What Hervé spoke about.

27

Feb

2024

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The current situation in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, let us not tell a story. The looting of the DRC’s natural resources probably represents ten times the international and humanitarian aid to this torn country. Let’s not tell ourselves a story: no terrorist group, no armed group, can survive for long if a state does not provide it with supplies, training places and places to rearm. It is easy to …

18

Jan

2024

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EU Action Plan: protecting and restoring marine ecosystems for sustainable and resilient fisheries (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as we know, the oceans are in a much worse state than our territories. The oceans, this precious common good for humanity, cannot be the place for all looting and ransacking. I have been too close to Tamil fishermen, Vezo communities, Bugis or Bajau fishermen, such as Breton fishermen or Mediterranean fishermen, not knowing that we will not save the oceans witho…

16

Jan

2024

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EU-India relations (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the peacock was the emblem of India, it will be the tiger. It was ‘India’, it will be ‘Bharat’. India affirms the unity of its model of life for all its citizens in the name of ‘Hindutva’. That is why I believe that cooperation with India must go far beyond trade, economic and commercial issues. We need to work on political cooperation because, while Presiden…

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Dec

2023

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Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, much has been said about what is not yet a war of rare earths or rare metals, but is already a race for the necessary raw materials. For my part, I would like to highlight four points that I consider essential. The first point is that the price is not enough. We are not in economic relations, in market relations, in competition: we are clearly in power relations, and de…

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Nov

2023

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UN Climate Change Conference 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (COP28) (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, I hope that this COP in Dubai will make history. Afterwards, in their adolescence, all Emirati children, such as Omani or Saudi, are invited to spend a few weeks or months in the desert to experience the reality of their territory, of a millenary culture of adaptation to an extreme climate and the singular ability to adapt to that climate. This COP will go down in hi…

8

Nov

2023

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State of the Energy Union (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, for all those concerned about the price of petrol at the pump and the price of heating this winter, it is certainly not a time for complacency. The irrational preference for renewables is causing energy price inflation to become structural. Intermediaries, who have lost their identity in passing, are unjustly enriched by reselling Russian gas and oil. The technical impa…

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Oct

2023

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European green bonds (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, let us not be mistaken. What distinguishes a green bond from an ordinary bond contract? Nothing. The liquidity requirement is the same. The calculation of the risk-return ratio is the same and the investor’s return requirement is the same. This means that green bonds are an opportunity for market finance to tackle the environmental issue. It must b…

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Sep

2023

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Human rights situation in Bangladesh, notably the case of Odhikar

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it is a serious matter for an assembly like ours to call into question the judicial system of a sovereign country and to call into question its freedom to govern itself. I will not remind you of Bangladesh’s complicated history: the crimes against humanity that marked its war of independence, the remarkable progress today in terms of growth and dev…

13

Sep

2023

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Reviewing the protection status of wolves and other large carnivores in the EU (topical debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, one day I was meeting a Breton farmer in Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys, who stopped producing cereals because of the damage caused by hordes of wild boars and cervids. The first threat to agriculture in many of our regions today is the uncontrolled proliferation of wild boars, deer and deer. However, these animals have a natural predator and only one is th…

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Mar

2023

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Advancing the 2022 Bridgetown Agenda (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the Barbados Agenda has the advantage of underlining the manifestly unsustainable nature of a system that confronts some of the poorest countries in the world, such as Barbados, as recently as Pakistan, with the consequences of environmental disturbances for which they are not the cause. But let's not be mistaken. International institutions, a banking and financial syst…

14

Mar

2023

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EU-Armenia relations (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, thank you for this session, which deals with a major issue. The Armenians are worried. In this Parliament, which is massively mobilizing in support of Ukraine, Azerbaijan's military rhetoric is unbearable. It is unbearable because indeed Armenia is looking towards Europe. Cultural ties, societal ties, historical ties with Europe are major. At the same time, we must r…

15

Feb

2023

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European Central Bank - annual report 2022 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Madam President of the ECB, your courtesy is well known. We are very sensitive to the fact that you have the patience to stay with us tonight, and I believe that all my colleagues join me in greeting you. The major political decision you took with the greening of the ECB’s monetary policy calls for two questions on my part, particularly at a time of serious concern a…

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Oct

2022

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Humanitarian situation after the devastating floods in Pakistan and the climate crisis (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, ladies and gentlemen, I naturally associate myself with the condolences that have been expressed to the people of Pakistan and to the victims of one of the climate disasters that, alas, are happening repeatedly. Having associated myself with this tribute and condolences, I would like to highlight two or three points that seem important to me. We must help Paki…