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- ↑ Karolin Braunsberger-Reinhold European Parliament.
- ↑ Members of the Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware European Parliament.
- ↑ Parliament names MEPs to sit on three new committees European Parliament, press release of 24 March 2022.
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- ↑ Wegen sexueller Übergriffe Konsequenzen: CDU stellt EU-Abgeordnete Braunsberger-Reinhold nicht erneut auf Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk , 17 March 2023.
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