In a short speech to the European Parliament, Claire slammed the undemocratic nature of the way in which the new Commission was rubber-stamped. ‘It was my first time speaking in front of a full chamber’, Claire told Brexit Facts4EU.Org, ‘and given the occasion of the Commission’s vote, I think the parliament were expecting a more … Read more
At the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 28 November, Claire comments on her decision to vote against the EU’s climate emergency motion. She criticises the hyped-up alarmist climate propaganda as anti-science scaremongering being used to terrifying young children into believing the world is on the brink of destruction. She finishes by calling for the climate … Read more
On 28 November in the European Parliament at Strasbourg, Claire justifies her decision to vote against the election of new Commission on the ground that their election is a misnomer and a sham, since they were not accountable to the electorate of Europe. She argues the whole process is an attack on the very concept … Read more
On the 25 November, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Claire congratulated the momentous victory of the pro-democracy faction in the recent Hong Kong elections, particularly after they endured violence at the hands of the Chinese government when they took to the streets in defence of their liberty. She applauds them as an inspiration to … Read more
On Thursday 7 November, Claire attacked the attempts by the EU to force member states to take back those who have rejected Western civilisation and values. She argues that while the refusal to take back jihadis and their children is an act of moral cowardice by national governments, it should be the people of each … Read more
On Wednesday 6 November, Claire argued in the European Parliament that laws on hate speech are a threat to free speech. She used as an example the way that some feminists have been attacked by trans activists. By allowing free speech to be undermined in this manner, she continues, the EU is undermining a vitally … Read more
In the European Parliament on Wednesday 6 November, Claire spoke against attempts to regulate the media. She noted that the mainstream media is often caught up in a ‘bubble’ and is insensitive to trends and developments beyond that bubble. As a result, mainstream outlets were caught by surprise by the vote to leave the EU … Read more
In the European Parliament on Wednesday 6 November, Claire had an exchange with Michalis Chrisochoidis, the Greek minister for citizens’ protection. Claire pointed out that while there are calls for solidarity with migrants, that sense of fellow feeling has been undermined by the way responsibility has been outsourced to the Turkish government. This has been … Read more
In the European Parliament on Monday 21 October, Claire expressed her deepest sympathies for the Jewish victims killed in the Halle Synagogue shooting in Germany. She made clear that we should not be too simplistic when calling out acts of extreme violence. She argues that those who willingly pointing fingers at anti-Semitism being a solely … Read more
In European Parliament on Thursday 10 October, Claire abstains from a motion about EU workers’ rights and unemployment, pointing out the bureaucratic attempts to appropriate the working classes’ historic struggle for their rights. She also points out the sheer hypocrisy of EU’s virtue signalling about workers’ rights whilst simultaneously imposing austerity and preventing member states … Read more