What Jean-Marc spoke about.

14

Nov

2024

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Enhancing Europe’s civilian and defence preparedness and readiness (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, who can claim that Trump's United States will still be there to ensure the war effort in Ukraine? Who can claim that Putin will never attack any of the 27 member states? Who can claim that extreme weather events, such as the Valencia tragedy or pandemics and cyberattacks will not multiply? Yes, we Europeans are exposed to unprecedented risks that threaten our…

24

Oct

2024

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Protecting our oceans: persistent threats to marine protected areas in the EU and benefits for coastal communities (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, how can we talk about protecting the oceans without mentioning the need to protect whistle-blowers? Paul Watson has been languishing in prison for nearly a hundred days for trying to enforce the moratorium on whaling. We must fight for his freedom. I welcome this initiative by the City of Paris, which has made him an honorary citizen of the capital of my coun…

23

Oct

2024

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The important role of cities and regions in the EU – for a green, social and prosperous local development (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, cohesion policy – which Jacques Delors wanted more than anything else because of the solidarity that unites us – is the beautiful idea that no region, city or village should remain on the side of the road. Recent media leaks, which all suggest are well-founded, signal the EU executive’s intention to bring down this beautiful building. I say this to you with dete…

22

Oct

2024

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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2025 – all sections (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, this budget is the first in the new legislature. It was therefore necessary to reflect the commitments we made to the electorate and to our fellow citizens. My group, the S&D Group, for which I have the honour of being the coordinator in the Committee on Budgets, is of the opinion that this budget is going in the right direction. It goes in the right direction w…

22

Oct

2024

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Establishing the Ukraine Loan Cooperation Mechanism and providing exceptional macro-financial assistance to Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, today, together with our Ukrainian brothers, Europe is showing its best. She's at the rendezvous. She has been at the rendezvous since the beginning to defend the most essential right: the right of peoples to choose their destiny. And its destiny, Ukraine has chosen it: This is Europe. And Europe has said yes by opening the prospect of accession without delay. E…

9

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, ladies and gentlemen, our Europe is the richest continent in the world and yet we are not able to guarantee everyone the most essential right, the right to housing. Every night, 900,000 people sleep on the street. Every day, 46% of Europeans are afraid, listen carefully, that they will not be able to stay in their homes within three months because they cannot pay their bills. One in …

19

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 President, ladies and gentlemen, Paul Watson has been imprisoned for almost 60 days. 60 days that he is threatened with extradition to Japan. 60 days that he risks up to fifteen years in prison, that is to say a sentence to end his life in prison. All this for what? Simply because no authority wanted to enforce international law. Whaling has been illegal since 1986, since the international mora…

17

Sep

2024

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Continued financial and military support to Ukraine by EU Member States (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we must be aware of what is at stake on the front line. Ukrainians are not just defending their freedom, but ours. As we have learned from the past, Putin always goes as far as we let him go. So we need to be clear: In Ukraine, Putin will not pass. We all want peace, of course, but as long as Vladimir Putin thinks he can win the war, then he will not sign peace.…