What Bernhard spoke about.

7 Jun

2022

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The EU’s Foreign, Security and Defence Policy after the Russian invasion of Ukraine (debate)

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Mr President! The EU wants to enforce a common line in the Ukraine conflict, but this is completely contrary to the national interests of many Member States. The sanctions are completely meaningless and actually only harm ourselves. Especially the massively increased energy prices in Germany ensure that the already enormously high costs of the completely misguided energy transition are even higher…

6 Jun

2022

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The EEAS’s Climate Change and Defence Roadmap (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. What happens when an organic farmer becomes a member of parliament and writes a report on defence policy for whatever reason? Right, elementary military issues are mixed with left-green ideology. While Sun Tzu and Clausewitz used to be taught, climate ideology is now supposed to make its way into the defense realm instead. Unsurprisingly, the report also fails a…

18 May

2022

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EU Association Agreement with the Republic of Moldova (debate)

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Mr President! The planned EU enlargement is not only a completely wrong approach, but a highly dangerous one. It is wrong because both the Balkan countries and the Republic of Moldova hardly meet any of the Copenhagen criteria that are prerequisites for EU accession. It is also wrong because the highly corrupt Moldova – currently ranked 105th in the Corruption Index – would be a net beneficiary fo…

4 May

2022

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The case of Osman Kavala in Turkey

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Mr President! Osman Kavala is the co-founder of George Soros’ and therefore, for me, an enemy of any open, free society. However, this must not lead to his being sentenced to life imprisonment for unproven allegations – even the panel of judges did not agree on this. This purely politically motivated procedure proves once again Erdoğan's contempt for all standards of the rule of law. The consequen…

2 May

2022

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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Mr President! The Commission wants to bring millions of migrants back to the EU. The fact that we supposedly need 1.75 million workers, but currently officially have over 13 million unemployed in the EU, clearly shows where the journey is going. From a so-called talent pool of countries such as Bangladesh, Pakistan, Senegal or Nigeria, the workforce should come to establish a green digital economy…

5 Apr

2022

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Situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women’s rights (debate)

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Madam President, The EU continues to try with all its might to force change for Afghan women, although our value imperialism has undoubtedly failed there. The few representatives of Western values in Kabul are not representative there. They are just high-paying talking dolls and have absolutely nothing to do with the Afghan people. The fact is: Despite 14 years of massive financial aid, the Wester…

23 Mar

2022

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Order of business

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen. We are always talking here about our European, our democratic values, on which all our actions should be based. As a diplomat, I lived in Syria for five years and in Pakistan for four years, so I appreciate democracy very much. Now, Madam President, you are inviting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has recently trampled on these values; who declare…

16 Feb

2022

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EU-Russia relations, European security and Russia’s military threat against Ukraine (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen. The situation on the Russian border with Ukraine is still worrying and very opaque. Whether the partial withdrawal of Russian troops can be interpreted according to a permanent relaxation is currently completely unclear. However, in order to improve the situation in the long term, various steps are necessary. On the one hand, Ukraine needs a guarantee that it…

15 Feb

2022

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EU-Africa relations (debate)

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Madam President, Ms von der Leyen has announced a €150 billion programme for Africa. 75 billion euros will probably be financed by the taxpayer. As always, the goals read wonderfully, in truth they are air bubbles and word sleeves. There is talk of democratic values, high standards, transparency and partnerships on an equal footing, including cheap loans, budgetary guarantees, reduction of investm…

19 Jan

2022

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Situation in Kazakhstan

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. I understand the citizens of Kazakhstan when they rise up to put an end to the shameless exploitation of the country by the elites. 225 dead, hundreds injured and thousands imprisoned are the sad record so far. This must be strongly condemned, this must be condemned – no question about it. However, the fact that the German government is urging Kazakhstan to resp…

24 Nov

2021

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Statement by the President

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. Today we are voting on ‘legal migration policy and legislation’. For this purpose, we were provided with information in our preliminary information and by EPRS analysts at committee level. This information from the EPRS, which is included in this study entitled ‘European added value of EU policy and the right to legal migration’, claims that: In the EU, public o…

23 Nov

2021

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Situation in Belarus and at its border with the EU and the security and humanitarian consequences (debate)

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Madam President, Dear colleagues, while together with the media you mantra-like always repeat the same fake news of poor refugees and hollow phrases of solidarity and values, the videos from the Polish border show the bitter reality: Extremely violent economic migrants attack Poland's border in order to enter the welfare state of Germany. No one has to be more grateful to Poland than we Germans. P…

21 Oct

2021

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The outcome of the Western Balkans summit (continuation of debate)

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Mr President! The fact that we are discussing a possible EU enlargement in the Balkans is simply absurd. The Balkan countries are and will remain a haven of corruption, and the economic situation there is catastrophic. Since 2007, the EU has invested around €8 billion there, also to boost the economy. According to studies, there has been no progress. As always, the EU has only burned money and fai…

20 Oct

2021

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Pushbacks at the EU's external border (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner! In reports on the push-backs, women and crying children are shown to us in a visually effective way. But the reality is different. With naked violence, young, strong migrants are crossing the border in Poland. What about us? We are having a hypocritical debate that distracts from the central core of the problem: The EU's total failure to protect its external borders.…

7 Oct

2021

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European Union Agency for Asylum (continuation of debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. The EU wants to set up an Asylum Agency to "support Member States in crisis situations". What this means is quite obvious. It is about distributing asylum seekers more quickly and speeding up their applications. Let's not fool ourselves! Uncontrolled immigration, which has led to numerous terrorist attacks, countless murders and rapes in the EU, will only contin…

5 Oct

2021

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

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen. Billions of dollars of taxpayers' money are being sunk into development aid, trust funds and other things to create a few jobs here and there, allegedly fighting causes of flight or helping people. This dysfunctional system does not create any sustainability, but only provides the NGOs with highly endowed jobs. We doctrinate on problems around, then in a hare…

14 Sep

2021

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Situation in Lebanon (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen. Lebanon has been in a catastrophic situation since the devastating explosion in Beirut a year ago and the subsequent resignation of the government. This has already been said several times. The economy is on the ground. There is a lack of gasoline, electricity, medicines, food, everything. Iran and Hezbollah are using the situation to gather sympathy among th…

14 Sep

2021

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Situation in Afghanistan (debate)

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen. The record after 20 years in Afghanistan is terrifying. The complete failure testifies once again that our value imperialism has failed crashingly. Failure with announcement. We do not have the right to transfer our values to other countries and cultures, nor is it clearly desired. 99% of Afghans want Sharia law, including the death penalty for homosexuals. W…