Speeches

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, it is indeed a great 'wow', because competitiveness in agriculture is back at its core. I fear, however, that in your vision, Commissioner, competitiveness depends, for the most part, on the weight of agriculture in global trade and on the ability to guarantee healthy food for Europeans. So, ladies and gentlemen, together we must lead European agriculture to regain its autonomy, to no longer be held hostage by the oligopolies of the multinationals that control the markets, the genetics of our seeds, chemistry and now also the transition to organic and agroecology, wanting to control and distort them more and more. For example, in your vision, Commissioner, the central ecosystem services, generated by farmers working in symbiosis with agriculture, want to deliver them to the market without protection. So, this time again, instead of being an income opportunity for farmers, the market will have control. The same market that today leaves only 7% of the price paid by consumers in the pockets of farmers. Commissioner, working for a fair wage is also a right for us farmers. Give us back control of this.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the negotiations between the Italian Government and Elon Musk on Starlink are a strategic issue for the sovereignty and security of the Union. Meloni wants to cede government and military communications to Trump's key man, Musk himself, who supports the German far right with the aim of destabilizing European institutions. What other interferences and how many others do we want to accept? Do we really want our classified information networks to be operated by a non-European company? Remember what happened when Musk cut off access to Starlink in Ukraine? Hurrying is not worth the expense. European right-wingers go to Trump's knees and he thanked us by taxing our strategic industries. But now we want to sell others too? It is unacceptable that Prime Minister Meloni continues to want to bring the enemy into the house, and with Starlink she does so. An alternative European project to Starlink is: is IRIS2. Let's support him. The European Union must develop an autonomous infrastructure, to avoid geopolitical blackmail and to ensure our security.