What Thierry spoke about.

15 Sep

2026

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Funeral for war criminal Ratko Mladić and glorification of war crimes in Serbia (debate)

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Mr President, all war crimes must be condemned without any reservation or ambiguity. This is the case for Ratko Mladić, whose actions justified his conviction before the International Criminal Tribunal. But, Commissioner, a unanimous condemnation that the European Union forgets to brandish when Mr Zelensky's Ukraine celebrates notorious Nazi and anti-Semitic collaborators like Stepan Bandera or An…

8 Jul

2026

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Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda: EU solidarity and preparedness in global health (debate)

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Madam President, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, people are already suffering the ravages of war. Now they have to face a new disaster: Ebola – more than 1,500 cases, more than 500 deaths. But it has to be said: This virus also spreads because it reaches regions, Ituri and Kivu, destroyed by the war. Since 2021, eastern Congo has again been ravaged by the attacks of the M23, supported by …

17 Jun

2026

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Continued crackdown on civic space and fundamental freedoms in Burkina Faso

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Madam President, the debates that this Parliament imposes on us today are at times reminiscent of colonialism. We do not have the quality to judge the past, let alone the present, of Burkina Faso. However, what is the future of Burkina Faso and the Sahel if the European Union contributes, through its resolutions, to further destabilising a power that is now at the forefront in the face of the rise…

17 Jun

2026

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Deteriorating situation of political prisoners in Belarus, in particular the case of Aliaksandra Pulinovich

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Madam President, every month Parliament takes over the judicial affairs of a sovereign state with the same mechanics. We identify the culprits, we listen to only one version of the facts, that of the NGOs, and we adopt a resolution that often has no follow-up. Today, for Belarus, I hear that it was teenagers who simply made graffiti. When you read the local press, they were building explosives. Wh…

15 Jun

2026

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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15 Jun

2026

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EU-US trade deal (joint debate)

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21 May

2026

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Decision of the Azerbaijani Parliament on suspending cooperation with the European Parliament (debate)

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Madam President, in 1997, Levon Ter-Petrossian, the first president of independent Armenia, the very one who won the Karabakh War, published a founding essay. He asked questions whose answers conditioned the future of the entire region: Should the Karabakh issue be resolved through war or negotiations? Is it possible to maintain the status quo in the long term? And above all, who will be the defea…

19 May

2026

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EU–Uzbekistan Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (joint debate)

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Mr President, this agreement with Uzbekistan is a good thing: a good thing for the European Union, a good thing for Uzbekistan. Central Asia is a booming economic region, a trade route and a strategic lock in globalisation where Europe and our businesses need to strengthen their presence. This country, Uzbekistan, has changed profoundly with the arrival of President Mirziyoyev in 2016. On the othe…

19 May

2026

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Presentation of the Fertilisers Action Plan (debate)

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Madam President, the only action plan for fertilisers that the Commission should implement is to bring down prices and not to add bureaucracy to the bureaucracy. Because since 2021, the European Union has been accumulating strategic mistakes on fertilisers by imposing sanctions against Russia and Belarus. These countries account for 20% of the world’s supply of nitrogen and 40% of potash. This is …

29 Apr

2026

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Situation in Lebanon: implementation of the ceasefire, support peace efforts and humanitarian access (debate)

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Mr President, yesterday, Tuesday, France paid tribute to its third French soldier who died in Lebanon. Let's have a thought for Master Corporal Girardin, he was 31 years old and had a child. French soldiers are in Lebanon for peace. They help to maintain a fragile balance in this country in the face of the war-like upheaval of all the actors in the region. No one can today hide the reality of the …

26 Mar

2026

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Global Gateway – past impacts and future orientation (debate)

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Madam President, (some inaudible words) The Global Gateway, the €306 billion communication operation, embodies the European Union's development aid policy. Even this report, which is very consensual, acknowledges this. The methodology of the program is completely opaque. Project selection criteria, incomprehensible. Evaluations are non-existent, with a board of directors that met, …

11 Mar

2026

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Case of Elene Khoshtaria and political prisoners under the Georgian Dream regime

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9 Mar

2026

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21 Jan

2026

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Preparations for the EU-India summit (debate)

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Madam Speaker, for the past twelve years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has consolidated the foundations of Indian democracy and made his country the greatest emerging power of the 21st century. A country of 1.4 billion people, where growth is driven by phenomenal domestic consumption, massive public investment, robust services and a huge industrial and technological market. For Europe, weakened on…

17 Dec

2025

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Arbitrary arrest and sentencing of academics Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov in Azerbaijan

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Madam President, while Azerbaijan and Armenia have been in conflict since 1994, these two countries have been conducting peace negotiations for the past five years, which are about to be concluded. This is evidenced by the signing of a joint peace declaration in Washington on 8 August by Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Aliev. This historic diplomatic effort is made poss…

17 Dec

2025

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The deepening democratic crisis in Georgia (debate)

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Mr President, Georgia has been under unprecedented media pressure from the European institutions for months. These attacks call into question the legitimacy of Tbilisi's institutions, its judicial system and the sovereign choices of Georgian voters. This is interference by foreign NGOs and political networks, which the European Parliament relays and voices zealously. Commissioner, as I understand …

16 Dec

2025

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Phasing out Russian natural gas imports and improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies (debate)

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15 Dec

2025

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Order of business

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Madam President, on the basis of Rule 209: in February 2025, this Parliament adopted a resolution on the dramatic situation in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. In accordance with Rule 209 of our Rules of Procedure, this text has been published, recorded and transmitted to all the European institutions, and in particular to the Commission. This resolution was clear: it called for sanct…

26 Nov

2025

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Rule of law and human rights situation in Tunisia, particularly the case of Sonia Dahmani

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25 Nov

2025

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Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan (continuation of debate)

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Madam President, Sudan is now experiencing one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the world. The war between the Sudanese armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces has already displaced millions of people and plunged entire regions into famine and horror. Sudan is collapsing and the international community is watching this humanitarian crisis worsen from week to week. This country is already e…

24 Nov

2025

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24 Nov

2025

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Order of business

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8 Oct

2025

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United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure (debate)

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Madam President, when airspace violations are clearly identified, they are inadmissible. But the courage also lies in applying this indignation to all violations, not just those that suit you. Between July and December 2024, 900 airspace violations and 45 maritime space violations were committed by Turkey against Cyprus. In 2025, Greece has already suffered more than 150 violations of its airspace…

8 Oct

2025

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United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure (debate)

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I would just like to point out to our colleague that France Info, which is not an extreme right-wing radio station, has made it clear in its review that: The True of Falsehood that no one in Russia had said that sentence which the General, Chief of Staff, repeated. If you have the source of this imaginary sentence, I invite you to communicate it to the journalist of the national radio station who,…

7 Oct

2025

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New Strategic EU-India Agenda (debate)

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Mr President, in the new architecture of the world, India has become, under the leadership of Narendra Modi – elected in 2014, re-elected in 2019 and 2024 – a pole of stability and a power of balance. In the face of Chinese and American giants, India offers Europe a path to independence and cooperation. For too long, however, the European Union has neglected the Indian partnership. Only 2.4% of ou…