Helmut Seifen, November 5, 2021, Freedom in the Universities

Nordrhein-Westfalen Landtag, Plenarprotokoll 17/149, pp. 37-38. Right honorable Frau President. Right honorable colleagues. The major inquiry is praiseworthy. It after all shows that even the colleagues of the Bundnis90/Die Grünen delegation are concerned about scholarly freedom [Wissenschaftsfreiheit]. The State government’s answers nevertheless provide little information on the real influence of Chinese authorities over the Confucius …

Helmut Seifen, November 25, 2020, Budget – Education

Nordrhein-Westfalen Landtag, Plenarprotokoll 17/108, pp. 65-67. Right honorable Herr President. Right honorable colleagues. A parliament’s budget deliberations are called the lodestar of democracy because in these debates the current distribution of state funds will be disputed. This debate is important because, by the distribution of state funds, political, social and structural developments are directed so …