What Julien spoke about.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as a new member of this House, I am first struck by the fact that every report by the European Court of Auditors reveals the mismanagement of EU funds, with indecent error rates regularly observed in almost all budget headings and persistent deficiencies in management and control systems, which is a wake-up call to the effectiveness of European spending. I was mayor for ten years, and before being elected here I thought that these institutions, despite their dogmatic and sectarian functioning, were at least serious institutions. I note that this is not the case and that the EU budget is much more poorly managed than the budget of a local authority in France. We are faced here with a budget of EUR 191 billion, which conceals a real double deficit. On the one hand, there is a deficit through debudgetisation. Indeed, Articles 6, 7 and 8 of the EU Financial Regulation require that billions of credits of various financial masses, now classified under the terms ofinstruments, mechanisms or facilities, be reinstated in the budget lines. These funds have been removed from democratic control for years. This budget is therefore insincere. On the other hand, there is a deficit by concealment, in particular to compensate for the increase in NextGenerationEU interest rates from less than 1% to more than 3%. Rather than confronting this reality, the Commission and the Council are playing on the budgetary margins and the flexibility instrument, creating an unsustainable accounting trick. The reason for this budget chaos? A disproportionate political ambition on the one hand and a narrow ideological vision on the other. On the one hand, we see a European Commission thirsty for enlargement to the east, whose countries would not be net contributors to the EU budget, and costly interventions, especially in Ukraine, where peace is no longer an objective of the European Union, which only talks about disbursing money over and over again, but without mentioning any objective of a diplomatic outcome. On the other hand, a Malthusian ideology that has hampered essential investments in our health infrastructure and industry. When a budget is mismanaged, there are two solutions: stop or again. You don't want to cut into the wrong expenses, as this would require you to roll up the sleeves. You always want more revenue, you even imagine new taxes, but the schemes imagined, beyond being complex and inefficient, are ridiculous, illusory or at least temporary. We strongly oppose it and will refuse any European tax that would further increase the tax burden on citizens. It is absurd to want to rely on these mechanisms to finance the future of the EU. We have tabled many amendments and we hope that there will be a majority of courageous and serious people to vote for them, otherwise we will of course vote against this budget.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the recent report by the European Court of Auditors on the Emergency Trust Fund for Stability and Addressing the Root Causes of Irregular Migration and Displaced Persons in Africa, a fund endowed with EUR 5 billion of public money from our fellow citizens, is edifying and overwhelming. If the needs are real and the situation worrying, the examples of waste without any control are unfortunately innumerable and shocking. Yes, the European Commission manages our money with amateurism and lightness. In The Gambia, for example, beneficiaries received twice the same aid for agricultural projects, which are also fictitious projects. In sub-Saharan Africa, blenders have been distributed to schools that do not even have access to electricity. There are dozens of examples in this report, which I invite everyone to read. I have three questions. Does this program exist just to give oneself a good conscience? How can we throw away billions and lose interest at this point in the real and concrete use of these funds? Finally: Are you not ashamed to see taxpayers’ money squandered in this way? How is all this possible, and why aren't people who let it happen fired?

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, we have known for many years what you modestly call religious intolerance towards Eastern Christians, which is an absolute horror and forces humans to live in permanent anguish, exclusion and precariousness. I also welcome the initiative of my colleague Thierry Mariani to set up an intergroup on Eastern Christians here, and I hope that many of us will be part of it. But who would have thought that in Europe, once a model of openness and freedom, religious fanaticism would rise so much too. Unfortunately, today, anti-Semitism and Christianophobia are on the rise in Europe, with many places of worship and believers targeted for what they are. This must not leave us indifferent and you must question the causes of all this and listen to us in this matter, too. It is in particular your policies of massive and uncontrolled immigration that change the face of Europe, that create a clash of cultures and civilizations and that lead to hatred, whether religious, sexist or homophobic, and divisions. By not being proud of our roots and values, by not putting them forward, by not reaffirming them loud and clear, by not educating, by remaining passive and by not making us respect, you are letting our civilization be trampled on, you are letting citizens be put at risk and you are letting fanaticism influence the minds of the younger generations with impunity and controlling entire neighborhoods and even cities. There is an urgent need to act and remove from our soil those who do not respect our laws, customs and cultures.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as we are debating border controls in the Schengen area today, we can only note the recent hypocrisy of the governments of some countries. Indeed, those who did not have strong enough words against the sovereignists are beginning to discover little by little that it is therefore necessary to protect themselves from massive immigration. We want to ask them why. Isn't mass immigration an opportunity for their country, as they have been telling us so far? Have they finally realized it, or are they just pretending to act because, in their countries, the sovereignists are progressing electorally at unprecedented levels? What a waste of time anyway. How many deaths and injuries on our soil due to lax security and immigration policies? If these European leaders are really sincere, then they must also, for example, support the Italian minister Matteo Salvini, who is currently being prosecuted for simply being a man of honour, protecting his people as everyone should do in his country. So far, the only border that you have managed to enforce is here in this Parliament. This is the border with the Patriots for Europe group. Alas, this is the only band you should listen to, because we have had the solutions for decades. Implement our solutions and look at the interest of the people: It's urgent.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, I would first like to express my full solidarity with the families of the victims of the Solingen knife attack and, more generally, with the German people. This umpteenth attack, committed once again by a Syrian who is asked what he was doing on European soil, must ask us about the lax migration and settlement policy supported by the European Commission. Because we are elected, it is up to us to take care of our fellow citizens, to watch over them and especially over the most fragile, those who cannot defend themselves and who some, here, too often forget from their preserved neighborhoods. Obviously, the policies defended so far by the European Union have allowed the occurrence of these tragedies that have become daily occurrences. And behind these cold numbers of dead, wounded, there are human beings, families broken forever. The globalists would have us believe that these migrants whom we welcome against the will of the people will all become engineers or doctors. Do they seriously believe that? Again, here in Solingen, this is obviously wrong. Will the elected representatives of this Parliament finally force the Commission to protect our children and grandchildren from these stabbing Islamist barbarians who hate our civilization, or are they waiting to be personally affected to have a political reaction other than flowers and candles? Our citizens are angry. You owe them security by no longer welcoming anyone without limit and by listening to those who have been preaching in the desert for years and telling the truth.