What Aurélia spoke about.

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Apr

2024

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Preventing plastic pellet losses to reduce microplastic pollution (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, for this final plenary session, you have finally decided to address microplastic pollution, a crucial issue that affects our environment, our health and our future. This invisible threat represents a challenge that we must face for our generations, but especially for future generations, including our children, who will be the first victims. But when I look back, what…

14

Mar

2024

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Promised revision of the EU animal welfare legislation and the animal welfare-related European citizens’ initiatives (debate)

Madam President, millions of Europeans are looking forward to an urgent revision of the European Animal Welfare Act. Every day lost to debate in a vacuum – and sterile for some – prolongs the agony of thousands of sentient living beings, sacrificed on the altar of political neglect. On several occasions, the Europeans have alerted you. The citizens’ initiative demanding the end of cages has garner…

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Mar

2024

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Substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive) (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, twenty years have passed since the European Union made the deplorable choice to put its pseudo-ecology above all else, sacrificing our businesses on the altar of permanent greenwashing. In any brand, we are beset by eco-responsible slogans that sound hollow: "eco-friendly", "zero CO2" or "eco-certified"... Words that resonate in the void and marketing pollution without …

29

Feb

2024

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Next steps towards greater patient safety by swiftly ensuring the availability of medical devices through a targeted transitional period (debate)

Mr President, the stock of pharmacies is gradually being emptied and our citizens are tired of having to travel several kilometres to finally find their medicines. It is unacceptable that Europe does not have a proper pharmaceutical industry that protects us all. Your ultra-liberal and anti-social Europe is solely responsible for this situation. The lives of Europeans depend on medical devices, an…

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Feb

2024

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Geographical Indications for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural products (debate)

Mr President, while our farmers are running out of breath in the face of foreign production, farmers are alerting us to the importance of protected geographical indications. Without PGIs, Europe will not be able to fight the increasingly aggressive and totally unfair competition from the rest of the world. The survival of our wines, our spirit drinks and much of our agriculture in general depends …

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Feb

2024

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Commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Abbé Pierre's appeal on addressing homelessness in the context of persisting poverty and social exclusion (debate)

Mr President, Abbé Pierre made history with his humanism. A staunch defender of the poorest, he has always fought against poverty and social exclusion, a noble struggle that must continue to inspire us. But what would he say today when he saw that almost 900 000 people sleep every night on the streets in the European Union? What would he say when he saw that this shameful figure has only increased…

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Feb

2024

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Water crisis and droughts in the EU as a consequence of the global climate crisis and the need for a sustainable, resilient water strategy for Europe (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, we are facing an unprecedented water crisis. The drought of summer 2023 has had a lasting impact on our farmers. Did you hear them in front of this Parliament? In any case, I hope so. They can no longer cope with climatic hazards while applying the painful European constraints. It is therefore high time for Europe to adopt a water strategy worthy of the name, which is n…

6

Feb

2024

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EU2040 climate target (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, as our farmers stand before this Parliament to demonstrate their right to live decently, you are setting totally delusional targets for the next twenty years. Stop pretending that by acting alone for the rest of the world, the European Union will have any influence on the climate. Thanks to the sacrifices of our people, European countries have already achieved carbon bu…

5

Feb

2024

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State of EU solar industry in light of unfair competition (debate)

Madam President, this may be linked to current events in Europe, but here we are, finally, in this Parliament, looking at the profoundly unfair competition that other countries are exerting on our economy. On solar energy, as in many other areas, our industries are weakened by stifling administrative burdens and totally uncontrolled competition at our borders. At the end of each month, our busines…

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Jan

2024

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Recent ecological catastrophe involving plastic pellet losses and its impact on micro plastic pollution in the maritime and coastal habitats (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, last month Europe witnessed another maritime disaster. Thousands of plastic pellets were dispersed in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Spain. This is not a new phenomenon, as 230 000 tonnes of microbeads end up in the environment every year, and Europe alone accounts for two thirds of this pollution. So yes, the European Union bears an overwhelming responsibility by …

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Jan

2024

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Empowering consumers for the green transition (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, when it comes to ecology in this Parliament, the equation is always the same: impose a decided policy in Brussels without ever carrying out an impact assessment and leaving consumers to suffer the price increase. Every crisis is compounded by the absurd decisions taken by this majority. When companies face your administrative and economic constraints, it is the consumer…

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Jan

2024

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Ozone depleting substances - Fluorinated gases regulation (joint debate - Gas emissions)

Mr President, since the debate on the ozone layer in the 1990s, the European Union has asked professionals to phase out a whole bunch of fluorinated gases. This replacement with more or less reliable alternatives has been a real ordeal because they are essential for heat equipment, refrigeration units or aerosols. But let's face it, these policies have worked. Chlorine-based fluorinated gases, the…

14

Dec

2023

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

Mr President, our fellow citizens see COP28 in Dubai as a gigantic farce and I understand them. Turning to the fact that they are organised in a petromonarchy with a ridiculously high carbon footprint, these worldly environmental dinners cannot be a credible response to climate challenges. This conference, supposedly on climate, has mainly served as a venue for international negotiations to resolv…

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Nov

2023

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Revised pollinators initiative - a new deal for pollinators (debate)

Madam President, Europeans are deeply aware of the danger to pollinators, a key element of our biodiversity, which is necessary for the reproduction of crops and the maintenance of botanical diversity. But this danger is not new. Excessive use of pesticides, loss of natural habitats and climate change pose great risks to the natural balance of many regions. The victims of this imbalance are also o…

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Nov

2023

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Strengthening the CO2 emission performance targets for new heavy-duty vehicles (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, you are no longer even hiding your delusional goal of switching to 100% electric for both heavy goods vehicles and cars, and it does not matter if the news warns us every day about the dangers of this utopian choice. You are locking up the transport sector in a one-way street, in defiance of the freedom of the market that you constantly defend. The choice of the "all-el…

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Nov

2023

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Type-approval of motor vehicles and engines with respect to their emissions and battery durability (Euro 7) (debate)

Mr President, let us be clear: The Euro 7 bill is simply unsustainable. The Commission requires manufacturers to invest heavily to ensure that thermal engines comply with ever-higher standards. Yet, these same manufacturers have already invested billions to switch to all electric in 2025 under your injunction. So what you are asking manufacturers is contradictory and the striking example of total …

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Oct

2023

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European Citizens' Initiative 'Fur Free Europe' (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, all the polls show this: The cruelty of animal fur production has led to the almost unanimous rejection of Europeans. This debate is of paramount importance for the respect of animal rights, but also for the millions of Europeans who signed the Fur-Free Europe initiative. The images, unbearable, expose the daily atrocity represented by this sector: life in captivity,…

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Oct

2023

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The new European strategy for a better internet for kids (BIK+) (debate)

Madam President, in ten years, the number of child pornography content has increased by 6 000 %. Fifteen years of democratised access to the Internet have not eliminated online child crime. On the contrary, it always threatens our children. And even as I speak to you, sexual predators are camouflaged on popular platforms like TikTok, to name but a few. Passing themselves off as teenagers, they man…

5

Oct

2023

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Urban wastewater treatment (debate)

Mr. Speaker, the ability to manage wastewater is one of the hallmarks of a developed society. Conversely, as soon as this capacity deteriorates, our entire urban, health and ecological environment is threatened. Wastewater contains pollutants, toxic chemicals and increases antibiotic resistance. Our processing power must therefore be strengthened each year without cutting back on budgets, in propo…

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Oct

2023

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The proposed extension of glyphosate in the EU (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, you are asking us today to give a blank for a decade on a product whose health consequences for consumers and farmers are still debated, because the studies are all contradictory. If dependence on this product prevents us from applying a firm precautionary principle, we cannot leave such latitude to a substance and its adjuvants that are sometimes more toxic than glypho…

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Sep

2023

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Surface water and groundwater pollutants (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, water conservation is a major issue, essential to all forms of life on our planet. Water must be preserved and the issue of pollution of groundwater, oceans and rivers must be addressed seriously. But as always, this Parliament accumulates punitive standards for our companies without ever taking into account the reality on the ground. While our farmers suffer from cl…

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Jul

2023

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Nature restoration (debate)

Mr President, rapporteur, the European Commission and the left-wing groups have accustomed us to economic and political nonsense when it comes to the Green Deal. But this proposal has reached an unparalleled level of absurdity, disconnection and contempt for our farmers and Member States. Worse yet, this time the Commission directly threatened to retaliate Members who legitimately requested an imp…

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Jun

2023

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Batteries and waste batteries (debate)

Madam President, before turning to the issue of recycling electric batteries, I would point out that the production of these batteries depends entirely on scarce resources, the extraction of which is a real environmental and humanitarian disaster. Yesterday, this Parliament celebrated World Day Against Child Labour. What irony, and above all, what hypocrisy, when this same Parliament votes overwhe…

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May

2023

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Methane emissions reduction in the energy sector (debate)

Mr President, it was time for the European Union to address methane pollution. While our institutions let off steam on motorists, responsible according to them for all the misfortunes of the world, methane pollution has remained under the radar for far too long. We are therefore in favour of certain measures, in particular all those which protect the citizen against industrial leakage. But your bi…

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Feb

2023

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CO2 emission standards for cars and vans (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, this report, which marks the end of the combustion engine in 2035, is the most vivid example of the total disconnection between European elites and our citizens. It also cuts off any initiative for car manufacturers, locking them into an "all-electric" logic, which will benefit neither consumers nor the environment. These new standards, which are particularly burdens…