What Marie-Pierre spoke about.

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Oct

2023

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Question Time with Commissioners – EU-China trade relations

Mr President, Mr Executive Vice-President, you have come back from China. I will have several questions. First, on critical raw materials. We voted for our ambition here: Get out of addiction. And in China, you announced that you want to continue discussions on a possible transparency mechanism for supply chains between the EU and China. What can you tell us about this future mechanism? Moreover, …

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2023

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Economic coercion by third countries (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, they are raising tariffs, they are blocking our imports, they are threatening us, they are banning our exports, they are trying to blackmail us into imposing their own political vision on us. “They” are third states that use means of pressure and therefore assume to use economic coercion to divide us. For too long, third countries have felt free to interfere with the…

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Oct

2023

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Rising precariousness in Europe including the need for aid to the most deprived (debate)

Mr President, in all our Member States and in my country, France, associations are overwhelmed. Donations are lower as demands skyrocket and winter arrives. We live in one of the richest regions in the world, yet millions of our citizens struggle for survival, have trouble accessing hot meals, healthcare. The war in Ukraine, the energy crisis and soaring food prices are exacerbating the difficult …

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Sep

2023

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Opening of negotiations of an agreement with the United States of America on strengthening international supply chains of critical minerals (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, for years we have increased our dependencies, left the supply chains of critical materials to our systemic rivals, and we are paying the price. It was time to react and prioritize procurement with partners with whom we share principles and values. As such, this agreement with the United States finds its place. But US policy is not always a friend of Europe: questioning …

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Sep

2023

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Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials (debate)

Mr President, since 1 August 2023, China has a new framework for its exports of gallium and germanium, essential materials for our defence systems, for the semiconductors of our electric vehicles, for our 5G infrastructure, our LED lighting. Materials of which 80% of our needs are covered by China. Now the Chinese authorities can restrict our supplies of these critical raw materials. It is our lai…

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Sep

2023

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New Agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean in the aftermath of the EU-CELAC Summit (debate)

Mr President, Europe and Latin America have deep ties, and we need to support cooperation between our countries and peoples. We will continue to encourage it, but not at any cost. Almost three years ago, our Parliament was clear: no Mercosur as it stands. This position reveals the profound need for fair and sustainable trade. The need for coherence between all our public, trade, environmental and …

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Jul

2023

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Delivering on the Green Deal: risk of compromising the EU path to the green transition and its international commitments (debate)

Mr President, our ambition is clear: win the climate battle, together and in responsibility. We had set the course, including with the EPP, as early as 2019: that of the climate law, our compass to be the first carbon neutral continent. We have a duty to act always together and with responsibility for all those in Europe and around the world who are suffering the consequences of extreme heat, drou…

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2023

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Protection of workers from extreme heat and other extreme weather phenomena resulting from the climate crisis (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, in 2022, 60 000 people died in Europe due to extreme heat. 60,000 people. An inconceivable number. And even with excessive temperatures, people directly exposed to heatwaves are still at work. Building workers, farmers, garbage collectors, among hundreds of other activities, they always remain committed to the proper functioning of our society. As you said, Commissio…

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Jun

2023

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Deterioration of fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong, notably the case of Jimmy Lai

Mr President, a people resists and shows that democracy, the rule of law and human rights must be defended at the risk of their own freedom and life. This people is the people of Hong Kong. It shows us that universal values and democracy are an ideal that must be defended all over the world. Citizens are being hunted down, locked up and repressed. Today we are highlighting Jimmy Lai, but last Febr…

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Jun

2023

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Make Europe the place to invest (debate)

Madam President, attracting investment is good, but attracting secure and sustainable investment is much better. Today, the issue is no longer just that of increasing investment, but rather that of controlling and achieving it. As we see third countries using investment to blackmail us, we now need to define our European economic security doctrine. We can no longer accept a stranglehold by some co…

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Jun

2023

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Quality traineeships in the EU (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, thank you for your introductory words, but above all for your concluding words, which, I believe, perfectly sum up the ambition shared by the colleagues who remain in this Chamber, and I would like to say to those who have emphasised, in their remarks, the quality of traineeships and not remuneration: one does not go without the other. Regarding…

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Jun

2023

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Quality traineeships in the EU (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, first of all, I would like to commend the work of our colleague and rapporteur, Monica Semedo, who cannot be present today. It is a great victory for our political group and for the European Parliament. Ladies and gentlemen, last weekend, here in Strasbourg, as part of the EYE festival, young people were in our seats in this Chamber. I was very proud to welcome a Bre…

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May

2023

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Roadmap on a Social Europe: two years after Porto (debate)

Mr President, every day more and more we write history. The path to a social Europe, a just Europe that guarantees rights to all its citizens without any distinction. This green Europe that engages all its citizens in the climate transition. This reactive Europe that protects all its citizens from the COVID pandemic or the illegal aggression of Ukraine. Minimum wage, pay transparency and protectio…

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Apr

2023

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The need for a coherent strategy for EU-China Relations (debate)

Mr President, China remains an authoritarian regime, an enemy of democracy, in Taiwan or Hong Kong. China remains a systemic rival, an opponent of European unity. In recent years, we have offered the Communist Party of China control over almost all supply chains. It is time to get out of our dependencies, to produce more and better in Europe, to ensure our safe and sustainable access to critical r…

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Apr

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. Speaker, in our battle to achieve carbon neutrality, no one will be left behind. In our battle to achieve carbon neutrality, no territory and no outermost region will be forgotten. In our battle, it is the green transition and social justice. The establishment of the Social Climate Fund is proof of this. Today, our message to Europeans is clear: We will support the most modest, our craftsmen, …

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2023

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Strengthening the application of the principle of equal pay for equal work or work of equal value between men and women (debate)

Mr President, 13% is the gender pay gap across the European Union. This figure, it symbolizes all the disparities, the chopped quarries, the difficult daily lives. And the European Union will put an end to this anachronistic difference. We owe this result to the negotiating teams – Kira, Samira, thank you, and congratulations! –, and more particularly to Sylvie Brunet, who cannot be present today.…

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2023

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European Semester for economic policy coordination 2023 - European Semester for economic policy coordination: Employment and social priorities for 2023 (debate)

Madam President, Minister, Commissioner, in the face of concerns about unemployment during the COVID crisis, we have set up the SURE common instrument to guarantee a common salary for everyone. In the face of the energy crisis linked to the war in Ukraine and in order to achieve our carbon neutrality objectives, we are creating the Social Climate Fund. In response to demands to support European co…

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Mar

2023

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This is Europe - Debate with the President of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda (debate)

Madam President, Mr President, Commissioners, it takes courage to support the Ukrainian people unconditionally, as Lithuania has always done. It takes courage to open its borders by welcoming and protecting opponents of Lukashenko's dictatorial regime. It takes courage to stand up to a belligerent Russian neighbour with expansionist threats. It takes courage to stand up to Chinese authoritarianism…

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Mar

2023

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Activities of the European Ombudsman - annual report 2021 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Ombudsman, ladies and gentlemen, 2021 will remain a year marked by the continuation of the global Covid pandemic, but also the year of the end of this shock thanks to vaccination. Madam Ombudsman, throughout this turbulent year, you and the rapporteur and the shadow rapporteurs have continued to emphasise a fundamental principle, that of transparency. The joint purch…

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Feb

2023

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Access to strategic critical raw materials (debate)

Madam President, Minister, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, tensions with China have caused him to fear, as the Russian aggression against Ukraine has shown us: Enemies of Europe have control over access to the strategic raw materials we need. To deal with our dependencies, you offer us a plan: European extraction, European processing, recovery. Efforts that must be sustainable and in line with…

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Jan

2023

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The Global Gateway Initiative (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, while the European Union and its Member States are key players in international development aid, as we work hand in hand with our partners, our action is under attack, competing with other allies, but above all challenged by states such as China and its hegemonic project of the New Silk Roads, which are trying to weaken us and the states they claim…

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Dec

2022

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Chinese government crackdown on the peaceful protests across the People's Republic of China

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, once again we are measuring the courage of a people in the face of a totalitarian regime. For several weeks, the Chinese government has seen its youth and people rise up against its zero COVID-19 policy. Let us not be mistaken: through it, they turn against the dictatorial regime. To this, the party responded by closing public spaces: closure of neighbourhood…

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2022

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EU-China relations (debate)

Mr President, Mr High Representative, ladies and gentlemen, China remains a systemic rival. A rival in its governance model, with the systematic repression of human rights. A rival that does not strongly condemn Vladimir Putin’s aggression against Ukraine. A rival in its actions around the world, where it uses opaque support systems to take control of strategic facilities and raw materials. A riva…

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2022

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Outcome of the modernisation of the Energy Charter Treaty (debate)

Mr President, Mr Vice-President, Italy, Spain, Poland, but also the Netherlands and France: The leaders of my political family have understood, and they must be joined by the other Member States. On all the benches in this Chamber, let us take responsibility: demand a coordinated exit from the Energy Charter Treaty. Companies investing in fossil fuels can claim billions from our Member States, whi…

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2022

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Outcome of the first meeting of the European Political Community (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Minister, on 6 October, 44 sovereign countries gathered in Prague because what unites us is greater than what differentiates us. To dialogue together, to do together, is the project of the European Political Community. On 9 May, Emmanuel Macron initiated this architecture to meet the challenges of an increasingly complex world across our continent. And the presence o…