What Manon spoke about.

Madam President, this is a reminder of the Rules of Procedure on the basis of Rule 10, which provides for mutual respect for speakers in this Chamber. I believe that, in order to honour democracy, it is necessary to be able to have a healthy debate on the substance. I regret that the far right and the National Rally are now engaged in this type of shortcut. And if they want to talk about who are t

Madam President, I believe that a number of truths must be re-established this evening. The truth is that, this Saturday, October 17, more than 800,000 people marched peacefully in France against expensive life and for means in education. The truth is that the power in place has been unable to guarantee public order and freedom to demonstrate. The truth is that the government played the strategy o

Madam President, this is a point of order on the basis of Rule 180, which is a direct questioning of Mr Valet, who said that we would hurt democracy because we would be on the side of the demonstrators and those who are precisely living democracy - democracy, yes, it went very badly this Saturday, when we have 800 000 people who are no longer able to demonstrate. Mr Valet, I note that you are easi

Madam President, a point of order on the basis of Rule 180 for personal questioning: I hear Mr Garraud presenting me with a smile in the face of an explosive social situation in France. No, Mr. Garraud, I'm not all smiles when we have 800,000 people who are trying to demonstrate and who can't demonstrate. No, Mr. Garraud, I am not all smiling when we have 10 million poor people in our country, whe

Madam President, Mrs von der Leyen, you achieved a feat in your speech: not to make a single concrete proposal on the cost of living, which is by far the first concern of Europeans. Fuel already exceeds €100 and millions of people have to choose between food, shelter and travel. Meanwhile, the billionaires continue to binge. That is the state of your European Union, Mrs Von der Leyen. So what are

Madam President, in accordance with Rule 68(4), I want to ask, on behalf of The Left Group in the European Parliament, a final rejection vote with a roll‑call vote. Because I think, and we collectively think, that this mass‑surveillance system deserves proper democratic oversight. That is why we ask for a final rejection vote on the matter.

Madam President, Commissioner, Europe is literally burning. Older people suffocate in EHPADs, children suffocate at school, hospitals overheat literally and figuratively, morgues overflow, crops are threatened, forests go up in smoke … And what is your answer to the European Commission? Putting the fight against climate change on hold. We had to dare, because the heatwave, whatever we say, is not

Mr President, Minister, Commissioner, do you see this little piece of Lego? That's all that's left of a kindergarten south of Beirut, sprayed by an Israeli bomb. I promised the sisters running this school to bring him back here with this question: Why is the European Union doing nothing about these atrocities? And since you refuse to see these atrocities, I also brought you this Israeli missile de

Thanks for your question. It is quite interesting that the EPP all of the sudden cares about European workers. You do not care so much about European workers when it is about killing our protection for European workers. When it comes to SMEs and companies, do you really think that a 50 % rate for European products that enter the US market, versus 0 % for American products to enter the EU market, w

Madam President, our request was to add another debate, not to replace. I must say that the 'one in, one out' principle not only gathered a wide support in the last Conference of Presidents, but I want to recall Rule 164: 'at the beginning of each part-session, Parliament shall adopt its agenda. A committee, a political group or at least one tenth of the Members may propose one amendment to the fi

Ms Kallas, you say that you have no leverage over Israel, yet you said a little earlier that you talk to the Israelis every day and every day. I note that the word of the Palestinians does not count. And I would also point out that because of your inability to mobilise the Member States, you did not have the same indulgence when it came to taking sanctions, rightly, against Vladimir Putin’s Russia

Madam President, Mrs Kallas, Benjamin Netanyahu has been slaughtering the Palestinian people for two years, obstructing humanitarian aid, starving the population, illegally expanding its occupation in the West Bank and pillaging the Gaza Strip, and now Lebanon. And last week, you announced sanctions. So we were like, finally, there will be sanctions against Netanyahu, who is the subject of an arre

Mr President, a drink is not acceptable. Silence is not consenting. Smiling is not consenting. Sleeping by his side is not consenting. Taking off your clothes or being in a relationship is not necessarily consenting either. Ceding is not consenting. How many women have ever been in this situation? Because the problem is that, in most European states, the law on sexual violence does not recognize t

Mr. Speaker, I am quite surprised because, usually, at the National Rally, you like to talk about zero impunity for all offenders. But, strangely, as soon as it comes to rapists and aggressors in terms of gender-based and sexual violence, there, you no longer take impunity zero; If not, sometimes you even go so far as to copy and paste your racist ideologies when men all have one thing in common:

Madam President, being LGBTI is not a disease. Yet which gay, lesbian or trans person hasn't already heard from their loved ones or family "it'll pass you, you'll heal"? Like it's a choice, like it's a fashion, like it's a disease. But one does not heal from one's sexual orientation or gender, because it is an integral part of one's identity. To deny this is to deny the very exi

Madam President, I shall begin with three simple words: taxing the rich. I say this because, obviously, these words here are taboo. Officially, the European Semester serves to ensure the balance of public finances, but each time you look collectively on the same side. We should absolutely cut pension spending, health care spending, but never look at the revenue side, never tax the ultra-rich, neve