What Harald spoke about.

Madam President, Ladies and Gentlemen, When I look at the thematic setting and the results of the Council meeting in June, it reminds me strikingly of the famous film of the 1990s: ‘And every day the marmot greets’. You may know the majority of the movie with Bill Murray, in which a person was also caught in a time loop and experiences the same thing every day. And many are probably similar here, where for many months – if not years – the same topics have been addressed over and over again, but the corresponding solutions are not presented. On 24 and 25 June, the topics of migration and Turkey were discussed again. Again, there are no satisfactory solutions. We know from current research that up to five million people from Africa and the Middle East are pushing for Europe. At the same time, we know that two thirds, if not more, will have neither the status of a Convention refugee nor that of a beneficiary of subsidiary protection. And it will be the case that of those who have come here and do not have this status, the vast majority – two-thirds to three-quarters – will also stay here. No solutions from the European Union. The next one: Turkey, where we know that Turkey does not want to join the European Union and there is no real room and consensus for it. Nevertheless, they continue to pay. Wrong topic setting. Against this background, I am very, very happy that an alliance of 15 different countries has recently formed: 16 parties that want to bring Europe into a good future, signal the light at the end of the tunnel, bring Europe away from centralism back to pluralism and more democracy.