What Stéphane spoke about.

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Jun

2023

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Madam President, my group had planned to talk about the middle classes and to put the middle classes back at the centre of the European economy. Furthermore, the Council agenda does not address migration issues and we wanted a separate debate on migration issues, with the possibility of having an expression of all groups. I understand that there is a majority in this direction. So, of course, we a…

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May

2023

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Madam President, this is an extremely serious matter, which is why I would like to take the floor again. Renew Europe will probably propose a resolution by June so that we can, including in the European Parliament, take a concrete position on this case. I would like to make a comment on this, and perhaps send a message to our colleagues in the PiS. First, the remark: Finally, I am pleased that the…

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May

2023

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This is Europe - Debate with the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz (debate)

Madam President, Chancellor, ladies and gentlemen, welcome too. It is my turn to welcome you to the European Parliament. All the more so as Germany’s European commitment has always been present in recent decades. I must say that your coalition, Chancellor, has given this commitment a new impetus in recent months and it was expected. In this respect, Renew is proud that some of our proposals, such …

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Apr

2023

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This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Xavier Bettel (debate)

Madam President, it is a real pleasure to welcome the Prime Minister of Luxembourg here in our Chamber. Prime Minister, your country has, since the beginning of European integration, made a very substantial contribution to our European Union. I would even like to say that if, in proportion to the size of the countries, all the European countries had contributed as much, both to the construction an…

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Apr

2023

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

Mr President, Madam President of the Commission, Mr High Representative, Madam Minister, perhaps I would start with the end of the speech by the President of the Socialist Group. Mr Weber, I would still like to respond in part to your speech, which focused more on Emmanuel Macron than on China. The title has changed a little, but I would remind you that the coherent strategy for EU-China relations…

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Apr

2023

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Madam President, I am doubly surprised. First of all, I am surprised because I do not know if there will be a debate every time, Mr Weber, you make an interview in the Corriere della Sera or every time Mrs Meloni places an order with the EPP. But I am also surprised that the left is falling into the trap and making a counter-proposal at the moment when we are going to validate the inter-institutio…

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Mar

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, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Renew is convinced that European action is essential to create the jobs of today and tomorrow. More Europe means more jobs, more prosperity, more opportunities for the individual. We believe that it is work and innovation that ensure the development of our societies, not degrowth. We believe that production and values and added value will be the co…

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Mar

2023

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European Semester for economic policy coordination: Employment and social priorities for 2023 (A9-0051/2023 - Estrella Durá Ferrandis) (vote)

Mr President, there is about the same majority. Our EPP colleagues need to understand that there is no majority when Renew votes on the other side. So we have to stop saying "check" systematically. I just want to hear that there is a priori the same majority on the votes and we are not going to check all the votes.…

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Mar

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, ladies and gentlemen, this week has once again shown the European industrial emergency and this emergency has come to light. As you have all read, the hesitations, particularly of Volkswagen, one of our economic flagships, about the opportunity to open a mega-battery factory in Europe or the United States. That is the question. You have also all seen, all of you have…

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Mar

2023

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Madam President, just to tell you that we will obviously be in favour of a debate on this subject. This case proves once again that we need an interinstitutional body, so that is what we have been doing, including with my Renew Group. Nevertheless, my group will be against a resolution and I would like to see two separate votes on this issue.…

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Feb

2023

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A Green Deal Industrial Plan for the Net-Zero Age (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the risk of a sudden drop in our competitiveness is receding. At the moment, we are acting urgently, and everyone welcomes the Council's first decisions. But there is a real difference between the American IRA law and our response, between Chinese politics and ours: we are too dispersed, we grope, where competitors are determined to organise and think over fi…

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Feb

2023

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Establishment of an independent EU Ethics Body (debate)

Mr President, Madam Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen, my group, Renew Europe, together with other political groups, wanted this debate and this resolution because we considered it urgent to start negotiations on the interinstitutional ethics body. Since 2019, my group has been carrying the subject, and the "Qatargate" has proved us right: self-monitoring is not enough and its politicisation di…

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Feb

2023

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Preparation of the EU-Ukraine Summit (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Ukrainians carry the security of the European Union on their shoulders. However, Ukrainians are not yet members of our Union and therefore do not participate in our decisions. That is why our Parliament has always been, in this war, the voice of the Ukrainian people right here. We have always been at the forefront. In particular, this Parliament has obtained …

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Jan

2023

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 15 December 2022 (debate)

Thank you, Madam President, and happy birthday! Mr President, Madam President of the Commission, perhaps I will repeat the words of the President of the European Council, having an action plan for our European industry is common sense and, in a word, we must develop our response to the new American policy. Europe cannot fall behind and the risk is real, there is a risk of relocation and job destru…

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Jan

2023

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Madam President, yesterday in Dnipro, Russia committed a war crime and an act of terrorism. Faced with this horror and the determination of the Ukrainian people to fight for their freedom, the European Parliament, as you know, has always been the driving force behind the mobilisation in Europe on the humanitarian aspect, on the financial aspect, and also on the military aspect, for Ukraine. My gro…

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Jan

2023

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Madam President, as you pointed out, there were five debates on the same subject. My group, rather than adding a sixth debate, proposes the synthesis with a title that could be this: "new developments in allegations of corruption and foreign interference, including those in Morocco, and the need to increase transparency, integrity and accountability in the European institutions". I believe that it…

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Dec

2022

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 15 December 2022 (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the agenda of this European Council is less busy than expected, and that is a good thing. The agreements of yesterday and the day before yesterday are excellent news. Let me stress that this European Parliament and our group in particular, Renew Europe, have a lot to do with it. On Hungary, this is historic. The conditionality mechanism was a request from my …

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Dec

2022

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This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Slovenia, Robert Golob (debate)

Madam President, Prime Minister, ladies and gentlemen, since May Slovenia has impressed with its new European commitment. It has also become a model to follow, including in integration, as you said, Prime Minister. We are proud to have you in our political family in Renew. Ecological transformation and the new economic attractiveness are at the heart of your action and your government, in full ali…

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Dec

2022

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Madam President, to be very clear on our position – which I think is shared by the groups that are likely to vote against this resolution at the moment – we are not hostile to a resolution. Rather, we are in favour of learning from this case, but over time. We propose to revisit this issue in January, hoping that the judicial process will be completed and that it will allow us to draw some conclus…

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Dec

2022

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Statement by the President

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, allow me first of all to express, on behalf of my group, my full support and thanks to the Belgian police and judiciary, which are also the armed arm of our democracy. When I see the tweets written just now by Mr Orbán, who is already instrumentalising this story, I have a thought for the Hungarian people, who are deprived of an independent judiciary capable …

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Nov

2022

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The need for a European solution on asylum and migration including search and rescue (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Commissioner, the Pact on Migration and Asylum is unfortunately the forgotten part of the national debates on asylum and immigration currently taking place in our respective Member States. Our fellow citizens are largely unaware of the titanic work that this European Parliament is currently doing to arrive at a European solution. The failure of the previous term of offi…

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Nov

2022

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Formal sitting – Ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of the European Parliament

Madam President, Prime Minister, Prime Ministers, this Parliament, like our European adventure, is a political miracle, an everyday political miracle. In its 24 official languages and three seats, in Strasbourg, Brussels and Luxembourg. At the centre of this hemicycle, hundreds of national parties from 27 countries are able to agree on climate laws, digital rights, agricultural budgets, minimum wa…

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Nov

2022

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Madam President, this is not a vote, so I am not going to make an explanation of vote, but perhaps more of a point of order and a point of order. We will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the European Parliament. This European Parliament is a transnational parliament. We have energy issues to deal with, we have purchasing power issues. I know that we will be heading towards the 2024 European elect…

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Nov

2022

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Madam President, it is clear that things are moving very quickly in Iran, but, on behalf of my group, we would obviously like to have this discussion in November I, and that it is not a substitute for a debate in Strasbourg in November II. Yes, therefore, to a debate which is now taking place, but which will have to continue – possibly with a text and a resolution – in Strasbourg. We are, of cours…

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Oct

2022

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 20-21 October 2022 (debate)

Madam President, Madam President of the Commission, Minister, we will be strong outside our borders if we are strong within our borders. The Council must show the same determination on domestic issues that it puts into the geopolitical mutating of the European Union. Our energy must be total to put policies in place to ensure prosperity, for bills to fall, for our small businesses to survive. Soli…