Representative
Deputy
CDU/CSU
Deutscher Bundestag
DE - 11011 - Berlin
Germany
Working language: English
20/11/2020 | 14:47:44 Thank you, Mister President. Ladies and gentlemen, I am very glad that we can discuss these reports today. I was one of the first, I believe, who, in the summer when it was foreseeable that we would not be able to return to our regular operations in September or October either, urged that we should create the conditions to enable us to continue our work under online conditions. We have been working very effectively in the committees since spring, also online, in terms of content. As I said... 31/01/2020 | 11:29:41 Mr President, Colleagues, On behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs, I would like to thank Mr Frithjof SCHMIDT as well for this wonderful report on a very important issue. I'd also like to thank him for the very disciplined and structured way that the issue has been dealt with. I believe he avoided the temptation to fall into certain traps because the topic of this particular report involves, of course, the issue of interventions or interference from abroad or by foreign governments... 30/01/2020 | 18:36:06 Mr. President, Dear colleagues. I deliberately do not want to go into detail about individual countries in the short time available this evening, other speakers will certainly do that, but would like to deal once again with the role and significance of the monitoring procedure, which is also central to the work of our Assembly. I stress that the monitoring procedure is an essential part of the success story of this Parliamentary Assembly. It has existed in its present form since 1997; its... 30/01/2020 | 16:22:39 I must now interrupt the list of speakers as previously announced. The speeches of members on the speakers list that have been present during the debate but have not been able to speak may be given to the table office for publication in the official report. I remind colleagues that the typewritten text can be submitted electronically if possible no later than four hours after the list of speakers is interrupted. I remind you that at the end of the current affairs debate the Assembly is not... 29/01/2020 | 17:55:55 Mr President. Dear colleagues, thank you very much. I do not want to go into the details of the report but I want just to remind us once again about the starting point, about the objectives and about what we have been able to achieve. I think we committed to build a more robust mechanism that would enable us to act in conjunction between the Committee of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assembly in cases of severe violations of core principles of the Council of Europe. We wanted to do this...
22/01/2019 | Doc. 14811 | Report The escalation of tensions around the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait and threats to European security
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 15/10/2019 | Doc. 14918 | Written declaration Investigating and preventing corruption at the Council of Europe
31/01/2020 | Doc. 15028, vote on the draft text for resolution Democracy hacked? How to respond? 30/01/2020 | Doc. 15026, vote on the draft text for resolution Missing refugee and migrant children in Europe 30/01/2020 | Doc. 15026, vote on the draft text for recommendation Missing refugee and migrant children in Europe 30/01/2020 | Doc. 15031, vote on the draft text for resolution The progress of the Assembly's monitoring procedure (January-December 2019) 29/01/2020 | Doc. 15015, vote on the draft text for resolution The protection of freedom of religion or belief in the workplace