Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for the Internal Market, was the guest of 8:30 a.m. franceinfo, Monday July 10, 2023. Arms deliveries to Ukraine, moderation of social networks… He answers questions from Lorrain Sénéchal and Agathe Lambret.
Arms delivery: Simply respond to Ukraine’s demands
This Friday, July 7, the United States validated the delivery of cluster munitions to Ukraine, banned in France and Europe. For Thierry Breton, this corresponds to a request from Ukraine. No question for as much for the Europeans who prohibit these weapons to provide some. The European Commissioner summarizes the European strategy for military aid to Ukraine: What we are doing is increasing defense industrial capacity to meet the specific needs of Member States in their provision of assistance to Ukraine. Among these members, France is very active, with high-precision equipment, he specifies.
Delivery of arms to Ukraine: the objective of delivering one million shells to Ukraine has been met and is progressing well, but our industrial capacities must follow, declares Thierry Breton, European Commissioner pic.twitter. com/P7Ezt5omUf
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Urban violence: Social networks have not done enough, and they will have to do more
Social networks did not do enough during the urban violence that followed Nahel’s death and they will have to do more, warns Thierry Breton. From August 25, European law will apply to these platforms, he says. As a result, when there is hateful content, content that calls for example to revolt, which also calls for killing or burning cars, they will have the obligation to delete them immediately.
If they don’t, they will be immediately sanctioned, he assures. Concretely, we can, at that time, not only impose a fine, but also prohibit exploitation on our European territory. In other words, cut social networks that do not respect the rule. It is the law that will do it and not a person, a state, a board of directors, he defends. We are now equipped for this with specific advice, he also specifies.
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