EU Parliament, Strasbourg, February 10, 2026, P10
CRE-REV(2026)02-10(2-0460-0000).
Herr President.
Of what leftist governments are capable, Spain shows us. A half
million illegal migrants, simply with a wave of the hand, will be thus
legalized, inclusive of work permission and the prospect of a permanent residency
in Europe. This, what we since 2015 experience on our continent, has nothing more
to do with measure and control – and I say this to you as someone with a
migration background, because there is a great distinction between regular and
irregular migration.
This, what Spain now plans, manifests a destructive policy
from which our continent in foreseeable time will scarcely recover. It is quite
clearly a political signal. It is a signal to the world that illegal residency –
yes, and that is a crime – in the end pays. It is a signal to Europe that
national ideological projects are obviously more important than responsibility
in our Schengen area. Since anyone of these 500,000 illegal migrants can
tomorrow freely move about in all Europe. And they will move about, and indeed
to Germany, since, following the legalization, there is clearly more money here
than in Spain. That shows the true face of leftist policy.
When it is recognized in regards one’s own people – this is
quite important – one in the long-term can no longer convince, then a new group
of voters is sought. Thus the earlier Spanish minister from Podemos quite
clearly and before all fortunately welcomed it. Migration, so she said, needs
be used so as not to leave leave society and democracy to the wrong ones.
Everyone knows what she thereby meant.
Herr Magnus Brunner, directed to you: We had two important
votes today which go in the right direction so as to be able to finally control
the problem of the migration policy. We expect from you it will be tested here,
primarily according to Article 258 of the EU Treaty. That would be for us quite
right, since this, what Spain is doing, will ultimately pull us all into
bankruptcy.
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