Speech in the plenary session in the debate on the situation in Burma
Mr President, my dear colleagues, the situation is unbearable. The facts are appalling. We know the facts and the figures: more than 1 000 people killed, more than 8 000 people imprisoned and, above all, hundreds of thousands of displaced people and even more Burmese citizens now threatened with extreme poverty, if not worse.
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Speech in the plenary debate on the relations between the USA and the European Union
Mr President, my dear colleagues, not so long ago, under the previous mandate, the two words “European defence” were taboo. Not so long ago, the words “strategic autonomy” were simply unknown in this House. Today we are adopting a report in which it is said that “the European Union must pursue strategic autonomy in the field of defence and economic relations” and that “the Atlantic Alliance must become an alliance among equal partners”.
Mr President, dear colleagues, why are we so proud of this report? Why do we owe Andrius Kubilius our thanks? For two reasons – and a third.
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On 31 August, MEP Bernard Guetta received an award for his journalistic work during the Gdansk...
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Speech in the plenary session as part of the debate on the situation in Ethiopia
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, one only has to open an atlas, to look at a map of Africa, to understand the extent of this drama on the borders of Sudan – the torn Sudan, the bloodied Sudan, the crucified Sudan. The conflict in which Eritrea, Ethiopia and Tigray are now embroiled is an absolutely dramatic extension of the conflicts in the Sahel to the Indian Ocean.
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