What Carlo spoke about.

24 Apr

2024

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Recent attempts to deny dictatorships and the risk of Europe returning to totalitarianism (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the left does not lose the habit of using history as a political weapon. It does so with the aim of disqualifying opponents, because they know that they cannot beat them on the ground of programs and political proposal. It has always done so, using all the means at its disposal, occupying schools, universities, information, culture and entertainmen…

24 Apr

2024

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The attack on climate and nature: far right and conservative attempts to destroy the Green Deal and prevent investment in our future (topical debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, ladies and gentlemen, I want to thank the promoters of this surreal debate, because with this initiative they have made it clear, once again, who in these five years has worked to desertify agricultural Europe, industrial Europe, manufacturing Europe, and who has fought to defend businesses and citizens from the mad green ideology. In recent years you have con…

12 Mar

2024

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Council and Commission statements - Preparation of the European Council meeting of 21 and 22 March 2024 (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, ladies and gentlemen, from Ukraine to the Middle East, the European Union is struggling to carve out its own role. The launch of Operation Aspides, under the tactical command of Italy, is a signal in the right direction to restore the safety of navigation in the Red Sea. Instead of attacking Trump, who calls us to realism, we need a real European industrial po…

28 Feb

2024

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Data collection and sharing relating to short-term accommodation rental services (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, short-term rented accommodation accounts for about a quarter of all tourist accommodation in the European Union. It is a phenomenon that in recent years has been characterized by a great expansion. But in many cases this expansion has been without rules and without controls, generating critical issues such as consumer exposure to security risks,…

28 Feb

2024

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Preventing work-related deaths following the Florence tragedy (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the scourge of white deaths does not deserve to be exploited. Political speculation disrespects the victims, as does the inertia of politics. In Italy, with the Meloni government, 800 new labour inspectors have been hired to supervise factories and construction sites. Occupational safety will be included as a subject of study from primary schools. After the trag…

27 Feb

2024

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Critical situation in Cuba (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, this House has adopted numerous resolutions on Cuba, last July, on the occasion of the two years since the great anti-Castro demonstration of 11 July 2021 and the heavy repression that followed. A river of words of condemnation which, however, has not been followed by any concrete action of our diplomacy, let alone by Vice-President Borrell. Ind…

7 Feb

2024

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Recent attacks on Christmas Eve in Plateau State in Nigeria

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, hundreds of Christians were killed by Fulani militants in Plateau State during and immediately after the Christmas massacres and, once again, no arrests. Between April and June 2023 alone, attacks against Christian communities in that region killed more than 340 people and displaced 80 000. A genocide that continues in general indifference, often r…

17 Jan

2024

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Improving the socio-economic situation of farmers and rural areas, ensuring fair incomes, food security as well as a just transition (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, European farmers have been the preferred target of the green Taliban in the Timmermans cabinet. Continuing to reduce production will put our food security at risk, just today that international crises would impose the opposite on us; will affect the competitiveness and profitability of our companies; will force us to increasingly import from thi…

16 Jan

2024

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Fight against the resurgence of neo-fascism in Europe, also based on the parade that took place in Rome on 7 January (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, today in Italy threats to public security come mainly from the extreme left and Islamic radicalism. There is no risk of the return of fascism. Democracy is safe and firmly defended by Giorgia Meloni, who has already repeatedly expressed words of clear condemnation of every totalitarian ideology and of every nostalgia. That of Franco Bigonzetti, Francesco Ciavatt…

16 Jan

2024

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

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Madam President, Prime Minister, ladies and gentlemen, Belgium takes over the presidency at a very delicate time at international level. We expect a stronger commitment on immigration: the protection of external borders, the fight against human smugglers, cooperation with third countries and common return policies must be stepped up rapidly. We must abandon the ultra-environmentalist ideology and …

13 Dec

2023

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Review of the Spanish Presidency of the Council (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioners, Mr Sánchez, the history of this six-month presidency has been intertwined from the outset with the fate of your governments; You chose him, who gambled first with the early elections and then, more seriously, with the Spanish Constitution, with the rule of law, with the unity of your nation but also with the European institutions. To satisfy the secessionists and ke…

21 Nov

2023

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Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it seems that we all agree in this House that we want a more effective European Union in responding to the many challenges we face. But, as often happens here, behind shared motivations, hides the usual old federalist project: strip the Member States of their sovereignty, centralise more and more powers in Brussels, make the Commission and the Cour…

4 Oct

2023

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Human rights situation in Afghanistan, in particular the persecution of former government officials

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, it was an honour to welcome today to the European Parliament Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan and son of the legendary commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, the 'Lion of Panjshir', who led the struggle of the Afghan people against the Soviet invader and then against Islamic fundamentalism, finding death at the hands of …

4 Oct

2023

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Need for a speedy adoption of the asylum and migration package (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, if Europe has so far failed on migration policies, it is precisely because of the responsibility of those who, even today, have lashed out against the supposed security, authoritarian and inhumane policies of the right. Hypocrites, hypocrites because we have seen left-wing or liberal governments in Europe shooting at migrants, rejecting pregnant women and childr…

2 Oct

2023

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Order of business

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I am quite frankly based on the arguments that I have heard from my colleague, which make me think that the debate that we want to organise in this House is entirely instrumental. I have heard of things that do not exist in Italy, of which no Italian is aware. There has not been a single act, since the beginning of the government led by Giorgia Meloni, that h…

13 Sep

2023

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State of the Union (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, President von der Leyen, we have listened to a sort of electoral manifesto, which is partly acceptable, partly not, partly extremely late. Here are our priorities for the coming months: economic governance needs to be reformed by putting growth and investment at the centre, stopping the ECB's continuous senseless rate hikes, which do not bring down inflation …

10 Jul

2023

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Industrial Emissions Directive - Industrial Emissions Portal - Deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure - Sustainable maritime fuels (FuelEU Maritime Initiative) - Energy efficiency (recast) (joint debate - Fit for 55 and Industrial Emissions)

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Madam President, Madam Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen, sustainability and decarbonisation are the mantra that led to the presentation of the package. Also in this session we will vote on a number of measures which are part of it and which all suffer from the same defect of origin: They are asking us to make a very expensive green industrial revolution to contribute a "zero-point" to the redu…

13 Jun

2023

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Situation in Nicaragua (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Mr High Representative, we have long denounced the deterioration of human rights and the growing repression of every free voice by the Ortega-Murillo communist regime. The latest news is from a few days ago. The regime, in its criminal crusade against the Catholic Church, blocked the bank accounts of the dioceses. A few days before, nuns who worked in a nursing …

13 Jun

2023

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Artificial Intelligence Act (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Madam Commissioner, some say that perhaps the European Union has gone too far and too soon with regard to the evolution of artificial intelligence that we will still know in the coming months and years. Perhaps yes, but today, in addition to discussing the regulatory detail, it is important to state a principle: any technological evolution, all the more so th…

18 Apr

2023

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The need for European solidarity in saving lives in the Mediterranean, in particular in Italy (debate)

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Mr President, Madam Minister, Commissioner, I would like to thank President Weber for having wanted to promote a debate on the emergency situation in Italy, which the left then wanted to dilute in the title, also adding a strong reference to the rescue of lives, with particular regard to Italy. A reference that, allow me, I found hairy. And I want to start from here, thanking the extraordinary wor…

18 Apr

2023

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The need for a coherent strategy for EU-China Relations (debate)

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Mr President, Mr High Representative, Mr Vice-President, there is a line in Beijing to meet President Xi Jinping. After Chancellor Scholz, Prime Minister Sánchez, our Presidents Michel and von der Leyen, after the Saudi, Iranian and even Taliban ministers, in recent days it has been the turn of two idols of the European left: that of the radical left, Brazilian President Lula, who has made it clea…

29 Mar

2023

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The Rights of children in Rainbow Families and same sex parents in particular in Italy (debate)

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(IT) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, the Italian Ministry of the Interior has ordered the prefectures to instruct the municipalities to stop transcription of the children of homogeneous couples. It did so pursuant to a ruling by the Supreme Court of Cassation, the supreme appellate body of the Italian judicial system, which clarified, once again, that these registers violate Ital…

15 Mar

2023

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Deaths at sea: a common EU response to save lives and action to ensure safe and legal pathways (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, ladies and gentlemen, these days we have witnessed a shameful smear campaign against the Italian Government and against Giorgia Meloni, accused even of having her hands stained with blood and portrayed indifferently, while behind her a person is drowning. How do you sleep at night? asked the leftists. And that is what we are now asking of you, colleagues. You …

13 Mar

2023

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Energy performance of buildings (recast) (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, for the avoidance of doubt, we all share the objective of energy efficiency in buildings. But this text is yet another example of how the ecological transition should not be conducted. Firstly, because it does not sufficiently take into account the differences and specificities of the different Member States. Particularly significant is the case of…

1 Feb

2023

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Transparency and targeting of political advertising (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank the rapporteur for his work. Transparency and countering foreign interference in European democracy are our top priority. Unfortunately, however, the text being voted on risks severely restricting freedom of expression on the web. By imposing stringent obligations and heavy penalties on service providers, which are also in partial confli…