What Charlie spoke about.

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Jul

2026

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 18-19 June 2026 (debate)

Madam President, colleagues, the EU leaders are right. We must work more intensely to control migration. The Return Regulation was a victory for the common-sense majority in this House. It sends a clear signal: if you have no right to be here, you will be returned. That is progress. But we must be bolder still. The entire asylum process – receiving, assessing and hosting all claims – must be moved…

6

Jul

2026

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Recent violent and fatal attacks in Italy and Denmark and their implications for public security in Europe (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. It could have been me. A nice summer evening in Copenhagen: beer, friends, World Cup on big screen – hard to imagine anything better. That's how the night was supposed to be for Christian Zedig. He was 32 years old, father of two young children and police. He was free that day. He was just trying to calm down a fight, and that's when the immigrant gang went after…

6

Jul

2026

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Order of business

Madam President, colleagues, in recent days, Europe has once again been reminded of the very real threats to public security on our streets. In Copenhagen, Swedish police officer Christian Zedig, a 32-year-old father of two, was brutally beaten to death at a World Cup fanzone. He was off duty, simply watching a match with friends. When he tried to calm a situation, he was attacked and stomped to d…

16

Jun

2026

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Common system for the return of third-country nationals staying illegally in the Union (Return Regulation) (debate)

Mr President, colleagues, this House has only two blocks on migration: common sense pro-Europeans and the far left. The far left never wanted a real return regulation. The far left wanted endless appeals and unused detention. The far left wanted to ban return hubs. The far left opposed unlimited entry bans for terrorists and criminals. In short, they fought to preserve a dysfunctional, paralysed s…

20

May

2026

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Recruitment of children by organised crime (debate)

Madam President, child soldiers in Sweden – Sweden, not Africa. Criminal gangs recruit hitmen as young as 12 years old, lured with promises of watches or designer clothes. Dystopian fiction? Our reality. The direct result of decades of social-democratic failure, mass uncontrolled migration, failed integration and weak punishments. Europe, you're not immune – Sweden is the canary in the coal mine. …

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May

2026

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Reviewing the ETS system to support European competitiveness (topical debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) would reduce emissions. Instead, it risks destroying European industry. Swedish households are already noticing this on their electricity bills. The company notices it in the form of higher costs and investments moving abroad. And at the same time, Brussels continues to make energy more expensive. The result: Jobs are leav…

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May

2026

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr President, thank you very much. Chat Control and DSA combined with the EU identity wallet and age verification app bring us ever closer to a digital 1984. Soon, citizens will have to go to the police for a special ID card to activate an EU app, so that they can use social media at all. And the platforms will increase censorship to avoid fines. Do you trust that the EU will solve this? Recently,…

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Apr

2026

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EU strategy in response to the ongoing Middle East crisis, its implications on energy prices and the availability of fertilizers (joint debate)

Mr President, Commissioner, colleagues, we are witnessing the largest oil supply shock in history. Energy prices are soaring, driving up fertiliser costs and threatening food security for European families and farmers. Jet fuel stocks are critically low. Commissioner Jørgensen urged Europeans to work from home where possible, and President von der Leyen stated that we should reduce demand. The bui…

28

Apr

2026

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Situation of fundamental rights in the European Union in 2024 and 2025 (debate)

Mr President, one step inside Europe and all these so-called fundamental rights are yours: the right to live with your under‑age wife, child‑spouse, and to reunify with your child‑spouse and family even if you cannot support yourself. The right to fake your age, be treated as a child, and get your own teddy bear, even if you look like a 35‑year‑old. The right to stay even if you're a convicted cri…

11

Mar

2026

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EUCO and situation in the Middle East (joint debate)

Madam President, today, Sweden woke up to yet another Iranian assassination plot on European soil. The regime has ordered the murder of Swedish Iranian expert and Reza Pahlavi supporter, Arvin Khoshnood, through its terrorist proxies in the Foxtrot criminal network, right on our own soil. This is something that the Sweden Democrats warned about for years. When you open the door to mass uncontrolle…

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Feb

2026

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Spain’s large-scale regularisation policy and its impact on the Schengen Area and EU migration policy (debate)

Madam President, Spain's socialist mass amnesty for half a million illegal migrants is a wrecking ball to Schengen and invites more illegal entries. Social democrats cheer it on. But where are the Swedish Social Democrats? Absent. Afraid. Only hours ago, terrified of the Sweden Democrats, they voted with us on migration – legislation their own socialist group branded a threat to European democracy…

21

Jan

2026

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Restoring control of migration: returns, visa policy and third-country cooperation (topical debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. I would like to address the Swedish Social Democrats here in the House. You claim that you have always stood for a strict migration policy. But is that really true? Will the Swedish Social Democrats continue our restrictive migration policy? Will you be pushing for re-entry? Will you reform the European Convention on Human Rights so that violent criminals can be …

21

Jan

2026

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European Council meeting (joint debate)

Mr President, colleagues, the freezing of the US-EU trade deal is not just a response to President Trump's tariff threats over Greenland. It's a wake-up call. For many of us in Europe, especially those of us who have always been pro-American, this latest episode with Greenland has crossed a line. It is painful. For years, there have always been voices in Europe resentful of America. But now even t…

20

Jan

2026

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Brutal repression against protesters in Iran (debate)

I support targeted attacks against the IRGC leadership. Yes I do. Why? Because it would take out the leadership of an organisation that kills thousands and thousands of Iranians. So my question to you would be, why do you want to protect these murderers? Why don't you join us in condemning the Islamic regime and show the Iranian people as much compassion as you apparently show the Palestinian peop…

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Jan

2026

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Brutal repression against protesters in Iran (debate)

Mr President, High Representative Kallas, as the courage of the Iranian people ignites the streets, the EU must match their fire with bold action, declare the regime illegitimate now. Brand the IRGC as the terrorists that they are. Enforce sanctions on Iranian oil as stringently as those on Russian oil. Seize every regime asset in Europe, cripple their internal networks and silence their propagand…

17

Dec

2025

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The urgent need to combat discrimination in the EU through the horizontal anti-discrimination directive (topical debate)

Mr President, dear colleagues, socialist Members of this House, you requested this useless, waste-of-time debate about a dead-on-arrival, vote progressive, anti-discrimination directive. Okay, so let's talk discrimination. Let's talk about how hundreds of elderly Swedes are being raped and abused by migrants in their own homes. Just today, a migrant was convicted for raping a 100-year-old. And, be…

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Dec

2025

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 18-19 December 2025, in particular the need to support Ukraine, transatlantic relations and the EU’s strategic autonomy (debate)

So, I gather that it's the great weather in Sweden that made so many migrants go to my country instead of staying in the very dark and cold Italy, right? Just a coincidence, wasn't it? I mean, wake up. Welcome to reality. They picked these countries because of our welfare systems. Why are Somalis not going to the stable and democratic Somaliland, for example, instead of going to Germany? Ask yours…

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Dec

2025

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 18-19 December 2025, in particular the need to support Ukraine, transatlantic relations and the EU’s strategic autonomy (debate)

Well, obviously there are lots of historical examples that you could use, but the situation today is quite clear – that migrants have been passing through safe countries on their way to destination countries in northern Europe, primarily like Germany, like Sweden, asylum shopping, and we're starting to deal with that problem now by designating safe third countries, by stopping this asylum shopping…

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Dec

2025

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 18-19 December 2025, in particular the need to support Ukraine, transatlantic relations and the EU’s strategic autonomy (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, I would like to express my gratitude to the Danish Presidency for its tough and serious approach on migration. The new majority in Europe will make sure Parliament works with the Council, not against it, to regain control. Illegal migrants must understand one thing very clearly: there is no way they will make Europe their home. The EU budget must reflect that reality…

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Nov

2025

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Enhancing police cooperation in relation to the prevention, detection and investigation of migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings; enhancing Europol’s support to preventing and combating such crimes (debate)

Madam President, across Europe, the fight against migrant smuggling and human trafficking demands results, not just regulations. The message from police officers who deal with these crimes daily is clear: the challenge is not a lack of EU structures; it's national tools not being fully used. Confiscation laws exist but aren't enforced. Intelligence flows too slowly. Financial crime units are under…

12

Nov

2025

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The first European Annual Asylum and Migration report and the setting up of the Annual Solidarity Pool (debate)

Thank you for your comment. Now, the European Commission, during the previous mandate, had a Commissioner named Ylva Johansson, who happened to be from my country. She said Europe needs migration, and we need to have forced solidarity – which is to dictate policy from Brussels. And I do think that if Sweden gets the opportunity to work with the problems that we have without any further mass migrat…

12

Nov

2025

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The first European Annual Asylum and Migration report and the setting up of the Annual Solidarity Pool (debate)

It's my birthday! I get to debate a lot! (Interjection: Happy birthday! Thank you, thanks. Madam President, Very good, Mr. Sieper. Please, nice.

12

Nov

2025

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The first European Annual Asylum and Migration report and the setting up of the Annual Solidarity Pool (debate)

My point is, Mr Sieper, that the European Union is establishing a system of redistribution, redistribution of migrants, and Sweden can take no more migrants from other parts of the world. Luckily, the system allows for Member States to opt out of this redistribution scheme, and Sweden will certainly use that option. So what I'm talking about is not in breach of EU law, but it is a challenge to the…

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Nov

2025

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The first European Annual Asylum and Migration report and the setting up of the Annual Solidarity Pool (debate)

Madam President, so, according to a report from the Commission, everything is fine in Sweden now. We're under no migratory pressure. Sweden should take in the migrants Europe's frontier countries don't want. And yes, you can adopt your migration pacts. You can publish your reports and launch your migration management cycles. You can propose your first solidarity pool of migrant quotas to be redist…

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Oct

2025

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 23 October 2025 (debate)

Madam President, Commissioner, Minister, the centre-right majority is ready to work with you on combating illegal migration. You had our support on the visa suspension mechanism. Now we expect results on the Return Regulation. So why are you opening the door to migration from Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt with so-called talent partnership and student visas? Who abuses our welfare systems? Who commits…