What Ignazio Roberto spoke about.

16 Sep

2026

IT Speech

State of the Union (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Madam President von der Leyen, you spoke of the electrification of the European continent by 2040. But what is needed today - and you recalled the tragedies of this summer - is a roadmap to stop using fossil fuels. Let me give you an example: The city of Rome is planning an incinerator of 600,000 tons of carbon dioxide emitted into the air. He then mentioned …

8 Jul

2026

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Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda: EU solidarity and preparedness in global health (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, this virus, which many of us have compared to what happened a few years ago with COVID, is a much more lethal, much more dangerous virus: There is no cure, there is no vaccine, and there is no way to stop bleeding inside the body and outside the body of these poor patients. We really need to replace what the United States has done with its step …

8 Jul

2026

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The EU’s role in the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and the accountability of Israel under international law (topical debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I have been with other Members of Parliament in the West Bank, in the occupied territories. We saw, as soon as we arrived in the city of Hebron, a curve where we were shown that there were still bloodstains of some Palestinians killed a few days earlier and we asked: "But why don't you go to justice?" "No, because we don't have normal justice. We h…

19 May

2026

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Political repression and humanitarian situation in Cuba (debate)

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Madam President, Madam High Representative, ladies and gentlemen, when we talk about the humanitarian situation in Cuba, we are not just talking about international politics, we are talking about the daily lives of millions of people. The embargo affecting the country has dramatic consequences for the population. 32 times in a row, the UN General Assembly has called for an end to these measures. T…

18 May

2026

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

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Mr President Ștefănuță, Commissioner Várhelyi, ladies and gentlemen, I have spent 35 years of my life – practically more than half of my adult life – as a surgeon in the operating room and in intensive care. When a drug is missing, the problem is not theoretical, it is not geopolitical, it is not industrial: He is a doctor who does not know how to treat a patient, he is a patient who is not treate…

10 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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26 Nov

2025

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EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities post-2024 (debate)

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9 Oct

2025

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World Mental Health Day - addressing the socio-economic factors (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, if one of us suffers from a fever, a cough or a chill, it is only natural that he should ask his doctor to diagnose him and start the necessary treatment. How many people have these symptoms in Europe each year? Millions. But there are millions of young people who have a serious illness with symptoms that are not physically obvious: depression, anx…

9 Sep

2025

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Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine, the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solution (debate)

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Madam President, I visited Birkenau and Auschwitz with Sami Modiano, who was deported there at the age of 13 and lost his father and young sister there. I visited Hiroshima, a museum that shows tragedy and destruction. I will not live long enough to visit the Museum of the Destruction of Gaza and to hear the voices of my great-grandchildren asking 'but where was great-grandfather in those years? H…

18 Jun

2025

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Stopping the genocide in Gaza: time for EU sanctions (topical debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we are facing a genocide that cries out for justice: More than 55,000 Palestinians have been deliberately killed, including thousands of children. Gaza is now the leading place of death for children on the planet. Europe must act with harsh and lasting sanctions, Mrs Kallas: Total arms embargo, immediate suspension of all agreements with Israel. No more hypoc…

7 May

2025

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EU support for a just, sustainable and comprehensive peace in Ukraine (debate)

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Madam President, the President of our Commission has outlined her priorities: ending oil imports from Russia and pursuing a rearmament plan. First of all, I personally find it offensive speaking and leaving without listening to the voice of Parliament. She announced that the financial value of all imports has decreased from EUR 12 billion to less than 2. We should be pleased, but did it help Ukrai…

6 May

2025

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Protecting Greenland's right to decide its own future and maintain the rule-based world order (debate)

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Madam President, Madam Commissioner, when Trump declared 'we will take Greenland one way or the other', I felt the responsibility to study and learn. I travelled with a group of Greens to Greenland, and what I found was not a place of conflict, but a land of peace and charming people used to fully living in an incredible environment – an environment of incredible biodiversity. The people of Greenl…

3 Apr

2025

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European Action Plan on Rare Diseases (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, rare diseases are different from many other diseases because other diseases are usually quickly diagnosed and then put into a treatment process. In rare diseases the patient does not know what he is suffering from and wanders from one hospital to another, from one doctor to another, desperately and groping in the dark, sometimes in search of a diag…

11 Mar

2025

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

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we are discussing how to share rifles and cannons, instruments of death. But the tools of life? What is the value of a European Union if a child in one of our countries can access a life-saving medicine and in another cannot? Whether our health depends on the market, on interests, on borders? We have seen what it means to be unprepared, we have …

12 Feb

2025

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Silent crisis: the mental health of Europe’s youth (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, young people who are isolated and fleeing society, distressed by the economic crisis, the labour crisis, the climate crisis. They feel excluded and the majority is not interested in politics because they believe that here we do not deal with them. They live an anxiety that leads them to withdraw into themselves, as has just been said, with very ser…

12 Feb

2025

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US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, the World Health Organisation and the suspension of US development and humanitarian aid (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris climate agreement and the withdrawal from the World Health Organization, as well as the suspension of humanitarian aid, represent an unprecedented threat to international cooperation and global stability. The United States is responsible for about 13% of global CO2 emissions.2Second only to China. Their withd…

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, Trump began his term of office by reaffirming concepts that were already expressed during the election campaign, but which today become concrete actions that challenge the values on which our Union is founded. I want to name a few. Trump did not call on the President of the Commission to highlight the marginality of Europe in his worldview. He said he wanted to …

27 Nov

2024

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Recommendation on smoke- and aerosol-free environments (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, let us imagine a world in which the air we breathe is not contaminated by smoke or harmful aerosols. It is not a dream but it is an urgent necessity. People who are regularly exposed to second-hand smoke, whether from burning cigarettes or from electronic devices - and I want to repeat this before Mr Fiocchi - are exposed, against their will, to the same health …

26 Nov

2024

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Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia (debate)

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13 Nov

2024

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EU-US relations in light of the outcome of the US presidential elections (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, as High Representative Borrell said, the election of Donald Trump is a call for reflection for all of us. It comes at a time when Europe seems to have lost its soul, its role as moral and cultural guide. We are divided, fragmented in the face of the challenges that will define our time: wars, climate, migratory flows. The war in Ukraine should have awakened i…

23 Oct

2024

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Managing migration in an effective and holistic way through fostering returns (debate)

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(beginning of the speech outside the microphone)... effective and holistic migration, says the title. I suggest starting with the intellectual honesty, absent in that part of this House two days ago, which rejected the debate on deportation and detention in a prison. lager outside Europe, migrants fleeing violence, hunger and poverty. The Meloni government's agreement with Albania has a precedent:…

10 Oct

2024

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World Mental Health Day - need for a comprehensive EU strategy on mental health (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we must recognise the urgency of joint action on mental health. A challenge that cannot be won piecemeal. We need a common engine, a shared vision that guides our investments on a scientific, cultural and economic level. We can change our future, but we must change our attitude. Many have said it before me. We need to target resources strategically. On the one h…

9 Oct

2024

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Urgent need to revise the Medical Devices Regulation (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, each of us must undergo checks. Think of exams like a mammogram, an MRI, a CT scan. It doesn't matter who you are and what role you play in society. Tonight's President in this House, if you have to undergo a radiological check, has no idea whether the machinery used is new or too old. It relies on the system, and that's right. But the system is also us. As a…

9 Oct

2024

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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Hungarian Presidency (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we have witnessed the staging of a being who would like to hide the dramatic reality of his regime. He spoke of values, while trampling on the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. Europe continues to withhold funds intended for Hungarian citizens because it does not want them to be used by a dictator. A dictator who established the state propa…

8 Oct

2024

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Outcome of the Summit of the Future: transforming global governance for building peace, promoting human rights and achieving the sustainable development goals (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I can only applaud what Mr Andrews has just said. The United Nations is a necessary institution, but at this historic moment it should be refounded. I quote two episodes lived during the "Summit of the Future". Two episodes linked to two of the most important challenges of our time: climate change and wars. On September 22, at the Summit of the Future, John K…