What Manon spoke about.

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Nov

2021

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Strengthening democracy, media freedom and pluralism in the EU (debate)

Mr President, Bolloré, who attacks all-va journalists and NGOs as soon as they talk about his affairs. Darmanin, who is filing a complaint against Philippe Poutou for observing that police officers kill each year in France. The Polish far right, which is bringing more than 50 lawsuits against the newspaper that denounces its abuse of power. Vinci, who has taken Sherpa three times to court for deno…

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2021

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

Madam President, far-right attacks on democracy must be at the heart of the debates at the next European Council. What is happening in Poland is the result of a carefully prepared operation to destroy democracy and the rule of law. By putting the judges to the test, the far-right government is giving itself almost full powers, and it is doing so with a very specific purpose: have a free hand to ha…

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Oct

2021

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Commission Work Programme 2022 (debate)

Madam President, today there is a pandemic that is causing terrible damage, but which the European Commission ostensibly ignores in its 2022 Work Programme: This is poverty. And the explosion in energy prices for which you are directly responsible is the drop in water that can drive millions of people into misery. So, as usual, you waited first, you said: “It’s not my fault”. Then you were forced …

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Oct

2021

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Pandora Papers: implications on the efforts to combat money laundering, tax evasion and avoidance (debate)

Madam President, I have been fighting tax evasion for ten years and I no longer count the scandals I have followed: , the last, the , , , , , , , ... The list is endless. I tell you frankly: She's giving me rage. The rage that a handful of privileged people continue to rob us before our eyes. The rage that nothing has been done, whereas the same solutions have been repeated in a vacuum for ten yea…

6

Oct

2021

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European solutions to the rise of energy prices for businesses and consumers: the role of energy efficiency and renewable energy and the need to tackle energy poverty (debate)

Madam President, while billionaires have never been so rich, millions of Europeans will not even have the means to heat up or light up this winter. Plus 57% increase for the gas price in France, plus 37% for electricity in Spain, plus 40% for Italy this year: no European country is spared. If you don’t have to worry about paying your bills, just imagine what it’s like to be scared to see your elec…

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Oct

2021

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The impact of intimate partner violence and custody rights on women and children (debate)

Mr President, ‘Did you enjoy it?’, ‘Did you wear a provocative outfit?’, ‘Did you look for it?’, ‘Was your love too passionate?’: These are the kinds of questions police officers ask victims of sexual assault in French police stations, when they do not simply discourage them from filing a complaint, or even take the opportunity to flirt with them. Victims are treated as guilty and for these women,…

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Sep

2021

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Implementation of EU requirements for exchange of tax information (debate)

Madam President, in the race against tax evasion, fraudsters are always one step ahead, especially when states refuse to go turbocharged and collaborate. As soon as a new rule is put in place, these white-collar offenders always invent a way around it. The latest example is the LuxLetters scandal, which shows how large consulting firms have colluded with Luxembourg to hide their gifts from multina…

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Sep

2021

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Presentation of the Fit for 55 package after the publication of the IPCC report (debate)

Mr President, deadly floods, apocalyptic fires, absolute heat record: Climate disasters were the scenario of films like ‘The day after’. But this summer, fiction has become a reality in Europe. We are no longer passive spectators of a disaster film, but we are living it. Climate change is already here. It's irreversible. He's brutal. And in case this life-size alert isn't enough for you, the IPCC …

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Jul

2021

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Commission Work Programme 2022 (debate)

Mr President, in many European countries, abstention is on the rise. Many citizens say that politics is useless, that it no longer changes everyday life, that it is powerless in the face of lost work, at the end of difficult months, in hospitals that close. And frankly, when I sometimes hear our debates in this Chamber, I want to tell people who doubt that I understand them, because it is these co…

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Jul

2021

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 June 2021 (debate)

Madam President, Mr President, today I want to talk to you about love, the happiness of loving whoever you want, wherever you want, whatever your gender or sexual orientation. Do not have to hide, justify or be afraid, and have a heart that beats 100 per hour, just out of passion, not out of fear of being targeted. Ms von der Leyen, Mr Michel, I thought that in Europe, in 2021, we would not allow …