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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, If you have listened to your colleague from the Social Democrats, you almost have to worry that perhaps one or the other of his colleagues is somewhere with nitrous oxide cartridges - hopefully not! Dear friends, the American dentist Horace Wells discovered nitrous oxide in 1844 and applied it in self-experiment. The good man didn't want to get intoxicated. Rather, the purpose of his practice was to search for a suitable anesthetic to allow himself to be pulled a wisdom tooth without pain. The trial ended successfully, and so nitrous oxide was used for many years at the dentist or for moderately painful surgical procedures as a short-term anesthesia. Incidentally, Horace Wells would not have dreamed himself during his anesthesia that around 200 years later we are debating a ban on the spread of nitrous oxide here in the EU ‑ Parliament. In the meantime, nitrous oxide also plays a subordinate role in medicine. But instead, nitrous oxide is widely used as an intoxicant among adolescents. Side effects include dizziness, nausea, or even fainting with low consumption. In the case of severe nitrous oxide poisoning, there is even a risk of damage to the spinal cord or nervous system, as studies have shown. Especially with adolescents, we must not look away there and must act. In Germany, the Bundestag therefore passed a ban on nitrous oxide for children and adolescents in December. Thus, for example, publicly accessible vending machines with nitrous oxide will be a thing of the past in the future. Especially in young people, the protection against side effects and late consequences must always be in the foreground. So far, so good. And this can therefore also be regulated very well at national level, as shown in Germany. However, a general ban on the distribution of nitrous oxide would not be comprehensible. In this case, it should already be up to the responsible adult to decide whether he wants to buy nitrous oxide for whatever reason. There is no need for patronage of citizens, either nationally or at European level. There is no need for a new culture of prohibition. There may be people who go to the basement to laugh and who experience a few rare happy moments with a dose of nitrous oxide. We can find this good or bad here, but as Members of Parliament we do not have to make regulations for adult people about their consumption behaviour. And finally, I would like to appeal in general for the green ban mentality to disappear from Parliament here. The freedom of our citizens is non-negotiable.

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, Today for you: Patriotic rhetoric against political inconsistencies. First of all, congratulations and respect for Women's Day. But my speech is about the single market. Citizens and businesses are oppressed by bureaucrats, Freedom of speech and criticism from ideologues. Heating, energy and fuel sent by lobbyists – and daring and entrepreneurial spirit of von der Leyen suffocated. With green hair: Left-wing mob discovered on the street – He has been unchecked in Parliament for years. You are hypocrites – you must forgive me for that – You tolerate left-wing extremists in your own ranks. We want peace, but you send cartridges. You want war, we want sovereign nations. And despite leftist propaganda on every state broadcaster. Let us fight for a Europe of sovereign fatherlands. People vote for AfD, they want real representatives of the people. No hypocrites, no spinners, no weak quieters. Politics without heart is like ouzo without anise. We want less Merz, we want a lot more Alice. And the trend is our friend here in the EU ‑Parliament – The AfD is growing because everyone in our country is burning for the fatherland.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. For millions of sports fans like me, the Internet age is a real dream. At the moment you can see major events such as the Australian Open in tennis or the European Championship in handball worldwide. Or take the victory goal from Niclas Füllkrug last weekend for AC Milan – available anywhere in the world. Of course, the real fan wants to be there live. But if Bayern Munich plays against Union Saint-Gilloise in the Champions League tonight, this game can usually only be watched by those who also have a paid subscription – and that's right. In the end, the sport is a business and the salary of the footballer Niclas Füllkrug also needs to be refinanced, and that usually goes beyond the broadcasting rights. So far, so good. Online pirates, however, use technical tricks to stream live sports for free via their own portals and to generate illegal profits through advertising there. Although this may seem interesting for the low-income sports fan at first, it is ultimately nothing more than fraud. The EU Commission now considers it a clever idea to regulate this online piracy centrally. It is believed that over the Digital Services Act and the so-called Trusted flagrs Collect user data. Then the sports hater sits in his armchair, annoys himself about the loud cheers of his neighbor and contacts the spying service of his trust that the neighbor is watching football illegally. Ladies and gentlemen, I come from the former GDR. What we do not need in Europe is a new sports stasi – we certainly do not need it. We need strong legislation in the Member States instead. Here, providers of illegal portals must be stopped immediately by blocking orders, so that the corresponding transmission is interrupted during the live events. Here, the criminal energy must be stopped, not only with the consumer, who probably looks at such sporting events quite legally, quite naively also in the net. A total Europe-wide control would be a classic own goal.

Mr Sieper, unlike you, I come from a country where exactly this has taken place, namely the GDR. There was a Stasi who harassed people, who picked people up. Clarification of a matter was then called, and there were some people gone, who were even gone for years. I never want to get there. And unfortunately we still have a left-wing majority here, which does exactly what has already been described here in the discussion, namely keep people away from elections, in other countries, certain countries, reverse elections. That's exactly the problem. This does not fit into a democracy. That's why it's also said in the USA, that's not how it goes on here in Europe. We will also not be a reliable partner for other countries in the world if we trample on democracy here. You have to write it behind your ears.

Madam President, Ladies and Gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, The common European policy, the common agricultural policy in Europe, can only work if our farmers are also able to have added value and pass this added value on to consumers. The report presented – as has been said on several occasions – is heading in the right direction. But he's not the big hit yet. Our ESN Group understands that many of you, especially from the EPP, cannot get rid of the misguided policies of recent years from one day to the next like used underpants. You need a transition to preserve your face. That is why there is a certain amount of approval from us here. However, it must also be clear that these corrections of the current funding period can only be the beginning. Because in the new funding period, comprehensive changes to the draft submitted by the EU Commission are required. Reductions of EUR 80 billion are absolutely unacceptable. And you know that too. The planned complete cancellation of the area aid for farmers of retirement age is a slap in the face of all those farmers who want to continue working or who have to work because of low pensions or perhaps because of ongoing loans. A lot of money is not the solution to all problems. But if we want to have high-quality agricultural products produced together in the EU, then we must also financially inferior to this quality in some form. We must achieve a financial strengthening of the common agricultural policy in the new period. We still need to support young farmers in the future, but without actually forcing older farmers into retirement. We do not need double or triple documentation obligations and constant checks, especially for smaller companies. These farms should focus on their practical work in the fields or in the stable. Nor do we need a Mercosur agreement with a flood of inferior imports. At the end of the year, let's say thank you to the farmers for their valuable work!

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen, dear guests! Probably everyone here in the European Parliament will support the protection of children and young people online. But how can this protection be achieved? The answer from the left spectrum is always: new regulation. Data is to be collected, data is to be stored and this data is to be exercised and evaluated to control people’s behaviour – a gateway to a totalitarian surveillance state. To this end, the Commission regulates young people's access to social media such as Facebook, Tiktok or Instagram. Access to content should be restricted or even censored. With pornography or glorification of violence, that makes sense. But in the case of culture, fashion, sport or society, these restrictions make no sense, because here every young person can and should get an impression of himself. Why don't our children walk on busy roads? Why don't they jump off high bridges and why don't they eat poisonous mushrooms? Because as parents, we taught them. And because our kids aren't stupid, they understand. Now the Internet is more complex and we may not always be up to date there. But ultimately, it's no different than the potential dangers in real life: Through education, education and education, we should create an awareness of what we are allowed and what we are not allowed to do. In addition to parental education, the early teaching of media literacy in schools would also be a particularly important component here. In any case, total control is not part of the solution, because free access to information is precisely the great strength of the Internet, also for the citizens of Europe. Should we, as parents, be prepared to protect our children from the adversities of life? Yes, 100%. And this is achieved through education, enlightenment and education.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen! At a late hour, I welcome you to the colorful energy-political fantasy world of green world improvers. There one rejoices at the sun that shines, at the wind that blows, and at the electricity from the socket that costs so little, because the sun and wind do not charge. And to make the world a little better, you turn off the Russian's gas tap and make sure that the Russian goes to the ground before the European Union. Anyone who follows our debate here must think that madness has broken out in this Parliament. Even after more than three years, have you not understood that ever new packages of sanctions are damaging our own economies and that 10,000 industrial jobs are currently disappearing every month in Germany alone? They're gone. Did you not understand that Russia is simply looking for new customers? Through the new Siberia 2 pipeline, 50 billion cubic meters of natural gas will flow to China annually in the future. Putin party, Russia friends, fifth column of Moscow – just keep insulting the critics of your misguided policies. The new old Europe of the fatherlands will once again act in the interests and for the benefit of these fatherlands and their citizens, and this will again include economic relations with Russia.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, An insolvency wave of unknown size is currently rolling through Germany. According to the Leibniz Institute, 1,400 companies have recently been insolvent per month. Politicians have recently responded to this insolvency only with intellectual incapacity. Three years ago, a now de-elected green economy minister came up with the idea that companies simply stop producing for a while and then continue at some point. But whoever closes his bakery or construction company, usually does not come back. Now you come here with a new bureaucracy monster around the corner. Companies are at an end, and their employees are facing unemployment a few weeks before Christmas. The European Commission is considering new burdens. They want to strengthen consumer rights. They are deceiving themselves in a very deceitful way. This regulation will make products more expensive and thus burden consumers. What's the use of the best information about manufacturers when parents can't even afford the Christmas presents for their children? Ursula von der Leyen is very much reminiscent of the evil old man from Charles Dickens' Christmas story. Let us make all young and old Europeans happy. Let us send this Commission, together with its President, into political insolvency, preferably before Christmas.

Mr President! The United States is lucky: You don't have to like Donald Trump, but the US president does his job 100 percent. He acts in the truest sense of the word in the interests of his fellow citizens. On the other side of the table, on the other hand, sits Ursula von der Leyen, a woman who did not stand on a single ballot in the European elections, who has already made a negative appearance with questionable immunization deals, who with the Green Deal For years, the competitiveness of our industry has been jeopardized and only a few weeks ago it survived a vote of no confidence here in the House. Weakened in this way, Ms von der Leyen has now presented a deal that will further threaten our European economy. With tariffs on steel and aluminium of 50 percent, all end products are affected, and this is exactly what makes these end products such as machines so expensive that our German exporters beat their hands over their heads. The German Chamber of Industry and Commerce has determined that more than half of the companies consider this deal to be a burden. It is time for the majority of this European Parliament to recognise that the Commission President herself is now the biggest burden on the future of the European economy.

Mr President! Ten years of mass migration, ten years of suffering and misery for the citizens of Europe. When the then Chancellor Angela Merkel opened the German borders in 2015, the whole of Europe was flooded with partly violent and anti-social refugees. The Dublin Agreement and the Basic Law – Angela Merkel and her cabinet of welcome-stupid, culturally-stupid refugee friends no longer had a right. There was only the will to bring the whole world to Germany. But this moral arrogance according to the motto ‘Am deutschen Wesen soll die Welt cursen’ had already failed in history. Mass rape, terror, serious bodily harm, murder and manslaughter – not a day has passed without such reports for ten years, yet there is still no serious rethinking in the ranks of the responsible old parties – in your ranks. Instead of deportations to Afghanistan, more dubious Afghans are coming to Germany. Instead of closed deportation detention, new open asylum-seekers' shelters are being built. Instead of placement in work, refugees are rewarded with cash benefits. Instead of the necessary incentives to leave, the CDU and SPD continue to offer questionable incentives to enter the country. You here in the old parties have not understood it even after ten years.

Madam President, Commissioner, ladies and gentlemen! The number of farms in agriculture is declining and the average age of our farmers is increasing, which is why it is important that we do not make any further cuts in the CAP. Anyone who wants to sacrifice agriculture in favour of arms deliveries, NGO subsidies or green subsidy excesses, for example, must face headwinds here in Parliament. And this headwind must be strong, and this headwind must be loud! Farmers are not commandeers of left-green fantasy projects. Farmers are also not supplicants for a few small grants. In total contrast to their NGOs and questionable associations, farmers create values every day that can be grasped, felt, smelled and even tasted. Healthy food for 500 million EU citizens is only available with farmers who can also live off their own hands. Always new eco-conditions, always new reception fantasies of large agricultural countries such as Ukraine or Turkey, always new agreements to the detriment of our farmers such as the cheap import agreement Mercosur. We will stop this nonsense: AfD, ESN are firmly at your side.

Yes, Mr Freund, you just said that all members of the AfD are wasting or abusing all funds. I have been a Member of this Parliament for a year now. I want to tell you, I handle it very accurately, I do a lot of events. Where exactly have I abused money? Specifically – I personally! That's what I want to know from you when you make such a blanket conviction here. It's absolutely dishonest what you're doing.

Yes, Mr Freund, you just said that all members of the AfD are wasting or abusing all funds. I have been a Member of this Parliament for a year now. I want to tell you, I handle it very accurately, I do a lot of events. Where exactly have I abused money? Specifically – I personally! That's what I want to know from you when you make such a blanket conviction here. It's absolutely dishonest what you're doing.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Congratulations on this debate, because it shows the absurd madness of this European Parliament. Just this week, when the EU Commission and Ursula von der Leyen are about to be replaced because of billions of dollars in waste, just this week you come to a group with this debate that no longer exists. But what are we talking about here, ladies and gentlemen? Even at the request of the speakers of our ESN Group this morning, publication was initially refused. The alleged audit report has therefore been available to the media for weeks, but as a member of the Committee on Budgetary Control I have only had these documents for a few hours. Then you expect us to seriously discuss any conjectures of questionable media here today? This is as ridiculous as it is absurd. It would also be very interesting to know who brought this report to the public. In every city council or municipal council – I am also a local politician myself – there would be an outcry if public documents were not made public. This doesn't seem to bother anyone here as long as you can take advantage of it politically. At the same time, Ursula von der Leyen’s chat history – quite calmly with the FDP, you will soon disappear anyway – is obviously better protected with the pharmaceutical industry than the Bank of England. It would have been correct if the report had first been discussed in committee. Are they deliberate abuses or just formal defects? Have you even obtained an opinion from those concerned, and is there really only this one former political group or perhaps other political groups – Greens, EPP – where there are similar incidents? Before this is clarified, any prejudgment is prohibited. In fact, all of this looks more like a witch hunt than a credible concern for our taxpayers' money. It would be very gratifying if Ms von der Leyen would soon repay the billions paid from the coronavirus era. Then, by the way, the left is also very happy to return the money from the former SED assets. 16 million GDR citizens are waiting for this. You have problems that you haven't solved yet. Citizens are waiting for answers.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Congratulations on this debate, because it shows the absurd madness of this European Parliament. Just this week, when the EU Commission and Ursula von der Leyen are about to be replaced because of billions of dollars in waste, just this week you come to a group with this debate that no longer exists. But what are we talking about here, ladies and gentlemen? Even at the request of the speakers of our ESN Group this morning, publication was initially refused. The alleged audit report has therefore been available to the media for weeks, but as a member of the Committee on Budgetary Control I have only had these documents for a few hours. Then you expect us to seriously discuss any conjectures of questionable media here today? This is as ridiculous as it is absurd. It would also be very interesting to know who brought this report to the public. In every city council or municipal council – I am also a local politician myself – there would be an outcry if public documents were not made public. This doesn't seem to bother anyone here as long as you can take advantage of it politically. At the same time, Ursula von der Leyen’s chat history – quite calmly with the FDP, you will soon disappear anyway – is obviously better protected with the pharmaceutical industry than the Bank of England. It would have been correct if the report had first been discussed in committee. Are they deliberate abuses or just formal defects? Have you even obtained an opinion from those concerned, and is there really only this one former political group or perhaps other political groups – Greens, EPP – where there are similar incidents? Before this is clarified, any prejudgment is prohibited. In fact, all of this looks more like a witch hunt than a credible concern for our taxpayers' money. It would be very gratifying if Ms von der Leyen would soon repay the billions paid from the coronavirus era. Then, by the way, the left is also very happy to return the money from the former SED assets. 16 million GDR citizens are waiting for this. You have problems that you haven't solved yet. Citizens are waiting for answers.

Madam President, Madam Prime Minister. A strong Europe in a changing world is the motto of the Danish Presidency. A strong Europe would be a Europe with secure external borders and further visible measures against illegal migration. Here, the Social Democrats in Denmark have already set some positive accents, so it would be hoped that there will finally be positive impulses for remigration here. However, the ongoing enthusiasm for refugees, especially among German Social Democrats and Greens, shows that there is little reason for hope here. Madam Prime Minister, don't let migration policy slow you down. Show the same determination as the coach of your successful national handball team in sturgeon fires from outside! In January, when a climate activist wanted to abuse a game of Denmark at the World Cup with his protest as a stage, coach Nikolaj Jacobsen unceremoniously promoted this strange eco-fascist himself from the playing field. He wanted it to continue successfully without disruption. How about a substitute for this motto for the Danish Presidency? A successful Europe without disruptions from outside.

Yes, so I rarely have wet dreams. If I had any, I wouldn't talk about it now. But to answer your question seriously: Of course, any investment in education, any investment in infrastructure is right and important. Precisely because we need money for this, we have to save this money elsewhere – no billions in spending on armaments, no billions in spending on gender representatives, no billions in spending on climate ideology. We don't need that. If we want to finance what is meaningful for the citizens of Europe, for our fellow citizens, then we must save where we can. That's what I just named, and I hope you're not just breaking the micro-stands, you're breaking your head about how we're moving Europe forward.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, Unfortunately, the budget of the European Union has been dominated for years by ideological projects – whether climate protection, gender insanity or, most recently, massive spending on rearmament. They are destroying our taxpayers' money at dizzying heights. In Germany, a wannabe chancellor has shown how it can't be done. Before the election, the keeper of the debt brake, after the election, suddenly the hundreds of billions of debt scratch. Millions of citizens have not trusted their eyes, which has recently been organized there in voter deception. Today there was a receipt for this in the German Bundestag. No Rambo Zambo with the Federal President in Bellevue Palace or state visit to Macron in Paris, but instead frustration with the Young Union in the basement of the Bundestag. In any case, the time of the firewalls has come to an end. Our AfD is already in the starting blocks, because we now need a bourgeois government, a government without debt for Germany and for Europe.