What Sander spoke about.

13

Nov

2024

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Deplorable escalation of violence around the football match in the Netherlands and the unacceptable attacks against Israeli football fans (debate)

(NL) Mr President, Commissioner, ‘Jew hunt’: It's on my retina and burned into my hearing. No, we are not here today because of football supporters, not because of political criticism of Israel. Scolding at the opening of the Holocaust Museum, at commemorations of 7 October, and now an organized hunt for Jews in Amsterdam. We also hear from Antwerp and other European cities about threats and viole…

13

Nov

2024

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UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29) (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, realism please. The reality is that the EU's emissions are only 6% of global emissions. The reality is that our energy prices are two to three times higher than in the US and China. The reality is that, despite our ambitions, we have become too dependent, even on renewable forms of energy. The reality is that we need nuclear energy, green gas and waste heat, no climate …

9

Oct

2024

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Strengthening the security of Europe’s external borders: need for a comprehensive approach and enhanced Frontex support (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, we have no control over the current migration flow. In 2023, more than 1 million asylum applications were lodged in the European Union. Open borders, soft procedures and failing return policies have made Europe too attractive. As a result, so many have made that dangerous crossing and many have died. The chaos at our internal borders in the Schengen area is the direct r…

8

Oct

2024

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Escalation of violence in the Middle East and the situation in Lebanon (debate)

(NL) Mr President, on 7 October 2023, it was 11 September from Israel. Israel had not even begun to bury the victims of this pogrom, or Hezbollah attacked northern Galilee from Lebanon. Tens of thousands of Israeli civilians have been displaced for a year. Every country has the right to defend itself when it is attacked, including Israel. Proportional, according to the law of war. Hezbollah's rock…

7

Oct

2024

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One year after the 7 October terrorist attacks by Hamas (debate)

Mr President, High Representative, today we commemorate the atrocities committed by Hamas in Israel on 7 October. Men, women, children, babies and the elderly were murdered in cold blood or abducted. The terrible humanitarian situation in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon is partly a result of this massacre. This year we saw the old specter of anti-Semitism flare up again in Europe. Anti-Israel demo…