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Jun

2023

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Assessment of the new Commission communication on outermost regions (short presentation)

Madam President, the outermost regions are an integral part of the European Union; this is a fact that we often forget. These regions face serious problems, including expensive living, with much higher prices for food and energy. Several of them suffer from chronic underinvestment in education, access to health, infrastructure for access to drinking water or sanitation. Many are also marked by hig…

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May

2023

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Prohibiting chick and duckling killing in EU law (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, 300 million. 300 million is the number of male chicks that are killed every year in the EU, just minutes after hatching. In hatcheries specialising in the supply of laying hens, male chicks have no value and most often end up crushed, shredded. However, alternatives such as sexing in the egg make it possible to identify the sex of a chick a week before hatching. Seve…

11

May

2023

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Towards a strong and sustainable EU algae sector (debate)

Mr President, with this resolution, Parliament is sending a strong signal in favour of algae cultivation in Europe. Its development has many interests. Algae is an alternative to fishmeal used in aquaculture, which leads to the plundering of the seas in West Africa. But algae are also interesting for human consumption, a nutritious and sustainable food. The cultivation of macroalgae sequesters car…

11

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 Rougé, I have a small question. A few minutes ago, the president of your party, Mr Jordan Bardella, gave a speech on fishermen, then he left the Chamber directly without waiting for the Commissioner's reply. This is a bit like the MEPs in your party. Whether it is the battle for the demersal seine, the nature restoration law, the report or the quota distribution, your group has not even appoint…

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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, for there to be fishermen, there must be fish. For there to be fish, there must be ecosystems in good condition. This is a simple logic: Without nature, no food. However, it seems that this logic escapes a good part of the EPP and Renaissance MPs. If there are to be fishermen in Europe in 30 years' time, the impact of fishing on ecosystems must be rapidly reduced. With …

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May

2023

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European Citizens' Initiative "Stop Finning – Stop the trade" (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, on , this cruel practice of sharp-cutting shark fins has been banned in the European Union since 2013. Yet the EU remains one of the largest exporters of shark fins in the world. We continue to kill sharks massively to fuel the fin trade, disregarding the consequences for biodiversity. More than one million European citizens have signed the European Citizens’ Initiative…

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Apr

2023

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IPCC report on Climate Change: a call for urgent additional action (debate)

Mr President, according to the French Minister for the Ecological Transition, global warming is not a political reality but a natural one. Depoliticizing climate change makes it possible to get rid of all responsibility. Such a statement clearly shows the hypocrisy that a majority of European governments continue to display. The latest IPCC report makes this very clear: climate change is the resul…

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Mar

2023

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Long term commitment to animal welfare (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the subject of the animal condition is one of the priorities of European citizens. One minute is short, so I would like to focus on the big forgotten animal welfare policies, aquatic animals. In the last decade or so, scientific knowledge about them has increased dramatically. Today, we know that fish have mental abilities that have nothing to envy to those of birds and…

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Jan

2023

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Small-scale fisheries situation in the EU and future perspectives (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I have listened to you. We all agree here that small-scale artisanal fishing is essential for the life of our coastal territories, for the food security of our continent. We agree that small-scale fishermen need to be defended, that they should receive a larger share of fishing quotas and that they need to be better integrated into decision-maki…

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Nov

2022

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Protection of livestock farming and large carnivores in Europe (debate)

Mr President, the issue of cohabitation between wolves and human activities is a very complex one and multiplying the number of wolves killed each year is not the solution. In France, the government allowed 174 wolves to be killed in 2022. This is huge! And for what result? France is the country that kills the most, but has the least results. Instead of killing wolves, we must accompany the herder…

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2022

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Commission implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1614 of 15 September 2022 determining the existing deep-sea fishing areas and establishing a list of areas where vulnerable marine ecosystems are known to occur or are likely to occur (debate)

Madam President, Madam, on your understanding, only the European Commission is responsible. You give the idea that this ban is illegitimate, but it is legitimate, since we voted for it. Parliament and the Council voted on this regulation on deep-sea fishing in 2016. Today's Commission is just applying it, as I said in my speech. Parliament adopts a law and the Commission applies it. It is just a q…

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Oct

2022

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Commission implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1614 of 15 September 2022 determining the existing deep-sea fishing areas and establishing a list of areas where vulnerable marine ecosystems are known to occur or are likely to occur (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, the deep seabed is both one of the most biodiverse and one of the most fragile ecosystems. One of the richest, as they contain species of fish, molluscs or corals of extraordinary diversity; one of the most fragile, as species mature there very late and reproduce very slowly and habitats take a long time to rebuild when damaged. Deep-sea trawling is undoubtedly the g…

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Oct

2022

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The situation of human rights in Haiti in particular related to gang violence

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, a year and a half ago our Parliament adopted a resolution on Haiti. What has happened since then? The situation has worsened further. Assassination of President Moïse, earthquake, violence, Haiti sinks every day a little more into chaos. Murders, rapes, kidnappings are a daily occurrence. Terror reigns in Port-au-Prince. Gangs control the capital, act in complic…

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Oct

2022

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Humanitarian situation after the devastating floods in Pakistan and the climate crisis (debate)

Mr. Speaker, "Why is my people paying the price for this global warming?" These are the words of the Prime Minister of Pakistan. While Pakistan accounts for 0.3% of global cumulative CO2 emissions, it is one of the states most affected by the effects of climate change. The floods that hit the country are a climate carnage: 1,500 deaths, 33 million affected people – homeless, without access to wate…

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Oct

2022

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Management, conservation and control measures applicable in the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) Area of Competence (short presentation)

Madam President, thank you to Mr Mato, rapporteur. The Indian Ocean is in a situation that is very worrying since the yellowfin tuna is on the verge of collapse. There are problems of illegal fishing and under-reporting of catches in the region. There are not enough mandatory inspections. Therefore, in the face of this situation, the European Commission proposed an additional common sense measure:…

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2022

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Striving for a sustainable and competitive EU aquaculture: the way forward (debate)

Madam President, aquaculture is often presented as the solution to limit overfishing while maintaining or even increasing our consumption of fish. But truly sustainable forms of aquaculture are rare. Aquaculture is not sustainable when, in order to feed carnivorous species, fishmeal is imported that endangers the food security of several African countries. Aquaculture is not sustainable when it th…

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Oct

2022

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Momentum for the Ocean: strengthening Ocean Governance and Biodiversity (debate)

Madam President, the oceans are in a state of emergency. Despite these words of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, we are doing too little to respond to the climate crisis, the life crisis that is hitting the oceans. Worse, a new threat appears, deep seabed mining. The mining industry and some states are lobbying and wanting to be the first to get their hands on precious minerals that ar…

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Jul

2022

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Addressing food security in developing countries (debate)

Mr President, the report on food insecurity in developing countries that we are going to vote on is a comprehensive report that proposes to create the conditions for real food sovereignty for developing countries. I support what my colleague, Benoît Biteau, said earlier on this subject. One subject that deserves to be further explored is fisheries. In many countries, coastal communities rely heavi…

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Jul

2022

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Question Time (Commission) Increasing EU ambitions on biodiversity ahead of COP 15

Mr President, Commissioner, certain measures are demanded by the fishermen themselves. For example, fishermen in northern France are insistently calling for a moratorium on the use of Danish seines, particularly in the English Channel. Would you be prepared to support this request?…

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Jul

2022

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Question Time (Commission) Increasing EU ambitions on biodiversity ahead of COP 15

Mr President, Commissioner, two weeks ago the European Commission proposed ambitious legislative measures to restore ecosystems and reduce pesticides. This is a strong signal sent before COP 15. Overfishing is now the leading factor in the decline of marine biodiversity. The action plan on the protection of fisheries resources and marine biodiversity must therefore play a crucial role in protectin…

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2022

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Implementation and delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (debate)

Mr President, we are voting for a consensual report on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals. This is good news. We all agree on the objectives and the need for action. But if we do not act concretely, objective by objective, we will never succeed. For example, last week, WTO members reached an ambitious agreement to achieve SDG 14.6 on banning fisheries subsidies harmful to the …

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2022

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Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy Regulation (short presentation)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I am very pleased to be able to present this report on the implementation of Article 17 of the regulation on the common fisheries policy. To look at this article is to ask who has the right to fish what in the European Union. As a reminder, the Council is responsible for fixing the total allowable catches each year. These quotas are distributed …

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2022

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A sustainable blue economy in the EU: the role of fisheries and aquaculture (short presentation)

Mr President, thank you to Mrs Carvalhais for this excellent report. However, some MEPs want to come back to a key point: the prohibition of bottom trawling in all marine protected areas. Today, the vast majority of marine protected areas are actually very little, if any, protected and are subject to bottom trawling and other destructive fishing techniques. Bottom trawling, which involves scraping…

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2022

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Increased pre-financing from REACT-EU (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the aggression against Ukraine has demonstrated the importance of European solidarity. The conflict in Ukraine continues to be marked by violent and intensified fighting and the number of refugees continues to increase. Millions of Ukrainians, mostly children and women, are fleeing Ukraine and seeking refuge in neighbouring countries. Many Ukrainians have lost everythin…

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2022

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Future of fisheries in the Channel, North Sea, Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean (debate)

Madam President, Brexit remains a losing event. My colleagues have already been able to mention its many consequences for European fisheries. One of the keys to addressing this is sustainability. Brexit should not be used as a pretext to delay the actions needed to move towards more sustainable fisheries. Sustainable management of stocks is the only way to ensure the sustainability of fishing acti…