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2026

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Situation of women and girls in Afghanistan following the Taliban's adoption of the Criminal Procedure Code for Courts

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, what Afghan women are experiencing is an atrocity. The cause of their persecution, like those in Iran, Syria, Sudan or Mali, is the same: Islamic fundamentalism. The Taliban has established an institutionalized system of discrimination and segregation against women and girls. The most basic rights – education, work, health, freedom of movement and expression – a…

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Apr

2026

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Escalating trafficking and exploitation by criminal groups in Haiti

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Apr

2026

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Sudan’s abandoned humanitarian crisis: three years of conflict (debate)

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Feb

2026

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International Day of Education, fighting inequalities in access to education (debate)

Madam President, education is a fundamental right, a public good and a political responsibility. When a country gives up its school, it gives up its youth, its future. In France, the right to education is violated. Thousands of children are out of school or see it deeply compromised. In French Guiana, establishments are overcrowded. In remote areas, access to school depends on the river, the clima…

11

Feb

2026

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International Day of Education, fighting inequalities in access to education (debate)

I listened carefully to your speech. You have quickly outlined the question that I am going to ask you, on the weight of immigration, on education and equal opportunities that our fellow citizens have, and in particular in some cities where there is an excessive migratory weight, compared to others precisely, where there is this weight of immigration which is much less. And so I wanted you to be a…

9

Feb

2026

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Jan

2026

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Joint action addressing the increased use of death penalty (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we are not debating a simple legal arrangement. We are debating an ultimate power, that of withdrawing life. A power that says everything, that reveals its conception of man, justice and freedom. Let us be clear from the outset that criminal law is the sovereignty of States. This is a fundamental principle of international law. To deny it would be to open the…

26

Nov

2025

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The situation of Christian communities and religious minorities in Nigeria and the Middle East, and Europe’s responsibility to protect them and guarantee freedom of conscience (topical debate)

12

Nov

2025

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, let us not import food that we do not want. We cannot, on the one hand, ban our farmers from using certain substances, impose ever higher standards and, on the other hand, open our borders wide to products that flout these same requirements. The CETA agreement with Canada is the perfect example of this hypocrisy. It makes it possible to import lentils treated wi…

9

Oct

2025

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Public health risks in a Europe affected by global warming: tackling the spread of mosquito- and tick-borne diseases (vote)

Madam President, I have heard several speakers here discover a disease, discover the mosquito. However, I am a witness myself: 25 years ago, I had dengue. 10 years ago, I had chikungunya, and I am a European citizen. It took a misfortune for us to finally talk a little bit about this disease, this problem, which has been affecting nearly four million of our ultramarine fellow citizens in the Europ…

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Oct

2025

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Humanitarian and security situation in Haiti, in particular the rising power of criminal gangs and the recent massacre in Cabaret

Madam President, historically, Haiti is in this situation. Currently, gangs are plundering society, life, the economy and killing an entire country. But there are others responsible for the catastrophic situation in this country, and this is not the case today. Following the economic decline of the 1950s to the 1980s, due to corruption and repression by the Duvalier dictators, father and son, some…

7

Oct

2025

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Situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakes (debate)

You know my position very well. I am a patriot, and everything about diplomacy is the responsibility of nation states, not the European Union.

7

Oct

2025

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Situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakes (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, what is happening today in Afghanistan goes beyond the humanitarian tragedy. This is a crime against humanity. Women, mothers, girls – more than half of the victims – are sentenced to die twice: under the rubble, then under the weight of the unfair laws imposed by an Islamist regime that denies even their right to exist. They can neither study, nor work, nor eve…

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Jul

2025

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European Citizens' Initiative 'Cohesion policy for the equality of the regions and sustainability of the regional cultures' (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the European Commission has once again demonstrated its inability to meet the specific needs of the outermost regions. Despite promises of cohesion and equality, the Overseas Territories remain Europe's forgotten. Rigid and uniform European rules ignore our geographical, economic and cultural realities. Where are the concrete adaptations of the Structural Fun…

17

Jun

2025

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Assassination attempt on Senator Miguel Uribe and the threat to the democratic process and peace in Colombia (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, what has happened in Colombia is not just an attack on Miguel Uribe, it is a brutal attack on democracy. A bullet fired against peace, an attempt to assassinate hope. And make no mistake, this violence has no borders. She is already lurking with us, in silence, sometimes with complicity and voluntary blindness. Remember, in 2022, presidential candi…

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Jun

2025

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, a few days ago the United Nations Ocean Conference was held in Nice. Mme von der Leyen presented the European Ocean Pact. Very well. But while we are working here, our children in the West Indies continue to breathe the toxic fumes of the sargassum. For fourteen years, Europe has watched these seaweeds fail on our shores, with no reaction. Yet the science is cle…

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Jun

2025

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Strengthening rural areas in the EU through cohesion policy (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, today we are discussing a crucial report: strengthening rural areas through cohesion policy. These territories, which cover 91% of the territory of the European Union, are home to more than half of our population. In France, 11 million of our citizens live in rural areas, including the outermost regions, all too often forgotten in this European …

7

May

2025

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High levels of retail food prices and their consequences for European consumers (debate)

Dear colleague, I have heard your speech, which concerns me, because for decades, where I come from – the Antilles, a French region, more precisely Guadeloupe – prices have been 40 to 60% higher than in France. We've been starving there for years, we can't buy, we can't feed ourselves decently. I note that this is not the priority of the European Parliament. There are issues on which we can join, …

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May

2025

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The European Water Resilience Strategy (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, behind the announcement effects is a smoke curtain that masks inaction, contradictions and total disconnection from the realities experienced by ultramarines, whose access to water remains a trampled right. While some make great speeches, in Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Mayotte shattered by a cyclone, families open the tap and nothing flows. Not a d…

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May

2025

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Apr

2025

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The importance of trans-European transport infrastructure in times of stalling economic growth and major threats to Europe’s security (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Europe is going through a period of economic stagnation and growing security threats. In this context, trans-European transport infrastructure is not only a lever for competitiveness, but also a strategic imperative for the resilience of our territories. Investment in this infrastructure is necessary, but must be correlated with strong support to e…

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Apr

2025

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Improving the implementation of cohesion policy through the mid-term review to achieve a robust cohesion policy post 2027 (debate)

Madam President, first of all, before I speak, I would like to give my sincere support to Marine Le Pen in the face of the undemocratic attack on our entire country. Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Europe likes to boast of its cohesion, but in reality it is abandoning part of its own territory. Our regions are not just exotic outposts: they are strategic, they are European, an…

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Feb

2025

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Haiti is sinking into absolute chaos. Five thousand dead in a year, bodies mutilated, burned, massacres targeted, a state in ruins, delivered to the gangs, who control 80% of Port-au-Prince. And yet, billions of euros have been invested over decades of cooperation. For what result? Education in tatters, food insecurity, human dignity trampled. Total failure. Thi…

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Dec

2024

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The situation in Mayotte following the devastating cyclone Chido and the need for solidarity (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, last May a committee of inquiry into the management of major risks in the overseas departments mentioned Mayotte 104 times, revealing a flagrant lack of anticipation. This finding takes on a particular resonance as Mayotte, 101st department, faces an unprecedented crisis. Chido has left thousands of families homeless and deprived of water and fo…

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Dec

2024

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The situation in Mayotte following the devastating cyclone Chido and the need for solidarity (debate)

I would like to ask my colleague about the reality of Mayotte, which has not been able to have a development, a real development, because of an important element, which the left, in particular, has never been able to recognize: it was massive immigration that overwhelmed this island and prevented this development. If we have so many victims, so many problems in Mayotte, it is because there was thi…