What Virginie spoke about.

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Oct

2022

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Order of business

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the European Union claims that combating violence against women and sexual violence is one of its priorities. But it is with seriousness that we discover cases of sexual assault that go unnoticed within the European institutions or large companies. At a time when the European Union is supporting Iranian women, at a time when the fight against sexual violence …

6

Oct

2022

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COVID-19 – Sustaining EU preparedness and response: looking ahead (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, the future with you is ‘pandemic’ and ‘vaccine’. You repeat it seven times: ‘vaccine’, ‘vaccine’, ‘vaccine’, ‘vaccine’, ‘vaccine’... and ‘vaccination’. I had prepared a technical intervention based on your annexes, but since you never answer the questions, I will speak for our fellow citizens, many of whom criticise the action of this deaf and auth…

4

Oct

2022

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Radio Equipment Directive: common charger for electronic devices (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, dear rapporteurs, Commissioner, finally, after more than a decade, we are getting a universal charger for small electronic devices in Europe! Europe is still lagging behind when it comes to defending or protecting its citizens from digital giants. We see this every day, as with the transfer of our personal data to the United States announced in March 2022 by …

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Jul

2022

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Women’s poverty in Europe (A9-0194/2022 - Lina Gálvez Muñoz)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in the report on women’s poverty in Europe, which we support, it is pointed out that the worsening social and economic situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has increased all forms of abuse and violence against women. That is why I am going to tell you about more than 15 000 healthcare workers suspended in France, the majority of whom are women, who have bee…

4

Jul

2022

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Digital Services Act - Digital Markets Act (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, decades of laxity have made Europe a digital colony of the American Big Techs, the GAFAMs. The Digital Markets Act, the DMA, is therefore an attempt to reverse the situation. President Macron is self-congratulating on this legislation. However, it is despite the position of the French Presidency, and not because of it, that the DMA still contains u…

23

Jun

2022

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Inclusion measures within Erasmus+ 2014-2020 (A9-0158/2022 - Laurence Farreng)

Madam President, I want to come back to two important votes today. Erasmus, of course, I am in favour. Young people meet and discover Europe, its landscapes, its castles, its peoples. And sometimes the story ends well with couples forming. But at the moment, Brussels is organising a global caravan: Since 2004, more than 100,000 Turks have done Erasmus in Europe and we send our students to Nigeria.…

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Jun

2022

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Madam President, tomorrow will be put to the vote without debate, without impact assessment, without scientific results, a regulation to extend the use of the EU Digital COVID Certificate until June 2023. Are you aware of the results of the public consultation on this extension proposal organised by the Commission between 3 February and 8 April this year? More than 385,000 contributions have been …

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Jun

2022

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International procurement instrument (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, when I asked your services two years ago, the Commission admitted that it had no idea that European companies were able to win public contracts in the United States or China. Today, you announce that Brussels will demand reciprocity and open public procurement in non-European countries. Congratulations! It is not too early, and we will vote for …

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Jun

2022

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Madam President, Commissioner, the extension of the health pass, which was originally scheduled for voting tomorrow, will finally be voted on 23 June. Providing evidence of COVID-19 vaccination, test results or recovery in order to be able to continue moving or working was an exceptional device, which was due to end on 30 June 2022. However, the Commission wants to extend it until 30 June 2023, wh…

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May

2022

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Discharge 2020 (debate)

Madam President, I have a minute to talk about billions of euros thrown out of Brussels' windows. That's expensive the second! Here everyone welcomes the good management of the Commission and its agencies. The European Medicines Agency has a budget of 370 million euros, and 84% of its revenue comes from Big Pharma, should we congratulate it? The Commission has made its own purchase of vaccines and…

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Apr

2022

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Situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women’s rights (debate)

Madam President, Mr High Representative, ladies and gentlemen, today we are discussing the situation of women in Afghanistan, of those women and children who are living hell in their homes. Afghanistan, with its huge and arid mountains, with its men piercing in turban and with its infinite poppy fields. We grew up or aged with Afghanistan at war, with the USSR, with Bernard Kouchner, with Commande…

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Mar

2022

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Destruction of cultural heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, while all our eyes are rightfully on Ukraine, another European country continues to suffer martyrdom, far from the cameras and diplomatic turmoil, unfortunately. This country is Armenia, this people is the Armenian people, cruelly let go by all in autumn 2020. Armenia continues to suffer today. In Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed territory with Azer…

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Mar

2022

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Transparency and administrative standards - the treatment of public access requests based on Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Madam President of the Commission, first of all I regret the absence of President von der Leyen. But I am happy to be able to pass on to you, from my fellow French citizens, questions about the transparency, or rather the opacity, that surrounds your actions. COVID-19 has created a non-rights universe under the guise of emergency. Transparency, especially when i…

14

Feb

2022

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Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2020 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, dear European Ombudsman, I would first like to congratulate and thank you on behalf of many of my compatriots who are eager for honesty, transparency and who still believe in justice. While Ms von der Leyen said a few days ago that she wanted Member States to think about a vaccine obligation for everyone, the Commission continued to hide the text messages exchanged b…

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Jan

2022

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Empowering European Youth: post-pandemic employment and social recovery (debate)

Mr President, this debate is about the future of European youth after the pandemic. But let's talk about the present. The good news is that, for you, there will be an end to the pandemic. May President Macron and his acolytes hear you, in order to put an end as soon as possible to this health dictatorship established in France for two years. Two years of hell for our French youth, who have spawned…

14

Dec

2021

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Digital Markets Act (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen, today, of the 20 largest digital companies in the world, only one is European. It is the German company SAP. As you know, the digital giants of Silicon Valley, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft, the GAFAM, govern almost the entire digital sector in Europe. For years, the GAFAM have abused their monopoly power, taking …

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Nov

2021

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The EU's role in combating the COVID-19 pandemic: how to vaccinate the world (topical debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, riots in Rotterdam and Brussels, live ammunition against citizens and a vaccine obligation that will be imposed in Austria and elsewhere. This week, the German health minister said that at the end of winter, Germans will be vaccinated, cured or dead. And not a single Member, who is always quick to react to riots on the other side of the world, showed up here …

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Nov

2021

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The outcome of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC) (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, EUR 500 billion in 2030: the global cloud market is a major challenge for France and Europe. But this market only goes in one direction: to the United States. Only 5% of European data is stored in Europe. Even the French government favors Google and Microsoft. Military data and health data are managed by these companies while French players such as…

21

Oct

2021

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Insurance of motor vehicles (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Madam rapporteur, this legislative proposal that we are voting on today makes it possible to correct certain shortcomings observed in the implementation of the 2009 Directive on motor vehicle insurance. Failures to compensate accident victims in the event of the insolvency of an insurer had become too problematic to be left as they were. The creation of national…

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Oct

2021

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The future of EU-US relations (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, before I talk about the future of relations between the European Union and the United States, I would first like to thank the United States. Indeed, thanks to the United States, the French have been able to see the lack of loyalty of Brussels and our European partners. BNP Bank was ransomed by the US for $9 billion, with no reaction from Brussels. Alstom Energy,…

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Sep

2021

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EU transparency in the development, purchase and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, on 22 January I asked the Commission two specific questions about the COVID vaccine contracts it signed on our behalf: Why did the Commission release the laboratories from all responsibility and who chose these vaccines? I received five lines on 10 September, without a precise answer. However, you had time to meet the halal slaughter lobbyists on 2…

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Sep

2021

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United States sanctions and the Rule of law (continuation of debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in 2006 the European Court of Auditors recommended that Bulgaria and Romania not be brought into the European Union because of rampant corruption. Ten years later, in an audit, the Court concluded that the EUR 5 billion paid to these Balkan countries by Brussels had been seriously breached. On 2 June 2021, the US administration announced that it…

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Sep

2021

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Identifying gender-based violence as a new area of crime listed in Article 83(1) TFEU (debate)

Mr President, we have gathered today to reflect on a definition of gender-based violence, which would be a new area of crime. But why do we need a new definition and why this silence on the origin of these criminals? Unfortunately, all societies have always known about these heinous crimes against women. This is a reality. On the other hand, burnt women, acid attacks, group rapes in cellars, I hav…

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Jul

2021

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Labour rights in Bangladesh (continuation of debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in the name of globalisation, European jobs have been relocated so that Bangladeshi workers, especially women, can be exploited. As for child labour, it is estimated that around one million children are victims of child labour in Bangladesh. Children who work 16 hours a day to produce clothes that are then shipped to Europe. But the worst thing is …