Transparency, health and fundamental rights reach Brussels
Brussels, 3 December 2025.
Today Taranto chiama – Taranto Calling, the investigative documentary by Rosy Battaglia, is being screened at the European Parliament in Spaak Room 7C50, thanks to the initiative of MEPs Annalisa Corrado (S&D), Cristina Guarda (Greens) and Valentina Palmisano (The Left).
The film brings together ten years of testimonies and verified materials: the voices of the Genitori Tarantini, residents of the Tamburi neighbourhood, doctors and paediatricians who follow the most exposed children, workers and trade unions, experts in environmental and health law, parish priests of the community, and local institutions such as Fulvia Gravame, Deputy Mayor for the Environment of Taranto.
It is a narrative built on facts, judicial documents, environmental and health data, and above all on the everyday lives of the people living in the shadow of Europe’s largest steel plant.
Joining the screening in Brussels are Ernesto Belisario, lawyer and expert on access to information and transparency, Fulvia Gravame, and the Genitori Tarantini, whose civic action contributed to bringing the case before the Court of Justice of the European Union.
A press point is scheduled at 17:30 on the third floor, in front of the Vox Box.
A necessary story, while the news often looks away
Taranto chiama focuses on two fundamental rights that concern every European citizen: the right to know and the right to a healthy environment.
These rights, claimed for years in Taranto through civic mobilisation, legal actions and public pressure, are again at the centre of the national and European debate.
In these very days, workers in Genoa Cornigliano are protesting to obtain clarity about the future of the plant, and similar tensions are emerging in several industrial areas across Italy.
The film brings to Brussels what the news — including these days — often avoids: the real conditions of communities living next to high-impact industrial sites, and the weight that political delays, industrial choices and lack of transparency place on their lives.
Upcoming screenings
After Brussels, Taranto chiama continues its journey across territories affected by industrial production and environmental risks.
On 12 December, the film will be screened in Genoa Cornigliano, a neighbourhood currently experiencing strong workers’ protests and uncertainty about the future of the steel sector.
On 13 December, it will reach Falconara, another symbolic site marked by decades of coexistence between industrial infrastructure, public health concerns and community rights.
More dates will be announced soon.
Why this journey matters
Taranto chiama is the result of long, collective work carried out together with the communities that have demanded transparency, access to data, accountability and protection of health.
The right to know and the right to live in a healthy environment are not local demands: they are democratic rights that concern us all.
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