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Jun

2025

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Assassination attempt on Senator Miguel Uribe and the threat to the democratic process and peace in Colombia (debate)

(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Madam High Representative, the assassination attempt on 7 June on Senator Miguel Uribe, one of the most successful candidates for the next presidential election, struck us deeply. In these critical hours for his health conditions we renew our prayers for him, as in recent days many Colombian citizens have invaded the streets of the country in silence, with …

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May

2025

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CO2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars and new light commercial vehicles for 2025 to 2027 (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, for months now we have been calling in vain for an urgent resolution on the crisis affecting theautomotive. Today, after so much insistence, we are finally discussing at least the Commission's amendment that allows manufacturers to defer emissions on a three-year basis, rather than on an annual basis. This is certainly a step in the right direction, but it remai…

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Apr

2025

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 20 March 2025 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, ladies and gentlemen, much has been said in the last Council about defence and security. Do not abandon transatlantic cooperation in the name of ambition; not only to think of new public debt, but of instruments to stimulate private investment; Not just about rearmament, but about 360-degree security and defending our freedoms a…

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Mar

2025

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Action Plan for the Automotive Industry (debate)

Madam President, Minister, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I will not say anything. Our group expected much more from this plan. Well the postponement of fines for manufacturers, strongly requested by us; It is very bad not to have provided for a derogation also for the heavy-duty vehicle sector, whose electrification is not technologically and market-friendly, severely damaging a sector in wh…

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Feb

2025

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EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the European Union has culpably left South America at the mercy of Chinese penetration and of regimes, governments or movements that have often distanced it from Europe and the West. The agreement with Mercosur therefore has clear geopolitical motivations and also presents equally clear growth opportunities for some sectors. Yet, this agreement …

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Feb

2025

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Repression by the Ortega-Murillo regime in Nicaragua, targeting human rights defenders, political opponents and religious communities in particular

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, this is not the first time in recent months that this House has debated and spoken out about the brutality of the Ortega-Murillo regime in Nicaragua. The constitutional reform, approved a few days ago, formalizes the diarchy between husband and wife at the top of the regime and puts an end, even formally, to the separation of powers, already violat…

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Feb

2025

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Collaboration between conservatives and far right as a threat for competitiveness in the EU (topical debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Minister, Commissioner, today, a left that has become desperate and totally detached from the common sense of the peoples tries to tell us that the threat to Europe's competitiveness would be represented by collaboration between the conservatives and the extreme right, where obviously, with the usual distortion of words and reality, the Christian Democrats becom…

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Jan

2025

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Composition of committees and delegations

Under Rule 215, we will propose a committee of inquiry to shed full light on this shameful scandal involving the European institutions. We want the truth about this shame and we want to know how much money was spent irregularly, to whom it was given, why, who they tried to condition, with what outcome and if it was also made on other important matters of our legislation.…

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Jan

2025

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Composition of committees and delegations

Rule 215, you have to get me to conclude my speech.

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Jan

2025

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Composition of committees and delegations

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I am speaking on a point of order pursuant to Rule 215 and Annex I to our Code of Conduct. Yesterday we had news in the press, relaunched by my EPP colleague, Mr Gotink, whom I thank, is a disturbing confirmation from Commissioner Serafin: during the last mandate, the European Commission would have allocated more than EUR 700 000 to environmental associations…

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Jan

2025

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Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, a few weeks ago, thanks also to our initiative, this House celebrated the awarding of the Sakharov Prize to an extraordinary woman like María Corina Machado and to President-elect Edmundo Gonzáles Urrutia. A few days later, the tyrant Maduro concluded - for now - his work of usurping power, based on the fraudulent result of last July's elections, w…

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Jan

2025

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Geopolitical and economic implications for the transatlantic relations under the new Trump administration (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, since 5 November last year, we have heard boring litany from the left about the sad fate that Europe would face and open calls for global resistance. It was a very strong slap and they haven't recovered yet. Obviously, as conservatives, we can only appreciate Trump who wants to fight crime, drug cartels and irregular immigration, the one that pu…

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Dec

2024

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Preparation of the European Council of 19-20 December 2024 (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we are on the eve of a Council focused on foreign policy issues: Western Balkans, Ukraine and the Middle East above all. And it is precisely from the Syrian crisis that we must start: In order to facilitate the repatriation of Syrian refugees, we are once again paying European citizens' money to Turkey. We will ensure that they are properly spent and do not b…

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Dec

2024

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Towards a shared vision for European tourism, its sustainable growth and brand Europe (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, after the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon, many years ago I was rapporteur for the first European tourism strategy and I was also the first coordinator of the TRAN Committee's Tourism Task Force. Today I have to acknowledge something that is certainly positive, namely that tourism finally officially plays a part in a Commissioner’s portfol…

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Nov

2024

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Presentation by the President-elect of the Commission of the College of Commissioners and its programme (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I do not know whether this will really be the most right-wing Commission in history, as we hear from a nervous left, from the very nervous greens. I hope so, frankly, but we will see it, we will see it to the test; We will see if he is able to bring pragmatism back into the world. Green Deal, despite Mrs Ribera, will she be able to support our businesses, con…

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Nov

2024

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Condemning the illegal unilateral declaration of independence of the secessionist entity in Cyprus and all efforts to legitimise it and reaffirming the need for European solidarity - 41 years after (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, for 50 years Cyprus has been experiencing a painful division caused by the Turkish invasion of 1974, with the unilateral and illegal secession of the occupied areas, the disappearance of many people and the attack on Orthodox churches destroyed or vandalised or transformed into mosques or military structures. This division is not a local issue: It …

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Nov

2024

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EU-US relations in light of the outcome of the US presidential elections (debate)

Madam President, Mr High Representative, ladies and gentlemen, despite the wishes of the Left, the mainstream Globalist, the star system Donald Trump has achieved a triumph beyond all expectations. It was the victory of common sense, of that deep America that demands less taxes, less inflation, more security, more control of irregular immigration, more national pride. It is called democracy and mu…

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Oct

2024

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Question Time with Commissioners – Situation of animal health in Europe: how to prevent and prepare for future sanitary crises in agriculture

Madam Commissioner, you have spoken of a harmonised framework from the point of view of health and that is certainly the case from the point of view of standards. In fact, very often we are faced with an unharmonized situation with regard to surveillance, which in some Member States appears to be neither adequate nor harmonized, often causing late warnings that then end up weighing on the pockets …

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Oct

2024

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Question Time with Commissioners – Situation of animal health in Europe: how to prevent and prepare for future sanitary crises in agriculture

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Madam Commissioner, I naturally agree with what my fellow Members have said, the need to intervene in order to give maximum support, including financial support, to the farmers who are, unfortunately, increasingly affected by these animal epidemics. I think that more needs to be done also in anticipation of the next CAP, by creating a specific fund to compens…

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Oct

2024

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Urgent need for a ceasefire in Lebanon and for safeguarding the UNIFIL mission in light of the recent attacks (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, Giorgia Meloni was the first European leader to travel to Lebanon these days. It did so after the unacceptable Israeli attacks on our military, to strongly reiterate that we all demand respect for UNIFIL troops, their safety and security and the mandate of UN Resolution 1701. If necessary, we are ready to strengthen UNIFIL and to think about new…

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Oct

2024

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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Hungarian Presidency (debate)

Madam President, Prime Minister, ladies and gentlemen, I have listened to your Presidency's programme carefully and with the respect due to you and to the Hungarian people, who have entrusted you with the government of their nation for years. This respect has been lacking in this House in many quarters, but on the other hand we have had lessons in patriotism and Christian values from the left. We …

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2024

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The crisis facing the EU’s automotive industry, potential plant closures and the need to enhance competitiveness and maintain jobs in Europe (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Mr Vice-President, I would like to read to you the words of the Italian Stellantis dealers, which are at least as merciless as the market data: “As distributors, we are in daily contact with end customers who often reject electric vehicles due to concerns about price, range and accessibility. This puts us in a position contrary to that of the manufacturer we …

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Oct

2024

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Preparation of the European Council of 17-18 October 2024 (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Mr Vice-President, Minister, the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is about to enter its third winter, and in the meantime we are witnessing the dramatic escalation that has been taking place in the Middle East since 7 October. As we ask ourselves about Europe's role in the world, we are called to give an answer to the great question of our time: Is ther…

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Sep

2024

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Situation in Venezuela (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, on 28 July, the Venezuelan people rebelled against the narco-communist dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro and elected Edmundo González Urrutia as its legitimate president, after the leader of the democratic opposition, María Corina Machado, was shamefully expelled from the electoral competition. An election stolen by the regime, which had not accept…

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Sep

2024

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

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the strategic dialogue should serve to outline the future of European agriculture after a parliamentary term of violent ideological attacks, which have only partially appeased in recent months. But if, on the one hand, the final document puts the right attention to the need to protect farmers' incomes through fair remuneration and a fairer distribu…