No, five times no. The enlargement of NATO to include Sweden and Finland is not a pointless and dangerous provocation, and the first reason for that is that far from being the result of American pressure, it is the direct consequence of Vladimir Putin’s military aggression.
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Speech at the plenary debate on the deterioration of the refugee situation due to the Russian aggression against Ukraine
Madam President, my dear colleagues, there are at least three categories of refugees in this drama.
The first is, of course, the Ukrainian refugees, and we owe it to them to finally organise – and this should already have been done – the distribution between our 27 countries, because Poland and, tomorrow, Romania, cannot bear this burden alone.
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Plenary speech in the debate on the case of Osman Kavala in Turkey
Mr Erdogan thinks he is strong. He thinks he is safe from our criticism, protests and pressure because he believes that Russia's aggression against Ukraine has made his country an ally that neither the European Union nor the United States could or should do without.
We, parliamentarians from across Europe committed to a rules-based global order, share serious concerns about President Trump’s plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the imminent prospect of Israeli annexation of West Bank territory. We are deeply worried about the precedent this would set for international relations at large.
She was taken aback by my interest for her country. She could not imagine that a Frenchman could be curious to know more about Austria, and as I told her that I had lived in Vienna, known Kreisky and just written a book which delved into the question of the coalition between the political right and the extreme right Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ), Claudia Gamon’s eyes widened with surprise.
30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, many doubts are voiced. Only 38 percent of Germans would consider that reunification was a success; do divisions still exist? Do the economic gaps between the former GDR and the rest of Germany, broadly speaking, reflect the image of a two-speed Europe?
The Hungarian parliamentary elections are attracting a great deal of interest throughout the...
