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Oct

2025

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The need for a united support to Ukraine and for a just and durable peace concluded on Ukraine's terms, with Europeans and without surrendering to Vladimir Putin's conditions ahead of the foreseen Budapest summit (debate)

Thank you for allowing the interlocutory question. I have two questions for you because you keep telling this story that Russia will invade Europe tomorrow. How do you explain the fact that Russia has been at war with the much weaker Ukraine for three years and is not winning this war? They tell me Ukraine can win this war. At the same time, you say Russia can attack the EU, attack NATO countries …

22

Oct

2025

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The need for a united support to Ukraine and for a just and durable peace concluded on Ukraine's terms, with Europeans and without surrendering to Vladimir Putin's conditions ahead of the foreseen Budapest summit (debate)

Mr President! “I always thought everyone was against the war until I found out that there are those who are for it, especially those who don’t have to go”. I had to think of this quote from Remarque very often in the last few days. Ladies and gentlemen, it is no longer the United States, as it was at the beginning, that is blocking a peace agreement. Russia shouts: We won the war, and the EU repli…

21

Oct

2025

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Changing security landscape and the role of police at the heart of the EU’s internal security strategy (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. You want to talk about more security in our cities? The growing crime? I'd love to. Let's talk about growing social inequality. Let's talk about how public authorities have actually been thinned out by the EU's stipulations in recent years, and also the public service. Let's talk about how many unpaid overtime hours the police push for unnecessary border control…

21

Oct

2025

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Recent peace agreement in the Middle East and the role of the EU (debate)

Thank you, Mr Colleague, for allowing the interlocutory question. You just stressed once again that Hamas would somehow break the ceasefire and bring terror to Israel and Palestine. I would like to ask you: Have you ever noticed that the Middle East conflict is much older and has been going on longer than Islamist Hamas exists? If you have taken note of it, would you please also take note of the f…

8

Oct

2025

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Establishment and functioning of European Works Councils - effective enforcement (debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, It is not uncommon for employees and Euro works councils to experience closures or collective redundancies in the press. There must be an end to this! Companies that undermine the statutory right to consultation and co-determination of trade unions must finally be consistently sanctioned. Co-determination is not a nice-to-have. Trade unions are strengthened. …

8

Oct

2025

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United response to recent Russian violations of the EU Member States’ airspace and critical infrastructure (debate)

Madam President, “We need a drone wall” echoes from the defence industry. This follows the logic of escalation. Ladies and gentlemen, mutual hybrid warfare has been going on for a long time, and it is becoming ever more acute. It would be wrong to claim that hybrid warfare and attacks are an invention of only one actor, i.e. only Russia. The EU has also repeatedly resorted to such means: Regime ch…

7

Oct

2025

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Situation in Afghanistan: supporting women and communities affected by the recent earthquakes (debate)

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. The catastrophic situation of women and girls in Afghanistan is intensifying. The earthquake has exacerbated the situation. Under the Taliban, women in Afghanistan are effectively excluded from public life, education, aid, medicine. Gender apartheid prevails and the situation is marked by crimes against humanity. Colleagues! 20 years of NATO war have proven that…

10

Sep

2025

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After 10 years, time to end mass migration now - protect our women and children (topical debate)

Mr President! Here, the right-wing populists spread hatred and incitement unabashedly. They spray their poison and want to play people off against each other. The problem, however, is that the policies of the Commission, the leaders, and the kneeling of the conservatives are increasingly opening the door for the right to move forward. You say you want to talk about women's rights and children's ri…

9

Sep

2025

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Gaza at breaking point: EU action to combat famine, the urgent need to release hostages and move towards a two-state solution (debate)

Madam President, The CDU deputy Hildegard Bentele has just stood here and asserted in all seriousness that Israel is just solving the Middle East conflict militarily. I want to say very clearly: Israel is not solving anything. Israel is committing a genocide, a genocide in the livestream, and still gets applause from the conservative corner here in the house. That's unbearable! But Hildegard Bente…

9

Sep

2025

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Ukraine (joint debate)

Madam President, Mrs. Kallas, you are proud to have the 19th. Sanctions package announced. But I would like to ask you: What action have you taken now during the genocide of the Palestinians against Israel? When do you want to suspend the EU Association Agreement? I think at that point your double standard becomes pretty, pretty clear. Ladies and gentlemen, for three years now I have been listenin…

10

Jul

2025

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Motion of censure on the Commission (B10-0319/2025) (vote)

Madam President, I refer to Article 188(2). You declared our amendment inadmissible. A motion that makes it clear that returns to Syria are irresponsible in the face of systematic violence against Alevis, Druze and Christians. Your decision, Madam President, was not a formal decision, but a political one. Yes, our request put a finger in the wound. The Syrian interim government consists of former …

9

Jul

2025

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Lessons from Budapest Pride: the urgent need for an EU wide anti-discrimination law and defending fundamental rights against right-wing attacks (topical debate)

Madam President, I too was in Budapest with 200,000 courageous people who did not let themselves be intimidated by Orbán, but demonstrated for equality and against discrimination. I say it clearly: Anyone who feels disturbed by the colors of the rainbow, feels disturbed by democracy, and this obviously applies to Viktor Orbán. But it is also strange that the German Bundestag president refuses to r…

8

Jul

2025

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Situation in the Middle East (debate)

Madam President, 21 months of ethnic cleansing – while in Gaza the rubble is still smoking, people are dying not only from bombs but also from hunger, thirst and systematic destruction. Anyone trying to get relief supplies is shot – not accidentally, but deliberately. It is a policy of attrition, expulsion, inhumanity. Now the US is planning camps – supposedly humanitarian, but in reality places o…

18

Jun

2025

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Rise in violence and the deepening humanitarian crisis in South Sudan (debate)

Madam President, The UN has described the situation in Sudan and its consequences for neighbouring countries, including South Sudan, as the largest humanitarian crisis in the world, but hardly anyone seems to really care. When you look at South Sudan today, you see a sad example of European politics. The situation in this region is also the result of a classic proxy war, and European states were n…

18

Jun

2025

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Stopping the genocide in Gaza: time for EU sanctions (topical debate)

Madam President, If a German fascist, whose party in Germany speaks of the Holocaust as a bird's-eye of history, gives such a speech here, if an Italian fascist, who is in the tradition of European anti-Semitism, says ‘Heil Israel!’ – no, Madam President, then I will not remain calm. These are the anti-Semites in this house. These are the ones who relativize the Holocaust. And these are the ones w…

18

Jun

2025

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Upcoming NATO summit on 24-26 June 2025 (debate)

Madam President, The world is already on fire – Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan. Wars and more and more armed conflicts. On every front: weapons made in the EU. And as if that wasn't enough, they are now screaming for even more weapons of war. At the upcoming NATO summit, a target of 5% of GDP for armaments, and more soldiers, will be decided. 5% sounds little, but it's gigasums. A billion seconds is 30 year…

16

Jun

2025

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The human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine and the urgent need to end Russian aggression: the situation of illegally detained civilians and prisoners of war, and the continued bombing of civilians (debate)

Madam President, Today we are talking about the human cost of the war in Ukraine. These include the thousands of civilian casualties and the hundreds of thousands of men who died on the battlefield on both sides. This war, like many other wars, has brought unimaginable atrocities. This war must end. Instead, the Commission and the Council say again today that we should not rely on peace negotiatio…

7

May

2025

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EU support for a just, sustainable and comprehensive peace in Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, Mrs von der Leyen! The Netanyahu administration is escalating the situation in Gaza, wanting to annex all of Gaza. They're silent about it. You talk a lot about Ukraine, yes, but you don't tell the truth either. They say Ukraine must be helped to achieve a just peace. For peace, however, you have done absolutely nothing for three years, and your aid is also poisoned. They're just loa…

6

May

2025

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2023 and 2024 reports on Türkiye (debate)

Mr President! More and more trade unionists in Turkey are talking about Turkey becoming a new Bangladesh of Europe. In fact, Turkey is a low-cost production country at the gates of Europe, a guardian of European interests in the Middle East. Syrian refugees in particular are being used as workers without any rights, they are being brutally exploited, and trade union rights are being eroded. All th…

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May

2025

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Apr

2025

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Crackdown on democracy in Türkiye and the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu (debate)

Madam President, Despite the ban on demonstrations and repression, more and more people are taking to the streets in Turkey. Pepper spray and rubber bullets also leave them unimpressed. They know it's about their future against oppression, for freedom and justice. Commissioner, again and again you are talking here about a struggle between autocracy and democracy, why we need to upgrade here. But w…

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Apr

2025

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CFSP and CSDP (Article 36 TUE) (joint debate)

Madam President, It was European history that taught us what war means. Our collective memory taught us that the path to security and peace is mutual disarmament, détente and diplomacy. The EU once called itself a diplomatic power, but the word diplomacy seems only incidental. Colleagues, you are only talking about armaments and military readiness – the report on the Common Foreign and Security Po…

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Mar

2025

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Social and employment aspects of restructuring processes: the need to protect jobs and workers’ rights (debate)

Madam President, Dividends are rising and workers are impoverished. Currently, two hearts are beating in my chest – worry and hope. On the one hand, the ever louder tones and calls to the workers to tighten their belts. For example, calls for a reduction in working hours or the abolition of public holidays to finance the gigantic rearmament in Germany determine the discourse. All of this seems to …

12

Mar

2025

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100 days of the new Commission – Delivering on defence, competitiveness, simplification and migration as our priorities (topical debate)

Mr President! Competitiveness and rearmament, sham debates on migrants – this seems to be the new ultimate in this House and also in the Commission. Unfortunately, the Commission's 100-day balance sheet shows how remote and far away from the daily needs of the people the Commission acts. While thousands of people struggle to make ends meet, middle classes continue to erode: What is the Commission …

11

Mar

2025

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White paper on the future of European defence (debate)

Mr. Sieper, I can't squat in your head and of course I don't know exactly what you want or don't want. But the thing is that I come to terms with reality, and the thing is that I come to terms with the history of Europe. If I look at the history of Europe, then there was a time of radical rearmament; That was before the First World War, and that ended in it. The lesson of the First World War, by t…