Fulvio MARTUSCIELLO

Policy topics Fulvio MARTUSCIELLO is active on

What Fulvio MARTUSCIELLO has said (10)

• 2026-03-18 “Answer given by Executive Vice-President Séjourné on behalf of the European Commission 4.5.2026 Written question The Industrial Accelerator Act proposal [1] is designed to be targeted and proportionate, focusing only on selected strategic sectors where action is most needed for decarbonisation and resilience. It builds on existing frameworks rather than creating parallel systems, and includes safeguards to avoid disproportionate costs or administrative burden, ensuring a balanced approach between ambition and practicality. The proposal includes concrete measures to facilitate implementation in Member States, notably simplified and digitalised permitting, a ‘one project-one procedure’ approach and clear timelines. Industrial manufacturing acceleration areas further streamline procedures by addressing area-level requirements in advance, reducing complexity and increasing predictability for projects. The ‘European preference’ is implemented through EU origin requirements in specific public procurement procedures and support schemes, based on EU customs rules. It applies only in defined sectors and situations involving public funding, while fully respecting the EU’s international commitments and including safeguards to ensure competition and avoid disproportionate costs. Moreover, it will be based on self-declarations, so as to avoid administrative burden. [1] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52026PC0100.”
  Overall simplification of regulation in the EU · "Buy European" provisions
• 2025-07-04 “E-002743/2025 Answer given by Ms Albuquerque on behalf of the European Commission Gibraltar made significant progress to improve its Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) regime, which led to its removal from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) list of ‘jurisdictions under increased monitoring’ in February 2024. As FATF member, the Commission was closely involved in assessing Gibraltar’s progress against its FATF action plan. Following the completion of Gibraltar’s action plan and considering that no additional concerns had been identified, Gibraltar was considered to no longer pose a threat to the Union’s financial system. The Commission therefore proposed to remove Gibraltar from the EU list of jurisdictions with strategic deficiencies in their AML/CFT regimes. As both the European Parliament and the Council did not object to the entry into force of the Delegated Act from 10 June 2025 removing Gibraltar from the list, the Delegated Act has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 16 July 2025 as Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1184 1 . The Commission will continue to closely monitor developments in Gibraltar's AML/CFT regime. A commitment to maintaining a level-playing field on anti-money laundering is also an important component of the future EU-UK Agreement on Gibraltar, on which a political agreement was reached on 11 June 2025 2 . 1 OJ L, 2025/1184, 16.7.2025. 2 https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/fr/statement_25_1481.”
  Tax Havens · Anti-money laundering regulation
• 2025-06-05 “E-002279/2025 Answer given by High Representative/Vice-President Kallas on behalf of the European Commission Human rights and the rule of law in Azerbaijan remain a priority for the EU and are at the core of the EU-Azerbaijan bilateral relations. The EU has repeatedly voiced concerns regarding the arrests of independent journalists, human rights defenders and political activists 1 . The heavy prison sentences recently imposed on independent journalists are a worrying development. The EU has called on Azerbaijan to respect human rights and fundamental freedoms, uphold its international obligations, and take immediate steps to ensure a safe and enabling environment for all journalists and media workers 2 . The EU is committed to phasing out its dependency on Russia fossil fuels, including with measures to save energy, produce clean energy, and diversify energy supplies. Against this background, total EU gas imports have decreased by 18% since 2021 (both pipeline deliveries and liquefied natural gas shipments included) and the share of Azerbaijani gas in this total has increased to 4%. The EU and Azerbaijan share an interest in pursuing cooperation to enhance energy security and advance the energy transition, notably by expanding connectivity and market integration across the region. 1 https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/azerbaijan-statement-spokesperson-human-rights-situation_en; https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CRE-10-2024-10-22-ITM-020_EN.html; https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CRE-10-2024-12-18-ITM-019-03_EN.html. 2 https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/azerbaijan-statement-spokesperson-sentencing-journalists-and-politicalactivists_en?channel=eeas_press_alerts&date=2025-06-23&newsid=0&langid=en&source=mail.”
  EU-Azerbaijan relations
• 2025-05-21 “E-002037/2025 Answer given by Mr Várhelyi on behalf of the European Commission The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) is the standard setting organisation having set out standards on dog population management 1 . According to WOAH standards, the mass culling of dogs is ineffective and may be counterproductive. The Commission will continue to promote its animal welfare standards globally and bilaterally, including in the context of its partnership with Morocco, especially in areas which are regulated at EU level such as the protection of animals kept for farming purposes, at the time of killing, and during transport. 1 World Organisation for Animal Health, Terrestrial Code, Chapter 7.7. Dog Population Management: https://www.woah.org/fileadmin/Home/eng/Health_standards/tahc/current/chapitre_aw_stray_dog.pdf.”
  Trade relations with Morocco · EU relations with the Southern Neighbourhood
• 2025-04-16 “E-001546/2025 Answer given by Mr McGrath on behalf of the European Commission Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 1 consent is one of the six legal grounds for lawful processing. Amongst other grounds, the controller may rely on its or a third party’s legitimate interest if the processing is necessary for that interest and that interest is not overridden by the interests or rights of the data subjects. The individuals have a right to object 2 . Subject to certain conditions, legitimate interest could be relied upon for the development of AI models 3 . Without prejudice to the competences of the Commission as guardian of the Treaties, the enforcement of the GDPR in individual cases lies primarily with the national supervisory authorities and courts. The Irish data protection authority, as lead authority in this case, in cooperation with all concerned national data protection authorities, has engaged with Meta. Under the Digital Services Act (DSA) 4 , providers of designated very large online platforms such as Facebook and Instagram are required to diligently identify, analyse, assess systemic risks stemming from their services and related systems in the EU. These risk assessments are mandated at least annually and must also occur prior to deploying any functionalities that could significantly impact a platform’s risk profile 5 . Those providers are then required to put in place effective measures to mitigate such risks. The Commission is closely monitoring the Meta AI feature on Facebook and Instagram and is in dialogue with Meta. Upon receipt of the risk assessment, the DSA enforcement team will carefully analyse all relevant documentation to verify and ensure compliance with the DSA and that the feature does not present any undue risks within the EU. 1 Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation), OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1–88. 2 Article 21 GDPR. 3 European Data Protection Board (EDPB) https://www.edpb.europa.eu/our-work-tools/our-documents/opinionboard-art-64/opinion-282024-certain-data-protection-aspects_en. 4 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2022/2065/oj/eng. 5 Article 34(1) of the DSA.”
  GDPR · Artificial Intelligence
• 2025-01-08 “E-000043/2025 Answer given by Executive Vice-President Séjourné on behalf of the European Commission As a general principle, public procurement procedures are open to all legal or natural persons willing to provide services, works or supplies. All bidders must be treated equally, regardless of their characteristics, including legal form, statutory goals, way of functioning or financing, and the use of voluntary staff. Furthermore, EU public procurement rules allow public buyers to limit participation in a tender procedure to non-profit organisations only (CPV 85143000-3 Ambulance services) 1 . In the cases referred to, the public buyers involved did not decide to use this possibility. 1 Article 77 of Directive 2014/24 on public procurement.”
  "Buy European" provisions · EU Competition policy
• “I would like to understand the reasoning for the secret vote request. If the committee is to speak calmly in regard to a colleague. I think there's no need to cast illusions over the conduct of the colleague or their ideas. If the socialists wish to turn this committee into a court of inquiry. And maybe we can prepare the firing squad. I'd like to understand the reasoning for this request for a secret vote. If there is some observation on the colleagues positions, then I think we can vote openly. We shouldn't use a secret vote to condemn a position. I think that would be rather scurrilous. I think the socialists should outline why they have observations with respect to this colleague. We don't want this to become a court of inquiry. If there's a problem, let it be said clearly and explicitly so each colleague can form their own idea.”
  Transparency requirements of EU institutions
• “I would like to understand the reasoning for the secret vote request. If the committee is to speak calmly in regard to a colleague. I think there's no need to cast illusions over the conduct of the colleague or their ideas. If the socialists wish to turn this committee into a court of inquiry. And maybe we can prepare the firing squad. I'd like to understand the reasoning for this request for a secret vote. If there is some observation on the colleagues positions, then I think we can vote openly. We shouldn't use a secret vote to condemn a position. I think that would be rather scurrilous. I think the socialists should outline why they have observations with respect to this colleague. We don't want this to become a court of inquiry. If there's a problem, let it be said clearly and explicitly so each colleague can form their own idea.”
  Transparency requirements of EU institutions
• “I would like to understand the reasoning for the secret vote request. If the committee is to speak calmly in regard to a colleague. I think there's no need to cast illusions over the conduct of the colleague or their ideas. If the socialists wish to turn this committee into a court of inquiry. And maybe we can prepare the firing squad. I'd like to understand the reasoning for this request for a secret vote. If there is some observation on the colleagues positions, then I think we can vote openly. We shouldn't use a secret vote to condemn a position. I think that would be rather scurrilous. I think the socialists should outline why they have observations with respect to this colleague. We don't want this to become a court of inquiry. If there's a problem, let it be said clearly and explicitly so each colleague can form their own idea.”
  Transparency requirements of EU institutions
• “I would like to understand the reasoning for the secret vote request. If the committee is to speak calmly in regard to a colleague. I think there's no need to cast illusions over the conduct of the colleague or their ideas. If the socialists wish to turn this committee into a court of inquiry. And maybe we can prepare the firing squad. I'd like to understand the reasoning for this request for a secret vote. If there is some observation on the colleagues positions, then I think we can vote openly. We shouldn't use a secret vote to condemn a position. I think that would be rather scurrilous. I think the socialists should outline why they have observations with respect to this colleague. We don't want this to become a court of inquiry. If there's a problem, let it be said clearly and explicitly so each colleague can form their own idea.”
  Transparency requirements of EU institutions