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Mar

2024

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European Media Freedom Act (debate)

Mr President, the intention to legislate to protect the independence of journalists when they are threatened is a good initiative, and I support the principle. But Europe’s problem is that it often does too much. A media is not a good like any other, and its regulation cannot be carried out solely on the basis of the internal market, as if it were a good that could circulate uniformly. The media l…

7

Feb

2024

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The fight against hate speech and disinformation: responsibility of social platforms within the Digital Services Act (topical debate)

Madam President, in 2024, more than 4 billion human beings around the world are called to the polls to decide the fate of their nation. While the results of some elections are already known in advance, as in Russia, fortunately other countries are freer from their fate. In June this year, 400 million Europeans, 45 million of whom are French, will vote in the European elections. We know this: the f…

18

Oct

2023

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Fighting disinformation and dissemination of illegal content in the context of the Digital Services Act and in times of conflict (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the tragic events in Israel on 7 October are yet another illustration of the crucial nature of the Digital Services Act, the world’s first regulation of social networks and all digital platforms. Hamas and its accomplices are trying to manipulate public opinion by spreading images – true for some, but false for others – advocating terrorism on social media. For a few da…

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Oct

2023

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Situation of Ukrainian women refugees, including access to SRHR support (debate)

Mr President, the news is chasing news, and every new tragic event in the world, such as the one affecting Israel since 7 October, is another opportunity for Vladimir Putin to advance his pawns. By cynically supporting Hamas, the Russian President is trying to escalate the situation in the Middle East to better distract us from Ukraine. At best reckless or at worst complicit, some European leaders…

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Oct

2023

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European Media Freedom Act (debate)

Madam President, freedom of expression is far too fragile to ignore its principles. Thanks to the fact that I was one of the rapporteurs of the European Parliament and which has been in force since 25 August, social networks and internet search engines have a legal obligation to remove all manifestly illegal content, such as death threats or cyberbullying. No one should have the right to silence a…

12

Jul

2023

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Tax the rich (topical debate)

Madam President, the left has always liked to be deluded. By shouting that it would be enough to tax the rich over and over again, she bought herself for many years at a low price a nice moral conscience, never hesitating in the process to give in to intellectual laziness. For if impoverishing the rich had enriched the poor, it would be known. But this is not the worst. The worst is that the left,…

13

Jun

2023

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Artificial Intelligence Act (debate)

Madam President, the encouragement, but also the regulation of artificial intelligence, requires choices. There is one that is not entirely trivial: the one concerning biometric identification, i.e. specifically facial recognition. The right asks that this technology can be used in certain specific and well-defined cases: to find missing children, to prevent terrorist acts and to arrest perpetrato…

18

Oct

2022

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Impact of Russian invasion of Ukraine on migration flows to the EU (debate)

Mr President, the European Union, and France in particular, welcomed Ukrainian citizens who wanted to leave their country to escape the war. Thanks to the temporary protection status, all women, children and the elderly who wanted to leave Ukraine were able to do so and received a dignified reception in the different territories of Europe. They are now close to 4 million. However, such reception i…

5

Oct

2022

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Countering the anti-European and anti-Ukrainian propaganda of Putin’s European cronies (topical debate)

Mr President, Vladimir Putin's government has no value and no limits, its weapons are illegitimate of all kinds. Faced with the silence of a Europe long asleep, prostrate and messy, Vladimir Putin has methodically advanced his pawns for several years. According to many sources, $300 million has allowed Russia to finance foreign European political parties for nearly a decade. There is of course the…

6

Jul

2022

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The relations of the Russian government and diplomatic network with parties of extremist, populist, anti-European and certain other European political parties in the context of the war (debate)

Madam President, to the intolerable violation of the borders of a sovereign country, the government of Vladimir Putin has added another disgrace in recent years: chronic disinformation, which aims to destabilise Western democracies. This disinformation is skilfully relayed by far-right European political parties. False rumors and deep fake have, of course, always more audience than objective accur…

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May

2022

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Artificial intelligence in a digital age (debate)

Mr. Speaker, my colleague Axel Voss has seen it right: Artificial intelligence is an opportunity to be seized. The benefits of this technology are numerous. They can be applied, for example, to medicine and help save many lives. The machine, however, only makes sense if man retains absolute control over it. Reflexes, which the most advanced technologies allow to be programmed, will always be worth…

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Jan

2022

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Digital Services Act (debate)

Mr President, large digital platforms are powerful innovation tools that have flooded our daily lives. Economic actors, they have also become public actors. As vectors of freedom of expression, they are nonetheless vehicles of messages of hatred, threats, harassment or illegal trade, the dissemination of which we have an imperative duty to prevent. Faced with the legal vacuum that GAFAMs have take…

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Nov

2021

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Legal migration policy and law (debate)

Mr President, those who make people believe that immigration is zero are misleading and lying to the people, because in fact there is no such thing. But those who let in anyone and any way serve the people, because we know that uncontrolled immigration is the best fuel for xenophobia. Here is a solution and a method. The solution is to let each country freely decide how many legal immigrants it br…

21

Oct

2021

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2019 Discharge: European Border and Coast Guard Agency (debate)

Mr President, I hear the cries of horror of those who speak on behalf of Europe, as if it belonged to them, in order to better criticise each other’s behaviour. So let's be clear: yes, all EU Member States, including Poland, must respect the commitments and not deviate from the fundamental principles of the rule of law. When you sign a contract, you respect it. When you are lucky enough to belong …

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Oct

2021

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Pushbacks at the EU's external border (debate)

Madam President, when it comes to migration, Europe’s real problem is clear: Our laws are not respected and our borders are violated on a daily basis. According to the European Commission, in 2019, only one third of illegal immigrants invited to return to their country of origin actually did so. And in France, in my country, only one out of eight illegal immigrants and one out of nine rejected asy…

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Oct

2021

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The future of EU-US relations (debate)

Mr President, the way in which the French authorities were misled in the submarine contract case speaks volumes about the naivety of France and Europe towards the United States. After giving a lot of lessons to America during Donald Trump’s turbulent presidency, we thought Joe Biden would break with theAmerica First of his predecessor and would again become the policeman of the world and our frien…