What Siegbert Frank spoke about.

A resolution on the imprisoned Turkish journalist, Bülent Mumay, was discussed today in the European Parliament. It has been observed that Turkey appears to be the favourite enemy of many left-wing and green EU politicians. These politicians assume that every journalist is basically a victim who is on trial in Turkey. Why is this EU constantly interfering with its politicians in Turkey? In my home

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen. The US government's actions show that sanctions are not self-evident and are not without alternatives. They are, where appropriate, political instruments that must serve the political interests of their own country. Washington is apparently examining its room for manoeuvre vis-à-vis Russia from an economic and strategic point of view. In short: The US is doin

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, when we talk about the rights of older people, let me first take a look at Germany: In my homeland, we have been experiencing a rather unworthy debate about caring for older people for years. It is discussed about rising costs, reductions in benefits, higher own shares, just as if people in need of care, which are mostly older people, are only a cost problem. Fa

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen. The proposed legal framework for the digital euro includes elements such as mandatory acceptance regimes, the integration of digital identity systems, identification mechanisms and further interventions in payment market structures. In addition, the project could have a significant impact on the existing banking system and the structure of private deposits, a

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen. We stand here again, discussing the so-called mixed results of the Common Fisheries Policy. However, for Europe's fishermen and coastal communities, these results are far from mixed; They are existentially threatening. This is deeply unfair, because Europe's fishermen were willing to make sacrifices and believed the EU's false promises. They accept

Mr President! Dear colleagues! Today we are advising on two reports on securitisation, one on banks’ capital requirements and the other on the so-called securitisation framework. For the ESN Group it is clear: De-bureaucratization is the right thing to do. However, it is equally clear to us: We are not allowed to issue blank cheques for new financial constructions. Citizens have not forgotten the

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. The Maritime Spatial Planning Directive has been in force for five years. The aim was actually to create a political framework for better planning of marine space. The Directive should reduce conflicts between users of the European seas, in particular fisheries and aquaculture, and the ever-growing wind industry sector. In fact, the conflicts between these two s

Mr. Streit, thank you very much! I listened very much to your report. They strongly support this report. We are both German citizens – I would like to take this opportunity to greet my colleagues from Saxony. We in the GDR had lived equality. Now my question is: Today we are dealing with the rural area that is emptying out. Do you think that it is really important that we focus on scientific possi

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen. What is already not working for Europe – by the way, our fish industry has been destroyed – is now to be applied to the whole world. Ocean diplomacy It's another word for colonialism. Globally, aquaculture is booming while declining in Europe – too expensive energy, too much bureaucracy. Egypt has lush marine protected areas, Indonesia is successfully curbing

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen. What do stocks have in common with Kopf, Kolja Barghoorn and Finanzrocker? They are so-called finfluencers, run blogs, inform about their work there. I greet you warmly from this point. But no one has to look at this blog or derive anything for themselves in any way from the reports. This own-initiative report was sold to us as a contribution to financial edu

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen. I cannot necessarily agree with these many positive words about this paper. What is being sold to us here as progress is in fact a further step towards more centralisation and a liability union in the European banking system. The expansion of deposit insurance, the more flexible use of security funds and stronger cross-border cooperation

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen. The topic of the death penalty is very emotional and touches on millennia-old traditions on all continents. But here, too, the incompetent commission believes once again that it has absolute truth and feels that it has global responsibility. For the Commission, the death penalty is in principle and always cruel, inhumane and without deterrent effect. It even

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. The debate on Greenland reveals the collective incapacity of this EU. Donald Trump brutally shows us all this incapacity. We should learn from this for the future. But this incompetent EU imagines itself at war with Russia, Kallas and others currently snub China, and as the crowning glory this EU now enters into conflict with the USA. The truth is: Greenland's s