What Laurence spoke about.

7 Oct

2024

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Facing fake news, populism and disinformation in the EU - the importance of public broadcasting, media pluralism and independent journalism (debate)

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Madam President, Madam Vice-President, our democracy dies every day from disinformation. Yes, there are interferences, there are troll factories, but their fuel is the algorithms that accelerate the dissemination of false content because they are sensational, and the sensation makes money. We have put large platforms face to face with their responsibilities with the DSA and the DMA, but we still h…

13 Mar

2024

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Resumption of the sitting

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Madam President, on 7 January 2015 the Charlie Hebdo shooting took place. Twelve people massacred for a drawing, for a caricature that invoked religion. Among the survivors, a cartoonist, Coco, who lives under police protection. This cartoonist published Monday in the newspaper Libération, a caricature that denounces the horror of the famine situation in Gaza and evokes once again religion. Since …

13 Mar

2024

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Creation of a European initiative for an annual designation of European capitals for children (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the place of the child must be central in our society. We are well aware of this here in the European Parliament. We created the European Child Guarantee in 2021 to fund projects supporting children’s access to all essential services: health, education and good nutrition. But so much remains to be done for children, who are the first victims of …

12 Mar

2024

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European Media Freedom Act (debate)

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Mr President, Madam Vice-President, the Media Freedom Act now enshrines the right of European citizens to have free and pluralistic information. This is a major step forward for our democracy. It is also a weapon against disinformation. First, by allowing a quick reaction against foreign propaganda media that threaten our security, such as the Kremlin pharmacies Russia Today or Sputnik News. Then,…

8 Feb

2024

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Working conditions of teachers in the EU (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, for a sovereign, innovative and inspired Europe, enlightened children are needed. The role of teachers is obviously crucial, and we must better recognize them, work better for them and with them. This is a serious time. We are going through a vocations crisis, and there are shortages of teachers everywhere, in all European countries. To remedy this…

17 Jan

2024

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Addressing urgent skills shortages and finding the right talents to boost job creation (European Year of Skills) (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, according to Commission data, labour shortages in sectors essential for the green transition doubled between 2015 and 2021. Several factors are involved: unsuitable curricula, a poorly mobile workforce, unattractive training, poor orientation of young people. In France, it is one in two young people who change career paths once they have obtaine…

16 Jan

2024

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EU-India relations (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, a month ago I visited India and my political group was the most represented on this official mission. The reason is that we believe that cooperation with India is strategic, and even geostrategic, vis-à-vis China. So, I particularly welcome this balanced report, which highlights the opportunities for stronger relations between India and the Euro…

13 Dec

2023

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EU strategy to assist young people facing the housing and cost of living crisis (topical debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, imagine: you are 21 years old, you find your first job in a remote city, and you have to leave your parents' home. Unfortunately for you, they are not able to help you financially, and housing is rare and expensive. It is a trivial story, too trivial: 80% of 18-24-year-olds and almost 40% of 25-29-year-olds have to stay with their parents, even …

21 Nov

2023

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Proposals of the European Parliament for the amendment of the Treaties (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, in June 2022, our Parliament called for the opening of a convention to reform our European Treaties. Today, we are taking a crucial step with the vote on our proposals. "More Europe" and "better Europe" is what we want. This is above all what citizens asked us at the Conference for the Future of Europe. This is the end of unanimity in the Council, it is a stronger Europ…

5 Oct

2023

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The new European strategy for a better internet for kids (BIK+) (debate)

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Madam President, Madam Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen, 13 is the minimum age for registering on the main social networks used by young people. And yet, for example in France, 63% of young French people under the age of thirteen are present on social networks and 80% of parents say they do not know what their children are doing on these social networks. In Europe, 23% of European children hav…

3 Oct

2023

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European Media Freedom Act (debate)

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Madam President, Madam Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen, this Media Freedom Regulation is a major step forward in affirming our European values, for the freedom to inform and for the protection of journalists at EU level. Madam Vice-President, we can be particularly proud of this, because it is the victory of our Renew political group. It is at our initiative that European legislation now incl…

14 Sep

2023

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Violence and discrimination in the world of sports after the FIFA Women’s World Cup (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, a kiss on the mouth without consent is not a mutual and consensual act. No, Mr Rubiales, this is an intolerable attack. Fortunately, this gesture by the former president of the Spanish Football Federation on Jenni Hermoso was filmed, which earned the international player the support of public opinion. Without it, he would never have resigned, prote…

14 Sep

2023

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Parliamentarism, European citizenship and democracy (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, this report on parliamentarism and European citizenship is crucial. On the eve of the European elections, he recalled that this Parliament was the heart of European democracy. He reminded that we MEPs represent citizens directly. But do the citizens know this? How do we empower them to resist nationalist disinformation, the rhetoric that attacks th…

13 Jul

2023

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Global Convergence on Generative AI (debate)

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This upstream phase, during which all our cultural heritage is accessible, is a big topic. It is questionable what feeds the basics. And then perhaps, because I am not in favour of reopening copyrights, if it is an implicit question, but perhaps for compensation, why not in the form of a tax, which could feed creation and finance real artists for their works in the future?…

13 Jul

2023

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Global Convergence on Generative AI (debate)

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Mr President, Madam Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen, yes, there is a need for global convergence on generative artificial intelligence, and I welcome the fact that the European Union is taking the lead. The AI act we initiated a few weeks ago will undoubtedly serve as the basis for a global standard. Nevertheless, generative AI poses sectoral challenges, as in the world of culture and creatio…

13 Jun

2023

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Quality traineeships in the EU (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, being able to do a traineeship is a real stepping stone for the future. Yet, too often, young people have to give up internships because they are not paid or not paid enough. All the young people I met, especially during the European Year of Youth and now in this European Year of Skills, make paid traineeships a priority. We heard them. With thi…

13 Jun

2023

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Artificial Intelligence Act (debate)

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Madam President, Madam Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen, the European Union will make a major step forward this week. We are indeed the first institution and the first continent in the world to set rules for artificial intelligence. This text is ambitious; it is the result of two years of work by the Commission and Parliament. It has been put back on the job to respond to the upheavals of gene…

10 May

2023

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Fighting cyberbullying of young people across the EU (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the European Union is a pioneer in digital regulation. With the Digital Services Act, we have made illegal online what is illegal offline and we have put net giants – such as Google, Amazon, Facebook, Instagram – under new obligations to ensure that our businesses and citizens can be safe online. Yes, we have strong, unique rules, but one priority …

9 May

2023

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Start of the European Year of skills (debate)

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Madam President, Minister, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, vocational training is finally regaining its nobility. With this European Year of Skills, of course, but above all with the great changes we are making to reindustrialise our continent and to create the jobs of the ecological transition. We need new skills in building, digital, tourism, industry, energy and transport. Everywhere, there…

8 May

2023

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Implementation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (short presentation)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the Audiovisual Media Services Directive is a real European success story, a first step towards our cultural sovereignty. By asking streaming giants – Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney plus, etc. – to highlight 30% of European works in their offerings and requiring them to finance our production, we are formally recognising our audiovisual culture and …

18 Apr

2023

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Question Time (Commission) - Legacy of the European Year of Youth

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Madam President, thank you to Mrs Gabriel for that answer. I wanted to bounce back, because I think there are indeed a lot of topics that need to be discussed with young people themselves, especially as we are making the switch today with the European Year of Skills. We have a communication on the whole of the decarbonised industry, with a lot of room for training. I believe that there is room now…

18 Apr

2023

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Question Time (Commission) - Legacy of the European Year of Youth

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, this European Year of Youth, full of promise and so important after COVID-19, leaves me with an unfinished taste. Yes, we have had events, forums, but no concrete progress, no new legislative proposals. Yet there are so many topics: the mental health of young people, the housing crisis, fair remuneration for traineeships, support for settling in…

17 Jan

2023

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Consumer protection in online video games: a European Single Market approach (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, this is the second time in a few weeks that we have had a debate on video games here and it is a very good thing. This sector is booming. It is a particularly important resource for our digital skills, for our cultural industries and therefore for our international influence. It concerns one in two Europeans, which is why we must be very vigilant w…

24 Nov

2022

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The European Year of Youth 2022 Legacy (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, yes, it was a good idea to make 2022 the European Year of Youth. I defended this idea when it was presented by President von der Leyen. We were in the middle of COVID. Young people had suffered heavily from confinement in their daily lives. It turned their daily lives upside down. Yes, it was a good idea, but we can’t stop there. So yes, there h…

21 Nov

2022

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Situation of human rights in the context of the FIFA world cup in Qatar (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, yesterday we were hoping for a gesture from FIFA, a tribute to the 6,500 workers who died building in Qatar, in inhumane conditions, disproportionate, air-conditioned stadiums in the middle of the desert. The tribute did not take place. Today, FIFA is putting direct pressure on players to give up wearing a cuff in support of LGBT people, whose r…