18/04/2024 | 17:49:00 Mister President, Between 3 and 6 March with a delegation of colleagues from the Italian Parliament, I went to Rafah, to the Rafah crossing, and before that to Cairo, meeting with NGOs, both the Palestinian and the Egyptian Red Crescent, UNRWA, and major international agencies. What did we see? I don't think it's fake news. We saw thousands of trucks stopped at the crossing. The reports these days of a resumption of transit can only partially reassure us. If today the trucks that have passed... 17/04/2024 | 14:59:41 Madam President, Thank you for this report. A compatriot of mine, Ilaria Salis, has been imprisoned in Hungarian jails for more than a year, for a crime that in our country carries a maximum sentence of a few months. Ilaria Salis was denied house arrest pending the verdict. She has been led twice to court with chains and a leash. This case raises the issue of full compliance with the European Charter of Human Rights and raises the question of timeliness in the implementation of its principles... 11/10/2023 | 17:30:48 I want to thank the rapporteur for the work that has been done. Because it gives us a resolution, a Report that is very balanced but also very courageous. It accounts for the abuses that have taken place or that might have been taking place. It asks for in-depth studies and clarifications from the authorities involved, it points out misconducts and possible violations. But I do not believe, however, as is right as well that we do, that it should be read as only a censure, a judgment. And I... 10/10/2023 | 17:17:24 I want to thank Mr Samad SEYIDOV for his report and proposals. By supporting to this resolution I fulfill a duty that comes from the constitution of my country which defines the Italian Republic as anti-fascist. The report tells us that it is necessary to encourage political leaders to have an inclusive public discourse and to avoid divisive rhetoric, condemning hate speech. We know what hate speech is, it's fairly easy to identify it: anti-Semitism, racism, homophobia, hatred of migrants... 20/06/2023 | 18:12:05 Yes, we always have to be afraid when rules on eligibility are written on the eve of elections, and we always have to be afraid when criminal or administrative sanctions are used to target and judge political action, which can only be sanctioned by politics. Poland in its history should have learned this sad lesson. We should be concerned then when this happens with greatly weakened institutions of guarantee and judiciary, as in the case of Poland. But if one does not want to stop at the... 26/01/2021 | 12:10:39 I would like to respond, above all, to an issue that I find particularly distasteful in this debate. I was willing to go to Poland on the 1st December to meet the authorities. That did not prevent us from having a meeting with the authorities, which I recalled. This has not prevented us from having a meeting with the authorities whom I have recalled and who were able to express their views. It is said that there is no evidence. But I did not make a trial. I have referred to acts of third... 26/01/2021 | 11:07:26 Thank you, Mister President. Following the motion for a resolution, six judges were to remain independent in Poland and in the Republic of Moldova. I was mandated to prepare this report and to examine the situation of the legal and judicial power in the two countries. The report was prepared by hearing experts and authorities. Unfortunately, due to the difficult conditions we are experiencing, I was unable to go to Warsaw, where I had been invited, on 1 December. However, we organized a... 03/10/2019 | 19:21:05 I would like to say that all the proposed amendments are manifestly illogical, because we try to change two things that the report does not say. Nowhere is it said that the only cause is climate change; there are also other causes, we all know that, but this is a report that deals with this issue. And nowhere is it said that we are the only ones who must take responsibility for this but, being the only ones who can commit ourselves, we say what we need to do. So the only result that can be... 10/04/2019 | 17:53:40 Those colleagues who say that we are not talking about the budget or the rules are right, but we are not even talking about the Russian Federation, so we should not be divided between those who are more or less friendly towards the Russian Federation. We are talking about the future of the Council of Europe, which was brought together as a result of the violence of war. During the Cold War, dialogue was achieved on the basis of similar stories or histories. We need to have dialogue when we... 25/01/2019 | 10:55:31 I thank the rapporteur for the excellent work that has been done. We must share the view expressed in this report. The revocation of nationality is a measure that runs totally counter to the fundamental principle of human rights. We must not forget that we have numerous other sanction mechanisms that can be implemented, but rendering an individual stateless is not one of them. I suggest that we use other forms of sanction. Some may say that this measure is useful, but I would counter that by...