What Stefano spoke about.

19 May

2026

IT Speech

Presentation of the Fertilisers Action Plan (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the geopolitical situation in which the irresponsible choices of Trump and Netanyahu have dragged us is already presenting the bill to European farmers, families and businesses: Tensions in the Persian Gulf and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz have exploded the prices of nitrogen fertilizers, necessary to maintain adequate production yields and ensure foo…

19 May

2026

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The attack against citizens in Modena: protecting public spaces and preventing violence in the EU (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, if only half of the things that a part of the right has been saying for three days were true, then the Italian government, after almost four years, should question whether it is able to guarantee security and manage immigration. Instead, what happened in Modena last Saturday represents a wound too deep in the conscience of my city to be sold off at the polemi…

28 Apr

2026

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Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 (debate)

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(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, faced with a budget proposal that reduces crisis response investment, renationalises European policies, limits support for citizens, territories and businesses, today we must show a different path. As rapporteur for the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, I say this unambiguously: 20% cuts to the CAP, the elimination of rural development funds, …

26 Mar

2026

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EU-US trade deal (joint debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Trump's unjustified tariffs are putting at risk not only our trade but a relationship between allies built up over decades. In this scenario we can choose to suffer, leaving European companies and workers to pay the price of uncertainty, or, as I believe, we can react by improving the agreement negotiated last August and defending European sovereignty an…

12 Feb

2026

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Cooperation among enforcement authorities regarding unfair trading practices in the agri-food supply chain (debate)

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12 Feb

2026

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Cooperation among enforcement authorities regarding unfair trading practices in the agri-food supply chain (debate)

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7 Oct

2025

IT Speech

Common agricultural policy (joint debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, despite the new geopolitical context, climate change, often unfair international competition, volatility in energy prices and raw materials, the farmers I meet do not ask for privileges, but only to be able to live off their work without being crushed by the market or bureaucracy. To respond to these requests, two primary objectives: support farm viability and s…

10 Sep

2025

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China’s unjustified decision to impose duties on imports of pork products from the EU and the need to support European farmers and workers (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, after Trump's tariffs, our farmers risk paying the price of a trade dispute with which they have nothing to do, that of Chinese electric cars. Beijing's anti-dumping investigation into our export pigmeat is a retaliation that would hit a sector already severely tested by African swine fever and lead to the collapse of prices for all European farmers. Commissione…

6 May

2025

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

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Draghi report has highlighted the crucial challenges facing the European Union and, in order to tackle them, an adequate multiannual budget is needed to finance policies that are more focused on the needs of citizens and businesses, starting with agricultural ones, which are engaged in an ambitious transition to more sustainable and competitive production mo…

11 Feb

2025

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Preparedness for a new trade era: multilateral cooperation or tariffs (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the aggressiveness of the Trump presidency presents us with a watershed: strengthen Europe today or condemn it to irrelevance tomorrow? Overcoming the right of veto, moving from monetary union to a more effective political union, diversifying markets: some strategic choices that would allow Europe to be up to the challenge of competing with new and old powers…

23 Jan

2025

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Combating Desertification: 16th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Convention (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, droughts, fires and production practices that undermine soil fertility are also raising the risk of desertification here in Europe, where 13 countries, including mine and six others in the Mediterranean basin in particular, are affected by this phenomenon. To lose are food production and security, the social and economic fabric of the affected areas, and our far…

21 Jan

2025

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Geopolitical and economic implications for the transatlantic relations under the new Trump administration (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, President Trump's inauguration speech confirms that propaganda and arrogance will accompany the new American presidency also in relations with the allies. Demands on NATO, the threat of introducing tariffs on European products to enrich Americans and doubts about support for Ukraine will have to push Europe to play ahead of global challenges, challenges for whic…

18 Dec

2024

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Challenges facing EU farmers and agricultural workers: improving working conditions, including their mental well-being (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, finally, from next January, all European farmers will have to ensure compliance with the rules on workers' rights in order to receive the funds of the common agricultural policy. It has taken more than 60 years since the birth of the CAP but, thanks to the work of this Parliament together with the trade unions, we have come to a European constraint against the s…

23 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)

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(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, regions and municipalities are caught between two trend alarming: the effects of the climate emergency, which affects them with impressive frequency, and a dramatic decline in the birth rate and increasingly elderly workforce. Faced with this scenario, local governments will have to remain protagonists in decisions and have more funds for social cohesion an…

19 Sep

2024

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Droughts and extreme weather events as a threat to local communities and EU agriculture in times of climate change (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the floods that have hit the countries of Central Europe, to which our solidarity goes, are unfortunately a scene already seen for me and for Emilia Romagna - I was its president until a few months ago - hit last year by a devastating flood, never recorded in history, with 4 and a half billion cubic metres of water fallen, costing the lives of 17 p…