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Jul

2026

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Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals in view of the 2026 High-Level Political Forum (A10-0187/2026 - Lukas Mandl, Pierfrancesco Maran) (vote)

Madam President, dear colleagues, sustainability, competitiveness and social justice must go hand in hand. More than a decade ago, the world came together to adopt the 2030 agenda. Since then, millions have escaped poverty and gained access to education, clean water and electricity. Yet today, progress is slowing as conflict and climate change put those achievements at risk. Next week, at the Unit…

18

Jun

2026

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Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles (debate)

Madam President, dear colleagues, from the very first day in this House, I've been working on the end-of-life vehicle regulation. On this journey that has lasted two years, I've met a broad range of stakeholders across Europe: carmakers, component manufacturers, recyclers, treatment facilities, to mention a few. It has been a rewarding experience and the result reflects our common dedication to su…

17

Jun

2026

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Electrification Action Plan (debate)

Madam President, this plan is very timely, but to succeed, we need targets and resources. This is why presenting the plan together with the revision of the ETS is a good idea, and also a message. The ETS could unlock the resources we need. Over the next five years, it's expected to generate EUR 160 billion in revenues. That is more than we spent on energy in the Next Generation EU. Those resources…

28

Apr

2026

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Joint debate - Discharge 2024 (joint debate)

Mr President, dear colleagues, the numbers on 2024 speak clearly: the EU continues to invest in climate and the environment. We are very glad that the 30 % climate spending target was met. It demonstrates the Union's commitment to the path we have chosen. On biodiversity, instead, we have a mixed picture. We welcome the achievement of 7.5 % of spending objectives, yet higher targets for the follow…

10

Mar

2026

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Guidelines for the 2027 budget - Section III (debate)

Mr President, the Green Deal is more than an environmental strategy. It is a strategy for Europe's future and security. It sets the path of our growth, innovation and resilience, and our budget must reflect that ambition. The 2027 budget, as the final year of the current MFF, is a decisive moment for the EU. The European Environmental Agency warns that many climate and environmental targets are st…

21

Jan

2026

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

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in Italy, piracy alone causes damage of 300 million per year. In Europe, one in eight citizens uses illegal streaming sites to watch sporting events. Such a vast problem cannot be tackled by individual states. We see it in Italy, where the fight against piracy has been delegated to a company that can suspend transmissions within 30 minutes. Please …

17

Dec

2025

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The deepening democratic crisis in Georgia (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Georgia is at a crossroads and we are at a crossroads with it. We know well the desire for Europe of the new Georgian generations, we were moved to see the European flags in the streets of Tbilisi. Today, however, we see with bitterness the fall in Georgia, one after another, of the essential elements that underpin European values: non-free elections, attacks on…

16

Dec

2025

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Presentation of the automotive package (debate)

Madam President, dear Commissioner, I would like to speak on an issue that should be more present in the package presented today: autonomous driving. It seems that we keep repeating the same mistake: obsessing over the engine. The future of the car will obviously be electric as current legislation states, and as this plan reiterates, even if with some derogations. But this is not where the sector'…

22

Oct

2025

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Situation in Belarus, five years after the fraudulent presidential elections (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, there is a regime in Belarus, that of Lukashenko, who is also complicit in the war in Ukraine. But there are those who are fighting for a different future: Sergey Tsichanouski was jailed for running for election in 2020; His wife Sviatlana Tsichanouskaya ran for office and, despite intimidation and threats, heroically formed an opposition movement to the regi…

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Oct

2025

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A new legislative framework for products that is fit for the digital and sustainable transition (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the framework of rules on product safety is certainly one of the great successes of the European Union. These are the rules written in 2008: In fact, it is a world that no longer exists. At the time Facebook was taking its first steps, Schlein had just been born. We are in 2025 and to protect businesses and consumers in the digital age we need updated rules. On …

7

Oct

2025

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Time to complete a fully integrated Single Market: Europe’s key to growth and future prosperity (debate)

Madam President, Vice-President Séjourné, let's be honest: today there isn't one single market. Yes, we have integration in many areas, but we still have 27 markets and ways of doing business. This is a big obstacle for innovation. Over the past years, 150 unicorns were founded in Europe, but 30 % of these then moved abroad. That's not a lack of talent or ideas – it's a lack of European integratio…

8

Sep

2025

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Circularity requirements for vehicle design and management of end-of-life vehicles (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, every year more than three million vehicles disappear in Europe, often illegally exported or dismantled, with serious environmental damage and losses to the circular economy. The new regulation on end-of-life vehicles will help to put an end to this phenomenon. In recent months we have been confronted for a long time with all the operators in the sector and we b…

21

May

2025

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Single Market Strategy (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, overcoming the barriers that hold back the single market is Jacques Delors' dream and the heart of the Draghi and Letta reports. We must do this in the full protection of workers and their rights, showing that competitiveness policies increase the well-being of workers and do not undermine their arduous achievements. The most fascinating challenge for the single…

7

May

2025

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Return of Ukrainian children forcibly transferred and deported by Russia

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, not even children and adolescents are saved from Putin's violence in Ukraine: Many die under bombs and many others are deported to Russia. Stories like that of Vlad, a 16-year-old boy bravely saved by his mother after he was deported to Russia and started military training. Luckily Vlad is back: But many others don't. We are talking about young people who, af…

7

May

2025

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High levels of retail food prices and their consequences for European consumers (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, a working family cannot live with the worry of how to pay for its expenditure. Yet 93% of Europeans are seriously concerned about how they will cope with the price hikes. We come from decades of low inflation and stable wages. Then it all started to grow: bills, rents and then the price of groceries; Wages are not. Over the past five years, prices have increa…

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Apr

2025

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Establishment of a European Day of the Righteous (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the right ones are those who, in the darkest moments of our history, have chosen not to look the other way, to try to make a difference. Even during Nazism and under communist dictatorships there are those who said no, jeopardizing their lives: a gesture that the community must recognize, hand down from generation to generation. From here the garde…

12

Mar

2025

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EU Consumers Day: filling the gaps in protecting 440 million consumers in the EU (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, on the occasion of Consumer Rights Day, I would like to bring to the attention of this House a subject dear to consumer associations, which reminds us of our role in defending consumers even in well-regulated and highly competitive players, such as car insurance. The cost of insurance is rising in Europe: In fact, they have increased by almost 20% in the last th…

26

Nov

2024

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Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia (debate)

21

Oct

2024

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A stronger Europe for safer products to better protect consumers and tackle unfair competition: boosting EU oversight in e-commerce and imports (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, as you have pointed out, certain aspects of the market need to be adjusted. online This must be done quickly. Today 70% of Europeans buy goods and services online. However, there are two markets: one for those who respect the rules and one for those who do not respect and circumvent them. Many have pointed out that some subjects are certainly prota…

9

Oct

2024

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Ensuring sustainable, decent and affordable housing in Europe - encouraging investment, private property and public housing programmes (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as Socialists and Democrats we fought for the first time ever for a European Commissioner to be appointed to the European Parliament.housing and we succeeded. All the interventions reported exponential increases in rents in their country, from 30% to 100%, financial speculation. overtourism. All true. In the meantime, salaries don't go up enough. But if in each …

8

Oct

2024

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The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in Georgia (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the elections in Georgia represent a crucial crossroads in the history of the country and its democratic evolution, especially after the passing of laws such as the one on the transparency of foreign influence, so similar to the Russian one, and on the family, which in fact is discriminatory. Laws accompanied by intimidation and threats against the opposition, t…