Speeches

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 the goals of the people in Ethiopia, Kenya or Nigeria. These should also be our goals, but Ms von der Leyen and her CDU see it differently: Renunciation instead of prosperity, wind turbines instead of power plants, poverty instead of economic miracles. This policy is detrimental to our countries. The high energy prices are destroying our industry, profits at Volkswagen, BMW or Mercedes are collapsing, thousands of families are being deprived of their livelihoods. It destroys not only our economy, but also our nature. In Hesse, the Reinhardswald is currently being planned; The forest that inspired the Brothers Grimm to create their fairy tales is said to give way to wind turbines. It is an economic and cultural suicide. In Brazil, they want to save the rainforest. With us they cut down the last remaining forests. This is the result of green climate policy. The CDU and Greens always claim that Germany must lead by example. However, the conferences in Baku or Rio have shown: Germany is moving forward, but no one is following. I am therefore pleased with the results of Rio and Baku: The world can no longer be taught by German ghost drivers. We are witnessing the beginning of a new age. The elections in America have also shown this. We need more Elon Musk, less Ursula von der Leyen. More courage, less fear of the future. More freedom, less bureaucracy. This is the recipe for success for the future. But green skewering has to go where it belongs – to the garbage heap of history.

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 German Bundestag: No more applications to be debated until the election at the end of February – three months of refusal to work. Why? Because proposals from the CDU could get a majority with the votes of the AfD - and Friedrich Merz wants to prevent that. This shows: The CDU is not about the matter. The CDU is not about protecting our borders or saving our industry or securing jobs. The CDU is only concerned with its own posts, and these are to be obtained with the help of the Reds and Greens. For this reason, parliamentary democracy is immediately suspended. If you really want to bring about a change in Germany, you have only one choice: The AfD.

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 allegation: Bribery by the Government of Azerbaijan. It's about four million euros. Four million euros bribe to cover ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. More than 30 million were reported to have flowed across Europe. It is therefore no wonder that we learn so little about the persecution of Christians in Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenian Christians are expelled because German Christian Democrats are paid to look the other way. Vaccination deals, mask scandal, Azerbaijan affair: Whether in the German Bundestag or here in the European Parliament - the policy of this CDU is not guided by values, it is for sale.

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 Brussels are not only used to enrich corrupt elites, they also finance terror. On several occasions, the Israeli government has criticised the fact that the so-called martyr's pensions are financed with EU funds. The families of murdered assassins receive a lifelong pension, a total of almost 300 million euros a year – paid by our money. I therefore ask you, Commissioner: Why should we finance the pensions of terrorists in Palestine or anywhere else in the world? I think we should save these expenses and spend the money on higher pensions in our own countries.

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 of Ursula von der Leyen appreciates. The German taxpayers will have to pay the bill again. Germany already pays the largest contribution to the EU – almost €20 billion a year, twice as much as France. We can't afford that anymore. Germany is no longer a rich country. It was recently published in all newspapers: The German long-term care insurance is bankrupt. Decent care for the many senior citizens in our country is no longer affordable. What is coming to us here, ladies and gentlemen, is nothing more than a humanitarian catastrophe, and it is the fault of the SPD, Greens, CDU and FDP, because they cheer our money with full hands abroad. That has to stop. German money for German citizens, and that's what the AfD stands for in Germany.

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 our own security interests, which are directly affected by the impending wave of refugees. In Berlin on Monday, thousands of supporters of Hamas and Hezbollah celebrated the anniversary of the massacre in Israel, including many migrants from Lebanon. By the way, the star guest of this celebration was an icon of the Greens: Greta Thunberg. And you too, Mr Borrell, have positioned yourself too one-sidedly in the past. That's why you have a house ban in Israel. I hope that the future Commission will adopt a more diplomatic position. But above all: We must not accept more extremists from these countries. Anyone who wants to demonstrate for Hamas or Hezbollah should be happy to do so, but not with us.

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 freedom of speech. We should be very careful and we should first take care of our own countries here in Europe.

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 Faeser announced new surveillance measures. Quote: ‘Those who deride the state must be confronted with a strong state’. In other words: In Germany, jokes about the government are banned, although there is reason enough. And further: Statements which – quote – are ‘below the threshold of criminality’ are also to be prosecuted. We don't have to look all the way to Cuba; Freedom of expression and the rule of law are also at risk here. There is a significant democratic deficit in the European Union, and we will remedy that.

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 have to state: Socialism still has many friends, especially here in the house and especially on the left, although it keeps going wrong. This is what the sad fate of Venezuela stands for today. Not long ago, Venezuela was the richest country in South America – the world’s largest oil reserves, a gross domestic product almost as high as that of Great Britain. Then came Hugo Chávez with his slogan of socialism of the 21st century. I still remember well how his election victory was celebrated by the German left. Sahra Wagenknecht praised Hugo Chávez as a great president who dedicated his life to the fight for justice and dignity. What a mockery for the many people who were murdered in the torture cellars of this dictator! Instead of Justice and Dignity: Torture, poverty and corruption, economic crisis thanks to planned economy, hyperinflation, almost 8 million Venezuelans on the run, a quarter of the population starving. Venezuela's socialism of the 21st century has failed just as much as the socialism of the 20th century by Honecker, Stalin or Mao. This is the course that neither ox nor donkey can stop. Poverty, censorship and torture are always and everywhere the result of every socialism. Whether in Europe, Asia or South America, at the end is always the gulag. Let that be said on the left side of the house. Millions of people had to die for the policies of their comrades. We Europeans must learn from the fate of the Venezuelan people. In our countries, too, economic and political freedoms are increasingly restricted. Green planned economy such as the ban on combustion engines is destroying our industry – 15,000 jobs cut at Volkswagen alone. Twitter or TikTok should be shut down, because freedom of expression disturbs Europe's socialists. Because my party, the Alternative for Germany, is increasingly successful in elections, green and left-wing voters want to ban us. That's the way they are, the socialists. First they ruin the country, then they forbid criticism and opposition – and we can see the end in Venezuela. But I am confident; This is what history teaches us. I wish Venezuelans to experience a peaceful revolution, as we experienced 35 years ago in Germany and Eastern Europe. But I wish us Europeans the courage to defend our freedom against green donkeys and left oxen. Venceremos!

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 the same size. Today, the gross domestic product of Americans is 30% greater than ours. Mr Draghi is largely responsible for this decline. Inflation and price increases are also a consequence of the policies he pursued as head of the European Central Bank. In Germany, rents are exploding, fruit and vegetables are becoming priceless, 5 million retirees in Germany have less than 1,000 euros a month. That is why we reject the proposed incurrence of further debt by the European Union. We do not want a European debt union. Germany is no longer a rich country, we can no longer be held liable for the debts of other countries.