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Mr Simon MOUTQUIN

Speeches since 2019

23/01/2024 | 19:14:49 Thank you for your time. Don't worry, this is almost the last you'll hear from me all evening. I think that in order to move the peace process forward, we need to reaffirm our opposition to colonization, and in particular to the importation into Europe of products from the colonies. It's important to uphold international law, just as I uphold it when it comes to products from Crimea occupied by the Russian aggressor. I believe that we cannot financially support colonization, which is truly a... 23/01/2024 | 18:55:03 Yes, indeed, I think we need a maximum of serenity despite our different opinions. I thank the debate on part of my identity, I think my intention was to say that, whatever our origin, whatever our sexuality, whatever our life, we must be here because of human rights and that was my point, Sir, in no other way. By the way, we must also be precise: the text speaks of hundreds of people arrested for security reasons. However, the figure is now 5 000; there are 5 000 people arrested. So I... 13/10/2023 | 12:10:17 Thank you, Madam Chair. It's going to be very complicated to respond to your many interventions in 4 minutes, but first I'd like to warmly thank you for your support for this report and, above all, for your support for its recommendations. I'm going to start by commenting on the report by my Committee colleague, Ms Diana STOICA, saying perhaps two small things. This is a personal opinion, so don't take it into account in your vote in a few minutes, as Ms STOICA isn't here. In any case I'll... 13/10/2023 | 11:13:11 Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you all for staying on a Friday morning at the end of a very busy session. First of all, I'd like to apologise on behalf of Ms Diana STOICA, who is, unfortunately, ill at the moment. I send her my best wishes for a speedy recovery. I'm going to start by presenting her report on addictive behavior in children, before turning to mental health and well-being in children and adults. Ms Diana STOICA's report starts from an important premise. There is real concern... 12/10/2023 | 15:20:58 Thank you, Mr Chairman. Commissioner, Mr REYNDERS - dear compatriot, I'd like to say, I'd like to talk to you today about a beautiful country: Belgium. I know that you are attentive to the rule of law. So I wanted to talk to you about a situation we've been experiencing for two years now in Belgium, namely the crisis of the reception of migrants and the failure to respect the rule of law in Belgium: 12 000 convictions by the labor court, a condemnation this summer by the European Court of... 23/06/2023 | 12:41:05 Thank you, Madam Chairman. I have the honour of being the last speaker for this report. I would like to sincerely thank Ms Edite ESTRELA for this report, but also for all the work she does in the Assembly, which is consistent in terms of the fight against discrimination and the fight for social rights. Many of my colleagues have told a story, so I wanted to tell you one too. It's the terrible story, in fact, of Belgium and many other countries, which suffered a natural disaster in 2021 when... 21/06/2023 | 16:44:09 Thank you, Mr President. This Amendment is nothing more than a continuation of all the Assembly's work over the past three years. The Assembly has voted in favour of a report recognising and calling for the right to a healthy environment to be enshrined in our legal instruments; a network of European parliamentarians has been set up to defend this right to a healthy environment; and today, following the 4th Reykjavík Summit, the Committee of Ministers has also asked us to begin more serious... 28/04/2023 | 11:41:34 Thank you, Mister President. I would like to warmly thank the rapporteur and the person who brought the report today. I believe that the issue of access to reliable information on social networks has become crucial today. Today, of course, more measures are needed so that young people can consume quality content and spot fake information. I would like to remind you, to remind us, that we didn't have to wait for social networks to propagate "fake news", nor for young people to be harassed, or... 27/04/2023 | 19:10:59 Thank you, Mister President. I would first like to acknowledge the excellent work of my colleague Mr Geraint DAVIES and thank him for this important report. I would like to remind you that international trade is not an objective: it is a tool to guarantee prosperity and well-being in our societies, and respect for human rights, democracy, and the environment ought to be the prerequisites for international trade. That is not the case right now. Instead, interest and profit seem more important... 26/04/2023 | 18:07:24 Dear Colleagues, Thank you very much. Many of you have spoken about climate change, but thank you for your solidarity with the people of Türkiye and Syria. If I go back to your words, you spoke of fires, you spoke of melting ice, drought, cyclones, hurricanes, extinction of biodiversity, sea levels. Our colleague from London talked about the need for adaptation on the Thames. I pay tribute to our colleague from Canada and I remember last summer with record temperatures of up to 53° and...