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Mr Christophe LACROIX

Speeches since 2019

29/01/2026 | 11:15:27 Thank you very much, Madam President, What is at stake in Greenland today goes far beyond a simple territorial issue. It is a clear attempt to upset the international balance, to test the solidity of the law and the determination of European democracies. Because the situation in Greenland reveals a clear risk. The risk that the Arctic will become an area where the balance of power replaces international norms and where strategic interests and even private financial interests take precedence... 28/01/2026 | 17:07:38 Thank you, Mister Chairman, Ladies and gentlemen, I wonder how some people here can still claim that the Palestinians deserved the disastrous fate that Israel's extreme right-wing government has meted out to them. How is it possible to deny the reality of 70 thousand deaths, most of them civilians. And these civilians include women, the elderly and children. Since the ceasefire, according to UNICEF, two Palestinian children are still dying every day. Every single day. And to say that is to be... 27/01/2026 | 17:34:57 Thank you, Mr Chairman. Thank you, dear colleagues. As an elected representative in my constituency, I often meet people who say to me: "But is the war in Ukraine our war? Why should we continue to support Ukraine? It's a long way away. Shouldn't we support Vladimir Putin? Shouldn't we be pushing Ukraine to give Vladimir Putin some territory in order to put an end to this conflict?" I tell them every time, my dear fellow citizens, that this is our war. It is Europe's war that others are... 02/10/2025 | 19:27:43 Thank you, Madam Chairman. This is a surprise, I thought we were finishing at 7:25pm. But here we are, I'm ready. I would like to thank my colleague Mr Stefan SCHENNACH for this clear, ambitious and deeply humane text, which is so much like him. It reminds us of something essential: health is not a privilege, but a right. And this right must be guaranteed to everyone, everywhere, without exception. Yes, this right is still too often undermined, particularly in the most rural areas, and I can... 02/10/2025 | 12:00:58 Thank you, Mister President. This morning, I really cannot hide my anger, because last night Israel once again deliberately violated international law by capturing the crew of the Gaza-bound flotilla. It violated the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, it violated the United Nations Charter, and it violated the Geneva Convention by criminalising humanitarians, journalists and all the young people on board, who are teaching us all a valuable lesson. These young people on board... 30/09/2025 | 18:26:30 Thank you, Mr President and dear colleagues, By joining this Parliamentary Assembly, Hungary has voluntarily agreed to respect and defending tooth and nail the values and principles that bring us together here. Since 2011, however, Hungary has deliberately strayed from this path: government-controlled media, restrictions on the actions of NGOs, pressure on civil society, frontal attacks on the freedoms of LGBTQI+ people, promotion of a retrograde vision basing education on religious prejudice... 26/06/2025 | 10:59:19 Thank you, Madame President. Ladies and Gentlemen, First of all, I'd like to extend my warmest thanks to the rapporteur of this mission, our colleague Mr Paulo PISCO, who reminds us of our first mission here. What do we do? Well, we serve to guarantee respect, respect for human dignity and to protect the sacredness – yes, the sacredness; I don't hesitate to use that word – the sacredness of human rights. For more than a decade now, appalling images have been etched in our memories. These... 24/06/2025 | 16:44:34 Thank you, Mr Chairman. Mr Chairman, dear colleagues, the resolution of our colleague Mr Eerik-Niiles KROSS is of the utmost importance. So are those of our other partners. But it documents with rigour and clarity what we now all know, the war of aggression waged by the Russian Federation against the Ukraine is accompanied by countless crimes: the torture of prisoners of war, the deportation of children, the methodical destruction of civilian infrastructure. This is not collateral damage, let... 24/06/2025 | 10:28:11 President, dear colleagues, Are we to ignore the fact that some leaders are seeking to weaken the European Convention on Human Rights? Should we ignore the fact that leaders are attacking the independence and impartiality of the European Court of Human Rights? Should we accept that the body which offers the world's most advanced protection of human rights should be so easily and openly, through the press, called into question and delegitimised? We are facing an undeniable emergency here: the... 10/04/2025 | 16:48:23 Thank you, Mister Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen, If I take the floor today, it's not just to evoke a conflict thousands of kilometers away, no: it's to remind you that behind every figure, every report, every word spoken in this House, there are human lives, there are children, there are families, human beings like you and me, whether Israeli or Palestinian. The abominable attacks of 7 October 2023 marked a tragic turning point. Since then, the people of Gaza have been living through an...