What Ruggero spoke about.

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Jul

2026

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EU’s response and preparedness to protect people against recurring heatwaves and upcoming wildfires (debate)

Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that we cannot miss the opportunity of this debate by turning to ideological questions, because prevention - and the prevention strategy that the European Union has also adopted - is the first response that must be given to phenomena such as the one we have experienced in recent weeks and which we ar…

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Jun

2026

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The role of the EU in efforts for peace and stability throughout the Middle East after the announced deal between the US and Iran (debate)

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May

2026

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Resumption of the sitting

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I am referring to Rule 202 of the Rules of Procedure. Next May 23 will be the anniversary, in two days, of the Capaci massacre. It was the day when the mafia inflicted a very hard blow on Italy and the democracies, assassinating Giovanni Falcone, Francesca Morvillo and the agents of the escort Antonio Montinaro, Vito Schifani and Rocco Dicillo. From that violenc…

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May

2026

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The Union’s preparedness for and response to health emergencies: the case of the MV Hondius and the hantavirus warning (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the case of the hantavirus, as you yourself said, must not generate any panic. And this is a first message that must be addressed to the population, because the experience of the long COVID‑ pandemic is still strong and clear19. If anything, the occasion is important to ask what that pandemic left at the organisational level, whether the signals…

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May

2026

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Financing EU priorities in a sustainable, predictable and resilient way through a new EU own resource from the online gambling and betting services sector (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner Serafin, ladies and gentlemen, today's debate comes at an important time, because the evaluation of the multiannual financial framework proposed by the Commission, even in the aftermath of Parliament's vote, has seen Parliament's call for greater support for agricultural policies, greater support for cohesion policies and new support for competitiveness very broadly a…

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May

2026

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European solidarity: key to securing medicine access in a shifting geopolitical era (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in the 1990s, Europe produced more than 80% of the active ingredients for its pharmaceutical production. Today we are at 30%, because 80% of the active ingredients come from India and China, and for some essential antibiotics the dependence on Asian supply chains is almost integral. That is why it is not an industrial issue, but a matter of dealing…

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Feb

2026

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Extreme weather events in particular in Portugal, southern Italy, Malta and Greece: European response in strengthening readiness, preparedness and solidarity mechanisms (debate)

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Dec

2025

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Presentation of the EU Cardiovascular Health Plan (debate)

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Nov

2025

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The situation of Christian communities and religious minorities in Nigeria and the Middle East, and Europe’s responsibility to protect them and guarantee freedom of conscience (topical debate)

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Oct

2025

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Rising antisemitism in Europe (debate)

It is not the opinion of the Conservatives and Reformists that part of today's anti-Semitism is linked to mass Islamization. If anything, the issue is the answer, don't look at a single case. And, if I have to be honest, colleague, I don't think it will do you any honour to seek controversy on a day like this at all costs.…

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Oct

2025

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Rising antisemitism in Europe (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, I think that we are not only here today to express the great feeling of condolence two years after the events of 7 October. We are here to reflect on the reasons for a growing anti-Semitism in Europe and I think that each of us, whatever our belonging, is also recognized in the cry of concern that Pope Leo XIV, precisely on this issue, in Europe an…

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Sep

2025

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After 10 years, time to end mass migration now - protect our women and children (topical debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, on 17 September - next week - it will be two years since the visit to Lampedusa, Europe's southern border, by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and President Ursula von der Leyen. After that meeting, after the first time that Europe took note of the situation in the south of its border, the memorandum of understanding with Tunisia arrived, than…

9

Jul

2025

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EU Preparedness Union in light of the upcoming wildfire and droughts season (debate)

I do not think that the European Parliament, my colleague, has the opportunity to avoid further fires. Of course, European policies and national policies can provide for climate adaptation strategies, but to provide for climate adaptation strategies – I am an Italian, the Italian government has also done so by working on the climate adaptation plan – means working on prevention, it means working o…

9

Jul

2025

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EU Preparedness Union in light of the upcoming wildfire and droughts season (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, since the beginning of this parliamentary term, this is not the first debate in which we are dealing with fires, it is not the first debate in which we are dealing with droughts. Many months ago, as an Italian Member of Parliament, I asked the European Commission a question in which I asked about the choices that have been made, for example with…

9

Jul

2025

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The EU’s post-2027 long-term budget: Parliament’s expectations ahead of the Commission’s proposal (debate)

Madam President, Minister, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner Serafin has spoken about what unites us, and I will try to summarise some important things that perhaps divide us today and perhaps unite us tomorrow. There are divergences at the outset and we are afraid, for some choices, that we already know are not shared by the majority of Member States and certainly by the majority of Parliament. …

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Jun

2025

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Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Mr Executive Vice-President of the Commission, I think that, at times, this debate has not wanted or been able to take into account some of the innovations that have emerged in recent weeks. It is right and very correct that Parliament should ask itself how to move forward on the many projects which the plans have carried out in the various States and which m…

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May

2025

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A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we are taking part in a particularly important debate because it concerns the economic policy trajectory that will lead us to 2035. And my previous Conservative colleagues have said how important it is for us that Europe should once again be hospitable to business, that we should be able to invest in research, innovation and development, that we sh…

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Mar

2025

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Guidelines for the 2026 budget - Section III (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I too would like to begin by acknowledging to the rapporteur, Mr Halicki, the effort he has made to try to include, in these guidelines on the 2026 budget, some of the most important essential elements that came from the proposals of all the political groups, including our own. Obviously this is a debate that takes place at a particular time, while…

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Mar

2025

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Presentation of the proposal on Critical Medicines Act (CMA) (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, first of all thank you, Commissioner, for fulfilling one of the commitments you announced at your hearing, namely to be here within 100 days and to present a legislative act of extraordinary importance. Regulatory act that was widely expected, not only for what emerged in the aftermath of the pandemic, when we discovered as Europe that most of our …

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Feb

2025

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The need to address urgent labour shortages and ensure quality jobs in the health care sector (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Madam Vice-President of the Commission, the OECD report 'Health at a Glance: Europe 2024", tells us that 1.2 million doctors, nurses and midwives are missing in Europe. The same report tells us that a third of doctors and a quarter of nurses in service are over 55 and will retire in the coming years, while young people's interest in health and nursing careers de…

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Jan

2025

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Need to detect and to counter sabotage by the Russian shadow fleet, damaging critical undersea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, since there have been cases of damage in the Baltic and Mediterranean areas, the feeling that has emerged to many observers is that the European Union lacks attention to the protection of its strategic assets. One of these – perhaps the most important and least observed – is the underwater side. Some States of the Union, such as Italy, on the initiative of the g…

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Dec

2024

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Need to ensure swift action and transparency on corruption allegations in the public sector to protect democratic integrity (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, direct management funds, cohesion funds, recovery plan, NextGenerationEU and probably soon, as announced by the Commission, a large competitiveness fund. Una massa enorme di risorse che necessita in modo serio di adeguati controlli, perché, come non ci siamo mai stancati di ripetere come gruppo di Fratelli d'Italia, tutte le evidenze di corruzione …

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Nov

2024

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2025 budgetary procedure: Joint text (debate)

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Nov

2024

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The devastating floods in Spain, the urgent need to support the victims, to improve preparedness and to fight the climate crisis (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, this is the fourth debate we are having after a major disaster. We are here to express the greatest feeling of closeness to the people of Valencia and we pay tribute to those who lost their lives and feelings of thanks for those who worked tirelessly. Since the flood of 16 May 2023, there have been more than 20 major weather disasters in Europe:…

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Oct

2024

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The important role of cities and regions in the EU – for a green, social and prosperous local development (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, the centrality of regions and municipalities in cohesion policies has been reaffirmed by all groups and I am sure that no one in this House believes that we can do without municipalities and regions in the planning of the next programming cycles. I have had the privilege of being part of a regional government that has been able to invest resources …