Erik Marquardt
Member of the European Parliament | greens/EFA | BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN
Hello, my name is Erik and I'm actually a photographer, but I've been a member of the European Parliament since the 2019 European elections. My main topics are flight, migration and human rights. You can ask me your questions on my social media pages, on abgeordnetenwatch or via the Contact form put.
Erik's blog
Resilience and Resistance – Study on the Criminalization of Solidarity.
This study commissioned by the Green Group in the European Parliament analyzes the state of criminalization of solidarity with refugees in the European Union. Full study in English…
Inquiry: rejections at Greek border despite ECtHR interim measures
I have put a question to the Commission about an apparently illegal refoulement by Greece. As reported by the Greek Refugee Council, 94 Syrians, including minors with…
Inquiry: report of the Hellenic Transparency Authority
I asked the EU Commission on 25/05/2022 what it thinks about the Greek authorities immediately taking arriving protection seekers into custody for deportation and putting them in prison…
Former local workers want to go to Germany: „Bureaucratic jungle"
A year ago, the Taliban conquered Kabul. In an interview with RND, I call for the creation of an official contact point for those persecuted, in order to provide advice and applications…
News from the Borders
Here I inform you daily about everything that is happening in European asylum and migration policy and at the external borders. The Border-News is also available daily…
World Time: The Disaster of Afghan Local Forces
I had an in-depth conversation with Weltzeit from Deutschlandfunk Kultur on the anniversary of the Taliban taking power in Kabul. What happened back then was a…
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I think podcasts are a good format for bringing politics closer to citizens, informing them about the issues I am working on and what everyday life is like in the European Parliament, why do parliamentary processes work the way they do and not the other way around, and why do they often work in a different way than you would imagine?
Committees
Development (Vice Chairman)
Civil liberties, justice and home affairs
Delegations
Maschrik
Afghanistan
Euro-Mediterranean
Iraq
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