Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to congratulate my colleague Christel Schaldemose on a good text, a very good text that will bring forward rights and security for citizens. And I think it is a good thing that the European Parliament is always so strongly committed to citizens. Yes, it's a good text. However, there are a few amendments that I also like. And I
Madam President, Dear Tiemo, thank you very much for the kind words you have found for me. In fact, it is my last major project in this European Parliament, and I am very happy that it has succeeded in achieving something really positive, something very good. Even if I could not enforce everything I had imagined as a Social Democrat, it can still be shown what we have achieved, what we have enforc
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, and also dear citizens! More and more of you are living this Europe: You go on vacation, you travel, you visit friends, you move and of course use the car. It is, of course, very important that we take into account the new realities of citizens' lives by amending the directive that already existed and making it even better than it has been.
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EU-Taiwan political relations and cooperation (debate)
Mr President, Commissioner! These are the things that happen when you don't understand the president's language. But I don't think that's that bad. Human rights, civil rights, democracy, these are the values that make up us, which are actually the basis for our coexistence in our society, in the European Union. Yes, these are the values with which we can form a joint partnership in Taiwan. These a
Madam President, Commissioner, dear friends, friends of freedom! Some will say: Yes, China, again China on the agenda. Why actually? I also say: I would much prefer that we do not have to discuss the human rights situation, civil rights, freedoms in China so often, if I do not have to discuss it so often at this point in the context of the urgency. There would be much nicer topics to talk about. H