What Yvan spoke about.

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FR Written Statement

Combating violence against women and girls, including the exploitation of motherhood (debate)

Ladies and gentlemen, In Europe, in 2025, women and girls continue to be beaten, raped, exploited, sometimes even silenced by fear or shame. This is our collective failure. Because as long as a woman cannot live free and secure, no democracy is fully achieved. The EU Directive against violence against women is a major step forward. But it will not save any life if it remains a dead letter in the d…

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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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Jun

2026

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Electrification Action Plan (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, for our independence we must electrify, for our prosperity we must electrify, for decarbonisation we must electrify – all sectors now. For this, we do not need yet another plan, we need a concrete plan, with clear ambitions. This plan must include at least four key dimensions. The first is a clear ambition, with sufficiently precise and concrete objectives, f…

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2026

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Financing EU priorities in a sustainable, predictable and resilient way through a new EU own resource from the online gambling and betting services sector (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, what if we break the taboos and finally make the real reforms we need? Europe needs its own resources, that is clear. In this respect, the proposal on online betting is an interesting track, but it is the tip of the iceberg. For decades, we have known that we have a problem of tax competition within the European Union itself. We know that we have a problem capturing …

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May

2026

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

Mr President, when Europe wants, Europe can. Europe can protect our jobs, our industries, our autonomy from the massive influx of steel being sold by Chinese people who do not know what to do with their overcapacity. Rather than allowing our industries to be destroyed, rather than creating new dependencies, Europe has decided to act and cut import quotas by half while doubling customs duties beyon…

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Apr

2026

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Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, almost two years ago Mario Draghi warned us that if Europe did not change course, it would slowly wither away. Two years later, I ask you: Where are the $800 billion a year? I've been hearing you for two hours. the programmes will be reviewed, the Competitiveness Fund will give prospects... It's true, but it's still variations on the same theme. So, I repeat to …

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Mar

2026

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Presentation of the Energy Package (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to welcome the Commission's willingness to support a real European dynamic for small nuclear reactors, to facilitate the financing of renewable energies and the involvement of citizens. These are steps in the right direction. But I have to admit that I stay a little bit hungry. Having clean, abundant, cheap European…

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Nov

2025

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Protection of minors online (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, for too long our young people have been left to their own devices on the internet, exposed to dangerous content, to systems designed to make them addicted and to the massive exploitation of their personal data. Finally, this text sets clear rules, a harmonised age limit of 16 and enhanced protection for those under 13, but also the end of targeted advertising…

25

Nov

2025

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Effective use of the EU trade and industrial policy to tackle China’s export restrictions (debate)

You talk about China's coal mines, but you forget to say that China has installed photovoltaic panels twice the equivalent of all photovoltaic panels installed in Europe and the United States. China has a clear strategy to move forward, and it is because of people like you that we remain stuck in the past.…

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Nov

2025

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Effective use of the EU trade and industrial policy to tackle China’s export restrictions (debate)

Madam President, lulled by the utopia of virtuous globalisation, Europe has not cared about its industry. Meanwhile, China has built its own, patiently, methodically. Today, the awakening is painful. Even as we finally realize that, in a world governed by the balance of power, dependence is not an option, we discover that China dominates us over wind, batteries, electric vehicles and uses rare ear…

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Oct

2025

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Commission Work Programme 2026 (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, there are a number of positive points on the Commission's agenda. But to have a strong, independent, credible Europe, it must be given the means to achieve its ambition. And its means are its own resources. Without it, with each budget, we replay the same piece, that of each for himself. This dependence weakens our common action. Whether it is financing the gree…

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Jun

2025

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European Ocean Pact (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the mother planet is in danger. It's a reality. The oceans are essential to the proper functioning of the planet. They provide half of the oxygen we breathe. They absorb a quarter of the CO2 of the atmosphere. Three billion people around the world depend on it. And yet, they suffocate. Or rather, we make them suffocate. It is therefore urgent, even vital, to …

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May

2025

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The role of gas storage for securing gas supplies ahead of the winter season (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the regulation on gas storage is essential for us to spend the winter and its revision gives Member States more flexibility while maintaining sufficient ambition. This is a step in the right direction, because we will need gas in addition to renewable energy. But we will not heat ourselves with percentages and, in a hectic global context, the priority must be our strate…

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Mar

2025

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Clean Industrial Deal (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the Clean Industry Pact is the only credible way to guarantee our strategic autonomy and competitiveness. Today, even more than yesterday, no sustainable solution will be possible without combining ecology and economy. For too long, our dependence on imported fossil fuels has made us economically and geopolitically vulnerable. It is urgent to re…

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Feb

2025

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Commission Work Programme 2025 (debate)

I have a simple question for you – do you know that we don't have enough fossil fuel in Europe? Do you really think that using and buying fossil fuel from the US and other countries in the world will make us in a context where we can be competitive? Or don't you think that we need our own sources of energy?…

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Feb

2025

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Escalation of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, we cannot stand by and watch what is happening in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Thousands of deaths, almost half a million displaced people, the situation is simply dramatic. So yes, Europe must use its full weight to encourage peace. Yes, everything must be done for the protection of civilian populations and respect for Congolese integrity…

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Jan

2025

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Need to enforce the Digital Services Act to protect democracy on social media platforms including against foreign interference and biased algorithms (debate)

Madam, I broadly agree with you on your findings. But, like you and the whole European Parliament here, we received last week... Last week you received an email, like everyone here in this hemicycle, asking for Elon Musk to be a Nobel Prize candidate, coming from the EPP. My question is, how is it feasible or what is your opinion in regard to this request? Is it normal for the EPP, or for the grou…

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Dec

2024

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Need to update the European strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, in the European Union, almost 100 million people suffer from some form of disability, and their situation remains far too difficult. I will only point to one example, which I myself have been able to experience in recent months: accessibility. Yet essential, this accessibility is far from guaranteed in too many European states, due to the absence of sanctions for com…

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Nov

2024

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Outcome of the UN Biodiversity Conference 2024 in Cali, Colombia (COP16) (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the experts' assessment is clear: the land, seas and living beings they harbour are under threat. It's time to "make peace" with nature to avoid a bill with no refund possible. After the adoption of the global biodiversity framework at COP 15, the goal of COP 16 was to move from promises to action, but despite some progress, governments have not…

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Oct

2024

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Ensuring sustainable, decent and affordable housing in Europe - encouraging investment, private property and public housing programmes (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, access to housing is an essential right and, as you mentioned, so is access to decent housing. In this context, you know that insulating buildings is necessary, both economically and environmentally. Yet it is an unattainable dream for many of our citizens, who live in energy sieves. There is an urgent need to facilitate investment and support those who want to advance …

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Oct

2024

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The crisis facing the EU’s automotive industry, potential plant closures and the need to enhance competitiveness and maintain jobs in Europe (debate)

Mr President, an expression says that a donkey does not stumble twice on the same stone. Tariff barriers, anti-dumping, industrial strategy: the EU has conducted this debate several times, for example in 2013 on photovoltaic panels. However, for fear of reprisals, for lack of vision, for the selfishness of certain countries, we were ultimately unable or unwilling to put in place a real European st…

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Sep

2024

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Possible extradition of Paul Watson: the danger of criminalisation of environmental defenders and whistle-blowers, and the need for their protection in the EU (debate)

Mr. Speaker, Paul Watson has been languishing for weeks in prison. At the origin of his arrest, an international arrest warrant issued by Japan in connection with its campaign against whaling. Can we accept that, on European soil, we put in prison for several weeks a whistleblower who puts his life at risk for biodiversity, for the defense of animals, for the protection of the environment and ther…

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Sep

2024

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The historic CJEU ruling on the Apple state aid case and its consequences (debate)

Mr President, intra-European tax competition is Europe's cancer. While together we could be strong, we continue to compete with each other, each trying to pull the cover to itself to attract a few more companies and ultimately make everyone lose. We need to be clear: This game makes all of Europe lose. This game is not a zero-sum game and this Europe of disunity has an impact on citizens. Ireland …

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Sep

2024

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The devastating floods in Central and Eastern Europe, the loss of lives and the EU’s preparedness to act on such disasters exacerbated by climate change (debate)

With all due respect, I think we need to stop hypocrisy. Yesterday, with the far right, you criticized the environmental measures that make it possible to fight against climate phenomena, you reviled any idea of solidarity in terms of civil protection. You denounce initiatives to invest in anticipation and resilience. So please, yes, I repeat, we must stop the false ass ball. I'm sorry, but the vi…

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Sep

2024

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State of the Energy union (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, investing or dying is Mr Draghi's warning. A shocking sentence, but which, alas, also reflects the sad reality regarding the state of the Energy Union. We are not going to lie, Commissioner, that the energy policy that has been pursued in Europe for 30 years is a fiasco. We don't go fast enough, we don't go far enough. For 30 years, Europe has considered energy as a com…