What Lukas spoke about.

1 Apr

2025

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Presentation of the New European Internal Security Strategy (debate)

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Thank you, Mr. Colleague, for accepting the blue card. I am basically completely with you with what you have said. I'm just wondering one thing: They said no mass surveillance, but at the same time more digital policing. So, what's the difference between mass surveillance and digital policing for you? If we want the police to work digitally, do we not have to accept a certain level of mass surveil…

1 Apr

2025

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Human rights and democracy in the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter – annual report 2024 (debate)

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Madam President, dear people of Europe, this report fills me with hope because it shows what I believe to be true, that the European Union stands for human rights in all areas of policy, not just in words, but also increasingly in action. But we also have to be honest to ourselves: it is not enough. In Sudan, in Iran, Afghanistan, Belarus and many other places, people are raped, tortured and execu…

1 Apr

2025

DE Speech

CFSP and CSDP (Article 36 TUE) (joint debate)

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Madam President, dear fellow human beings! That's where the colleague Neuhoff from the AfD really stands here today and calls Russia a defensive empire. A defensive empire that wages a war of aggression and has been committing war crimes for more than three years, trampling on the sovereignty of other states. And this is the state that the self-proclaimed patriots and nationalist politicians in th…

1 Apr

2025

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 20 March 2025 (debate)

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Madam President, dear people of Europe, at its March meeting, the European Council sent an important signal: support for Ukraine, a clear path for Moldova and Georgia, and a renewed commitment to enlargement as a pillar of peace and stability. That matters, especially in a world where democracies are under pressure. But what shocks me is how some colleagues here have used this very debate – misuse…

31 Mar

2025

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Guidelines for the 2026 budget - Section III (debate)

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Mr President, dear people of Europe, in a time of war, inflation and political fragmentation, this Parliament is doing something remarkable. We are looking beyond the crisis. The 2026 guidelines invest in security and competitiveness, in climate protection, yes, and they also invest in Europe's soul, because hidden between figures and margins lies a historic promise. The vision of a truly united E…

13 Mar

2025

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European Schools Alliance: potential to achieve the European education area by driving innovation, enhancing mobility and championing inclusivity (debate)

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Mr President, all students in Europe will hate this idea, but we need new school subjects in all of the European schools. Before I elaborate, let me educate some colleagues like Mr Jongen, who struggles to read Article 1 of the Treaty on European Union or, for example, Article 23 of the German Constitution, which in fact set the aim of 'ever closer union'. But a Europe-wide school policy makes sen…

13 Mar

2025

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Action Plan for Affordable Energy (debate)

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Mr President, dear people of Europe, dear students of the DBG, Felix! Affordable energy is not just an economic issue; It is the great political front line of our time. After all, energy not only means meeting primitive human needs such as warmth in winter, but also work and the industrial future. We still source our energy largely from autocrats; There are others, but still autocrats. And we need…

12 Mar

2025

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Severe political, humanitarian and human rights crisis in Sudan, in particular the sexual violence and child rape

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Mr President, people of Europe, let me be clear: I support the authors in their motion. But I'm also wondering, Mr Andrews, you talked about soft power and about humanitarian aid. But are we talking about economic collapse? Are we talking about a pandemic, about political instability or a natural disaster? Ms Pajín said we have to take the situation seriously. I am asking what is a serious reactio…

12 Mar

2025

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Democracy and human rights in Thailand, notably the lese-majesty law and the deportation of Uyghur refugees

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Mr President, dear people of Europe, Thailand has just deported Uyghurs back to China. Let's not sugarcoat it – and I thank you, colleague, that you did not. These people are being sent to concentration camps - not prisons, not re-education centres. Concentration camps. And no, as far as we know, there are no gas chambers, but there is torture, there is forced sterilisation, there is forced marria…

12 Mar

2025

DE Speech

EU Consumers Day: filling the gaps in protecting 440 million consumers in the EU (debate)

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Mr President, dear people of Europe! Commissioner, I'll give you a moment. I am a lawyer, I studied law, and one of the first places where I had to deal seriously with the European Union was consumer protection law. Consumer protection law is a very popular topic in German legal education. We all have to deal with it very carefully, and accordingly it also has a meaning: It is one of the foundatio…

12 Mar

2025

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EU Consumers Day: filling the gaps in protecting 440 million consumers in the EU (debate)

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My question to you, colleague, would be: in times where the tech oligarchs, as you said, develop more and more into the enemies of democracy, should we maybe think about taking away these companies on European soil from them?…

12 Mar

2025

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Frozen Russian assets (debate)

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I wholeheartedly agree with what you just said. I was just wondering, in the very end, you said that it should be seen as a down payment on the reparations. Wouldn't you agree with me that the reparations should be on top? Because that is what Russia actually deserves for its behaviour.…

12 Mar

2025

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Adoption of the proposal for a Parenthood Regulation (debate)

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Mr President, dear people of Europe, I would like to touch on two main arguments that were brought before this House. The first one is that all of this is an infringement within the competences of the Member States. I just ask those people: 'why do you think our beautiful flags are at that end of the room?' Because this whole thing here, this whole Union, is about giving competences to the Union i…

12 Mar

2025

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Action Plan for the Automotive Industry (debate)

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Madam President, dear people of Europe, imagine Karl and Bertha Benz sitting here in our Chamber today, listening to our debate on the future of the automotive industry. Karl – the visionary, the man who invented the car – would probably shake his head and say, 'Again, the same old arguments.' And Bertha – the true pioneer, the woman who took the first long‑distance drive to prove the world wrong …

11 Mar

2025

DE Question

Clean Industrial Deal (debate)

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Thank you very much, Mrs. Colleague! I can only agree with you that we have to take people with us, that we have to be brave. I wonder, or I would like to ask you: How exactly can we prevent us from standing here again in five years and just as we have unfortunately broken down the Green Deal of God a bit for this Clean industrial deal, this Clean industrial deal And then again, and in the end, it…

11 Mar

2025

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White paper on the future of European defence (debate)

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Mr President, honourable Members! When we talk about defense, we talk about war. A war that hopefully never comes, but a war that will not be waged by the average MP here, at 55, but by my generation. My generation! But when it comes to that, I guarantee you: My generation, which grew up with peace and freedom, will never let this freedom be taken away. We will defend our Union, whatever the cost.…

11 Mar

2025

DE Question

White paper on the future of European defence (debate)

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Mrs. Colleague! My question to you would be: Do you really think anyone is at war? Do you really think that we strengthen the defense industry, that we strengthen the defense because we enjoy it, because we like to build weapons? Or do you not think much more likely that we are doing this, for example, because a bloodthirsty dictator in the east of this continent has launched a war of aggression a…

11 Mar

2025

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Presentation of the proposal on a new common approach on returns (debate)

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Thank you for taking the blue card, colleague. I'm just wondering – because I'm hearing the word 'Germany' a lot here – as a German, I want to ask you: don't you think that the times where we put people in camps in Europe should be over? And don't you think that we can have better solutions to the problems that do indeed rise with illegal immigration than putting people in camps, locking them away…

11 Mar

2025

DE Speech

Presentation of the proposal on Critical Medicines Act (CMA) (debate)

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Madam President, dear people of Europe, Commissioner! Imagine someone in your family desperately needs a drug, but in your home country that just doesn't exist, while in the neighboring country it is present in rough quantities. Absurd, but unfortunately bitter European reality. And ironically, EU law allows for just that: All four fundamental freedoms of the internal market have exceptions on gro…

11 Mar

2025

EN Speech

Roadmap for Women`s Rights (debate)

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Mr President, dear people of Europe, my mother was born in 1966, in a small village in western Germany. Around the age of 16, she became the first female member of the local rifle club. A few years later, she became the first woman in our family to study - dentistry. Together with my father, she opened a dental practice and had two children, one of whom, as you know, has a special level of energy.…

11 Mar

2025

DE Speech

European Council meetings and European security (joint debate)

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Madam President, dear people of Europe! Our President-in-Office of the Commission, von der Leyen, will not know, but she was once my superior. While she was Minister of Defence in Germany, I served as a loader with the Panzertruppe in Munster, in Leopard 2 tanks that are now in use in Ukraine – and that is where they belong. The European Union is a peace project, but as long as the UN is a toothle…

10 Mar

2025

DE Speech

European Social Fund Plus post-2027 (short presentation)

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Madam President, dear people of Europe! When we talk today about the future of the European Social Fund Plus after 2027, we are talking about the future of Europe itself. This future does not start tomorrow, it starts today – in our classrooms, lecture halls and training centres. Education is not a side issue. Education is the absolute basis for sustainable social development. Those who promote ed…

10 Mar

2025

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Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Republic of Moldova (debate)

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Madam President, to the people of Moldova. In Moldova's steadfast home tonight, a family gathers, brave in fight; outside lurks shadow, dark and cold, yet freedom's fire burns so bold. From Europe's hearts comes aid anew, financial locks to see them through; this firewood feeds hopeful flames, that warms their dreams and breaks their chains. With every lock their courage grows, as Europe's strengt…

10 Mar

2025

DE Speech

Cutting red tape and simplifying business in the EU: the first Omnibus proposals (debate)

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Madam President, dear people of Europe! The Commission's Omnibus proposals provide the necessary relief for small and medium-sized enterprises and strengthen our industry champions in global competition. At the same time, I am very concerned about the relaxed climate protection standards. Above all, however, we continue to ignore a decisive step in the development of international law, thus once a…

10 Mar

2025

EN Speech

Order of business

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Madam President, dear colleagues, yes, the moustache is gone, if you do not recognise me. I was just wondering about that colleague that said the people elected this candidate. They didn't elect this candidate in a fair election; it was an election that was scammed by Russian propaganda and Russian bots and Russian influence. I know that you are fond of stuff like this, because it tends to help yo…