EU Parliament, Strasbourg, April 24, 2024, P9 CRE-PROV(2024)04-24(3-036-0000).
Herr President.
Not just today with my last speaking contribution in the European Parliament do I stand here as a free member, and not particularly as a representative of the AfD delegation, due to a cowardly and malicious drone and rocket attack on Israel by the Iranian terrorist mullah regime. Yet not only the AfD and also the EU: Europe needs to understand that Iran’s attack on Israel and Putin’s attack on the Ukraine are two sides of the same coin. Yet the readiness to place oneself at the side of Israel is here often only hesitantly defined.
Thus it is for me to designate the EU foreign minister’s acknowledgment of Israel’s security as only half-hearted, and it is very disappointing. Herr Borrell, the epicenter is not Gaza but the terror attack of October 7 on Israel. Of course the concluded intensifications of the sanctions are right. Yet if a stabilizing effect in the Near East is really desired, states must be supported which guarantee aid to Israel in regards its defense.
To write of Western values, it must be worthy of them. And most important: Strong resolution is required to stop the Iranian nuclear program. Atomic weapons in the hands of these mullahs will sooner or later be directed not only against Israel but also against us.
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