What Chloé spoke about.

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Jul

2026

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The EU’s role in the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and the accountability of Israel under international law (topical debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in Gaza the ceasefire exists only on paper. The strikes continue. They kill 125 Palestinians every month. The Israeli army did not withdraw; It controls 60% of the Gaza Strip. So in this Parliament, our group must insist at every plenary session that we can just debate what is happening in Palestine. All discussions are systematically blocked by ri…

8

Jul

2026

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EU’s response and preparedness to protect people against recurring heatwaves and upcoming wildfires (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, this weekend, a fire of rare virulence left my family’s village, Lédenon, in the Gard. He devastated 500 hectares of scrubland in a matter of hours. Families have been confined, residents evacuated. Other fires are currently ravaging France and other countries in Europe. These fires arrive a month early, they are more intense, more uncontrollable because of t…

17

Jun

2026

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Deteriorating situation of political prisoners in Belarus, in particular the case of Aliaksandra Pulinovich

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, 868 political prisoners languish in Belarusian prisons. Among them – as we have all mentioned – is Aliaksandra Poulinovitch, who was arrested at the age of 16 for a simple graffiti that denounced Putin’s war in Ukraine. This young woman, who is now 18 years old, will spend 10 years in prison. It is the emblem of this Belarusian youth turning to Europe, suppor…

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May

2026

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Recommendation on the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in the face of the challenges of the twenty-first century, we have never needed international cooperation so much. Yet the greatest powers openly free themselves from collective rules and marginalise the UN institutions inherited from the 20th century ᵉ and its lessons. Nationalism is war. At his summit with Xi Jinping a few days ago, Trump suggested that the US…

28

Apr

2026

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The Commission’s 2025 Rule of Law report (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in a world where authoritarianism is advancing, can our Parliament still be a compass in the struggle for democracy and the rule of law? When LGBT rights are attacked in Hungary, when journalists are targeted by spyware in Italy, when women's freedom to abort and dispose of their bodies is threatened by a new nationalist president in Poland, or when a few billio…

26

Mar

2026

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Global Gateway – past impacts and future orientation (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for this debate. In conclusion, I would like to reiterate the essential point: in the face of a geopolitical recomposition marked by brutality, we must choose another path for the Global Gateway initiative, that of cooperation based on justice, reciprocity and respect; in short, on European values. I want to respond here to the cr…

26

Mar

2026

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Global Gateway – past impacts and future orientation (debate)

Mr President, Mr Vice-President, Commissioner Síkela, dear Hildegard, ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to co-present this morning the European Parliament's first report on the European Global Gateway initiative. "Global Gateway" is a pharaonic infrastructure investment initiative across the world, launched in 2021 by Europe, to try to compete with the Chinese project, in particular…

25

Mar

2026

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Combating corruption (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, dear Raquel, ladies and gentlemen, three years ago the "Qatargate" scandal hit the reputation of the European Parliament deeply. More than a million in small cuts were found at the home of a vice-president of this institution. Three years later, today we finally adopt the first major European directive to combat corruption throughout Europe. It w…

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Mar

2026

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EUCO and situation in the Middle East (joint debate)

10

Mar

2026

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Recommendation on enhanced EU-Canada cooperation in the current geopolitical context, including the threats to Canada’s economic stability and sovereignty (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, dear Tobias, who will be our allies tomorrow? In a world shaken by the return of brutal force, Europe must regroup with countries that have the courage to challenge imperialism, whether Russian, Chinese or American. Canada is one of those countries. When Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke in Davos in January 2026, he said out loud what many Europeans thin…

12

Nov

2025

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Addressing transnational repression of human rights defenders (short presentation)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, this Parliament is about to vote for the first time on a key issue of security, sovereignty and democracy: I'm talking about transnational repression. Transnational repression is when a state pursues opponents, human rights defenders and journalists across its borders to silence them. It is a mafia practice, of unheard-of violence, outside of any judicial procee…

22

Oct

2025

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The ongoing assault on the democratic institutions and the rule of law in Bulgaria (topical debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, in Bulgaria, the Russian destabilisation machine is running at full speed and threatens to cause this country, after a few years of building its democracy, to sink into illiberalism. There are worrying signals, such as the arrest of the mayor of Varna, an opponent. There are also laws that discriminate against the LGBTQIA+ community. This drift must be stoppe…

21

Oct

2025

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Recent peace agreement in the Middle East and the role of the EU (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we observe with concern that the ceasefire in Gaza is very fragile. This weekend, 54 Palestinians were killed, humanitarian aid was blocked again, and two Israeli soldiers were also killed. In the West Bank, settler violence continues, an 11-year-old child was killed by Israeli army fire. Then we knew very well that we could not count on the Israeli governmen…

7

Oct

2025

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

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in Afghanistan, the ordeal of women under the Taliban regime continues. On August 31, a terrible earthquake ravaged the country and women were intentionally forgotten under the rubble. The injured were isolated, deprived of care in the affected areas. NGOs did not even have access to women's camps. This is where religious obscurantism leads. What w…

7

Oct

2025

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The EU’s role in supporting the recent peace efforts for Gaza and a two-state solution (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, two years ago, the terrorist attacks by Hamas on 7 October plunged us into dismay. Today, I am thinking of the 1,219 dead, the 251 Israeli hostages and their families. I am also thinking of all the Israeli justice and peace activists who are trying to pull their country out of a spiral of revenge. For the past two years, the European Union has been powerless …

9

Sep

2025

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Strengthening Moldova’s resilience against Russian hybrid threats and malign interference (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, it was in Ukraine, Belarus and now it is in Moldova: When citizens declare their commitment to democratic values, to the European project in a referendum like the one that took place in Moldova in 2024, Vladimir Putin unleashes his imperial madness. Vexed, frantic, manipulative and ridiculous, he agitates and interferes where no one had invited him. These are fa…

9

Sep

2025

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Wave of violence and continuous use of force against protesters in Serbia (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, for almost a year, the citizen movement against corruption and for democracy in Serbia has not weakened. This non-violent movement is led by youth: Young workers, students who occupy their faculties, sleep on the floor in their classrooms, organize the largest demonstrations in the history of the country, travel their country, even by bicycle, to the smallest…

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Jul

2025

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Alleged misuse of EU funds by Members of the far-right and measures to ensure institutional integrity (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the real face of the far right is corruption. A few months ago, Marine Le Pen was convicted in the case of the fictitious assistants of the RN. This very morning, in France, the headquarters of the Rassemblement National were raided as part of a new investigation into the financing of its last election campaigns. Just last week, the EPPO opened another investiga…

8

Jul

2025

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Situation in the Middle East (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, sometimes I wonder: ‘Which world are we living in?’ While Benjamin Netanyahu nominates Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, while these two are in Washington right now and they are again discussing the forcible transfer of Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip, the nightmare persists in Gaza: bombing, hunger, thirst, death. Since humanitarian aid has been man…

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Jul

2025

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Arbitrary sentencing of Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal and journalist Christophe Gleizes (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, after Boualem Sansal, this 80-year-old Franco-Algerian writer who is in an alarming state of health, who has been sentenced to five years in prison by Algeria simply because of his pen and his critical ideas, and whose release we have already asked for here, it is with astonishment that we learned last week of the arrest and subsequent detention of Frenchman …

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Jun

2025

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Freedom of assembly in Hungary and the need for the Commission to act (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, in my country, France, we often hear the words: On the far right, we never tried. So, I recommend to my fellow citizens who are of this opinion to look at what is happening in Hungary of Mr Orbán, the best European ally of Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella. First, Hungary is the most corrupt country in Europe. Billions of European funds, our taxes, are diverted …

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Jun

2025

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Situation in the Middle East (joint debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we are finally debating the suspension of the Association Agreement between the European Union and Israel, which is supposed to be conditional on respect for human rights. It's hard for me to understand what still needs to be debated since Israel's violation of all human rights is blatant, but let's go. Madam High Representative, the press tells us that you had …

17

Jun

2025

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The Commission’s 2024 Rule of Law report (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, as we discuss today the European Union's report on the rule of law, I would like to tell you about a phenomenon that threatens the rule of law and democracy: corruption. Corruption looks like an iceberg. Only a very small part is visible and a very small part of the culprits are condemned. This week again, in France, we learned that Rachida Dati, currently mi…

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May

2025

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The EU's response to the Israeli government's plan to seize the Gaza Strip, ensuring effective humanitarian support and the liberation of hostages (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the Israeli government's plans in Gaza are clear: The aim of the Israeli army is not to free the Israeli hostages of Hamas, but to destroy what little remains of the Gaza Strip and occupy it in order to drive out as many Palestinians as possible. Every day, about 100 Palestinians are killed, the majority of them civilians, women and children. If they do not d…

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2025

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Recent legislative changes in Hungary and their impact on fundamental rights (debate)

Madam President, yesterday Viktor Orbán welcomed Benyamin Netanyahu to Hungary under an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity. On Monday, Viktor Orbán supported Marine Le Pen, condemned by the French justice for having diverted public money from this parliament for the benefit of her political party. Two weeks ago, Viktor Orbán passed a law that outright …