Deputy
SPD
Deutscher Bundestag
DE - 11011 - Berlin
Germany
Working language: English
20/03/2025 - Monitoring PACE monitoring co-rapporteurs express concern about the escalation of tensions in Serbia 20/02/2025 - Monitoring PACE monitors urge dialogue to defuse tensions in Serbia 23/12/2024 - Monitoring PACE monitor expresses deep concern at the surveillance of Serbian journalists and activists 06/10/2023 - Monitoring Statement by PACE monitor, ending visit to Serbia 29/09/2023 - Monitoring PACE rapporteur to make monitoring visit to Serbia
08/04/2025 | 17:24:02 Mister President, Ladies and gentlemen, Mr George PAPANDREOU has said everything we need to know about the content, but now I want to talk about the consequences for our house rules. Point 1: We must make ourselves strong in all European institutions, not only here, but also in the EU, in the European political community, that we move in the same direction, but above all that we are loud. There is too much silence on this issue elsewhere in Europe. The second thing is that we deal with each... 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...
06/02/2025 | Doc. 16115 | Motion for a resolution The deterioration of women's rights in Afghanistan: a need for global response 30/01/2025 | Doc. 16110 | Motion for a resolution Protecting ethnic and religious diversity in Syria 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
08/04/2025 | Doc. 16131, vote on the draft text for recommendation Foreign interference: a threat to democratic security in Europe 08/04/2025 | Doc. 16131, vote on the draft text for resolution Foreign interference: a threat to democratic security in Europe 08/04/2025 | Doc. 16135, vote on the draft text for resolution Putting an end to collective expulsions of aliens 08/04/2025 | Doc. 16135, vote on the draft text for recommendation Putting an end to collective expulsions of aliens 28/01/2025 | Doc. 16093, vote on the draft text for resolution The absolute and urgent need to end the humanitarian crisis for women, children and the hostages in Gaza