What Isabelle spoke about.

8 Oct

2026

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EU strategies for islands, coastal communities and outermost regions (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, you promised us a strategy for the nine outermost regions and you kept your word. On the basis of Article 349 of the Treaty on European Union, the Commission recognises their specificity, fragility and potential. As advanced posts of the Union, their maritime, space and defence assets are of increased importance in the current geopolitical context. The development of…

6 Oct

2026

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Affordable Housing Act (debate)

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Mr President, the European Union's housing law seeks to regulate, as a matter of priority, short-term tourist rentals, which in fact represent only 1.2% of housing in Europe. Needless to say, it will not solve the housing crisis in many Member States, which affects the purchasing power of households. Among those with the highest effort rate, there are young people: students, apprentices, young wor…

15 Sep

2026

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Devastating heatwaves, wildfires and droughts in Europe: lessons from summer 2026 (debate)

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9 Jul

2026

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Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, following the presentation of the evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy to our committee on 3 June, the EPP wished this debate with you in plenary. The evaluation now calls for an evolution, guided by an objective: that the expectations of European fishermen and of the entire sector are concretely and finally taken into account. Starting with the renewal and moderni…

18 May

2026

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The impact of the implementation of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive 2014/89/EU on fisheries in selected fishing areas and sea basins (debate)

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Mr President, the sea is a particularly coveted area. Many activities co-exist there: fisheries and aquaculture, trade in goods, ferries, national navies. Activities that must coexist with marine protected areas, submarine cables, wind farms offshore or extraction areas. Let us take a single example, witnessing this multiplicity of use, a regular source of conflict: the English Channel, the Channe…

27 Apr

2026

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The role of ocean diplomacy for the competitiveness of EU fisheries and aquaculture (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, the sea is our common good, an area rich in natural resources, but also a carbon sink. Today, at sea and on the oceans, there are those who respect international law and those who challenge or even violate it. Almost 45 years after the signing of the 1982 Montego Bay Convention, I believe that Europe is legitimate to take the leadership a diplomacy of the oceans. Thi…

10 Mar

2026

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Housing crisis in the European Union with the aim of proposing solutions for decent, sustainable and affordable housing (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, yesterday I was at MIPIM, the international real estate fair that takes place every year in Cannes. I outlined the report by Mr Giménez Larraz and the plan announced by the Commission to help solve the housing crisis – the housing crises, I should say. Among the proposals, we particularly discussed the need for public-private cooperation. But I was also asked about E…

16 Dec

2025

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Presentation of the European Affordable Housing Plan (continuation of debate)

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26 Nov

2025

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Fishing opportunities 2026: ensuring the sustainability of fish populations, marine ecosystems and coastal communities

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26 Nov

2025

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Implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (debate)

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17 Jun

2025

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European Ocean Pact (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, the 3rde The UN Ocean Conference was an opportunity for the Commission to present its pact: an Ocean Pact that has been developed on the basis of input from all stakeholders. Your ability to synthesize sometimes contradictory, often complementary, expectations was widely praised. Many of the EPP proposals were retained in the final version. I am thinking of your desi…

5 May

2025

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Ninth report on economic and social cohesion (debate)

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2 Apr

2025

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European oceans pact (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner Kadis, there is one subject that is being discussed in the debate on the Ocean Pact: Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Between some radical NGOs, who would like to ban all human activity, and angry fishermen, who claim to be able to fish, including with trawls, the towel burns. You did us the honor of coming to Brittany, this region dear to my heart, for your first trip to …

12 Mar

2025

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Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rights (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, this resolution reminds me of the creative destruction described by Joseph Schumpeter. When innovations make the activities of the moment obsolete, newly created jobs come to replace existing jobs, but sometimes with a lag in time, and therefore a surge in unemployment. This is precisely what happens when a company is forced to dismiss. To anticipate this and protect…

10 Mar

2025

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Supporting the EU’s most vulnerable regions against devastating effects of climate change, such as the recent cyclone hitting La Réunion (debate)

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Mr President, on 28 February 2025, a cyclone of unprecedented intensity struck the island of Réunion. It will have caused five victims and very heavy damage. The French State has announced €200 million and advances for farmers. On 5 March, the region voted in the standing committee on EUR 100 million for the reconstruction of the island. Its President, Huguette Bello, also appealed to the European…

22 Jan

2025

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Addressing EU demographic challenges: towards the implementation of the 2023 Demography Toolbox (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, the fertility rate in Europe has reached 1.46 children per woman. In France, it is now 1.59. Generational renewal amounts to 2.1 children per woman. It is therefore necessary to ask why, in essence, this lack of confidence in the future and how to act at European level to support family policies, which remain the competence of the Member States. In 2020, the European Pa…

19 Dec

2024

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Need to update the European strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, next February, in France, it will be 20 years since the law on equal rights and opportunities, participation and citizenship for people with disabilities was passed. This will be an opportunity to measure the progress made, but also the improvements to be continued. Today we are discussing the need to update the European Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabi…

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)

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Mr President, Commissioner, 70% of European legislation has a direct impact on our municipalities. As the mayor of a town in Brittany, I have noted this. The role of cities and territories is therefore absolutely central to the implementation of EU policies. In order to be effective and legible, measures that concern the daily lives of citizens must therefore be developed with local institutions, …

22 Oct

2024

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Guidelines for the employment policies of the Member States (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, despite its more than 13 million unemployed, Europe is not facing a shortage of jobs, but a shortage of labour. The average unemployment rate is 5.9%. Eleven countries do worse, including France, with 7.5%. These guidelines call on Member States to grant appropriate unemployment benefits to unemployed persons for a reasonable period of time, in accordance with the contr…

9 Oct

2024

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Ensuring sustainable, decent and affordable housing in Europe - encouraging investment, private property and public housing programmes (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, the share of vacant dwellings in the European building stock varies between 5% and more than 25% depending on the country. In France, there are nearly 3 million homes. The fight against vacant housing could therefore be, ladies and gentlemen, a shared priority of our mandate. This means, among other things, supporting the thermal renovation of housing, which consists of…