What Marina spoke about.

7 Oct

2026

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The cases of Ali Karimli, Anar Mammadli and other political prisoners in Azerbaijan

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Mr President, I feel that our Parliament excels in the art of giving oneself a good conscience. For several months now, we have been multiplying resolutions to denounce the political situation in Azerbaijan - rightly so - but without our actions following our words. Yet, on the ground, the urgency is very real. It first hits civil society, the media, political opponents, all crushed by Aliyev’s au…

5 Oct

2026

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16 Sep

2026

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

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Madam President, more than 1,660 days of daily suffering and permanent uncertainty for Ukrainians facing Russian attacks that do not falter. On the contrary, they are intensifying in recent months, deliberately targeting vital infrastructure to asphyxiate an entire country. Yet, in the midst of chaos, the Ukrainian resistance stands firm and we support it. Reconstruction is already underway and th…

7 Jul

2026

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Urgent measures to strengthen the competitiveness and safeguard quality jobs in the EU’s automotive sector (debate)

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17 Jun

2026

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Electrification Action Plan (debate)

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Madam President, it was time. It was time for our Parliament to take up electrification, because our dependence on fossil fuels is deadly. Let's be clear: Every boiler replaced, every plant decarbonized, is sovereignty regained. It is also a stop to the 60 billion euros of fossil fuel imports that impoverish France every year, like the entire European Union. So electrifying, yes, but with what pol…

18 May

2026

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Mr President, this morning thousands of people went to work. Tonight, many of them will never return. There is the one who falls from a scaffolding, the one that collapses during the harvest, or the high school student broke in the middle of a stage by a forklift. Every year, work kills 3 million people worldwide. And, in Europe, this mortality is on the rise in 12 countries, with France holding t…

18 May

2026

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Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market (debate)

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Mr President, closing steel mills in Europe, while steel is the heart of our entire industry, is not just a crisis, it is the collapse of our own foundations. So yes, trade barriers are needed for the sector. Finally, the European Union is awakening to the solidarity-based protectionism that we have been calling for decades to defend workers, our know-how and our autonomy. But we cannot stop there…

11 Mar

2026

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Building Europe's clean, independent and secure energy following the 2026 North Sea Summit (debate)

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10 Mar

2026

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Tackling barriers to the single market for defence - Flagship European defence projects of common interest

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Madam President, for the past week, the Middle East has been inflamed by the deluge of bombs. The risk of regional deflagration is total and peace is flickering to our doorstep, since Cyprus has been targeted. Faced with this, what is our answer? Blindness. Look at the texts we are looking at today: the flagship projects of European defence, the single market – there are 36 references to NATO, 36 …

22 Jan

2026

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Drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, my speech will speak. But what a disappointment! However, the report pursued a legitimate objective: ensuring the sovereignty and security of Europeans through drones. To do this, it had to define a clear and ambitious roadmap to design and use these technologies in a fully autonomous way, and I repeat, in a fully autonomous way. However, the observation is uneq…

17 Dec

2025

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Arbitrary arrest and sentencing of academics Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov in Azerbaijan

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, imprisoning academics for their ideas is an act of exceptional gravity, in the face of which Europe cannot remain silent. Bahruz Samadov and Igbal Abilov, two researchers and academics committed to peace, have been sentenced by the authoritarian regime in Aliev to long prison terms, following arbitrary procedures that are deeply contrary to the rule of law. T…

16 Dec

2025

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Grids package and tackling raising energy prices through robust infrastructure (debate)

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15 Dec

2025

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Murder of Mehdi Kessaci - urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking (debate)

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Mr President, 'he died for nothing'. These words, spoken by Amine Kessaci, present in this Chamber, when speaking of her little brother, Mehdi, resonate in each of us as a cry of pain and truth. To say that Mehdi died for nothing is to recall the profound injustice of this tragedy that affected an innocent man, a young man described as good, upright, sincere, whose life was taken from his family a…

22 Oct

2025

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Ending all energy imports from Russia to the EU and closing loopholes through third countries (debate)

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Mr President, stopping Russian gas imports is an absolutely necessary decision to stop financing Putin's war machine. It is also true for our climate commitments and sovereignty. But beware, this ban must be accompanied by means to develop renewable alternatives to gas, because, without an alternative, we depend on another predatory power, I am thinking of the United States. As such, it is unbeara…

8 Oct

2025

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Europe’s automotive future – reversing the ban on the sale of combustion cars in the EU (topical debate)

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Mr President, the automotive sector is going through an unprecedented crisis. No one can deny it. But today's response from the far right is both simplistic and dangerous. In recent months, I have visited several factories in France and Italy, to exchange with and support workers in the sector. The first thing they told me about, before electrification, was the manufacturers’ decision not to inves…

9 Jul

2025

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EU-US trade negotiations (debate)

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Mr President, the ultimatum of Donald Trump was due to expire today. We have won a slight reprieve, but the terms of the blackmail have not changed. If we do not give in to his demands on digital, taxation and trade, he will stifle our economy. He threatens us because he knows he can, since there has been a certain servility of our European leaders for decades towards the so-called American ally, …

18 Jun

2025

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Upcoming NATO summit on 24-26 June 2025 (debate)

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Madam President, in a few days' time, NATO will meet to engrave in stone a senseless objective, to devote 5% of GDP to defence, or an additional $1.1 trillion a year, $1.1 trillion to lock itself in a logic of allegiance to the United States to run its war machine, even as Mr Trump disengages from the continent and deeply despises Europeans. 1,100 billion, in a context of fiscal austerity, is a po…

8 May

2025

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80 years after the end of World War II - freedom, democracy and security as the heritage of Europe (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we must never forget the horror of this war. Never forget the faces of all those innocent people who perished in the camps or on the battlefields, nor those who bravely resisted for our freedom. Never forget that this total war was provoked by far-right regimes, because, yes, what makes the cement of our European societies is again threatened. The return in f…

3 Apr

2025

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110th anniversary of the Armenian genocide

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, commemorating the 110th anniversarye anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, it is not only a duty of remembrance, it is a demand for justice. The history of the Armenian people is an ever-living wound, a wound that challenges all of humanity. Victims and their descendants deserve their suffering to be fully recognised and their stories to continue to be heard. Th…

2 Apr

2025

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European Steel and Metals Action Plan (debate)

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Madam President, let us remember: There are 306 000 direct jobs in Europe in steel and an industry that is absolutely essential for our autonomy in key sectors such as the automotive, construction and defence sectors. Entire regions depend on this industry. I am thinking in particular of Dunkirk, where 1 in 5 families depends on the steel industry. However, the future of this sector is under threa…

13 Mar

2025

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Action Plan for Affordable Energy (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, we all know this here: the price of electricity is crucial for our competitiveness. Electricity is three times more expensive in Europe than in our competitors. Unfortunately, your Affordable Energy Action Plan doesn't fix anything. You have an ambition to decouple the price of electricity from that of gas. This is a laudable goal and, moreover, Ursula von der Leyen als…

12 Mar

2025

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Unlawful detention and sham trials of Armenian hostages, including high-ranking political representatives from Nagorno-Karabakh, by Azerbaijan

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Mr President, at least two years ago, on the edges of Europe, a crime against humanity took place before our eyes in a deafening silence: more than 100,000 people forced into exile in Nagorno-Karabakh because they are Armenians; A deliberate attempt by the Aliev regime to erase a culture, history and identity that goes back millennia. In the face of this tragedy, Europe has not been up to the task…

11 Mar

2025

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White paper on the future of European defence (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, thinking about the future of EU defence without thinking about the future of our defence industry is absurd. Thinking about the future of our defence industry without thinking about the future of Europe's heavy industries is a dead end. Take the example of the steel industry: on the latest news, to produce weapons, we need steel, except that Europe’s blast furnaces are …

12 Feb

2025

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Collaboration between conservatives and far right as a threat for competitiveness in the EU (topical debate)

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Mr President, the right and the far right have been carrying together for years the same policy of deregulation that has ruined European competitiveness. Yes, it is the deregulation of the energy sector, the breakdown of public services and free trade that have caused us to lose entire parts of our economy and our ability to produce what we need ourselves. Take the example of the price of energy. …

10 Feb

2025

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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Mr President, I am taking the floor to alert you to the dramatic situation of the workers of the Cameroon Sugar Society. After several weeks of demanding payment of their wages, the workers were violently repressed by the authorities, resulting in several injuries and the death of one of them. To die while exercising their freedom to demonstrate and defend their rights is totally unacceptable. Res…