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May

2023

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Adequacy of the protection afforded by the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework (debate)

Mr President, Commissioner! Yes, so I feel a bit like in the film ‘And daily greets the marmot’, because the old problems are back. First, the mechanisms and structures are fixed in one and can be tilted, altered or otherwise used at any time by the current or upcoming president. Secondly, unfortunately, the court created by the court is only a mock court. It is the case that their procedures shou…

10

May

2023

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Externalising asylum applications and making funding to third countries conditional on the implementation of return agreements (topical debate)

Madam President, That such a debate has succeeded in the plenary, a debate that openly calls for the breach of EU and international law, calls for illegal acts and is shaped by an almost penetrating neo-colonial gesture. This is a disgrace to this Parliament, ladies and gentlemen. Anyone who wants to outsource asylum procedures, extort third countries financially in order to get rid of as many peo…

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Feb

2023

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CO2 emission standards for cars and vans (debate)

Madam President, Clearly, we on the left, of course, also want the sale of vehicles with internal combustion engines to end in 2035 – this is a right, an important, a good decision. But honestly, the interim targets could be more ambitious. And what does not suit me at all, and we find it unreliable, is that, of all things, luxury carts à la Koenigsegg with a sales value of up to EUR 1 million are…

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Jan

2023

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Criminalisation of humanitarian assistance, including search and rescue (debate)

. – Mr President. Let's talk about Italy. For years, the Italian government has been trying to harass maritime rescue activists through defamation, administrative harassment, and a flood of legal proceedings. The latest harassment is a recent decree on sea rescue, which is actually a call to act as deadly as possible. This decree requires that rescue ships must go directly to an Italian port after…

18

Jan

2023

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Terrorist threats posed by far-right extremist networks defying the democratic constitutional order (debate)

Madam President, Right-wing extremists are omnipresent in Europe in parliaments, here also in this parliament, in governments, and they are networked throughout Europe. In 2016 alone, there were 22 people killed by Nazis in Germany. In 2021, anti-Semitic crimes increased by 29 percent in one year. There were 1042 right-wing acts of violence this year alone. That's three acts of violence a day in 2…

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Jan

2023

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EU response to the protests and executions in Iran (debate)

Madam President, First of all, I bow to the victims, to the women, men and children who were brutally killed. A regime that kills even children has no right to exist. We are on the side of relatives, families, friends, the 18,000 detainees, as well as those in Ukraine who lost relatives due to the use of Iranian drones. The killing must end. There must be an end to the death penalty. For this we n…

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Nov

2022

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EU response to the increasing crackdown on protests in Iran (debate)

Madam President, We look with concern at the spiral of violence in Iran, and I bow with deep sadness to the many, many victims, especially the children, the more than 400 people who have been killed so far. My highest respect is indeed for the Iranian women who, despite everything, revolt and all those who support them, such as the Iranian national football team, which risks significantly more tha…

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Oct

2022

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Impact of Russian invasion of Ukraine on migration flows to the EU (debate)

Mr President! Every single refugee from Ukraine is protected. I really mean all the people from Ukraine who come to us. I also mean Roma who come to us and have big problems at the borders. By that I mean third-country nationals who work there or are present there in some way. Students mean me and people who are not willing to take a gun in their hands. We therefore also demand consistent protecti…

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Oct

2022

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FRONTEX's responsibility for fundamental rights violations at EU's external borders in light of the OLAF report (debate)

Mr President! NGOs, lawyers, those affected by pushbacks have waited long months to finally get this report on the table. It is a testament to Frontex's involvement in systematic violations of human rights at the external borders, accomplice in the cover-up of illegal pushbacks, often resulting in the deaths of asylum seekers. For this, even the air surveillance was suspended. How deep the moral r…

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Oct

2022

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Order of business

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, We request an additional debate, namely a statement by the Commission on Frontex's responsibility for fundamental rights violations at the EU's external borders in the light of the OLAF report. This debate should take place today as a third point. We ask for this because the OLAF report has so far only been discussed in a small circle, namely in the Frontex i…

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Oct

2022

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The death of Mahsa Amini and the repression of women's rights protesters in Iran (debate)

Mr President! Well, what does it say about a regime that kills a young woman because she didn't wear her hijab properly? This indicates that the chapter on such a regime must be closed. He who kills people in the name of God is himself forsaken by God. We will never stop supporting women who resist archaic submission and humiliating patronage. And we will never stop supporting protests like in Ira…

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Sep

2022

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EU response to the increase in energy prices in Europe (debate)

... the truth. And the question is: Will the Commission and the Council ensure that no pensioner has to freeze at home in winter? That my baker next door does not go bankrupt because of the high electricity and gas prices, not even the small craftsman or the Thuringian glass manufactory? If you say yes, then please do not come to us with a revenue cap of 200 euros per megawatt hour, because this w…

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Jun

2022

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This is Europe - Debate with the Prime Minister of Croatia, Andrej Plenković (debate)

Madam President, Mr Prime Minister! Let's talk about Europe, because there is a lot to change, and we have to talk about it. We need an EU that opens up, and that includes – that is my position – first of all bringing all the countries of the former Yugoslavia into the EU on an equal footing, as full members. It's time to do that. We need an EU that not only supposedly leaves the big ones in charg…

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May

2022

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Use of the Pegasus Software by EU Member States against individuals including MEPs and the violation of fundamental rights (topical debate)

Mr President! So one thing is quite clear: Pegasus is not the only surveillance software, God knows, but one of very, very many. And all have one thing in common, namely the principled distrust of the citizen, well-seconded by the secret services and long since degenerated into a reason for statehood. In tens of countries – and not only in the usual dictatorships – this is an attempt to bring down…

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May

2022

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Order of business

Madam President, We are very keen to hold a debate on this subject. Given the resignation of Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri last week, the debate is also urgently needed. And I would like to point out that, to this day, Members do not yet have access to the 200-page report of the OLAF investigation, which is directly linked to this resignation. The European Parliament has the task of c…

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Apr

2022

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Violations of right to seek asylum and non-refoulement in the EU Member States (debate)

Madam President, Yeah, I just got warm. Some in this House don't want to talk about pushbacks, let alone pushbacks in Greece. I do, because pushbacks happen every day. Even now, as I speak, in Greece and around the European Union. And all pushbacks – definitely all pushbacks – are illegal because they actually break EU and international law, because you do not have the possibility to at least appl…

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Apr

2022

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EU Protection of children and young people fleeing the war against Ukraine (debate)

Mr President! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, maybe today is a really good day, because we have a resolution on the table that promises not only humanitarian aid in the headline, but also in the context. Because in wars, children and young people are mostly defenceless – all of them. And that is why it is also right to include Roma children, stateless children, young people such as students, but also p…

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Mar

2022

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Rising energy prices and market manipulation on the gas market (debate)

Mr President! Well, I think we should not light fog candles, and a fundamental problem in connection with the rise in energy prices is probably also the architecture of the energy market, which, thanks to liberalisation, simply favours speculation and dubious business models. This is how we need to act in the short term – fighting energy poverty with social tariffs, free energy quotas and banning …

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Mar

2022

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The deterioration of the situation of refugees as a consequence of the Russian aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Madam President, When the small Ukrainian family stood in front of me in their emergency shelter in my office, exhausted by three days of long escape, my first thought was: Hopefully all the others can do it too. This is why I am addressing the people of Russia: Put down your weapons, don't go to war any longer! It must be over! And yes, all solidarity goes to the people of Ukraine, who receive gr…

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Feb

2022

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The death penalty in Iran

Mr President! As president of the Iran delegation, I can't help but raise my voice against the death penalty in Iran because the death penalty abolishes every human right. It is forbidden, and everywhere else: in Iran, in China, where there are the most death penalty, in Egypt, in the United States, all over the world. As a Member of the European Parliament, I am proud that such a penal remedy has…

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Feb

2022

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The surveillance of politicians, prosecutors, lawyers and journalists, and other persons and entities in EU Member States using cyber surveillance software(debate)

Madam President, ladies and gentlemen! We should be clear about what we're talking about at Pegasus, a spy software that lights people up, makes glasses. And once infected with it, it gives full access to all the data on the phone, can turn cameras, microphones on and off without us noticing. This is the perfect total surveillance. This categorizes people, sorts them into danger levels without the…

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Feb

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A European strategy for offshore renewable energy (debate)

Madam President, There is no alternative to renewables. And this does not change anything if nuclear power and gas are declared green energy by decision. We need bold steps to expand renewables, and we need to do better than fossils. We need an effective offshore strategy as a pillar to combat climate change, creating good working conditions for the people who work there, respecting the preservati…

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2021

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The proposed Council decision on provisional emergency measures for the external border with Belarus based on article 78(3) TFEU (continuation of debate)

Madam President, Mr Vice-President, Mr Minister! You really should stop lying to us! There is no emergency caused by migration and certainly no war at the borders with Poland, Latvia and Lithuania. What there is, however, is a humanitarian catastrophe that you are increasing with your actions! We urge you to immediately withdraw this scandalous proposal! Instead of resolute infringement proceeding…

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Nov

2021

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Condemning police violence against Romani people in the EU (debate)

Madam President, ‘’ were the words of the dying George Floyd, and the world listened for a moment. But this moment did not last long and certainly not for the young Rome, who died in Athens in the hail of bullets from the police. His killer was congratulated by the Greek Minister for Economic Affairs – he did his job well – and later even released. This is lived contempt for human beings, supporte…

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Nov

2021

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The escalating humanitarian crisis on the EU-Belarusian border, in particular in Poland (debate)

Madam President, Oh my God, where did we end up, I wonder. And yes, of course, it is true that Lukashenko unconscionably abuses refugees. He does not care as much as the Belarusian opposition, which he has brutally thrown into prison. But it is precisely for this reason that the Polish government – embarrassedly supported by the Commission and the Council – does not use war rhetoric and refers to …