What Fabienne spoke about.

28 Feb

2024

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Report on the Commission’s 2023 Rule of Law report (debate)

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Mr President, dear Marc Angel, Commissioner, dear Didier Reynders, the rule of law, the heart of our democracy, is under attack from all sides. Freedom of expression, the independence of the judiciary, freedom of the media and respect for the rules are not achievements, ladies and gentlemen. They are prime targets for all enemies of freedom within the European Union, as especially for foreign powe…

27 Feb

2024

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Multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 - Establishing the Ukraine Facility - Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) (joint debate - multiannual financial framework revision)

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Mr President, dear Marc Angel, Secretary of State, dear Mathieu Michel, Commissioner, dear Johannes Hahn, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to start by welcoming this agreement. It allows us, together with the Ukraine Facility, to confirm our unwavering support for this people who have been engaged in the war for two years, for this people who are so courageous. However, other parts of this revis…

7 Feb

2024

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Automated data exchange for police cooperation (“Prüm II”) (debate)

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Mr President, dear Marc Angel, Commissioner, dear Ylva Johansson, dear Paul Tang and Paulo Rangel, ladies and gentlemen, together we shadow rapporteurs have worked very well. I would like to welcome the fact that the Europe of police cooperation will become an operational reality. As rapporteur on behalf of my group, I welcome this new Prüm II Regulation, which anchors the EU's internal security s…

17 Jan

2024

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Extending the list of EU crimes to hate speech and hate crime (debate)

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Madam President, dear Evelyn Regner, Commissioner, dear Didier Reynders, ladies and gentlemen, in recent years we have seen an exponential rise in hate crime and hate speech. The latter are dangerous for the rule of law and for democracy because they too often serve an extreme political ideology. Their representatives use these hate speeches to stir up anger, exacerbate fears to advance their own …

12 Dec

2023

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European Health Data Space (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner – dear Stella Kyriakides – ladies and gentlemen, this mandate has clearly demonstrated this: the EU is strong, especially in the area of health. This proposal for a European Health Data Space is a real step forward for a Health Europe, as my colleague Catherine Amalric said. Key objectives include ensuring that European citizens have access to and control over their h…

23 Nov

2023

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Digitalisation of cross-border judicial cooperation - Digitalisation of cross-border judicial cooperation (amendment of certain directives and framework decisions) (joint debate – Judicial cooperation)

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Mr President, Commissioner Dubravka Šuica, ladies and gentlemen, I welcome the agreement on the two texts that allow the creation of secure and reliable digital communication channels between judicial authorities in cross-border cases. I would like to express my pleasure at working with Marina Kaljurand and the fact that we were able to achieve a very constructive outcome. Thank you, Marina. The d…

17 Oct

2023

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Schengen area: digitalisation of the visa procedure - Schengen area: amending the Visa Sticker Regulation (Joint debate – Schengen area)

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Mr President, Commissioner – dear Margarítis Schinás, the Schengen area is a valuable asset of European integration. It represents the best that Europe can do: the development of a prosperous society in an area of free movement of persons, goods and services. Today, we want to consolidate this acquis – ladies and gentlemen – in order to adapt it to the digital revolution and anchor it in the futur…

17 Oct

2023

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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2024 - all sections (debate)

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–Mr President, Commissioner Johannes Hahn, Minister Esperanza Samblás, ladies and gentlemen, the annual budget for 2024 is the budget with the lowest margins since the start of this multiannual financial framework. We did not imagine, at the beginning of this term of office, that we should – ladies and gentlemen – face a pandemic, an economic crisis, a war and all the consequences that result from…

4 Oct

2023

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Need for a speedy adoption of the asylum and migration package (debate)

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Mr Vice-President, dear Margaritis Schinas, Mr President, dear Othmar, Minister, dear Pascual Navarro Ríos, if we want the European Pact on Asylum and Migration before the European elections, the difficult decisions, ladies and gentlemen, are now being taken. This is a moment of truth for the Member States. First of all, we are waiting for the Council's position, as you recalled, Commissioner, on …

2 Oct

2023

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Rising precariousness in Europe including the need for aid to the most deprived (debate)

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Mr President, dear Othmar Karas, Commissioner, dear Nicolas Schmit, ladies and gentlemen, as you have said, our most vulnerable citizens throughout Europe are in difficulty. Aid associations for the most deprived – I am thinking in France of food banks and heart restaurants – are constantly alerting to the growing number of their beneficiaries. They also share their difficulties in maintaining the…

12 Sep

2023

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EU-Tunisia Agreement - aspects related to external migration policy (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, strengthening cooperation between the European Union and third countries in the field of migration, yes! Announce such agreements with, at the centre, Mrs Meloni, no! Commissioner, dear Olivér Várhelyi, Minister, dear Pascual Navarro Ríos, the external dimension of the European Pact on Asylum and Migration is far too important a pillar to leave in the hands of t…

12 Jul

2023

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The need for EU action on search and rescue in the Mediterranean (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, dear Ylva Johansson, Minister for European Affairs, dear Pascual Navarro Rios, rescue at sea is above all a humanitarian duty. This is not an adjustment variable for more or less immigration. No, far-right colleagues, we do not decide the fate of women, men and children with nauseating slogans. No, sea walls are not a solution to migration management. Faced with a si…

14 Jun

2023

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 29-30 June 2023, in particular in the light of recent steps towards concluding the Migration Pact (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, dear Maroš Šefčovič, Minister, dear Jessica Roswall, last week the states showed a strong unity by adopting their position on the flagship texts of the European Pact on Migration and Asylum. This is a decisive step, which would not have been possible without the determination of the French, Czech and Swedish Presidencies. Thanks to them. Thus, we defend a Europe that co…

10 May

2023

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Adequacy of the protection afforded by the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (debate)

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Mr President, dear Roberts Zīle, Commissioner, dear Didier Reynders, Minister, dear Jessika Roswall, the General Data Protection Regulation, the famous GDPR, is a demonstration of a Europe that protects. It protects personal data and the privacy of European citizens. This is a fundamental but fragile achievement. I welcome the Commission’s plan for a new EU-US data protection framework. This agree…

10 May

2023

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Externalising asylum applications and making funding to third countries conditional on the implementation of return agreements (topical debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, Minister Jessika Roswall, the proposals of the extreme right in the face of the migration challenge can be summed up in the title of this debate, which Mr Bardella’s group wanted. We should send asylum seekers away from home and use the stick as our only foreign policy tool. With you, we would close the door on Ukrainian families, Afghan women and girls fleeing war a…

18 Apr

2023

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The need for European solidarity in saving lives in the Mediterranean, in particular in Italy (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, dear Johannes Hahn, Minister for European Affairs, dear Jessika Roswall, ladies and gentlemen, early 2023 marks the deadliest quarter for migrants in the Mediterranean Sea since 2017. This is the crisis we are facing: A humanitarian crisis that pushes many people onto dangerous roads, people struggling with networks of barbaric human traffickers. 2023 also marks a signi…

18 Apr

2023

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Guidelines for the 2024 budget - Section III (debate)

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Mr President – dear Rainer Wieland –, Commissioner – dear Mr Hahn – I call on you, Commissioner, to urgently propose a revision of the multiannual financial framework. As you know, the margins of the 2024 budget are estimated at 336 million out of 160 billion, i.e. 0.2%. They are even lower than those in the 2023 budget, which were already very limited. This gives us, ladies and gentlemen, very li…

30 Mar

2023

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2022 Rule of Law Report - The rule of law situation in the European Union - Rule of law in Greece - Rule of law in Spain - Rule of law in Malta (debate)

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Mr President, Vice-President Věra Jourová, the rule of law is a precious legacy. It is also a very fragile achievement. Here is the record of the populist regimes in power in Europe: deprivation of liberty, police of values, oppression of counter-powers. In Italy, Ms Meloni’s government is acting by asking the City of Milan to stop registering children of same-sex couples. What a shame! These chil…

15 Mar

2023

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Deaths at sea: a common EU response to save lives and action to ensure safe and legal pathways (debate)

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Mr President, dear Othmar Karas, Commissioner, dear Ylva Johansson, Minister, dear Jessika Roswall, the shipwreck near Crotone, Italy, shocks us. Precisely because this boat ran aground in the European maritime space. Not in the open sea, ladies and gentlemen, but on our coasts, and while this boat had been reported to the Italian coastguard. Nearly 60 people died in this tragedy. More than 2,300 …

15 Feb

2023

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EUCO conclusions: the need for the speedy finalisation of the Road Map (debate)

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Madam President – dear Evelyn Regner –, Madam Minister for European Affairs – dear Jessika Roswall –, Commissioner Mairead McGuinness, the answer to the migration challenge is the Pact on Migration and Asylum. Colleagues, this is not a return to national reflexes. These are not simplistic solutions, such as building walls. The Pact is our best asset to establish truly common rules between all Memb…

14 Feb

2023

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Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence: EU accession (continuation of debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner Dalli, ladies and gentlemen, today, one in three women in the European Union is subjected to gender-based or sexual violence. So, ladies and gentlemen, what are we waiting for to ratify the Istanbul Convention? The ratification process has been blocked since 2017 as six Member States have not yet done so. However, the latest judgment of the Court of Justice of the Europe…

1 Feb

2023

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Preparation of the Special European Council meeting of February, in particular the need to develop sustainable solutions in the area of asylum and migration (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner – dear Johannes Hahn –, Minister – dear Jessika Roswall – the only solution to the migration challenge is the new European Pact on Migration and Asylum. No, it's not the walls, Mr. Weber. No, ladies and gentlemen of the EPP, these are also not the asylum examination centres located far from European territories. This would not be worthy of the humanist values that are ou…

18 Jan

2023

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Terrorist threats posed by far-right extremist networks defying the democratic constitutional order (debate)

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Mr President, Minister for European Affairs, dear Jessika Roswall, Commissioner, dear Ylva Johansson, for several years the European Union has been regularly the target of dramatic terrorist attacks. In its latest report, Europol points to the significant rise of far-right terrorism in the EU: it is the second most common type of terrorism after jihadists. These attacks go hand in hand with hate s…

17 Jan

2023

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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Swedish Presidency (debate)

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Madam President, Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson, Minister for European Affairs, Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, the six months of the Swedish Presidency will be decisive for a long-awaited major reform of the European asylum and migration policy, which has been stalled for years. Presented in September 2020, the European Pact on Asylum and Migration is finally progressing, notably through the esta…

14 Dec

2022

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The Commission’s reports on the situation of journalists and the implications of the rule of law (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner – dear Johannes Hahn –, Minister representing Czechia, a democracy, democracy, does not work without its checks and balances. Free and independent journalists are key actors. They inform the citizens, they check the facts and they fight the . In short, they are the guarantors of our freedom of expression and opinion. However, in the digital age, when the buzz takes prece…