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17

Feb

2022

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The recent human rights developments in the Philippines

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen. I think we all agree on the analysis. It is, unfortunately, very, very dismaying, clear and unambiguous and shameful for such a country. And the question remains open: What can we do here? The Philippines is an island nation, far from us. Can we really intervene here? Can we really change things here? I ask you from the Commission. If you can do so…

17

Feb

2022

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Droughts and other extreme weather phenomena on the Iberian Peninsula and other parts of Europe (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner! A year ago we talked about the spring frosts that had seriously harmed the wine and fruit farmers in southern Europe. Today we are talking about drought and drought in the Iberian Peninsula. What are we going to talk about next year? Colleagues, of course I mourn with the farmers – and even as the son of a farmer – that they have to accept the severe losses and lack res…

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Jan

2022

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Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the European Union (continuation of debate)

Madam President, My heartfelt congratulations on your re-election, all the best and God's blessings! Dear colleagues! Once again, we are talking about women's sexual rights and their reproductive health. And again, we are exchanging the well-known points of view. What is new, however, is that Mr Macron is clearly saying these days what is behind your downplaying words – namely: It's about abortion…

15

Dec

2021

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Plans to undermine further fundamental rights in Poland, in particular regarding the standards of the European Convention of Human Rights and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (debate)

Madam President, Dear colleagues, week after week you are trying to find new reasons and legal instruments to force Poland and its people to accept your globalist agenda. Unlike many Western member states, Poland defends its borders, its citizens and its culture with pride and dignity. Poland does not want migrants who support barbaric atrocities such as forced marriage and female genital mutilati…

15

Dec

2021

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The European Commission Guidelines on inclusive language (topical debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen. Let's be honest. With these guidelines on inclusive language, we have made ourselves the ridicule of the whole world. The Commission obviously pursues an unnatural and un-European policy if it wants to outlaw all references to our Christian-Jewish heritage. This delusion of inclusive language attacks every aspect of our national culture and society. Don't you…

15

Dec

2021

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 16-17 December 2021 - The EU's response to the global resurgence of Covid-19 and the new emerging Covid variants (debate)

Mr President! Before Christmas, my wife and I receive extensive wish lists from our children. This year, however, there are quite different things on it than usual, not the doll's kitchen, not the pocket knife, not the climbing equipment. No, the children wish that they can go back to school without a mask, that they do not have to be vaccinated, that they can celebrate Christmas with grandma and …

13

Dec

2021

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Order of business

Mr President! I have received information that at least 400 Members and staff have been infected with SARS-CoV-2 in the European Parliament last month of November. This high number of infections is very surprising given the strict hygiene measures in our house. I can only explain this to myself as a result of the in-person event of the mini-plenary at the beginning of November. And now, because of…

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Oct

2021

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The proposal to build a ‘single market for philanthropy’ (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner McGuinness, ladies and gentlemen! I have to pour some water into the wine. And I would also like to briefly explain to you why. I have serious concerns for several reasons. The first is: We are creating a new bureaucratic monster if we want to regulate philanthropy. Just a short story: A few weeks ago, a party colleague of mine suffered an arson attack on his family car.…

21

Oct

2021

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2019 Discharge: European Border and Coast Guard Agency (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen. I have the impression that the discharge experience, which has a budgetary focus, is being misused for the implementation of political objectives, and that is not how the matter is dealt with correctly. When we deal with the agency Frontex here, it's about the year 2019 for the first time and we bring current things to the table here. And the se…

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Oct

2021

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 21-22 October 2021 (debate)

Madam President, Since yesterday, I have received over 600 emails from concerned Polish citizens and have read many of them carefully. Your message is unanimous: We Poland stand by our government and our constitution. We do not want an EU that dictates our way of life and that exceeds its competences. We do not want an EU that morally condemns us and accuses our government of anti-Semitic stereoty…

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Oct

2021

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General budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022 - all sections (debate)

Madam President, Madam Minister, Commissioner Hahn, ladies and gentlemen! Congratulations, you did it again! They shall submit a budget which formally fulfils most of the criteria and requirements of the Treaty and the Financial Regulation. You know very well that we have an elephant in the room and that this budget is only part of the overall NextGenerationEU package and that its financing is lar…

7

Oct

2021

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The state law relating to abortion in Texas, USA

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen. I am surprised and confused. We're talking about Texas' heartbeat law here in plenary. Has Texas been admitted to the EU? Did I miss something? It is already a violation of competence if we interfere in Poland's abortion law. How much more when it comes to Texas? What are we pretending to do here? Solomon once said: He grabs a dog by the ears that …

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Oct

2021

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Implementation report on the EU Trust Funds and the Facility for Refugees in Turkey (continuation of debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen. I would like to confine myself to the Refugee Facility and make a few comments. Did you really believe that the European Union is entering into treaties with Erdoğan, and he is fulfilling every single passage of those treaties? Did you really believe that these agreements would allow the EU to escape its obligation in the long term, namely to pr…

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Sep

2021

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

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! Mrs Montserrat deserves the credit that this important issue is on the agenda today. Thank you very much for that. Much has also been said correctly on the development, purchase and distribution of COVID vaccines. But questions about the sometimes devastating consequences of vaccination have so far been omitted. I want to say something about that. …

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Sep

2021

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Brexit Adjustment Reserve - Draft amending budget No 1/2021: Brexit Adjustment Reserve (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen. Today, 700 years ago, Dante Alighieri, one of the greatest poets in the world, died, and I would much rather talk about this brilliant European and his Divine Comedy today than about the Brexit Adjustment Fund and the related affair, who gets the most from this honeypot of the charitable commission. I have already expressed my opposition to this re…

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Sep

2021

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Order of business

Mr President! I am very concerned about the plans to introduce a COVID-19 certificate to regulate access to the EP. Mr President, you have always stressed the importance of keeping Parliament fit for work. And now you want to restrict access to the workplace for our employees? That can't be your goal! I therefore ask you, firstly, to clarify what is really planned and, secondly, to do everything p…

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Jul

2021

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Plans and actions to accelerate a transition to innovation without the use of animals in research, regulatory testing and education (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen. We all seem to agree that animal testing must be abolished. I'm just wondering: How could it take so long, and why did it cause so many problems? Why are there millions of animals that really suffer unnecessarily? I miss a little bit that we have to think about why this happened. Of course, we humans are responsible for our fellow creatures, and we…

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Jul

2021

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The creation of guidelines for the application of the general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget (continuation of debate)

Mr President, Commissioner Hahn! Please stay strong! Don't give in to this pressure from the European Parliament! I believe that this is a violation of the European Council agreements – Mr Körner, you are right. I also think it is a slap in the face of the Member States Poland and Hungary, because they were promised that these rules would be finalised first and that the CJEU procedure would be awa…

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Jul

2021

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Financial activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2020 - Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2019 (debate)

Mr President, Mr President Hoyer, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! The reports contain a lot of good, and the EIB is also doing a lot of good. But unfortunately there are also some negative things in the reports – especially at the end – and I would like to go back to that very briefly. First, there is a lack of transparency between intermediary financial institutions. There is a lack of inform…