What Raphaël spoke about.

14

Dec

2021

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Situation at the Ukrainian border and in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I had planned a speech, but it is no longer useful because after hearing Mr Mariani and Mr Krah, the French far right and the German far right, it is time to come here and say how tired we are. We're tired of seeing these useful Kremlin idiots come to squeeze out Russia's propaganda elements every time. Putin invades Georgia, it is the fault of …

25

Nov

2021

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Human rights violations by private military and security companies, particularly the Wagner Group

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, let us be clear, the Americans, by privatising the war, have opened Pandora's box. The Russian government has engulfed itself in this flaw in its own way – opaque, secret, outside of any legal framework. The Wagner Group, which has no formal existence in Russia, is waging wars that Moscow does not declare. Ukraine, Syria, Libya, Central African Republic, etc.…

5

Oct

2021

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Disinformation and the role of social platforms (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, on 22 February, you came to exchange views with the members of the Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation (INGE), to discuss the progress of work on the legislative proposal on digital services. Shortly before that, Mrs Jourová had presented the European Democracy Act…

5

Oct

2021

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State of EU cyber defence capabilities (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in 2020, more than 700 cyberattacks targeted strategic sectors in Europe, 75% more than in 2019, and this is just the beginning. We must learn to defend ourselves collectively and impose a cost on those who attack us. Less than two weeks ago, I visited the European Cybersecurity Agency in Athens with a delegation from the Special Committee on Fo…

5

Oct

2021

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The future of EU-US relations (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, you have talked a lot about marriage, but what is the secret of a happy marriage, if not equality between spouses? However, this is not the case. From the unilateral and chaotic withdrawal from Kabul to the removal of the contract of the century at the expense of France, the US administration does not consult us, it does not consider us. Donald Trump was not jus…

15

Sep

2021

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The Pegasus spyware scandal (debate)

Madam President, Minister, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, a foreign power, Morocco, is spying on the French Head of State without anything happening. Israeli company NSO’s Pegasus software is used by dozens of states against European citizens without anything happening. This cannot continue. And the Pegasus scandal, revealed this summer by Forbidden Stories journalists, is still in its infanc…

14

Sep

2021

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A new EU-China strategy (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, it is 14 September 2021 and millions of Uyghurs are still parked in concentration camps in China; Not for what they do, but for what they are. I will no doubt tire you of constantly reverting to this crime against humanity, but these camps have existed for five years. Five years of greedy multinationals benefiting from the slavery of a people. F…

6

Jul

2021

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Foreign interference in democratic processes (debate)

Madam President, Mr High Representative, what is common between the financing of the Brexit campaign, anti-abortion associations, cyberattacks against the European banking authority or against health structures, mass disinformation campaigns on social networks, the purchase of strategic European infrastructure such as the port of Piraeus, Gerhard Schröder working for Gazprom, Yves Leterme working …