What Carolina spoke about.

6 Oct

2026

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Pilot project on European Schools Alliances and its contribution to citizenship education, democratic competences and European values (debate)

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Madam President, in France students and teachers are protesting for more resources, less crowded classrooms, decent school buildings and sufficient staff. This is not an isolated case. Mobilizations in defense of the public school have also crossed Italy, Spain and Belgium. In Germany tens of thousands of students took to the streets against the possible reintroduction of compulsory conscription a…

14 Sep

2026

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Government crackdown on the LGBTIQ+ Community in Türkiye: Türkiye’s compliance with its international commitments on non-discrimination (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, what has happened in Turkey against the LGBTQ+ community is very serious: the arrest of dozens of people, the search of homes and offices of associations, such as Kaos GL, and even bars and nightclubs. This happens in the context of the decade of the family proclaimed to President Erdogan. The attack on the LGBTQ+ community is justified in the name of the fam…

18 Jun

2026

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Joint Declaration on ‘Culture for Europe - Europe for Culture’ (debate)

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17 Jun

2026

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Protecting children’s safety and mental health from the risks posed by social media – our duty to act now (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the new generations are growing up in a digital environment designed not to protect them, but to keep them in front of a screen for as long as possible. We cannot accept that the time, emotions and vulnerabilities of our children become a resource to be exploited to increase profits and clicks. This leads to children becoming increasingly isolated, overwhelme…

20 May

2026

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Advancing towards a care society: addressing the gender care gap (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, when we talk about care, we are talking about invisible work, which in Europe still weighs heavily on women's shoulders. They are the ones who reduce working hours, interrupt careers or give up a promotion to look after children and the elderly. And they pay twice: today with lower wages, tomorrow with poorer pensions. But, let's be clear: It is not normal for w…

29 Apr

2026

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Danger of normalising relations with Russia, including its participation in major cultural and sports events (debate)

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25 Mar

2026

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European Citizens’ Initiative 'Ban on conversion practices in the European Union' (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, conversion practices are not therapies, as has already been said. They are violence, they are attempts to break what a person is, to turn love into guilt and identity into shame. Behind these phantom treatments are stories of fear, of isolation, of young people who cannot be themselves. But the suffering of seeing oneself different from others is no…

12 Feb

2026

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Recommendation to the Council on EU priorities for the 70th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate)

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21 Jan

2026

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Online piracy of sports and other live events: urgent need to address unsolved issues (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, sport is a popular phenomenon. I have been a professional athlete and for my generation and for many to follow the sport is the cradle of dreams and is a source of inspiration. Today, however, sport is becoming elitist. Expensive subscriptions and fragmented and expensive television platforms are alienating citizens, especially the youngest. This h…

12 Nov

2025

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Gender Equality Strategy 2025 (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, this strategy is a step forward, but women can no longer be content with slow steps. It is not enough to enunciate principles, it is necessary to have the courage to make them binding with laws and shared resources. Yet we have read that the Italian Government is opposed to the adoption of the Equal Treatment Directive. The government led by a w…

22 Oct

2025

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The ongoing assault on the democratic institutions and the rule of law in Bulgaria (topical debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Bulgaria receives EUR 600 million every year from the European Union and, also thanks to these European funds, since 2007 – the year in which it entered our European home – its GDP has grown by 160%. Bulgaria will officially join the Eurozone on 1 January and its citizens will be able to use the single currency. In the face of these positive results, Bulgaria…

9 Oct

2025

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Declaration of principles for a gender-equal society (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we can approve all the statements we want, but as long as women continue to suffer violence, earn less than men, be excluded from decision-making and have to justify themselves for their choices, equality will remain only an abstract principle. This declaration should defend a very simple but apparently still revolutionary principle, namely that every woman can …

6 Oct

2025

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Role of EU policies in shaping the European Sport Model (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, first of all I would like to congratulate the rapporteur on his excellent work. The text reaffirms a fundamental principle for us: Sport is a European public good, a tool for inclusion, equality and social cohesion and not just a business. This means investing in the future of our communities, in young people and grassroots sport, in people with di…

11 Sep

2025

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A new vision for the European Universities alliances (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of my group, I am announcing the vote in favour of this report and I thank my colleague for her excellent work. This report is a step forward for the future of European university alliances. However, some critical issues need to be highlighted, for example: Access to higher education must be guaranteed to all, without discrimination on grounds of sex, …

9 Jul

2025

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Lessons from Budapest Pride: the urgent need for an EU wide anti-discrimination law and defending fundamental rights against right-wing attacks (topical debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I was proudly there, and simply because of the love I have for my wife. I was there when hundreds of thousands of Hungarian and non-Hungarian citizens took to the streets to demonstrate that love is love and knows no distinction of sex, race or age. Only Orbán and his right-wing friends think that by preventing demonstrations like Pride, citizens stop loving …

18 Jun

2025

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Freedom of assembly in Hungary and the need for the Commission to act (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I will be there on 28 June. I will be in Budapest, alongside the Hungarian LGBTQI+ community, and I will not be alone, but I will be with dozens of MEPs and national parliamentarians. We will walk alongside those who resist, those who struggle to claim rights or simply to say: I exist. Prohibiting Pride is the latest act of Orban's repressive strategy against fu…

11 Mar

2025

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Roadmap for Women`s Rights (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the road map Women's rights ignore sexual and reproductive rights, including abortion, and this is unacceptable. The far right is imposing its agenda on our institutions, putting fundamental gains at risk. Abortion is a difficult, and often painful, choice: But to deny it is to condemn women to suffering and danger. The road map It addresses crucial issues, such…

19 Dec

2024

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Recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women - EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (joint debate - EU priorities for the upcoming session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in too many parts of the world women cannot study, walk freely or choose their own destiny; are subjected to forced marriages; They are propelled into prostitution when they are not brutally murdered by their husbands and boyfriends. But there is another shame that concerns the world of women, a terrible shame, less visible because it is kept hidden and that per…

27 Nov

2024

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Recent legislation targeting LGBTQI persons and the need for protecting the rule of law and a discrimination-free Union (debate)

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Simple, because my current wife has a 13-year-old daughter normal, had with another woman. It's 2024. I know it's very hard for you to understand: But when you love each other, filiation is normal.

27 Nov

2024

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Recent legislation targeting LGBTQI persons and the need for protecting the rule of law and a discrimination-free Union (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, unfortunately we have to acknowledge that there are two Europes today: a Europe where gay couples can marry, have a family and live in peace and harmony in society, essentially free to love and be loved; and a Europe in which discrimination and inequality prevail, which is that of Bulgaria, Hungary and Italy, which attack the LGBTQI community, w…

25 Nov

2024

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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, about 50 million European women, that is, almost one in three women, as has already been said, have suffered physical, psychological or sexual violence. These dramatic numbers testify to the need for a strong reaction from all of us. To those who deny this emergency or underestimate these facts I remember the sacrifice of Giulia Cecchettin and Giulia Tramontano,…

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, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the Pact for the Future is an attractive and ambitious project. However, we fear that this initiative will turn into a marketing operation, a way to bring down the too many problems that threaten our humanity. Then I wondered what the only possible protagonist would think of this pact, namely a child. The first thing he would ask for is love, wh…

18 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”

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the law entitled 'Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice', which affects women's rights, entered into force in Afghanistan on 21 August. By itself, that a man should decide what is virtuous and vicious for a woman makes one shudder. The Taliban are tapping into the darkest era of our humanity. This is not the Middle Ages: It's worse, much worse. To all the…