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
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…
What was important this week.
Here, at the end of the week, I give an overview of my work and the currently important debates and issues in the European Parliament. Calendar week 46 and…
Posting: Internship position for my Brussels office.
Application deadline: 18.11.2021Internship start date: 01.01.2021 Dear interested parties,There is again a vacant internship position in my team in Brussels! In my daily parliamentary life in Brussels I follow with my…
Study: Poor training among border officers
„I work at the [name redacted] border patrol station and have been in border patrol for a long time. Some of us no longer have the will or the strength to watch,…
Job Posting: Office Management and Finance.
We are inviting applications. There is a short-term vacancy in my great team in the Brussels office.you can apply until 18 November. For administrative support…
No more EU funding for forced labour in Eritrea
With the so-called "Emergency Trust Fund for Africa", the EU created an instrument in 2015 to "address the root causes of instability, displacement and irregular migration and…
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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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Just write me a message via the contact form, but of course you can also send me a message at abgeordnetenwatch or via social .
Erik on Twitter
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Incidentally, I think it is very good that the traffic lights are lifting the factional constraint on the vote on the 1TP3 vaccination requirement and releasing the vote. This allows for a more open discussion and a better exchange of arguments. I hope that this will happen more often in the future.
The argument then unfortunately holds true for the next 23 waves. #Impulsory vaccination https://twitter.com/HalakMuhanad/status/1466353857823485958
Greek authorities apparently mistreated, beat and forcibly transferred a #Frontex worker to Turkey without a hearing.
In the meantime, it seems that at the external borders, decisions are simply made according to racist criteria as to who still deserves human rights or dignity.
I spoke to the @Wochenzeitung about Frontex. Occasion: In Switzerland there could be a referendum on whether to continue funding Frontex.
German MEP @ErikMarquardt (Greens) is a member of a committee that oversees the border management agency Frontex. A conversation about how it works and the Swiss Frontex referendum.
From @tobler_lukas
https://www.woz.ch/2147/fluechtlingspolitik/frontex-verfolgt-eine-salamitaktik
Guys, maybe this is still classified, but I wanted to leak that Green Ministry appointments aren't decided on Twitter at all.
It is not particularly surprising that the CDU/CSU are getting completely out of touch and populist about the migration chapter. After all, they have already created a lot of bad atmosphere and solved few problems in 16 years of government. #Coalition agreement
Not to forget: Family reunification will now also be possible again for subsidiary protected persons, in addition, sibling reunification will be made possible and the quota of 1000 per month will be lifted, because: Families belong together. #Coalition agreement
There will be a federal humanitarian admission programme from Afghanistan. Digital humanitarian visas for persons in need of protection will be made possible and resettlement based on UNHCR needs will be strengthened. The local forces procedure will be reformed so that allies receive protection.#Coalition agreement
There will be a federal humanitarian admission programme from Afghanistan. Digital humanitarian visas for persons in need of protection will be made possible and resettlement based on UNHCR needs will be strengthened. The local forces procedure will be reformed so that allies receive protection.#Coalition agreement
After intensive negotiations, the # coalition agreement is now public. I was able to help negotiate the areas of flight, migration and integration. Of course, there were compromises, but I am very satisfied with the results.
Interesting how many can evaluate a #coalition agreement they haven't read yet.
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