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Sep

2022

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Economic, social and territorial cohesion in the EU: the 8th Cohesion Report - EU border regions: living labs of European integration (debate)

Madam President, rapporteur, in my opinion, this report on border regions does not overlook the overseas territories. Because yes, we are also border regions. I appreciate this focus on territories that have a particular need for Europe, especially in the very difficult context we are currently experiencing. Adaptation and pragmatism are our two ambitions for border regions, including our overseas…

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Jun

2022

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EU islands and cohesion policy (debate)

Mr President, rapporteur, ladies and gentlemen, the European Union has a real wealth that is too little known: its islands, geopolitical wealth, human wealth. It is these islands that make us a global power. But instead of valuing this potential, this specificity and this wealth, the European Union keeps these territories in a sometimes deplorable socio-economic state. I am talking in particular a…

16

Dec

2021

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Barriers to the free movement of goods (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the question is the balance to be maintained between a sustainable supply of our markets and the absolute right of States to control inflows into their territory, both for people and goods. I say it plainly: there is an imperative for the protection of populations in the face of the pandemic that legitimises and justifies these restrictive measures taken soverei…

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Dec

2021

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Madam President, in recent weeks, territories belonging to the European Union, in the West Indies, Guadeloupe and Martinique, have experienced episodes of violent contestation of health policy against a background of social crisis. It is the first territories of the Union that are inflamed because of the vaccination obligation and the health pass. I say this to you in my capacity as Member of the …

19

Oct

2021

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The Right to a Healthy Environment (debate)

Our aim is to benefit from a healthy environment for everyone through access to safe drinking water for all. We want to benefit from a healthy environment. Indeed, thousands of my compatriots from Guadeloupe and Martinique are unable to access it. And what could be healthier and more vital than access to drinking water today in 2021? Commissioner, I am going to ask you a few questions that are vit…

19

Oct

2021

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The Right to a Healthy Environment (debate)

Madam President, Minister, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the right to a healthy environment should be a given in 2025 for all my compatriots in the five French overseas departments. Commissioner, I really wanted to raise your awareness of the health issue, which restricts the freedoms of workers, consumers and the health sector, and which is creating tensions in Guadeloupe and Martinique in …

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Sep

2021

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Reversing the negative social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I wanted to address you this evening as an MEP from overseas to talk about the negative social consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in the outermost regions, and more specifically in our five departments, namely Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Réunion and Mayotte. The crisis in our territories adds to the economic and social weakness that existed before. Without…