What Stéphane spoke about.

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Oct

2021

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 21-22 October 2021 (debate)

Madam President, let me say a few words, which you will inevitably count down from my speaking time, to thank you, to thank my colleagues for choosing me to represent this group and to wish, together with all the political groups in this Chamber, the best cooperation in the coming weeks – with issues that are particularly important to both the Commission and the Council. What time to take the lead…

15

Sep

2021

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State of the Union (debate)

Mr President, Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, it must be said that the word 'crisis' has entered our everyday language. We all use the terms ‘climate crisis’, ‘health crisis’ and ‘diplomatic crisis’ in our speeches. So we have a double responsibility: show our citizens that Europe is up to the crisis and go further in defending the European model. At the time of the crises, we were. The rec…

6

Jul

2021

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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Slovenian Presidency (debate)

Mr President, Madam President, Prime Minister, if I were to sum up the beginning of this debate in our Chamber with one word, I would say 'damage'. Too bad, because on the one hand, when reading the Slovenian priorities, I can only support a number of elements. The work on economic recovery, which is indispensable for our internal market, on strategic autonomy, which is now a political objective s…