What Siegbert Frank spoke about.

9 Oct

2024

DE Speech

Recent devastating floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen! It goes without saying that the EU is helping with the floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina. European solidarity makes sense here. It is also irrelevant whether Bosnia and Herzegovina is a candidate for EU membership or not. In such weather events, humanitarian aid is paramount. Nevertheless, at this point a critical remark: It would be fair to tell the people of Bo…

9 Oct

2024

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Presentation of the programme of activities of the Hungarian Presidency (debate)

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Madam President, In the opening speech this morning, you spoke of the special role of the Council Presidency and citizens expect something special from the Council Presidency. That's what you did. And you were talking about the House of Democracy. Madam President, I do not know your house: Here parts of this Parliament in the House of Your Democracy are excluded from the formation of the will. I j…

8 Oct

2024

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The crisis facing the EU’s automotive industry, potential plant closures and the need to enhance competitiveness and maintain jobs in Europe (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner! Following in the footsteps of future German Chancellor Alice Weidel and former President of the Czech Republic Miloš Zeman, the question is allowed: Is this country run by idiots? I don't think so. This Commission is only killing the European, the German automotive industry intentionally and intentionally, and only because it is infested with the green climate madnes…

7 Oct

2024

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The reintroduction of internal border controls in a number of Member States and its impact on the Schengen Area (debate)

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Madam, thank you very much for allowing the question. I listened very carefully to your execution. They refer to a period from 2009 to 2015. Are you aware that when it comes to today's border controls, the technology is certainly a little more advanced than it was 15 or 20 years ago, so that today we essentially ensure border controls with modern technology, without in principle calling into quest…

19 Sep

2024

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Possible extradition of Paul Watson: the danger of criminalisation of environmental defenders and whistle-blowers, and the need for their protection in the EU (debate)

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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen! An early European, Bishop Augustine, coined the phrase in the fourth century: Take away the law, then what is the state but a large band of robbers? If you look at this EU today, you can only say: Augustine was a wise and foreseeable man – God bless him. The much-vaunted EU law is being applied more and more, if at all, only selectively: The climate religion is …

19 Sep

2024

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Droughts and extreme weather events as a threat to local communities and EU agriculture in times of climate change (debate)

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Mr Waitz, you were just talking about things that you noticed, which seems to have been missed in some Member States. If I have seen it correctly, you are a Green and you govern in some European countries – not always for the good of the countries, of course. Why haven't you already started or implemented measures that you just criticised? If you are still in government – fortunately, that's not l…