What Paolo spoke about.

6 Jun

2022

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Question Time (Commission) Reducing the use of pesticides and strengthening consumer protection

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Madam Commissioner, can you hear me now? Very briefly, I ask you why the Commission, on the one hand, has temporarily interrupted the ecological focus area, that is to say, the obligation to set aside 5% of the arable area to increase European production and, on the other hand, with this measure that is announced on plant protection products, wants to reduce European production? Because this is th…

6 Jun

2022

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Question Time (Commission) Reducing the use of pesticides and strengthening consumer protection

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Thank you for your answer, Commissioner, but my question is as follows: Does it not think that there is a contradiction if the Commission, on the one hand, wants to increase European agricultural production – and indeed we have temporarily suspended the ecological focus area, i.e. the compulsory set-aside of 5% of arable land – but then, on the other hand, puts forward a proposal that will reduce …

6 Jun

2022

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Question Time (Commission) Reducing the use of pesticides and strengthening consumer protection

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has given us an insight into how, for too long, we have taken food security for granted. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Putin has created a crisis, he is creating a crisis, with access to food in the Mediterranean basin, undermining the geopolitical balance and creating the conditions for a resumption of the…

2 May

2022

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EU action plan for organic agriculture (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the extraordinary development of organic farming at European level over the last ten years is a demonstration of how our farmers, if properly guided and incentivised, are essential allies in providing environmental services to the entire community and in achieving the objectives of the Green Deal. A model that therefore deserves to be strengthen…

23 Mar

2022

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Need for an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the EU in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, for too long Europe has seen peace, as well as food security, as something acquired. The Russian attack on the Ukrainian people has undermined this belief, with profound repercussions from a humanitarian, political, social and economic point of view. The measures put in place today, which meet the demands of this Parliament, dear Commissioner, a…

14 Feb

2022

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Implementation report on on-farm animal welfare (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, less than a month after the adoption in this House of the recommendations of the ANIT Committee, we are once again discussing animal welfare, which is a sign of the Union's attention to this challenge. Animal health is our health and our farmers and breeders are aware of this interconnectedness. Thanks to their efforts, today the Union is a glob…

23 Nov

2021

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Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other regulations (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, after more than three years of negotiations, today we are presenting to the citizens of Europe the reform of the CAP, which will accompany our farmers until 2027. A reform that our group has criticised, expressing its opposition to the renationalisation of European intervention for the agricultural sector, but on which we have continued to work …

19 Oct

2021

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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022 - all sections (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, our farmers and agri-food producers have shown extraordinary resilience and self-sacrifice in the face of the health and economic crisis that has hit us. Despite this, some of the most emblematic sectors of our food tradition continue to suffer the consequences due to a market demand still far from pre-pandemic levels. For this reason, the Commi…

18 Oct

2021

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Farm to Fork Strategy (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, as rapporteur for the Committee on International Trade, I would first like to thank all the rapporteurs and shadow rapporteurs for their work on a dossier that must become a pillar of the European Green Deal. However, we believe, dear Commissioner, that achieving the objectives of the 'Farm to Fork' strategy cannot be separated from our trade po…

5 Oct

2021

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The future of EU-US relations (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Mr High Representative, our relations with the United States are at a turning point. While it is true that, since taking office, the Biden administration has often shown a willingness to work together among allies, a step change is now needed to establish a partnership capable of meeting the challenges ahead. The positive signs, starting from the solution of the…

15 Sep

2021

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EU contribution to transforming global food systems to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the summit on food systems on 23 September is an opportunity that we cannot miss if we really want to achieve the increasingly difficult goal of zero hunger by 2030. But for this summit to become a success, the European Union will have to play a leading role, leading the transition to standards based on respect for human rights, fair competition…