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19 Sep

2024

IT Speech

Possible extradition of Paul Watson: the danger of criminalisation of environmental defenders and whistle-blowers, and the need for their protection in the EU (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Captain Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd, who has always been at the forefront of the defence of the oceans, actively deployed against the barbaric practice of illegal whaling, is now detained on Danish territory and at risk of extradition to Japan, where he would risk an absolutely disproportionate prison sentence. It is an unacceptable prospect for a non-vi…

19 Sep

2024

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Droughts and extreme weather events as a threat to local communities and EU agriculture in times of climate change (debate)

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Lately we are waiting for the approval of Commissioner Figliuolo to provide for expansion basins that have already been approved by the Emilia Romagna Region and are still waiting for the refreshments that were promised in the first days of the flood and have never arrived. The work is proceeding steadily and yet, unfortunately, this becomes an ideological battle to position ourselves politically,…

19 Sep

2024

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Droughts and extreme weather events as a threat to local communities and EU agriculture in times of climate change (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, exactly what science has predicted over the last fifty years is happening in our territories these days: states of very serious drought and risk of desertification, of very serious damage to agriculture, as happened in Sicily – orchards were planted in our territories and animals were killed because they could not cope with their survival – and at the same time,…

18 Sep

2024

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The devastating floods in Central and Eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the devastation and deaths caused by storm Boris force everyone to face the seriousness of the climate crisis. And it is absurd to hear that even here, in this House, there are those who continue to mystify reality, denying our precise responsibilities in not having faced this announced disaster in time. This is a moment of solidarity with the families of the vi…

17 Sep

2024

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State of the Energy union (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, there are a number of crucial games to be played on the future of energy: the quality of people's lives, the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises, the resilience of the European industrial sector in global competition and a primary role for Europe in the geopolitical chessboard. For all these challenges we need to accelerate the ex…

16 Sep

2024

IT Speech

Outcome of the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, this important work on agriculture shows once again the need for radical change, which protects our farmers from the growing damage caused by the climate crisis and restores to agriculture the necessary environmental, economic and social sustainability. The dangerous and insane contrast between agriculture and the protection of nature and the soil must be def…