What Pasquale spoke about.

9

Oct

2024

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Taxing the super-rich to end poverty and reduce inequalities: EU support to the G20 Presidency’s proposal (topical debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, today there is an inexplicable contradiction in Europe in the eyes of the citizens. On the one hand, the Member States are asked to repay, through cuts, EUR 100 billion per year in view of the new Stability Pact; Italy is asking for 13 billion euros, for example. On the other hand, it turns a blind eye to the tax avoidance practiced by multinationals on the imme…

8

Oct

2024

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The crisis facing the EU’s automotive industry, potential plant closures and the need to enhance competitiveness and maintain jobs in Europe (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Mr Vice-President, half of the factories producing cars in Italy are in crisis, at risk of closure. In Turin, Melfi, Pomigliano, Termoli, the workers of Stellantis, formerly GKN, we have thousands of workers in redundancy, an induced of about 100 000 workers in crisis. Looking to the past is useless. Of course, he won't come back. So let's focus on the future…

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Sep

2024

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The historic CJEU ruling on the Apple state aid case and its consequences (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the ruling obliging Apple to return EUR 13 billion to Ireland is a victory for tax justice and invites us to reflect on the kind of Europe we want to live in: not in a Europe of privileges for multinationals, but in a Europe where everyone contributes equally to paying taxes. The current economic model is deeply unfair and needs to be rethought thr…

17

Sep

2024

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The future of European competitiveness (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the Draghi report - it would also have been very courteous for President Draghi to be here among the representatives of the European people to discuss - has the merit of opening a reflection on the future of Europe, but it offers inadequate answers, which do not change the framework of macroeconomic policies and the quality of development. The proposal of 800…

16

Sep

2024

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Order of business

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we have discovered in Italy in recent days that politicians must also respect humanitarian law and respect the laws. What Mr Salvini did when he was in the position of Deputy Prime Minister in Italy, Minister of Transport, was beyond the law, especially beyond humanitarian law. He kidnapped men, women and children, leaving them in despair, in sickness, in tot…