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Mr Frithjof SCHMIDT

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Representative
Deputy
BÜNDNIS 90 / DIE GRÜNEN

Deutscher Bundestag
DE - 11011 - Berlin
Germany

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2021 , 2020 , 2019 , 2018

Latest news

31/01/2020 - Session Combating disinformation, particularly in the context of elections 09/12/2019 - Political Affairs and Democracy Democracy hacked? 12/09/2018 - Political Affairs and Democracy ‘Democracy hacked’

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: Socialists, Democrats and Greens Group since 01/08/2017
  • Member: Socialist Group from 27/01/2014 to 31/07/2017

In the Assembly

  • since 22/01/2018 Representative - Germany
  • from 27/01/2014 to 21/01/2018 Substitute - Germany

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 22/01/2018)
  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 23/06/2014 to 21/01/2018)

Interventions

Last speeches

31/01/2020 | 11:24:41 Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr President, I would like to begin by thanking you for the many supportive statements you have made in support of my report and for your support for the political intention of this report. It is true that it is really a difficult and complicated subject when we talk about the abuse of the internet. We are not criticising the use of the Internet for communication. When we talk about abuse, we have to discuss very carefully: where does abuse start? For on the other... 31/01/2020 | 10:06:12 Thank you Chair. Built as an open and democratic space, the internet is a global village. It allows information to spread easily at low cost. Therefore it is difficult to identify trustworthy information or find those responsible for illegal behaviour online. Disinformation, fake news and non-transparent interference are growing problems in democratic decision-making. Foreign interference in the election is happening all over the world and digital media increases and accelerates the...

Activities

Reports and committee opinions

08/01/2020 | Doc. 15028 | Report Democracy hacked? How to respond?

Motions, Written Declarations, Questions

28/01/2020 | Doc. 15042 | Written declaration Chinese police forces in Europe 28/01/2020 | Doc. 15043 | Written declaration Investigations against Hungarian opposition parties 02/10/2019 | Doc. 14979 | Written declaration The role of the Polish National Television in the upcoming elections 27/06/2019 | Doc. 14928 | Written declaration Protecting human rights on the Mediterranean Sea 27/06/2019 | Doc. 14927 | Written declaration Solidarity with Sea-Watch

Votes on adopted texts

31/01/2020 | Doc. 15028, vote on the draft text for resolution Democracy hacked? How to respond? 29/01/2020 | Doc. 15015, vote on the draft text for resolution The protection of freedom of religion or belief in the workplace 29/01/2020 | Doc. 15015, vote on the draft text for recommendation The protection of freedom of religion or belief in the workplace 01/10/2019 | Doc. 14958, vote on the draft text for resolution Improving the protection of whistle-blowers all over Europe 01/10/2019 | Doc. 14958, vote on the draft text for recommendation Improving the protection of whistle-blowers all over Europe