What Mariateresa spoke about.

17 Sep

2026

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An EU health workforce crisis plan: sustainability of healthcare systems and employment and working conditions in the healthcare sector (debate)

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Mr President, the shortage of health workers in Europe is not a temporary crisis but a structural deficit that the Union must tackle with effective measures, respecting the sovereignty of individual states. For the OECD, in 2024, twenty EU countries reported shortages of doctors and nurses. In Italy, the national health system guarantees everyone free access to care that other States do not have a…

16 Sep

2026

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Stop gold-plating, relieve SMEs: Member States must implement EU legislation without adding extra bureaucracy (topical debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, deregulation and simplification are not slogans: It is an economic necessity. The regulatory excesses produced by the European Union in recent years have not only imposed costs on our companies but have also reduced the space for Member States to build industrial policies suited to their economies. We agree to oppose the gold plating and national gold-plating…

7 Jul

2026

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EU-Mexico (joint debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Europe's strength is not measured by the number of agreements it signs, but by its ability to build partnerships that protect its interests and promote common values, including the rule of law and fundamental rights. As Vice-Chair of the Delegation for relations with Mexico, I am proud of the signing of the Modernised Comprehensive Agreement. It…

20 May

2026

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High time to deliver on the Single Market, providing certainty and predictability for EU businesses and quality jobs (continuation of debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we have been talking for years about the potential of the single market, but the truth is that that potential is still largely blocked. While our competitors innovate and attract investment, too many European companies are still trapped by bureaucracy and regulatory fragmentation. This has a real cost: Less growth, less investment, less jobs. It's time to tur…

10 Mar

2026

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Presentation of the Energy Package (debate)

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I did not say that he is disadvantaged in Europe. I said we don't talk about it enough. I said that it was not included among the various possibilities of energy to be used. Then, instead, after the ruling that said that nuclear can be inserted into energy green, I say to Europe: We have the tools to start using nuclear energy seriously, we can really start using it and lower the costs. But I'm no…

10 Mar

2026

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Presentation of the Energy Package (debate)

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Thank you for the question that allows me to answer in two parts. The first, I believe, is that with the bills decree, Giorgia Meloni has already responded abundantly to this crisis. The second, I answer you not as an MEP, but as a mayor. With competitiveness, with the prices we have today from energy, I risk having 2000 employees at home because my companies relocate to other companies where you …

10 Mar

2026

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Presentation of the Energy Package (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, when we talk about energy, we are not discussing a simple technical dossier: We are talking about European household bills, the future of our businesses and Europe's competitiveness in the world. The Commission package contains steps in the right direction: investing in networks, strengthening interconnections, building true European energy indepen…

11 Feb

2026

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Urgent actions to revive EU competitiveness, deepen the EU Single Market and reduce the cost of living - from the Draghi report to reality (debate)

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22 Jan

2026

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A new action plan to implement the European Pillar of Social Rights (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, education is the first pillar of the EU's social rights, on which the concrete possibility for every citizen to live a dignified life, participating in the labour market, depends. Precisely in this area there are negative data. Unemployment and vacancies coexist in Europe. According to the Eurobarometer, the skills gap is increasing and 43% of SMEs are struggling to …

16 Dec

2025

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Grids package and tackling raising energy prices through robust infrastructure (debate)

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25 Nov

2025

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Protection of minors online (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the protection of minors online is a responsibility that no one can shirk, but it must be approached with balance and realism. The report contains constructive aspects but the overall framework, with digital age and European verification systems, risks becoming a tool for tracking and controlling children, as well as limiting national sovereignty. Similarly, …

6 Oct

2025

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Intergenerational fairness in Europe on the occasion of the International Day of Older Persons (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, by 2050 the percentage of people over 65 in the European Union will be 30%. It is crucial to support change towards a society that values people of all ages. Initiatives such as the European Innovation Partnership on Active Ageing and the strategy to strengthen intergenerational communication are welcome. However, it is essential to take into ac…

11 Sep

2025

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European strategy for addressing Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Alzheimer's disease and dementia are a health problem not only for those who suffer from it, but also for families, often alone and struggling to cope with it. The OECD estimates 13 million people with dementia by 2030 and around 18 million cases in Europe by 2050; In Italy, more than 1 million Italians are affected. The project Rethinking Alzheime…

10 Jul

2025

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Endometriosis: Europe’s wake-up call on the gender health gap (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in Italy over 1.8 million women of childbearing age – 15 to 50 years old – have a confirmed diagnosis of endometriosis, in Europe 14 million and almost 200 million worldwide. That's why we need to start treating it as a public health issue. The disease affects between 10 and 20% of women of reproductive age, but the diagnosis takes about eight to t…

18 Jun

2025

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Electricity grids: the backbone of the EU energy system (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, electricity grids must be an instrument of energy sovereignty, but we must be aware of the challenges ahead. Delays in action and difficulties in granting permits require a coordinated effort. Integrating networks, making them flexible and digital will have positive effects on generation costs, but in a context made increasingly complicated by geop…

2 Apr

2025

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Energy-intensive industries (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, this House must come to terms with the reality: Our companies are relocating and we are witnessing social slaughter with millions of layoffs. It is the fault of that same Europe that still today uses ecologicalism as an ideological weapon. The resolution on energy-intensive industry is proof of this: the cry "decarbonize!" was sanctioned the req…

12 Mar

2025

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Accelerating the phase-out of Russian gas and other Russian energy commodities in the EU (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we share the ambition that emerges from theAffordable Energy Action Plan to pursue energy sovereignty, taking into account the specificities of individual Member States. However, we are concerned about the strategies to achieve it. We are living in an age of contradictions, Commissioner, and the fact that France increased Russian liquefied natural …

11 Mar

2025

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Clean Industrial Deal (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, I have read the text carefully and I confess to you that I have not perceived the will to face the challenges that our industry is facing with the pragmatism that has been lacking in the last five years. Strengthening the European production system requires a different level of commitment because, of course, we are in this situation mainly becau…

11 Feb

2025

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The need to address urgent labour shortages and ensure quality jobs in the health care sector (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, since 2022, the European Union has had a deficit of 1.2 million medical professionals. Population ageing, increased demand, demographic decline and precarious working conditions are among the main causes of this phenomenon. It is a real and urgent emergency. The pandemic has taught us that without doctors, nurses and health professionals, the healt…

20 Jan

2025

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Powering Europe’s future - advancing the fusion industry for energy independence and innovation (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we are facing one of the most ambitious challenges of our time: ensuring a sustainable, secure and accessible energy future for all. Over the next three years, energy demand will increase by 30%, which, combined with the need to reduce emissions, requires a radical change of approach. Strengthening and protecting critical infrastructure is an ur…

19 Dec

2024

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Commission’s plans to include the revision of the outstanding proposals on animal welfare in its work plan for 2025 (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, if we do not listen to the farmers' cry of alarm in Brussels, the siege of tractors will return. These are my words in an interview with the Corriere della Sera on 3 December, and today Parliament is once again under siege. We are selling off the European economy through a Green Deal that has put so many sectors in agony. Remember that, just as …

18 Dec

2024

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Urgent need for EU action to preserve nature and protect biodiversity to avoid the extinction of species (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, today we are talking about biodiversity, and I would like to mention three fish: carpione del Garda, marble trout and lasca. They are among the twenty fish present in Italian lakes and rivers at risk of extinction; This is not because of the impact of fishing or pollution, but because they are threatened by the common cormorant, whose population in…

18 Dec

2024

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Challenges facing EU farmers and agricultural workers: improving working conditions, including their mental well-being (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, agricultural work is one of the most dangerous in Europe. Studies show that deaths in agriculture are 233% higher than in other sectors and accidents are 18% higher. Added to this are other stressors related to arduous work and lack of support. Our farmers and ranchers are under pressure from unfair competition, price uncertainty, ever-increasing r…

27 Nov

2024

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Rise of energy prices and fighting energy poverty (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Madam Commissioner, the energy crisis and the associated rise in prices have been addressed by the European Union with emergency measures that have contained its dramatic effects. But the situation is still critical: It undermines the competitiveness of businesses and the sustainability of energy costs, leading to the impoverishment of households. Energy pove…

26 Nov

2024

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Urgent need to tackle the gender pay gap (debate)

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