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Nov

2022

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Revision of the Medical Devices Regulation – how to ensure the availability of medical devices (debate)

Mr President, dear all, we have already extended the deadlines for the new rules of the Medical Devices Regulation to apply until May 2024. The European Parliament was clear that we do not wish another postponement that would be in the disinterest of patients. Now, if the regulation poses issues that will affect access to care for patients, perhaps it really requires other changes to the regulatio…

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Nov

2022

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Prevention, management and better care of diabetes in the EU on the occasion of World Diabetes Day (debate)

Madam President, World Diabetes Day was last Monday and unfortunately it was an opportunity to highlight the growing number of people suffering from this disease. Despite different initiatives at European level, coordination for prevention and access to care remains limited. This needs to change and that is the purpose of this resolution. But even more so, this resolution contains three important …

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Oct

2022

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AccessibleEU Centre in support of accessibility policies in the EU internal market (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner! To my colleague Katrin Langensiepen: Our group can be proud of the work you do every day in the fight for more inclusion and accessibility in Europe. An EU Accessibility Centre, that was long overdue, because unfortunately I don't know of any country, not even an EU institution, where there are no more barriers for people with disabilities that make their lives more …

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Oct

2022

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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control - Serious cross-border threats to health (debate)

Madam President, I would like to begin by congratulating my colleagues on their work on these two files, which are the essential prerequisite for strengthening European coordination on health. However, I am divided: For me, the Europe of Health should register in a straight line with citizens, for Europe. They are calling for a social Europe. Yet, once again, the Council and the Commission acted t…

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Jul

2022

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Facilitating export of Ukrainian agricultural products: key for Ukrainian economy and global food security (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, I had also the opportunity to join the mission of the Agricultural Committee to the Polish—Ukrainian border also two weeks ago, and I was impressed by how smoothly things were running. But to be honest, not much was running – almost no grain makes it to the EU borders. But also no one had yet heard of the so-called ‘solidarity lanes’ announced by the Commission; idem…

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Jul

2022

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Objection pursuant to Rule 111(3): Amending the Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act and the Taxonomy Disclosures Delegated Act (debate)

Thank you for that question. First, that instrument, that taxonomy, does not prohibit nuclear power. Secondly, we all agree that nuclear energy is not green and increases our dependence on uranium imports. I do not think there is uranium in France, so it brings massive imports. It is well known that the construction of nuclear reactors takes many years, so will not meet climate objectives at all. …

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Jul

2022

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Objection pursuant to Rule 111(3): Amending the Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act and the Taxonomy Disclosures Delegated Act (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we cannot accept the diversion of green investments into unsustainable energies that also benefit Putin’s war. Every euro that flows into the costly construction or endless maintenance of a nuclear reactor will not be invested in renewable energy. Austria and Luxembourg have already announced legal action against this delegated act in case it passe…

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Jul

2022

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Mental health in the digital world of work (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, At first glance, home office seems to be a practical alternative. On the second, however, the many from-home work during the COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on the mental health of many. These months have shown the importance of social contacts, work-life balance and the right to disconnect. The digital world of work also includes the grou…

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Jun

2022

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Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System - Social Climate Fund - Carbon border adjustment mechanism - Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System for aviation - Notification under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) (joint debate – Fit for 55 (part 1))

Madam President, this week will vote on key legislation to reduce emissions and to build a just transition. But let’s be frank, with us and with the citizens: all in all, this package will not allow us to reach our climate targets committed under the Paris Agreement. The Social Climate Fund is a glimmer of hope in this package. In the light of war-driven energy prices, it is more important than ev…

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May

2022

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The impact of the war against Ukraine on women (debate)

Madam President, the situation of women affected by the war in Ukraine must attract our particular attention. Beyond material support, we need to provide them with psychological support to help them cope with the hardships of war. Many women have had to leave their partners, most of them forced to stay on the territory of Ukraine. They left with their children, their parents and sometimes their gr…

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May

2022

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EU action plan for organic agriculture (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner! I would like to mention here the so-called new genetic techniques. For organic farmers, the push for deregulation is particularly worrying: They need to remain 100% GMO-free, and so do customers. What is the future for organic farming if GMOs are allowed to flood the market undetected? This should have been addressed in the report. Another aspect that is particularly…

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Apr

2022

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Mental Health (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the mental health of many citizens has been and still is under severe strain due to the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by the war in Ukraine and the ensuing socio-economic crisis. Health systems face high and varied levels of stress, anxiety and depression. Socio-economically disadvantaged young people are particularly at risk. Radical upheaval and ra…

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Apr

2022

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The situation of the rule of law and human rights in the Republic of Guatemala

Mr President, since the closing down of the International Commission against Impunity (CICIG), Guatemala suffers from a dismantling of rule of law and institutional co-optation. We are deeply concerned over the legal action initiated by authorities in Guatemala against independent judges, lawyers and prosecutors, who have been involved in investigating anti—corruption cases. More than 20 of them h…

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Mar

2022

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Transparency and administrative standards - the treatment of public access requests based on Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, it has been more than 20 years since the Transparency Regulation came into force. Two decades later, the practice of ensuring public access to documents is now, admittedly, a priori established, but this regulation must be revised and adapted to today’s reality, where communication takes place through multiple channels, without necessarily leaving a trace. Thus, the Eur…

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Feb

2022

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Strengthening Europe in the fight against cancer(debate)

Madam President, we have here a report, toughly negotiated for the Greens by my colleague, Michèle Rivasi, that puts prevention at the core of this report and echoes the Commission’s Beating Cancer Plan. This part not only addresses tobacco, e-cigarettes, alcohol and food policies, but also environmental aspects, such as air quality and exposure to cancerogenic substances. We are also pleased that…

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Jan

2022

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Protection of animals during transport - Protection of animals during transport (Recommendation) (debate)

Madam President, it has been a great honour for me to chair the first committee here dedicated exclusively to animal welfare. I would like to thank all Members, advisors and experts for their hard work, and I call upon all Members to vote for the most ambitious recommendations possible. Here, time is a crucial concept. How much time will animals have to spend on trucks, on ships, on planes in the …

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Dec

2021

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An EU ban on the use of wild animals in circuses (debate)

Mr President! Imagine that you live most of your life in a cage. You were probably born in captivity, but you still feel the wilderness inside you. You long to walk freely, swim and sleep in the open air. But that's not what your everyday life looks like. Your daily routine is at the mercy of the people who keep you in captivity. You were raised in fear of punishment. You had to learn what to do t…

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Dec

2021

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 16-17 December 2021 - The EU's response to the global resurgence of Covid-19 and the new emerging Covid variants (debate)

Mr President, in the light of tomorrow's European Council, I have two major request. Firstly, we need to urgently support the TRIPS waiver, a TRIPS waiver on all COVID-19 medical tools, not only vaccines. I am very disappointed about the cancellation of the last WTO ministerial conference and dissatisfied with the EU's counterproposal, a counterproposal which is a diversion manoeuvre and which by …

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Dec

2021

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The situation in Nicaragua (debate)

Mr President, the last year we have seen arbitrary arrests of opposition leaders, presidential candidates and human rights defenders. By eliminating all possible options for the main opposition groups, the elections on 7 November were rigged for only one possible outcome. It is clear that the elections were neither fair, transparent nor free. With the resolution we will adopt this week, the Europe…

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Dec

2021

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Health technology assessment (debate)

Madam President, after years of difficult negotiations, I am glad to finally see a deal on this file, as it will guarantee more equal access to quality medicines and medical devices throughout the Union. So congratulations to the rapporteur and to all the shadow rapporteurs. Too often, expensive medicines, which do not really make a difference to what already exists on the market, still get approv…

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Nov

2021

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A European Action Plan Against Rare Diseases (debate)

Madam President, I think that the European Health Union is ready for an action plan on rare diseases. And as you know, I’m a strong advocate for rare diseases patients, especially the youngest concerned by them. About 75% of rare diseases affect children, and today paediatric cancers are unfortunately still the leading cause of death in children aged above one year, in Europe. Rare cancer patients…

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Nov

2021

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The EU's role in combating the COVID-19 pandemic: how to vaccinate the world (topical debate)

Madam President, as the prospect of a third dose for adults in Europe becomes clearer, I note with despair that we are sorely lacking vaccines in low-income countries. Thus, only 1.1% of the population received at least one dose of vaccine in these countries. While I welcome the recent delivery of nearly 100 million doses of vaccine to COVAX, it is imperative that we accelerate cooperation and del…

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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, for three years, we have been saying that the proposal for the next CAP is fundamentally flawed, that it is inadequate to fight climate and biodiversity crisis and the loss of small farmers all over Europe. The text on the table today is still flawed. The Commission, the Council and the negotiators from this House have failed to fix it. This is not a reform, or even a stepping-sto…

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Nov

2021

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A pharmaceutical strategy for Europe (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, I am delighted to see some key points for my group in this report. Thus, we have finally established conditions of transparency, accessibility and affordability for pharmaceutical companies when their products are developed with public funds – funds that come from taxpayers. It is time to put an end to the exorbitant prices set by the pharmaceutical companies, which …

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Nov

2021

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Coordination of Member States’ measures in light of increasing cases of COVID-19 in the EU (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in the face of an upsurge in cases of COVID-19 contamination, it is essential that we pool all our efforts for better coordination within the Member States of the European Union. It is important that we put in place common and well-thought-out measures. As highlighted by the European Council of 21-22 October, vaccination campaigns across Europe have made signifi…