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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)

Of course, good jobs here in Europe are essential. This is exactly what I want to highlight in the issue before us about the European preference that we must have within this single market, which is, in my opinion, one of the essential tools of protection to be able to protect our jobs, but also to create new ones to adapt our single market and, of course, to deepen it with a social justice that w…

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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, Madam Vice-President, Mr Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen, 450 million citizens, a single economic area, common rules, protections for our businesses, our workers and our consumers. This is our single market. But today, it can no longer only be an economic space, it must become a real political power. For in the world as it is, a market without strategy becomes a weakness, an …

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Apr

2026

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EU strategy in response to the ongoing Middle East crisis, its implications on energy prices and the availability of fertilizers (joint debate)

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Mar

2026

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Tackling barriers to the single market for defence - Flagship European defence projects of common interest

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, for the past three years the Member States have been announcing historic increases in defence budgets. But one question remains: Do these investments really strengthen Europe? The reality is there. Too much of this investment is still leaving Europe to finance equipment produced elsewhere. However, let us be clear-sighted, if European taxpayers'…

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Feb

2026

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Urgent actions to revive EU competitiveness, deepen the EU Single Market and reduce the cost of living - from the Draghi report to reality (debate)

Madam President, more than a year and a half ago, the Draghi report sounded the alarm. Without massive and coordinated investment, Europe is failing. However, today, let us be lucid, we are still far from the account. No new common fiscal capacity, no overall economic strategy. The only truly structured dynamic concerns European defence. And it's indispensable, of course. But where is the global p…

22

Oct

2025

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First anniversary of the DANA floods in Spain: improving EU preparedness (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, floods in Valencia, fires in Aude, climate change is hitting harder, longer and closer every year. The European Union plans to triple the means of civil protection, and this is essential, but it is absolutely not enough. Because, at the same time, the Commission is proposing to reduce the resources of the CAP, and that is unacceptable. We cannot pretend to pr…

10

Sep

2025

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Taxation of large digital platforms in the light of international developments (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, more than EUR 90 billion: These are Google's profits in 2024. In just sixteen seconds, Google takes what the average European household takes a year to earn. The profits of the digital giants are soaring while the incomes of citizens are stagnating. It is not a simple imbalance, it is a fiscal injustice to be corrected absolutely. So let's go and let's go now. US withdr…

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Sep

2025

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Devastating wildfires in Southern Europe: the need to strengthen EU aid to restore the massive loss of forests and enhancing EU preparedness (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, in less than 24 hours, one death, more than 50 houses destroyed, 16 000 hectares of crops, and in particular vineyards, ravaged, is part of the heavy toll that the Aude department in Occitanie has suffered. But this drama is not isolated. Southern Europe, and in particular the Mediterranean, from Spain to Greece, faces the same devastation, the sam…

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Jul

2025

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

Mr President, Commissioner, Vice-President, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to give you a testimony that illustrates the essential support provided by the European Investment Bank in our territories and for our territories. First, a first example: be aware that the EIB is the leading debt partner of the Occitanie region in France, with an outstanding amount of more than EUR 900 million, represe…

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Mar

2025

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European Semester (joint debate)

Mr President, Madam Vice-President, Minister, ladies and gentlemen, first of all I wanted to thank the rapporteur for his work. The text proposed in this European Semester allows us to affirm our ambitions and values. Europe is at a time of change in a changing world. In this context, a common loan is needed more than ever to build a Europe of defence. To step up support to Ukraine, we need a Euro…

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Nov

2024

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The Autumn 2024 Economic Forecast: a gradual rebound in an adverse environment (debate)