Bundestag speeches and other statements of the Alternative für Deutschland translated into English. This blog is not affiliated with the AfD and translations of Bundestag speeches here presented are not authorized by the German Bundestag. – Todd Martin, Ottoville, Ohio, U.S.A.
German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 19/202, pp. 24565-24566. Frau President. Ladies and gentlemen. Christmas mood in parliament. – The construction of the 5 G network in Germany progresses so slowly – and that is also good. My delegation regards a 5 G German Bundestag as an important future technology for town and country. We of the AfD …
Continue reading “Uwe Schulz, December 17, 2020, 5 G Technology”
Berlin Abgeordnetenhaus, December 10, 2020, Plenarprotokoll 18/68, pp. 8153-8155. Right honorable Frau President. Right honorable ladies and gentlemen. For nearly ten months, the Senate has issued incisive legal decrees in the fight against the supposed Corona pandemic. The first decree was issued on March 14, 2020, yet even at that time this parliament made clear …
Continue reading “Marc Vallendar, December 10, 2020, Corona Decrees Committee”
German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 19/194, pp. 24536-24537. Frau President. Worthy colleagues. It occurs to me a bit like before: „Und täglich grüsst das Murmeltier” [And daily greets the groundhog/marmot]. Once again we discuss a FDP motion on digitalization. The government shall “take the pandemic seriously as a wake-up call” – so far, so good. We of …
Continue reading “Joana Cotar, November 25, 2020, Digitalization and Pandemic”
German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 19/196, pp. 24787-24789. Herr President. Ladies and gentlemen. If one wishes to see the best Germany of all time, then a momentary glance at the German inner cities suffices. Vanishing attraction, increasing decay and often also a latent sense of insecurity, that is meanwhile what our inner cities are coming to. This …
Continue reading “Frank Magnitz, November 27, 2020, Inner Cities, Commerical Rent”
German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 19/195, pp. 24580-24582. Right honorable Herr President. Right honorable ladies and gentlemen. Dear countrymen. Much has happened in the last days. All of these events raise questions which revolve about me as a politician, businessman, father and citizen and do not allow me to sleep peacefully. Right honorable Frau Chancellor, I am …
Continue reading “Tino Chrupalla, November 26, 2020, Pandemic”
German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 19/195, pp. 24569-24571. Right honorable Herr President. Right honorable ladies and gentlemen. The collateral damages of your Corona policy are now already greater than the damages caused by the virus itself. The greatest damages you have inflicted on our economy, our Mittelstand and our legal and constitutional order by means of the …
Continue reading “Alice Weidel, November 26, 2020, Pandemic”
German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 19/192, pp. 24313-24314. Herr President. Right honorable ladies and gentlemen. Dear colleagues. If our country had a national security council, as demanded by the AfD, then we likely would have been spared fatalities on this scale in the Corona crisis. Fritz Felgentreu (SPD): Like the U.S.A.! A national …
Continue reading “Armin-Paulus Hampel, November 19, 2020, National Security Council”
German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 19/191, pp. 24050-24052. Herr President. Ladies and gentlemen. Trust is one of society’s most important resources. As is known, it can be lost. When people no longer trust one another, the will to cooperate stops and strife begins. When a portion of the people do not trust the government, a fissure is …
Continue reading “Alexander Gauland, November 18, 2020, Corona Preventative Measures”
German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 19/190, pp. 23954-23955. The essence of a democracy consists of the citizens making the decisions. We may have our doubts about that. As is known, justice is increasingly concerned with Corona protective measures because these are not based on legal grounds but are put through by decree [Verordnung]. To obviate this, the …
Continue reading “Detlev Spangenberg, November 6, 2020, Corona Preventative Measures”
German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 19/186, p. 23382. Right honorable Frau President. Right honorable colleagues. Democracy and parliamentary government in Germany are in a deep crisis – not just since Corona – and the crisis has a name: Angela Merkel. In the euro crisis, she loaded trillions in charges onto the citizens – in violation of the …
Continue reading “Beatrix von Storch, October 29, 2020, Corona and Democracy”
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