What Jean-Marc spoke about.

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, High Representative, with Trump, we are never safe from the worst. As Russia intensifies its attacks on Ukraine, directly targets civilians who fall by the hundreds, and attacks energy infrastructure as winter approaches, the President of the United States decides to side with the aggressor. After the suspension of Starlink's intelligence and then the purchas

Madam President, Commissioner, Minister, the European Union is facing an unprecedented crisis and convergence of crises: families strangled by the price of energy; young people without a future with the street as their only outlet; territories ravaged by climate change; and the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East that threaten all of Europe. These crises are interlocking and transcending our borde

So, Mr. Member, we heard you, of course: For you, the solution is "all nuclear". Can you explain, in front of this representation, on what horizon the proposals you make to produce and build new nuclear power plants will respond to the energy crisis that the French are experiencing today? Answer us, since you know very well the duration of construction of a nuclear power plant.

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, who is responsible for the critical rise in the price of energy? Who forces Europeans to choose between working and filling the fridge? Who is pushing SMEs into bankruptcy? Who will stop millions of families from getting warm this winter? Putin, Trump, Khamenei? Of course, but there are also culprits in this Chamber. It is those who, text after text, prevent

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Maricarmen has become the symbol of the dramatic housing situation in the European Union: An 87-year-old woman forcibly evicted from her home at the request of an investment fund. The European Commission is today proposing a regulation on affordable housing to tackle short-term rentals and a one-stop-shop to access EU funding. It is welcome, but as

Mrs Maréchal-Le Pen, your colleague Jordan Bardella said very recently that France's contribution to the European Union budget should be halved. I imagine you're of the same opinion. So my question is simple: What is the budget you want to cut into? European defence? Digital? Space? Investments in clean tech? The CAP? The French and Europeans have a right to know.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as Putin bombs the cathedrals in Kiev, the Franco-German fighter jet is buried. As the price of energy soars, our battery and solar panel plants are closing down due to a lack of European investment. And now Trump is blocking our access to the most powerful AIs. Europe is caught in the turmoil of its economic dependencies. Parliament has proposed an adequate bud

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, an outbreak of infection on board a cruise ship, alarming symptoms, deaths and the tracking of contact cases. The dazzling arrival of the Hantavirus has given us all the strange impression of reliving the COVID nightmare. The pandemic had highlighted the unpreparedness of Europe, disorganized and dependent on China for its masks, medicines and vaccines. So the E

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, here in this Chamber we have taken a historic decision on the multiannual financial framework, which can be summed up in one sentence: building the future without destroying the solidarity policies that are the strength of our Union. This is an unprecedented step in the construction of Europe since the Delors years. Never before has the European Parliament pr

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, Europe finally assumes that an open market makes sense only if the rules of the game are fair and respected by all. The steel market has been competing for years without reason and without rules. Endemic overcapacity threatens our industry, fuelled by massively subsidized production, particularly from China. In response, Europe will therefore halve

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, last Friday marked the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. First of all, I would like to pay tribute to the memory of the 1,500,000 victims. This memory compels us. It obliges us not to look away when new crimes against humanity are committed. The events of 2023, which saw the displacement of more than 120,000 Armenians, echo these dark pages of histo

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as we examine the rule of law in Europe with this report, how can we not be pleased with the defeat of the man who has trampled on it so much? Yes, the departure of Viktor Orbán brings a wind of hope to our continent. His successor, Péter Magyar, promised to fight corruption, restore the independence of the judiciary and universities, and restore pluralism in th

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, today will be a landmark in European integration. Our Parliament is about to bury the absurd principle of a European budget blocked at 1% of GNP. By increasing loans by 50% and new European loans, we are creating a capacity to act of 1.8% of GNP, which breaks the glass ceiling limiting any ambition. These additional resources are deployed in five areas which I d

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, no longer one, but two wars are now threatening Europe. At this perilous moment, our responsibility is immense. So how can we understand the torpedo that has just been unleashed by the European People's Party against the budgetary guidelines of Parliament, yet the object of a compromise patiently built by my friend Nils Ušakovs, by tabling, at the

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Vladimir Putin has never accepted the Ukrainian people's aspiration for freedom and Europe. He responded to Maidan with tanks and bombs. But, to paraphrase Victor Hugo, one does not resist the invasion of ideas by that of armies. As Ukraine prepares to enter its fifth year of ruthless Russian aggression, Maidan's spirit is more alive than ever in Koupiansk, K

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in Europe tens of millions of our fellow citizens and their children cannot heat their homes properly, must give up care, skip meals and suffer social isolation. This brutal reality is unbearable in a continent as rich as ours. Nelson Mandela said: Poverty is not an inevitability. It is created by man and defeated by the action of men. That is w

Madam President, Commissioner, the situation of fundamental rights in Slovakia is alarming: sex binarity enshrined in the Constitution, adoption reserved for heterosexual couples, restrictions on the teaching of gender identity. These attacks on citizens who simply want to live and love freely are iniquitous. But even more worryingly, they serve as a cover for the systematic weakening of the rule

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we are about to take a historic decision. Finally, a decision commensurate with the sacrifices endured by our Ukrainian brothers. A decision that is much more than a zero-interest loan of 90 billion financed by the European budget. For the first time, we are providing Ukraine with the financial, civilian and military support it needs to defend itself, with an

Madam President, Madam Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen, it is high time for Europe to raise its head. This applies to Greenland, this applies to Trump's tariff war and this also applies to Hungary. This is a state that violates all the most fundamental principles of our Europe, repressed minorities, muzzled judges, enslaved media and chased NGOs and widespread corruption. Faced with these bre