What Jordan spoke about.

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Nov

2022

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 20-21 October 2022 (debate)

Mr President, President Charles Michel, as the anguish of the end of the month and the worry of winter take root all over Europe, the latest European summit seems to ignore the urgency of it. Indeed, no action could be taken to support both our businesses and families facing an unprecedented energy crisis. In France, so far, and despite promises of unfulfilled reforms, President Macron has been su…

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Oct

2022

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Question Time (VPC/HR) Heightening tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan following the recent military escalation

Mr President, Mr High Representative, my question will be simple and very direct: So what do you think matters most, Azerbaijani gas or Armenian blood? I think I already know the answer because the President of the European Commission, Mrs von der Leyen, signed an agreement to double the quantities of gas imported from Azerbaijan without ever officially defending the Armenians attacked on their la…

4

Oct

2022

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The death of Mahsa Amini and the repression of women's rights protesters in Iran (debate)

Mr President, we owe moral and unanimous support to the revolt of the women of Iran whose courage has moved the world. By burning their Islamic veil, these women directed their anger towards the symbol of the oppression practised by the mullahs' regime. What is rejected by these demonstrators is a society that makes women by nature, from birth to death, a being inferior to men. But it is actually …

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Sep

2022

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State of the Union (debate)

Madam President of Parliament, Madam President of the European Commission, we are here. These are the peoples of Europe at the foot of the wall. While the state of energy emergency must now be declared, war is no stranger to it. But it is first and foremost your successive mistakes that we are paying for today. You perfectly illustrate the French proverb ‘hell is paved with good intentions’. You w…

6

Jul

2022

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 23-24 June 2022 (continuation of debate)

Mr President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, the last European Council ended a French presidency of the European Union which, beyond the all too often narcissistic exercise of a president fleeing electoral campaigns and French debates, has in no way remedied the inherent weaknesses and excesses of Brussels. "We must move to a Europe that is powerful in the world, fully sovereign, free of i…

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Jun

2022

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Binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States (Effort Sharing Regulation) - Land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) - CO2 emission standards for cars and vans (joint debate – Fit for 55 (part 2))

Mr President, Minister, the ecological challenge is one of the major challenges of our century. Here we all share the same observation: Our planet's natural resources will not be enough for an ever-increasing world population. This issue does not involve a political camp, but rather all of humanity, and in particular the younger generations, who will be the first to suffer the full consequences of…

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May

2022

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Resumption of the sitting

Madam President, I would like to make a point of order, please, on the basis of Rule 123, which governs access to the European Parliament. A few hours ago, a conference was held in Parliament on Islamophobia, at the initiative of the COJEP association, in the presence of Mr Elias d’Imzalène, who would be listed and followed in France for Islamist radicalisation. I would like to know how this assoc…

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May

2022

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The social and economic consequences for the EU of the Russian war in Ukraine - reinforcing the EU’s capacity to act (debate)

Madam President, Madam President of the European Commission, for the past two months the horror of war has been hitting our continent. This conflict, so close to our doors, touches our consciences and reminds us of our duty of solidarity in the face of the atrocities and war crimes suffered by the Ukrainian people. But it also affects every one of us, every people of Europe, through the violence o…

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Mar

2022

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Russian aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, at a time when negotiations were more open than ever, Vladimir Putin took an unacceptable step by throwing Europe before the scourge of war. We cannot accept that the sovereignty of a state and a people is violated, let alone by weapons. Like all of you, I support this outpouring of solidarity for the Ukrainian people, who have entered into resistance in defence of their homeland. Ho…

19

Jan

2022

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

Madam President, Mr President of the Republic, your Europe is 60 years old, ours is 3,000 years old. Your political project aims to erase the nations of Europe, ours to save them. We must deconstruct the history of France, you said. We therefore understand your enthusiasm to find yourself today at the head of an institution that has set itself the goal of dissolving millennial Europe. You and your…

15

Dec

2021

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The European Commission Guidelines on inclusive language (topical debate)

Madam President, banning the expressions ‘generated’ such as ‘Mr’, ‘Madame’ or ‘Mademoiselle’, and now banning the mere reference to Christmas, is what the European Commission requires of its employees in an internal note addressed to them. This masterpiece of bureaucratic stupidity is not a mere anecdote, but a new step towards the gradual and meticulous installation of a new totalitarianism. You…

14

Sep

2021

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Situation in Afghanistan (debate)

Madam President, in France the trial of the Paris attacks of 13 November 2015, which claimed the lives of 130 of our compatriots, injured 400 other French people and plunged hundreds of families into impossible mourning, began. We now know that several of the terrorists have been able to spread terror by hiding in the wave of migration that has overwhelmed Europe and that our leaders have encourag…

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Jul

2021

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 June 2021 (debate)

Madam President, Mr President-in-Office of the Council, after Mrs von der Leyen last April, it is now the European Council that continues to pursue the Arlésienne in a mutually beneficial cooperation with Turkey. What the EU sees as a form of good neighbourliness, Erdoğan sees as a line of strength to get much more than he has already managed to gain by exploiting our weaknesses and cowardice. Why…

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Jul

2021

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Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund 2021-2027 - Integrated Border Management Fund: Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy 2021-2027 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, who are knitting while we talk about the future and the identity of our peoples... Seven people stabbed in Sweden: the author is an Afghan who arrived in 2016, already known to the police. Knife-threatened schoolchildren in Ermont, France: the author is a Haitian multi-recidivist. In Germany, Christiane, 49, Johanna, retired, Steffi, 24, who had come to buy a dress f…