What Valérie spoke about.

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2023

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 26-27 October 2023 (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, ladies and gentlemen, in recent weeks Europe has been shaken within itself and at its borders, with the conflicts in the Caucasus and the Middle East. And there is no one who is not moved by the ambient cacophony that reigns within our walls. Who speaks for the European Union? What is our position? Colleagues, the world is watching us. Europe must regain clari…

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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024 - all sections (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Secretary of State, ladies and gentlemen, as we vote on Europe’s budget to finance Erasmus, health, border management and ammunition production, some want to embark on the path of humanitarian abandonment. Hamas, an armed terrorist group, has committed atrocious crimes against Israel, against Jews. This barbarism deserves nothing but firmness. Hamas is also the group th…

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2023

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Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Europe is in crisis. From COVID to the war in Ukraine to climate change, each of these crises has exposed our vulnerabilities. Renewable energies, batteries, semiconductors, magnesium or pharmaceutical drugs: so many technologies and resources that are essential for Europe, but which we are sorely lacking and for which we are still too dependent…

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2023

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Establishing the Ukraine Facility (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, while all eyes are rightly on the Middle East, Vladimir Putin is rubbing his hands. He hastened his offensive by continuing to commit heinous crimes. The $50 billion in aid we are about to provide to Ukraine is urgent, at a time when the US is no longer able to provide funding guarantees. It is also a reminder sting. It proves once again the camp t…

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2023

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Corrupt large-scale sale of Schengen visas (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the hypocrisy of the extreme right has reached its climax with the scandal of the Law and Justice Party. For bribes, they gave hundreds of thousands of permits to return to Poland and anywhere else in Europe. So I warn and denounce. For years, the extreme right has shamelessly erected foreigners, migrants in absolute evil, immigration as the cause …

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Oct

2023

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Interim report on the proposal for a mid-term revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Minister, ladies and gentlemen, I invite you to stand up against the extreme right, against the Lega, against the National Rally, against the AFD, against Reconquest, who would have us believe that Europe would be a budgetary monster financing only its officials. We must restore reality and face reality and truth with courage. A courage that populists lack so much. B…

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Jul

2023

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Tax the rich (topical debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Minister, ladies and gentlemen, yes, there are significant inequalities. And yes, the wealth of the wealthiest has changed significantly in recent years. Europeans are waiting for more tax justice. Those with the strongest shoulders, who do not pay their fair share of taxes, need to contribute more to the green transition. This is all the work we have been doing sinc…

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 29-30 June 2023, in particular the recent developments in the war against Ukraine and in Russia (debate)

Mr President, Mr Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen, we are at a crossroads. Europe needs to think about its future in a world in turmoil. A world where our continent is under attack. A world where China dreams and builds itself as a hegemonic power, without any consideration for Ukraine, with a model that is already spreading far beyond its borders. And nobody is fooled, neither here nor on the…

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Jun

2023

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Make Europe the place to invest (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, 80% of our active ingredient production is now carried out in Asia. Result: shortages of paracetamol, amoxicillin, antidiabetics, painkillers even, for our European babies. Today, 70% of chips are produced in Taiwan and the US and 80% of our solar panels come from China. Result: our technological development depends on stability in the rest of t…

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2023

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Breaches of the Rule of law and fundamental rights in Hungary and frozen EU funds (debate)

Mr President, Minister, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen, for several years now Viktor Orbán has been unravelling the democratic institutions of his country. It convulses, attacks, and blocks the European Union. It blocks the taxation of multinationals. It blocks any progress on migration. He is taking Ukraine hostage. He is complacent towards Moscow. It no longer respects European law. He even…

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May

2023

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Protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries - Agreement of the IGC on Marine Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (High Seas Treaty) (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I have come to tell you about our coastlines, those who live on them and those who support them. Because fishing is a whole: an economic, ecological and food ecosystem. So I say it forcefully, the future of our fishermen lies in protecting our marine ecosystems. It is therefore essential to adopt protection measures specific to each marine protecte…

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2023

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Impact on the 2024 EU budget of increasing European Union Recovery Instrument borrowing costs - Own resources: a new start for EU finances, a new start for Europe (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. The debates were interesting. As José Manuel said, I think there are some points that we agree with and some that we absolutely disagree with, including the last point you just mentioned. Nevertheless, I believe that the debates have shown that the European Parliament is largely united, mostly united behind its long-standing ambitions for Europe. Yes, we need mo…

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2023

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Impact on the 2024 EU budget of increasing European Union Recovery Instrument borrowing costs - Own resources: a new start for EU finances, a new start for Europe (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, dear José Manuel. We are about to reconnect with the intention of Europe’s founding fathers. This firm, determined and inspired intention to make Europe autonomous. A Europe free of national budgetary constraints. A Europe that would not be forced to make the rounds with the states in order to be able to finance its policies. This is why, I repeat,…

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Apr

2023

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Guidelines for the 2024 budget - Section III (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the EPP wants to build a wall on Europe's borders. Cement, concrete, wire mesh. These are the sectors in which the centre-right now wants to invest for the future of Europe. All this to build walls and barriers. Is this the new European centre of law? A group, a party which, in order not to lose the battle of the one who claims to be the most right…

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2023

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Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System - Monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions from maritime transport - Carbon border adjustment mechanism - Social Climate Fund - Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System for aviation (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the work done in two years to bring the texts to fruition is absolutely phenomenal. Many imagined Europe incapable. Unable to go so fast, unable to go so hard. Ladies and gentlemen, to Europeans, we have not only promised climate neutrality, we have also promised them a recovery plan whose debt would not rest on the shoulders of households, but on …

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2023

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More Europe, more jobs: we are building the competitive economy of tomorrow for the benefit of all (topical debate)

Mr President, Minister, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it has been eight months since our American partner launched its major investment plan, the IRA. Eight months since Europe procrastinated. But large industrialists have no time to waste. Northvolt, Safran, Volkswagen, these flagships of our industry are giving up projects on our continent to benefit from American subsidies. So yes, the Co…

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2023

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Conclusions of the Special European Council meeting of 9 February and preparation of the European Council meeting of 23-24 March 2023 (debate)

Madam President, Mr President, Commissioner, the United States, as we speak, continues to aspire to our major European industries, Northvolt, Volkswagen, BASF, Solvay. It is deindustrialization that awaits us. And if we want to meet this challenge, it will take more than just a diplomatic visit to ensure the only sale of our electric vehicles across the Atlantic. We need a general exemption and, a…

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Jan

2023

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Terrorist threats posed by far-right extremist networks defying the democratic constitutional order (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Minister, ladies and gentlemen, I will recall here a reality that will not please the National Assembly here. This reality is that the far right remains, alongside the jihadists, no more and no less, the greatest threat associated with potential terrorist and extremist attacks in Europe. I am not the one to say it, it is a Europol report. In other words, the far righ…

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Jan

2023

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An EU strategy to boost industrial competitiveness, trade and quality jobs (debate)

So, dear colleague, if you had listened to me, you would have assumed that I raised the issue of State aid, but not only. I deeply believe, and I have been carrying it with my group for more than a year, that we need to speed up the issue of the sovereignty fund, which we called for last spring, in order to have coordinated action at EU level, in order to effectively avoid the issue of the fragmen…

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An EU strategy to boost industrial competitiveness, trade and quality jobs (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Minister, ladies and gentlemen, in 2023, our industries meet Europe. And in the face of inflation and the energy crisis, Europe must be at the rendezvous, otherwise it is across the Atlantic that our car manufacturers will leave. Our batteries and photovoltaic panels will continue to be built in Asia. The situation, ladies and gentlemen, is brutal, but it is very rea…

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Dec

2022

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Upscaling the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (debate)

Madam President. Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, if there is one lesson we learn from the Russian war in Ukraine, it is that our dependencies are our weaknesses. Energy is one of them. Chips, batteries, raw materials, photovoltaic panels and chemicals are others. However, these dependencies cost us a little more every day. The reality, ladies and gentlemen, is as follows: Northvolt, a Swedish …

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2022

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Suspicions of corruption from Qatar and the broader need for transparency and accountability in the European institutions (debate) (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, our Parliament is the target of interference. In November, Russia launched a cyberattack after it was called a state financing terrorism. Today, we discover that others here in Qatar are bribing our members in order to receive the favours of their votes and networks. This is nothing more or less than corruption. For the sake of gain, a few here hav…

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Establishing the Digital Decade Policy Programme 2030 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, today, for the first time, we are defining clear steps to collectively make our European digital ambition a reality. This is the ambition of a digital world built around people, respecting fundamental rights. An innovative world, accessible to all. A world based on enhanced competences across Europe. Ladies and gentlemen, if we are to make this …

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2022

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Amending Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 - Amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 as regards the establishment of a diversified funding strategy as a general borrowing method - 'Macro-Financial Assistance+' instrument for providing support to Ukraine for 2023 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Minister, ladies and gentlemen, President Zelenskyy’s appeal is unequivocal. In order not to collapse, Ukraine needs €3-4 billion per month. Without this money, all public services, from hospitals to schools, are at risk of disappearing. It is the infrastructure destroyed by the Russian bombs – bridges, roads, the electricity grid, sewage treatment plants – that cann…

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2022

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System of own resources of the European Union (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I would like to thank all the colleagues who have spoken and, of course, to thank José Manuel for the partnership and the relationship of trust and the quality work we are doing together on this very engaging issue of own resources. What I take away from our exchanges today is that Parliament is united, that it is united and that it will not give in to those who would l…