Guillaume PELTIER

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What Guillaume PELTIER has said (5)

• 2025-01-13 “E-000090/2025 Answer given by Mr Brunner on behalf of the European Commission 1. Since 2004, the Commission organises on 11 March the European Remembrance Day for Victims of Terrorism. This event was established in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Madrid on 11 March 2004. Its purpose is to remember and to support victims of terrorist attacks by providing them with a platform to gather, share their stories and experiences and, in turn, for them to hear about EU collaborative efforts to prevent and counter terrorism and support victims in their needs. It is also an opportunity to highlight the important role that victims can play in preventing violent radicalisation. In the last years, French victims and survivors of terrorism have attended the ceremony and given their testimony. In 2025, which marks 10 years since the Charlie Hebdo and Bataclan attacks, the event will be held in Strasbourg to pay tribute to the victims of terrorism in France and throughout Europe. 2. The Commission relies on threat assessments produced by the EU Intelligence and Situation Centre of the EU Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) 1 as well as information shared by the Member States. In the current security landscape, the Islamist terrorist threat remains high in the EU. 3. While national security is a competence of Member States 2 , the Commission supports Member States to counter terrorism. Considering the high and fast evolving security threat in the EU, the Commission is currently preparing a new Internal Security Strategy and a new Agenda on Preventing and Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism 3 , both to be published in 2025. The Commission will also propose to strengthen Europol, whose mandate was already reinforced in 2022 4 . Furthermore, the Commission has established the EU Knowledge Hub on Prevention of Radicalisation 5 to support Member States in their prevention efforts. 1 https://www.europol.europa.eu/publication-events/main-reports/european-union-terrorism-situation-and-trendreport-2024-eu-te-sat 2 Article 4.2 of the Treaty on EU. 3 Announced in the Political Guidelines for the next European Commission (2024-2029), https://commission.europa.eu/document/download/e6cd4328-673c-4e7a-8683f63ffb2cf648_en?filename=Political%20Guidelines%202024-2029_EN.pdf 4 Regulation (EU) 2022/991 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2022 amending Regulation (EU) 2016/794, as regards Europol’s cooperation with private parties, the processing of personal data by Europol in support of criminal investigations, and Europol’s role in research and innovation, OJ L 169, 27.6.2022, p. 1– 42. 5 https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/networks/eu-knowledge-hub-prevention-radicalisation_en”
  EU policy on Islam · EU law enforcement cooperation in criminal matters
• 2025-01-13 “E-000089/2025 Answer given by High Representative/Vice-President Kallas on behalf of the European Commission EU-Algeria relations are framed by an Association Agreement 1 (2005) and Partnership Priorities 2 (2017), which have been extended. Recently, the Algerian authorities publicly expressed their intention to renegotiate the Association Agreement; however, no concrete proposals have yet been received by the EU. Through the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI), the EU finances projects in the field of governance and institutional capacity-building (including decentralisation), with a total budget of EUR 27 million. These ongoing projects are implemented in the country by European public bodies, development agencies and private companies. Additional projects focussing on protection of children in vulnerable situations, youth participation, women’s empowerment, and fight against sexual and gender-based violence are implemented by international organisations and civil society organisations. The EU has been closely monitoring the case of the Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal since his arrest and, in full coordination with the French authorities, has raised the matter with Algerian authorities in both Algiers and Brussels. The EU remains fully engaged on this issue. While the EU is committed to addressing human rights concerns, it believes that constructive dialogue is the most effective approach. It will continue to advocate for the respect of human rights, including freedom of expression, while maintaining engagement with Algeria. This will also be pursued through the institutionalised dialogue on human rights, notably within the SubCommittee on Political Dialogue, Security and Human Rights, which was established under the EU-Algeria Association Agreement. 1 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A22005A1010%2801%29 2 https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2017/03/13/eu-algeria/”
  EU-Algeria relations · EU competences on human rights
• 2024-10-30 “E-002346/2024 Answer given by Mr Serafin on behalf of the European Commission As for all Commission staff, Cabinet members are bound to respect the obligations set out in the Treaties, the Staff Regulations 1 and the internal rules of the Commission 2 . Moreover, Cabinet staff, without any distinction of grade, must have solely the interests of the institution and of the EU in mind when performing their duties. They shall not take instructions from any government, authority, organisation, or person outside the Commission. Cabinet staff, working as a team in a trust relationship with their Commissioner, should reflect the diversity of the EU. For this reason, the rules governing the composition of the Cabinets of the Members of the Commission and of the Spokesperson's Service 3 for the mandate 2024-2029 have been strengthened regarding nationalities. In particular, the staff of the President, the Executive Vice-Presidents (EVPs) and the High Representative/VicePresident (HR/VP) must consist of members of at least five different nationalities of the EU, respectively for their administrator (AD), assistant (AST) and secretary/clerk (AST/SC) staff members. No more than four AD staff for the President, three AD staff for the EVPs and the HR/VP shall have the nationality of their Commissioner. The staff of Commissioners shall consist of members of at least three different nationalities, respectively for their AD and AST - AST/SC staff, and no more than two AD staff shall have the nationality of their Commissioner. The Commission can confirm that the staff of all members of the College fulfil these conditions. 1 Staff Regulations of Officials and Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (Regulation N° 31 CEE 11 (CEEA). 2 Commission Decision (EU) 2024/3080 of 4 December 2024 establishing the Rules of Procedure of the Commission and amending Decision C(2000) 3614, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/3080/oj/eng 3 Communication from the President to the Commission P(2024) 7, https://commission.europa.eu/document/download/ef4cd545-2fa4-445c-83748dce9e10acf5_en?filename=Rules%20governing%20the%20composition%20of%20the%20Cabinets%20and%2 0SPP.PDF”
  Recruitment policies in the EU
• 2024-10-03 “E-001943/2024 Answer given by Executive Vice-President Mînzatu on behalf of the European Commission The Commission refers the Honourable Member to the Action Plan on labour and skills shortages 1 , which sets out the new actions that the EU, Member States and social partners will or should take to tackle this issue. As emphasised in the Action Plan, the main priority should be to harness the untapped potential of the EU labour force. To this end, several EU initiatives have been recently adopted. They include the European Care Strategy 2 , the reinforced Youth Guarantee 3 , the Disability Employment Package 4 , as well as the Recommendation on the integration of the long-term unemployed in the labour market 5 . Furthermore, EUR 27 billion have been programmed under European Social Fund+ 6 to be invested in active labour market policies. The Commission analysis 7 shows that in some shortage-occupations employment has grown both for foreign- and native-born individuals, while in other shortage-occupations, foreignborn workers are filling positions where demand exceeds the supply of native workers. The Commission will continue to support first the development of talents from within the Union, as well as actions that promote the reconciliation of family aspirations and paid work in line with the Demography Toolbox 8 . However, relying on domestic workforce alone will not be enough to counterbalance the negative impact of demographic change on labour supply. In this regard, fair legal migration can play a complementary role in addressing these shortages, helping companies that struggle to find workers within the EU to attract talent from abroad and, in turn, preserving their competitiveness, for example by using the EU Talent Pool 9 . The Commission recalls that Member States alone are responsible for determining volumes of admissions of non-EU nationals. 1 Commission Communication on Labour and skills shortages in the EU: an action plan, COM(2024) 131 final (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52024DC0131). 2 Commission Communication on the European care strategy, COM(2022) 440 final (https://eurlex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52022DC0440). 3 Council Recommendation of 30 October 2020 on A Bridge to Jobs – Reinforcing the Youth Guarantee and replacing the Council Recommendation of 22 April 2013 on establishing a Youth Guarantee, 2020/C 372/01 (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.C_.2020.372.01.0001.01.ENG). 4 Commission Communication on a Union of Equality: Strategy for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 20212030, COM(2021) 101 final (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:52021DC0101). 5 Council Recommendation of 15 February 2016 on the integration of the long-term unemployed into the labour market, 2016/C 67/01 (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex:32016H0220(01)). 6 For the period 2021-2027. 7 ‘Labour Market and Wage Developments – 2024 Annual Review’, to be published in December 2024. 8 Commission Communication on Demographic change in Europe: a toolbox for action, COM(2023) 577 final (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=COM:2023:577:FIN). 9 Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an EU Talent Pool, COM/2023/716 (https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/d1b8e0ae-87c7-11ee-99ba01aa75ed71a1/).”
  Legal migration · EU strategy on population growth
• “Climate warming is freezing our wallets and it's not. The funfair in Brazil will contradict that. In your $4,000 hotels and your NGOs drunk on kerosene. So I come to this rostrum, um, uh, like you. But to speak the truth to the people when it comes to the green scam, persecuting farmers, parents, uh, those who, uh, explore nature, who love nature, uh, the whole world and China are polluting, but European pigeons are picking up the tab. When you hear climate, that means taxation. You fill up your car or you bring out your yellow bin, you're taxed, you turn on the heating or you wash your washing, you're taxed, or you buy a might think you're taxed. And the last, um, uh, finding is the for, um, climate, uh, abatement. You put your running shoes on, but you'd be taxed in terms of the air you breathe. Uh, left wing, uh, climate experts are taxing your success. You want to turn us into your slaves? But we will never compromise our freedom in favor of your ridiculous society.”
  Climate efforts