What Malin spoke about.

Madam President, colleagues, this week is Lesbian Visibility Week. Just as we have IDAHOBIT and Trans Awareness days, this is an important moment to acknowledge the special discrimination and realities of lesbians. It is a fact that, as lesbians, we have been largely made invisible throughout history, be it inside the women’s movement or inside the LGBTI movement. And this despite the fact that le

Mr President, I want to thank the rapporteurs and I also want to acknowledge that this directive is feminist teamwork. And when I say ‘feminist teamwork’, it’s also the women that came before us who have tirelessly asked for European action to combat violence against women and gender-based violence, and now we are here. We will have a directive against violence against women and domestic violence.

Mr President, it has been said by several colleagues here that the majority of victims are women and girls trafficked for sexual exploitation. So, of course, that’s a big theme and a big topic if we want to be serious about combating trafficking. But I have tried to make the point also that we have to differentiate between different forms of trafficking. If we were going to be successful in the pr

Madam President, thank you very much. Commissioner, thank you very much. trafficking in human beings; Everyone says they want to fight it, but there are quite a few who actually do anything. I would therefore like to begin by thanking my co-rapporteur, Mrs Rodríguez Palop. I would like to thank the Commissioner who presented this legislative proposal. Thanks to Ylva! I would like to thank my shado

Mr President, I find it completely mad and even auto-destructive, the Council accepting the Fidesz government to hold the EU presidency. A country that has dismantled democracy since 2010, attacking media freedom, the independence of the judiciary, targeting NGOs, targeting academic freedoms. A government that has systematically attacked migrant rights, women’s rights, LGBTI rights. A country that

Madam President, I have heard many arguments today, but the one I’ve heard most is: we have to have a deal. We just have to have a deal. But a deal must be judged on its contents. I repeat why we in The Left will vote against this deal. There is no solution to solidarity. There is no shared responsibility to receive asylum seekers. There is no stop to the death in the Mediterranean. Nothing. There

Thank you, Mr President. The left is deeply critical of the deal being debated and voted on today. Hundreds of NGOs and organisations working on refugee solidarity, life-saving, support for people seeking protection here in Europe have been very clear: We Members of the European Parliament should reject this agreement. Today's vote that we will have later tonight, they do not solve the problems th

Madam President, thank you very much. We demand that companies in Europe respect human rights, environmental requirements and labour rights. But we also have a responsibility to ensure that European companies do not destroy, exploit, pillage and pollute when they act in other countries. That kind of predatory capitalism, it does not belong in Europe and it does not belong anywhere in the world. Th

Mr President, thank you very much. There is no doubt in the world that Putin and his regime directly or indirectly murdered Navalny. Putin wants to put out all hope of an open, democratic Russia and therefore he did not dare to let Navalny live. But Navalny's death will not extinguish hope for all those who continue to fight for a democratic and free Russia, with room for different people and diff

Mr President, thank you very much. There has been an ongoing slaughter of women, children and civilians for almost five months. By doing nothing, or not doing enough, those of you who defend Israel's mass murderers are now complicit. We do this by delivering weapons, by not saying stop to Netanyahu and his project to completely extinguish Gaza. We must act and we must freeze the agreement between

You say UNRWA should not get a buck, but without UNRWA there is famine, , in Gaza. Palestinian children are starving. It's not yours, it's not mine, but it's Palestinian children starving. How can you make a difference between life and life in this way? Why aren't the lives of Palestinians worth water? Why should the bombs fall on the thirty thousand, thirty thousand, dead – most women and childre

Madam President, together with colleagues from different political groups here in this House, I have worked to strengthen the rights of LGBTIQ people since I took my place here. We move the world forward. We move families forward. We move societies forward. We move love forward. And we have come a long way. We have an LGBTIQ strategy. We have an Equality Commissioner. We have funding. We have seve

Mr President, colleagues, the ones of us working together here in the European Parliament know that feminists can move mountains. We have proven it again and again through history, but we have also proven it here in the European Parliament. Empowering women and girls and achieving gender equality requires political commitment. It needs financing. We need political boldness and courage. We need fin

Mr President, in Hungary, we have an autocrat government. We have witnessed a downward spiral when it comes to media freedoms, human rights, LGBTQI rights, women’s rights, the independence of the judiciary. Hungary is no longer a full democracy, it is an oligarchic regime. In addition, Orbán is the best friend of Putin in the EU. It is a sad story for all of us, all of us, and most of all for the

Mr President,it is clear that my family and other rainbow families clearly do not conform to the conservative ideals of some of the far right in Europe. But our families exist and we are here to stay. Therefore, the question is just whether we as families, and notably our children, will have the legal rights that they are entitled to. For us, it is clear that we have to move on now. It is a shame

Mr President, thank you very much. We will most likely see more mining in the EU in the near future. We need minerals and metals for our electric cars, wind turbines and solar panels. This is why it is so important that this mining takes place in an ecologically and socially sustainable way. We should mine metals in a way that respects the environment. We will do so in a way that respects the righ

Mr President, thank you very much. Violence against women and girls continues. It's structural. It affects all of us. It limits the lives of girls and women and others who are victims of gender-based violence. I think about the LGBTIQ community as well. This violence, it takes lives. The judiciary and our laws need to be strengthened. There must be support for those who are exposed. I am especiall

Mr President, when Ukrainian people started to flee from Putin’s bombs and tanks, we activated the Temporary Protection Directive. We promised to receive and protect all the civilians that need to leave, and they left everything behind. But the reality is that women fleeing Putin’s bombs are being deprived of the very basic care that they are entitled to, sexual and reproductive care. And this has

Madam President, thank you very much. Yesterday's attack is horrific. Two dead and one seriously injured. It's hard to find words, I think. But our thoughts and our feelings go to those who have lost someone, who will no longer find theirs. Belgian authorities, in cooperation with others, will make every effort to investigate this and come back with more information. I thank you for the work that

Mr President, is a TV series about two teenage boys falling in love. Have you seen it, colleagues? If not, please do – it is great. Have you read the Hungarian children’s books? Fairy tales are for everyone, with diversity in all its forms, including queer characters. If you haven’t, do – it is translated into over ten languages. But what do these two have in common besides being great stories for

Mr President, a speedy adoption of the package. But of what package? What policies? From our side, in The Left, in in partnership with citizens and organisations across and movements across Europe, we have consistently asked for European policy where we have shared responsibility between the Member States to receive people. We have a reception with dignity where we save lives in the Mediterranean

Madam President, I would like to thank Jennifer Hermoso and the whole Spanish team, also those who actually boycotted and didn’t come to the World Cup. I want to thank them for the games. I followed all of them and you beat my country, Sweden, but it was a very beautiful game. I want to thank you also because you are role models on the field and off the field, and this is one of the reasons why I

Mr President, thank you very much. This is called the Nordic model. But we'll have to find another name. Since my country, Sweden, introduced this model more than 20 years ago, Ireland has followed suit, as have Norway, Iceland, France – and I see in front of me many more countries that will adopt this model. Why then? Because it decriminalises those who are subjected to prostitution and places re

Mr President, at the same time as the Tunisian regime is forcefully and violently, brutally, expelling people from its country, the EU decides it’s a good moment to sign a deal with the authoritarian regime. They’re paying off authoritarian regimes to stop people from seeking safety in Europe. It’s not the way forward. However, it seems to be the model that the European Commission wants to adopt:

Madam President, thank you very much. It's not just a tragedy. It is a crime that has been committed when the Greek Coast Guard did not rescue the ship that sank, with hundreds of people's lives being wasted. Instead of obstructing, Frontex, the EU and the national coast guards are complicit in death in the Mediterranean. The Commission closes its eyes so tightly that they have to cramp. The count