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(Brussels ).
I stated my disappointment to Vice Minister Zhang at the stance China has held together with Russia at the UN Security Council on the 4 February vote on the resolution on Syria. With their vetoes, China and Russia have impeded the United Nations to pave the way for a resolution of the crisis in Syria. Assad's regime is indiscriminately killing the Syrian people and it must be stopped.
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Schulz on the Doha Declaration on Palestinian Reconciliation

Press Release - Brussels - 06-02-2012

Foreign Affairs
Wikimedia Commons: Mahmoud Abbas
I welcome the announcement on the creation of a national Palestinian unity government. All parties in the Palestinian territories need to work towards Palestinian national reconciliation and state-building. I look forward to the details of the composition of the new government and to the exact date for parliamentary and presidential elections in the Palestinian territories. I am confident that the electoral process will be inclusive and peaceful.
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Schulz congratulates new President of Finland Sauli Niinisto

Press Release - Brussels - 05-02-2012

Internal Policies and EU Institutions
Sauli Niinisto new President of Finland
The President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz has congratulated the new President of Finland Sauli Niinisto and made the following statement: "President Sauli Niinisto is an experienced and highly capable politician, he is a true European. I warmly congratulate and look forward to working with him.
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Schulz condemns violence in Homs

Press Release - Brussels - 04-02-2012

Foreign Affairs - Human Rights
(Brussels ).
"On behalf of the European Parliament, I condemn the terrible atrocities committed in the name of the Syrian regime against civilians in Homs. My thoughts are with the families and friends of the victims. A massacre of innocent civilians has taken place.
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EP President Schulz meets Tunisian PM Hamadi Jebali
I am honoured and pleased to reaffirm personally to Mr Jebali the support of the European Parliament to the Tunisian people and its new government. I very much value the fact that the first official visit of Mr Jebali in his new capacity as Head of Government is paid to the EU institutions and the European Parliament in particular. It is a strong signal of Tunisia's commitment to further enhance its partnership with the EU.
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Martin Schulz.
The fiscal pact raises budgetary discipline to the status of a panacea for all the ills associated with the debt crisis and lays down national debt ceilings and automatic penalties. Yes, sensible budget policies are essential in order to keep national indebtedness under control. Yes, reducing debt is a simple matter of intergenerational justice, otherwise one day we will find ourselves in the shameful situation of bequeathing to our children not a house, but only a mortgage on a house. Ensuring that another crisis does not occur is not enough, it is all very necessary, but alone and accompanied by austerity measures in many Member States, it will not bring much needed economic growth and jobs.
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(Brussels ).
When I met with the representatives of the Jewish community in Europe some weeks ago, and when we discussed how to organise a commemoration of the holocaust in the year 2012, it was quite obvious that one date plays a major role; the 20th of January, because the 20th of January 1942 was the day of the so-called Wannsee Conference. 70 years ago, on the 20th of January, in Berlin, Reinhardt Heydrich and Adolf Eichmann and many high-ranking representatives from the ministries of the Hitler regime, decided the so-called 'Endlösung'; the 'final decision'. Difficult to pronounce it: 'End... Lösung'. This was nothing less than a decision by the government of a country to exterminate all Jewish people. We all know that they succeeded in killing 6 million. Men and women, children, old and young people, from all countries in Europe and in the world.
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Schulz condemns courts' decisions in Belarus

Press Release - Brussels - 24-01-2012

Foreign Affairs - Human Rights
Ales Bialiatski
I deplore today's decision by the Minsk district court to dismiss an appeal against a four and a half year prison sentence for Ales Bialiatski, a prominent human right activist. This is another bad day for justice in Belarus.The European Parliament believes that the tax evasion charges against Bialiatski have been politically motivated and unjustified. Bialiatski should be released unconditionally along with the remaining 14 political prisoners, including two former presidential candidates.
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Schulz on the first anniversary of the beginning of the Egyptian revolution - 25 January

Press Release - Brussels - 24-01-2012

Foreign Affairs - Human Rights
Wikimedia Commons: Tahrir Square
On this anniversary, I would like to pay tribute to the Egyptian people for their courage, their vigilance and passion for democracy. Elections have so far taken place in a relatively peaceful and organised manner. I hope that all political forces will continue to be given the opportunity to compete fairly in the upcoming polls. I congratulate the Members of the People's Assembly and the Speaker Dr Saad Al-Katatny on their election. I look forward to discuss personally bilateral relations between our institutions.
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Croatians support EU accession

Press Release - Brussels - 23-01-2012

Foreign Affairs - Internal Policies and EU Institutions
Wikimedia Commons: EU-Croatia Flags
The positive result of the referendum is a clear indicator of the continuing attractiveness of the EU. Membership is the right reward for the remarkable progress achieved by Croatia in its path to reforms in the recent years.
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Martin Schulz elected President of the European Parliament

Press Release - Strasbourg - 17-01-2012

Internal Policies and EU Institutions
(Strasbourg ).
MEPs elected Martin Schulz to be the new European Parliament president with 387 votes in favour out of 670 cast. The 56-year old German MEP will lead the European parliament for two and half years, until the beginning of the next legislature in July 2014.
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