Ruth FIRMENICH

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What Ruth FIRMENICH has said (6)

• “President. We are talking about disaster preparedness. Now, this leads us directly onto Ursula von der Leyen, because the president of the commission is the EU's biggest disaster. She stands for corruption, for massive rearmament and the destruction of the European social model. Preparedness. Olaf von der Leyen means that you do million billion dollar deals via SMS. Even the European Court of Justice has complained about a lack of transparency, and seeing as miss von der Leyen is seeking to defend the indefensible, she attacks those who call a motion of no confidence. She doesn't deal with the specific allegations. Instead, she bronzers as being extremists because we're not satisfied with her silence. Now, if the EU really wants to face up to disasters, it's got to rely on diplomacy and good relationships throughout the world, and not on rearmament and confrontation, and not allow the arms companies to make bumper profits. Miss von der Leyen's commission is doing exactly the opposite. It's time to tougher out of office.”
  Von der Leyen
• “Ladies and gentlemen, if the European Commission was serious about peace. It would be doing everything to find diplomatic ways of ending wars in our neighbourhood. But it has done nothing. Not in Ukraine, not in Gaza, not in Iran, where now we're seeing the US and Israel's unprovoked, illegal war of aggression raging instead. Miss von der Leyen is dreaming of turning the European Union into military power and is even questioning international humanitarian law. Has she been lying for all these years when she was talking about. International law? Or is it just applying to Russia? When we talk about this, we're often talking about support for USA and NATO. And it's unacceptable that we're seeing military bases such as Ramstein being made available for these wars. Let's take a leaf out of the book which denied access. Let us close US bases so that they can no longer misuse Europe for its wars.”
  Relations with NATO
• “The U.S. and Israel führen ein Volk Angriff gegen den Iran werden und Kunst aus den USA und Israel von sport und Kultur ereignissen ausgeschlossen. Nine natürlich nicht Deutschland liefert Waffen an Israel trotz völkermord ein im Palestinian und verschreibungspflichtig im libanon wurden Deutsch sportler und künstler ausgeschlossen. Nine natürlich nicht sollten künstler und sportler aus den USA Israel und Deutschland ausgeschlossen werden. Nine Das Sollten sie nicht aber genauso wenig darf diese für Russen und Russen gelten Nur Ihnen wurde aus politischen gründen die Teilnahme an internationalen sport events verboten und wir jetzt die Biennale in Venedig Erfordern war Russische Kunst ausgestellt wird Das ist nicht als russen has der nationalsozialistischen Zeiten inert war diesen Rassismus und hass kultiviert stellt Europa selbst infrage ich muss schluss sein damit sport und Kultur verhindern Menschen und genau das brauchen. Wir heute meer Dan die vielen dank.”
  Relations with Israel - Palestine
• “Madam chair, ladies and gentlemen. Jacques Delors said Europe is going to be social or nothing with the gigantic armament arms race for €800 billion. Von der Leyen is sounding the death knell for social Europe. The commission is sticking to NATO, but NATO is nothing other than a US instrument of power. It's just about US interests. Greenland showed us what this means. The Commission cannot deny reality here, with Greenland, Michaelis and von der Leyen talking about international law, but they don't care about anything else. But what about the blockade of Cuba, which is destroying the economy and leading to regime change? Nothing. Not a peep from the European Commission, which is shameful. Make sure that the Cuban people, uh, make sure they don't starve at the hands of Donald Trump. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.”
  EU-Cuba relations
• “Von der Leyen is basically pushing us along the road to war with 800 billion. The EU is to be put on a war footing, but even US secret services are saying that Russia isn't planning an attack on NATO states if it's not defence, that it can just be a preparation for war against Russia, because there obviously is that willingness amongst the committee commission, the willing to attack Russia. The New York Times is writing the way in which there is a war being pursued in a proxy war by Europe. Now it's high time to change the war. They talk about changing the war, but they want to continue this war without the US, which is crazy. The attacks on democracy in Europe are part of mobilization for war. People who are threatening are removed from being able to take part in elections. Despite elections in Russia, Romania people are not allowed to take their seats. Democracy is being undermined. But this idea of defense is really attacking those who they've decided are their enemies.”
  Defence spending
• “Thank you very much. I'd like to come back to what's been said about Europe using its own strengths in relation to China. And I wonder what exactly that looks like as a strategy when we look at the experience, um, situation, for example, with the automotive industry, uh, in Germany, the pressure that's put it under. So I wonder what type of strategy this is. Uh, really I mean, what, uh, alternatives are they when we look at the, uh, dependence, the economic dependence. And then when we look at the deterioration of the, uh, Europe, Chinese, uh, trade relations, is that really in the interests of the citizens of, uh, workers in Europe? So I'd like to know. What, uh, measures, uh, how effective these measures are if they end up, uh, rebounding and having a negative effect on the European economy. So I'd be interested to know, uh, your evaluation. Uh, what, uh, strengths can be drawn on in this situation?”
  Trade relations with China