What Nicolaus spoke about.

20 Oct

2021

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The rise of right-wing extremism and racism in Europe (in light of recent events in Rome) (debate)

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Madam President, Minister, Commissioner, what are we talking about here? The extreme right-wing violence? Seriously? Last week, two members of Antifa were sentenced to long prison terms in Stuttgart for half-killing three members of a conservative union. Response from the European Parliament and Ms Dalli: Zero. In Leipzig, 1,300 police officers were not enough to keep Antifa in check. Heavy stone …

18 Oct

2021

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Order of business

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Madam President, First of all, I would like to ask you to send my wishes for recovery to President Sassoli. We are politically separate worlds, but I wish him all the best for his health. Ladies and gentlemen, two weeks ago – we just heard – the European Youth Event took place here in this House. This event was also attended by well-known representatives of Femyso, the youth organization of the Is…

7 Oct

2021

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European Union Agency for Asylum (continuation of debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. Once again, I am grateful for this debate. I have learned that small national flags – whether Austrian, German or Italian – are inadmissible political banners, but t-shirts with left-wing union slogans are not. Honourable President Karas, the interpretation of the Rules of Procedure that you are carrying out is, I should say, refreshing once again. About the new…

5 Oct

2021

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Disinformation and the role of social platforms (debate)

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Madam President, Nothing against this debate, but today it is really absurd, and one wonders: Under which moon does this Parliament actually live, and above all under which moon does Mr Glucksmann actually live? On 26 September – you may not have noticed – it was not only the election to the German Bundestag, but also the election of the Berlin State Parliament. This election was a unique state-in…

4 Oct

2021

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The impact of intimate partner violence and custody rights on women and children (debate)

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Mr President! I don't think anyone in this room is serious about protecting women and children. However, when I hear that the liberals are already demanding special courts, and also read terms such as ‘patriarchy’ or ‘femicide’, which will not stand before any constitutional court in the world, then I must say: While this resolution has a reasonable reason, it is weak in its implementation. And th…

16 Sep

2021

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EU transparency in the development, purchase and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines (debate)

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Mr President! Mrs. Johansson, you've been knitting here all along. Is this debate as irrelevant and desolate to you as you express it? Well, you also knitted yesterday during your boss's state-of-the-union speech. I did not find the speeches of your boss convincing either, but out of respect for this House I would have done anything but knit here. Ms Johansson, you said – I wrote it down –: The Co…

16 Sep

2021

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Government crackdown on protests and citizens in Cuba

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Madam President, Thank you, Mr Geuking, for your brilliant speech. I too had written down the statements of Mr Pineda, who actually said that there was no political oppression in Cuba. This is amusing, but probably more in the area of explaining jokes. Other things we've just heard here have also been amazing. Ms Metz of the Greens said: The communication channels should be kept open, which probab…

15 Sep

2021

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Identifying gender-based violence as a new area of crime listed in Article 83(1) TFEU (continuation of debate)

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Madam President, Dear Mrs Riba i Giner, is it hate speech if you impute to all Conservatives, without any support, that you are underestimating women's rights? I definitely don't do that for myself, and neither do my colleagues. If we reject this submission, it is solely for objective reasons: First, Article 83 covers serious crimes such as terrorism, organised crime, drugs and trafficking in huma…

15 Sep

2021

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Media freedom and further deterioration of the Rule of law in Poland (debate)

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Madam President, When it comes to Poland and Hungary, this House is largely in agreement, at least on the left. When we talk about media pluralism, there would be a country that would be much more important to focus on, namely Germany. Germany has four major media players. One is public broadcasting, which is so thoroughly green-left that even the respected Neue Zürcher Zeitung recently wrote that…

14 Sep

2021

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EU Blue Card Directive (debate)

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Mr President! I think everyone here in the room thinks the immigration of highly qualified people makes sense. But, Mr Sánchez, this is not about that. This is another one, because you not only want to lower the income limits, but also bring in seasonal workers. And Mrs. Johannson himself said: We also need cooks, tilers and, of course, especially Afghans. Sure, they are all super qualified, and s…

7 Jul

2021

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State of play of the implementation of the EU Digital COVID Certificate regulations (debate)

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Mr President! We are accustomed to fraud and self-deception here in this Chamber, but the Commissioner's discussion and assessment of this matter are really unusual. In fact, one must say: The European Parliament’s COVID strategy and vaccination strategy have failed completely. We've heard it before: Today there are not only travel restrictions, there are also passenger locator formsThere are hono…

6 Jul

2021

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Foreign interference in democratic processes (debate)

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Madam President, The quality of this debate can already be seen in the introductory report by the rapporteur, Mr Glucksmann. He gives three examples of the illegal influence of foreign powers. These are the Brexit campaign, Nord Stream and Piraeus. Mr Glucksmann, you can support the Brexit campaign, that is covered by freedom of expression. And if Athens sells Piraeus to China, then you can be unh…

5 Jul

2021

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Signing of acts adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (Rule 79)

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Mr President! After Parliament showed its reverence to the LGBTI community in the Chamber two weeks ago by raising the rainbow flag, we should also show the reverence to those who have become victims of migration policy, namely the victims of Würzburg, but also of Vienna and probably also of Gothenburg. I therefore request that the flags be placed at half-mast in front of the European Parliament a…