What Sylvie spoke about.

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we are going to vote on the Schengen Borders Code. The subject is both a bearer of the identity of the Union and, at the same time, a subject of controversy. Today's vote is no exception, especially not in the run-up to the elections. Ladies and gentlemen, is the text 100% satisfactory to us? No, of course. How else would it be? This is often what we face, af

Madam President, we are at the end of a long debate on the Asylum and Migration Pact that culminates on the eve of the European elections, which necessarily brings a very important political dimension to the vote that awaits us. To determine our vote, let us ask ourselves three questions. Does the Pact address indignity in the treatment of migrants? Does it respond to the disorder of borders? Does

Mr President, this is the European Commission's fourth report on the rule of law in the European Union and it has become a virtuous habit. The European Parliament's initial commitment to this issue will be remembered on this occasion. There are many lessons to be learned in the report. Not everyone has heard it here, but I can attest to that. I'm just pointing out a few things. On the positive sid

Madam President, what is the purpose of a report on fundamental rights? The question is legitimate. We would never have thought that the Charter of Fundamental Rights, one of the foundations of the European Union, would be threatened. And yet, more and more, it is being called into question and fundamental rights, especially those of the most vulnerable, are being violated. And this even in Member

Mr President, it has been five months since our recommendations to combat the misuse of spyware in Europe were presented and adopted. But despite the scale of the phenomenon and the devastating consequences for European citizens and the rule of law, the European Commission has still not taken action. This inaction can no longer last. You are announcing an initiative and it will be welcome, as we w

Madam President, the instrumentalisation of migrants exists, it is undeniable, and I condemn it. It is the work of unscrupulous political leaders, here from Russia, and is organised in such a way as to destabilise the European Union through the geographical position of some of its Member States. But the proposed response in the form of a regulation is not appropriate, because it targets victims of

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, what Mr Garraud is presenting here is a rewrite of the text, an alternative reality. These are conjectures, extrapolations, I was going to say a political instrumentalisation in relation to the actual content of the report. The far right has therefore decided to question the broad agreement reached in the LIBE Committee on the reform of the Schengen Borders Code

Madam President, in two days, the Armenians in Artsakh experienced a tragic rebound in the conflict between them and Azerbaijan. In the indifference of the Russian soldiers who were supposed to ensure peace there, they had to flee their land, their house, all their lives. More than 100,000 of them have left everything behind. We've dislodged a people from their history. The EU has been powerless t

Madam President, Madam Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen, we started examining this regulation a long time ago. It will determine how we will promote press freedom and media pluralism in Europe. A few years ago, when we were thinking about the threats and dangers to be countered, a few examples of countries came naturally to mind, because the situation of the media had particularly alerted us t

Mr President, from my previous mandates as a local representative in France, responsible for health and social affairs, I remember numerous exchanges with prostitutes and their close associations, which attest to the fact that prostitution is excessively rarely a choice and a freedom. And it is ultimately the heart of the issues addressed in my colleague Maria Noichl's report, which I congratulate

Madam President, my colleague Nacho Sánchez Amor's report on EU-Turkey relations raises serious human rights concerns. That is why I would like to take this opportunity to refer to the Turkish authorities’ judicial harassment of certain defenders of minority rights, such as Pinar Selek, a sociologist and feminist of Turkish origin who has been a refugee in France since 2011, and who has been subje

Madam President, the joint resolution tabled by five political groups today for this debate is very comprehensive. It is, I hope, a real awareness of the risks to cross the Mediterranean and the urgency to act on deadly migration routes. I also hope that this is not just a tactic within certain groups to finally defeat, as in 2019 with only three votes, this text which calls for the implementation

Mr President, a few months ago, as Parliament began examining the proposal for a directive, I welcomed the progress made. Finally, the European Commission proposed an ambitious text, with EU-wide measures and minimum standards to protect victims of these abusive proceedings, the SLAPPs that aim to keep cases that deserve to be brought to light in the public debate silent. These attacks on fundamen

Mr President, tomorrow we will vote on the recommendation of the PEGA Committee, whose work will enable us to combat the misuse of spyware in Europe. I would like to thank Sophia and Hannes in particular for the work they have done over the past few months, since these 14 months of investigation are missions and hearings that are sometimes extremely technical and often so uplifting, and that final

Madam President, just a word to confirm, Mr Borrell, that you will probably have, with the assembly here and the people who are going to ask the questions, quite similar questions on this subject. We happen to want to draw attention to this situation, and that is why we wanted this particular moment. I understand that the mission is not a peace mission, and my question was also about the humanitar

Mr High Representative, ladies and gentlemen, since the resolution adopted by the European Parliament on 19 January on the humanitarian consequences of the blockade in Nagorno-Karabakh, the situation has worsened on the ground, with the installation by the Azerbaijani authorities, at the end of April, of a checkpoint in the Lachin corridor, as my colleague has just pointed out. This installation w

Mr President, at the outset, I thought that my speech would express once again, I was going to say, a form of dismay that the European Union does not know how to find a solution to the issue of rescues at sea and legal migration routes. I heard that we were talking about people again and not just about quantity, so in the end there might be a little gram of hope in front of us. Indeed, the Tempora

Madame la Présidente, nous voici donc à un moment crucial dans les discussions et décisions relatives au nouveau pacte sur la migration et l’asile, sous la triple pression des États membres, de la Commission et de la droite de cet hémicycle. In her view, the reform of the Common European Asylum System should be completed as soon as possible, with the justification for the end of the 2019-2024 cycl

Mr President, for several years we have noticed the trend towards the criminalisation of NGOs in the Member States. But this trend has reached a new level with the adoption of the Italian decree on the subject at the beginning of 2023. This criminalization will further weaken humanitarian actors who, in reality, are already replacing failing public authorities. As we have said many times, letting

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the European Federation of Journalists reports the deaths of 12 journalists in Europe in 2022, many of them in Ukraine. One hundred and twenty-four journalists are imprisoned. These appalling figures are unfortunately the tree that hides the forest, as attacks on journalists are numerous and manifold (online and offline threats, abusive litigation,

Mr President, how many times have we been in this Chamber talking about rescues at sea and deploring their tragedies? All too often, for the few tangible changes. In recent weeks, we have seen yet another diplomatic crisis and, in response, the Commission is proposing a new action plan. This is a commendable attempt, but its reading is striking, as it is the stacking of already existing measures t

Mr President, one of the lessons to be learned from the Russian invasion of Ukraine will be that EU countries will be able to welcome many millions of people quickly. This goes against many of the rhetoric heard in recent years and, most importantly, it proves that the Temporary Protection Directive could and should be implemented and that it works. That directive had never been used even though i

Mr President, Commissioner, since 2015, several Member States, including France, have reintroduced internal border controls in connection with terrorism and the war in Syria. But these checks, which are supposed to be temporary, have been going on for seven years. This duration is inadequate and the maintenance of controls calls into question the smooth functioning of the Schengen area, which is o

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, I am sorry to have to start this speech in this way, but the situation of fundamental rights in the Union remains at risk from year to year and successive reports on the subject show this. Recently, and in addition to the risks that already existed, the COVID-19 pandemic and the relentless fight against migrants across the European Union have incre

Madam President, the protection of the external borders of the European Union is not at stake in our debate today. But it would still be necessary, on the one hand, to ensure such protection with discernment, respecting human rights, and, on the other hand, respecting the right to seek international protection. The terrible events that took place in Melilla on 24 June require us to ask ourselves h