Laurence TROCHU

Policy topics Laurence TROCHU is active on

What Laurence TROCHU has said (12)

• “Well, on this topic, which is so important, the I deplore the fact that our ideology is being brought to the fore here. The resolution on the future Cop 30 just, uh, um, um, brushes away nuclear power without setting it out as a true option at the same time. Gender equality is highlighted in there, showing the fact that there is an ideological position of a text that lacks credibility. The green, um, deal, which has undermined European competitiveness, will polish behind us and China. That's what's behind this resolution. It's climate change cannot be a reason to ignore history. We should encourage innovation rather than, um, than throttling it. We need to have technical progress rather than degrowth. These are the principles that we should draw from. We cannot be blind to the reality. We need to be clear about this. Uh, the leftist ecology undermines ecology drives forward.”
  Nuclear energy
• “Yes. Thank you for thank you, chair. Ozzie, on behalf on behalf of the ECR Group, I tabled two amendments which were not admissible, which very much mentioning the persecution of part of the population, specifically Christians, Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox. Now, I've heard the response that you've given to Mr. Lopez about what's admissible or not in the competency of this committee. However, there is something I think will affect our agenda. The specific case of what's going on in Syria. Now, we know that there are Christian women in Aleppo who have been kidnapped. We can imagine the worst possible scenario in relation to sexual violence and rapes, because unfortunately, history teaches us that for over ten years, Christian women have been suffering the worst horrors, I think, in that specific context. Amendments, which we are talking about to Christian women, I think they should be included in our committee. Women are being treated as a treasure, war, treasure. We cannot close our eyes to this. If we want to be dignified in relation to everything around the world.”
  EU engagement with Christian communities inside and outside the EU
• “(17:02:48 – 17:04:14): You mentioned what would happen after the war budget. You mentioned it seems huge to reconstruct a health care system, and then also you mentioned that the budget allocated to health by your own powers was still increasing. Have you assessed the difference between the cost of reconstruction you mentioned and what your current health care budget can actually cover on its own? And then another question on the specific case of women and the demographics in Ukraine. We know that the demographics will be critical when it comes to rebuilding the country. Have you assessed the number of births, the birth rates since the war, and the impact this war has had on the health of mothers and infants? I'm active in the FIRM Committee, and this, I believe, feeds into the work of both committees. Thank you.”
  Gender roles, equality and inclusion
• “Merci, monsieur. Thank you. President. Commissioner. Colleagues, the European Commission has suggested that we continue with unravelling this disastrous Green Deal. The proposal here is simplification of the Cbam mechanism. The drive for bureaucracy in the EU has come up to its limits, and we are pleased to by the fact that we're coming back to reality. But it's not enough. And the Cbam should protect our businesses, but as it is, will just lead to the industrialisation of the continent. With the current system for an aluminium produced in aluminium produced in China, it would not be taxed when it's imported into Europe. Now with the current system, the products that we export are out outside of Europe will be progressively, um, um, taxed at. So we have found a system which is penalising our own production. If we want to rebuild our industry while limiting emissions, then we need to develop a stable energy geothermic nuclear and other energy sources. And we need to stop this focus on intermittent energy sources, which are 3 or 4 times higher than energy prices in US or China.”
  Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
• “Mr. president, dear colleagues, 30 billion per year. That's the reality that we've seen when it says when it comes to the long term budget, sorry, 30 million per year, 30 million per year. We need to pay to pay back the next generation EU funding. And so we see people calling for own resources expansion Utopia. These are people always want more EU, more defence to the detriment of sovereignty and freedom. And people want to have this mental socialism when it's not gone far enough already. We need to look at a research program called cultural programs, which are ideological, which are costing millions for taxpayers. We could perhaps delete the transgender in Europe, which has already cost a huge amount to support a transit network in Europe. There's one of many examples where we could make some cuts? Now there's a we need more freedom, less expenditure, less ideological, less ideology. We need to give the EU a consistent, coherent budget.”
  Size of EU budget
• “Thank you very much, Madam Chairman. I was going to some I was going to say something else. But in fact, I want to support the colleagues from the EPP and the S&D who have said much of what I wanted to say. You need a technical solution and a legal solution. But we also need to look at the causes and prevention. Unfortunately, there will always be loopholes if we don't attack the cause. It's the parents who are the first people to be concerned. Now, I noticed on the slides that it was young people aged 10 to 13 that were most at risk. And. I have two daughters, aged 25 and 16, and I. They didn't get smartphones until they were 17, 18. And. This is a duty that parents have. We. And we have a duty to inform parents who don't understand the risks of social media. It's important for parents to play their role in prevention and education towards their own children. And you may or may not know that in Australia there's a platform called Koko, which still allows the distribution of offensive content. And we have a an agreement with Australia. Australia is a partner of the European Union, and the least it can do is to respect the DSA and protect children and men.”
  Safety features & content control for child protection online
• “Thank you. Chairman. Mr.. Commissioner. The current international climate shows the fragility and the structural problems in Europe in terms of fossil fuel dependency. And you've recalled that there's no going back before the next crisis. So in this electrical development is obviously a solution as long as we don't undermine, uh, nuclear as they've done, as Macron has done with the closure of Fessenheim, uh, two days ago. Another way, the EU and France are at the forefront and presents an economic and environmental advantages is biofuels, biodiesel, for example, and bioethanol. The share of this, however, in the fuels market is limited by the Fuel Quality directive based on an arbitrary ceiling. Now, in the current context. My question is, is a simple, easy to apply measure that would be efficient. Should that not be simple to apply for an updating of this directive, to avoid any sort of shortages, and to limit the fossil fuel energy in our mix?”
  Biofuels (RED II)
• “Perhaps, but if a man declares himself a woman all of a sudden, is he someone who can compete against a biological woman? Is a man able to give birth? Or should we have children and teenagers subject to gender surgery, which would not enable them to really change sex? I understand that transgenderism is not supposed to be a disease, but then why is it that the change then requires surgical treatment or hormonal treatments? These are in fact medical treatments, so why are those treatments refunded by Social Security? So there are a lot of questions that I would put back to you, because I know that we're not likely to have the same answers on these questions. So I would be really grateful if we could focus our efforts so that as a fruit of our common work, we can come up with a common project, which is something we can all agree on. On the subjects that Miss Kaneko wanted to raise. As I've said, rape, security, genital mutilation, forced marriage, sexual violence, and the impact of war on women. Thank you.”
  LGBTIQ+
• “Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Yes, indeed. I am standing in for Assita Kanko, who has sent apologies today. I'm just presenting the report on her behalf. And this is the rapporteur's position that I'm going to be setting out. So, firstly, as regards the draft opinion on the discharge for the Commission's general budget for 2023, Miss Kanko would like to emphasise that commitment should be reflected in practical, measurable action, in particular when it comes to tackling women against women and girls, this remains a vital task in our society. She very much stands up for the idea that it is urgent to have a common approach across the European Union in order to tackle rape and, as you know, members of the Women's Committee and Libe coordinators have picked up on this. And we also wanted to emphasise the importance of minimum penalties for rape in national legislation. Women across the European Union must know that their rights and their safety are not determined by borders where they cross a border, and the justice system must be coherent and unshakeable. During a hearing, Commissioner McGrath did say that this vital issue would receive attention. The report also draws attention, and quite rightly, to external threats, which are increasing internal challenges. We know the devastating impact of war, the war of aggression of Russia against Ukraine, which is having a disproportionate impact on women and children. Very often they are subject to displacement, exploitation and violence. At the same time, it is vital that we ensure that the funding mechanisms of the EU do not end up supporting movements or regimes which perpetuate the oppression of women, whether that is internally or externally beyond our borders.”
  Gender roles, equality and inclusion
• “Yes, thank you very much, Madam Chair. Colleagues, as you know, the construction of a budget is something which is really aiming at unity. So you're trying to achieve a kind of consensus. And Miss Kaneko's work has been very much within that mindset. So that is why she has tried to establish priorities for these budgets, priorities which are clear and I think can be recognized by all of us here, regardless of our party and regardless of the party political tradition that we adhere to. So Miss Kaneko's text talks about rape. It talks about security, female genital mutilation, forced marriage, sexual violence, the impact of war on women in particular. Now, I think that with that, we have a solid basis with which we can develop policies and tasks that could be entrusted to the agency, in particular, in order to help us in the policy decisions that we have to take. I do regret that some of the contributions that I've heard were talking to us about transgenderism, LGBTQi and climate change affecting women, but without really telling us how. And I would like to put some questions to you. I know you won't be able to respond immediately.”
  Gender roles, equality and inclusion
• “Finally, we should have no EU funding being allocated to bodies which undermine women's rights in any form. Finally, Miss Kanko emphasizes the importance of the spotlight initiative of the United Nations. It seeks to put an end to violence against women and girls, in particular by trying to respond to the needs of vulnerable groups, such as victims of harmful practices like female genital mutilation and child marriage. Coming on to the draft opinion on the discharge in connection with the General Budget for the Commission 2023. Again, this tax is an opportunity to show that we should not just be talking about protecting women. We also need to ensure that this is reflected in action. Eib has obtained 92.76% of its objectives, but the understaffing remains a subject. We need to have efficient resources but also a targeted mandate to ensure that it meets the needs that Miss Kaneko had previously listed. Miss Kaneko is fully persuaded that it is unacceptable to have the agency's efforts dispersed over different issues, such as the European Green Deal, especially at a time when millions of women across Europe are continuing to endure physical, psychological and sexual violence on a daily basis. So women's rights to safety and and equality should never be subject to different political trends or priorities, such as the Green Deal, important as they may be. We need to ensure that we make bold, clear choices and that we give priority to actions which will make a real, concrete and in-depth change to women's lives and those of vulnerable women and girls. Thank you.”
  Gender roles, equality and inclusion
• “How can consumers make proper choices if the information on insects or allergens is in the small print that they can't see? I call once again on the Commission to propose a revision of the Novel Foods Regulation, to clarify the labelling measures and to have a clear pictogram indicating the presence of edible insects so that everybody knows what they're buying. Straight away. Let's take a very clear example. Whey protein, which is a protein. Uh. Um, this is widely used 90%, 99%. And, uh, but this can be up to 50% of the final product. And which is still called whey protein. So this, uh, mixture and the quality, um, bought by the consumers think that they are buying a high quality product and that reduces their confidence in what they're buying so that this, this draft goes beyond the the powers of the commission. It goes against the objective of the 2015 Regulation on novel foods, which is designed to have a high protection of protection of health and consumer interests. Yes, insects can be a resource, but not at the expense of lax norms and regulations. Finally, this authorization does not respond to a strategic need for Europe and its food sovereignty. I would like to be clear. It's not about being against consumption of insects which are sold as such, but to make sure that we have proper information for consumers when these products are processed and can't be seen when bought. When the regulation was adopted in 2015. It was not about using insect powder as a primary input, but the situation has changed in terms of technical possibilities in supply and demand. Our officials have to know exactly and easily what they're using, as has been shown by media coverage on the previous objection. Consumers want to know if they are exposed to eating insects without having chosen chosen them. So it's about the protection of consumers in Europe. I ask you to vote in favour of this objection to the authorisation from the European Commission. Thank you.”
  EU policy on novel foods