What Cornelia spoke about.

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Oct

2021

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Pushbacks at the EU's external border (debate)

Madam President, Ladies and gentlemen, this is a violation of international law, and it must finally come to an end! Fortress Europe is not only cementing itself externally, it is now moving from Member State to Member State, from border fence to border fence, across the EU – something I never thought possible! On behalf of Member States, such as Poland, refugees are detained at EU-sponsored borde…

6

Oct

2021

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European solutions to the rise of energy prices for businesses and consumers: the role of energy efficiency and renewable energy and the need to tackle energy poverty (debate)

Madam President, When we talk about energy prices, about the fact that 34 million people in the EU can hardly or not at all heat, have no hot water, get sick, we are talking about a central social question that we have to solve. What we finally need is everyone's right to energy. We need access to energy as a public good. That's not what the market is doing. A Europe-wide ban on power cuts is nece…

4

Oct

2021

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Artificial intelligence in criminal law and its use by the police and judicial authorities in criminal matters (debate)

Mr President! I want to make it very clear: For our group, biometric facial recognition in public spaces is unacceptable. In principle, facial recognition should only be used to a limited extent in strictly regulated cases. Respect for fundamental rights is a measure of every state governed by the rule of law. We do not want the comparison of biometric facial features to gradually become the stand…

15

Sep

2021

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The Pegasus spyware scandal (debate)

Madam President, Pegasus, the winged horse in Greek mythology, turns out to be a Trojan horse with bad intentions. In short: Such software must be withdrawn from circulation. And since the NSA scandal at the latest, we all know quite well what espionage can do. And the private espionage and hacking service provider, which sells this software to tens of surveillance-hungry countries and doesn't eve…

7

Jul

2021

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State of play of the implementation of the EU Digital COVID Certificate regulations (debate)

Mr President! 200 million allowances have been issued so far. This shows that the rule is adopted by the citizens and yet it is a good idea – for which we have argued, who have roughened their hair, who have blew the nights around their ears. We've done all of this, and that's our job, that's how it has to be. But why, I ask myself now, should I, when I go to Greece, Passenger locatorFill in the f…

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Jul

2021

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Use of technologies for the processing of data for the purpose of combating online child sexual abuse (temporary derogation from Directive 2002/58/EC) (debate)

Madam President, One thing in advance: Yes, we must take decisive action against child sexual abuse, and yes, we must do so without delay. But no, this regulation does not do it justice. I say this as much as I have supported the rapporteur in all her struggles. The result is indiscriminate scanning of communications, which is neither a proportionate nor an effective response to crime. What is ach…