What Julie spoke about.

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FR Written Statement

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

The debate on the catastrophic situation of women in Afghanistan, following the sharp deterioration of the most basic rights, is representative of the mismanagement of resources for humanitarian aid by the European Commission. On 27 August 2021, I asked the same Commission about the management of EU funds after the Taliban took power, as the EU institutions had just urgently repatriated their staf…

23 Mar

2022

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Need for an urgent EU action plan to ensure food security inside and outside the EU in light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, the consequences of economic sanctions and trade restrictions in response to the war in Ukraine are already being felt in the agricultural world, with soaring prices of raw materials, such as wheat, soybeans, rapeseed and maize, but also of fertilisers and oil, which have an impact on the food security and sovereignty of nations. In order to cope with this crisis, it…

9 Mar

2022

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Batteries and waste batteries (debate)

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Madam President, electric vehicle batteries are now produced in Asia. In 2020, the top six global players in the sector captured 86% of the market and are all from China, South Korea and Japan. An industrial choice from which we must highlight our dependence, which is supposedly ecological, which is imposed on us, but which is far from unanimous among experts, because electric batteries are pollut…

8 Mar

2022

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The situation in Bosnia Herzegovina (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, the crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina today is due to the violation of the Dayton Peace Agreements, signed in Paris on 14 December 1995. The Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina has always respected the legal structure, rights and obligations set out in the Dayton Agreements. It is imperative that the autonomy of the two entities of the country and the constitutionally gua…

16 Feb

2022

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Harmonised EU approach to travel measures (debate)

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Mr President, the Europe of Brussels is again trying to make people believe that it would take essential measures to facilitate free movement and save national economies. Yet it is still struggling with its repeated failures in managing the COVID-19 crisis. The European Union is thus attacking the sovereignty of the Member States, the last bulwark of its federalist drift, without bringing any adde…

25 Nov

2021

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The International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women and the State of play on the ratification of the Istanbul Convention (continuation of debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, the agenda is a milestone and state of play on the elimination of violence against women. The conclusion is that nothing is done, nothing is advanced. In France, 220,000 women per year suffer domestic violence; more than 100,000 women are raped or assaulted every year; 120 000 are excised each year; The number of rapes has increased by 32% in the last two years. Further…

10 Nov

2021

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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Mr President, on 28 October, the Council of Europe launched a campaign co-financed by the European Union to promote the Islamic veil in Europe, with the slogan: Beauty is in diversity as freedom is in the hijab. "Freedom is in the hijab": you give legitimacy to an instrument of oppression of women, the symbol of their submission in Islamic countries. The members of the Council of Europe include Tu…

21 Oct

2021

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The outcome of the Western Balkans summit (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, as usual at the European summits on the Western Balkans, the meeting held in Slovenia on 6 October last saw no significant progress. The European Union is, as usual, recklessly enlarging itself to include countries which are far from having incorporated the b.a.-ba of the acquis communautaire and for which the promotion of our European way of life remains a chimera. Ind…

5 Oct

2021

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Assessing the Union’s measures for the EU tourism sector as the end of the Summer season nears (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, the oral question tabled by the Committee on Transport and Tourism evades the only point of interest to professionals in a sector most affected by the COVID-19 crisis, particularly in my country, France, the world’s leading tourist destination. The crucial question should have been: How much is the Commission willing to pay to support the sector and compensate it for…

6 Jul

2021

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Connecting Europe Facility - Streamlining measures for the realisation of the TEN-T - Railway safety and signalling: Assessing the state of play of the ERTMS deployment (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, the EU promised mountains and wonders to improve our lives. But bad took it from him. Because behind the slogans hides a disastrous balance sheet. And it is the European Court of Auditors that says so: 57 billion budget foreseen for the corridors of the interconnected European Transport Network, with 17 billion additional costs, an unforeseen increase of 47% of the tota…