What Engin spoke about.

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Mar

2025

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White paper on the future of European defence (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner Kubilius! We actually have a very important and historical discussion today, and I wish you a lot of strength. I believe that you are the right Commissioner at the right time, and yes, we also need a strong Commissioner in the field of defence, because we German Members in particular have not had good experiences with Mrs von der Leyen in the field of defence. In this se…

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Feb

2025

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European Central Bank – annual report 2024 (debate)

Mr President! Dear President Lagarde, Dear Commissioner, Thank you very much, Mrs. Lagarde, for staying with us again. I am very happy to be able to discuss with you here or in committee again and again. Because I think the exchange in such difficult times is really important and important. Ms Lagarde, I would like to comment on the current report – but this is related to an interview you gave me …

17

Dec

2024

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Misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms, such as TikTok, and related risks to the integrity of elections in Europe (debate)

Dear Vice-President, Dear Commissioner! Dear Commissioner, I would like to speak to you today in particular. In the European Union, we are responsible for many things, above all for the health, physical health and also for the mental health of people. In terms of physical health, we are completely over-regulated. When we look at what regulations we have with us when a piece of cheese is made, from…

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Dec

2024

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Toppling of the Syrian regime, its geopolitical implications and the humanitarian situation in the region (debate)

Mr President, Madam Vice-President and Commissioner for Foreign Affairs of the European Union! Good news for the European Union is that Syria has been liberated by a murderous dictator and probably the largest drug producer and drug trafficker the region down there has ever seen. But we need to continue the good news. This morning we heard that the militias should be disbanded and transferred to t…

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Nov

2024

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The outcome of the G20 Leaders' Summit (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner! A very important debate that we have today on the G20 summit and I have listened very well to what you have said. We might have needed a discussion before you travelled there as a representative of the European Union. Because the analysis that we are talking about global poverty is perfectly correct. In the European Union, 21% of people are at risk of poverty in the …

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Oct

2024

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People’s Republic of China’s misinterpretation of the UN resolution 2758 and its continuous military provocations around Taiwan (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner! Today we are discussing two important points, the title of which reads: China's military aggression in the Taiwan Strait, but also the Indo-Pacific, which is certainly affected by it. We have a spiral of escalation there, and today, as the European Parliament, at one of the first meetings we have in the new mandate, we are sending a clear signal that we want to be de…

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Oct

2024

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The cases of unjustly imprisoned Uyghurs in China, notably Ilham Tohti and Gulshan Abbas

Madam President, Commissioner! Ilham Tohti, our Sakharov laureate, has now been arrested for ten years. Neither his family, Commissioner Hahn, nor we know whether he is still alive or not. That's what can't be. Representatives of the Commission are constantly travelling to China, and I do not understand how you can not even address this sensibly in order to find out this information. I think that'…

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Oct

2024

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The crisis facing the EU’s automotive industry, potential plant closures and the need to enhance competitiveness and maintain jobs in Europe (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner Dombrovskis! Yes, we do indeed have a serious problem in our automotive industry in the European Union. Hundreds of thousands of jobs are threatened in the short term, millions in the medium term. Who is to blame? Mrs von der Leyen and Mr Timmermans intervened in the automotive industry with their ban on combustion engines. Now it is claimed that the all-electric cars…

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Sep

2024

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Need to prevent security threats like the Solingen attack through addressing illegal migration and effective return (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner! We are discussing the attack in Solingen, and it is really important to me to extend my condolences to the relatives of the four people who died there completely unnecessarily. It's just terrible what happened there again. We as the European Union have made the right decisions with the new Pact on Asylum and Migration. There will be no more uncontrolled immigration i…

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Apr

2024

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The new security law in Hong Kong and the cases of Andy Li and Joseph John

Mr President, Commissioner! Commissioner, you are once again witnessing the unequivocal and unequivocal commitment of the European Parliament's people's representation to human rights. And that is what makes us special, because we representatives of the people have not lost humanity here. This is the expectation that this Parliament will set out resolutely vis-à-vis the Commission in the vote tomo…

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Apr

2024

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Resumption of the sitting

Mr President! I had to learn from the German media that the employee of AfD's top candidate Maximilian Krah has been imprisoned by the Federal Prosecutor General. As a free voter and as a representative of the people of the European Union, I would ask the Bureau to focus more on staff review now. It cannot be, we must not accept that members of parliament are spying here for China. Therefore, my c…

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2024

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Effective coordination of economic policies and multilateral budgetary surveillance - Speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure – amending Regulation - Requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States – amending Directive (joint debate – Economic governance)

Mr President, Commissioners! I am very pleased that you are both present. What the European Union needs is a stable currency. A hard, stable currency. That is why it is important that we discuss the Stability and Growth Pact here, and it is important that we get the debt union under control. Because people were promised, according to Maastricht, that there will be no European debt, and that promis…

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Mar

2024

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Energy performance of buildings (recast) (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, We want to adopt a new building energy directive in the European Parliament. The approach of saving energy in buildings is the right one. But we've already done it all: Buildings and energy consumption are already in emissions trading. That means we're doing it twice now. Because we are doing it twice, we are creating a new bureaucratic monster, which in my view…

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Feb

2024

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European Central Bank – annual report 2023 (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, Madam Lagarde! Mrs Lagarde, you are by far one of the most important presidents we have here, and that is why you have been elected for eight years. But I really have to say: Your speech really made me cook. I have the feeling that you have actually confused the European Investment Bank with the European Central Bank. Its task is to ensure price stability in the Europea…

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Feb

2024

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State of EU solar industry in light of unfair competition (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, Commissioner, I see it a bit like Mr Ecke. I am a little dissatisfied with your speech, because I firmly believe that you are aware of the seriousness of the situation. And I firmly believe that we can tell the people of the European Union clearly what our industry is in. This is unfair competition with China. We see that the Chinese aut…

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Jan

2024

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The ongoing persecution of Falun Gong in China, notably the case of Mr Ding Yuande

– Madam President, Commissioner! Hardly a month goes by when we do not have to talk about significant human rights violations by the Chinese autocracy here in this Parliament. And it is really astonishing that many Member States really refuse to accept what we in the European Parliament are always impressively putting on the table, and sometimes to implement it in word and writing. That is why we …

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Jan

2024

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Quality jobs in a competitive future-oriented social market economy (topical debate)

Dear Mr President, dear Minister, dear Commissioner! We are talking about quality jobs in the European Union. But I'm telling you, work has to be worth it again. We need to discuss this. It cannot be that in the European Union both families work - husband and wife - the money is not enough to feed the family at 40 hours per week per person, and you still need friends and acquaintances to make ends…

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Jan

2024

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EU-India relations (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, Today we are discussing the important paper, the European Union's cooperation with India. I would particularly like to thank the rapporteur and my fellow shadow rapporteurs for their good cooperation. We have, in fact, made what I believe to be an excellent report. And Commissioner, thank you also for your introductory word…

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Dec

2023

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Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner! We are adopting a law today, which is really good for the European Union, because we are becoming independent – or more independent – from imports of critical raw materials. I firmly believe that this law is on the right track, and I would like to thank all the rapporteurs, in particular Nicola Beer, for this excellent work, because we have shown here in the shortest po…

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Dec

2023

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The European Elections 2024 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner! In the last European elections in 2019, the European Union lost considerable confidence. And the reason we lost confidence is Mr. Weber. Mr Weber is the addressee of this, because the CDU and CSU political groups and their political family have promised the people of Europe a top candidate system, which they did not comply with. There are many reasons why you want to…

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Nov

2023

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Destruction of judicial independence and the persecution of democrats in Hong Kong (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, What are we talking about here today? 7.5 million people who have lost everything they could lose in Hong Kong over the last three years when you think of Western or global values – not only freedom but also dignity has been lost. It is undeniable that within three, three-and-a-half years, the Communist Party will have to raise or socialise 7.5 million people he…

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Oct

2023

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A true geopolitical Europe now (topical debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Secretary of State! “It is time for a truly geopolitical Europe” – the headline exposes the failure of Ms von der Leyen and, dear Mr Borrell, I am sorry that you have to listen to my frustration today, because you are not the sole cause of this failure. Yes, if you want to be foreign policy, Mr Borrell, you have to work inwards. If you want to work internally, you ha…

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Oct

2023

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Decent Housing for All (topical debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Dear Council Representation! Today we are talking about the really important problem of housing in the European Union. It is a real problem for the people of the European Union and we must solve it. The discussion is actually on the wrong track. I firmly believe that: We are discussing in the wrong direction. More subsidies in housing means that we have to take money…

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Sep

2023

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Improving firefighters’ working conditions (debate)

Dear Vice-President Barley, dear Commissioner, dear colleagues! Today we are talking about the important work of firefighters in the European Union and I would like to focus on the more than 3.2 million volunteer firefighters in the European Union. I firmly believe that it is the volunteers and especially those in rural areas, where money is really scarce throughout Europe, who deserve the best eq…

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2023

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Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials (debate)

Dear Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Critical raw materials are on everyone's lips. And why is that so? It is used as a strategic weapon. We have been experiencing this very intensively in the last 24 months. I am therefore all the more grateful, and it is a milestone for the European Parliament, that in such a short time, thanks to the shadow rapporteurs and the rapporteur Mrs N…