Substitute
Deputy
FDP
Deutscher Bundestag
DE - 11011 - Berlin
Germany
Working language: English
08/04/2025 | 10:16:03 Thank you Madam Chair. On behalf of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe I would like to thank the rapporteur for the important work, as the issue of legitimate foreign interference is still dangerously underestimated in Europe. Russia's war against Ukraine did not begin in 2014. It did not begin in 2022. For many years Russia has waged hybrid warfare across Europe – far beyond Ukraine. This includes cyber attacks, disinformation, covert financial support of pro-Russian actors... 01/10/2024 | 10:23:56 Dear colleagues, First of all, I would like to thank the rapporteur who has done a difficult job, because anyone who is dealing with the issue of propaganda and disinformation in this hemicycle is faced with a dilemma. On the one hand, measures against disinformation and harmful propaganda must of course not violate the right to freedom of expression. But on the other hand, we have to face the reality. And the reality is that disinformation and harmful propaganda, especially coming from the... 15/03/2022 | 12:03:53 Thank you, Ms President. Dear colleagues, the attacks of the Russian Federation against Ukraine have been escalating since 24 February of this year. This war of aggression has brutally shattered the European peace order. I would like to express my sympathy and solidarity with the Ukrainian people. I welcome the rapporteur's proposals, and I would like to emphasise that the European state launching a war of aggression against another European state cannot be a member of the Council of Europe... 24/06/2021 | 18:24:41 Chair, and thanks to all the colleagues that have contributed with many helpful remarks with the debate about this report. Can I just point out some aspects that have been mentioned during the debate? First of all, I want to elaborate on the difference between an NGO and a political party or a political campaign. This Assembly has, for the last time in January, made it very clear that the Council of Europe is in favour of international co-operation and that international co-operation also... 24/06/2021 | 17:37:06 Thank you, Chair. I hope everyone can hear me. Dear colleagues, Hello from Berlin and thanks to everyone who is involved and engaged with this debate this time. It is my pleasure to present to you today the report regarding transparency and regulation of donations to political parties and electoral campaigns from foreign donors. When I tabled a motion for a resolution together with many colleagues from different national delegations and political groups referring to the present topic in...
31/05/2021 | Doc. 15302 | Report Transparency and regulation of donations to political parties and electoral campaigns from foreign donors
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 20/06/2023 | Doc. 15799 | Written declaration Protection of children and of European fundamental rights 28/04/2022 | Doc. 15514 | Motion for a resolution Arbitrary arrest of Russian human rights defender and freedom fighter Vladimir Kara-Murza 25/02/2022 | Doc. 15461 | Motion for a resolution Reconsideration of previously ratified credentials of the parliamentary delegation of the Russian Federation
01/10/2024 | Doc. 16034, vote on the draft text for resolution Propaganda and freedom of information in Europe 30/09/2024 | Doc. 16042, vote on the draft text for resolution The Council of Europe Development Bank: implementing the Reykjavik Declaration 30/09/2024 | Doc. 16042, vote on the draft text for recommendation The Council of Europe Development Bank: implementing the Reykjavik Declaration 15/03/2022 | Doc. 15477, vote on the draft text for opinion Consequences of the Russian Federation's aggression against Ukraine 24/06/2021 | Doc. 15306, vote on the draft text for resolution Combating Afrophobia, or anti-Black racism, in Europe