28/09/2021 | 10:54:03 Commissioner, when we launched coronavirus vaccination programmes late last year in Austria we assured that shots would not be mandatory, but now we realise that around a quarter of adults would be unlikely to take the Covid-19 vaccine when it is offered to them. So we see that there is a concrete and strong link between vaccine hesitancy and the use of social media. Therefore, I have two concrete questions: what is the European Commission doing in the near future to convince people who have... 20/04/2021 | 12:22:25 Thank you very much, I will speak in German. It was Chancellor Angela Merkel who said today that Europe has the highest human rights standards in the world, but at the same time she pointed out that Europe's external borders show us that peace, security and prosperity cannot be taken for granted. This brings me to the heart of our strategy here. Fundamental values and rights must not be disregarded; if they are disregarded, then trust is lost and nothing is more important to us as individuals... 27/01/2021 | 12:06:34 Dear Chairman, Dear Colleagues, It was good to hear now a colleague from Mexico, showing us the global dimension of this pandemic. The long list of speakers shows the extraordinary importance of this item. Discussing ethical, legal and practical considerations of COVID-19 vaccines on the one hand, and on the other hand we should have also in our mind to do everything to avoid new pandemics. We know that at the beginning of the outbreak, China played down the virus and also other political... 30/01/2020 | 10:34:32 President, Dear colleagues, First of all I want to thank the colleagues who initiated this discussion. International obligations means for me that we have national obligations to fulfil the standards of the Convention on the Rights of Children. Thousands of children of foreign fighters staying in camps, detention centres or orphanages in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere are among the world's most vulnerable children. They live in bad conditions amid constant threats to their health, safety and well...