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Debate: This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Ioan-Rareş Bogdan
Political group: PPE
Country: Italy
Language: RO

Doamna președintă, Luxemburg este statul cel mai eurooptimist din UE, iar România este acum, după decizia nedreaptă din decembrie pe extinderea Schengen, cel mai europesimist, după ce timp de 15 ani a fost în top 5 cele mai optimiste țări pro-europene. Nimeni nu poate anticipa decât o stare de îngrijorare care crește la București.  Românii au fost loviți cumplit de eurosistem prin neacceptarea lor în spațiul Schengen. Asta după ce au fost tratați ca popor european de mâna a doua, prin subvențiile mult mai mici pentru fermieri. Sunt doar două exemple, dar lista e lungă. Cred că se produc niște negocieri subterane peste capul cetățenilor europeni din Est, ignorând dorința lor de demnitate. În fotbal, acestea se numesc blaturi. Când se vor termina aceste negocieri scandaloase care ignoră aspirația românilor? Cine decide peste capetele lor, în numele lor, că legislația europeană Schengen trebuie ignorată cu brio? Dacă în loc de România ar fi fost Germania sau Franța sau Olanda sau Austria, tot așa s-ar fi petrecut lucrurile? Ei bine, România nu este o țară de mâna a doua și face față cu brio în criza geostrategică declanșată de Putin. Refugiații ucraineni au găsit ajutor în România și asta înainte ca Uniunea să deblocheze banii pentru ei. România este principalul sprijin al Republicii Moldova pentru a rezista șantajului Moscovei. Dacă nu ieșim din era ipocriziei, dacă nu ne întoarcem cu fața către problemele reale ale cetățenilor europeni, dacă nu realizăm că Rusia aplică principiul  Instituțiile reprezentative ale Uniunii Europene trebuie să-i trateze pe cetățeni în mod egal. Acum nu o fac. Aud discursuri despre o politică comună în privința frontierelor și despre garduri. Despre ce politică comună vorbim? Există garduri chiar acum în interiorul UE, de care transportatorii români nu pot trece decât după cozi kilometrice la granițele Schengen. Domnul Bettel a spus că Uniunea Europeană este puternică doar dacă este unită. Sunt de acord, dar fără România în Schengen, Uniunea ...
Debate: This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Gabriele Bischoff
Political group: S-D
Country: France
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin! Herr Premierminister Bettel, Ihre Rede hat gutgetan. Ein Jahr vor der Europawahl – ich meine, bei einigen geht da schon wieder der Populismus-Booster an. Andere reden von Selbstreflexion und wissen noch nicht einmal, wie man das buchstabiert. Sie haben mit einer Selbstreflexion angefangen, den Lehren, die wir aus COVID gezogen haben: erst Grenzen dichtmachen, dann Impfstoffe gemeinsam beschaffen – das ist der Weg. Aber das heißt auch, dass wir mehr Kompetenzen brauchen für zukünftige Pandemien, um diese grenzüberschreitend zu bekämpfen. Mir hat auch gefallen, dass Sie noch einmal dafür plädiert haben, keine Angst vor den Bürgern zu haben. Wir haben die Zukunftskonferenz gehabt. Ich glaube, niemand hier im Raum hat Angst vor den Vorschlägen der Bürgerinnen und Bürger. Im Gegenteil: Wir sind dabei, sie umzusetzen. Aber ich würde mir wünschen – ich glaube, es ist notwendig –, im Rat noch stärker die Ängste zu nehmen vor den Vorschlägen der Bürgerinnen und Bürger. Wir brauchen auch einen Konvent, um die Herzkammer der Demokratie zu stärken. Wie schätzen Sie das ein, dass man doch noch eine Mehrheit dafür gewinnen kann?
Debate: This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Ilhan Kyuchyuk
Political group: Renew
Country: Netherlands
Language: EN

Madam President, as I promised, I will stick to my two minutes, and Prime Minister, great to be here with you and to discuss Europe’s issues and I want to thank you for your great leadership. Finally you will have the opportunity to speak in front of the full plenary in a couple of minutes and we will hear your final conclusions. The think tank of the Liberals – ‘Overview’ – this month is entitled ‘Facing Permacrisis: to Stay the Same, the EU Needs to Change’. I couldn’t agree more. This impact of the coronavirus, inflation crisis, energy crisis, certainly the war in Ukraine: only those events in the last three years are enough to shake up our perceptions of Europe of tomorrow. Let me start by thanking you on your leadership on migration. You spoke at length about migration. After years of deliberation, compromises, redrafting, we need to make sure that we finally have a place where clear, fair and humane rules of migration are in place for Europe. Building higher walls only provides a false sense of security. Another extremely important and long-awaited segment that finally needs to find resolution is achieving full integration of Europe: a better integrated single market capable to resist the competitive distractions; a strong and completed eurozone; but most importantly, the Schengen Area – we simply cannot continue talking about equality in the Union if we don’t have all the Member States part of the Schengen Area. And third, necessary is to making a full use of the rule of law framework. Lastly, we cannot punish the countries aspiring to join the European Union for our need of reforming its infrastructure. Europe is not complete without having the Balkans, and Europe is not going to be complete without having Ukraine. Together, we can move forward with our friends and partners, with aligning to the European policies and thank you again for taking leadership on many of them.
Debate: This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Rasmus Andresen
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin! Sehr geehrter Herr Premierminister, in Ihrer letzten Rede hier bei uns im Parlament vor einigen Monaten erinnerten Sie uns alle an unser gemeinsames europäisches historisches Erbe. Sie haben in deutlichen Worten gemahnt und verurteilt, dass der Faschismus in Europa normalisiert und verharmlost wird.  Und in der Tat befinden wir uns zurzeit in einer sehr grundsätzlichen Auseinandersetzung. In einigen Mitgliedstaaten entstehen Bündnisse unter Einbeziehung von Parteien, die einen faschistischen Ursprung haben oder die geschichtsvergessen unsere europäische Demokratie bekämpfen. Sie wollen ein Europa der Nationen, von denen nur wenige profitieren und fast alle verlieren. Sie beginnen mit Angriffen auf Minderheiten und auf Medien – so wie wir es aktuell in Italien erleben, wo Regenbogenfamilien diskriminiert werden, absurde nationalistische Sprachgesetze eingebracht und wo freie Journalistinnen und Journalisten unter Druck gesetzt werden. Es muss unsere gemeinsame demokratische Aufgabe sein, dagegen aufzustehen. Deshalb ist es umso schockierender, dass Konservative und leider auch einige Liberale Bündnisse mit diesen Parteien planen. Die Brandmauer gegen rechts darf nicht fallen!
Debate: This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Dominik Tarczyński
Political group: ECR
Country: Poland
Language: EN

Madam President, this is a very important debate about the future of Europe. This is a very important debate and I cannot hear the answer for the very fundamental question: what kind of future do you want for Europe? Do you want to build on the foundation of the European history, on Greek philosophers, Roman law, Christian culture, or do you want to continue with your politics, which led us to no-go zones in Sweden, burning suburbs in Paris, terrorist attacks in Germany and Spain? So maybe you should focus on the legacy of John Paul II, Copernicus, Chopin. Maybe you should go back to the roots before we’re going to discuss the future. So maybe you should be like Poland – with the lowest unemployment in European Union. Maybe you would like to be number one as the safest place in Europe. So if you want to have a future for Europe, be like Poland, because Poland is the future.
Debate: This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Jörg Meuthen
Political group: NI
Country: Spain
Language: DE

Frau Präsidentin! Herr Premierminister, mein Respekt für Ihre Rede. Das war erfrischend freiheitlich – da habe ich mich gefreut. Die Vielzahl von Krisen in der Welt wirft gleichwohl Fragen auf, wie sich Europa in Zukunft außenpolitisch aufstellen soll. Die Kernfrage lautet: Wie muss die EU gestaltet sein, um auf diese Krisen erfolgreich zu reagieren? Die reflexartige Antwort – auch von Ihnen, Herr Bettel – heißt stets: mehr EU, mehr Zentralismus und zugleich eine blindwütige Haltungs- und Bekenntnisattitüde, wo doch allein Realpolitik und Pragmatismus gefordert wären. Die EU ist – sehen wir der Wahrheit ins Auge – heute wirtschaftlich ein kranker Riese, der global immer weiter an Boden verliert, und politisch ein Zwerg, den niemand mehr wirklich ernst nimmt. Das hat Frau von der Leyen ja vor zwei Wochen erst in Peking schmerzhaft und bis ins Peinliche reichend erfahren und wenige Tage später die deutsche Außenministerin, die international sowieso nur belächelt wird, am gleichen Ort dann ebenfalls. Die EU muss endlich lernen, eine von Interessensausgleich und pragmatischem Realismus geleitete Außenpolitik zu betreiben. Es muss Schluss sein mit Belehrungen, Moralpredigten und gänzlich unangebrachter europäischer Arroganz. Sonst macht die EU sich international zum Gespött. So sollte ...
Debate: This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Benoît Lutgen
Political group: PPE
Country: Romania
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, Monsieur le Premier Ministre –  Je ne vous ai pas entendu, Monsieur le Premier ministre – et j’en suis déçu –, je ne vous ai pas entendu parler de la politique agricole, essentielle. Comment pouvons-nous réussir la politique de changement climatique sans parler des agriculteurs, des hommes et des femmes qui se battent chaque jour pour nous nourrir? Je pense qu’il est vraiment important que, au-delà des valeurs que nous défendons, nous défendions chaque Européen, que, où qu’il se trouve géographiquement, chaque Européen considère l’Europe comme une chance, et que nous leur apportions tout notre soutien là où ils se trouvent. C’est comme cela que nous défendrons l’Union européenne.
Debate: This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Alex Agius Saliba
Political group: S-D
Country: Malta
Language: MT

Sinjura President, grazzi Prim Ministru li tinsab magħna llum. Sabiex il-proġett Ewropew jibqa’ wieħed relevanti, irridu nitkellmu fuq il-prijoritajiet tan-nies. U waħda mill-akbar prijoritajiet illi n-nies qegħdin, u ċ-ċittadini qegħdin jitkellmu dwarha hija l-prijorità li nsaħħu l-qasam soċjali fuq bażi Ewropea, f’sitwazzjoni fejn għandna rati ta’ inflazzjoni għoljin ħafna, prezzijiet għoljin tal-enerġija u tal-ikel, żieda tal-qgħad, żieda fil-faqar u żieda fl-inugwaljanzi soċjali u l-gwerra fl-Ukrajna. Allura huwa importanti li l-prinċipji tal-Pilastru Ewropew tad-Drittijiet Soċjali, l-SDGs, ikomplu jkunu l-boxxla li tiggwida r-riformi u l-investimenti. Id-drittijiet soċjali għandu jkollhom l-istess importanza bħall-miri makroekonomiċi u ambjentali bil-għan komuni illi jittejjeb il-benesseri taċ-ċittadini Ewropej tagħna.  U allura nixtieq ukoll nistaqsik x’inhuma u x’għandhom ikunu l-prijoritajiet tagħna bħalissa bħala Ewropej ukoll, fejn għandu x’jaqsam ukoll il-qasam soċjali, anke illi koinċidentalment għandna wkoll Kummissarju responsabbli mill-qasam soċjali li qed jagħmel biċċa xogħol tajba, li huwa Lussemburgiż ukoll.
Debate: This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó
Political group: NI
Country: Portugal
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente, Monsieur le Premier Ministre, j’ai demandé à intervenir dans ce débat parce que j’attends depuis cinq mois l’occasion de vous remercier du discours que vous avez prononcé lors du 70e anniversaire du Parlement européen. Vous avez donné espoir à beaucoup d’entre nous, qui sommes fatigués d’écouter, de la bouche de nos dirigeants européens, des discours à ce point prévisibles et standardisés qu’ils pourraient bien avoir été rédigés par le désormais célèbre ChatGPT.  Aujourd’hui, vous avez souligné, comme il y a cinq mois, l’importance du respect des minorités, qu’elles soient sexuelles, ethniques, religieuses ou politiques, pour la paix entre les peuples de l’Europe. J’ai rarement entendu cela avec la conviction que vous avez, et que vous savez transmettre.  Je vous demande de continuer à utiliser votre voix pour nous rappeler, comme vous l’avez dit, que ni les droits ni la paix ne sont des acquis définitifs et que nous devons nous battre sincèrement pour les défendre chaque jour.
Debate: This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Siegfried Mureşan
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Madam President, thank you, Prime Minister Bettel, and many thanks to the people of Luxembourg for being excellent hosts to the European Parliament and to many institutions of the European Union for more than 70 years. The people of Luxembourg have always been at the forefront of European integration and at the forefront of defending European values. Let us stick together in defending Europe against extremism, against euroscepticism, against division and against exclusion. Let us fight together for European values, for our democracy, for our institutions, for the values of the free world. And let me say that defending our European way of life requires efforts, and sometimes it also requires costs. Safety, security and defence is something important to my political family, to the European People’s Party, and we have to work on this together. This is why my plea to you, Prime Minister: battle that Luxembourg increases also its commitment to safety, security and to defence spending, as we have all agreed in NATO to allocate 2% of our GDP to defence. The people of Ukraine are fighting for a European way of life. We should also defend our security here in Europe and at our borders.
Debate: This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Brando Benifei
Political group: S-D
Country: Italy
Language: IT

Signora Presidente, signor Presidente Bettel, bentornato al Parlamento europeo.  Il Suo paese, il Lussemburgo, è stato centrale nella costruzione dell'integrazione europea insieme a tanti altri paesi. Oggi siamo una grande Unione, ma abbiamo bisogno di più coraggio, dal Suo paese e da tanti altri, da tanti governi, dal Consiglio. L'8 e il 9 maggio per la festa dell'Europa saranno qui a manifestare a Strasburgo centinaia, migliaia di cittadini e di associazioni, lo stanno facendo in ogni angolo d'Europa per un'Europa più unita e un'Europa federale. Sono le nuove generazioni che ci chiedono decisioni rapide, senza veti sui temi cruciali dei diritti sociali, dei diritti climatici, della giustizia fiscale, dei diritti civili, del cambiamento istituzionale dell'Europa perché sia più forte. La Conferenza sul futuro dell'Europa ha indicato la strada da seguire. Apriamo una convenzione per la riforma dei trattati, che dia vita a una vera integrazione europea, rispettando anche le differenze. Non mettiamo il veto sul futuro dei cittadini europei, ascoltiamo le loro richieste per un'Europa più unita, perché altrimenti l'alternativa è il nazionalismo, e il nazionalismo, lo sappiamo bene, è la guerra.
Debate: This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Loucas Fourlas
Political group: PPE
Country: Italy
Language: EL

Κύριε Πρόεδρε, σας καλωσορίζω στο Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο.  Ως ευρωβουλευτής που προέρχομαι από μια μικρή χώρα, την Κύπρο, χαιρετίζω τον ηγέτη μιας άλλης μικρής ευρωπαϊκής χώρας, με μεγάλη όμως προσφορά στο ευρωπαϊκό γίγνεσθαι. Αυτό που μας ενώνει στην Ευρώπη είναι οι αρχές και αξίες της, αυτές τις οποίες όλοι οφείλουμε να πρεσβεύουμε.  Προερχόμενος από μια μικρή χώρα, κύριε Πρωθυπουργέ, θέλω να δηλώσω εμφαντικά ότι η αλληλεγγύη ερμηνεύεται για μας πολλές φορές ως διασφάλιση της ύπαρξής μας. Δυστυχώς δεν μπορώ να πω ότι εμείς, τα μικρά κράτη μέλη, λαμβάναμε όση αλληλεγγύη ή στήριξη μας αναλογεί. Θέλω να σας ευχαριστήσω θερμά για τη στάση αρχών που τηρεί η χώρα σας στο Κυπριακό, ένα πρόβλημα εισβολής και κατοχής. Σας ευχαριστώ ακόμα και για τη στάση που τηρεί η χώρα σας στο σοβαρότατο θέμα του μεταναστευτικού. Ως μικρή χώρα έχουμε αφεθεί να παλεύουμε μόνοι μας, λαμβάνοντας μέχρι στιγμής μόνο φραστική στήριξη, χωρίς να έχουν δοθεί ουσιαστικές λύσεις.  Γιατί μόνο με έμπρακτες και συγκεκριμένες ενέργειες στήριξης προς τα μικρά κράτη μέλη μπορεί να επιτευχθεί η πραγματική αλληλεγγύη και η ευρωπαϊκή ολοκλήρωση, όπως την περιγράψατε προηγουμένως. Αλλιώς θα μιλάμε απλά για μια Ευρώπη των λίγων και των ισχυρών, κάτι που είμαι σίγουρος ότι ούτε εσείς ούτε και εμείς αποδεχόμαστε.
Debate: This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Christophe Hansen
Political group: PPE
Country: Germany
Language: FR

Madame la Présidente. Monsieur le Premier Ministre, c’est un plaisir de vous voir, pour la troisième fois déjà en une année, ici, devant cette plénière. Je pense que c’est une preuve du respect que vous témoignez envers notre institution. Certains n’ont pas forcément montré le même respect à votre égard en attaquant la politique du Luxembourg, notre pays, et je le regrette, parce que nous sommes ici pour discuter aussi de l’avenir de l’Union européenne, et je pense que le plan de relance européen a été l’un des plus grands approfondissements de notre Union européenne au xxie siècle.  Ma première question pour vous est donc la suivante: quelles seraient les prochaines étapes pour un approfondissement encore plus important, et quel serait le prochain approfondissement que vous voyez?  Une deuxième question, qui évidemment est très importante dans la politique étrangère et de sécurité, concerne le principe de l’unanimité qui, à mon avis, est contre-productif. Quelle est votre position, et quelles seraient les actions à prendre pour se débarrasser de ce système de l’unanimité?  Une troisième question, enfin, eu égard à ce que vous avez dit sur le fait d’être proche des citoyens. Si on parle aux citoyens, évidemment, on a parfois un problème de représentativité et de démocratie, parce qu’on avait, par exemple, le système des Spitzenkandidaten, que les citoyens nous disent soutenir. Quelle serait votre position, l’année prochaine, si on rediscute du Spitzenkandidat? Est-ce que vous l’acceptez, Monsieur Bettel?
Debate: This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Victor Negrescu
Political group: S-D
Country: Finland
Language: RO

Țara noastră nu poartă responsabilitatea eventualelor probleme din spațiul Schengen, reclamate de guvernul austriac, fiind în afara zonei de liberă circulație. Chiar și astăzi vedem aceeași opoziție motivată prin false argumente, care nu face altceva decât să slăbească unitatea europeană și să sădească neîncredere.  Aceste acțiuni, prin care se politizează subiectul Schengen și se instrumentalizează subiectul migrației, încurajează o retorică populistă și creează un precedent îngrijorător. De aceea, fac apel la solidaritate și insist ca subiectul aderării României la spațiul Schengen să se afle atât pe agenda Consiliului de Justiție și Afaceri Interne din luna iunie, cât și pe cea a Consiliului European, pentru a transmite un mesaj puternic de susținere pentru poporul român, în vederea menținerii credibilității proiectului european.
Debate: This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Marco Zanni
Political group: ID
Country: Portugal
Language: IT

Relativamente all'immigrazione, vorrei ricordare al Primo ministro che non ne esiste un solo tipo: quella descritta nel suo discorso è la migrazione regolare, che nessuno nel mio partito ha mai voluto bloccare. L'unica che vogliamo fermare è quella irregolare, che alimenta il business del traffico di esseri umani e dello sfruttamento, portando capitali nelle mani di organizzazioni criminali spietate e pronte a tutto pur di avere un profitto. Aggiungerei una considerazione riguardo all'ingerenza dell'Unione europea in materie di competenza esclusiva degli Stati, che trovo inaccettabile: ci siamo uniti definendo in modo preciso quali fossero i ruoli sia a livello nazionale che delle varie istituzioni e ora, con l'arma del ricatto, volete sostanzialmente costringere gli Stati membri ad adeguare le proprie politiche a quelle prevalenti in UE? Approcci poco pragmatici e basati sull'ideologia, come quelli appena descritti, sono il modo più sbagliato per rispondere alle esigenze dei cittadini.
Debate: Statement by the President - th anniversary of the Uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Roberta Metsola
Country: Poland
Language: EN

Dear colleagues, today the European Parliament marks the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. I ask you now to view a short video that commemorates the events of 19 April 1943 in Warsaw. Today we remember. We remember the extraordinary bravery of ordinary people. People who stood up against the odds to light a spark in the darkest of times. In 1940, Nazi commanders confined more than 400 000 Jews into the Warsaw Ghetto. They were targeted simply because they were Jewish. By autumn 1942, 50 000 Jewish people remained in the so-called residual ghetto, including Bronisław Geremek, a former colleague of ours in this House, who was just 11 years old. On 19 April 1943, the Jews of Warsaw took up arms against the enemy. Starving women and men took on an army. They knew they could not win. But the enduring symbol of resistance, the power of men and women standing up when there was nothing left to lose, remains an inspiration. The April Uprising was the largest armed uprising of Jews during the Second World War. In the words of Marek Edelman, whom we just saw: ‘We weren’t stupid. We knew very well what we were up against.’ They did not go gently into the night. They raged against the dying of the light. And 80 years later they inspire us still. So today we pay tribute to those who fell, with the unwavering hope of resistance against tyranny. With the belief in a lasting symbol of Jewish resistance against the Holocaust. Our Europe is built on their shoulders. To mark this 80th anniversary, I urge all of you, colleagues, dear Members, to wear a yellow daffodil. They are available at the entrance to this Hemicycle. They were donated by the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews so that we should remember the power of resistance against death, autocracy and dictatorship. Please join me in rising for a moment of silence as we remember them.
Debate: Keeping people healthy, water drinkable and soil liveable: getting rid of forever pollutants and strengthening EU chemical legislation now
Date: WEDNESDAY, 19 APRIL 2023
Speaker: Pina Picierno
Country: Spain
Language: IT

L'ordine del giorno reca la discussione su tematiche di attualità (articolo 162 del regolamento) - Mantenere le persone in buona salute, l'acqua potabile e il suolo vivibile: eliminare le sostanze inquinanti eterne e rafforzare la legislazione dell'UE sui prodotti chimici adesso (