Representative
Deputy
Deutscher Bundestag
DE - 11011 - Berlin
Germany
Working language: English
28/01/2021 | 09:24:58 Mr President, colleagues, anyone who has witnessed the debate in this house over the past few years will not be surprised to learn that there are differing views on this issue in the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats. I want to be frank about that right at the start. However, I also want to make it clear that we in the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats are largely in agreement. We largely agree... 27/01/2021 | 16:53:23 Madam President, Ladies and gentlemen, Let me begin by stating clearly and unequivocally that the Navalny case, in all its dimensions, is not a domestic matter, not a question of national sovereignty, no. It has, in all its dimensions--as regards the poisoning, the arrest, and the handling of the protests against the arrest--an international component, a component of international law, and also a component that directly affects the Council of Europe, our institution. Let me say that the... 26/01/2021 | 18:20:52 Mr President, dear colleagues, As has already been said, the title of the report we are debating today is very technical, as if we were discussing a very technical legal issue in our regulatory framework. I thank the rapporteur, Sir Edward LEIGH, for having prepared and presented it in such a precise way. But let me remind you that this is a highly political report, a highly political decision, both looking back and looking forward. I would like to remind you that the decision to establish... 26/01/2021 | 12:21:02 Thank you. I shall now put the amendment to the vote. Again, members in the chamber use the hemicycle system. Members remotely use the remote voting system. The vote is open. The result is to be displayed. The vote is closed. We have 74 votes in favour, 14 against and 6 abstentions. The amendment is agreed to. I call for Amendment 14. I have been informed by the chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights that amendment 14 was rejected by the Committee with a two thirds... 26/01/2021 | 10:09:39 Mr President, Ladies and gentlemen, A few weeks ago we celebrated the 70th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights. This reminds us once again that here in the Council of Europe we have created a system for the protection of individual human rights that is unique and exemplary in the world. A system in which states voluntarily but bindingly submit to the jurisdiction of an independent international court, namely the European Court of Human Rights. That is why I want to...
22/01/2019 | Doc. 14811 | Report The escalation of tensions around the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait and threats to European security
17/02/2021 | Doc. 15227 | Written declaration Protests at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul 16/11/2020 | Doc. 15184 | Motion for a resolution Review of the partnership for democracy in respect of the Parliament of the Kyrgyz Republic 01/10/2020 | Doc. 15155 | Motion for a resolution Poisoning of Alexei Navalny 01/09/2020 | Doc. 15130 | Motion for a resolution Call for an inclusive national political process in Belarus 29/01/2020 | Doc. 15052 | Motion for a resolution Condemnation of antisemitism and of the goals of the BDS-Movement
28/01/2021 | Doc. 15216, vote on the draft text for resolution Challenge, on substantive grounds, of the still unratified credentials of the parliamentary delegation of the Russian Federation 27/01/2021 | Doc. 15212, vote on the draft text for resolution Covid-19 vaccines: ethical, legal and practical considerations 26/01/2021 | Doc. 15093, vote on the draft text for resolution Modification of the Assembly’s Rules of Procedure – follow-up to Resolution 2319 (2020) on the Complementary joint procedure between the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly in response to a serious violation by a member State of its statutory obligations 26/01/2021 | Doc. 15123, vote on the draft text for resolution The implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights 26/01/2021 | Doc. 15123, vote on the draft text for recommendation The implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights