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 20/106, pp. 12811-12812. Frau President. Ladies and gentlemen. The EU Parliament’s proposal debated today for a change of the EU election law is an attack on the national states of Europe. The planned changes are alien to the citizens and fundamentally undemocratic. Of this are first of all the trans-national lists which …
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German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 20/54, pp. 5928-5929. Frau President. Ladies and gentlemen. We today debate the law to amend the European citizens initiative by which themes can be brought to the EU Commission without the EU Commission being obligated to become substantially active therein. Understand: This toothless tiger is to give the EU a democratic coating. …
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German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 19/204, pp. 25715-25716. Herr President. Ladies and gentlemen. We here today shall decide that the holding of nominations assemblies for the Bundestag election is at least partially not possible. Yet to that I ask directly back: Why should I and my delegation conform to an incorrect statement? – Assemblies are possible, and …
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German Bundestag, Plenarprotokoll 19/184, p. 23135. Four weeks ago, the coalition delegations laid before us in a first reading a fully unfortunate draft law. This provided that, by statutory ordinance, regulations can be made which weaken one of the most important principles of our election law; namely, the principle that candidates for election to the …
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German Bundestag, September 10, 2020, Plenarprotokoll 19/173, pp. 21775-21776. Herr President. Ladies and gentlemen. One remark beforehand, Herr Frieser. I am now really a bit astonished: You here claim nothing is to be delegated to the Federal Interior Ministry and the fundamental of separation of powers is guaranteed. It is certainly precisely the problem here …
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