What Nora spoke about.

With the planet breaking daily temperature records and the EU being the fastest warming region in the world, the implementation of the Green Deal is more vital than ever. That is why I urge my colleagues to overwhelmingly adopt the text on the deployment of alternative fuels, as it will make a key contribution to meeting our climate commitments. As we know, transport is responsible for about a qua

Mr President, Mr Executive Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen, will our children still be able to live here tomorrow? This question is asked in Martinique, it is asked in the Azores, it is asked in Corsica. Because there, working, caring, feeding, housing, everything is more expensive, everything is further. So yes, two strategies, one for the ORs, one for the islands, very well. But a strategy

Mr President, Mr Vice-President, Commissioner, it has taken some time, but we are finally there. The European Union is taking concrete action on the subject of affordable housing. This legislative proposal is a major act by its very existence, since it is the first time that there is legislation on the subject. Let us hope that it bears fruit and that it is followed by other initiatives as the cha

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. Mehdi was 20 years old; He dreamed of becoming a police officer: he was shot to silence his brother Amine, whose commitment to the ravages of drug trafficking is well known in France and Europe. On behalf of the Socialists and Democrats Group, I reiterate our support for his family, for those close to him, and the fight obliges us. In France, drug trafficking ge

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Mr Vice-President, our ecological transformation will be fair or it will fail, and the Just Transition Fund was, as you have heard, hard-fought in the previous legislature, to prevent carbon neutrality from being experienced as a punishment. This fund is vital to support workers, families and the most exposed territories. In my department of Bouches-du-Rhône,

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, 137 million Europeans live in rural areas. Much of our collective success in the green, digital and demographic transitions depends on these territories, which cover more than 80% of our continent. That is what the rapporteur - and I congratulate him - has brought us with this report, this vision on rural areas. Therefore, guaranteeing every Eur

Mr President, Commissioner, climate change is hitting harder and harder. Reunion has just experienced this bitterly after the devastating passage of Cyclone Garance. Five dead, hundreds of victims, tens of thousands of households without electricity, drinking water supply affected, infrastructure devastated and agriculture brought to its knees. The island is disfigured, the population hard-pressed

Madam President, the news from Mayotte since Saturday is appalling. Local authorities announce that there could be thousands of victims and warn of the risk of epidemics and famine. Before the passage of Cyclone Chido, the Mahorais already lacked everything. The population is now in a situation of total deprivation. Many are without a roof, without electricity, without running water. Bottled water

Mr President, Commissioner, the regions are now threatened with becoming the adjustment variables for the fiscal policies of France and Europe. Through them, however, concrete projects, essential for the ecological transition, transport or economic development come to life. And yet, in France as in Brussels, there is a great temptation to sacrifice these territories on the altar of austerity. From

Mr President, Mr Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen, the housing crisis is a European phenomenon which calls for European responses. Almost everywhere in Europe, prices are skyrocketing: increase of 30% in ten years in France, more than 50% in Germany, more than 200% in Hungary. Unworthy housing is proliferating and the number of poorly housed or homeless Europeans is skyrocketing. This situatio

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, after three years of deadlock in the Council, it is fortunate that we can finally count on a presidency that has clearly expressed its support for the outcome of this dossier. In the meantime, our Parliament has always taken the initiative to relaunch this text, because we are convinced that removing bureaucratic obstacles to cross-border cooperation will mak

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the Council and the Commission have just recalled that access to water is vital for life. However, the Mayotte archipelago, which is experiencing exceptional drought, has been facing severe water shortages for several months. Drink, wash, wash your laundry: everything is complicated when water is only available for 18 hours every three days. I would like to expr

Madam President, Commissioner, despite the crises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, the spectre of recession seems to be moving away from the European economy. Yet, a recent survey tells us that nearly half of the most modest French people have been forced to suppress one meal a day. This is further evidence of the deleterious effects of inflation on our continent. Indeed, th

Madam President, Commissioner, I would first like to assure you of our full support for your recent announcement to adapt the cohesion rules to support the arrival of Ukrainian refugees. I think this is a moral imperative as well as an economic necessity. This debate comes at a key moment, when the resources mobilised, whether cohesion or recovery, have never been more important. There is also har

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, with this report, the Union will finally be able to support the territories, sectors of activity and our fellow citizens most exposed to the socio-economic consequences of Brexit. The very nature of this instrument should have united us from the outset. I note, however, that the road to fairness in the allocation of funds was fraught with pitfalls.

Madam President, Mr High Representative, ladies and gentlemen, I was in Beirut last week and every day Lebanon collapses at the risk of disappearing. The situation in Lebanon is of extreme humanitarian, political and democratic urgency. Growing poverty, international threats and corruption have permanently weakened the country. The formation of a new government after long months of waiting must no