What Dominique spoke about.

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May

2022

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Threats to stability, security and democracy in Western and Sahelian Africa (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, despite the ingratitude of the Malian junta towards the 59 French soldiers who have fallen in the Sahel, our total withdrawal from that region is not conceivable. On the one hand, because other actors will soon have to make up for the departure of Westerners. Turkey already strengthens its military and diplomatic presence, when it does not play, moreover, the religious …

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May

2022

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Reports of continued organ harvesting in China

Madam President, persistent reports on organ harvesting in China point out that this trafficking is not confined to areas ravaged by war or organised crime. They are also false with the allegiance of ‘roses’ cleverly orchestrated by the Middle Kingdom, via a considerable investment in its external propaganda. The country probably has the sad record of applying the death penalty, on which it mainta…

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Feb

2022

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Political crisis in Burkina Faso

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, teachers murdered because they teach in French rather than Arabic, or because they teach a secular, non-Quranic curriculum: This is what has reduced Burkina Faso to the onslaught of Islamist terrorism. In addition, on the one hand, the persecution of Christians, who make up more than 20% of Burkina Faso’s population, and, on the other hand, the increasingly f…

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Feb

2022

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EU-Africa relations (debate)

Madam President, High Representative, ‘effective and mutually beneficial instruments for managing migration’: from Dakar, the President of the Commission echoed the Greek Prime Minister’s call for legal pathways for migrants from Africa at the dawn of this week’s summit with the African Union in Brussels. In short, it is assumed that in return for small concessions on illegal immigration, the floo…

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Dec

2021

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New orientations for the EU’s humanitarian action (debate)

Mr President, the question of the amount of humanitarian aid provided by Western countries must have as its corollary the question of its effectiveness and its merits. First of all, it cannot remedy the shortcomings of national authorities indefinitely. The approximately 32 million displaced or refugee Africans, for example, must be offered sustainable solutions in their own countries instead of j…

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Nov

2021

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The human rights situation in Cameroon

Madam President, as I pointed out in 2019, the Anglophone crisis in Cameroon does not lend itself to outrageous simplifications. While there is agreement on its most tragic aspects, many of the reforms undertaken since its inception have often been overshadowed. Whether it is the creation in 2017 of a national commission for the promotion of bilingualism and multiculturalism, the recruitment of En…

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Oct

2021

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The outcome of the Western Balkans summit (debate)

Mr President, the enlargement process to the Western Balkans is symptomatic of the European Union’s democratic deficit. Indeed, 59% of the French are opposed to these new accessions. Figures from other Member States, such as Germany or Austria, are in unison. This massive rejection contrasts with the apparent fait accompli emanating from the European authorities. At today's summit, the President o…

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Oct

2021

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Employment and social policies of the euro area 2021 (debate)

Madam President, we do not want France to become an economic desert. However, this is what our country is gradually becoming. Lack of investment in transport, medical deserts and brain drain are the dramatic consequences of general impoverishment. Right now, my compatriots are panicking at the soaring cost of energy. Fuel oil has increased by 40% in six months. This increase will drive millions of…

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Oct

2021

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The case of Paul Rusesabagina in Rwanda

Mr President, the sentencing of Paul Rusesabagina to 25 years in prison is a scathing denial of Paul Kagame's pink legend of Rwanda, justified by the country's fair economic performance. There is no need to go back to the details of the case in order to challenge the disproportionate nature of the sentence imposed on the hero of Hotel Rwanda. Moreover, it could have been expected that his bravery …

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Oct

2021

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The role of development policy in the response to biodiversity loss in developing countries, in the context of the achievement of the 2030 Agenda (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I can only support the philosophy which permeates this report and which corresponds to the ideal of localism, which is ardently defended by the Rassemblement National. This is the only relevant response to both the challenge of global development and the challenge of preserving biodiversity. However, Europe, already burdened by draconian environmental constraint…

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Sep

2021

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The case of human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor in UAE

Madam President, the tragic case of human rights activist Ahmed Mansoor highlights the persistence of arbitrariness in all countries where the rule of law is not the rule. It is true that criminal legislation and the penitentiary system fall within the sovereignty of each State. However, the judicial and prison treatment of Ahmed Mansoor violates not only the relevant international standards, but …

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Sep

2021

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Fair working conditions, rights and social protection for platform workers - New forms of employment linked to digital development (debate)

Madam President, only France can decide to amend its own Labour Code. Here is a statement that may no longer be a truth tomorrow. This is evidenced by this report on platform workers. The appalling working conditions and precariousness of the bicycle delivery workers who travel the streets of our cities are all the more signs that wild globalisation is producing a veritable economic jungle that we…

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Jul

2021

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The case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran

Madam President, we all agree here that the case before us today is a reminder of Iran’s propensity to fire all the woods to extract some concessions from the West, such as the release of its own nationals. One would be tempted to see this as a link with the trial in Belgium of Assadollah Assadi, for a planned attack in France. In addition to the tragic case of that academic sentenced to death in …

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Jul

2021

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Labour rights in Bangladesh (debate)

Mr President, the likely graduation of Bangladesh from the category of least developed countries requires a review of our generous trade policy towards it, all the more so in view of the meagre progress made in the area of labour law. In the textile sector, the Rana Plaza tragedy in 2013 certainly led to some safety improvements. But in the clothing and leather industry for the local market, for e…