What Engin spoke about.

14 Jun

2023

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Deterioration of fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong, notably the case of Jimmy Lai

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Mr President, Commissioner. Jimmy Lai does not only represent a two- or three-digit number of people who are likely to remain imprisoned in China for life because they have fought for fundamental rights, for the fundamental rights of freedom. We see that in Hong Kong, within a few years, a complete annihilation of all kinds of fundamental rights has been carried out. People who grew up in freedom …

8 May

2023

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Impact on the 2024 EU budget of increasing European Union Recovery Instrument borrowing costs - Own resources: a new start for EU finances, a new start for Europe (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, First of all, thank you very much to the rapporteurs for this report. As a fiscal and budgetary politician, I am well aware that it was certainly not easy to draw up the budget of the European Union and that, in the context of the coronavirus pandemic and, ultimately, this devastating war of aggression against Ukraine, it is also a major challenge …

19 Apr

2023

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Digital euro (debate)

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Mr President, Madam Minister, Commissioner! Our currencies are in international competition, and it is therefore important that they can operate in a performance-oriented and politically uninfluenced manner. Because we are competing for our currency, we have to go with innovation. The innovation step of the digital currency is coming, and we as a European Monetary Union must not close ourselves th…

18 Apr

2023

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EU Rapid Deployment Capacity, EU Battlegroups and Article 44 TEU: the way forward (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, It must not be the case that multinational operations are hindered because the material of the participating EU countries is not compatible with each other. It must not be that there are missing routines, because there are no common and realistic exercises. It must not be the case that joint troops are never deployed because some European Member States exerci…

14 Dec

2022

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Chinese government crackdown on the peaceful protests across the People's Republic of China

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– Madam President, Commissioner! Under President Xi's rule, China has regressed massively over the last decade in terms of human rights. In the recent development, he has now also allowed himself to be elected for life. It would take hours to enumerate the barbaric human rights violations in China here, be it in Tibet, be it in Hong Kong or be it the horrific crime against the Uyghurs in the Xinji…

14 Dec

2022

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Upscaling the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner Hahn! Today we are discussing the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 and there is no doubt that we need to adapt it. But the clarity and truth also includes the fact that, although Brexit came about, it is unfortunately the highest budget to date. That is, we have already drawn from the full here. Even in terms of adaptation, we have already raised 750 billion …

14 Dec

2022

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Tackle the cost of living crisis: increase pay, tax profits, stop speculation (topical debate)

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Madam President, Mr Gentiloni, Mr Bek! We've been seeing the price increase for months, that's for sure. But it's important to look at how the price increase is changing every month. Now, especially this month of November, it is very clear that high food prices keep inflation very high in the Member States that have the euro. This means that we have to focus on food prices in the discussion this m…

20 Oct

2022

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Cultural solidarity with Ukraine and a joint emergency response mechanism for cultural recovery in Europe (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Today we discuss culture, values and identity. Russian warfare is increasingly unrestrained in Ukraine and deliberately targets civilian actors. It was with dismay that we discovered that Yuriy Kerpatenko, head of the chamber orchestra of the occupied city of Kherson, was murdered in his apartment. He refused to attend a Russian propaganda concert. He paid fo…

5 Oct

2022

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Countering the anti-European and anti-Ukrainian propaganda of Putin’s European cronies (topical debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Because of Putin, people have been dying every day in Ukraine since February. And, of course, as an EU, we are not looking idly at it. We are the global peace and freedom project and will never stand idly by. Sanctions are the minimum we can do to stop funding this warmonger. However, these sanctions are called into question. It is clear to us that Putin has bee…

4 Oct

2022

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Radio Equipment Directive: common charger for electronic devices (debate)

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6 Jul

2022

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The situation in Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province

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Madam President, Commissioner! We are discussing human rights violations in Tajikistan today, and it has become a model among autocrats. What happened? A civilian died in police custody after being arrested. People who are oppressed use this as an outlet, take to the streets, demonstrate for their human rights. Among these people are journalists. Autocracy has no other solution but to shoot into t…

6 Jul

2022

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The arrest of Cardinal Zen and the trustees of the 612 relief fund in Hong Kong

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, the Commission's representative! The arrest of 90-year-old former archbishop Cardinal Zen for alleged violations of the controversial national security law is a sad day and proof of the persecution of Christians in China, which is likely to be intensified. It is becoming increasingly apparent that China is unwilling to respect human rights, which are universa…

6 Jul

2022

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Taxing windfall profits of energy companies (debate)

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Mr President, dear representative of the Council, dear Commissioner! Today, we are discussing random gains or over-profit taxes, whatever you want to call it. I would like to say quite clearly here: Anyone who discusses tax increases in the current situation of inflation above 8% is discussing a further increase in inflation. Because one thing is clear: Tax increases are priced in by companies and…

5 Jul

2022

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EU initiatives to address the rising cost of living, including the implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights (debate)

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Mr President, dear representative of the Council, Mr Bek, dear Commissioner Schmit! Today we are talking about the cost increases within the European Union, the monetary union. And, of course, this also has something to do with the devastating war of aggression of the Russian ruler Putin against Ukraine. But part of the truth – and that is why we need to talk about it today – is also the ECB’s tot…

8 Jun

2022

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The human rights situation in Xinjiang, including the Xinjiang police files

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Madam President, Commissioner Dombrovskis, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen! Even if one claims for over a century that the Earth is a disk, it will not be. Thus, it never becomes the truth when the Chinese dictators claim that the closed camps in the Xinjiang region are educational institutions that are then voluntarily visited. A mockery when you look at the curre…

18 May

2022

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Minimum level of taxation for multinational groups (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen! Yes, what we are discussing here is really the most necessary time. We should have done it much earlier. The economy has changed, corporations are changing. That is how politics must change. This is the time of things. Today, we are discussing the minimum taxation of international corporations at 15 pe…

4 May

2022

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Reports of continued organ harvesting in China

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, As if everything wasn't bad enough, we have to discuss a really bad topic today, and that is organ trafficking or the forced removal of organs from people living in China. There are first and second class people in China – like many classes, I don’t want to know. The Chinese dictatorship has set itself the task of b…

8 Mar

2022

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Foreign interference in all democratic processes in the EU (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, here in the room! Disinformation is the seed of evil with the aim of eating into people's hearts. Disinformation is nothing new – a very old tool that is more than 2000 years old. Digital platforms are something new – not older than 20 years, that's something new. And where these digital platforms have led us, we now see. We see that it has led …

14 Feb

2022

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European Central Bank – annual report 2021 (continuation of debate)

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Madam President, Madam Lagarde, Commissioner! Today, in our report, we give the European Parliament's assessment of the ECB's policy, and that is also very important, because monetary policy is relevant. The citizens of the eurozone have certainly noticed this in recent years, and they notice it every day when they stand at the pump or go to grocery shopping. Last summer, the ECB revised its strat…

19 Jan

2022

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Situation in Kazakhstan

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Dear Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, Let's talk about the essentials here! We have had unrest in Kazakhstan, and again, as almost every month, significant crimes against humanity have occurred on this globe. In Kazakhstan, protesters were shot without warning, and over 200 have died. Yes, right, many thousands of these demonstrators, Commissioner, have been peaceful demonstrators…

19 Jan

2022

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Violations of fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, First of all, I would also like to thank my co-authors for the good cooperation on this text. Once again, as a Parliament, we are proving how determined we are on the issues of China. The freedom of the people of China and Hong Kong is being withdrawn bit by bit. Closed contracts are not respected by the government in China. In the last elections in December, we…

14 Dec

2021

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Situation at the Ukrainian border and in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, What we are currently experiencing on the Ukrainian border is an active threat of war from the Russian government. Well over 100,000 soldiers on the border with Ukraine, heavy weapons of war, and also the medical infrastructure for the treatment of soldiers is being built on the Russian side. It can happen at any time that Ukraine is attacked again. As early …

6 Oct

2021

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The state of play on the submitted RRF recovery plans awaiting approval (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner Gentiloni! We have heard many passionate speeches today about the rule of law, and I must say: Everything we've heard about it is right. Unfortunately, the European Union has been in debt for the first time since its inception, that must be said. And yes, it is absolutely true that not one euro of these debts, which are made for the first time, will be paid out to Mem…

5 Oct

2021

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The situation in Belarus after one year of protests and their violent repression (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, The reality is that the numbers of refugees arriving in Brandenburg via Poland are increasing daily and the reception camp in Eisenhüttenstadt is now overloaded. The regime is organizing flights from Iraq to Belarus to escalate this hybrid form of war against the European Union. It uses migrants as a weapon against the European Union. Immigrants have also died. …

14 Sep

2021

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Situation in Afghanistan (debate)

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Madam President, Mr Borrell! After the attack with more than 3,000 deaths from 87 countries, it was right and important that we defend ourselves, that we tracked down and destroyed the terrorist cells in order to prevent any further and worse attacks. In the 20 years of the operation, more than 3,500 soldiers and over 85,000 Afghans have died. History in Afghanistan is now being written by the vic…