What Eric spoke about.

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May

2023

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The role of farmers as enablers of the green transition and a resilient agricultural sector (continuation of debate)

Mr President, Minister, Commissioner, thank you for your words, which are far removed from the statements made in recent days by Mr Weber, leader of the EPP, which are pure populism one year before the European elections. It is not the farmers he is listening to, but the representatives of the multinational agrochemical and agro-industry companies who are making huge profits in this crisis to the …

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Apr

2023

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IPCC report on Climate Change: a call for urgent additional action (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, 2022 once again agreed with the IPCC: We're regressing. It is high time to assess the urgent need to act, and to act concretely, without procrastination, without hesitation. It is high time to assess the immense danger to the loss of our biodiversity posed by the climate issue. It is high time to understand that the droughts we are experiencing are not conjunctural. It …

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Feb

2023

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Availability of fertilisers in the EU (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, the war in Ukraine, but also the health crisis, will have reminded us of a reality: security of food supply is not achieved. The resolution we are going to vote on today contains important ideas for building our strategic food autonomy. Yes, anti-dumping taxes on imports must be retained. Yes, the carbon border tax on fertilisers needs to be implemented as soon as po…

15

Feb

2023

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Authorising Poland to ratify the amendment to the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Pollock Resources in the Central Bering Sea (A9-0007/2023 - Elżbieta Rafalska) (vote)

Mr President, no, I have no point of order, I have a mechanical problem with my card, which does not work.

14

Feb

2023

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CO2 emission standards for cars and vans (debate)

Mr President, Mr Timmermans, when the wise man shows the stars, the idiot looks at the finger. Green Deal, Farm to Fork Strategy, Biodiversity Strategy: so many projects hated even today by some ultraconservatives, neoliberals or climatosceptics – in our century! – and feared by others, but which nevertheless remain priority and urgent European projects. Missions that, in light of the degradation …

18

Oct

2022

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UN Climate Change Conference 2022 in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt (COP27) (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the COP for Climate Change in Africa is an opportunity to recall a finding that is as cruel as it is unfair: Africa is the lowest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world, yet it is one of the biggest victims of climate change, be it droughts, floods, fires or the degradation of agricultural land. All the warning signs are on and I am not quoting the increase in cyclone…

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Oct

2022

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The urgent need for an EU strategy on fertilisers to ensure food security in Europe (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, it will not have escaped anyone that Russia, by attacking Ukraine, has profoundly disrupted the supply of fertilisers to Europe and caused their prices to explode. Our objective must be clear: we need to secure the quantities of fertilisers available, so that our farmers can survive this price increase, but also to secure the food supply within Europe. Seven months ago,…

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Jul

2022

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The Post-Cotonou Agreement (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, the decision taken by the Council to postpone the signing of the agreement is really difficult to accept and I can only regret that my country, France, was unable to reach signature during its presidency. I wish the new Presidency much courage and self-sacrifice in doing so. At a time when the world is going through a meta-crisis and when health, food, environ…

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Jun

2022

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Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, no further progress has been made; since 2020, the world has made almost no progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals that the international community has set for 2030. No, the climate and environmental challenge is not solved, and we are far from it. The SDG index, which measures countries’ trajectory towards the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, is declining …

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May

2022

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EU action plan for organic agriculture (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, as we all know, the development of organic farming is a major challenge for the future of European agriculture. This is the way to truly reduce the use of pesticides and address human health challenges. It is also the way to contribute to the social and economic vitality of rurality and to progress on animal welfare. The report we will vote on tomorrow is fully balan…

23

Nov

2021

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Common agricultural policy - support for strategic plans to be drawn up by Member States and financed by the EAGF and by the EAFRD - Common agricultural policy: financing, management and monitoring - Common agricultural policy – amendment of the CMO and other regulations (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, the text that I have the honour to present to you on the revision of the common organisation of the markets, the so-called ‘CMO’, i.e. on the economic aspect of the CAP, contains real progress, both for the sector and for farmers and for consumers. For the first time in more than 30 years, the reform of the CAP has resulted in more market regulation than deregulation…

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Oct

2021

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UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, the UK (COP26) (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, five years after the Paris Agreement, the low level of commitment by nations around the world to climate neutrality is alarming. And if we do not act, or so little, the planet will experience an increase in global temperature of 3.2 degrees by 2100, more than double the COP21 target. The natural disasters that dot European news have once again reminded us of t…

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Oct

2021

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Farm to Fork Strategy (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, the Farm to Fork Strategy is at the heart of the European Green Deal and I will vote in favour of it, because I am convinced that it is our duty as elected representatives to rethink our food systems based on the lessons learned from the health crisis and taking into account various red flags that have changed in recent years in terms of health, biodiversity or clima…

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Sep

2021

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EU contribution to transforming global food systems to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (debate)

Mr President, this oral question is part of the UN Food Systems Summit to be held at the end of this month. It is skilful, because it makes it possible to legitimize this summit in European fora. However, this summit is denounced by civil society actors as a strategy of influence of agribusiness and agrochemical multinationals at the expense of institutions such as the FAO Special Food Council. Co…

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Sep

2021

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State of the Union (debate)

Madam President, since 2019, your Commission has taken important steps, in particular with the European Green Deal and the health strategy, and we must be grateful for that. But the pandemic we are experiencing is not an isolated health crisis and you know it. We are at the heart of a meta-crisis inherent in the capitalist system – social and economic crisis, ecological crisis, political crisis. O…

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Jul

2021

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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Slovenian Presidency (debate)

Madam President, Vice-President, Prime Minister, the beginnings of the Slovenian Presidency of the European Union are stormy to say the least. Prime Minister, your slander of MEPs, but also of judges and journalists, shocked the whole of Europe, as you know. I am glad to hear that, as you yourself say, the European Union brings together countries with different traditions, with different cultures,…