German Member of the European Parliament: ‘There Are No Gang Rapes in Germany’

Birgit Sippel is German, and a member of the European Parliament. Unlike every sane member of the German public, she insists that “there are no gang rapes in Germany.” That remark not very long ago set off a firestorm of rage. More on her remark, and the facts that disprove it, can be found here: “German MEP sparks backlash after claiming gang rapes ‘do not exist’ in Germany — here are the facts,” by Thomas Brooke, Remix News, February 12, 2026:

A German Social Democrat member of the European Parliament has sparked outrage after claiming during a plenary debate that gang rapes “do not exist,” despite official crime data showing hundreds of cases recorded each year in Germany.

Speaking in the European Parliament during a debate on Spain’s planned large-scale regularization of illegal migrants, SPD MEP Birgit Sippel objected to remarks made by AfD lawmaker Christine Anderson, who warned that Spain’s decision could have consequences for other European countries, including Germany.

Anderson told the chamber, “Spain is declaring 500,000 illegals to be legal. A violation of Schengen. They can now maraud freely through Europe across all borders. And they will do so, and they mainly where there are the highest social benefits, like Germany. Our homeland is no longer recognizable. Brutal knife attacks and gang rapes have become everyday life in Germany.”

The Socialist government in Spain, which is happy to bring in more migrants whom it knows will support their party, has decided to declare an amnesty for 500,000 illegal migrants, by fiat turning them into “legal migrants.” And once they become legal in Spain, they then must be treated as legal migrants by all the other countries that, like Spain, are signatories to the Schengen agreement.

Responding to Anderson’s speech, Sippel urged the chair to intervene, stating, “Can you please intervene? The former speaker used the words ‘people are marauding through Europe.’ That word ‘marauding’ is used for criminal gangs. She also spoke of group rapes that do not exist. I would ask you to intervene against such word choices and not just ask speakers to tone it down.”

Muslims, according to Birgit Sippel, are not “marauding” through Europe. Tens of millions of affected indigenous Europeans would beg to differ. She also denied that group rapes exist.

However, German federal crime statistics contradict the claim that such crimes do not occur. Data compiled by the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) and published through federal government replies to parliamentary questions show that cases categorized as group rapes — although not a separate legal category under German law — are recorded annually through police crime statistics filters identifying cases involving multiple suspects.

According to the federal government’s official response, police registered 789 such cases in 2022, following 677 cases in 2021 and 704 cases in 2020, with annual totals consistently numbering in the hundreds over the past decade. Authorities note methodological changes over time, but the data nevertheless confirm that such offenses are recorded regularly across Germany….

Meanwhile, police data in Germany’s capital also show a sharp rise in sexual offenses more broadly. According to figures reported by Berlin media outlet B.Z., police recorded 7,475 sexual crimes in Berlin in 2024 — equivalent to more than twenty offenses per day, including more than two rapes daily. The data stem from a parliamentary inquiry in the Berlin House of Representatives and show that non-German suspects accounted for more than 38 percent of identified suspects, above their share of the city’s population.

Muslims make up 8% of Berlin’s population, but are responsible for 38% of the sexual offenses committed in the city. Let that sink in.

Gang rapes are defined as those involving two or more rapists. In just one recent month in Germany, gang rapes were reported in Düsseldorf, in Heilbronn, in Beibrich, in Dresden, in Berlin, while several months ago, five Syrians raped a 17-year-old girl in Heisberg.

Birgit Stippel should be asked if, now that she has been made thoroughly aware of that epidemic of gang-rapes in Germany, would she like to retract her earlier remark? You know, alas, the answer to that.