What Irène spoke about.

23 Apr

2024

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Production and marketing of plant reproductive material - Production and marketing of forest reproductive material (joint debate - Plant and forest reproductive material)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the two reports on propagating material on which we will vote tomorrow are of paramount importance in the fight against climate change. This includes improving the resilience of plant varieties, but also forest material, and promoting biodiversity. I also welcome the national contingency plans for European forests, and I invite you to support the text from the C…

13 Mar

2024

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Cohesion policy 2014-2020 – implementation and outcomes in the Member States (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the analysis of the implementation of cohesion policy 2014-2020 allows us to draw useful lessons about its future. I'm going to talk to you about rural areas. It is important for me to correct the imbalance between rural and urban areas, which today characterises cohesion policy, by devoting a percentage of its budget to rural areas, following t…

23 Nov

2023

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

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as we do every year in this Parliament, we celebrate the International Day to Combat Violence against Women. Every year we see that we have not made much progress and that the number of femicides is increasing rather than decreasing. Yet many European countries have put in place mechanisms stemming from the Istanbul Convention, and adopted courageous legislation…

19 Oct

2023

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Generational renewal in the EU farms of the future (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, how are we going to achieve the objectives of the Green Deal or the Farm to Fork Strategy, how are we going to continue to eat good products made in Europe if we no longer have farmers? By 2026, a farmer will retire to France. In some countries, 90% estimates are used. In France, again, 1% of farmers are under the age of 25, and the average age of …

19 Oct

2023

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European protein strategy (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, with this own-initiative report, we are asking the Commission to urgently present a comprehensive EU protein strategy. We have been waiting for it for a really long time and, frankly, it is time to make it a priority. COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine have had a dramatic impact on world trade and have made it extremely clear to us that our Union m…

4 Oct

2023

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The proposed extension of glyphosate in the EU (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, the committee's proposal on glyphosate is unacceptable, disrespectful of the progress made by farmers and inconsistent. By allowing glyphosate for ten years with the only restriction of use being the desiccation of cereals, you are opening the door to differentiation between Member States, even though the Commission's mission is to ensure health for all Europeans. An…

3 Oct

2023

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Classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, first of all, we can all welcome this new legislation, which aims to protect human health and the environment. However, the principle of proportionality must be borne in mind. Botanical products such as essential oils deserve a separate treatment to distinguish them from petrochemical products. In addressing the issue of petrochemicals, this revisi…

2 Oct

2023

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Ensuring European transportation works for women (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, nine out of ten women are victims of harassment in public transport and 3% of sexual assault cases in Europe are recorded in transport. This is an extremely painful reality. In order to deal with this blatant security problem, it is essential to put in place fast and appropriate solutions throughout Europe. For example, an emergency number so th…

12 Sep

2023

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Towards a more disaster-resilient EU - protecting people from extreme heatwaves, floods and forest fires (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, important work has been initiated to prevent and manage natural disasters, in particular solidarity between European countries, with rescEU, but also vis-à-vis third countries, as we have seen in Canada. It is there, it is effective, that is how we will manage to fight. However, all too often the Commission works in silos, whereas on this issue we need to have c…

15 Jun

2023

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The water crisis in Europe (debate)

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Madam President, my country, France, has been in a water deficit for three consecutive years. Drought is progressing inexorably from the south of our European Union to the north. It particularly affects European farmers, who are responsible for our food security, and risks jeopardising the quality of life of our fellow citizens, not to mention the increase in fires, even in winter. Crops are alrea…

31 May

2023

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Geographical Indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, first of all I would like to congratulate the rapporteur, dear Paolo, on thanking you and all the political groups for their constructive work on this dossier, which received a full unanimous vote in the Agriculture Committee. I therefore invite you, ladies and gentlemen, to support this text in its version at tomorrow's vote. I believe that this report will enable u…

10 May

2023

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The role of farmers as enablers of the green transition and a resilient agricultural sector (continuation of debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, European agriculture is the most sustainable agriculture in the world. And yet, when I hear some people talking in this Chamber, I do not feel that they are talking about the same farmers that I know. Those who, at this very moment, because many texts have been voted on, are in the process of changing their practices, and who are facing an IT system that does no…

9 May

2023

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Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence – EU accession: institutions and public administration of the Union - Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence - EU accession: judicial cooperation in criminal matters, asylum and non-refoulement (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, first of all, I would like to address the gentlemen of this camp who are obviously talking about the Istanbul Convention without knowing it. The Istanbul Convention is an extraordinary legislative tool, and you can go to the GREVIO website and you will be able to see in your country that has ratified the Convention, all the best practices that a…

9 May

2023

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Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence – EU accession: institutions and public administration of the Union - Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence - EU accession: judicial cooperation in criminal matters, asylum and non-refoulement (debate)

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Dear colleague, I still have a question: because to avoid violence, education is the best solution. I would like to greet the college students from Salagou who are here. What image do we give these children, these girls, these boys and especially these teachers, if we refuse to explain the difference in school? It is because the difference will be explained at school that there will be no violence…

19 Apr

2023

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Keeping people healthy, water drinkable and soil liveable: getting rid of forever pollutants and strengthening EU chemical legislation now (topical debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, PFAS are everywhere: in our clothing, food packaging, fire-fighting foams, non-stick coatings, cosmetics, phytosanitary products. These chemicals are eternal. So we have to ban them. Commissioner, you have the legislative initiative. I think it is important to move quickly by taking up the proposal put forward by France, Germany and several Memb…

15 Mar

2023

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Combating discrimination in the EU - the long-awaited horizontal anti-discrimination directive (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, his name was Lucas, he was thirteen years old. He was educated in Golbey, in the Vosges. He had life ahead of him. However, on January 7, because of the constant harassment he suffered, Lucas died. Yet he assumed his homosexuality. He was mocked by his comrades. Her parents had told her about this in September at her school during meetings between parents and …

15 Mar

2023

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Women activism – human rights defenders related to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner and Minister, ladies and gentlemen, two years ago, on 8 March, I was in Poland. The abortion law had not yet been passed, but I was able to see the pressure on activists who were in the service of women. They no longer had windows in their offices because they were so cobbled up, they were wooden planks. They were under this pressure when the law had not yet passed. A…

16 Feb

2023

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Availability of fertilisers in the EU (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, fertilisers are the Achilles heel of European agriculture. Their shortage can lead to the collapse of the entire food chain, as they are involved in the production of 50% of our food. European farmers absolutely cannot afford price increases that reached 150% of the pre-war level in Ukraine. We need short-term, medium-term and long-term measures…

14 Feb

2023

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The EU priorities for the 67th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, ladies and gentlemen, equality between women and men is a matter of human rights, and it is a condition of social justice. These are the words of the first point of the Beijing Declaration. Yet, in 2023, we are far from achieving the objectives of this declaration. The resolution we are voting on tomorrow is therefore particularly important in order to make ou…

12 Dec

2022

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A long-term vision for the EU's rural areas (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, thank you and, first of all, congratulations to Isabel Carvalhais and all the shadow rapporteurs on the quality of this report. I have happy rurality and conquering rurality, because I believe that rural areas are where we have the solutions for the European Green Deal, inter alia through the digital transition and the long-term vision for rural…

22 Nov

2022

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Question Time (VPC/HR) - The impact on third countries of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine in relation to the “Black Sea Grain Initiative” agreement

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Mr President, Commissioner, thank you very much for these elements. I agree with you: Fertilisers are the food of tomorrow. On the other hand, it has already been known since this summer that increasing CO2 in the atmosphere and extreme temperatures have a negative impact on the yields of our crops. We therefore need new research tools, including for the poorest countries. I regret the slowness of…

22 Nov

2022

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Question Time (VPC/HR) - The impact on third countries of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine in relation to the “Black Sea Grain Initiative” agreement

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Mr President, Commissioner, the Black Sea Agreement is too fragile. It leaves us at the mercy of Putin's free will. I therefore have a series of questions for the Commission in order for us to succeed in this goal of getting out of this dependency. First, what measures will you put in place to establish secure land corridors and with what timeline? In addition to providing much-needed fertilisers …

9 Nov

2022

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Communication on ensuring availability and affordability of fertilisers (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, the Commission communication is very welcome, although I would have preferred a text that articulates a real strategy at European level. I would also like to take this opportunity to ask the Commission to consider the establishment of such a European strategy. Indeed, it is not through imports that we will solve the problem of fertilisers, it is through industrial so…

19 Oct

2022

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Global food security as follow-up to the G20 Agriculture Ministers meeting (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like the European Parliament to call on the G20 countries to make a firm commitment to help the poorest countries strengthen their food security. These countries are the first victims of Putin’s blackmail on food supplies in his war against Ukraine. In the short term, measures need to be taken swiftly with initiatives such as the "crop rescue" operation …

6 Oct

2022

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The urgent need for an EU strategy on fertilisers to ensure food security in Europe (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, since man became a man, he has mastered nature and produced his food with agricultural gestures, using fertilisers. Fertiliser use is not linked to industrial agriculture, it has been inherent in the development of agriculture for tens of thousands of years. Fertilisers are therefore essential, as without them there is no viable and sustainable foo…