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Sep

2025

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Rule of law and EU funds management in Slovakia (debate)

Madam President, respect for the rule of law is great, frankly, because it allows, as soon as there is a problem with a government that displeases the European Union, to interfere in its affairs. This has been the case for Poland, this has been the case for Hungary, and it is now Slovakia's turn to be Brussels' pain sufferer. In reality, the Commission is harassing this country, because you do not…

9

Sep

2025

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Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian hybrid threats and malign interference (debate)

Mr President, all the interferences in Moldova are intolerable, all of them, like the one that consists, ten days before the Moldovan presidential election, whenme von der Leyen goes to Kichinev, promising 1.8 billion euros. Similarly, in August, President Macron, the German Chancellor and Donald Tusk went to Moldova to support Maia Sandu and influence the legislative elections in September. In bo…

9

Sep

2025

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Wave of violence and continuous use of force against protesters in Serbia (debate)

Madam President, as in Georgia, the European Union chooses, in Serbia, to encourage chaos, where it should instead support a democratically elected government. For nine months now, Serbia has been facing a wave of demonstrations whose nature is no longer peaceful. A disorder that affects the majority of the population, captive to the violent and organized behavior of a minority. 23,000 illegal ral…

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Sep

2025

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Mr President, three years after the attack on the Nord Stream, the truth is finally beginning to be decided. It was not mere sabotage, but a terrorist act against Europe. The Hungarian Foreign Minister was very clear on this subject, saying on 26 August: The sabotage of the Nord Stream shows all the characteristics of state terrorism. Recall that initially a media campaign accused Russia. Then Den…

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Jun

2025

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Media freedom in Georgia, particularly the case of Mzia Amaglobeli

Mr President, media freedom does not allow for all excesses. Nor is it a permanent alibi for foreign interference. This is precisely what the European Parliament is doing in this debate. Mme Amaghlobeli is being prosecuted for physically assaulting a serving police officer on 12 January and, in accordance with her country's laws, she will be tried at the next hearing of her trial. This scandalous …

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Jun

2025

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Mr President, in February our Parliament adopted a resolution on the crisis in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, making it very clear that Rwanda is responsible for this tragedy which has lasted for 30 years. Four years later and some symbolic sanctions after, the Democratic Republic of Congo has completely disappeared from the European Union's concerns. But four years later, Kagam…

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May

2025

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2023 and 2024 reports on Serbia (debate)

Mr President, against Serbia, this House no longer knows what to invent. Now you report on the reports. But this latest report on Serbia is more about ideological indictment than objective assessment. Yet Belgrade has committed no crime, except that of not thinking like Brussels, or rather of refusing to sanction Russia and above all, supreme sacrilege, of not bowing to Pristina's whims. This text…

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Apr

2025

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Targeted attacks against Christians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – defending religious freedom and security (debate)

Madam President, on 13 February 2025, 70 Christians were savagely beheaded in a church in Kasanga, Democratic Republic of Congo, by the Allied Democratic Forces, a radical Islamist group linked to the Islamic State. This massacre is not isolated: It is part of an endless war, which since 1998 has killed more than 8 million Congolese, including many children and women. In the east of the country, t…

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Mar

2025

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Madam President, it is official: From Paris to Bucharest to Republika Srpska, the European Union is accompanying the democratic death of Europe. Marine Le Pen's unjust and totalitarian condemnation sadly echoes that of Milorad Dodik, President of the Bosnian Serb Republic. Through him, the Republika Srpska is attacked judicially and politically. Milorad Dodik, who was democratically elected, has j…

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Mar

2025

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Need to ensure democratic pluralism, strengthen integrity, transparency and anti-corruption policies in the EU (debate)

Madam President, on the eve of 1 April the Commission decided to hold a debate on democratic pluralism. Frankly, you have a taste for humor and timing: start by reacting to the scandal surrounding the conviction of Marine Le Pen. I am surprised that the Commission, always quick to denounce the abuses of the world, is so silent when the hammer of injustice hits our continent to prevent democracy fr…

11

Feb

2025

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Political crisis in Serbia (debate)

Madam President, of course we must fight corruption and those responsible for the tragedy in Novi Sad must be identified. But the European Parliament stands out once again for its hypocrisy: as a zealous agitator, he precipitates a debate that only concerns Serbia's internal affairs in order to better conceal his silence on the attacks on the Serbs in Kosovo. In January, for example, Socialist Pri…

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Feb

2025

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Escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, this is not a humanitarian crisis. It's been going on for 30 years. Thirty years! We received in these walls the Nobel Prize and Dr. Denis Mukwege, who alerted us by saying: "Women, men and children are falling like flies in Kivu." And already in 2008, in this Chamber, a resolution was passed for an exactly similar crisis. Except it's not a crisis. It's been going on fo…

22

Jan

2025

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Case of Jean-Jacques Wondo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Madam President, a death sentence is a sentence that our Parliament cannot accept. But let us not forget that the Democratic Republic of Congo is a sovereign state, with sovereign justice. With regard to this coup attempt, the DRC had to deal with a serious attack on its democratic institutions. In addition, Mr. Wondo is convicted at first instance, and he has just appealed. The Congolese justice …

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Jan

2025

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Further deterioration of the political situation in Georgia (debate)

Mr President, ‘Brussels must do more to support pro-European forces.’ This debate mirrors the outrageous remarks just made by the chairman of the Bundestag’s Committee on Foreign Affairs. But what right do you think you have to influence the democratic choices of a sovereign people? Because these words are not the words of dialogue and mutual respect that nations deserve, but an admission of inter…

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Jan

2025

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Welcome

Madam President, Rule 10 of our Rules of Procedure stipulates that Members shall preserve the dignity of Parliament and shall not damage its reputation. I would therefore like to denounce the invitation of the representatives of the Polisario Front in the framework of the Monitoring Group on the Maghreb of the Committee on International Trade. First, this militia is supported by Algeria to destabi…

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Dec

2024

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Human rights situation in Kyrgyzstan, in particular the case of Temirlan Sultanbekov

Mr President, it is now Kyrgyzstan’s turn to suffer the wrath of European neo-colonialism – with Parliament once again attacking the fundamental principle of the sovereignty of nations. With this debate, the European Union has chosen a victim, prosecuted by the justice of its country for accusations of vote buying. Decidedly, with the socialists, nothing changes. Whether here, with the Qatargate a…

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Dec

2024

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Use of rape as weapon of war, in particular in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan (debate)

Madam President, 'Now no woman can go to the fields alone. They are afraid of being raped and abused.” This testimony by a Congolese woman from North Kivu gives a glimpse of the hell that has become the daily life of women in this region. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, rape has become a weapon. Not an isolated strategy, but a real tragedy of war. Who is the architect, Madam Vice-Presiden…

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Dec

2024

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Crackdown on peaceful pro-European demonstrators in Georgia (debate)

Mr President, in Georgia, as indeed in Romania, the European Union refuses the choice of the peoples. Georgia has become the scene of a creeping insurgency, which breathes the scent of a foreign-led destabilisation operation against the legitimate Georgian power. As evidenced by these demonstrations, at night, in the streets of Tbilisi, where the opposition – which you encourage – throws its suppo…

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Dec

2024

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr President, who here in Strasbourg or Brussels sees this clearly in the European Global Gateway programme, which has a budget of 300 billion? Not surprisingly, pretty much no one. The laudable and bold intention of 2021 to propose a European response to the new Silk Roads seems to have turned into a big bureaucratic confusing machine. This is particularly true for potential beneficiaries of the …

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Nov

2024

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Mr President, in Pristina, the protege of the European Union has been organising the constant harassment of the Serbian community in Kosovo since 2021. 25 years after the Gracko massacre, Albin Kurti continues ethnic cleansing and systematic violence against Serbs. Everything passes there: physical violence, administrative constraints and institutional discrimination. This coordinated plan is ruin…

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Nov

2024

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Georgia's worsening democratic crisis following the recent parliamentary elections and alleged electoral fraud (debate)

Mr President, ten days after the victory of Georgian Dream, the German embassy in Tbilisi was calling, in a message full of ambiguity and hypocrisy, for a peaceful revolution. Worse still, the chairman of the Swedish Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee is bluntly giving instructions to Georgians: go out into the street, peaceful demonstrations must develop, remember the Maidan revolution. Since…

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Oct

2024

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Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, from President Zelensky's visit to Brussels and his plan for victory there will not be much left. Or rather if: €35 billion. Yes, 35 billion euros that the Commission wants to impose on us as a miracle cure to keep alive a state already plagued, long before the war, by corruption and unable to provide for the basic needs of its citizens. Pensions, salaries of civil servants, hospital…

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Oct

2024

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One-minute speeches (Rule 179)

Mr President, Lebanon is in danger of death. Neither the European Union nor France is up to the human tragedy at stake. Faced with this ruthless war, the European Union is stubborn in its certainties and refuses to come to the aid of Damascus, which is at the forefront of managing the reception of refugees in this crisis. Every day, thousands of people cross the border to seek refuge and protectio…

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Oct

2024

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The democratic backsliding and threats to political pluralism in Georgia (debate)

Mr President, 'do what I say, not what I do' is the motto that sums up the attitude of the European Parliament in the general elections in Georgia on 26 October. Indeed, on the eve of a major election, the vote on such a resolution truly sounds like an alibi disguised as a banner, a tool offered to agitators and foreign-funded NGOs, which aims to destabilize the current majority in Georgia. In 202…

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Oct

2024

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Escalation of violence in the Middle East and the situation in Lebanon (debate)

Madam President, like many French people, my thoughts are with our Lebanese friends, once again caught up in the suffering of the war. This war is now regionalized, as Israel has engaged its army on seven different fronts and is fighting Hezbollah. However, let's be clear, Lebanon is not just Hezbollah. This political and military party undeniably exerts its influence, but today it is the Lebanese…