What Mélissa spoke about.

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, in France on Saturday 800 000 people took to the streets to denounce the cost of living and the destruction of public services, the result of ten years of social breakdown. A mostly peaceful crowd. As since the beginning of the mobilizations that have shaken France in recent weeks, police repression has been violent. This weekend, a protester died in Paris; I

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, in Turkey, human rights defenders are being arrested, their homes searched and their organisations criminalised for one reason only: They stand up for LGBTQIA+ people. It's not just an attack on a community. It is an authoritarian offensive against all civil society, against those who refuse to be silent, against those who refuse to bow their heads. From this

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, in September 2024, this House, by a very large majority and with votes from all political families, adopted a resolution denouncing gender apartheid imposed by the Taliban regime. In the same resolution, we condemned the governments that are helping to normalize their relations with the Taliban. And for good reason: we have always been outraged by the crimes

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, only a yes is a yes. It is urgent that our countries finally get out of the rape culture, the one that pushes us to change sidewalks at night, the one where men give themselves online advice to drug and rape their partners, the one that teaches us fear from childhood. In my country, France, every year 94,000 women are victims of rape or attempte

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, allow me to make a point of order on the basis of Rule 202. What are we talking about tomorrow? Possible bans on entry for life without serious legal grounds, return centres, genuine lawless zones outside the European Union, cooperation with the Taliban regime or the detention of children. We were shocked by the photo of little Liam in th

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the European Union, in accordance with our Treaties, is built on values: Freedom, equality, dignity. Today, these values are flickering, threatened by the extreme right and the conservatives, who are just waiting to weaken them. When a government enshrines discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people in its constitution, when it restricts access to ed

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, today we are again having a debate on immigration. When it is not the far right, it is the EPP that initiates this debate. Hateful of the calendar, you allow extreme right-wingers to express their hatred of each other in the aftermath of the European Commission’s presentation of its anti-racism strategy. Great performance! For months, the rhetoric has been the s

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, at the moment in Iran a revolution is being suppressed in blood. The few images that reach us are appalling. Dead bodies piled up at the gates of morgues, wounded by the thousands, abominable scenes. These crimes are not new. The repression of the mullahs has been systemic since 1979. We have not forgotten the Women, Life, Freedom movement in 2022, 2019, or 2009

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, when the Pact was adopted, we were already concerned about the lack of solidarity, the weakness of fundamental rights guarantees and the risk that they would remain a dead letter. The first elements of the annual report, as we can guess, on the Solidarity Reserve confirm this: Most Member States are classified as ‘under migratory pressure’ and t

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, protecting women and children? Yes, from the far right. In Poland, restrictions on the right to abortion by the far right have plunged thousands of women into distress. Some died because they were refused an abortion, even when their lives were in danger. In Viktor Orbán's Hungary, maternal mortality reaches 12-15 deaths per 100,000 births. This is twice as h

Mr President, EUR 2.9 million – EUR 2.9 million! – this is the total amount of the damage assessed by the Paris Criminal Court at first instance. This 2.9 million is what you, the RN, have embezzled from the European Parliament, it is what you have embezzled from the taxpayer – more than two thousand months of SMIC! The fraudulent use of public money is not your fantasies about NGOs and their indi

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, during the last debate on the pride In Budapest, I was insulted in this Chamber by a far-right colleague, who asked me if I intended to come to this Parliament on a muzzle and a leash. Since this remark seemed to shock only a few people, let us make it clear: His words were LGBT-phobic, racist, sexist and unworthy of this assembly. We cannot and should not tr

The French translation was incomprehensible, but I think that in fact what you meant was incomprehensible and deeply insulting. So it is better that there are small translation defects sometimes.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, Pride Budapest was banned. But in the face of this desire for censorship, civil society and the green municipality have shown courage and resilience in the face of arbitrariness. I will remember my first Pride all my life. Understand that I am not alone, that everything will be fine, feel this pride, this militant joy. All queer young people must b

You talk about protecting children, you see LGBT people as a threat to children in the European Union? Second question on the protection of children: Today, there are 2 million children who end up with one of their parents who is not recognized. For example, if I move tomorrow, I can lose all my rights to my daughter. Do you think it's protecting children to leave children like that, from homopare

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, without healthy oceans, humanity is at risk. The European Commission's announcement of an ocean pact is a positive signal. But there's an emergency. Yes, the oceans suffocate: plastic, pollution, overfishing, disappearance of artisanal fishing, the time is no longer for promises but for concrete action. Today, this pact is a declaration of inten

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, what is currently happening in Turkey is serious. The arrest of the mayor of Istanbul, the repression of the May 1 demonstrations, the mass arrests, all testify to a worrying authoritarian drift. Yet despite the fear, despite the violence, Turkish society continues to stand. I am thinking of these students, these students, these women, these trade

Excuse me, but that was supposed to be a question, wasn't it? I don't know, what's the question?

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, it is with seriousness that I am addressing you today to defend one of the fundamental values of the European Union: equality between all human beings. Once again, Viktor Orbán and the far right have decided to ignore this value by deciding to ban the Pride march in Budapest next June. It is the entire LGBT community, but also all people who are victims of di

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, mayors in prison, a population on the streets and a regime that responds with repression. Since the arrest of its mayor, the city of Istanbul has risen, and with it the whole country. Thousands of young people take to the streets, shouting a simple but powerful word: ‘Justice!’ They ask for nothing but respect for the vote, democracy, the right

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, do you know this face? This is Justyna. I met her two weeks ago in Poland. Why show your face today? Because, like many women around the world, Justyna shows extraordinary courage to protect women’s human rights. She is an outstanding abortion rights activist, convicted in 2023 for helping a woman to have an abortion in her country. In Poland, it i

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, democracy in Turkey is being trampled on. Since 2016, 149 elected mayors have been removed and replaced by government-appointed administrators. In 2024 alone, ten new mayors suffered the same fate, accused without foundation of terrorism, because in Turkey being elected does not guarantee being able to govern. I came back from Istanbul, where I met women and men