What Camilla spoke about.

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Oct

2023

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

Mr President, Commissioner, to understand how important generational renewal is - and for this work I thank my colleague Isabel Carvalhais - one thing would be enough: in the EU, in 2022, more than 57% of farm owners are 55 years old and only 12% are under 40. Young farmers have digital skills and can be the accelerators of the ecological conversion of the agricultural sector, they are the new gua…

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Sep

2023

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Reviewing the protection status of wolves and other large carnivores in the EU (topical debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we have an important task today, and we have seen it from all the speeches we are making, whether in one direction or the other: The challenge is to combine the protection of biodiversity and wildlife with farming and livestock activities in Europe, an issue that is becoming increasingly urgent. For this reason, we welcome the Commission's initi…

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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, many challenges have shaken Europe and in particular agriculture in recent years: climate change, pandemic, conflicts. And in this scenario, we have always said that the European Union must continue to maintain its central role as a guarantor of global food security. There is an indissoluble link between agriculture and the environment, and the effects of climat…

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May

2023

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Social and economic costs of climate change in light of the floods in Emilia Romagna, Marche and Toscana and the urgent need for European solidarity (debate)

Madam President, we all still have before our eyes the dramatic images of the flood that devastated Emilia-Romagna and, in part, the Marches and Tuscany. Images that cannot and must not fade, but the memory of what happened must turn into a practice of support for families and businesses and for these wounded but resilient communities. Whole sectors, starting with agriculture, need our help now. T…

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Mar

2023

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European Citizens’ Initiative "Save bees and farmers! Towards a bee-friendly agriculture for a healthy environment" (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, is there life beyond bees? The survival of four out of five species of flowering plants depends on pollinators, which contribute to the balance of our ecosystem. Environment, health, economy: it is also thanks to pollinators, if on our tables arrive products essential for a healthy and balanced diet. Less pollinators means less stability of the ent…

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Feb

2023

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Availability of fertilisers in the EU (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, over the last year we have spoken a great deal and rightly about food safety. The Russian war in Ukraine has generated a global crisis, among other things also for mineral fertilizers, which puts the entire food chain at risk, reaching our tables with an increase in food prices. Gas accounts for around 80 % of the production costs for the manufa…

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Nov

2022

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Eliminating violence against Women (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Minister, ladies and gentlemen, it is an honour for me to take the floor for the first time in this House today, a few days before 25 November, the International Day against Violence against Women. Violence against women, on the basis of which sexism and discrimination are rooted, is closely linked to an unsustainable social, labour, wage and cultural divide and, dea…