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Mandl: Dealing with tax payers' money comes along with responsibility (09.07.2026)
The Austrian Member of the European Parliament, Lukas Mandl, reiterated Europe's role being "the strongest soft power on earth". Decision takers would be acting with tax payers money and holding the responsibility to explain why it would be in the interest of Europe, the Europeans and universal values represented by Europe to invest in other parts of the world. "Europe is also the most reliable partner in today's world", Mandl stated.
Jul 9


Lukas Mandl regarding the future of the Gaza strip (08.07.2026)
"The Gaza-crisis must not be forgotten", the Austrian Member of the European Parliament, Lukas Mandl, stated in the European Parliament's plenary sitting. "Hamas is still around. They were not even ashamed to put children on the line, they put their own civil population under immense risk", Mandl said. "Time and again I can only put forward my recommendation to deweaponise Hamas, to demilitarise the Gaza strip, to support education also against hatred, Islamism, antisemitism,
Jul 8


Mandl's final remarks ahead of the UN High Level Political Forum 2026 (07.07.2026)
„The world needs the United Nations, now more than ever. At the same time the United Nations are in a desperate need of a reform”, the Austrian lawmaker Lukas Mandl said in the European Parliament's plenary ahead of the UN High Level Political Forum 2026 taking place at the United Nations' headquarters in New York. Lukas Mandl and the Italian lawmaker Pierfrancesco Maran were the Co-Rapporteurs on the European Parliament's stance on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Ma
Jul 7


Mandl advocating for „He For She“ and for Women in Afghanistan (20.05.2026)
In the current plenary debate on Afghanistan Lukas Mandl, Member of the European Parliament, made clear the Taliban-regime will stop Europe neither in tackling irregular migratoin nor in fighting for women's rights. The Austrian lawmaker one more time advocated for the global campaign initiated by the United Nations under the title of „He For She“.
Jun 20


Lukas Mandl condemns cyberattacks targeting Lithuania (17.06.2026)
Lukas Mandl, Member of the European Parliament from Austria, made clear Europe will defend its citizens and Member States against any kind of attack, no matter whether it would be militarily, terrorist, hybrid by drones or even cyberattacks. Lithuania has been targeted by Putin-Russia's cyberattacks. Mandl underlined the success story the country that was formerly part of the Soviet Union became, mentioning its championship in digitalization and also the state of inhabited by
Jun 17


Lukas Mandl advocates for parliamentarism and an EU-reform (9th March, 2026)
The Austrian Member of the European Parliament, Lukas Mandl , outlined in a speech in the European Parliament the necessity of parliamentarism on the European level "for better results in the interest of the Europeans. It's all about the citizens' concerns. The European Parliament is the only directly elected body of the European Union." Mandl emphasized the importance of a strong position of the European Parliament among the EU-institutions . Mandl again underlined Europe wo
Mar 14


Mandl advocates for Europe's cooperations around the world (21th Jan, 2026)
„Cooperation“ would be the European way of global outreach, the Austrian Member of the European Parliament, Lukas Mandl, stated in the Plenary Debate ahead of the EU-India summit. „Even in a world of more and more confrontation the European approach will remain the one of cooperation“, the Parliamentarian said. While Europe would „become better in defence against all kinds of confrontation“ it would „reach out to trustworthy partners such as India, the largest country on eart
Jan 22


Mandl in favor of close cooperation in the mediterranean region (Nov 24th, 2025)
The close neighborhood among the countries at the mediterranean sea and in the Middle East means for Europe as well a number of opportunities as well as an obligation, the Austrian Member of the European Parliament, Lukas Mandl, states. Due to the lawmaker's speech in the European Parliament's plenary session cooperation in the fields of economy, security and development would be important.
Nov 26, 2025
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