What Paola spoke about.

12

Mar

2024

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EU climate risk assessment, taking urgent action to improve security and resilience in Europe (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we note that the climate emergency is suspended: Droughts, rising temperatures and sea levels can wait for the next elections. There is no other explanation for the words of the Commissioner for Climate Action who, after years of alarmism, is now also slowing down on decarbonisation. And while it calls for a 90% reduction in emissions by 2040, it postpones le…

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Jan

2024

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Improving the socio-economic situation of farmers and rural areas, ensuring fair incomes, food security as well as a just transition (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the concerns of European farmers on strike are the same as those of Italian farmers and have the same cause: environmental prejudice fuelled by the European Commission. In Italy, the fruit and vegetable sector has produced 40% less, the livestock sector 30%; an estimated 60% drop in farm income; Millions of families are in danger. What does Europe do? Under t…

22

Nov

2023

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Reducing regulatory burden to unleash entrepreneurship and competitiveness (topical debate)

Madam President, Mr Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen, there are two ways of looking at the state: as an institution that must be served by citizens or as an entity that justifies its existence with results. I believe that institutions should be at the service of people, not vice versa. Let those who work and give work be helped and not hindered. Because without work and the value it creates, t…

12

Sep

2023

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Ukrainian grain exports after Russia’s exit from the Black Sea Grain Initiative (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, there are two wars in Europe: the bloody one on the Ukrainian front and the silent one on the wheat. One is tied to the other. Both must be stopped: Italian farmers know this. Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, wheat production prices have risen dramatically, while sales prices on the market have fallen. How is that possible? It's financial speculat…

12

Jul

2023

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Delivering on the Green Deal: risk of compromising the EU path to the green transition and its international commitments (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner Timmermans, ladies and gentlemen, at least the Commission has clearly explained its position: The objectives of the programme must be achieved at all costs. It is a position already felt a few days ago, when we read the results of the additional study on the impact of the Regulation for plant protection in viticulture: Yes, we are told, this impact will be devastating; Y…

15

Jun

2023

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The water crisis in Europe (debate)

(IT) Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, representatives of the Commission, before we begin, I ask you all to send a hug to the people of Emilia-Romagna who have been wounded but certainly not defeated. We could discuss the causes of climate change, but let's stick to the facts. We have seen images of drought disasters, we have seen the most recent ones of many European territories devastated b…

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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)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, talking about bees means talking about our own lives. Without bees, many crops would not bear fruit and seeds and this would put biodiversity at risk. Without biodiversity, our health and food security would be at risk. Our farmers know all this well: They are the first guardians of the environment, because no one knows better than them the rhyt…

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Feb

2023

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Availability of fertilisers in the EU (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, in the face of the extraordinary crisis that has hit the agricultural sector, due to the increase in fertiliser prices, the Commission has responded with initiatives - and the Commissioner has stressed this - that are acceptable but ordinary in the face of an extraordinary situation, as has been said. We need a leap in awareness and a leap in quali…

13

Dec

2022

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A need for a dedicated budget to turn the Child Guarantee into reality - an urgency in times of energy and food crisis (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, ladies and gentlemen, children are our present and our future, I tell you as a mother and grandmother. Much remains to be done to ensure a dignified present and future for many children. In Italy, 1.3 million children live below the poverty line. Families with more children are at the highest risk of poverty. With bills and inflation skyrocketing, Europe needs…