What Per spoke about.

Mr President, As we ease sanctions against Putin's Russia, we are failing Ukraine's just fight for freedom. It is immoral. But it is also stupid because it also harms our safety. This is how every time Russia can earn more, it is going to finance the war and the attacks we are also subjected to in the rest of Europe. If, in such a situation, one chooses to relax the sanctions on something as unnec

Mr. President! The absurdity of this proposal is that it will allow large cosmetics companies to keep known carcinogens in their products for significantly longer than today. In some cases for years, and without it being clearly marked with a label, people will not even be able to see that their cosmetics contain carcinogens. This is a clear example of the fact that the so-called simplification ef

Madam President, Once again, Russia has stepped up the use of violence and threats. Ships are being attacked in international waters and the number of attacks, hybrid attacks on EU countries is increasing. It is also quite clear that Putin's new attack is costing lives and damaging our security, including our food security. There is absolutely no excuse for the Russian attacks. The attacks emphasi

Mr. President! There is no doubt that it is really important for us to get control of critical raw materials. It is also good that this proposal talks about both more recycling and circular economy. But there are also a number of things in this proposal that are not good enough at all. There are some things that I – or that we – think are really important that have not come up with. Unfortunately,

Mr. President! When the UN discusses a convention on the rights of the elderly at the end of the month, there is much to be done. One of the places where I believe it is important to guarantee the rights of older people is in the labour market, so that we can combat age discrimination. So we ensure that those who want and can work, either next to the pension or also instead of the pension, that th

Madam President! I have to say that I think this is a very simplistic debate going on here about gold plating. I think you are forgetting that countries that take the lead in protecting citizens, the environment, climate and nature can be of great benefit to all of us. And I'm not just saying that. I myself have helped implement a ban on endocrine disrupting bisphenol A in Denmark. We took the lea

Madam President! We've been waiting a long time. Finally, we will have a reform of the EU's outdated procurement rules. We've been fighting for too long, and it's probably worth remembering that it didn't come by itself. No, that is one of the things that Parliament has had to push the Commission to do. This is an important reform. Because when the EU spends as much as 15% of our GDP on public pro

Thank you for that question. This is a very relevant question. There should be no doubt that I am opposed to the harmonisation of the tax system in the European Union. I still believe that there must be national sovereignty in relation to it, and that will also be part of my assessment of the proposal that is being adopted here today, which contains very, very good and sensible elements. However,

Madam President! It sounds good when we talk about better access to capital, better competitiveness and clear and easy-to-understand rules. All that sounds good. But we must remember that it is also about fighting tax fraud, shell companies, other abuses of the tax system and financial crime – also for the benefit of those companies that behave honestly. And if we get a system here that is used fo

Mr President! I find it a pity that the Commission does not present its proposals in time for us to be able to read them before we have to discuss them. I find that particularly regrettable, because even in this proposal there are actually positive things about the development of open source and a strategy for it. But if we take the EU's cybersecurity seriously, why shouldn't we start by closing o

Madam President! I share the view that it is regrettable and sad that the Azerbaijani Parliament has decided to cut off relations with the European Parliament. But we also need to look at what the explanation is and deal with it. Apparently, they don't like criticism when they violate fundamental rights. When you look at the rule of law and freedom of the press, you have to accept that you are sub

Madam President! Here we are again with an action plan published by the European Commission a few minutes before the debate. It's hard not to get the idea that you're not very excited about giving us the opportunity to read things in depth before we discuss it. There are indications that this is the tactic the Commission prefers to use. And I just want to say that it doesn't smell much better than

Madam President! The fact is that indigenous peoples are one of our greatest hopes when it comes to safeguarding future biodiversity. This is also the case when we talk about future biotechnology research, about everything from medicine to resistant crops. Therefore, it is also incredible how little respect we still show for the indigenous peoples, and how unwillingly large, often Western, compani

Madam President! Armenia faces major challenges. One of them is the many refugees from the war in Azerbaijan. Another is that the country is being squeezed by Russia. But one of them is also the state of democracy, and democracy is also under pressure within Armenia. These are problems whose solution requires active action in Armenia, but also help and support from us. And for us to see, of course

Madam President! We stand here because the Conservative EPP Group will discuss and challenge an agreement that can ensure a sound treatment of industrial wastewater. An agreement that they themselves have helped to conclude and vote for, and an agreement that ensures that the big companies that pollute the most have to pay for it - instead of it being the citizens, the taxpayers. I h

Madam President! Today we talk a lot about the principled Europe, but when we look out into the world, it seems like a joke, because we preach one thing but do the opposite. The conclusions of the last Council meeting under Denmark's EU Presidency talk about how to support a peaceful and inclusive transition in Syria. But what we are witnessing in Syria right now is anything but peaceful or inclus

Mr President! It has been great to hear the many strong speeches against Trump's completely unacceptable threats, threats to individual countries, to the EU and not least threats to Greenland. I'm incredibly happy that there may finally be a willingness to speak out against the bully Trump - both in words and in deeds. Because we must admit that quite a few have for a very long time been willing t