What Thierry spoke about.

19 Apr

2023

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Children forcibly deported from Ukraine and the ICC arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin (debate)

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Mr President, "Iraqi soldiers snatched the babies from the incubators and let them die on the cold ground". This testimony of a nurse in October 1990 moved the whole world. There was no longer any doubt. The war against Iraq was a moral duty. A few months later, we will discover that these incubators were as imaginary as weapons of mass destruction. Because crimes against children in times of war …

18 Apr

2023

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The need for a coherent strategy for EU-China Relations (debate)

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Mr President, obviously Emmanuel Macron caused great emotion among supporters of a total submission of the European Union to Atlanticism on the occasion of his recent visit to China in April 2023. By reaffirming France’s traditional position – a position that has been constant since 1964 – on single China and by asserting that an ally is not a vassal, he simply took over France’s position from Gen…

17 Apr

2023

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Mr President, on 26 September 2022, the energy supply – and therefore the competitiveness of European industries – was under attack by a foreign power, which sabotaged the Nord Stream pipelines. Josep Borrell said: “A deliberate disruption of Europe’s energy infrastructure is totally unacceptable and will be met with a strong response.” Such a hostile attack on the economic security and independen…

15 Mar

2023

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Tunisia: Recent attacks against freedom of expression and association and trade unions, in particular the case of journalist Noureddine Boutar

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Mr President, Madam, the promise of 2011 has brought this country to the brink of chaos, to the brink of chaos where Ennahda and the Islamist movements have dragged it. President Kaïs Saïed has simply been wrong in recent days to say that, to reside in Tunisia, you have to have documents and be in compliance with Tunisian law. That doesn't make him a racist at all. It is now a question of returnin…

15 Mar

2023

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The EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders (debate)

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Madam President, defending human rights, yes. Use this cause to build a new class of citizens, no. This is how I could summarize our position on a text that instrumentalizes good feelings to promote a questionable policy. You even push the provocation to congratulate the work of the DROI committee while the latter is splashed by the qatargate, which reveals almost a decade of alignment with this w…

13 Mar

2023

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Mr President, the earthquake that devastated entire regions in Syria and Turkey on 6 February 2023 left more than 50,000 people dead. The United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union have agreed to suspend part of their sanctions mechanism to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria, including Aleppo and Latakia governorates. These measures were necessary, but they are also…

13 Mar

2023

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Energy performance of buildings (recast) (debate)

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Madam President, there are two forms of ecology: one wants to preserve the planet to serve people, the other wants to put green ideology before human lives. In the European Parliament, since the Green Deal, we have been accumulating texts that completely ignore their impact on our societies. No one, of course, is opposed to the thermal renovation of buildings, whether private or public. But the te…

14 Feb

2023

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Tensions between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (debate)

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Mr President, France and the European Union have regularly given in to Paul Kagame’s propaganda. It is therefore not surprising that he now feels that he is allowed to do so. He proved this by continuing to arm a militia that is terrorising the Kivu region: M23. Everyone is now convinced of Rwanda’s military interference in the affairs of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The European Union, Franc…

14 Feb

2023

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Response to the situation in Tunisia (debate)

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Mr President, the parties linked to the Muslim Brotherhood and which have participated in the institutional and economic devastation of their nation have for years enjoyed the favour of our institution. It was believed here that the Arab Spring would bring peace and prosperity – in short, new democracies to the West. What were the results of this policy? In Egypt, we supported Islamism, together w…

13 Feb

2023

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Madam President, relations between the European Union and Morocco are at their worst. The vote on the European Parliament resolution calling into question the Moroccan court decision on Omar Radi was the trigger for a long-running crisis. While the Kingdom of Morocco is a pillar of our policy in Africa and the Mediterranean, this situation is particularly worrying. At a time when all the meetings …

13 Feb

2023

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EU response to the humanitarian situation following the earthquake in Türkiye and Syria (debate)

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Madam President, since the tragic night of 6 February, all Europeans have expressed their solidarity with the Turkish and Syrian peoples, both of whom are going through a terrible ordeal. Immediately, the European Chancelleries and the European Union announced their support for Turkey through various mechanisms, to our credit. On the other hand, our procrastination at the fate of the inhabitants o…

1 Feb

2023

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Situation in Afghanistan (debate)

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Madam President, the European Union is quite paradoxical about Afghanistan. We knew perfectly well that the Taliban would not respect anything the Western powers wanted. These men live, fight and die to challenge our countries, which they consider barbaric and decadent. The place of women, religious freedom, Shia or ethnic minorities in Afghanistan will never be stable under their yoke. It took al…

18 Jan

2023

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Situation of journalists in Morocco, notably the case of Omar Radi

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... this speech saying that we are coming together to condemn the practices of a country that is undermining human rights, oppressing protest voices and contributing to the destabilisation of Africa. But then that would mean that we are talking here about Algeria. However, the European left never condemns Algeria and the European Union passes it while hoping for its gas. Instead, we are debating M…

17 Jan

2023

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Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter - annual report 2022 (debate)

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human rights for the European Union is a single expression that no one has spoken: Qatar Gate. The scandal in this Parliament is historic: For at least ten years, an Islamist dictatorship has been able to orient our institution's resolutions according to its interests. This is an unprecedented humiliation for a European Parliament that gives lessons to the whole world and claims to subject state p…

17 Jan

2023

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Implementation of the common foreign and security policy - annual report 2022 - Implementation of the common security and defence policy - annual report 2022 (debate)

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Madam President, this report is a quality report, but I have the impression at times that it is also a report that could be that of a communication agency. It is a historic plea for the erasure of nations in favour of a Brussels superstate. We are not here to celebrate the European Union’s foreign policy and the decisions of the European External Action Service. We are here to control the initiati…

14 Dec

2022

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Military Junta crackdown on peaceful demonstrations in Chad

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Madam President, after the break-up of Libya, after the abandonment of France and the soldiers of Operation Barkhane, the European Union is now taking part in the destabilisation of Chad. At Fort—Lamy, Chad hosts a French air base. In N’Djamena, he coordinates with the French military forces to fight mafias, jihadist groups and human traffickers. It is true that the European Union is not embarrass…

13 Dec

2022

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Turkish airstrikes on northern Syria and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (debate)

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Mr President, in Syria, the European Union is only contributing to the deteriorating situation. After denying the powerful Islamist involvement in the Syrian rebellion, the EU has poured into a revanchist policy that is exhausting the entire region. Thus, by refusing to organise the repatriation of Syrian refugees present in Lebanon, you are destroying the balance of that entire country. Our insan…

13 Dec

2022

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Prospects for the two-State solution for Israel and Palestine (debate)

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Mr President, after the ‘Qatargate’ affair, the European Parliament is not in a position to be credible on this file. Qatar regularly takes hostile positions against Israel in front of international institutions. This was again the case on 21 September at the 77th United Nations General Assembly. Neither Israel, nor Palestine, nor any country will be able to take our debate seriously in this matte…

12 Dec

2022

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Madam President, we are all destroying a country with the best of conscience. I was last week with a delegation of French Members in Lebanon; All parties, all faiths and all actors have conveyed the same message to us, whether they are Shia, Sunni or Christian. Today, almost 2 million Syrian refugees are present in a country of 6 million people. This is an intolerable burden. Imagine tomorrow that…

23 Nov

2022

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Human rights situation in Egypt (debate)

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Mr President, Egypt has just organised COP27 brilliantly. Obviously, the content of the discussions is subject to many political debates. However, we can agree on one thing: Cairo has done things perfectly. Our Parliament spends its time giving ecological lessons to the whole planet. At least the opportunity of this debate could have been used to congratulate Egypt and its people. But the opportun…

22 Nov

2022

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Promoting regional stability and security in the broader Middle East region (debate)

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Madam President, the European Union’s action in the Middle East can be summed up in two words: ideological and catastrophic. In Lebanon, you interfere in political life by offering no solution to the economic slump that afflicts the country. In Egypt, you insult a state that fights the Muslim Brotherhood and brilliantly organized COP27. In Syria, you refuse to draw the consequences of Bashar al-As…

19 Oct

2022

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Political situation in Tunisia (debate)

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Madam President, having heard these urgent debates on human rights and the Mediterranean world, I have a question: Is there a preferential option for the Muslim Brotherhood here in the European Parliament? We are entitled to ask ourselves this question, given the statements made today by the EU and the so-called human rights associations on Tunisia, as was the case yesterday with Egypt. When this …

23 Jun

2022

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Gas storage (debate)

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Mr. Speaker, federalists like to repeat Jean Monnet's quote: "The European Union will be the sum of the solutions to crises". Yet Europe has not waited for the European Union to learn from its history. De Gaulle understood this at the time of the Cold War: organising an economic and industrial policy of mistrust towards Russia is never, in the long run, a good solution for our continent. Transferr…

7 Jun

2022

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The EU’s Foreign, Security and Defence Policy after the Russian invasion of Ukraine (debate)

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Mr President, as was the case with the COVID crisis, the European Union and Mrs Loiseau, Emmanuel Macron's spokesperson in this Parliament, are using the war in Ukraine to create a European superstate. Solidarity with the Ukrainian people must not make us forget another reality. You are sacrificing nations to accomplish a federalist project. You do this without consulting the people, by deciding o…

18 May

2022

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Prosecution of the opposition and the detention of trade union leaders in Belarus (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, you referred to 'robust' sanctions. But can we look once at the economic effects of the sanctions we have taken? Because political effects, you never see them. So far, I do not know of any country that has changed its position after sanctions. The result of these sanctions? As you know, the main sanctions against Belarus have been on nitrogen and potash, which are it…