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Jun

2026

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Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed (A10-0175/2026 - Jessica Polfjärd) (vote)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, today you have to make a choice. Defend European farmers and seed producers, defend free access to plant diversity or offer control of plants and agriculture to a few agrochemical multinationals, Bayer-Monsanto, Syngenta, Corteva. Two years ago, this parliament voted overwhelmingly against NGT patents for all groups. This parliament had voted to defend farmers, …

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Apr

2026

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European Chemicals Agency and amending regulations (A10-0093/2026 - Christophe Clergeau) (vote)

Madam President, yes, I request referral back to committee in order to start negotiations with the Council and the Commission pursuant to Rule 60(4).

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Apr

2026

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European Chemicals Agency and amending regulations (A10-0093/2026 - Christophe Clergeau) (vote)

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Mar

2026

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Implementation of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and risks to the security of supply of medicines (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, 'from the source to the sea' is not a slogan, it is a reality. We have to manage a single ecosystem. Water quality has a direct impact on our lives, on our health, on our economy and, in particular, on fishermen and on marine crops, which are the first victims of water quality degradation. So we have to tackle pollution at the root, we have to…

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Mar

2026

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Upcoming European Research Area (ERA) Act (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted that we are finally having a debate here on the fact that research is teamwork and that it is not only the Horizon Europe programme that funds research on our continent, but also the Member States and the cities and regions. So, the 3% of GDP mobilization to support research, we reaffirm the goal, but we never do it. Why in Eur…

9

Mar

2026

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Order of business

Madam President, my point of order is based on Rule 39 and concerns support for NGOs in the health sector. Thirteen Member States sent a letter to the Commission protesting against the discontinuation of operating grants to health NGOs, without any consultation with the Council. This is a strong and cross-party political signal, and we hope that the European Parliament will also take…

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Feb

2026

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Extreme weather events in particular in Portugal, southern Italy, Malta and Greece: European response in strengthening readiness, preparedness and solidarity mechanisms (debate)

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Feb

2026

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World Cancer Day (debate)

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Feb

2026

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World Cancer Day (debate)

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Jan

2026

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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Cyprus Presidency (continuation of debate)

Madam President, Mr President, I wanted to welcome, on behalf of the Socialists, your maritime commitment and to look forward to going to Cyprus for the European Maritime Days. I wanted to welcome your commitment to health, youth mental health, occupational health and urge you to speed up the revision of the Chemicals Directive or the Tobacco Directive. But listening to our debates, I wonder: What…

19

Jan

2026

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Framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interest (debate)

Ma'am, good morning. I believe that you are aware that the impact of the environment on human health is very important, and that it is also because our living conditions and our environment are degraded that people have diseases that require medicines. And your group proposes to challenge environmental legislation to facilitate the production of medicines through amendments that are tabled in plen…

19

Jan

2026

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Framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical medicinal products as well as the availability of, and accessibility of, medicinal products of common interest (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, can we count tomorrow on masks produced in Europe to face a new COVID crisis? Nothing is less certain. We have a strategy to build up stocks of critical equipment and medicines, which are indispensable in the event of a crisis, but when it comes to facilitating production in Europe, it is double standards. We have a good legislative package here…

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Dec

2025

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Presentation of the EU Cardiovascular Health Plan (debate)

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Nov

2025

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Ensuring faster registration and uptake of biological control agents (short presentation)

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Oct

2025

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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I should like to make two remarks on the European health budget. This EU4Health programme suffered a 20% decrease during the mid-term review of the Multiannual Financial Framework. One billion has soared, including 620 million in the health component of crisis preparedness. For 2026, the Council proposes a new cut of 95 million, or 15%, which is hu…

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Oct

2025

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Commission Work Programme 2026 (debate)

Mr President, health, health, that is the great absence of this work programme for the year 2026. However, this is one of the main priorities of Europeans. It is a fundamental right, the foundation of their quality of life. But it is also the bedrock of European competitiveness, because without a healthy population there is no competitiveness. So yes, it is urgent to act, to act in the face of the…

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Oct

2025

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Chemicals (joint debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we need to do more to protect health and the environment from the impact of chemicals. Where we live, the way we live, the pollution and hazardous products we are exposed to impact ourselves, impact our human health and explain much of the incredible development of noncommunicable diseases: cancers, degenerative diseases, diseases of pain. So yes, …

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Oct

2025

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Common agricultural policy (joint debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the common agricultural policy is in danger. I thank my colleague André Rodrigues for defending useful simplifications, for fighting to keep social conditionality and for always fighting to avoid non-alignment of the CAP with EU environmental legislation. I also thank him for fighting against the deregulation and ultra-liberal fury of the EPP in th…

11

Sep

2025

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Summer of heatwaves in the EU: addressing the causes and providing adequate housing and health policies to address record-breaking temperatures (debate)

Thank you, hon. member, for accepting my question. I'd like to understand something. Your Spanish colleague from VOX, from the same group as you, said that in Spain there had not been a larger heat wave than a decade ago and that the data were false. And you, you just said that Portugal has experienced unparalleled heat waves, with the dramatic consequences that you have recalled. So, is there a d…

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Sep

2025

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Summer of heatwaves in the EU: addressing the causes and providing adequate housing and health policies to address record-breaking temperatures (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, heat waves are first and foremost social crises. The most vulnerable people are the first to be hit, and this issue needs to be taken much better into account. Obviously, when you live in a thermal kettle, you cannot cool your body and cope with these crises. Therefore, the quality of housing, the quality of life, the quality of social support are …

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Jul

2025

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Presentation of the Stockpiling Strategies - strengthening response capacities for a changing risk and threat landscape (debate)

Mr President, I say congratulations to the Commissioner, congratulations to the teams from HERA and ECHO, the two DGs working with you, congratulations because you are implementing quickly and concretely the preparation strategy that was published three months ago. And things are changing. Three years ago, I was a member of the European Committee of the Regions and when I was defending food stocks…

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Jul

2025

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Presentation of the Chemicals Package (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Executive Vice-President of the Commission, you are here because you are committed, together with the whole College, to respecting the achievements of the Green Deal. You are here members of a Guardian Commission of the Treaties, and in particular of Article 168, which states that ‘a high level of protection of human health shall be ensured in the definition and impl…

17

Jun

2025

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European Ocean Pact (debate)

Mr. member, you are talking about the risk of looting resources. You are talking about areas that fall under the jurisdiction of France, but you are not talking about the international deep seabed. And the main threat today is the decision taken by the United States to exploit the seabed, to launch deep-sea mining at the expense of all international rules. I would like to hear from you on this iss…

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Jun

2025

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European Ocean Pact (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, a few days ago we were together at the United Nations Ocean Conference and we were able to appreciate all the tremendous mobilization, the citizen momentum, supported in particular by the blue NGOs that I would like to welcome. The presentation of the Ocean Pact by President von der Leyen and by you was also a highlight, and I would like to thank you for that, becaus…

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May

2025

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EU action on treating and preventing diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular neurological diseases and measles (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, the revolution I want to see is the prevention revolution. Because care is essential and it must be done better, but it is not an end in itself. The goal is to live well and age well, healthy. This involves prevention, which is the best investment, while non-action, on the contrary, results in millions of deaths and billions of euros of unnecessary spending. So yes, …