What Raphaël spoke about.

16 Sep

2026

FR Speech

Urgent need for EU support to Ukraine against Russia’s escalation of its war of aggression (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, how many press releases? How many alerts? How many official statements are calling on Putin to stop his escalation? We are passively witnessing the bombing of Ukrainian cities, infrastructure and trains. What we have done for the Abu Dhabi sky of the Emirates, we must do for the sky of Kiev. We have to do it for the sky of Lviv. We shot down the Shahed missil…

16 Sep

2026

FR Answer

State of the Union (debate)

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The war in Ukraine is not just a war against Ukraine: It is a war against the whole European continent, it is a war against all our nations. And so we must continue to support the Ukrainian resistance. We even have to do much more than we have done so far; What we must now do is assume the protection of the Ukrainian sky against Russian missiles that target civilian targets throughout Ukrainian te…

16 Sep

2026

FR Speech

State of the Union (debate)

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Madam President, "words, words, words", as Hamlet said. Words matter, but meanwhile, in Europe, 500 industrial workers lose their jobs every day. Our society is lacerated by these factories that are closing and our sovereignty is being undermined. That is the cost of 30 years of free trade religion. The cost of the happy humiliation in the face of Trump and the cost of the capitulation chosen in t…

8 Jul

2026

FR Speech

2025 Commission report on Ukraine (A10-0172/2026 - Michael Gahler) (vote)

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Mr President, on the same subject, but not at the time of the same vote, the colleague sitting at number 286, I believe, or 288, made an arm of honour – made an arm of honour! – at the time of the vote. That gesture, towards that part of the assembly. And it is deeply unbearable! You have the right to be Vladimir Putin’s relays in this chamber, but don’t behave like Russian fascists!…

19 May

2026

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Screening of foreign investments in the Union (A10-0061/2025 - Raphaël Glucksmann) (vote)

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Mr President, Mr Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen, do we want Europe to be a playground for Chinese oligarchs and American tycoons? No, no. So let's vote for the reform of foreign investment screening. After this long work in Parliament, then in trilogue, I would like to warmly thank the shadow rapporteurs for their constructive approach and strong support. With this text, we put an end to the…

29 Apr

2026

FR Speech

EU strategy in response to the ongoing Middle East crisis, its implications on energy prices and the availability of fertilizers (joint debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the war in Iran was decided without us and yet we pay the price every day. Why? Because we're addicted to gas and oil. This addiction makes us dependent on energies that we do not control and decisions of foreign leaders over which we have no influence. Trump's war has already cost us 30 billion euros, and this is the second time in five years that we have taken…

11 Feb

2026

FR Speech

State violence in Minneapolis and the rule of law in the United States (topical debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the far right is killing. The far right is killing democracy. It kills the rule of law and it kills American citizens on the streets of Minneapolis. Renee Good and Alex Pretti are names, fates, deaths that tell us, remind us, even cry out to us, what the truth of the far right is once in power. And the American lesson, that of the rapid tipping of an old democra…

20 Jan

2026

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CFSP and CSDP (Article 36 TEU) (joint debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the time has come for European independence. Yes, the time has come to put in place a battle plan for Europe's sovereignty. The time has come to stop the curves and assume the balance of power with Trump, by activating the anti-coercion instrument and targeting the major American platforms. The time has come to make sovereignty the horizon of all our European po…

20 Jan

2026

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Brutal repression against protesters in Iran (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, let us not forget the Iranian people, let us not forget their courage or their suffering. The regime wants to massacre behind closed doors and turn a great nation into a vast cemetery. Let us be here the echo chamber of the voices that the dictatorship wants to stifle and let us finally act. We demand in this Parliament the inclusion of the Revolutionary Guard C…

17 Dec

2025

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 18-19 December 2025, in particular the need to support Ukraine, transatlantic relations and the EU’s strategic autonomy (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, it is midnight minus one for Europe. In the face of the Russian war, in the face of American treason, in the face of the Chinese offensive against our productions, the time has come to assert European sovereignty; the time has come to build our military sovereignty, our energy sovereignty, our industrial sovereignty; the time has come to impose European preferen…

26 Nov

2025

FR Speech

EU response to the continuous airspace violations and sabotage of critical infrastructure in the EU originating from Russia and Belarus (debate)

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25 Nov

2025

FR Speech

European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’) (debate)

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Mr President, as in all serious moments, important debates show where each of us stands. What we have seen in this debate is that you have supporters of the spirit of submission and defeat at the very heart of our institutions. First of all, on the far right of this House, you have dirty patriots who reject the text that introduces European defence preference for the first time. How can we be sove…

25 Nov

2025

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European Defence Industry Programme and a framework of measures to ensure the timely availability and supply of defence products (‘EDIP’) (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in this moment of historic change, when everything seems to be shaking around us, let us ask ourselves a simple question: Can we trust Donald Trump and J.D. Vance to defend our nations from Putin? No, no. The answer is obvious and it involves dizzying changes in Europe. Delegating its security to a foreign capital is in itself madness. Delegatin…

12 Nov

2025

FR Speech

Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the islamist attacks of 13 November 2015 in Paris (debate)

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Madam President, ten years ago, Islamist terrorism hit France, and Paris fell into horror. On this tragic night of November 13, 2015, 130 women and men who came to listen to a concert, attend a football game or have a drink on the terrace were murdered by blood-drunk fanatics. Time suddenly froze that night, and everyone in France knows exactly where they were and what they were doing. I want to p…

22 Oct

2025

FR Speech

The need for a united support to Ukraine and for a just and durable peace concluded on Ukraine's terms, with Europeans and without surrendering to Vladimir Putin's conditions ahead of the foreseen Budapest summit (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, what Mr Trump, Mr Orbán and the relays of their governments in these benches call peace is only capitulation. When you yield to the tyrant who starts wars, you do not bring peace, you only stir up his appetite and you only hasten the next aggression. But there's nothing to expect from you. On the other hand, there is much more to be expected from European leader…

22 Oct

2025

FR Speech

Preparation of the European Council meeting of 23 October 2025 (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, are we ready? As Russian planes and drones daily violate our airspace, are we ready to defend Europe against the present and future attacks of Putin's tyranny? And are we ready to do it alone? Yes, alone, that is, without depending on the wishes of an American president who only needs a phone call from the Russian tyrant to forget Ukrainian sovereignty and Eu…

10 Sep

2025

FR Speech

Implementation of EU-US trade deal and the prospect of wider EU trade agreements (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, let us be direct: you have accepted this deeply unfair agreement against an illusory promise of stability and security which will unfortunately be breached very quickly. The President of the Commission went to Scotland as we go to Canossa and Trump took great pleasure in humiliating her, and us through her, between two rounds of golf. So, let's never forget: We are the …

10 Sep

2025

FR Speech

State of the Union (debate)

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Madam President, Madam President von der Leyen, you came to tell us this morning that Europe is in an existential struggle, and you are right. It must be said that Europe is under threat and must fight. But is it fighting to submit commercially to Donald Trump in Scotland? Is it a fight to still not seize the 210 billion Russian public assets in our banks? Is it fighting to let X or Tik Tok destab…

9 Jul

2025

FR Speech

Lessons from Budapest Pride: the urgent need for an EU wide anti-discrimination law and defending fundamental rights against right-wing attacks (topical debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, wherever they attack rights and freedoms, we will have to be there, and we will be there. So when Viktor Orbán decided to ban the Budapest Pride, we decided to go. On 28 June, we saw more than 200 000 Hungarians defy its ban, march with determination and joy, and once again make the heart of Europe beat in Hungary. The Orbán regime bans prides, …

8 May

2025

FR Speech

Screening of foreign investments in the Union (A10-0061/2025 - Raphaël Glucksmann) (vote)

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Mr President, in accordance with Rule 60(4) of the Rules of Procedure, I would like to request referral back to committee for the opening of interinstitutional negotiations.

7 May

2025

FR Speech

EU support for a just, sustainable and comprehensive peace in Ukraine (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Vladimir Putin simply does not want peace. Why? Because war is the foundation of his regime. Russia has been in a state of war since 1999 and its coming to power: Chechnya, Georgia, Syria, Ukraine. Each country is only one stage in this long Putinian war and it is a war that targets us. So the white flag you mentioned today is not the flag of pe…

6 May

2025

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A unified EU response to unjustified US trade measures and global trade opportunities for the EU (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States is a bully who sees the world as a playground and, faced with a bully, looking down is useless. Hoping to pass between the drops is also useless. We must show that Europe is strong. So rather than a classic approach, "you tax my wine, I tax your whiskey," an approach that would be too expensive for our businesses …

1 Apr

2025

FR Speech

Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 20 March 2025 (debate)

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Madam President, Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I sometimes wonder whether we are all really aware of the gravity of the moment we are going through today. The German, Danish, Estonian and Polish services all say the same thing: Putin’s Russia could invade a country in the European Union before 2030, and every word, every decision, every step of Donald Trump confirms something new: We are alo…

12 Mar

2025

FR Speech

Frozen Russian assets (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it is commendable and necessary to repeat that we will support the Ukrainian resistance for as long as it takes, but it is even better to prove it. The Europeans must send a powerful signal to Moscow and Washington that we can make up for the fragile American support. Europeans know this: this support is not simply an act of solidarity with Ukraine…

11 Mar

2025

EN Speech

Resumption of the sitting

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Madam President, it is actually a point of order. It's a point that will show that we have solidarity among ourselves as Members of this Parliament. Yesterday evening, on Russian TV, Vladimir Solovyov, the main propagandist of Putin's regime, attacked, insulted, threatened one of us: Pina Picierno, Vice-President of this House, has been assaulted with terrific violence on Russian TV. And then you …