Statement on Myanmar at the Foreign Affairs Committee
There are two things involved in this inadmissible coup by the Burmese generals: the nobility of some people, and – have no fear of words – the infamy of others. In defence of the elections, of their freedom, of democracy and of their human dignity, some people take to the streets, armed only with their courage and fuelled only by their indignation.
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Speech in the plenary debate on High Representative Josep Borrell’s visit to Russia
With an ounce of intelligence, he could have got the message brought to him by the mere fact that Josep Borrell has come for a visit. With an ounce of finesse, he could have understood that although we condemned, totally condemned, and said it loud and clear that we condemned the judicial harassment inflicted on Alexei Navalny and the arresting of the demonstrators who support him, at the same time we wanted to keep bridges open with Russia, especially when it comes to Iran.
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Plenary speech in the debate on Hong Kong
As we debate political repression in Hong Kong this morning, we are talking about an ascendant power that mocks the “One Country, Two Systems” agreement, holds a million Uighurs in forced labour camps, threatens Taiwan, projects itself into the South China Sea and unashamedly claims that dictatorship is preferable to freedom.
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Speech at the plenary session in the debate on Alexei Navalny
Let’s take a good look, let’s take a closer look because, in this Navalny case, there is not only, at the same time, an unbelievable denial of rights and of all the freedoms.
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Speech at the plenary session on the forced labour and the situation of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang
“Re-education camps”, the Chinese leaders say…
Sure…
But to what exactly does forced labour re-educate more than a million Uyghurs locked up in these concentration camps?
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