What Laurent spoke about.

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in the face of heat waves, air conditioning is not a luxury, it is a public health issue. Since 2017, nearly 40,000 French people have died from the consequences of heat. However, only 24% of homes are air-conditioned, compared to more than 50% in Italy. When temperatures are soaring, schools, hospitals and nursing homes need to be effectively p

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Hantavirus reminds us that health crises are no longer exceptional events, but long-lasting challenges for which nations – our nations – must prepare. I want to salute the commitment of carers, researchers and health authorities mobilized all over Europe to protect our fellow citizens. But we must also learn from the past. The COVID-19 crisis ha

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, on this World Day for Safety and Health at Work, a reality remains. On burn-out, Europe remains in the dark. No harmonised definition. No recognition as an occupational disease. This void is no longer acceptable. Burnout in France costs nearly €15,000 per employee per year. Above all, it breaks lives. Clearly defining burn-out on a scientific basis means prot

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, not all treatments are always beneficial for the health of Europeans. The treatment of micropollutants in wastewater is now a worrying example. Yes, we must act and we all agree here that we must act. However, to impose up to 100% of the cost on the pharmaceutical industry, especially on generics, is in my opinion a fault. Can

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, there are issues on which we no longer have the right to simply observe, alert and then wait. Nitrous oxide is one of those. Behind what some continue to call, with a lightness that has become unbearable, hilarious gas, there is no amusement, no carelessness, no banality. There are dramas, there are broken lives, there are exte

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to make a formal request here: let us make 2027 the European year for combating obesity. One in six adults is already affected by obesity in the European Union, and the prevalence will only increase in the coming decades if we do nothing. To treat obesity is to treat diabetes. To treat obesity is to act against cardiovas

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, a health alert has just been triggered in the Alpes-Maritimes, in Antibes, in Nice, my city. More than 300 cases of chikungunya have been recorded. A tropical virus that is no longer tropical. The tiger mosquito is now settling in Europe in a sustainable way. Chikungunya causes intense, often disabling joint pain, fever, rashes, headaches and so

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, mental health is one of the great challenges of our century. One in six people in Europe suffer, often in silence, sometimes in shame. But this suffering is not equal, it unfortunately follows the social gradient. Precariousness, loneliness, loss of meaning at work strike above all the most modest. Too often, this distress leads to addictions – alcohol, tobacco,

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in France more than one million people suffer from Alzheimer's disease; In Europe, 9 million people are living with this horrible disease. Behind these numbers, there are lives turned upside down, families devastated, a future that worries us all. The rapid aging of our societies makes urgency evident. If we do not act, the burden will become unsus

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, everyone is talking about prevention, but too few are implementing it. Why? Because its effects take time and too many elected officials prefer immediate results. Yet this is where it all starts: living better, decongesting hospitals, reducing costs. 1 euro invested in prevention is up to 6 euros in savings. To warn is to see far. If some states

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, curing a rare disease is not enough. Too often, those who survived still face one final obstacle: that of the eyes of banks, insurers and society. I say it with emotion: as a surgeon, I accompanied children with rare cancers. I have seen their courage, their struggle, their resilience, but I have seen all too often that, even when they are cured, t

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, men, women and children shot dead at close range because they are Christians or Alawites: barbarism once again marks Syria with its imprint. The European Union must not be naive. Let us not forget that President al-Charaa fought in the ranks of the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda. Wearing a tie does not wash the blood of innocent people. The EU must have no diffic

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, eight million people die in the world every year, 75 000 in France, the equivalent of cities like La Rochelle or Cannes, which are wiped off the map every year. This is the tragic death toll of smoking, the leading cause of preventable cancers. Yes, it is our duty to fight tobacco by helping those who smoke to get out and preventing new consumers f

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, by attacking Israel on 8 October 2023, Hezbollah was guilty of a war that plunged the Lebanese people into turmoil. Israel’s security is not negotiable, nor is Lebanon’s. As Chair of the Delegation for relations with the Mashreq countries, I wish to express my deep concern. The recent attacks on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), which have

Madam President, Madam Vice-President of the European Commission, ladies and gentlemen, the regulation on medical devices, known as MDR, although aimed at increasing safety, imposes disproportionate burdens on small and medium-sized enterprises, so disproportionate that almost 50% of manufacturers would consider moving to other markets, in particular the US market. The result is sometimes dramatic

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it has been said that the risk of an mpox epidemic in the European Union is low. While vigilance and preparedness for the virus are paramount, let us not worry our populations unnecessarily. For its most dangerous variant, all cases have been reported in African countries, with the exception of one in Thailand and another in Sweden more than a mont