What Evin spoke about.

Madam President, colleagues, stop letting big tech police itself. Democracy cannot survive if we allow a handful of tech billionaires to decide what we see, what we believe and, ultimately, also how we vote. We need a yearly global conference to set up global norms and standards. And here the EU can take leadership, because right now disinformation spreads, hate is amplified, children are exploite

Mr President, colleagues, the brutal murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia demands justice – justice for Daphne, justice for her family and accountability for every criminal and master manipulator responsible, because no one is above the law. But sometimes I wonder if this Parliament is turning into a Mickey Mouse parliament, where the EPP and the far right are exploiting tragedies for political gain.

But the interesting thing is that you chose to join the same party group that actually had an Islamist party as members of its movement, without question, without raising it as a problem. The PPE Group, I shall say, also had the AKP as members of its party group. That said, we actually voted against a resolution that went far beyond the problems of the Muslim Brotherhood. You chose in that resolut

Colleague Charlie Weimers probably knows very well that we Social Democrats are in favour of terrorising the Muslim Brotherhood. What we voted against was a resolution that went far beyond addressing the problems of the Muslim Brotherhood. I would also like to ask Charlie Weimers a question: Why did you have the AKP as a member of your European party until 2018? The same AKP, with links to the Mus

Madam President, colleagues, Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis – the armed, Iranian‑backed militia's attacks on civilian infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and international shipping in the Red Sea are unacceptable. Ansar Allah also continues to terrorise Yemenis living under its rule. They are violently targeting women's movements and restricting women and girls' basic rights. They have, moreove

Madam President, colleagues, the United Nations Charter begins with three powerful words: 'We the peoples'. Not 'We the presidents', not 'We the powerful', but 'We the peoples'. To Mr Trump: you are elected to serve the American people, not to trample on their rights. You might think you don't need international law today, but not even money can save one if the bomb falls. Your attack on the Inter

Mr President, colleagues, Europe must stop being naive about Erdoğan. We must stop believing that appeasement will persuade him to change course. At home, his government has repressed political opponents, silenced journalists and targeted minorities, women and the LGBTI community. Those demanding freedom face intimidation, persecution and imprisonment. Abroad, his persistent provocation in the Eas

Mr President, colleagues, how much more evidence must the victims provide before the world finally acts? Only in January, tens of thousands were murdered in the hands of the mullah regime in Iran. Four years after the killing of Jina Amini, the Iranian regime continues to answer courage with bullets, prison and execution. Taraneh Rahimi and Leila Abolhasani and many others right now face execution

Thank you very much for the question. First and foremost, I believe that in all cases where there are indications or any kind of suspicions that there could be corruption, they need to be looked into. I also think that, on a European level, we need to look at the tools that we have. We need to strengthen it through, among other things, the anti-corruption strategy. But I would also say to link mor

Madam President, colleagues, Commissioner, imagine sending a child into a playground with broken swings, sharp edges and predators at the gate, and then telling the child, just be more careful. We would never accept it, yet online, we do exactly that right now. We tell children, look, block, scroll away, protect yourself. We can't put the whole burden on the child, nor their parents. We must fix t

Mr President, colleagues, violence is never acceptable anywhere by anyone – not in France, nor anywhere else, and we must be absolutely clear about that. But imagine being young and feeling that you have to take to the street just to be heard. Young people in almost 600 schools in France have done that, so I refuse to let it become an excuse to not listen to those young people who really want chan

Madam President, first and foremost, I want to convey my solidarity with Lena and the other colleagues. Madam President, how much does it cost to abuse a woman in 2026 – be it psychologically, digitally, physically or sexually? Unfortunately, nowadays it is costing zero sometimes. The horrific revelation of gang rape cases at Cornell University in the United States and the AI‑generated sexualised

Madam President, colleagues, Zambia has long been an important partner of the European Union and a vital beacon of stability in Southern and Central Africa. An election should give citizens a voice. In Zambia, its aftermath has brought arrests, intimidation and the killing of opposition leader Mutotwe Kafwaya. We demand an independent, transparent investigation into his death. Those responsible mu

Mr President, colleagues, the first time I visited Israel and Palestine was back in 2006, exactly 20 years ago. And do you know what has happened since then? Palestine has been carved into ever smaller pieces. The occupation and illegal settlements have expanded. Gaza has been carpet bombed. And what has the EU done? Words, words and words. Where are the sanctions? Where is the ban on settlement p

Mr President, while Israel continues with oppression and occupation, generations of Palestinians are paying the price. Yet every time until now, our European Union has failed to act properly. Too many in this House, especially in the centre-right and the far-right side, chose to see nothing, hear nothing and say nothing. And you play the fourth monkey, through crossing your arms and thinking that

Thank you very much for that question. It actually goes in the line with the answer that I had to Dick Erixon. Under this current rule, it is impossible for Türkiye to be a Member of the European Union because of Erdoğan. What he has done is the opposite to respecting any kind of European values. So, it is important to support the democratic opposition in the country. It is important to support jo

Mr President, Erdoğan's latest attacks on the CHP are another sign of Turkey's accelerating democratic backsliding. For years, journalists, opposition politicians, human rights defenders and civil society activists have been literally persecuted. While this trend did not begin with Erdoğan, it has intensified dramatically under his rule. The cases of Selahattin Demirtaş, Osman Kavala and Ekrem İma

Well, of course, there was an attack by the United States, I would say, at least. But we should not forget either that the regime in Iran was and is not whichever regime. That does not give anyone around the world, and not the US either, to act in violation of international law. So, I believe that the US, the EU and other actors could have done much more, much earlier. For example, it took two yea

Madam President, colleagues, the Middle East is literally burning. In recent months, ordinary people in Iran, Gaza, Lebanon and beyond have paid a devastating price for the reckless policies pursued by Netanyahu, Trump, the Iranian regime and other autocrats and oppressors. We have now seen reports of a possible agreement between Iran and the United States. Any step that can, of course, prevent fu

Mr President, the mullah regime has waged a war against its own people, both inside Iran and beyond its border. It is a war against Iranian women and youth who continue to courageously stand up for freedom, dignity and democracy. The regime shuts down the internet to hide its crime from the world, but if anything should be shut down, it is the regime's machinery of repression and death. We have wi

Of course, everyone who is recruited by organised crime is a victim, but we also need to have the facts on the table when talking to Europol, the law enforcement that actually really works for these issues. And talking to Eurojust, they say one thing clearly and that is that all children, regardless of background, are nowadays targeted by organised crime. So to blame it only on migrants is actuall

Madam President, organised crime has moved into the digital world, into the very space where our children learn, play and build their lives. We cannot accept a digital 'Wild West', where criminal networks are free to hunt for our children online. In Sweden, since 2022, wherever Charlie Weimers from the Sweden Democrats now is – under your party and your party's friends, the far-right and the right

Madam President, around 50 million women in the European Union, nearly one in three, have experienced physical or sexual violence in adulthood. 50 million – these are not numbers on a page, they are lives marked by fear, trauma and injustice. And for too many women, the fight does not end with escaping violence, it continues in systems that question them instead of protecting them. This is unaccep