What Frédérique spoke about.

24

Nov

2021

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A European Action Plan Against Rare Diseases (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, I am speaking to you tonight with this mother in mind, one of the many mothers I met yesterday morning in the European Parliament. She works in Parliament’s Research Service and her son has a very rare metabolic disease. So in his case, the diagnosis was made and it is a victory. Treatment exists and is very rare. As you pointed out, Commissioner, 95% of rare disease…

24

Nov

2021

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Outcome of the COP26 in Glasgow (debate)

Mr President, Mr Vice-President, behind the tears of Alok Sharma, the President of COP26, this nagging observation: The climate summit in Glasgow was disappointing. I understand that semantics can be discussed indefinitely: failure, disappointment, the half-full glass of our colleague Peter Liese... I see that in Glasgow, we made a commitment to commit, one day. So many promises and what is concre…

20

Oct

2021

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UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, the UK (COP26) (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Minister, 'You cannot eat coal, you cannot drink oil and you cannot breathe gas either'. These are the words of Vanessa Nakate, a young Ugandan woman who spoke a few days ago at the Youth Climate Summit in Milan. And she's right. We need to change our paradigm, unless we accept that this summer’s climate disasters are a foretaste of the hell that could be ours tomorrow.…

19

Oct

2021

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Situation in Tunisia (debate)

Madam President, High Representative. What do we want to say this afternoon to Tunisians? First of all, we are concerned. The concentration of power since July 25 in the hands of President Kaïs Saïed alone is alarming, alarming in substance and form. Taking over all powers is not a necessary step to save democracy. On the contrary, we must preserve the achievements of the 2014 Constitution and res…

6

Oct

2021

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European solutions to the rise of energy prices for businesses and consumers: the role of energy efficiency and renewable energy and the need to tackle energy poverty (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Minister, the figures show the upheaval: the price of gas multiplied by four in Europe in just six months, by two in the last six weeks, unsustainable increases in Europe. These are families that toast. In my country, Belgium, 20% of households are in energy poverty already before the start of winter. I am therefore waiting, Commissioner, for a breakthrough communica…

5

Oct

2021

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EU Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority: ensuring a coordinated EU approach for future health crises and the role of the European Parliament in this (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, fifteen years, therefore, after the creation of BARDA in the United States, Europe is also equipping itself with its anti-virus weapon with the establishment of this next Health Emergency Authority (HERA) and this is excellent news, even if I join all my colleagues in their demand to bring the European Parliament back to the negotiating table: HERA must be a joint pr…

14

Sep

2021

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Presentation of the Fit for 55 package after the publication of the IPCC report (debate)

Mr President, Mr Vice-President, more than an evolution, not yet a revolution, ‘Fit for 55’ is still a package of unprecedented and unprecedented measures to make Europe the first continent to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. I quote, but only in bulk, the reform of the carbon market, the phasing out of free permits for emitting industries, the establishment of a carbon border adjustment mechani…

8

Jul

2021

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The case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, rarely have our emergency resolutions been so well named: in the case of Ahmadreza Djalali, there is a real urgency. The information we receive from the United Nations or Amnesty International is worrying. Dr. Djalali has been in critical condition for five years in prison. He is deprived of everything. He's deprived of care. He is deprived of v…

7

Jul

2021

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European Medicines Agency (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, the European Medicines Agency has been surfing at the edge of the Treaty for more than a year now to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. One year of ad hoc solutions for a clear reason: to save lives. Because of course, all that matters is saving lives. This also explains why we, the negotiators of the political groups, wanted to land this legislative proposal as soon …

7

Jul

2021

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State of play of the implementation of the EU Digital COVID Certificate regulations (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the European certificate has been operational since last Thursday. In itself – and you have said how much – it is already a victory, an almost unexpected success. But you also reminded us: it is now up to the Member States to play the game. And when I say play the game, we hear of course play collective. Many issues have already been addressed, with which I associate my…