What Charles spoke about.

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Jul

2026

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Joint communication on humanitarian aid (JOIN(2026)0025) (debate)

Mr President, the marker of humanitarian aid is the irreducibility of human dignity. The European Consensus on Humanitarian Aid reminds us of this. But in the meantime, MAGA's destructive rage has passed through. She threatens everything in her path. European humanitarian policy resists – let’s say it resists still. It resists because it is impartial. Impartiality means assisting those in need. We…

8

Jul

2026

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The EU’s role in the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and the accountability of Israel under international law (topical debate)

Mr President, in the reconstruction of Gaza all the problems that we can imagine culminate: the number of casualties in the tens of thousands, the alleviation of the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe. The issue of responsibility for the present situation is not only that of Netanyahu’s government, but also that of Hamas and its Iranian guardianship, without wanting to ignore those who in no way wan…

16

Jun

2026

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European political parties and foundations – 2026 report on the application of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2025/2445 and on the activities funded (A10-0145/2026 - Loránt Vincze, Charles Goerens) (vote)

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May

2026

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Presentation of the Fertilisers Action Plan (debate)

Madam President, it's urgent. The renewal of fertiliser delivery contracts for the rest of the year and the 2027 marketing year has become a real headache. In the longer term, more robust responses will be needed to reduce the EU’s vulnerability in this area, not just in the area of fertilisers on which Europe depends. To put it bluntly, when it comes to the structural dependence of European agric…

19

May

2026

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EU governance under pressure – institutional responses to global challenges (debate)

Mr President, the author of this debate is asking a question that the European Parliament had already answered in 2023. However, the majority of the European Parliament is in favour of a aggiornamento The institutional situation is hampered by the inability of the Member States to find the pace in the face of Russia and the United States, which want to send European integration to the devil, and C…

28

Apr

2026

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Joint debate - Discharge 2024 (joint debate)

Mr President, let us remember that 2024 is the last year of a political era in official development assistance. This is the end of a long period of partnership with our partners in the South, in full respect of the rules of multilateralism, before the return of MAGA, which intends to make a cross on the norms and conventions hitherto rather respected by a large part of the international community.…

28

Apr

2026

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Interim report on the proposal for the multiannual financial framework for 2028-2034 (debate)

Mr President, this time it is serious. We cannot settle into routine, as the current context contrasts with the early 2020s. The West is disintegrating, the dumping Chinese and American protectionism challenge us. The budget allocation for the next seven years will only be able to provide a partial answer, although essential, but far from pretending to be complete. The Member States, which have in…

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Mar

2026

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Global Gateway – past impacts and future orientation (debate)

Madam President, the Global Gateway is a strategy and at the same time a reaction. A reaction to China's expansion – economic and trade expansion – which is needed everywhere and in a spectacular way. This strategy, which is still very recent, indicates the direction taken by the European Union. This orientation, now irreversible, is clearly transactional and, without wishing to call into qu…

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Feb

2026

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Urgent need to address the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan and to achieve a sustainable peace (debate)

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Jan

2026

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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Cyprus Presidency (continuation of debate)

Madam President, I fully agree with the priorities mentioned by the Cypriot Presidency of the Council. However, I would like to recall that the former President of the Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, said: We know what to do, but we don't. So, it is on the "how to" or the "do" at all that we will have to focus. We will have to start implementing the proposals contained in the Letta and Draghi rep…

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Dec

2025

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European Democracy Shield – very large online platform algorithms, foreign interference and the spread of disinformation (debate)

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Nov

2025

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Escalation of the war and the humanitarian catastrophe in Sudan (continuation of debate)

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Oct

2025

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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2026 – all sections (debate)

Madam President, the Committee on Development is proposing budgetary amendments in excess of the amounts set by the Council. At the same time, the Committee on Budgets suggests increasing the appropriations for humanitarian aid, which is sorely under-resourced. Indeed, the multiplication of crises is a real headache for development and humanitarian action. The withdrawal of USAID created a $60 bil…

21

Oct

2025

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Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Europe, like a car, has a brake and an engine. To enable him to follow his path, it is in our interest that these two functions be conducted with foresight and determination. Sandro Gozi told us about the price of non-functioning and excessive use of the brake. Now, the owner of the Europe car is preparing to increase the number of its passengers by a third. Any…

7

Oct

2025

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This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Luc Frieden (debate)

Madam President, Prime Minister, dear Luc, we come from the same country, but that is not the only thing we have in common. Since our independence in 1839, we have known that the answers to our economic, trade and security problems depend largely on the attitudes of our neighbours and partners. The European Union, for its part, is experimenting on a global scale with our experience in the 27 Membe…

9

Jul

2025

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Outcome of the Conference on the Financing for Development in Seville (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, the Seville conference was an opportunity to meet the expectations of people who find themselves in distress. Unfortunately, the United States had already decided to turn its back on the suffering countries by making a cross on $60 billion in official development assistance. Against this backdrop, the Seville conference was an opportunity to respond, if only partially, …

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Jun

2025

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Institutional and political implications of the EU enlargement process and global challenges (debate)

Mr President, there are two comments on this. The first is that both the candidate countries and the Union itself must be ready for enlargement. The European Union must show that it has sufficient absorptive capacity to host new States and the candidate States must be able to fulfil all the conditions laid down in the Copenhagen criteria. Second remark: I am constantly astonished at the recklessne…

17

Jun

2025

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Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville (A10-0101/2025 - Charles Goerens) (vote)

Madam President, under these conditions, I refuse to go to Seville to defend this towel.

17

Jun

2025

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Financing for development – ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville (A10-0101/2025 - Charles Goerens) (vote)

Madam President, there is no need to take stock of all the distress situations faced by people fleeing conflict, eaten away by poverty and precariousness, they number in the millions. All these victims, who live mainly in Africa, have four things in common. First, their suffering is often the result of developments for which they are not themselves responsible. Secondly, already in dire need of li…

8

May

2025

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80 years after the end of World War II - freedom, democracy and security as the heritage of Europe (debate)

If you listened carefully, I did not thank the Red Army for occupying Poland or other countries. I thanked the Red Army for resisting the Nazi forces.

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May

2025

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80 years after the end of World War II - freedom, democracy and security as the heritage of Europe (debate)

Madam Speaker, we are inspired by the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War: First, recognition by saluting the merits of those who have liberated us. By this I mean, of course, resistance in all our Member States, the contribution of the Americans and also the contribution of the Red Army – the Red Army, in time, was different from what Russian soldiers are doing in Ukraine at the m…

7

May

2025

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Return of Ukrainian children forcibly transferred and deported by Russia

Madam President, we know from experience that a child who is separated from his or her parents for a few years, sometimes for only a few months, can lose all emotional connection with them. Thus, it was found that at the end of World War II, Jewish children placed in non-Jewish families while waiting for their parents to return from concentration camps often no longer had emotional ties to their f…

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May

2025

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A revamped long-term budget for the Union in a changing world (debate)

Mr President, millions of people in developing countries have their food rations halved or fear that they will no longer have access to medicines, particularly those for AIDS. The situation has become even more dramatic since the end of USAID's operations. These people are at risk of being condemned to disappear. We can give them a voice as we prepare for the next Multiannual Financial Framework. …

12

Feb

2025

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US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, the World Health Organisation and the suspension of US development and humanitarian aid (debate)

Madam President, let us remember that starving children, abused or raped women, cut off from American aid, owe their abandonment by USAID to a gentleman. Another gentleman glorifies this policy to the rhythm of his algorithms. Of course, the Americans are our brothers, our cousins, but they are not our guardians. So let's focus on our own responsibilities for humanitarian aid. If, on a battlefield…

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Feb

2025

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Collaboration between conservatives and far right as a threat for competitiveness in the EU (topical debate)

Mr President, the most recent problem of possible collaboration between the Conservatives and the far right is currently in Austria. Let us hope that this can still be avoided. In Germany, the subject was invited in the election campaign. The candidate of the Chancellery, Friedrich Merz, most solemnly denies any possibility of collaboration with the German AfD. It seems to me that this is an unequ…