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
26/06/2024 | 10:39:19 Mister President, Ladies and gentlemen, The Group of the Party of European Socialists, Democrats and Greens supports these reports. They are important to us and it is a good tradition in this House that we successfully move forward along this path. But this time it is something special - and that has to do with the dignity of our House. We have to admit our own mistakes at this point. It was also a mistake on the part of the majority of the Assembly here that we readmitted the Members of the... 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...
02/10/2024 | Doc. 16057 | Written declaration Hold Kazakhstan accountable for its transnational and domestic repression 01/10/2024 | Doc. 16052 | Motion for a resolution Situation in Venezuela and support for Venezuelans living in exile in Council of Europe member States 30/09/2024 | Doc. 16049 | Written declaration Political prosecution in Poland from 2015 to 2023 must be audited and victims rehabilitated 24/04/2024 | Doc. 15915 | Written declaration Iran: people's rights against repression 01/02/2024 | Doc. 15849 | Written declaration Human rights situation in Iran
26/06/2024 | Doc. 15998, vote on the draft text for resolution Legal and human rights aspects of the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine 26/06/2024 | Doc. 15998, vote on the draft text for recommendation Legal and human rights aspects of the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine 26/06/2024 | Doc. 16000, vote on the draft text for resolution The role of sanctions in countering the Russian Federation’s war of aggression against Ukraine 26/06/2024 | Doc. 16003, vote on the draft text for resolution Countering the erasure of cultural identity in war and peace 26/06/2024 | Doc. 16003, vote on the draft text for recommendation Countering the erasure of cultural identity in war and peace