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Jul

2026

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Urgent measures to strengthen the competitiveness and safeguard quality jobs in the EU’s automotive sector (debate)

7

Jul

2026

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Urgent measures to strengthen the competitiveness and safeguard quality jobs in the EU’s automotive sector (debate)

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Jun

2026

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The resilience of the European transport sector and the need to ensure the supply of essential goods amid ongoing geopolitical instability (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, blocked Strait of Hormuz, expensive petrol crisis, daily cyberattacks on our transport. At our gates, hostile powers disrupt our supplies and test our ability to respond every day. I want to say it forcefully: this battle to adapt our transport to these threats can still be won, but only under certain conditions. So it's time to act now. First by m…

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May

2026

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EU cybersecurity and preparedness in view of advanced AI systems (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the announcement of AI Mythos revealed what we refused to see: There are now artificial intelligence models that can break the world's best cyber defenses in a matter of hours. The cyber planet is burning and we are looking elsewhere, while we are already under the permanent threat of the hybrid war that Russia is waging on us. As we rearm Europe with ReArm E…

16

Dec

2025

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EU Defence Readiness (joint debate)

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Nov

2025

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Development of an industry for sustainable aviation and maritime fuel in Europe (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Europe is missing the mark of its energy independence. Europe still imports 90% of its oil, including from Russia with its ghost fleet. It's no longer tolerable. There is an urgent need to regain our sovereignty. Biofuels and e-fuels can cleanly get us out of fossil fuels. Biofuel is 65% CO2 less, e-fuel 90 % CO2 less, and we can produce them in Europe. But, if we do no…

8

Oct

2025

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Europe’s automotive future – reversing the ban on the sale of combustion cars in the EU (topical debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the car industry has turned on its emergency lights and we will not look elsewhere. If we do nothing, Europe will remain carbon-free and factories will be shut down. In Poissy, 2,000 Stellantis employees are partially unemployed. In Sochaux, 2 500 employees are affected and the Eisenach site in Germany is also affected. In five years, automotive pr…

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Sep

2025

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Serious threats to aviation and maritime transport from Global Navigation Satellite System interference: urgent need to build resilience against spoofing and jamming (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, last night 19 drones hit the territory of the European Union in Poland. In late August, Ursula von der Leyen's plane was the target of GPS jamming over Bulgaria, forcing him to land urgently. These attacks are part of Russia's war against Europe. In this war, infantrymen are hackers, tanks are drones and bombs are computerized. In 2024, global i…

10

Sep

2025

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Package travel and linked travel arrangements: make the protection of travellers more effective and simplify and clarify certain aspects (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, in 2019, the Thomas Cook agency went bankrupt and 140 000 Europeans were stranded abroad and had to be repatriated in a disaster. Cancellations, unforeseen events too often rhyme with mandatory voucher or endless refund. Parliament will vote tomorrow on the law governing package travel, these packages that bring together the hotel, the plane ticket and why no…

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Jun

2025

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Latest developments on the revision of the air passenger rights and airline liability regulations (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, Europe has always been built by conquering new rights for consumers, particularly in air transport. However, under pressure from lobbyists and on the eve of the holiday, the Council of the European Union is imposing a clear regression on air passenger rights. We will not let these setbacks happen. First setback, the passenger who suffers a delay…

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Jun

2025

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EU framework conditions for competitive, efficient and sustainable public transport services at all levels (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, Europe has reduced its CO emissions.2 37% between 90 and 2023. However, transport pollution continues to increase. That's 25% more since 90. By 2030, transport will account for 44% of emissions. In question, the ultra-dominant place of the car, still weakly electrified, which represents 86% of the land distances traveled. That is why Europe is focu…

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Apr

2025

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The importance of trans-European transport infrastructure in times of stalling economic growth and major threats to Europe’s security (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, the state of the world dictates that we strengthen our defence. However, our infrastructure is not up to standard. In 2022, it took 45 days for Leclerc tanks to reach their base in Romania from France. At issue: bridges too fragile, rail gauge different, bureaucracy. Forty-five days! It would take less for Russia to invade a country in the European…

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Oct

2024

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Need to strengthen rail travel and the railway sector in Europe (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, rail freight is the main tool for decarbonising freight transport. However, it is experiencing a deep crisis. In France, more than half a century ago, 60% of goods were transported by rail, compared to only 10% today. This result is also the responsibility of the European Commission. Faced with the difficulties encountered by Fret SNCF, France planned to pay off…

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Oct

2024

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The crisis facing the EU’s automotive industry, potential plant closures and the need to enhance competitiveness and maintain jobs in Europe (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, European industry directly employs 3 million people and generates 14 million jobs. It has 180 factories in Europe, but in the short term we risk an industrial shipwreck. In Germany, Volkswagen plans to close two factories, 30,000 jobs are at risk. In Brussels, 3,000 workers at the Audi factory will lose their jobs. In 20 years, the market share of Chinese veh…

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Sep

2024

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Persistent problems of anti-Semitism in Europe and of other forms of hate speech and hate crimes (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the belly of the filthy beast is still fertile. It is up to us not only to keep alive the memory of yesterday's tragedies, but above all to mobilize against the resurgence of these deadly ideologies. Racism, anti-Semitism, that's the enemy. In my country, France, since the pogrom of October 7, anti-Semitic acts have surged by more than 1,000 percent. The last at…