What Sandro spoke about.

23

Oct

2024

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Seven years from the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia: lack of progress in restoring the rule of law in Malta (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, yes, the wound is still open. In my country, which lives in times of peace like all other European countries, eleven journalists have been killed: Nine from the Mafia and two from terrorism. I am a member of the Democratic Party and we have a big problem, for example, in our country, which are the municipal councils – politics – which have relations with the …

22

Oct

2024

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Protection of European journalists reporting on Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, as an Italian delegation from the Socialists and Democrats Group in the European Parliament, we have called for a debate on the protection of journalists reporting on the war in Ukraine. The decision of the Russian government to issue arrest warrants against two Italian journalists, Stefania Battistini and Simone Traini, is very serious: Informing is never a …

18

Sep

2024

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Organised crime, a major threat to the internal security of the European Union and European citizens (topical debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, there is one element that unites all the criminal organisations in the world: Making money illegally. In Italy, the mafias have a long history and their specificity is that they intertwine with part of the political, economic and financial power. The question we must ask ourselves, however, concerns Europe: Are we doing enough to fight organized crime? I have…

17

Sep

2024

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War in the Gaza Strip and the situation in the Middle-East (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, in 60 seconds I will tell you that it is time to act and take decisions. The first one: We must ensure that Israel lives in security, and to do so we must immediately recognise the Palestinian state, as Spain, Ireland and Norway have already done. Only in this way will we put the Hamas terrorists out of the game, because we will give hope and a perspective of…

19

Jul

2024

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Statement by the President

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, it is with emotion that I take the floor to remember the massacre in Via D'Amelio. It is a wound that is still open, because we do not yet know the whole truth. We know that the massacre was the biggest state misdirection in Republican history. We know that the mafia is strong because it relates to part of politics, economics and finance. The years '92 and '9…