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December 29, 2024

In memoriam Olivier Todd

He was himself, without labels, himself and no one else. With a French first name and an English last, Olivier Todd had not only been shaped by two cultures whose…

October 15, 2024

Speech at the Naumann Foundation: Europe after the 5th of November

We know what we wish for. We wish for accession and accession: accession to the EU and accession to NATO. Our wish is clear but, unfortunately, we won’t be alone…

March 12, 2024

Don’t be scared to scare Putin

Speech at the debate on the next European Council meeting due on 21-22 March You are the real power, not the only one, but the most decisive, by far. So…

February 28, 2024

Courage has a name. He is called Navalny

Speech in the debate on the murder of Alexei Navalny and the need for EU action in support of political prisoners and oppressed civil society in Russia Courage has a…

February 27, 2024

Everything must lead the Union to take up the challenge of the only possible peace, that of the coexistence of two states

Speech in the debate on the war in the Gaza Strip and the need to reach a ceasefire, including recent developments in the region We have not one but two…

February 7, 2024

Ukraine: the will to win

He planned to enter Kiev in three days, and where is he now? Two years on, Vladimir Putin holds just 17.5% of Ukrainian territory and controls neither the Black Sea…

December 13, 2023

Let us dare to find the means to achieve peace

For us, peace is not just a moral duty. It is also a necessity.

November 22, 2023

Israel/Palestine: the Union has a major role to play

Speech at the plenary session in the debate on the humanitarian situation in Gaza, the need for the release of hostages and for an immediate humanitarian truce leading to a…

October 18, 2023

In the Union’s Parliament there must only be supporters of peace

Speech at the plenary session on the despicable terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel, Israel’s right to defend itself in line with humanitarian and international law and the humanitarian situation…

October 18, 2023

The economic blows it receives hurt Putinism

Let's state the obvious. No economic sanction against any regime has ever brought an economy to its knees. This is as true today for Russia as it was for South…

October 10, 2023

The vanguard of this country has already said no to you, Mr Putin

Plenary speech in the debate on the case of Zarema Musaeva in Chechnya Mr President, the most extraordinary thing is that in Chechnya, in this land of absolute tyranny, of…

September 21, 2023

How to strengthen the Russian civil society?

My speech at the opening of the high-level roundtable “Voices of the Anti-war Movement. Strenghtening the Structures of Russian Civil Society” on Thursday 21.09.2023 in Brussels. The question is: how…

September 15, 2023

Iran: Why so many gallows?

Mr President, why so many gallows? Why had been 250 hangings in Iran by the beginning of the summer? Why is this military theocracy continuing to kill at such a…

June 6, 2023

Bringing together the Russian opposition and the European Parliament

Opening speech Three months ago, it would have been impossible to have that many people in this room speaking… but speaking about what, after all? Speaking about “Post-Putinism”, because this will…

April 21, 2023

Mr Putin, you are accountable for the lives of Alexei Navalny and Vladimir Kara-Murza

Madam President, we admire the courage, we admire the heroism with which these two men, Alexei Navalny and Vladimir Kara-Murza defy Vladimir Putin to make the voice of the other Russia heard. But that is not the only reason why we defend them and demand their freedom.

March 15, 2023

In Israel, as everywhere, we must support the rule of law

Intervention in the plenary session in the debate on the deterioration of democracy in Israel and consequences for the occupied territories Dear Mr President, It is so sad that one could almost be ironic about it. Ironically, one could think that it is done in the end: Israel is finally integrated into the Middle East since what its parliamentary majority…

February 15, 2023

Mr Saïed leads his people to disaster

Tunisia is no stranger to us. It is so closely linked to the history of France, Italy and the whole of Europe that we have the same duties towards it as towards a sister or a brother.

November 23, 2022

A new page turns for Iran

Madam President, there will never be "normalisation" in Iran. A return to the status quo ante is now impossible because the protests have become too widespread and the repression too harsh for the regime to take things back under its control.

October 5, 2022

Dusk is falling on a faltering tsar

Speech at the plenary session in the debate on Russia's escalating war of aggression against Ukraine Ladies and gentlemen, the question today is where we stand. On the Ukrainian side, the counter-offensive has been a tremendous success, since after the advances in the east, the troops of liberation are now moving towards Kherson.

October 5, 2022

Remember, and you will see that your end is approaching

Speech at the plenary session in the debate on the death of Mahsa Amini and the repression of women's rights protesters in Iran Mister President, five hundred, eight hundred, three thousand deaths or more: we know, unfortunately, that you, the Pasdaran and the other basijis will not count them in order to keep your power. The Supreme Guide, your leader,…

July 7, 2022

They call decadence what we call freedom

Speech in plenary during the debate on the arrest of Cardinal Zen in Hong Kong

June 29, 2022

Germany must intensify its efforts to help Ukraine win the war

On 24 February, as the tanks rolled over the Russo-Ukrainian border and missiles rained through the night sky, Putin declared his war of aggression against Ukraine. The days of appeasement are over, the veil was lifted. Putin came to conquer - not only Ukraine, but more broadly, also Europe. Putin has dragged the Western world into a systemic conflict between…

May 19, 2022

Let’s lay the foundations for new EU action against war crimes

Intervention in the plenary session in the debate on the fight against impunity for war crimes in Ukraine Mr President, Mr Commissioner, my dear colleagues, the outburst of barbarity we are witnessing today in Ukraine is unfortunately nothing new in the 21st century. Let us remember what happened in Aleppo. Let us remember what happened in the whole of Syria…