our means, because when it comes to trade and digital matters, we can be powerful and we can be effective, but we really have to want it. Since last July in Scotland, the appeasement approach pushed by the Commission with the support, we know, …

20 Jan

2026

FR Speech

Tackling AI deepfakes and sexual exploitation on social media by making full use of the EU’s digital rules (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, you have all, alas, cited very good examples of what is happening on social networks. I'll add one. Take the test. Go to Grok, take a picture of a known person. For example, Anne Frank. Undress her, add swastikas as tattoos. Shocking, isn't it? Revolting even, and yet, perfectly possible on Grok. This has been done. What we see with sexual content by AI is no…

17 Dec

2025

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 18-19 December 2025, in particular the need to support Ukraine, transatlantic relations and the EU’s strategic autonomy (debate)

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Mr President, we must face reality. Washington now sees a strong European Union as a problem to solve, not an ally to support. President Trump has decided that Brussels is a bigger problem than Beijing. And the Kremlin endorses all this, in Ukraine and elsewhere. Washington doesn't like an EU self-confident enough to defend its own interests, starting with the digital legislation. We can pretend t…

17 Dec

2025

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 18-19 December 2025, in particular the need to support Ukraine, transatlantic relations and the EU’s strategic autonomy (debate)

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I listened to you very carefully, colleague, and I fully agree with you. I mean, either we give ourselves the strength to be an actor or we are on the menu. Either we stay at the table or we are on the menu – the menu of Trump and Putin. So I wonder how your group can join forces every day in this Hemicycle with allies of Trump and Putin? How can you today say here that you want a stronger Europe,…

13 Nov

2025

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Proxy voting in plenary for Members during pregnancy and after giving birth (A10-0214/2025 - Juan Fernando López Aguilar) (vote)

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Madam President, we are in 2025, but our electoral law quite literally belongs to another century. It was adopted in 1976 and is now completely obsolete. Today we are taking an important step to allow women to reconcile motherhood with democratic participation – a long-awaited step into modernity and justice. But our role here is to fully reflect today's society – and today care and responsibility…

12 Nov

2025

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Protecting EU consumers against the practices of certain e-commerce platforms: the case of child-like sex dolls, weapons and other illegal products and material (debate)

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Mr. Speaker, Shein wants the best of both worlds and, in return, makes us experience the worst of nightmares. This platform wants to take advantage of the European market, but without respecting the rules and promoting abject illegal practices such as child pornography. Chinese platforms like AliExpress or Temu make sure they respect all the dictates of their communist regime – in China – but bypa…

12 Nov

2025

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Condemning the illegal unilateral declaration of the secessionist entity created by Türkiye in Cyprus and the continued Turkish military occupation (debate)

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Mr President, there is only one legitimate state on the island: it is the Republic of Cyprus. It is time for Türkiye to respect international law and the relevant UN Security Council resolutions and to withdraw its forces from the island. The continuing military occupation of part of the territory of the Republic of Cyprus must finally come to an end. Of course, we know that the ears of Türkiye ha…

21 Oct

2025

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Polarisation and increased repression in Serbia, one year after the Novi Sad tragedy (debate)

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Madam President, Serbia has chosen a European path. It was a free European choice – a choice we strongly support and a choice which ensures a clear benefit, but demands clear commitments. Commitment to democracy, rule of law and freedom first of all. The freedom of hundreds of students to protest and to express criticism of President Vučić one year after a terrible tragedy in Novi Sad. A protest a…

21 Oct

2025

IT Speech

Criminal intimidation against investigative journalists in the EU: the attempted attack on Sigfrido Ranucci (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the attack on Sigfrido Ranucci and his family is an attack on freedom of information, on the rule of law and, therefore, also on Europe. And democracy is defended not only at the polls or in Parliament but also in the freedom of journalists to investigate without fear. Freedom and independence of information are two pillars of our fragile democracies: They guara…

21 Oct

2025

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Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner Kos, thank you, and thank you all, because I think that this debate made things very clear. I mean, there is the extreme right which is against everything: 'We don't need to reform because we are against enlargement'. It's fine, it's not madness, but at least it's a clear position. Then there are those who haven't read the report properly, because I heard that there are …

21 Oct

2025

EN Speech

Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations (debate)

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Mr President, dear Commissioner, dear colleagues, first of all, I want to thank all the shadow rapporteurs for their constructive work and commitment throughout this process, and notably the intensive and good work on the compromise amendments. I also want to record the useful exchanges and cooperation with the AFET and SEDE committees. This report starts from a simple conviction: the real questio…