Representative
Deputy
SPD
Deutscher Bundestag
DE - 11011 - Berlin
Germany
Working language: English
06/10/2023 - Monitoring Statement by PACE monitor, ending visit to Serbia 29/09/2023 - Monitoring PACE rapporteur to make monitoring visit to Serbia 18/01/2021 - News PACE rapporteurs call for Navalny’s release 06/01/2021 - Monitoring Russia monitors urge the authorities to withdraw the designation of the Council of Europe Schools of Political Studies Association as an ‘undesirable organisation’ 02/09/2020 - Monitoring PACE co-rapporteurs urge the Russian authorities for immediate explanation on Alexey Navalny poisoning
10/10/2023 | 19:05:21 Dear colleagues, Monitoring is quite difficult to translate into German and means supervision and has quite a negative connotation. In fact, what we are doing here is discussing how the obligations and commitments of the individual member states are being met. And that's why I'm taking the liberty of saying something a bit fundamental at this point, because the question of which countries are under which monitoring is always a matter of discussion in all the groups. The crucial thing is that... 10/10/2023 | 17:52:50 Madam President Ladies and gentlemen For me as a German, this report is of course of particular importance. After all, in 1933, the extreme-right Nazis, with majority support in Parliament from all democratic parties, were handed power and brought about unspeakable suffering to their own country, to Europe and to the entire world. For me personally, this has an additional meaning. One of my predecessors as a member of parliament, a Social Democrat in Bochum, was killed by the Nazis in the... 25/04/2023 | 16:49:14 Madam President, Dear colleagues, The Road to Reykjavík is the destination, and the goal that this summit takes place is a success for us as members of parliament in a special way. That is why it is also our task as members of parliament to put Reykjavík up for discussion in our 46 national parliaments. That is why it is also our duty as members of parliament to name what successes have been achieved and not just primarily to lament what has not yet been achieved. That is why it is our duty... 15/03/2022 | 11:34:19 Madam President, Dear Colleagues, Dear Citizens of Ukraine, Dear People of Donetsk, It is terrible to see war in Europe again. That is why it is imperative to exclude Russia from the Council of Europe today. At the same time, it is hopeful that such a large majority of democratic politicians here in the Parliamentary Assembly are united in this historic hour. United for peace. I would like to say something about my partner city Donetsk, with which Bochum has been connected for over 30 years... 26/01/2022 | 11:17:31 Okay, yes. Mister President, Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you also from my side to Lord George FOULKES and to Mr Gianni INFANTINO both for the report and for the open debate that we are having here. I want to focus this on three points. One is soccer and values. It is sometimes a difficult balancing act that we have to walk. On the one hand, that sport is not political in the classical sense. On the other hand, that human right is indivisible. That's why it's important for me that we support...
12/10/2023 | Doc. 15849 | Written declaration Human rights situation in Iran 27/06/2023 | Doc. 15754 | Written declaration Palestinian Intelligence Services must cease political harassment of human rights lawyers 23/05/2023 | Doc. 15777 | Motion for a resolution The detention of Julian Assange and its chilling effects on human rights 04/05/2023 | Doc. 15763 | Written declaration Electoral integrity under potential threat in Türkiye 27/04/2023 | Doc. 15752 | Motion for a resolution A parliamentary sponsorship programme between the Parliamentary Assembly members and human rights defenders or the politically oppressed
10/10/2023 | Doc. 15826, vote on the draft text for resolution The challenge of far-right ideology to democracy and human rights in Europe 20/06/2023 | Doc. 15783, vote on the draft text for resolution Addressing the specific challenges faced by the Belarusians in exile 26/04/2023 | Doc. 15738, vote on the draft text for resolution Political strategies to prevent, prepare for, and face the consequences of natural disasters 26/04/2023 | Doc. 15738, vote on the draft text for recommendation Political strategies to prevent, prepare for, and face the consequences of natural disasters 26/04/2023 | Doc. 15742, vote on the draft text for resolution Implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights