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Lukas SIEPER

MEP · Germany

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Plenary speeches · EU Parliament

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All Speeches

490

Since July 1, 2024

Time at the Floor

7.7h

≈ 459 min

Average speech length

1:03 min

≈ 1.1 min · Rank 687/690

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Since July 1, 2024

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Rank	Name	Country	Group	Speeches
1	Lukas Sieper	GermanyDE	Renew Europe (Renew)	356
2	Sebastian Tynkkynen	FinlandFI	European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR)	329
3	Juan Fernando López Aguilar	SpainES	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D)	301
4	João Oliveira	PortugalPT	The Left in the European Parliament (GUE/NGL)	207
5	Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis	LithuaniaLT	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D)	198

12 Feb

2025

EN Speech

Honouring the memory of Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová: advancing media freedom, strengthening the rule of law, and protecting journalists across the EU (debate)

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Mr President, colleagues, I thank you all – nearly all – for your words, because Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová died as heroes of freedom, of our freedom and of the freedom of our people. Therefore, for the end of this debate, I would like to use the remaining speaking time that I got for a moment of silence, and I would like you to join me and invite you hereby to stand with me in remembrance, …

12 Feb

2025

DE Speech

US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, the World Health Organisation and the suspension of US development and humanitarian aid (debate)

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Do you know, fellow Members, why I prefer to argue with the right rather than with the left? The left, they just sometimes lose themselves in their idealism. You just want to puff! Just that's what it's all about. Latest hit on the Pöbelklaviatur: Europe first. Well, let's assume for a second, we do this, this outflow of your mental creativity. The United States is no longer our ally, but our comp…

12 Feb

2025

EN Speech

US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, the World Health Organisation and the suspension of US development and humanitarian aid (debate)

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Madam President, I'm sorry, but because of the shortness of the time, I'm not able to quote the particular rule, but there is one rule, dear colleague, which says that it's not allowed to impose hate speech in this Parliament. And I can tell you, calling transgender people 'crazy' for being what they are is nothing more. So I ask you to not say that again, and I ask you, Madam President, to stand …

12 Feb

2025

DE Speech

Collaboration between conservatives and far right as a threat for competitiveness in the EU (topical debate)

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Mr President! Dear fellow human beings, do you know what I admire so much about our conservative friends from the EPP or the CDU in Germany? No other political current has such a constructive relationship with the economy. No one is more closely linked to the industry in terms of personnel and no one can count on the financial support of the companies anymore. That's why I was pleased when, in the…

12 Feb

2025

EN Speech

Commission Work Programme 2025 (debate)

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Madam President, dear people of Europe, the EU Commission's Work Programme, on paper, shares key priorities with the Party of Progress: reducing bureaucracy for businesses, fostering digital and green innovation, strengthening social protection and internal security. Let us see, friends, because we also have 123 open proposals from the previous Work Programmes. However, this Work Programme falls s…

11 Feb

2025

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Protecting the system of international justice and its institutions, in particular the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice (debate)

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Madam President, dear people of Europe, it was the horrors of the Second World War that led to the implementation of the system of international justice as we know it today. The face of tyranny and the killing of people in a scope that was never seen before was needed to bring the international society together. Today, I think we stand at a turning point where tyranny once again shows its ugly fac…

11 Feb

2025

EN Speech

US AI chip export restrictions: a challenge to European AI development and economic resilience (debate)

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Madam President, dear people of Europe, the United States AI export restrictions aren't just a trade issue – they are a direct threat to Europe's technological sovereignty. We cannot afford to be dependent on decisions made in Washington. Our AI future must be built here in Europe, on European terms. And right now, our development is scattered, fragmented, slowed down by a lack of coordination. We…

11 Feb

2025

DE Speech

Political crisis in Serbia (debate)

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Madam President, Dear people of Europe, also in Serbia. Before I was elected to this House, I was a student. A student with a heart for politics. And I can tell you, it's not always easy. We live in a world where the powerful are usually our parents, where we are rarely heard, where the problems that plague our society arose significantly before we were born. But we, the students, have shown time …

11 Feb

2025

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Boosting vocational education and training in times of labour market transitions (debate)

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Madam President, Dear people! High house! I am pleased that the word Erasmus+ has been used more often in this debate on vocational training. You already know this from me, I am a huge fan of Erasmus+. I was an Erasmus+ student myself. In the same way, we have to integrate this programme more and more into vocational training, because it has now been almost ten years since Erasmus+ became an inclu…

11 Feb

2025

EN Speech

Preparedness for a new trade era: multilateral cooperation or tariffs (debate)

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Mr President, dear people of Europe, I think Donald Trump would be happy about the frequency of the name Trump being mentioned here today, but let me be clear: he is not our friend. Someone who tries to dismantle the rule of law cannot be our friend. Someone whose friends perform a Nazi salute at a public event cannot be our friend. And I know this is hard for us because the US, historically speak…

10 Feb

2025

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Escalation of gang violence in Sweden and strengthening the fight against organised crime (debate)

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Illegal migration leads to crime. You don't have to be brave to say that. No one denies that either. But don't you think that if people with a migrant background had been pushed into poverty if they hadn't been ghettoised, they would have been pushed into bad neighbourhoods, if they had been given a work permit, if they had been treated as equal members of our society, don't you think there would …

10 Feb

2025

EN Speech

Escalation of gang violence in Sweden and strengthening the fight against organised crime (debate)

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Madam President, the people of Europe, the title of this debate is, in my humble opinion, all wrong. As many colleagues have pointed out, the problem that we are facing is not a Swedish one – it is European, with a strong worldwide aspect to it. Just last week, the Ambassador of Ecuador told us that it's the Albanian mafia being in control of the cocaine shipping out of the port of Guayaquil in Ec…

10 Feb

2025

EN Question

Escalation of gang violence in Sweden and strengthening the fight against organised crime (debate)

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Thank you, colleague, for taking the blue card. I was listening closely to your speech and at some point you said that we need to treat the drug traffickers in the same way as terrorists. And while I understand the deep emotions that these problems bring with them, I think that's a very, very difficult statement, because we treat terrorists in the most extreme way that our state of law can give: w…

10 Feb

2025

DE Speech

European Central Bank – annual report 2024 (debate)

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Mr President! Dear people of Europe, today we talked about the European Central Bank. And yes, even on behalf of the Progressive Party, I must say: Criticism is justified. The ECB influences the lives of millions of people and has to face such a debate. But while I have heard constructive proposals from the moderates here from the political centre of this House, I hear from the extremes that the E…

19 Dec

2024

DE Speech

Recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women - EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (joint debate - EU priorities for the upcoming session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women)

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Mr President! Dear fellow human beings! What should be our priority in promoting women's rights? Respect them by believing them. Just yesterday I learned another lesson: My friend showed me a video of the Love Island VIP candidate Sophie, in which she reports about attacks by her TV colleague Yasin. In the video, however, she does not explain details, give names, describe her personal suffering, d…

18 Dec

2024

DE Speech

Challenges facing EU farmers and agricultural workers: improving working conditions, including their mental well-being (debate)

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Mr President! Ladies and Gentlemen! I have to say, I think it is a pity that at the end of this debate this fairy tale was repeated again, that climate protection and agricultural policy would somehow be opposites. To the man who just said this: How can agriculture be carried out on dry land, on droughts, on floods? If the planet goes before the dogs, then it is no longer with agriculture – nowher…

18 Dec

2024

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Challenges facing EU farmers and agricultural workers: improving working conditions, including their mental well-being (debate)

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So you talked a lot about double standards and how, because of the climate policies, people in the farming sector have to suffer. You ask if we are really about the well-being of these people, and if we do not only do it for political causes. But then I'm wondering, you're coming from the group and also from a party who is famous for its anti-migrant rhetoric. Given the fact that most of the busin…

18 Dec

2024

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Preparation of the EU-Western Balkans Summit (debate)

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Madam President, dear colleagues, the Western Balkans is not just a distant region. It is the new frontier of our Union's growth. And the people there have shown unwavering support for our European values. And it is time to honour this commitment. We must deepen our engagement with a growth plan that builds a sustainable, prosperous economy for the region. We must strengthen our cooperation in for…

18 Dec

2024

DE Speech

Preparation of the European Council of 19-20 December 2024 (debate)

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Madam President, Dear fellow human beings, Linn! One of the issues on the Council's agenda is the situation in the Middle East. I am really happy that Europe is now turning to this region, because we have the chance to learn from our mistakes of recent years and decades. Especially with regard to Syria, we now have the chance to prove that we can do better. Because in Syria, civil society is reawa…

18 Dec

2024

DE Question

Preparation of the European Council of 19-20 December 2024 (debate)

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Hello, Mr. Colleague - up here. Moin! You talked a lot about peace. And that's why I wanted to ask you if you are aware of the conditions that Putin himself puts in place for the start of peace negotiations. He last described it in great detail three months ago in a press conference and repeated it a few weeks ago. I'll tell you briefly, then you can just tell me if you know that. He said: There w…

17 Dec

2024

EN Question

Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine (debate)

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Dear colleague, I think you raised one important point, and this is the cynicism that derives from the fact that especially those who are defending the Kremlin are also defending this regime. So I think this is very important for the people outside this House. Maybe you could elaborate a little more about this. I would be interested to hear your take on that.…

17 Dec

2024

DE Speech

Russia’s disinformation and historical falsification to justify its war of aggression against Ukraine (debate)

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I also have a question for Mr Bystron: Can you change me $200? I still have to refuel. But only on the sidelines. Dear people of Europe, honourable Members! Russia is not just waging war in Ukraine with human waves and missiles. It's a war on truth, a war on disinformation. Putin claims that Ukraine is not a people, not a country, not a nation. But the facts speak a different language; Facts Putin…

17 Dec

2024

EN Speech

Use of rape as weapon of war, in particular in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan (debate)

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Madam President, dear colleagues, dear people of Europe, whenever I think about the stories that I read about the weaponization of rape in Sudan and Congo quite some months ago, I don't know what I can say anymore and it sends a shiver down my spine. But I would like to touch on one thing that our dear colleague, Mr Oetjen, said. He said we need to enable the international court – I think he meant…

17 Dec

2024

EN Speech

Misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms, such as TikTok, and related risks to the integrity of elections in Europe (debate)

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Mr President, dear colleagues, I am sorry that I have to bother you with a personal matter. It is, of course, something that happened in this debate that we just had. I had asked Mr Milan Mazurek, a colleague of ours, for a blue card, and I asked him about his views on how social media platforms should be restricted. His answer to that was that I am, in fact, not able to divide between dream and r…

17 Dec

2024

EN Question

Misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms, such as TikTok, and related risks to the integrity of elections in Europe (debate)

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Colleague, do you think that you yourself are promoting democracy given the political background that you come from? And would you be accepting restrictions on TikTok when, just to give you an example, someone would go on TikTok and ask everyone to kill all the blue-eyed, blonde-haired Slovak boys?…