What Anna Maria spoke about.

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Jul

2026

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The abduction, forced conversion and child marriage of Maria Shahbaz and the protection of girls in Pakistan

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the Islamic theocracy has stolen the future from Mary, a 13-year-old Pakistani Christian. She was kidnapped, forced to convert to Islam and forced to marry a man much older than her, like 19 million other girls, of child brides. A horror. This is what happens where Sharia law becomes the law of the state. And we do not think that all this, unfortunately, is f…

17

Jun

2026

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The resilience of the European transport sector and the need to ensure the supply of essential goods amid ongoing geopolitical instability (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, resilience? The reality? Go and tell the Electrolux workers, in Porcia, Susegana, Ceretto d'Esi, Forlì, Solaro, where over 1,700 people are at risk with devastating cuts. There are families, salaries, territories and entire production chains. National and local institutions are working to defend production and employment, but the responsibilities are clear: of t…

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May

2026

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Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban's adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for Courts

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, women who have been violated, gagged, erased at the mere thought of freedom: This is the fate that the Taliban imposes on Afghan women, who died under the rubble – under the rubble of that earthquake in August – because they could not be touched by men. Today we want to condemn him, but in Europe, in the end, what are we doing? What is happening in Europe? …

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May

2026

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Reviewing the ETS system to support European competitiveness (topical debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Europe, Commissioner, is making a very serious mistake. As we face the severe energy crisis, the Commission continues to impose on us an ETS system and rigidities that artificially increase costs for businesses and households. For example, since 2028 – today’s news – the highest cost for transport in Italy is estimated at €11 billion, which is unac…

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Feb

2026

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Systemic oppression, inhumane conditions and arbitrary detentions by the regime in Iran

21

Oct

2025

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Criminal intimidation against investigative journalists in the EU: the attempted attack on Sigfrido Ranucci (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, a kilo of explosives was used to intimidate Ranucci: closeness to him and his family. A criminal act that I condemn without hesitation. Freedom of the press, of thought, of speech are the boundary that separates us from authoritarian and theocratic regimes. But these freedoms must always be defended, all of them, without exception. However, this is…

7

Oct

2025

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Situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakes (debate)

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the August earthquake in Afghanistan led to deaths of mothers, children and grandmothers. They were left to die under the rubble while begging for help. The rescuers, all men, did not touch them. They were women and therefore condemned to die, dramatically and in the most deafening silence of the left, of feminists, of Albanians, of Salis. No headlines, no …

10

Sep

2025

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State of the Union (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, today, President von der Leyen, you gave a show of balance, climbing on mirrors in an attempt to please everyone. A soup of sole intentions, but for six years you have been at the helm and the tragic consequences are before everyone's eyes. Talk about reconciling defense and green transition, should we imagine solar-paneled tanks and biodegradable bullets? An…

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Apr

2025

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 20 March 2025 (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I was astonished to hear President von der Leyen say earlier that companies have grown in recent years. You have to wonder what reality you live in. This majority pretends not to realize that it has devastated Europe, destroying thousands of workers in the fisheries, agriculture and forestry sectors.automotive, in the maritime sector, and all in the name of a…

22

Jan

2025

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Links between organised crime and smuggling of migrants in light of the recent UN reports (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I have been on the Balkan route, where I have seen with my own eyes the passers-by at work. There, a trip from Bosnia to Italy also costs 10 000 euros and it is all very easy, discounted. It is a human trafficking that makes the traffickers in the world up to 6 billion dollars a year and carries with it the weight, of course, of thousands of hum…

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Dec

2024

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Preparation of the EU-Western Balkans Summit (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the Balkans and the European Union? Along the Balkan route there is an affront to Europe, and to Italy in particular. The center in Lipa, Bosnia, built with 1.7 million euros of European citizens, does not block illegal immigration but encourages it. Irregular migrants, whom the Croatian police reject, can thus constantly repeat the attempt to cross the borde…

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Dec

2024

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Toppling of the Syrian regime, its geopolitical implications and the humanitarian situation in the region (debate)

Mr President, Madam High Representative, ladies and gentlemen, the subversion by jihadist groups of Assad's brutal and dictatorial regime is a further aggravation of the already precarious conditions of the Middle East powder keg. Europe is in danger of losing its soul. The jihadists have conquered Syria by imposing their project of Islamist domination, but let us not delude ourselves that this re…

27

Nov

2024

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Presentation by the President-elect of the Commission of the College of Commissioners and its programme (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, this Commission is a serious betrayal of the will shown by the voters, who have instead called for a change in European policies that have marginalised our continent in global markets, brought our agriculture and our typical products to their knees, altered identity and Western values with permissive policies and tolerance towards all the fundamentalisms of I…

22

Oct

2024

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State sponsored terrorism by the Islamic Republic of Iran in light of the recent attacks in Europe (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the Ayatollah regime, the regime that lashes women, marries girls, hangs homosexuals, the regime that wants to eliminate Israel, the regime that even a part of the West supports, is the regime that supports terrorist organisations such as Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis. A state terrorism supported by the Islamic Republic of Iran that, also through the Irani…

9

Oct

2024

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Strengthening the security of Europe’s external borders: need for a comprehensive approach and enhanced Frontex support (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, defending borders is a duty towards our citizens, towards our countries. Now the proposal put forward by 15 Member States, including Italy, to establish repatriation centers outside European borders, goes in the direction that has long been proposed and voted by the League. This proposal will now be discussed by EU Home Affairs Ministers this Thursday and hop…

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Sep

2024

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The deteriorating situation of women in Afghanistan due to the recent adoption of the law on the “Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice”

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, since Islamic fundamentalists took control of Afghanistan in 2021, they have deprived millions of women and girls of all human dignity and a free and safe life. This persecution has reached unsustainable levels with the introduction, on August 21, of a new law that prohibits women from singing, acting and speaking aloud in public and that obliges them to keep th…