What Valérie spoke about.

Madam President, I too would like to congratulate Manfred and Iratxe on your re-election. We are entering a new phase of this European Parliament and I would like us to seize this momentum to consolidate the pro-European majority in the interest of Europe and in the interest of Europeans. Madam President, Mr President, this weekend thousands of Europeans took to the streets all over Europe. I cond

Madam President, Commissioner, Prime Minister, welcome to this Parliament. You are the Prime Minister of a great European country, Portugal. This was recalled: Just over 50 years ago, your country was still living under a dictatorship. 40 years ago, he joined the big European family. Today, Portugal is a strong democracy, a thriving economy, a country that counts in Europe. And this is also the Eu

Madam President, Minister, ladies and gentlemen, just a few days before this European summit, I would like to start with a number: 360 billion. EUR 360 billion is the European Union's trade deficit with China in 2025. Almost €1 billion per day. What this figure reveals is that we are not fighting on equal terms. China is organising the trade imbalance with the European Union. So, Madam President,

Madam President, Prime Minister, Madam President, I have listened to your speech with, of course, a great deal of attention. Yes, you are right, Europe must move forward on the path of its power and independence. But I will go further: It is now time to defend a new, fundamentally positive vision of a pro-European radicalism. Because the summer that we have just experienced is the perfect synthesi

Madam President, Commissioner, our children are in danger, and that danger is social media. For a long time, we watched their development with fascination; Today, we have to face reality. Anxiety disorders, depression, addiction, cyberbullying, impaired sleep and self-esteem: risks to children’s mental health and development are now documented. We know; and, as we know, inaction is no longer an op

Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, ladies and gentlemen, this European summit is being held as the United States and Iran sign a peace agreement. This absurd war, with disastrous consequences for the security of the world and the purchasing power of Europeans, has come to remind us of the challenges facing Europe. Because, what is happening in the world today? What explains the actions of Trump

Madam President, Mr Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen, a few days ago I was listening to what Arthur Mensch, the co-founder of Mistral, our only artificial intelligence giant in Europe, said. He explained to us that today, European talents, which are very numerous, go abroad to found companies. Because the European Union is too complex and because its market is too fragmented. Colleagues, Arthu

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, if I speak today in this debate, it is to denounce the hypocrisy of the extreme right. Because here she dares to denounce, I quote, the 'interference of the European Commission in the democratic process and the elections'. The interference of the European Commission? Seriously? Are you at that level of indecency? Because, if we have to talk about interference –

Madam President, Madam President of the Commission, the purchasing power of Europeans is in arrears. So, of course, we can blame Donald Trump. Of course, we can talk about the Strait of Hormuz. But in the end, it is we who make our own choices, and what is happening in Iran today is by no means an excuse, because Europeans have been dependent on energy produced outside Europe for more than 50 year

Madam President, Commissioner, Mr President, you recalled the major progress made on the competitiveness roadmap. I want to tell you, and even repeat, the full support of the Renew Group on this issue. But tonight I would like to focus on the defining fact of this Council. This European Council should have been one of clarity, firmness and unity. In the face of our geopolitica

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, what is the European Union? What does it mean to be European? Our Europe is the continent that has decided to make peace a political project. Since February 24, 2022, history has forced us to feel it with new intensity. Since the total invasion of Ukraine by Russia, these words have a new dimension, a face, a voice, a courage, that of the Ukrainian people. Fe

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the oldest modern democracy, the United States, is moving towards an authoritarian regime. In a year, since Donald Trump's re-election, American counter-powers, which were thought to be among the strongest in the world, have been trampled on. And in this emerging authoritarian regime, the immigration police – the ECI – plays a central role. Toda

Madam President, Madam President, Minister, ladies and gentlemen, once again we are talking about the Draghi report. Again, we are talking about Europe's competitiveness. I must have been, since the beginning of this mandate, perhaps in my fifth speech on the subject of competitiveness. And every time I say the same thing: We're too slow. We need to do more. Imagine, ladies and gentlemen, that in

Madam President, Madam President, Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to begin this speech with a message of support and solidarity with Iranian women and men. Protests against the regime have given way to repression of unprecedented violence and massacres. This regime must fall, but it must fall by the will of the Iranian people alone, that is, without external interventionism, witho

Madam President of Parliament, Madam Minister, Madam President of the Commission, the forthcoming European summit will be decisive. Determinant for Ukraine and for the credibility of the European Union. Our leaders have an obligation to assist Kyiv on the central issue of frozen Russian assets. So, you know it: Renew has been asking the Council for months to make progress on this solution. First o

Mr President, dear Amine Kessaci, drug trafficking has taken away two brothers from you and, with your immense pain, you have fought a battle: a fight against traffickers, a fight against omerta, a fight for consciences. Like Roberto Saviano, you take on the sacrificial role of whistleblower. Your dignity and courage honor you and compel us. We hear your pain, we share it. We also hear your call t

Madam President, we have simplification: a text expected by our companies, a text resulting from a compromise reached by a pro-European majority in the Committee on Legal Affairs. This compromise reduces 70% of reporting obligations and removes 85% of companies from its scope. We will continue to defend this compromise until the last second, because it is good, because Renew stands by the economic

Madam President, Madam President of the Commission, Madam Minister, ladies and gentlemen, Mrs von der Leyen knows this – Mario Draghi told us: We have an investment gap in Europe. However, the budgetary framework for the next seven years is precisely designed to plan public investment. Because simplification is one thing, but if we do not create the right framework, the right business environment

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, ten years ago, on 13 November 2015, at 21.17, France fell into horror. Within minutes, Islamist terrorists murdered 132 people at the Stade de France, on Parisian terraces and in the Bataclan hall. Everyone here remembers these attacks. Everyone remembers the shock and dread that gripped us. Ten years later, this emotion remains intact. Today, I want to salut

Madam President, dear colleagues, dear Commissioner, dear Minister, a democratically elected mayor is jailed for no reason. Blagomir Kotsev, along with others, becomes a political prisoner inside the European Union. This is a warning for all of us. The Mayor of Varna was elected by the Bulgarian people to bring reform, transparency and hope. Today, he sits in a high-security cell without credible

Madam President, Minister, Madam President, I have chosen this morning to focus on defence, but I would obviously like to react at the heart of your speech this morning, the link between competitiveness and decarbonisation, because it is sometimes necessary, often, to recall in this Chamber that decarbonisation and competitiveness are not opposed. Quite the contrary. Decarbonisation is the key to

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, finally, this document that was expected with the Renew Group, a working agenda for the year 2026, a positive agenda, an agenda of power, independence and sovereignty to be conquered and preserved for Europe. Finally, we will be able to move forward, to produce results for European citizens. And I'm saying, it's more than time. So yes, ladies and gentlemen, w