Representative
Deputy
BSW
Deutscher Bundestag
DE - 11011 - Berlin
Germany
Working language: English
04/04/2025 - Election observation In Tirana, PACE pre-electoral delegation hopes that the 11 May parliamentary elections in Albania will confirm the country’s democratic orientation 27/06/2024 - Session Current affairs debate on the Council of Europe's ability to counter threats to freedom of expression 28/09/2023 - Election observation Poland: PACE pre-electoral delegation notes a heated and polarised campaign environment 24/07/2023 - Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development PACE holds side-event at the UN on decent work for all and building a sustainable future 11/07/2023 - Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development ‘Decent work: building a sustainable future’ – a Council of Europe side-event at the UN in New York
11/04/2025 | 10:05:27 Thank you very much, Mister President, Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to use this debate to talk about the difficulties we had in the recent elections in Germany. Many of them have been mentioned over the course of the week. I have also often been asked, "What happened?", and I will now try to present this in a somewhat systematic way. There are three problem areas, I'll call them, in the early elections that we had in Germany on 23 February. Early elections, also with a massively... 10/04/2025 | 12:18:46 Dear colleagues, The Lisbon Treaty, the EU's basic treaty, was adopted in 2007 and came into force in 2009. This treaty states that the EU will accede to the Convention on Human Rights. It doesn't say it could join, should join. It says it will join, and that should have happened in 2009 or in the following years. But it still hasn't, and that is indeed a scandal. Why is that important? There are also communitised institutions such as Frontex, Europol, the ECB and others that cannot be traced... 10/04/2025 | 11:20:35 Thank you very much, Mister President, We are talking today about the situation in Georgia and the fact that there is no Georgian delegation here. We took a decision in January to sanction the Georgian delegation and to question the credentials in January. They then left, and my group voted against it. We said in the debate that this Parliamentary Assembly had reached an impasse, and I believe we have reached that impasse. The background to this situation is the elections on 26 October. I was... 09/04/2025 | 10:23:45 Thank you very much, Mister President. Ladies and gentlemen, I would first like to congratulate Mr Frank SCHWABE for his work in this area. I have to say that I have been a member of this Assembly since January 2010, so I was an active member here at the height of the corruption scandal. And even as a new Member of Parliament, it was difficult for me to see through what was actually going on in the background. There were a lot of decisions back then where I scratched my head, so to speak, and... 07/04/2025 | 17:31:49 Thank you very much, Madam President, I will speak in German. First of all, at the request of Ms Petra BAYR, who is no longer able to respond, I would like to thank the members of the Election Commission in Kosovo and the Secretariat for their work and for the many questions and critical comments that have been addressed to Ms Petra BAYR. Overall, I would say that this debate also shows - as does the fact that we have had so many requests for urgent and current affairs this week - how...
06/04/2023 | Doc. 15737 | Report The honouring of membership obligations to the Council of Europe by San Marino 07/06/2021 | Doc. 15310 | Report Overcoming the socio-economic crisis sparked by the Covid-19 pandemic 11/06/2020 | Doc. 15115 | Report Lessons for the future from an effective and rights-based response to the COVID-19 pandemic 07/04/2017 | Doc. 14287 | Report Fighting income inequality as a means of fostering social cohesion and economic development 09/01/2015 | Doc. 13663 | Report Protection of the right to bargain collectively, including the right to strike
08/04/2025 | Doc. 16154 | Written declaration Gender mainstreaming in the central Asian region 28/01/2025 | Doc. 16108 | Motion for a resolution Role of the Parliamentary Assembly and National Parliaments in implementing the outcome of the 2024 Summit of the Future 08/10/2024 | Doc. 16062 | Motion for a resolution Strengthening freedom of expression: an imperative for the consolidation and development of democratic societies 03/10/2024 | Doc. 16056 | Motion for a resolution Frontline States: the role of the Council of Europe in implementing the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum 03/10/2024 | Doc. 16060 | Motion for a resolution Safeguarding the rule of law in Tunisia
10/04/2025 | Doc. 16153, vote on the draft text for resolution The situation in Georgia and follow up to Resolution 2585 (2025) “Challenge, on substantive grounds, of the still unratified credentials of the parliamentary delegation of Georgia” 10/04/2025 | Doc. 16126, vote on the draft text for resolution Legal aspects of the accession of the European Union to the European Convention on Human Rights 10/04/2025 | Doc. 16128, vote on the draft text for resolution Interconnections between the Council of Europe and the European Political Community 09/04/2025 | Doc. 16138, vote on the draft text for recommendation Respect for the rule of law and the fight against corruption within the Council of Europe 09/04/2025 | Doc. 16138, vote on the draft text for resolution Respect for the rule of law and the fight against corruption within the Council of Europe