26/06/2026 | 10:22:59 Yes, Madam President, I will speak in German. Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to speak today on the subject of the right to life and the protection of life. On Monday, we awarded a prize here – the Vigdís Prize for Women’s Rights – to an organisation that is firmly committed to abortion, that is to say, to the elimination of life. And I did not think it right that the Parliamentary Assembly did not choose an organisation that campaigns for the protection of life, for human dignity, and for... 24/06/2026 | 17:48:29 Mr President, ladies and gentlemen. I would like to follow on from what my colleague, Mr Armen GEVORGYAN, has already said. I have the impression that the country report is somewhat unbalanced with regard to Georgia. It also strikes me that there is an attempt here to interfere ever more deeply in the affairs of a sovereign state. I would also like to emphasise explicitly what my colleague has already said: the rule of law, free elections, freedom of expression and protection against... 24/06/2026 | 10:25:20 Madam President, Ladies and gentlemen, Dear colleagues, I must strongly disagree with what the previous speaker, Ms Andrea EDER-GITSCHTHALER from Austria, has just said. I do not believe that women and men choose or train for certain professions simply because they have seen them portrayed in the media. In fact, it is exactly the other way round. The media simply reflect the reality of life here in Europe. And that is why, for example, the media – in films and TV series – show men simply... 24/04/2026 | 10:04:25 Mr Chairman, Ladies and gentlemen, Thank you very much for giving me the floor. I would like to remind you that, this week, when we are discussing democracy and human rights in Strasbourg, a mayor has once again been arrested in one of the Council of Europe member states. I am talking about Türkiye. A mayor from a district in Istanbul. This means that 21 mayors from the largest opposition party, the Republican People's Party (CHP), have now been imprisoned in Türkiye. This is a very worrying... 21/04/2026 | 11:44:49 Mister President, ladies and gentlemen, Thank you very much for this debate. I believe it is important and it shows that politicians from all kinds of different parties are affected. We have heard some frightening examples. My party, the Alternative for Germany (AfD), is also particularly affected by political violence. Our party stands are being attacked. The next party conference in Erfurt in June is to be prevented by the Antifa. Thousands of people will take to the streets. Police... 30/01/2026 | 10:19:13 President, ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for giving me the floor. I would like to speak today on the subject of democracy. It is now a year since Mr J. D. VANCE, the Vice President of the United States, spoke in Germany at the Munich Security Conference. He met with our party leader from the AfD, Ms Alice WEIDEL, on the fringes of the conference and criticised the fact that the largest opposition party was not invited to this security conference. Thank God things are different... 03/10/2025 | 12:03:21 Mister President, ladies and gentlemen, Thank you very much for giving me the floor. I would like to address two issues today. One is the increasing restriction of the right to stand for election in the member states. The other issue is the restriction of freedom of expression by radical left-wing Antifa organisations. On the first issue: unfortunately, we are seeing more and more cases of candidates not being allowed to stand in elections. We've had this happen several times now in Germany... 02/10/2025 | 18:16:07 Madam President, Ladies and gentlemen, I would also like to thank all those who helped draft the resolution, especially Ms Valentina GRIPPO, and that many of the concerns we had were also taken into account here through amendments and clarifications. In the further procedure, it is important for us to draw attention to three particular points that are very important to us as the European Conservatives, Patriots & Affiliates Group. Firstly, the protection of independent, creative cultures... 02/10/2025 | 16:29:33 Mister President, Ladies and gentlemen, We are dealing with a report on the situation in Georgia. There is talk of an acute threat to democracy and an erosion of the principles of the rule of law. However, for us in the European Conservatives, Patriots & Affiliates Group, the resolution goes too far on key points and we therefore reject it. The current situation in Georgia is undoubtedly characterised by profound political and social tensions. But it is precisely in such a situation that we...