What Pierre spoke about.

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Jul

2026

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Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I do not refute the effects of market fragmentation within the EU on the competitiveness of businesses. But the EU must not seize any loophole, any pretext to advance its agenda and challenge the principle of fiscal and social sovereignty of states. It is the EU that undermines the competitiveness of businesses through its energy policies. It is she who desta…

15

Jun

2026

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Time for European economic independence (debate)

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May

2026

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High time to deliver on the Single Market, providing certainty and predictability for EU businesses and quality jobs (continuation of debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, quality jobs are not decreed, but are the result of investment and predictability. This is based on the consistency and wisdom of environmental standards and social and fiscal rules. It also means protecting energy choices from the green dogmas and geopolitical ambitions of the EU's apprentice wizards. Businesses must become free again, while it is up to stat…

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Apr

2026

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Financial literacy and the rise of finfluencers in the context of the savings and investments union (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, financial literacy is not just a technical subject for experts. It is a subject of protection and responsibility. We are exposed to more and more complex financial products. I also observe veiled conflicts of interest and misleading marketing practices on digital platforms. Faced with this, we need to strengthen financial training; It means giving citizens the m…

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Mar

2026

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Deposit protection and early intervention measures (joint debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the Deposit Guarantee Fund must protect our fellow citizens. This is not a safety net for troubled banks. This slip is not healthy. It blurs the purpose of the system and limits the liability of banking institutions. Savers must not, even indirectly, bear the cost of management choices they have neither made nor validated. Deposit protection m…

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Feb

2026

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Time to address economic inequalities in the EU and worldwide (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, ladies and gentlemen, I hope that your failures will encourage you to carry out your examination of conscience. The EU is the world's weakest growing region. You import massively goods that you exempt from the tax, social and environmental rules that you impose on our companies. You invest at a loss in intermittent energies that do not turn out to be profitable. You are giving up …

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Nov

2025

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Protecting citizens' right to make cash payments and ensuring financial inclusion (debate)

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Nov

2025

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Increasing the efficiency of the EU guarantee under the InvestEU Regulation and simplifying reporting requirements (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, it is the EIB which would lend funds for large investment projects, but it is the EU which would assume the risks of up to EUR 29 billion. I say that it is up to the funders, whether the EIB or private investors, to gauge the risks and take responsibility. We do not have our hands on funded projects, on specifications, on lobbies that target unprofitable gree…

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Oct

2025

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The role of simple tax rules and tax fragmentation in European competitiveness (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, tax fragmentation certainly weighs on competitiveness, which requires reducing compliance costs and clarifying the rules. But the correct answer is not forced uniformity or the boundless extension of the Union's fiscal powers. Taxation remains a prerogative of States. We support flexible coordination based on respect for the diversity of regimes. Simplification …

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Sep

2025

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Investments and reforms for European competitiveness and the creation of a Capital Markets Union (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we will vote against this report because it pushes towards the Savings and Investment Union, which would deprive us of all share of financial and fiscal sovereignty. He advocates massive investments without us having a hand in targeting projects and tax incentives. He pleads in favour of European borrowing, so that we would bear the risks of others. It calls …

9

Jul

2025

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EU-US trade negotiations (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, trade between the United States and the European Union is essential, but it must work on the basis of reciprocity. The United States defends its market and its companies. At home, social, fiscal and environmental constraints are low and energy costs are more advantageous. At home, the opposite is true: The highest standards and most harmful costs apply to our bu…

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Jul

2025

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Financial activities of the European Investment Bank – annual report 2024 (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the EIB is one of the few EU institutions that remains untouched by the Commission’s ideology. The defence, AI and nuclear sectors require massive investments. The EIB must not miss its target. What do unprofitable housing and intermittent energy do in EIB projects? It does not have to go outside the EU’s remit and must focus on competitive energies. I want the …

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Jun

2025

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Implementation report on the Recovery and Resilience Facility (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the Recovery and Resilience Facility is worth several hundred billion euros. I would remind you that it was a question of overcoming the health crisis. This facility, which is supposed to remain temporary, has been criticised for its effectiveness, transparency and control. The Court of Auditors and OLAF found shortcomings. I note, however, that some would li…

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May

2025

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Competition policy – annual report 2024 (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, I see that, on competition, you are ignoring the essentials. The basis for competitiveness is simple and predictable rules and standards. These are wise and reasonable taxes. It is an energy that costs little and is constant. It is the defense of our strategic sectors, such as nuclear and defense. However, you are doing the opposite with the Green Deal, which…

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Mar

2025

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Savings and Investments Union (debate)

Colleagues, the Savings and Investment Union is supposed to make it easier for businesses to finance. I would remind you that the promise was the same for the euro. We have transferred a lot of sovereignty, but it is chaos and decay that we have in return. The EU misses everything: This is how it is recognised. The Eurozone is the region with the lowest growth in the world. The European Union can …

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Mar

2025

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100 days of the new Commission – Delivering on defence, competitiveness, simplification and migration as our priorities (topical debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, simplification, competitiveness, defence, immigration: I see many incantatory objectives that the Commission is brandishing, with no other course than the planned obsolescence of Europe. Who will pay the 800 billion euros in defence, of which we do not have the first cent, to overreact to a war whose outcome is, alas, already known to us? How do you intend to si…

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Feb

2025

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European Central Bank – annual report 2024 (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I say to you that the damage is done. The ECB has poured trillions of euros into the markets. This was the famous quantitative easing. Like a dealer, she has for years given the taste of free money, ease, lack of effort, to better iron her customers. Countries like France have become drugged, unable to do without debt rollover. They renounced their financial sov…

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Jan

2025

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Cryptocurrencies - need for global standards (debate)

Madam President, private cryptocurrencies are not linked to states and are developing outside any democratic framework. They are not real currencies, since very large price variations deprive them of any reserve value. They have only the value that pure speculation will bestow on them. These are phantom assets that do not reflect the strength of an economy. It is a pure fantasy that serves for opa…

9

Oct

2024

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Taxing the super-rich to end poverty and reduce inequalities: EU support to the G20 Presidency’s proposal (topical debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that the G20's proposal to make greater use of wealth is a step in the right direction. It is still necessary to specify this measure. The project provides for a levy of 2% on the 3,000 largest fortunes in the world and would bring in about 250 billion euros per year. We need to be clear: we agree to tax these large fortunes more substantially, but it …

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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, ladies and gentlemen, the case of Apple highlights the abuses linked to the tax planning of large companies. However, it is less the Irish tax system that raises questions than the decorrelation between the place where profits are actually made and the place where they are taxed. States must remain sovereign in tax matters, but it is unacceptable that the profits made by Apple in Eur…