24/06/2025 | 16:07:42 Thank you. Mister President, The Council of Europe is the only regional human rights system without the recognition of the right to live in a healthy environment. In April 2024, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted its most recent resolution on this topic, which strongly advocates for a legally binding instrument. What actions are you planning to take to ensure that during the budgetary negotiations, the Committee of Ministers create a new steering committee on the... 24/06/2025 | 11:05:44 Thank you Mister President, dear colleagues. Today I choose to speak in Italian. I intend, in fact, to address my country, Italy, as well, because it is especially at home that a worrying climate of questioning the foundations of democracy is being nurtured. Today, I feel the onus is on me to raise the issue of a very specific political offensive: a coordinated network, promoted by extreme right-wing parties, that crosses borders and is now targeting the EDU Convention. A network that, under... 10/04/2025 | 10:27:17 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, The health of our planet and our own health are closely linked. By turning a blind eye to environmental degradation, we are cutting the branch on which we are sitting. By failing to act to curb environmental crime, we undermine our fundamental right to a healthy environment, with dire consequences in sight. To prevent this collective suicide, we need strong collective action. The new Convention on the Protection of the Environment through... 28/01/2025 | 18:04:32 Thank you, Mister President, dear colleagues, First and foremost, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Ms Saskia KLUIT for her outstanding work on this crucial and balanced report. Its presentation in this Parliamentary Assembly marks an important moment for the Council of Europe, reaffirming our commitment to the core principles of human rights and humanitarian law, that are and should remain our guiding light. I urge all of you to adopt this report, as it represents not just a... 03/10/2024 | 18:32:41 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, First I'd like to thank Mr Simon MOUTQUIN once again for his excellent work on the human right to food, a topic that both the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development and myself I fully support and consider of utmost importance. I'd also like to thank, once again, the group of young people now sitting in the gallery. Thank you again for the great smoothie distribution with your mobile kitchen. Maybe we can applaude them... 03/10/2024 | 17:16:13 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, I have the honour of presenting to the Parliamentary Assembly a report devoted entirely to the right to food, which is one of the cornerstones of the concept of sustainable development. I would like to begin by congratulating the rapporteur and Former President of our Committee, Mr Simon MOUTQUIN, on his inspiration for this subject and his dedication to bringing it to a successful conclusion. I wish to start with some key figures: 2.3 billion... 01/10/2024 | 19:13:34 Thank you. Mister President, Dear colleagues, It is not easy now to speak after these two speeches. My heart is heavy. It's heavy for the tragic situation in Israel and it is heavy for the tragic situation in Gaza. We are here today not to discuss the complex, terrifying and tragic political situation in Gaza and Israel and line up behind one position or the other. Today at the Council of Europe, the cradle of human rights, it is essential that our Assembly focus and concentrate on the human... 01/10/2024 | 18:10:02 Sorry for my delay. Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, I stand before you today to address an issue that strikes at the very foundations of this institution, a pillar of democratic values and human rights. Following a vote in January 2024 within this Assembly in which the majority of us opposed the ratification of credentials for Azerbaijan's delegation, the Azerbaijani government in September declared 76 of our members personae non gratae, thereby banning their entry into the... 25/06/2024 | 10:59:41 Thank you, Mr President, I will speak in Italian. [Continues in Italian] I thank my colleague and rapporteur Mr George PAPANDREOU for highlighting the importance of strengthening participatory and deliberative democracy processes to revitalize our democracies. His proposed resolution aims to explore innovative approaches that inspire democratic thinking, considering new practices and measures at the national, regional and local levels while also focusing on the importance of education... 18/04/2024 | 10:59:40 Thank you, Madam President. I'll speak in Italian. I thank my fellow rapporteurs for their excellent report, which highlights the urgent need to implement, also within the Council of Europe, an innovative and robust environmental strategy that can help to counter the devastating effects resulting from the triple planetary crisis induced by pollution, climate change, and biodiversity loss. This is a central goal that must always be borne in mind in our parliamentary work, both at the national...