What Murielle spoke about.

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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, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, there are appalling situations for which words are lacking, and Haiti is one of them. How can we describe the extreme violence that led to the Cabaret massacre? How can we describe the atrocious circumstances in which dozens of innocent people, including children, have died? But it is not because we lack words that we must remain silent and, abo…

9

Jul

2025

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Outcome of the Conference on the Financing for Development in Seville (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, a few days ago the United States Federal Agency for International Assistance ceased to exist. According to a recent study, 14 million people could die of hunger and disease within five years due to lack of support. A startling number. And yet, while the urgency is obvious, some European Member States, including France, are also reducing their commitments. In t…

18

Jun

2025

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Rise in violence and the deepening humanitarian crisis in South Sudan (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, South Sudan is once again in a critical situation. Imagine for a moment more than 165,000 displaced people in just three months. The 2018 peace agreement is faltering again. Violence is escalating and political tensions are escalating in the run-up to the elections. It's always the same people who pay the price, the civilians. People are sufferi…

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Apr

2025

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Delivering on the EU Roma Strategy and the fight against discrimination in the EU (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, 16 September 2021, 7.59 a.m. Doesn't that date mean anything to you? For the mayor I was at the time, it was the date of the eviction from a Roma camp in my city. In three expressions: social distress, lack of humanity, indifference of the French state. That is why I am delighted that the European institutions are putting the situation of the Roma …

12

Mar

2025

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Severe political, humanitarian and human rights crisis in Sudan, in particular the sexual violence and child rape

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the debate that has just taken place this evening shows this: Sexual violence, including the use of rape as a weapon of war, must cease. The collective indifference around these acts is simply unacceptable. Moreover, since the Sudan War in 2023, more than a million people have fled the fighting to Chad, which, I recall, is one of the poorest countr…

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Mar

2025

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Presentation of the proposal on a new common approach on returns (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, a directive that becomes a regulation does not always bode well, especially when it comes to fundamental rights. The Return Regulation is therefore launched, with its share of more than worrying, dubious and fiscally excessive measures, at a time when savings are being demanded in a fragile geopolitical context. We are being told about return hu…

12

Feb

2025

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US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, the World Health Organisation and the suspension of US development and humanitarian aid (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the tone is set. If we still had little hope that Donald Trump would care about the climate crisis we are experiencing, global health or development aid, his recent announcements and decisions leave no doubt about his will to the contrary. Every decision made by the American head of state takes us a step further away from the international colla…

11

Feb

2025

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

Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, ladies and gentlemen, will recalling the millions of deaths and hundreds of thousands of displaced people caused by the M23 have an impact here? I'm not sure. To affirm our unwavering support for the Congolese population nevertheless seems to me to be essential. The M23 must halt its advance and engage in peace negotiations. Each party involved in this conflic…

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Feb

2025

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: the need for the European Union to contribute to resolving the humanitarian crisis of persons missing in wars and conflicts (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in 2024, the International Committee of the Red Cross announced that, for the African continent alone, more than 71,000 people were missing as a result of armed conflicts, violence and migration, 75% more than in 2019. These disappearances are one of the most disastrous and lasting humanitarian consequences of conflicts. Let us remember that behind…

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Jan

2025

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Major interpellations (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, 'physical border protection structures' is the title of this debate. It's actually just politically correct verbiage to talk about walls, barriers, barbed wire. This semantics reminds us of a very dark period in our history. The European Community was built on an ideal of peace, unity and openness. Our goal is not to erect walls, but to bring them …

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Jan

2025

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Links between organised crime and smuggling of migrants in light of the recent UN reports (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, studies show that: migrants are more victims of organised crime than perpetrators. We must stop distilling this kind of populist ideology, which only brings hatred and withdrawal. Maintaining the negative discourse on migration by putting this discussion on the agenda of our debates, as well as wanting to build walls at borders, is not the solut…

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Jan

2025

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Humanitarian crisis in Sudan (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, 150 000 dead, more than 11 million displaced, the use of rape as a weapon of war, the United States’ designation of Darfur as a ‘genocide’, are apparently not enough to make headlines. Yet this is the terrible reality of what has been happening in Sudan for almost two years. This evening's debate is therefore essential, although we can deplore its …

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Dec

2024

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Activities of the European Ombudsman – annual report 2023 (debate)

Madam President, Madam Ombudsman, ladies and gentlemen, this debate on the European Ombudsman’s annual activity report is an opportunity for me to congratulate Ms Emily O’Reilly on the immense work she has done for almost a decade. It also gives me the opportunity to thank her on behalf of European citizens for her tenacity, stubbornness, rigour and absolute willingness to be transparent with the …

9

Oct

2024

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Strengthening the security of Europe’s external borders: need for a comprehensive approach and enhanced Frontex support (debate)

Mr President, Mr Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen, the protection of the external borders is an essential condition for the preservation of free movement within the Schengen area. The exchanges we had on Monday, during the debate on the reintroduction of internal border controls, are proof of this. However, border protection does not mean fortress Europe. This is neither realistic nor desirabl…

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Oct

2024

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The reintroduction of internal border controls in a number of Member States and its impact on the Schengen Area (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, we are all familiar with the principle of the Schengen area, namely the freedom of movement so dear to European citizens. Under the Schengen Borders Code, the reintroduction of internal border controls is the exception, not the rule. Their effectiveness against security threats is not obvious and real. Since 2015, citing a threat to public order, m…