What Manon spoke about.

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2023

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International day for the elimination of violence against women (debate)

Mr President, ‘I thought I was dying’ is the words of a French Member of Parliament, Sandrine Josso, who was drugged without her knowledge by a senator with the aim of abusing her. And what was the reaction of Senator Joël Guerriau questioned? His cat was dying. Yes, yes, colleagues, you heard that, because her cat was dying, it would allow her to assault a woman. But what sense of impunity must b…

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Humanitarian situation in Gaza, the need for the release of hostages and for an immediate humanitarian truce leading to a ceasefire and the prospects for peace and security in the Middle East (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, this morning we are giving a first breath of relief after the announcement of a truce and the forthcoming release of several dozen hostages. I am thinking, of course, of the families who will be reunited with their loved ones, of those who do not yet have this chance and for whom we must continue to do everything possible to secure their release. I am also think…

21

Nov

2023

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EU/New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (debate)

Madam President, if only we had farmers in Europe who produced quality milk and cheese. If only our orchards were filled with apple trees and our terroirs with vines. I know, I'm dreaming. But fortunately you, Commissioner, and you, ladies and gentlemen, who are never short of great ideas, will get us out of this bad step. Thanks to your free trade agreement with New Zealand, you will allow thousa…

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Nov

2023

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EU/New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (debate)

We love parliamentary debate, so I thank you for that answer, but I am still hungry. I take a concrete example: a milk producer in France who now sells €450 or €500 of his 1,000 litres of milk, and who is unable to survive. He will see milk coming from New Zealand, which has been around the world (so it already makes no ecological sense) and which is also produced with pesticides banned in Europe,…

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Nov

2023

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EU/New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (debate)

. Mrs Vedrenne, I have seen that you have defended this new free trade agreement with great vigour. I have a question for you. Who said in 2020: "Delegating our food, our protection, our ability to care for our living environment, basically, to others, is madness". This is obviously Emmanuel Macron. So what are you going to say to French and European milk producers who are already unable to make a…

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2023

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Order of business

Madam President, as Israeli bombs relentlessly rain down on Gaza’s civilian populations, our Parliament will debate a ceasefire for the first time this week. I welcome the fact that the concept of a cease-fire is finally no longer taboo in our Chamber, because until then, together with my group from La Gauche, we were the only ones to carry this slogan. Ladies and gentlemen, that is not enough. Ta…

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Nov

2023

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 26-27 October 2023 - Humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the need for a humanitarian pause (joint debate - Conclusions of the European Council and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the need for a humanitarian pause)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we must name things. What is happening in Gaza is a deliberate and organized massacre. Ten thousand Palestinians have already been murdered by the indiscriminate bombing of Israel and, I do not know if we are aware of it, children are being amputated alive, without anesthesia. One hundred and sixty children die every day, one every ten minutes. Gaza has become a…

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Nov

2023

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Urgent need for immediate measures against the rise of antisemitism (statement by the President)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, it is essential that we have this collective moment today to recall our strongest commitment against antisemitism. Europe has a special history and responsibility in this area, because it was on our continent that antisemitism led to the worst, with the Holocaust. It is in our countries that millions of Jews have been targeted, hunted down and murdered. And toda…

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Nov

2023

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Order of business

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the whole world is watching us and waiting for the European Union to take a strong position, commensurate with the ongoing humanitarian disaster in Gaza. Already 10,000 Palestinians have died under Israeli bombs, including 4,000 children. We must do everything we can to stop this massacre. But talking about a humanitarian pause, in the singular as well as in …

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Oct

2023

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The despicable terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel, Israel’s right to defend itself in line with humanitarian and international law and the humanitarian situation in Gaza (RC-B9-0436/2023, B9-0436/2023, B9-0438/2023, B9-0442/2023, B9-0444/2023, B9-0445/2023, B9-0447/2023, B9-0448/2023) (vote)

Madam President, this is the original text: ‘urges the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the Commission and the Council to join UN Secretary-General António Guterres in enforcing’ – this is the amendment – ‘an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and unrestricted access to humanitarian aid’. The rest remains unchanged, Madam President.…

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Oct

2023

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The despicable terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel, Israel’s right to defend itself in line with humanitarian and international law and the humanitarian situation in Gaza (RC-B9-0436/2023, B9-0436/2023, B9-0438/2023, B9-0442/2023, B9-0444/2023, B9-0445/2023, B9-0447/2023, B9-0448/2023) (vote)

Madam President, this amendment is intended to put into words what is necessary. Of course, we need a humanitarian break, as I understand the Renew Group is going to ask for. But this must be done expressly through a cease-fire, which is codified in international law by the Geneva Conventions. The conflict is raging, thousands of civilians are being targeted, and our European Parliament must have …

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2023

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Islamist terrorist attack on French schools and the need to protect people and promote social cohesion (debate)

Mr President, just a few days ago, Dominique Bernard, a letter teacher, was coldly killed with a knife while trying to protect his students in Arras. Two other people were injured. Just a few days later, two Swedish fans were shot dead in the street in Brussels. Islamist terrorism has hit us again in our flesh, just three years after Samuel Paty was assassinated. We are all in awe, and my first th…

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Oct

2023

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The despicable terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel, Israel’s right to defend itself in line with humanitarian and international law and the humanitarian situation in Gaza (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, last night Gaza saw the unspeakable: A hospital was struck and destroyed. Behind its walls, children, wounded and carers. A hospital... Where life is supposed to be saved, hundreds of people have lost it. It is a carnage. As we speak, more than 3,000 Palestinians have already died, a third of whom are children. It is necessary to name things: These are war cr…

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Oct

2023

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Commission Work Programme 2024 (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to say to the Commissioner that he lacks a clear priority in his work programme for 2024, a reality which, no doubt, he does not know with his EUR 27 000 monthly salary: poverty. Commissioner, the fight against poverty and the explosion of prices must be the priority objective that should occupy you, rather than competitiveness in every way. Beca…

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2023

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Need to complete new trade agreements for sustainable growth, competitiveness and the EU’s strategic autonomy (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I take my hat off to you. It takes quite a bit of nerve to place the words free trade, autonomy and sustainability side by side in the title of the debate. Words have meaning anyway. How dare you call these agreements sustainable, when we talk about increasing imports of milk, butter, cheese, meat since, for example, New Zealand, literally on th…

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Oct

2023

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The proposed extension of glyphosate in the EU (debate)

I listened to you and you said very clearly that the path we are taking is the renewal of glyphosate. But I remember a President of the Republic from a political camp to which you belong, Emmanuel Macron, who himself said in 2017: It is necessary to organize in the years following the release of glyphosate. So I know that you are one of the strongest representatives of pesticide lobbyists here and…

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Oct

2023

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The proposed extension of glyphosate in the EU (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I have a fairly simple question for you. Did Bayer Monsanto hold the pen to re-authorise glyphosate for another 10 years? Because obviously, their €6 million of annual lobbying has been effective enough to convince you to continue with their poison. Money that has been well invested, since it has obviously also led to the flipping of Emmanuel Macron’s jacket, which also…

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2023

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Need for a speedy adoption of the asylum and migration package (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I have listened carefully to your speeches and, above all, on this side of the Chamber, I must say, one thing struck me. As soon as you talk about migration, reason gives way to hallucination, even hysterization. Behind the nightmares of the extreme right on the "migratory invasion" or "passory Europe", there is a completely different reality. In mid-September, …

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Sep

2023

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Amendments to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure with a view to strengthening integrity, independence and accountability (A9-0262/2023 - Gabriele Bischoff)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, nine months after the worst corruption scandal in its history, our Parliament is finally voting to change its ethical rules. It is time to take stock and frankly, there is really nothing to brag about. I remember when the scandal broke a few months ago, all the Members came here to the Chamber to say, with their hands on their hearts, that nothing would ever be …

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Sep

2023

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State of the Union (debate)

Madam President, Madam President of the Commission, I listened well to you, and I must say that I was quite astonished by your level of total disconnection from reality. Get off your golden tower! You say that you are responding to the call of history, but you are not responding to the call of millions of people, a third of Europeans, who are not eating enough because of inflation and for whom you…

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Jul

2023

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Recommendations of the Commission on public country by country reporting transposition (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, do you know how much Total or Amazon pay taxes in Europe? No, no. Well, neither am I. Like vampires, multinationals hate light. We understand them. When we learn that Starbucks pays less tax in Europe than local coffee, the Frappuccino will suddenly have a slightly bitter aftertaste. To fight tax evasion, we need transparency. I have been fighting for ten years …

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Jul

2023

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Tax the rich (topical debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. That's it! During these ten seconds, Bernard Arnault, the richest man in the world, has just earned EUR 17 123. I repeat: EUR 17 123 within 10 seconds. In 10 seconds, more than a full year of work for a minimum wage garbage collector or housekeeper. But the CEO of LVMH is not alone in se…

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Jul

2023

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Nature restoration (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, last week was the hottest in 120,000 years. 80% of Europe's land and waters are devastated by the insane exploitation of the planet. A quarter of the birds have disappeared since the 1980s. Adopted tomorrow, the Nature Restoration Law should be unanimously adopted, as humanity cannot live on a dead planet. But the right and the extreme right make this law a tote…

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Jul

2023

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, last Tuesday, a 17-year-old man, Nahel, was coldly shot dead by the police during a roadside check. Without a damning video, this murder would have gone unpunished. To the horror of this terrible tragedy was added a surge of racist hatred. In which European country can we imagine that a prize pool to the glory of a murderer raises €1.6 million? France is now …

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2023

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Protection of journalists and human rights defenders from manifestly unfounded or abusive court proceedings (debate)

Mr President, France has incredible talents and I will present one to you. He is our master of SLAPPs. It is a bit like the Kylian Mbappé of judicial dribbles. I have appointed: Vincent Bolloré. For years, Bolloré has sent battalions of lawyers to harass all journalists and activists who denounce corruption, labour exploitation and the environmental disasters of his industrial empire. Mediapart, F…