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21

Jan

2025

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Situation in Venezuela following the usurpation of the presidency on 10 January 2025 (debate)

Mr President! Trump or Maduro? Freedom or censorship? That is the question, even in this House. Last July, Venezuela elected a new president. Nicolás Maduro has declared himself the winner. The election was controversial. We in Strasbourg have also criticised this. Just a month ago, we awarded the Sakharov Prize to opposition leader Edmundo González. Edmundo González has over a million followers o…

21

Jan

2025

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Need to enforce the Digital Services Act to protect democracy on social media platforms including against foreign interference and biased algorithms (debate)

Thank you, Mrs Hahn, for allowing me to ask you this question. Let me read you a sentence from the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU: ‘Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. That right includes freedom of expression and the freedom to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authorities and without regard to national borders’. This is the Charter of F…

20

Jan

2025

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Ceasefire in Gaza - the urgent need to release the hostages, to end the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and to pave the way for a two-state solution (debate)

Mr President! Donald Trump is back: Today he is taking up his second presidency – Viktor Orbán, Giorgia Meloni and Tino Chrupalla are guests in Washington. It is a day of hope for all those who want peace, freedom and democracy. Since yesterday, the weapons in Gaza have been silent – and this is no coincidence, as Donald Trump has clearly warned Hamas: Until the beginning of his term, the first ho…

17

Dec

2024

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Toppling of the Syrian regime, its geopolitical implications and the humanitarian situation in the region (debate)

Mr President! Germany's interior minister is worried that Islamists could enter the country after the fall of Assad. But: Nancy Faeser is not concerned about the entry of Islamists into Germany – her concern is security in Syria. More than a million Syrians have fled to Germany, including numerous Islamists and war criminals. In September, the trial of three Syrians, fighters for the Islamic State…

27

Nov

2024

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Critical infrastructure vulnerabilities and hybrid threats in the Baltic Sea (debate)

Madam President, Our infrastructure is in danger, but where does this danger come from? The biggest threat to our infrastructure is our own government. Yesterday, Angela Merkel presented her memoirs in Berlin. For 16 years it has ruined Germany. In her book, Merkel writes that the construction of Nord Stream 2 was a necessity. The phasing out of nuclear energy required the massive import of Russia…

26

Nov

2024

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Reinforcing EU’s unwavering support to Ukraine against Russia’s war of aggression and the increasing military cooperation between North Korea and Russia (debate)

25

Nov

2024

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The outcome of the G20 Leaders' Summit (debate)

Madam President, Europe wants to teach the world, but nobody is interested. We saw this at the G20 summit in Rio and also at the climate summit in Baku. Only our money is still welcome. Ms von der Leyen has pledged 150 billion euros in Rio for climate protection in Africa. Nevertheless, African states do not want to know anything about climate ideology. Prosperity, industry, progress – these are t…

13

Nov

2024

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr President! We are experiencing a stormy autumn. On November 6, the Americans elected Donald Trump as president, on the same day the government collapsed in Germany. But while the Americans are sweeping the left-green zeitgeist out of Washington, Germany is threatening another winter of displeasure. It is the CDU's fault. Together with the chancellor, CDU leader Merz boycotts the work of the Ger…

22

Oct

2024

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Situation in Azerbaijan, violation of human rights and international law and relations with Armenia (debate)

Mr President! Last year, the army of Azerbaijan attacked and occupied Nagorno-Karabakh. More than 100 000 Armenians had to flee; The cultural heritage of the world's first Christian state is being systematically destroyed. Why do we know so little about this conflict? In January this year, the General Prosecutor's Office in Munich brought charges against politicians from the CDU and CSU. The alleg…

9

Oct

2024

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Protecting the EU budget and ensuring that EU funds do not benefit entities or individuals linked to terrorist or Islamist movement (debate)

Madam President, The European Union sends 300 million euros to Palestine every year. Who is this money going to? Fatah rules in the West Bank, Hamas in the Gaza Strip, elections have not been held for 20 years. The leaders of Hamas have made it into fairytale wealth thanks to this aid. loud New York Post The Hamas bosses have a total of 11 billion euros in private assets. The billions from Brussel…

8

Oct

2024

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Strengthening Moldova's resilience against Russian interference ahead of the upcoming presidential elections and a constitutional referendum on EU integration (debate)

Mr President! Moldova should become a member of the European Union, like Ukraine. What does that bring us? After Kosovo, Moldova is the poorest country in Europe. Corruption and nepotism are rampant. In terms of gross domestic product, Moldova is about as prosperous as Botswana. The admission of Ukraine and Moldova will cost the European Union almost 200 billion euros. This is what the Commission …

8

Oct

2024

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Escalation of violence in the Middle East and the situation in Lebanon (debate)

Madam President, A year ago today, Hezbollah attacked Israel, a day after Hamas. More than 10,000 rockets have been fired at Israel from Lebanon since then, and for several weeks now, the Israeli Air Force has been responding to the fire. Hezbollah's headquarters in Beirut were destroyed. More than a million Lebanese are on the run. We Europeans should not act as judges in this war. We must defend…

18

Sep

2024

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The case of José Daniel Ferrer García in Cuba

I'm not talking about the criminal offences. I'm talking about the government, the criminal offences by the government. The government is pursuing the political opposition for opinions – it's opinions that they are outlawing, and that's a crime. That's against the principles of democracy and free speech and freedom of expression. And that's why I'm saying don't criticise Cuba for going against fre…

18

Sep

2024

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The case of José Daniel Ferrer García in Cuba

Madam President, Criticism of the government – banned. That's why 1,000 Cubans are in prison. In addition, about 11,000 are imprisoned for pre-criminal disobedience. Pre-criminal disobedience is a crime that has recently been prosecuted in Germany. In Germany, there is a domestic intelligence service, which is mainly used against the opposition. Earlier this year, German Interior Minister Nancy Fa…

17

Sep

2024

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Situation in Venezuela (debate)

Madam President, ‘No ox or donkey stops socialism in its course’, quotes Erich Honecker, builder of the Berlin Wall. The wall no longer exists. In 1989, the whole world could see: After all, socialism could be stopped, everywhere in Eastern Europe, because courageous people took to the streets and chased away their incompetent politicians – in Leipzig, Gdansk or Budapest. Unfortunately, today we h…

17

Sep

2024

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The future of European competitiveness (debate)

Madam President, Mr Draghi presented a new plan; This is nothing new. As early as 2000, the Commission presented such a plan, the so-called Lisbon Agenda. The plan at the time: To make Europe – quote – “the most competitive and dynamic economy in the world, by 2010 at the latest”. So, what has become of it? Nothing. Twenty-five years ago, the American economy and the European economy were about th…