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De gesprekken waren gericht op het systematische misbruik van de rechterlijke macht om de oppositie in Duitsland en de EU te onderdrukken, evenals op de door de AfD geplande instelling van desbetreffende parlementaire onderzoekscommissies op beide niveaus.<\/p>\n<p>De regering-Trump heeft tevens toegezegd vermeende witwas- en corruptiestructuren waarbij internationale ngo\u2019s in Europa betrokken zijn, grondig te onderzoeken.<\/p>\n<p>De nadruk ligt op financi\u00eble stromen naar OCCRP, evenals naar Save the Children, Catholic Relief Services, DAI en Mercy Corps, die binnen slechts enkele jaren ongeveer een half miljard euro aan EU-middelen hebben ontvangen.<\/p>\n<p>Tijdens bijeenkomsten met vooraanstaande Republikeinse politici, zoals Kari Lake, lag de nadruk op de onderdrukking van de vrijheid van meningsuiting in Duitsland. Met congreslid Anna Paulina Luna besprak Bystron de politieke vervolging van oppositiekrachten, waarbij hij het geval van Naomi Seibt als voorbeeld aanhaalde; zij heeft asiel aangevraagd in de Verenigde Staten.<\/p>\n<p>Petr Bystron, woordvoerder voor Europees beleid van de ESN-fractie en lid van de AFET-commissie, verklaarde:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnze strategische partners hebben het onmiskenbaar duidelijk gemaakt: Amerikanen zullen geen steun verlenen aan landen waarin de oppositie wordt onderdrukt en de vrijheid van meningsuiting met voeten wordt getreden.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the U.S. Department of Justice, he was received by President Donald Trump\u2019s close confidant, prosecutor Ed Martin. 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