Statement, during the video conference with Giuseppe CONTE, Italian Prime Minister, by David SASSOLI, EP President at the presentation of the three reports dedicated to the environmental situation in Europe and in Italy: the SOER 2020 (State of the Environment Report), the Environmental Data Yearbook 2019 which shows the state of the environment in Italy and the System Report which presents regional experiences.The following transcription is the result of an automatic process. Check Against delivery

Brussels

meeting

EU - Italy (T)

environmental protection (T)

SASSOLI, David Maria (S&D, IT, S&D, IT)

CONTE, Giuseppe (IT)

Speech by David SASSOLI, EP President at the presentation of the 'State of the environment in Europe and Italy', SOER 2020, Ispra

Illustrattive shots at the beginning of the conference (7 shots)

SOUNDBITE (Italian) David SASSOLI, EP President Thank you. Good morning to all I want to thank you first for the invitation it is very important to keep up the debate not to stop us in the face of the difficulties we are experiencing at this time. We started at the beginning of this Legislature a year ago a reflection, what could be our key to reading the contemporaneity with respect to the social model we saw making water from all the parts. It is the key to reading has naturally become very natural to save the planet.

SOUNDBITE (Italian) David SASSOLI, EP President In the past week we have had those in Parliament the presentation of the recovery fund by the President of the Commission. It will be a chance to support that economic revival we need and that at this time particularly our continent and our societies are waiting for.

SOUNDBITE (Italian) David SASSOLI, EP President, Of course we cannot afford to leave behind those programs that had been put on the table with great ambition at the beginning of the legislature. We have before us right now, dear President, I want to greet President Conte with friendship, we have a great challenge before us, that is the possibility of designing a new Europe that is of course fairer.

SOUNDBITE (Italian) David SASSOLI, EP President The European Union is at the forefront of climate action and has been pleased to see many international fora call to this moral leadership which we must not lose. Our society, particularly young people, are calling for change, place climate and public health action among their highest priorities. And our gaze, they are the engines of the profound changes we need, from the way we consume, to the way we feed ourselves, to the way we dress, to the air and its quality we breathe.

SOUNDBITE (Italian) David SASSOLI, EP President, We see this globally, radical changes have been brought to improve air quality in China as a result of the demands and mobilization of citizens.

SOUNDBITE (Italian) David SASSOLI, EP President So I will remain a cautious optimist driven by reliable advice, such as the sun, to see how Europe can change its trajectory and achieve a more sustainable future. I thank you, I greet the President of the Council and the Minister who are present and I will gladly listen to them.

SOUNDBITE (Italian) David SASSOLI, EP President, It is, of course, an encouragement to continue to ensure that this battle increases the quality of life standards of European citizens because only with a Europe ready to be frontrunner in This battle may be that look to save the planet that the new generations await and which is naturally part of our vision of the future. Thank you.

<p>Illustrative shots of the end of the speech</p>  <p>With Giuseppe CONTE, Italian Prime Minister (5 shots)</p>