ECR Group @ecrgroup@respublicae.eu

"Yahaya Sharif-Aminu was sentenced to death for sharing an audio message. It was deemed to blaspheme the Prophet Muhammad."

🗣️ @weimers MEP in the #EPlenary spoke out for freedom of expression and honoured the memory of Lars Vilks.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ecrgroup/status/1648776006818209793

This week, journalist and dissident Vladimir Kara-Murza was sentenced to 25 years in a Russian prison.

He did nothing more than tell the truth about Putin's brutal regime.

We stand with @vkaramurza and call for his immediate release.

#FreeKaraMurza

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ecrgroup/status/1648719139731546117

🚙 "#Dieselgate exposed cheating on a global scale which the @EU_Commission has ignored until now."

🗣 @ZdzKrasnodebski MEP in the #EPlenary

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ecrgroup/status/1648711019055685634

"#Bitcoin revolutionised finance as the world’s first decentralised digital payments infrastructure.

Isn’t it ironic that we’re now talking about a centralised database controlled by governments and institutions?"

🗣 @MPHoogeveen MEP on the #DigitalEuro. #EPlenary

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ecrgroup/status/1648697075851198464

📣 "The crypto craze resulted directly from irresponsible monetary policy, which fuelled distrust in the monetary system. So, why should the @ecb come up with a digital euro?"

🗣 @jvanovertveldt MEP in #EPlenary. #crypocurrencies

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ecrgroup/status/1648689263674904576

📣 "Although this year there has been some recovery, the #crypto sector is reeling from high-profile scandals and bankruptcies."

🗣 @Assita_Kanko MEP on her report, co-rapporteured by @ernesturtasun, which aims to hold crypto banks to more of the same rules as regular banks.…

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ecrgroup/status/1648682445196197889

"We need an agreement to defend our external borders against illegal immigration, so that countries of first entry don't become giant refugee camps or open-air detention centres and Member States are not encouraged to build new internal EU borders."

🗣 ECR Co-Chair @NProcaccini…

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ecrgroup/status/1648678958618083330

🇪🇺 The @europarl_en has voted to express its support for 🇲🇩 #Moldova, as attempts to destabilise the country through hybrid action are on the rise.

🇲🇩 President @sandumaiamd has warned of Russia’s plans to topple her government and halt plans for the country to join the 🇪🇺.…

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ecrgroup/status/1648656048079634432

💬 "There is no more disgraceful and vile violence than that perpetrated against children."

📺 Watch our Co-Chairman @NProcaccini's #EPlenary speech denouncing the forced deportations of Ukrainian children to Russia ⤵️

@europarlpress

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ecrgroup/status/1648631062153527300

"#Russia has committed many war crimes as part of its aggression against #Ukraine. Among the most appalling is the forced deportation of children and their Russification." 🗣 @WaszczykowskiW in #EPlenary.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ecrgroup/status/1648629893394059265

📣 "What has always made a difference is whether we remain indifferent or not."

🗣 This morning in the #EPlenary, ECR Co-Chairman @NProcaccini denounced the contemptuous and criminal actions of Vladimir #Putin.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ecrgroup/status/1648608154362544130

Reminiscent of the barbaric practices of the Soviet Union & Nazi Germany, thousands of Ukrainian children have been forcibly deported to Russia.

These actions clearly constitute genocide.

The ECR wholeheartedly welcomes the @IntlCrimCourt’s decision. Putin must be locked up.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ecrgroup/status/1648582451420168194

Today, we remember the #WarsawGhettoUprising.

On 19 April 1943, a fierce act of resistance against the terrors of totalitarianism was launched.

80 years later, we remember those who, that day, lost their lives in the name of freedom.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ecrgroup/status/1648559103365578753

"In order to save human lives, support to NGO’s that help human traffickers must be stopped. Countries have borders and illegally crossing those borders is a crime that must be met with consequences." 🗣 @djambazki MEP in #EPlenary.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ecrgroup/status/1648437920674775042

"31,000 arrivals in #Italy alone in 2023 and we are not even past April. Either the Member States embrace mass migration or they reject the current migration pact." 🗣 @weimers MEP in #EPlenary.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ecrgroup/status/1648437343857295362

📣 "The influx of migrants crossing the Mediterranean is really untenable. We need a radical turn-around." 🗣 @rooken MEP in #EPlenary.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ecrgroup/status/1648434980698324992

"We should support #Italy and the 🇮🇹 government which is doing its job, protecting our borders and fighting human traffickers" 🗣 @Jorgebuxade in the #EPlenary.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ecrgroup/status/1648393601599111169

For months, the 🇮🇹 government has asked for 🇪🇺 solutions to the #migration phenomenon:

1️⃣ greater protection of external borders
2️⃣ a common repatriation policy for irregular migrants
3️⃣ safe routes for those entitled to asylum
4️⃣ regulation of NGO ship activities

🗣…

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ecrgroup/status/1648388450721079303

🔋 "As more renewable energy sources are developed, dispatchable energy sources will drop. Hence, the creation of storage is a burning issue."

🗣 @tobiszowski MEP highlighted the problematic side of sourcing raw materials to make batteries for #EnergyStorage. #EPlenary

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ecrgroup/status/1648369987642441754

At a meeting with 🇹🇼 Ambassador Remus Li-Kuo Chen, Director-General of European Affairs for Taiwan, ECR Co-Chairmen Prof Ryszard Legutko and @NProcaccini and Charlie @weimers MEP expressed the ECR Group's support for closer EU ties with #Taiwan.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ecrgroup/status/1648360873621069824