What Valérie spoke about.

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May

2025

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I am a sheep farmer in Saône-et-Loire. Like many field professionals, I know the reality of animal transportation, which requires rigor and responsibility. As a member of the Animal Welfare Intergroup in the European Parliament, of course, I love my animals, I care for them, I feed them. I work with competent transporters, respectful of our animals. What the Eur…

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Apr

2025

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Topical debate (Rule 169) - Social Europe: making life affordable, protecting jobs, wages and health for all

Mr President, some of our compatriots are the forgotten of social Europe. I am thinking in particular of those who make us live, in our countryside, that is to say, especially young people: Younger generations no longer want to take over family farms for lack of prospects. How can we blame them when we see the crushing burdens, the infernal bureaucracy and the incomes that no longer even allow us …

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Mar

2025

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Madam President, in the face of the economic and geopolitical challenges threatening our continent, the European Commission has found a disconcerting answer: a survival kit to last 72 hours in the event of a crisis. Rather than put an end to the Green Deal, which strangles our farmers, Brussels prefers to maintain a climate of fear. Instead of strengthening our economy and sovereignty, it infantil…

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Mar

2025

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A Vision for Agriculture and Food (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, once again the European Commission is presenting a vision for the future of agriculture that does not meet the expectations of European farmers. Farmers want to live off their work, thanks to a decent income; But most of your proposals focus on aid and diversification of activities, without offering them any guarantee. Farmers want less bureaucracy; you prefer to multip…

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Feb

2025

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EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement (debate)

Madam President, this free trade agreement between the European Union and South America is in fact a threat to our agriculture, our environment and our economic sovereignty. This agreement puts our farmers in direct competition with products whose environmental and health standards are much less strict. You are sacrificing our European sectors, already in crisis, to sell your German cars. Mercosur…

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Feb

2025

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The need to address urgent labour shortages and ensure quality jobs in the health care sector (debate)

Mr President, with an ageing population and a society waiting for quality care, the health sector should be a priority. However, in France, it is estimated that there is a shortage of about 22,000 professionals in hospitals, all professions combined. In the liberal sector, offices close in turns and 30% of the population now lives in a medical desert. As for the personal care sector, there are nea…

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Feb

2025

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Mr President, a new scandal is splattering the European institutions. The European Commission has funded so-called environmental NGOs to lobby for the Green Deal. This green deal, symbol of punitive ecology, wants to impose more standards, restrict farmers and businesses and ban thermal engines in 2035. Millions of euros of public money have been used through the LIFE programme and distributed to …

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Dec

2024

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Commission’s plans to include the revision of the outstanding proposals on animal welfare in its work plan for 2025 (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, animal welfare is now one of our concerns, and that is a good thing. We all have in mind these animals raised in disastrous, sick and abused conditions. It is therefore commendable to want to put an end to the abuses. However, let me express some scepticism, because, you see, I am not sure that appointing an animal welfare commissioner or reopening old pendin…

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Dec

2024

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Challenges facing EU farmers and agricultural workers: improving working conditions, including their mental well-being (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, in France, a farmer commits suicide every two days or so. This statistic is a clear representation of their unhappiness. Contrary to what you imply, working conditions are not the main cause of this discomfort. You who have never seen a farm in your life, know that new tools and technologies help, but they have their limits. A new tractor won't guarantee you a decent in…

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Dec

2024

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Mr President, the masks are falling. As the EU-Mercosur agreement continues to move forward, it is clear that some who claim to defend our farmers are actually acting against their interests. Here in the European Parliament, a crucial debate on Mercosur proposed by the National Rally has been blocked by a surprising alliance between macroists, socialists, and even the EPP of François-Xavier Bellam…

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Nov

2024

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Topical debate (Rule 169) - Budapest Declaration on the New European Competitiveness Deal - A future for the farming and manufacturing sectors in the EU (topical debate)

Mr President, the Budapest declaration you are presenting today is a signal for the European Union, which it must listen to sincerely. I quote you: "We need a competitive, sustainable and resilient agricultural sector, with a stable and predictable framework and fair competition on a global scale and in the internal market." We have heard these words before. We must now move on to concrete actions…

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Nov

2024

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Mr President, with the agreement of Mercosur, the European Union is ready to definitively bury our farmers and our food sovereignty. 99,000 tons of beef, 180,000 tons of chicken and 1 million tons of corn produced with banned pesticides and dangerous antibiotics will land on our plates. This is a direct threat to the health of consumers. Meanwhile, French farmers, crushed by ever more stringent st…

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Oct

2024

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Question Time with Commissioners – Situation of animal health in Europe: how to prevent and prepare for future sanitary crises in agriculture (continuation)

Madam President, Commissioner, epidemics have become such an important issue that I am surprised that the other groups in this Parliament have not seen any other demand emerge for a real debate on the subject. You are talking today about preventing these crises, and that is good. Yet, at the same time, veterinarians are disappearing in Europe, especially in rural areas, especially for farm animals…

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Oct

2024

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Mr President, the cognac sector is going through a major crisis because of the trade tensions between the European Union and China. In response to the tariffs you have decided on car imports, China has introduced taxes of up to 35% on cognac. This decision has already cost producers hundreds of millions of euros, and the bill continues to rise. This crisis demonstrates your inability to protect ou…

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Oct

2024

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A stronger Europe for safer products to better protect consumers and tackle unfair competition: boosting EU oversight in e-commerce and imports (debate)

Mr President, when we hear about counterfeits, we do not immediately think about food. However, in 2023 alone, 1 150 000 counterfeit food products were seized in France. Yoghurt, pasta, cheese, but also wine, cognac, oysters and baby pots: Everything goes through it. These products are made to look like the originals, but they do not meet our standards and can cause risks to our health. Worse: the…

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Sep

2024

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Droughts and extreme weather events as a threat to local communities and EU agriculture in times of climate change (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I too would like to express my full support for those colleagues whose countries are currently affected by the terrible weather. These extreme weather events are unfortunately becoming more frequent, and their human and material costs are catastrophic. It is estimated that they represent between 50 and 60 billion euros each year. What is said littl…

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Sep

2024

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, this evening I would like to draw your attention to an epidemic currently affecting livestock in Europe. Bluetongue, BTV or blue tongue disease, does not affect humans but decimates herds. Present on European soil since November 2023, it has been on the rise since this summer in many countries, including France. A vaccine against this disease exists, but by the …

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Sep

2024

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Outcome of the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of EU Agriculture (debate)

Mr President, Mr Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen, this week a group of experts presented a report to Mrs von der Leyen for a greater ecological transition aimed at transforming our agriculture and our eating habits. One of the goals of this worrying program is to reduce our consumption of meat, with these experts claiming that it is bad for health and the environment. This report promotes veg…