What Pierre-Romain spoke about.

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, you added a debate to comment on the US President's decision to freeze the application of sanctions that were to target Russia. A decision that comes in a dual context: diplomatic, with renewed bilateral tensions between Washington and Kiev, but also and above all American domestic policy, with the approach of the mid-term elections, where the question of the

Madam President, the situation in the Arabian Peninsula is deteriorating. Since the resumption of the conflict in July, Houthi forces have strengthened their positions through territorial gains, including on the Red Sea coastline and at the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait. They have also deployed a strategy of stifling the Saudi model. This has been evidenced in recent days by rocket or ballistic missile str

Madam President, all around the European continent, from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, via the North Atlantic and of course in the Black Sea, the war in Ukraine has extensions on the seas. Thanks to the Ukrainian strategy of harassing the Russian fleet and its bases in Crimea, the Russians were unable to gain control of the sea, take Odessa or project forces elsewhere on the Ukrainian coast. Ne

Madam President, investing more in defence, reducing our external dependencies, producing more and faster: all this is necessary in the international context, and all this requires creating an ultra-favourable regulatory, normative and financial environment for the defence industry. Everyone has to be in their place here. States with a central, and even unique, decision-making role. The Commission

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, hybrid warfare has been a popular concept for several years, but it describes an already long-standing reality. Even before, or even without, weapons speak, it is possible to achieve political results through intimidation, propaganda, demoralization or through actions of a low level of violence. Let us remember, ladies and gentlemen, that this is not a war, howe

Madam President, High Representative, as you have said, the American disengagement from Europe will continue after Mr Trump's term, because Washington's deep direction is clear: Europe is no longer a priority theatre for the United States and the European armed forces must themselves guarantee conventional deterrence on the continent. Added to this long-term redirection is a crisis of confidence a

Madam President, to say that the one who dominates artificial intelligence will be the master of the world tomorrow is to move a little too fast. On the other hand, it is certain that those who do not master artificial intelligence will be dominated by those who master the whole chain and flood us with their services. Today's debate is marked by a form of panic linked to the flaws that Anthropic's

Madam President, Minister, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Russia's war in Ukraine is not a war for part of its territory. After four years of conflict, and with the Russian military illegally occupying 20% of Ukrainian territory, it is clear that it is a war to wipe an entire country off the map, destroy its sovereignty and erase its identity. These maximalist goals promote war crimes and abu

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, strengthening Europe's defence against its potential adversaries and reducing its dependence on external actors are objectives that are widely accepted in this Parliament. It is the means of achieving this that are the subject of debate. Your report, Mr Cremer, has its logic and consistency, but we dispute its presupposition

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, some military innovations are more than just technologies integrating the repertoire of the armed forces. They call for a thorough overhaul of almost all of our security vision. This is the case of the drone and its counterpart, the antidrone fight. The proposed report shows this well. We have not sufficiently integrated all the adaptations that the drone involv

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, our debates on common foreign and defence policy cannot ignore the context of the transatlantic crisis we are going through. Report after report, the Europeans repeated like a mantra that we should not duplicate NATO. Any US capacity had to be seen as automatically benefiting Europe in case of need. This status quo is no longer tenable. Just a few months ago, ca

Mr President, the publication of the new American security strategy gives rise to a sad spectacle in Europe. Its most essential teaching is clear: We Europeans must be able to defend ourselves. But instead of thinking about it, many voices have been quick to point to European enemies from within, accused of wanting to sabotage the European Union under American patronage. Maybe you don't have the m

Madam President, Europe is constantly rediscovering, one after the other, the importance of regions, lands or seas that it had or neglected or considered to have emerged from history. So we rightly stress the importance of the Arctic for Europe and its security, and we rightly point out the remilitarization of this space by Putin's Russia and the strategic potential offered by the melting of the i

Madam President, the Russian-Ukrainian war reconfigures many capability needs in Europe, particularly in the area of salvo exchanges, from the smallest munitions to the ground-to-air missiles, which are so valuable in Ukraine. Europe is lagging far behind in achieving capability autonomy. However, it is precisely on these sectors that the EDIP programme provides for derogations in order to include

Mr President, the meeting between Trump and Putin in Budapest is unlikely to take place. Or not now. Whose fault? To the Americans? No, no. For months, they have been working hard to establish the conditions for difficult negotiations between Russians and Ukrainians. The fault of the Ukrainians? No, no. Their military resistance is the very condition for negotiations to take place, because their s

Madam President, Europe's commitment to supporting Ukraine in its struggle for sovereignty is not only fair, but also in line with our security interests and seeking ways to continue this support while not seriously undermining the budgetary situation of our countries is a welcome step. However, the idea of a zero-interest loan, the repayment of which would be based on possible Russian reparations

Madam President, Commissioner, as you know, we are firmly committed to the sovereignty of States, respect for territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders. We therefore unambiguously denounce Russia's violations of the airspace of allied European countries. This firmness must be accompanied by lucidity and proportionality. Outrageous statements that equate any intrusion with an act of wa