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Mr Francesco VERDUCCI (Italy, SOC)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group since 23/01/2023
  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group from 01/08/2017 to 03/09/2018
  • Member: Socialist Group from 27/01/2014 to 31/07/2017
  • Member: Members not belonging to a Political Group from 28/06/2013 to 26/01/2014

In the Assembly

  • since 23/01/2023 Representative - Italy
  • from 28/06/2013 to 03/09/2018 Substitute - Italy

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • General Rapporteur on combating racism and intolerance: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 03/10/2024)
  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (since 24/04/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (since 22/06/2023)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Integration (from 27/04/2017 to 03/09/2018)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Refugee and Migrant Children and Young People (from 25/01/2017 to 03/09/2018)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Population (from 23/03/2015 to 25/01/2017)
  • Alternate of Ms Maria Teresa BERTUZZI (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 28/06/2013 to 21/11/2013)
  • Alternate of Mr Vannino CHITI (Full Member): Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 28/06/2013 to 03/09/2018)

Interventions

Last speeches

10/04/2025 | 18:31:50 Thank you, President. President, colleagues, First of all, I want to thank Speaker Antonio GUTIÉRREZ LIMONES, for wanting this resolution. And I want to thank the President of the Mexican Senate Mr Gerardo FERNÁNDEZ NOROÑA, for sealing with his presence and with important words this act, which has first of all, from my point of view, a political value. And that is what I want to emphasise here. There is a very close connection between the crisis of democracy and the crisis of multilateralism... 08/04/2025 | 11:05:18 Thank you, President. Colleagues, The first case was Brexit and we still carry the wounds of that, and since then, in every geopolitically important election, there is attempted interference by non-democratic foreign powers against the free vote of democracies. It is part of the offensive of autocratic regimes against democracies. The means are those of disinformation, manipulation, and the prevention of fact-checking to build public opinion. Part, all of this, of a hybrid war waged on the... 30/01/2025 | 18:01:02 Thank you, President, Colleagues, This report holds together, in a way that I think is right, two issues that are not only not antithetical, but instead are indispensable to each other: giving rules to social network platforms to strengthen everyone's freedom of expression and preventing, as is now the case, the freedom of expression of some from being at the expense of, impeding, denying the freedom of expression of others. This is the case with hate speech, which cannot be justified... 03/10/2024 | 16:39:19 President, thank you. Colleagues, There is violence and discrimination that many women suffer, not just because they are women, but doubly so, because they are women and because they are lesbians, simply because they want to live out their nature and their feelings, as equals, without having to hide. It is a vicious and pervasive form of discrimination, which sinks in prejudice and stigma. It prevents people from living their lives freely, from realising their happiness, which is the most... 01/10/2024 | 11:01:37 Thank you, President. Colleagues, We have long had the illusion that the internet, Web 2.0, would strengthen freedom of information, allowing anyone to create and disseminate content. In reality, disintermediation, by taking away the role and reputation of journalism, has struck a fundamental pillar of any democratic system. Free, autonomous and independent journalism is a fundamental garrison, and today it is under attack. Instead, the net is invaded by propagandists disguised as fake...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions