What Manon spoke about.

16

Sep

2024

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Announcement by the President – Election of the European Ombudsman

Madam Speaker, I wanted soberly and briefly to respond to the targeted attack on my colleague Rima Hassan by Ms. Nathalie Loiseau, whose selective indignation comes to the rescue of Mr. Bellamy, who has constantly targeted my colleague Rima Hassan for the simple fact of being Franco-Palestinian, for the simple fact of defending peace in Palestine. And since you are talking about a target, Mrs Lois…

18

Jul

2024

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Statement by the candidate for President of the Commission (debate)

Madam President, thank you. Mrs von der Leyen, your speech illustrates all the contempt you have for people in trouble. I listened to you: in more than half an hour, you did not mention once the word ‘poverty’, the word ‘unemployment’, but there was one for ‘competitiveness’, ‘prosperity’, to cajole businesses. Mrs von der Leyen, I know that you earn more than EUR 30 000 a month, but do you know t…

17

Jul

2024

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Statement by the President

Madam President, I believe that, unfortunately, it will not have taken more than one plenary session for the far right to show its true face and attack human rights defenders who, like my colleague Ilaria Salis, have been imprisoned by Orban for defending fundamental rights. I have to tell you how honoured it is that she sits on the benches of the Left, and she will be there to fight you and your …

23

Apr

2024

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Combating violence against women and domestic violence (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, rape takes place every seven minutes in the European Union, or 100,000 every year. And how many rapists are convicted? Less than 1%. What if only 1% of burglars or thieves were convicted? That it is organised and widespread impunity. This would make all the banners of the continuous news channels. But note that it is always different when it comes to women’s rig…

23

Apr

2024

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Effective coordination of economic policies and multilateral budgetary surveillance - Speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure – amending Regulation - Requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States – amending Directive (joint debate – Economic governance)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, what are you going to say to the sick who are going to see the price of their medicines rise, to the unemployed who are going to lose their unemployment insurance, to pensioners whose pensions are going to be frozen, to tenants of thermal sieves whose housing will not be renovated, to parents whose children will not have teachers in front of them, in short, to t…

11

Apr

2024

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Inclusion of the right to abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (B9-0205/2024, B9-0207/2024, B9-0208/2024) (vote)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as we propose to enshrine the right to abortion in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, we see that the reactionary right is redoubled in ingenuity to oppose it. I therefore propose replacing this part, which, I quote, ‘remains a controversial issue on which EU societies have diverse views’ with ‘the right to abortion is a human right and a f…

12

Mar

2024

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State of play of the corporate sustainability due diligence directive (debate)

Madam President, do you want to know how lobbyists make the law in the European institutions? I have a short instruction manual for you. In 2019, I arrived here in the European Parliament, like many of my colleagues, with a determination: the acceptance and adoption of a European directive on the due diligence of multinationals, so that, finally, Total, Shein and Apple pay for their crimes and for…

12

Mar

2024

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(International Women's Day Celebration)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, last week France led the way in Europe. Last week, France entered the history of pioneering women’s rights nations by incorporating abortion into its Constitution. Last week, in France, reactionaries of all stripes who, here, want to deprive women of the right to dispose of their bodies have definitively lost. But we know that they are gaining ground in Europ…

29

Feb

2024

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EU/Chile Advanced Framework Agreement - EU/Chile Advanced Framework Agreement (Resolution) - Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Chile (joint debate - EU-Chile agreements)

You said, Mrs Vedrenne, that Richard Virenque has won a lot of trophies, it is true. But he won a lot of trophies by cheating and doping. And that is precisely what you are doing with French agriculture, cheating. Because yes, you will say Chile, it is 2% of imports, but it will be Chile, plus New Zealand, plus Kenya, plus Mexico, plus Mercosur. Where are we going to stop? And every tonne that wil…

29

Feb

2024

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EU/Chile Advanced Framework Agreement - EU/Chile Advanced Framework Agreement (Resolution) - Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Chile (joint debate - EU-Chile agreements)

I saw, Mrs Vedrenne, that you were at the Agricultural Fair with Mr Macron, the President of the French Republic, who said: "delegating to others our ability to produce our food, at bottom, is madness". And what is free trade if not importing products from the other side of the world and delegating our ability to produce and our food to others? So how, under these conditions, do you assume to vote…

29

Feb

2024

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EU/Chile Advanced Framework Agreement - EU/Chile Advanced Framework Agreement (Resolution) - Interim Agreement on Trade between the European Union and the Republic of Chile (joint debate - EU-Chile agreements)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in recent weeks I have seen you come to the farmers’ hearts, make declarations of love, tell them that we owe them so much and that we must help them. But did you also tell them that you were about to vote for yet another free trade agreement? Oh no, not one but two: with Chile and Kenya. That must be capitalism, two for the price of one. Have you …

27

Feb

2024

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War in the Gaza Strip and the need to reach a ceasefire, including recent developments in the region (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as we speak, 1.5 million people know that they will be sentenced to death in Rafah if we do nothing. Israel is preparing to launch a massive ground operation there after shelling the city with bombs, while more than half of Gaza’s population has taken refuge there under Israeli orders and is now crammed into it in abominable conditions. What will happen in the c…

7

Feb

2024

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Empowering farmers and rural communities - a dialogue towards sustainable and fairly rewarded EU agriculture (debate)

Mr Canfin, you told us that it would not change anything to point to free trade. However, you and your group voted for one of the last free trade agreements with New Zealand, which, for example, will include the import of 15 000 tonnes of milk, 25 000 tonnes of cheese, 36 000 tonnes of butter, 164 000 tonnes of beef, all produced with pesticides, such as atrazine, which are banned in the European …

7

Feb

2024

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Empowering farmers and rural communities - a dialogue towards sustainable and fairly rewarded EU agriculture (debate)

Mr President, 'we are supposed to feed people, and you let us die in our fields': This is what I was told last week by farmers I met on blockages. Who lets them die? Names must be given: it is you, ladies and gentlemen, who have systematically refused floor prices in order to pay farmers with dignity, who have swept away the possibility of blocking the margins of the agro-industry, who have squand…

6

Feb

2024

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Russiagate: allegations of Russian interference in the democratic processes of the European Union (debate)

Mr President, our European Parliament is under control. After Qatar, we learn that a member of parliament works for the Russian secret services. Putin's interference is outrageous, but don't count on me to cry with the ball of hypocrites feigning surprise. The truth is that corruption in the European institutions is not an accident but a system. The truth is that you, Mr Schinas, are giving a lot …

17

Jan

2024

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 14-15 December 2023 and preparation of the Special European Council meeting of 1 February 2024 - Situation in Hungary and frozen EU funds (joint debate - European Council meetings)

Madam President, Minister, Mrs von der Leyen, the record is clear. The reality is that you are giving in to Mr. Orban's whims. You play the game of this institutional hostage-taking organised by Hungary that blocks aid to Ukraine and prevents the revision of the European budget. But we'll talk frankly. It would be a bit easy to hide behind the Hungarian president's spree. We have been saying this …

16

Jan

2024

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Humanitarian situation in Gaza, the need to reach a ceasefire and the risks of regional escalation (debate)

I note, Ms Loiseau, that you do not answer my question. I am in favour of condemning all war criminals, all those who commit war crimes. But I ask you a very clear question: Do you call for a permanent ceasefire for the Palestinians who are now under Israeli bombs? And I have a second question. Since you are talking about armaments, the European Union is complicit and sends millions of euros of we…

16

Jan

2024

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Humanitarian situation in Gaza, the need to reach a ceasefire and the risks of regional escalation (debate)

Ms. Loiseau, more than 24,000 Palestinians have already died in the Gaza Strip, including 10,000 children, under Israeli bombs. And I believe, you will agree, that the least we owe to the Palestinians who are under the bombs is clarity. And I regret from that point of view that the Renaissance Group, and in this case Stéphane Séjourné himself at the last Conference of Presidents, supported the del…

16

Jan

2024

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Humanitarian situation in Gaza, the need to reach a ceasefire and the risks of regional escalation (debate)

Mr. Speaker, 100 days, 100 days that Israel bombs Gaza without a truce and massacres more than 300 innocent people a day, and already more than 10,000 children. 100 days for Netanyahu to realize the macabre dream of the Israeli far right: to eradicate Palestine and its people. 100 days that together with my group on the left, I come here to ask you for our Parliament to act for peace. But today, l…

14

Dec

2023

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Outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (COP28) (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, it was not until 28 COP that States finally deigned to address the taboo of fossil fuels, but without asking for a clear and clear exit, when they are the main culprit of climate change. It will be necessary to transition without distance, without trajectory or binding timetable. In reality, it is our future on a habitable land that is moving away. The only vict…

13

Dec

2023

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One year after Morocco and QatarGate – stocktaking of measures to strengthen transparency and accountability in the European institutions (debate)

It was interesting to hear from you, Ms Loiseau. I would remind everyone who listens to us outside that the salary of a Member is more than EUR 7 000 per month. I personally think it is an indecent remuneration, completely disconnected from the reality and everyday life of the European citizens you are talking about. I will continue to defend not only the reduction of Members’ salaries, but also t…

13

Dec

2023

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One year after Morocco and QatarGate – stocktaking of measures to strengthen transparency and accountability in the European institutions (debate)

Ms Loiseau, you have had quite a lively plea concerning the fight against external interference and the fight against corruption, but I wonder about the distance between words and deeds. There have been many good statements following the ‘Qatargate’ corruption scandal, but I note that when it came, for example, to voting on the ban on ancillary remuneration so that Members, in addition to their ve…

13

Dec

2023

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One year after Morocco and QatarGate – stocktaking of measures to strengthen transparency and accountability in the European institutions (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, just a year ago the biggest corruption scandal in the history of the European institutions broke out: ‘Qatargate’. Members sold themselves to a foreign state for ticket cases, and today we even learn that Commissioner Schinás would be involved, which I pointed out a year ago. I remember each one of you here, ladies and gentlemen, coming to this rostrum and sayin…

11

Dec

2023

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Role of tax policy in times of crisis (debate)

Madam President, one third of Europeans do not eat enough, and the 25% increase in food prices does not come out of nowhere. Even Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank, acknowledges this: more than half of inflation comes from increased margins. Clearly, companies, large companies that are bingeing on our backs. People are tired of it. Tired that complicit governments politely …

11

Dec

2023

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Order of business

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, as you know, the humanitarian situation in Gaza is apocalyptic. Nearly 20,000 civilians have died under Israeli bombs, the entire humanitarian system has collapsed, the UN is talking about genocidal risk and, without the US veto, the UN Security Council would have adopted a resolution in favour of a permanent ceasefire. But here the good news is that the US i…