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2026

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Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers (debate)

Thank you, Mr Valet, for your very kind invitation. I would like to remind you that Bruno Retailleau was not Minister of Justice, but Minister of the Interior. Therefore, he acted on the competences he had within his portfolio, which unfortunately do not concern in particular juvenile justice. But he acted on what, in his portfolio, could be done, that is to say, to have an emergency drug traffick…

8

Jul

2026

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Narco-trafficking in Europe’s waters: protecting our borders and supporting our law enforcement officers (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, cartels enter Europe through our loopholes. The line carried in France by Bruno Retailleau must find its European extension. Drug trafficking is no longer a patchwork of scattered facts, it is a criminal, maritime, financial and territorial power. It challenges our states, it measures our borders, it calls for exceptional means. This power transforms our scruples int…

16

Jun

2026

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The role of the EU in efforts for peace and stability throughout the Middle East after the announced deal between the US and Iran (debate)

Madam President, High Representative, the agreement between the United States and Iran can silence the weapons, but it will not disarm the threats. The President of the Commission said yesterday that Europe is ready to contribute – it is kind … We are coming to lay the last stone of a building where we have not built a single wall. The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz is essential, but does the E…

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May

2026

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Presentation of the Fertilisers Action Plan (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, I welcome your willingness to build a useful fertiliser plan for farmers. Flexibility of the Nitrates Directive, reduction of import restrictions: two examples of measures that go in the right direction. But this plan unfortunately bears the scars of blockages and divisions within the Commission, where some prioritize a climate obsession disconnected from the ground,…

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2026

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How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by animal diseases? (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, I would like to pay tribute to the work of Carlo Fidanza. This report calls for the urgent need to preserve a sector that sustains our territories and lays the foundations for a positive strategic vision for livestock farming. Faced with the permanent lawsuit brought against our breeders by the prophets of the green plate, or the artificial plate, who exchanged the tast…

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Mar

2026

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Rise of political violence, notably by far-left organisations (debate)

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Feb

2026

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Cooperation among enforcement authorities regarding unfair trading practices in the agri-food supply chain (debate)

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Feb

2026

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Situation in Northeast Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a sustainable ceasefire (debate)

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Dec

2025

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Implementation of the rule of law conditionality regime (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, the rule of law is not a moral incantation that is brandished, with variable geometry. We have built a regulation on conditionality based on a simple idea: access to EU funds is inseparable from our values. But one question remains: Does cross-compliance stop where grants start? The European Court of Auditors mentions a real headache to trace the use of several billi…

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Dec

2025

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Recent developments in Palestine and Lebanon (debate)

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Dec

2025

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Condemnation of the terrorist attack against the Hanukkah celebrations in Sydney and solidarity with the victims and their families (debate)

15

Dec

2025

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Breeders' protests following a lumpy-skin-disease outbreak in France: implications of the EU approach on sanitary and on animal health (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, last week the French government, without sending any minister or state representative on the ground, gave the order to attack farmers with Centaure tanks, helicopters, tear gas. These appalling scenes are a symptom of a state that, instead of accompanying, strikes deafly without hearing the anger and dismay of the ranchers, out of breath. Throughout the weekend, farm…

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Dec

2025

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Murder of Mehdi Kessaci - urgent need for ambitious European action against drug trafficking (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, on 13 November 2025 in Marseilles, the brother of an activist committed against narcobanditism was shot dead – a cold-blooded murder against a backdrop of reprisals. This murder is not a miscellaneous fact: this is a symptom of a collective European failure to tackle drug trafficking. France has alerted: Last April, then Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau carried out a …

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Nov

2025

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30th anniversary of the Barcelona Process and the new pact for the Mediterranean (debate)

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Oct

2025

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Strengthening of the position of farmers in the food supply chain (A10-0161/2025 - Céline Imart) (vote)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, thank you all. I propose that this report be referred back to committee, in accordance with Rule 60 of the Rules of Procedure, in order to start interinstitutional negotiations.…

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Oct

2025

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Rising antisemitism in Europe (debate)

Mr President, Commissioners, on this anniversary of the massacres of 7 October and, in this year – should this be recalled? – which marks 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, history should remind us how far the weight of our compromises can go. How many Jewish students ask for waivers not to go to university because they are threatened, taken in by their comrades, in the deafening silence …

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Oct

2025

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Common agricultural policy (joint debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to thank you for your contributions to this debate on the CMO, which I naturally take into account, whether it is on compulsory contractualisation, interbranch derogations or relations with cooperatives. In my reply, I will focus on the Greens/EFA Group's constant interpellations, perhaps giving them two small reminders about the no…

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Oct

2025

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Common agricultural policy (joint debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, this report is the result of long months of work with a single objective: strengthening the place of our farmers in the value chain and guaranteeing their income, one of their main demands during the 2024 protests. Commissioner, you defended this first legislative proposal of the mandate with great courage. We do not agree on everything, but if there is one f…

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Sep

2025

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A new vision for the European Universities alliances (A10-0135/2025 - Laurence Farreng) (vote)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, at a time when anti-Semitism is rampant throughout Europe, our universities must be sanctuaries where everyone must be able to study freely without ever being threatened. This is also the case for MEPs, who should be able to speak without ever being threatened, as was unfortunately the case of François-Xavier Bellamy. That is why, together with many colleague…

10

Sep

2025

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China’s unjustified decision to impose duties on imports of pork products from the EU and the need to support European farmers and workers (debate)

Mr President, everything is good in the pig and especially in the European pig. Unfortunately, this is not the opinion of the Chinese, who take revenge on his feet, his ears, his offal, in retaliation for European measures on electric vehicles. Again, the Chinese are typing where it hurts. With high tariffs, it is all trade with China that is at risk for the sector. However, it is these parts of p…

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Sep

2025

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Implementation of EU-US trade deal and the prospect of wider EU trade agreements (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, on 27 July last, the President of the European Commission, at the bend of a golf course, endorsed a completely unbalanced agreement: free and duty-free access for US imports compared to 15% for our European exports. I measure the complexity of the subject. I know the unpredictable nature of the American partner. I am aware that our companies and our sectors need clarity…

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Sep

2025

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Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine, the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solution (debate)

Madam President, High Representative, 703 days. 703 days since Hamas snatched civilians from their lives in an attack of unprecedented brutality. 703 days of unbearable anguish for families and 703 days that we and my colleagues in the EPP Group are hammering out the same demand: the immediate release of the hostages, which is essential for any negotiation. However, during this time, some countrie…

10

Jul

2025

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Post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, the CAP is the roots and wings of Europe. Sixty years after its debut, it remains more strategic than ever, at a time when the food weapon is being used as a rattle by the powers of this world. Agriculture is a pillar, not an adjustment line of an Excel table, and the budget devoted to it would not survive a decrease of 15 points. A merger into the single fund would …

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Jul

2025

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EU-US trade negotiations (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, America First It is more than a slogan, it is a weapon that threatens, taxes and works. While Trump is arming himself with an axe to make us bend, the Commission is sharpening his butter knife. Too nice, too weak. Too late. When you negotiate in front of a bulldozer, you have to be a wall, not a gruyère. Today, our European products taxed at least …

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Jun

2025

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Situation in the Middle East (joint debate)

Mr President, Madam High Representative, I am delighted that the European Parliament is organising a debate on the situation in the Middle East, because this subject deserves better than the gestures of a few influencers who are struggling with 'likes' playing to scare themselves on a sailboat. On October 7, 2023, the world turned into horror. Hamas terrorists, backed by Iran and some UNRWA operat…