What Charlie spoke about.

22 Oct

2025

EN Speech

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

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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…

21 Oct

2025

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Institutional consequences of the EU enlargement negotiations (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, Swedish voters did not elect me to give away their votes to Brussels. Yet that is exactly what this report proposes; removing national veto powers and centralising decision-making far from the people. Here is why: can you explain to Swedish voters why we should grant EU membership to a country that hosts terrorists, fuels organised crime and drives migration into Europe…

21 Oct

2025

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Changing security landscape and the role of police at the heart of the EU’s internal security strategy (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, colleagues, migrant-fuelled drug gangsters flaunt stolen wealth: Lamborghinis, watches, designer bling. Every time I see them, I think, 'They steal from us, they poison our children, they murder with impunity'. No longer. In Sweden, if a gangster cannot prove legal income, the state takes it. Cars, watches, clothes, even villas – over 200 cases this year, millions seize…

8 Oct

2025

EN Speech

Europe’s automotive future – reversing the ban on the sale of combustion cars in the EU (topical debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, the 2035 ban on combustion engines was never about the climate. It was about Brussels. It was about you. You politicians know better than engineers, better than workers, better than the market itself. Tell you what: factories are closing not because of Beijing, but because of Brussels. The EPP now admits the ban was a mistake. (The speaker gave a slow handclap) The EPP …

7 Oct

2025

EN Speech

Rising antisemitism in Europe (debate)

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Madam President, Mr Commissioner, why are we having this debate? Because Jihad, an alleged rapist and 'British' citizen, attacked a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur; because two 'Germans' – Abed and Ahmad – and a Lebanese national plotted attacks against Jewish sites; because across Europe, 'peaceful' protesters are chanting 'Free Palestine', the new 'Allahu Akbar'. What they are really saying i…

6 Oct

2025

SV Speech

One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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Madam President, thank you very much. When the imam in Kristianstad preached about how men best beat their wives, many were shocked. Politicians who in other contexts ticked and bowed when they met representatives of mosques linked to the Muslim Brotherhood were now really upset. That's good. But the debate must not stop there, because the imam actually quoted the Qur'an. What he said is sadly mai…

6 Oct

2025

EN Speech

Revision of the Visa Suspension Mechanism (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner Brunner, colleagues, suspend visa free access for Israelis? Over two million Jews have already left Europe, not by choice, but because open borders, indulgence of Islamist hatred and soft-on-crime policies created the perfect breeding ground for anti-Semitism. And now some social democrats suggest Jews should need a visa just to visit the continent their families fled…

6 Oct

2025

EN Speech

Order of business

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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, should we have a debate on Greta's Gaza grifting boat? I think not. I urge colleagues to vote against this stunt from the Greens and the Left. They call it the humanitarian mission. There were more selfie sticks than actual aid on those boats. Even the organisers couldn't unite. The coordinator, Khaled Boujemâa, resigned over LGBT activists on board. What a p…

11 Sep

2025

EN Speech

Composition of committees and delegations

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Madam President, dear colleagues, the murder of political activist Charlie Kirk – a husband, loving father and patriot – has shocked the world. We must strongly condemn political violence and rhetoric that incites violence. Please stand with me in reflection and prayer in his honour. I yield the rest of my time for a moment of silence.…

10 Sep

2025

EN Speech

After 10 years, time to end mass migration now - protect our women and children (topical debate)

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Mr President, a parent's worst nightmare: your little girl never arrives home. You search the streets. Your fear turns to panic. You see the police blockade. Your worst fears are confirmed. She's found in the woods, brutally raped, bound and strangled with her own shoelaces. Luna, a beautiful nine-year-old girl, lived through this nightmare. Now she has irreversible brain damage and is unable to c…

10 Sep

2025

EN Speech

State of the Union (debate)

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Madam President, President von der Leyen, it's great to see you here. Last year you fled the Chamber after half an hour – much like public trust in your leadership has fled. Now, six in ten Europeans want you to resign. And who can blame them? You buried Europe under a mountain of regulations and danced to the tune of the Green-Left choir, while industry crumbled and taxpayers bled. You came in pr…

8 Jul

2025

DA Speech

Presentation of the programme of activities of the Danish Presidency (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. Dear Prime Minister Frederiksen, For many years Denmark has been a role model for us Swedes. Your pragmatism, your pride in the nation and your willingness to stand up for Danish interests inspired. You said no to mass immigration long before everyone else did. You demanded a sober EU budget. That was good. But now we see another picture. You are embracing a l…

19 Jun

2025

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Institutional and political implications of the EU enlargement process and global challenges (debate)

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Mr President, colleagues, the EU can't protect its borders, it can't return migrants and what we can't afford to pay, we borrow from future generations. So why are we adding more states to the mess? You call it enlargement; you say we're exporting stability – I say we're importing instability. Let's look at the Balkans' candidates: Bosnia is ready to implode; Serbia and Kosovo are one spark away f…

7 May

2025

SV Speech

Winning the global tech race: boosting innovation and closing funding gaps (topical debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Rain – what else to call it when MEPs come together to debate how the EU will win the global tech race? It's not enough to say "innovation" ten times, "growth" 20 times and "competitiveness" 100 times while this house passed 13,000 new rules in five years. Now we are talking about simplification of the rules, and you know that we voted on it in the last session. …

1 Apr

2025

EN Speech

Presentation of the New European Internal Security Strategy (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner Brunner, your predecessor Ylva Johansson's internal security strategy failed. Migrant crime, bombings, shootings and radical Islam is Europe's new normal. Across open borders, thieving gangs move freely, plundering Swedish farms and families. I therefore welcome your more pragmatic, security-first approach that builds on strict border controls and increased returns of mi…

1 Apr

2025

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Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 20 March 2025 (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, the ongoing mass migration to Europe is unsustainable. Member States realise this. They want the prevention and countering of illegal migration, more returns of migrants who should not be in Europe and designation of safe third countries to enable the return of more individuals. They want to secure the border. All of these demands are reasonable and could find a majo…

11 Mar

2025

SV Speech

Presentation of the proposal on a new common approach on returns (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. Let me explain why it is so important that illegal immigrants are actually deported. An effective return policy saves lives! Football fans Kent Persson and Patrik Lundström, who were murdered by an Islamist in Brussels, would have been alive today if Belgium expelled Abdesalem Lassoued to Tunisia. Carola Herlin and her son Emil would not have been stabbed to d…

11 Mar

2025

EN Speech

European Council meetings and European security (joint debate)

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Madam President, Europe's security isn't built on words, it's guaranteed by firepower. Strong national defences are key. I believe we can cooperate, we can scale up production, without surrendering national control. REARM Europe is a start, but without real output, it's just words. We need bullets, drones, missiles streaming quickly, unimpeded by delays. Last year we produced 500 artillery shells.…

12 Feb

2025

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Collaboration between conservatives and far right as a threat for competitiveness in the EU (topical debate)

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Mr President, don't do drugs. Then you might end up in a fairyland where your own disastrous failures are projected on others. A fantasy world in which those who have been right so far are being called 'far right'. No matter how much 'copium' or 'woke‑amin' the socialist green left snorts, injects and inhales, you will never escape from your economically illiterate, innovation-choking, debt-addict…

12 Feb

2025

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Commission Work Programme 2025 (debate)

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Well, I think that the European Commission should do like we did in Sweden: we replaced the word 'renewables' with the word 'fossil‑free', because we knew that industry, competitiveness demands a baseload energy production, meaning nuclear. The Commission has not yet understood that, but they will unleash new goals for renewables, new targets, making us even more uncompetitive. So this must be don…

12 Feb

2025

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Commission Work Programme 2025 (debate)

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Madam President, Mr Commissioner, Europe is lagging behind, and we've not yet felt the full impact of the Green Deal legislation pushed through in the last term. Sustainability reporting and Due Diligence Directives, the combustion engine ban, CBAM, the Taxonomy and ETS2 will all increase costs and hurt our competitiveness. The regulatory burden will grow, more economic activity and jobs will move…

10 Feb

2025

EN Speech

Escalation of gang violence in Sweden and strengthening the fight against organised crime (debate)

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Madam President, broken shards of glass hang like jagged teeth from a shattered window, the frame barely holds. Inside colourful children's posters decorate the walls. A criminal threw an explosive device into a child's bedroom. One man was injured. This isn't fake news – this is a daily occurrence. This is last night in Sweden. Gang criminals have vowed in secret chats to make 2025 the worst year…

10 Feb

2025

SV Speech

Situation in Sweden in the midst of the recent mass shooting in Örebro (debate)

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Mr President, I would like to thank you. The worst mass murder in our modern history will leave deep wounds. The perpetrator took eleven lives and many today mourn a family member, friend, comrade or colleague. They have to live with this trauma. Families and relatives of Camilla, Eva-Lena and Salim to name a few of the victims. Many feel sadness. Many feel anger and many feel frustration – frustr…

18 Dec

2024

EN Speech

Preparation of the European Council of 19-20 December 2024 (debate)

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Madam President, returns of Syrians will be high on the agenda as heads of states and governments gather this week. But will they discuss the elephant in the room that rulings by the EU court make it all but impossible to send back migrants to Syria? We're at a democratic fork in the road, ladies and gentlemen. Either elected governments will be able to send back Syrians, or EU law will be upheld.…

17 Dec

2024

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Toppling of the Syrian regime, its geopolitical implications and the humanitarian situation in the region (debate)

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Mr President, High Representative Kallas, a million came from Syria to Europe. Now the regime has fallen and countries want to return migrants there. But their hands are tied by the EU court, which is legislating from the bench, overruling democracy. The EU court makes it virtually impossible to send back migrants. They require the entire country to be safe: no degrading treatment, no risk of suff…