What Jean-Paul spoke about.

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Jul

2023

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2023 Annual Rule of law report (debate)

Madam President, while the European Commission uses the concept of the rule of law to criticise countries that reject its immigrationist and Wokist policy, it completely spares the French government. Yet, as a rule of law issue, there would be a lot to say about macroist power. Thus, in the case which set France ablaze, the President of the Republic flouted the presumption of innocence of the poli…

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Jun

2023

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The electoral law, the investigative committee and the rule of law in Poland (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, you therefore regard Poland as a threat to the rule of law. But what right can you claim that? The European Union is neither a state nor, a fortiori, a supra-state capable of sending dictates to subordinate states. The sovereignty of states is not discussed. The rule of law cannot be used as a pretext for settling political accounts. You fear that the power in p…

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Jun

2023

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 29-30 June 2023, in particular in the light of recent steps towards concluding the Migration Pact (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in the European concert I hear here, my voice will be totally dissonant. The agreement reached by the Council of the European Union is far from unanimous, with two countries resisting the immigrationist ideology of Brussels and four others abstaining. One had to be courageous to oppose this ideology, as sanctions can have far-reaching consequences, especially at…

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Jun

2023

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Establishment of the EU Ethics Body (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the European Commission therefore wishes to create a new body setting ethical standards for all the European institutions. This is a good objective, and scandals affecting the European Union could justify this measure. We all agree to ban corruption, influence and pressure, except that the titles and responsibilities of some do not produce the desired effects…

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May

2023

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Breaches of the Rule of law and fundamental rights in Hungary and frozen EU funds (debate)

Mr President, in the face of Hungary’s resistance to preserve its sovereignty and in the face of all your attempts to force it to abandon it, this resolution in fact requires Hungary not to hold the Presidency of the Council of the European Union in July 2024, as provided for in the Treaties. That is the real purpose of this resolution. We were used to Brussels’ financial blackmail of states rejec…

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May

2023

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Externalising asylum applications and making funding to third countries conditional on the implementation of return agreements (topical debate)

Madam President, our continent has been facing massive immigration for years and this Parliament wants to make it worse with the Pact on Asylum and Migration. 966 000 asylum applications were registered in 2022 in EU and affiliated countries, a record since 2016. The figures for the first months of 2023 are a continuation of this trend and give rise to fears of the worst. So what do you want? What…

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Apr

2023

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Decision to enter into interinstitutional negotiations: Long-Term Residents (A9-0145/2023 - Damian Boeselager) (vote)

Madam President, our Parliament is preparing to negotiate its Pact on Migration and Asylum as quickly and discreetly as possible. As soon as possible, so that it is adopted before the 2024 European elections and the likely arrival of a new majority, which will block this set of texts. As discreetly as possible, i.e. without immediate public debate, to prevent our fellow citizens from discovering t…

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Apr

2023

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IPCC report on Climate Change: a call for urgent additional action (debate)

Mr President, in order to combat global warming, the European Union once again wishes to take binding measures for our people. At the ball of the hypocrites, the Europe of Brussels is queen. It prohibits the sale of cars with combustion engines to promote electric vehicles whose polluting batteries are imported from the other side of the world. It imposes the energy renovation of buildings in Euro…

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Apr

2023

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EU relations with Iraq (debate)

Madam President, just 20 years ago, the United States decided to invade Iraq. This dramatic decision would produce a chain reaction that the Middle East is still struggling to heal. France honored itself by defying the Atlanticist consensus and proved that European states could have influence in the world if they acted independently. Since the US invasion of 2003, Iraq has returned to chaos that h…

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Apr

2023

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The need for European solidarity in saving lives in the Mediterranean, in particular in Italy (debate)

Mr President, in recent months human tragedies in the Mediterranean have multiplied. 441 migrants have died trying to reach European shores since the beginning of the year. A few days ago, the Italian coastguard had to rescue 600 migrants in a ship threatened with shipwreck. The European Union’s migration laxity has not escaped the smugglers, who encourage migrants to take all risks, as they know …

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Mar

2023

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2022 Rule of Law Report - The rule of law situation in the European Union - Rule of law in Greece - Rule of law in Spain - Rule of law in Malta (debate)

Mr President, the Brussels crusade to impose its own conception of the rule of law on the whole of the European Union continues to grow in intensity. While there is no legal basis and no truly legal definition, this concept is used by the Commission and Parliament to criticise countries that reject the ‘immigrationist’, ‘wokist’ and falsely progressive ideology. It also serves to impose not federa…

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Feb

2023

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EUCO conclusions: the need for the speedy finalisation of the Road Map (debate)

Madam President, the Special European Council on Migration has embarked on the path of protecting our populations by demanding a strengthening of the EU’s external borders. The Commission expresses its readiness to finance infrastructure for this purpose; we take note of this and will ensure that these announcements are effective. It is certainly wrong to be right too soon, but it is quite extraor…

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Feb

2023

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Establishment of an independent EU Ethics Body (debate)

Mr President, the European Parliament, entangled in the so-called ‘Qatargate’ scandal – revealed through an investigation into criminal association, corruption and money laundering targeting former or current members of the European Parliament, mainly socialists – is now trying to divert attention. It calls for the creation of an independent ethics body that would deal with all EU institutions, ag…

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Feb

2023

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Order of business

Madam President, last week the European Council was held, where many Member States called for Brussels to finance the construction of walls at the external borders in order to protect their territory from mass immigration, which was refused by the President of the Commission. At the same time, German Socialist Chancellor Scholz is preparing to pass a so-called "liberal" law to facilitate the arriv…

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Feb

2023

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Preparation of the Special European Council meeting of February, in particular the need to develop sustainable solutions in the area of asylum and migration (debate)

Mr President, the years are passing, and migratory pressure continues to suffocate Europe. In 2022, Frontex counted 330,000 irregular crossings of the EU’s external borders. These alarming figures should wake up the European Union and make it aware of the seriousness of the current situation. While we are experiencing a real migratory flood, which would require strong measures, Commissioner Johans…

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Jan

2023

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Terrorist threats posed by far-right extremist networks defying the democratic constitutional order (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, last Wednesday, a Libyan illegally present on French soil was committing extremely violent knife attacks at Gare du Nord, injuring several people. During this attack, the assailant shouted ‘Allah Akbar’, giving his infamous gesture an Islamist connotation. For years, this terrorism has proliferated in Europe, often financed directly or indirectly by foreign states li…

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Jan

2023

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New developments in allegations of corruption and foreign interference, including those related to Morocco, and the need to increase transparency, integrity and accountability in the European institutions (debate)

Madam President, on 15 December last 436 MEPs voted against our amendment calling for the immediate establishment of a parliamentary committee of inquiry into the Qatar Gate affair that has shaken our Parliament for a few weeks. However, the Committee of Inquiry is the only effective measure to combat the excesses of all these networks of influence that are plentiful in our European bodies. In ord…

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Jan

2023

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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Swedish Presidency (debate)

Madam President, Prime Minister, Sweden is taking over the presidency of the Council of the European Union for six months, at a time when there are many challenges. Firstly, in terms of migration, because our continent has become a kind of giant sieve because of the European Commission’s ideological policy, which favours mass immigration at all levels to the detriment of the nationals of each of o…

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Jan

2023

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Order of business

Madam President, of course we support a general debate on the ‘Qatargate’ case. On the other hand, as far as our proposal is concerned, it is particular and it differs from the others because we are calling for the creation of an immediate special committee of inquiry. Then it is objected that this immediate commission of inquiry is not possible as long as the judicial case is ongoing. I can demon…

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Dec

2022

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Tackle the cost of living crisis: increase pay, tax profits, stop speculation (topical debate)

Madam President, the rise in prices that we are experiencing is particularly cruel, because it primarily affects basic necessities: energy and food. Energy prices are skyrocketing because of the absurd rules of the European electricity market and the deliberate sabotage of the nuclear industry, which guaranteed us cheap energy. The flight ahead in globalisation, which has led us to give up produci…

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Dec

2022

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Madam President, in January 2021, France closed many of its border crossing points with Spain, including the Banyuls pass, on the grounds of a terrorist threat, uncontrolled immigration and health risks due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Three large rocks were arranged across the road from the pass. Of course, this does not prevent the epidemic, illegal immigration or terrorism. The situation is absurd…

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Nov

2022

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The need for a European solution on asylum and migration including search and rescue (debate)

Mr President, according to Frontex, the number of illegal entries into the European Union increased by 73% between January and November 2022 compared to the previous year, reaching the highest level since 2016. NGOs, in association with smugglers, organize this traffic by arming taxi boats with illegal immigrants directly from the North African coast. NGOs that are sometimes subsidised by Europe, …

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Oct

2022

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The accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen area (debate)

Madam President, while the existence of an area of free movement must have been counterbalanced by the creation of impassable European external borders – which has not been the case –, whereas Europe was invaded by 2 million people in 2015, whereas the European Commission refuses to finance physical barriers – despite being requested by 12 Member States –, whereas Greece has blocked the entry of a…

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Oct

2022

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The death of Mahsa Amini and the repression of women's rights protesters in Iran (debate)

Mr President, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died because she was beaten by the morality police in Iran for not wearing her Islamic veil properly. Hadis Najafi, 20, shot six times by police for the same reasons. Like them, thousands of brave women are fighting in Iran to free themselves from this veil, a symbol of the enslavement of women. But for years, the European Union has been involved …

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Sep

2022

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Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded (debate)

Madam President, as part of its crusade for its own conception of the rule of law and even more so for what it sees as its European values, the European Parliament is supporting a damning new report against Hungary. His government was accused of all the evils and the conclusion pointed out in no uncertain terms the emergence in that country of a kind of monster called the hybrid electoral autocrac…