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- 72 Since July 1, 2024
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72 Speeches
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027 – all sections (debate)
Madam President, Commissioner, I would first like to thank my colleagues, Mr Hadjipantela and Mr Negrescu, for stressing the importance of the health budget. Investing in public health is the best thing Europe can do to protect the lives of Europeans, but also for its competitiveness. Because the bedrock of competitiveness is a healthy population and healthy workers on their jobs. So, we need more
France, Italy and Belgium: Latest anti-democratic violence by radical far-left groups, implications on public order and the legitimate right to protest (debate)
Nothing is ever improved by fire and violence. And I said earlier that I strongly condemn all acts of violence. But it was not the 800,000 demonstrators, young people, salaried workers, pensioners, who demonstrated peacefully who set fire and engaged in violence. So you asked me a question, I answered it, but you did not answer the question I asked you. What do you have to say to the social anger,
France, Italy and Belgium: Latest anti-democratic violence by radical far-left groups, implications on public order and the legitimate right to protest (debate)
Madam President, Madam Member, dear colleague, I have a very simple question for you: what did the 800 000 demonstrators, young people, high school students, pensioners and employees, who marched peacefully throughout France to defend purchasing power and to defend means for education, want to express?
France, Italy and Belgium: Latest anti-democratic violence by radical far-left groups, implications on public order and the legitimate right to protest (debate)
Madam President, a dead man in Paris, a 17-year-old girl blinded in Mulhouse, a 17-year-old with a hand torn off in Saint-Étienne, and for her, and for them, Mr Bellamy, you do not even have a word of compassion. Hundreds injured among protesters and law enforcement. And yes, cities devastated by thugs, public buildings on fire. I strongly condemn all violence. But in the face of such a disaster,
Strengthening global health resilience in partner countries (debate)
Devastating heatwaves, wildfires and droughts in Europe: lessons from summer 2026 (debate)
My question will be very simple, Mrs Sardone: we come out of a summer where whole areas of Europe have been ravaged, where people have died. Can you explain to me why you chose to use your minute of intervention only to tackle the Green Deal, without saying a word about civil protection? Without saying a word about concrete action to combat forest fires?
Devastating heatwaves, wildfires and droughts in Europe: lessons from summer 2026 (debate)
Madam President, Commissioner, we all mourn the deaths of this terrible summer. Firefighters dead on fire. Forests and villages ravaged by flames. Talking is good, acting is better. And 0.1 degrees more, they're more powerful and more violent fires. It's more dead and more devastation. Those who have been slowing down our action on climate change for so many years are responsible. We need to act.
Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed (A10-0175/2026 - Jessica Polfjärd) (vote)
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, today you have to make a choice. Defend European farmers and seed producers, defend free access to plant diversity or offer control of plants and agriculture to a few agrochemical multinationals, Bayer-Monsanto, Syngenta, Corteva. Two years ago, this parliament voted overwhelmingly against NGT patents for all groups. This parliament had voted to defend farmers,
European Chemicals Agency and amending regulations (A10-0093/2026 - Christophe Clergeau) (vote)
Madam President, yes, I request referral back to committee in order to start negotiations with the Council and the Commission pursuant to Rule 60(4).
European Chemicals Agency and amending regulations (A10-0093/2026 - Christophe Clergeau) (vote)
Implementation of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and risks to the security of supply of medicines (debate)
Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, 'from the source to the sea' is not a slogan, it is a reality. We have to manage a single ecosystem. Water quality has a direct impact on our lives, on our health, on our economy and, in particular, on fishermen and on marine crops, which are the first victims of water quality degradation. So we have to tackle pollution at the root, we have to
Upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act (debate)
Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted that we are finally having a debate here on the fact that research is teamwork and that it is not only the Horizon Europe programme that funds research on our continent, but also the Member States and the cities and regions. So, the 3% of GDP mobilization to support research, we reaffirm the goal, but we never do it. Why in Eur
Order of business
Madam President, my point of order is based on Rule 39 and concerns support for NGOs in the health sector. Thirteen Member States sent a letter to the Commission protesting against the discontinuation of operating grants to health NGOs, without any consultation with the Council. This is a strong and cross-party political signal, and we hope that the European Parliament will also take
Extreme weather events in particular in Portugal, southern Italy, Malta and Greece: European response in strengthening readiness, preparedness and solidarity mechanisms (debate)
World Cancer Day (debate)
World Cancer Day (debate)
Presentation of the programme of activities of the Cyprus Presidency (continuation of debate)
Madam President, Mr President, I wanted to welcome, on behalf of the Socialists, your maritime commitment and to look forward to going to Cyprus for the European Maritime Days. I wanted to welcome your commitment to health, youth mental health, occupational health and urge you to speed up the revision of the Chemicals Directive or the Tobacco Directive. But listening to our debates, I wonder: What
Framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interest (debate)
Ma'am, good morning. I believe that you are aware that the impact of the environment on human health is very important, and that it is also because our living conditions and our environment are degraded that people have diseases that require medicines. And your group proposes to challenge environmental legislation to facilitate the production of medicines through amendments that are tabled in plen
Framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interest (debate)
Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, can we count tomorrow on masks produced in Europe to face a new COVID crisis? Nothing is less certain. We have a strategy to build up stocks of critical equipment and medicines, which are indispensable in the event of a crisis, but when it comes to facilitating production in Europe, it is double standards. We have a good legislative package here
Presentation of the EU Cardiovascular Health Plan (debate)
Ensuring faster registration and uptake of biological control agents (short presentation)
General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections (debate)
Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to make two remarks on the European health budget. This EU4Health programme suffered a 20% decrease during the mid-term review of the Multiannual Financial Framework. One billion has soared, including 620 million in the health component of crisis preparedness. For 2026, the Council proposes a new cut of 95 million, or 15%, which is hu
Commission Work Programme 2026 (debate)
Mr President, health, health, that is the great absence of this work programme for the year 2026. However, this is one of the main priorities of Europeans. It is a fundamental right, the foundation of their quality of life. But it is also the bedrock of European competitiveness, because without a healthy population there is no competitiveness. So yes, it is urgent to act, to act in the face of the
Chemicals (joint debate)
Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we need to do more to protect health and the environment from the impact of chemicals. Where we live, the way we live, the pollution and hazardous products we are exposed to impact ourselves, impact our human health and explain much of the incredible development of noncommunicable diseases: cancers, degenerative diseases, diseases of pain. So yes,