10
Nov
2021
The escalating humanitarian crisis on the EU-Belarusian border, in particular in Poland (debate)
Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, on 9 November 1989 the Berlin Wall fell: It was the triumph of freedom and the final fall of a totalitarian system that oppressed the peoples of the East. Since then great strides have been made by countries that were previously crushed under Soviet influence. Today, 32 years after that day, the wall must be erected, not to isolate us but to protect the peoples …