Editing Claudia Roth (section)

==Political positions==
[[file:2019-04-11 Claudia Roth MdB by Olaf Kosinsky-8852.jpg|thumb|Roth in 2019]]

===On Turkey===
Since her time at the European Parliament, Roth has regularly criticized the European Union's "determination to hold Turkey at bay."<ref>Stephen Kinzer (15 December 1997), [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/15/world/turkey-rejected-will-freeze-ties-to-european-union.html "Turkey, Rejected, Will Freeze Ties to European Union"], ''[[The New York Times]]''.</ref> In 1995, she expressed doubts about Prime Minister [[Tansu Çiller]]'s ability to bring about human rights reforms as a condition for a [[European Union–Turkey Customs Union]].<ref>Hugh Pope (7 October 1995), [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-10-07-mn-54287-story.html "New Allies Push Turkey Premier to the Right"], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''.</ref> In June 2013, Roth was at the surroundings of the [[Taksim Square]] when the police intervened to evacuate [[Gezi Park]] and was among those affected by the [[tear gas]] fired by security officers.{{citation needed|date=April 2020}} Following the victory of [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] in the [[2014 Turkish presidential election|2014 presidential election]], she criticized the "dramatic erosion of the democratic system in Turkey."<ref>Sabrina Pabst (10 August 2014), [http://www.dw.de/erdogan-is-closing-in-on-the-presidency/a-17843197 "Erdogan is closing in on the presidency"], ''[[Deutsche Welle]]''.</ref>

In May 2017, Roth canceled a visit of a parliamentary delegation to Turkey where participants had planned to talk to opposition lawmakers, governors and rights groups about that year's [[2017 Turkish constitutional referendum|constitutional referendum]], saying Ankara had refused to give them a security detail.<ref>Joseph Nasr and Ece Toksabay (24 May 2017), [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-turkey-idUSKBN18K1YM "German MPs cancel Turkey visit after security detail dropped"], ''Reuters''.</ref>

===On right-wing extremism===
On Friday 17 March 2006, Roth reported herself to the German police for [[Ban of Nazi symbols in Germany#Anti-fascism symbols|displaying a crossed-out swastika]] on multiple demonstrations against [[Neo-Nazis]], and subsequently got the Bundestag to suspend her immunity from prosecution. She intended to show the absurdity of charging anti-fascists with using fascist symbols: "We don't need prosecution of non-violent young people engaging against right-wing extremism."{{Cite quote|date=April 2017}}

===On the death penalty===
In 2008, Roth publicly urged incoming U.S. president [[Barack Obama]] to "be pushing for the banning of the death penalty, not for upholding it. The death penalty is the biggest blow against human rights and the right to live. He is not in a position to determine whether people live or die, not even in punishing them for the worst crimes!"<ref>[http://www.bild.de/news/bild-english/death-penalty-for-child-rapist-4975588.bild.html "Obama: Death penalty for child rapists!"], ''[[Bild]]'', 2 July 2008.</ref> Speaking in her capacity as leader of the Green Party and underlining the profound divergence in opinion concerning capital punishment in the United States and Western Europe, Roth called the execution of [[Troy Davis]] in 2011 "a cynical and inhumane spectacle that occasions mourning and horror."<ref>Scott Sayare (22 September 2011), [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/world/europe/davis-execution-leads-to-chorus-of-outrage-in-europe.html "In Europe, a Chorus of Outrage Over a U.S. Execution"], ''The New York Times''.</ref> She has also spoken out against capital punishment on numerous other occasions, including the execution of the [[LaGrand case|LaGrand brothers]] in 1999 which she attended.<ref>Michaela Schießl (1 March 1999), [http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-9507443.html "Wie ein Tier im Käfig"], ''[[Der Spiegel]]''.</ref>

===On patriarchal beauty standards===
In 2015, Roth responded to critics of her appearance, stating that for her to have the wart on her nose removed would be "surrender to the patriarchal standards of beauty pushed by the oppressive right-wing".<ref name="df2015" />

===On the use of military force===
Shortly after the U.S. launched [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|military operations in Afghanistan]] in October 2001, Roth criticized the use of [[Cluster munition|antipersonnel cluster bombs]] was "not appropriate". Her statement came a day after some 10,000 people, some of them carrying banners that said "Against repression and war" and "The American way of life is too expensive for our world," turned out in Berlin in a peaceful protest against the bombings.<ref>Steven Erlanger (16 October 2001), [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/world/fissures-in-german-support-for-us-attacks.html "Fissures in German Support for U.S. Attacks"], ''The New York Times''.</ref> When the members of the Green Party later defied their pacifist roots and voted overwhelmingly in favor of sending German soldiers to Afghanistan as part of [[NATO]]-led security mission [[International Security Assistance Force|ISAF]], Roth maintained that "[the Greens] are and remain an antiwar party. But I think that under certain circumstances it must be possible to engage militarily in order to stop violence."<ref>Edmund L. Andrews (25 November 2001), [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/25/world/german-greens-patch-rift-and-support-use-of-military.html "German Greens Patch Rift And Support Use of Military"], ''The New York Times''.</ref>

As a consequence, Roth has in the past voted in favor of German participation in [[United Nations peacekeeping]] missions as well as in United Nations-mandated European Union peacekeeping missions on the African continent, such as in [[Operation Atalanta|Somalia]] (2009, 2010), [[African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur|Darfur/Sudan]] (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015), [[United Nations Mission in South Sudan|South Sudan]] (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015), [[European Union Training Mission Somalia|Mali]] (2014, 2015) and the [[EUFOR RCA|Central African Republic]] (2014). In 2013 and 2014, she abstained from the vote on continuing German participation in [[Operation Atalanta]] in Somalia, and she voted has against the [[European Union Training Mission Somalia]] (2014, 2015 and 2016).

===Arms exports===
In 2010, Roth publicly called for "more stringent control over and sharper criteria governing arms exports."<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/booming-business-germany-now-world-s-third-largest-arms-exporter-a-683598.html "Booming Business: Germany Now World's Third Largest Arms Exporter"], ''[[Spiegel Online]]'', 15 March 2010.</ref> In 2014, she – alongside fellow Green Party parliamentarians [[Katja Keul]] and [[Hans-Christian Ströbele]] – lodged a complaint before the [[Federal Constitutional Court of Germany]], arguing that it was unconstitutional for the government to keep the Bundestag in the dark about planned arms deals because it prevented the parliament from fulfilling its role of keeping the government in check. The court ruled that while the government did not have to disclose information about planned defense exports, it did have an obligation to provide the Bundestag with details, on request, once specific arms deals had been approved.<ref>[http://www.dw.de/german-court-rules-against-more-disclosure-in-arms-deals/a-18009863 "German court rules against more disclosure in arms deals"], ''Deutsche Welle'', 21 October 2014.</ref> In a 2015 interview with ''[[Welt am Sonntag]]'', Roth singled out exports to [[Saudi Arabia]] for criticism, calling the country "the top terror exporter in the Middle East" and raising concerns that the country's leaders may turn weapons sold by Germany on their own people.<ref name="df2015">[http://www.dw.de/gabriel-to-call-for-badawi-release-negotiate-contracts/a-18301896 "Gabriel to call for Badawi release, negotiate contracts"], ''Deutsche Welle'', 7 March 2015.</ref>

===Relations with Tibet===
Roth has met the [[Dalai Lama]] several times during her time in parliament and has been a supporter of the [[Tibetan independence movement|Tibet movement]]. In 2015, Roth addressed the official commemoration of the [[Tibetan Uprising Day|56th Tibetan National Uprising day]] alongside [[Sikyong]] [[Lobsang Sangay]] in [[Dharamshala]].<ref>[http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=35843 "Deputy Speaker of German parliament to attend 56th official function of Tibetan uprising day"].  {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412130914/http://www.phayul.com/news/article.aspx?id=35843 |date=12 April 2015 }} ''[[Phayul.com]]'', 9 March 2015.</ref> Alongside [[Robert Badinter]] and [[Karel Schwarzenberg]], she became one of the first signers of the 2015 Paris Declaration which calls for European governments to develop a coordinated approach in addressing China's policies in Tibet.<ref>[http://www.voatibetanenglish.com/content/article/2681736.html "Europe Stands With Tibet Rally"], ''[[Voice of America]]'', 16 March 2015.</ref>