What Charlie spoke about.

15 Feb

2023

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EUCO conclusions: the need for the speedy finalisation of the Road Map (debate)

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Madam President, Minister Roswall, Commissioner, today we are debating the need for the speedy finalisation of the roadmap. Another headline could have been the ‘open borders’ left being desperate to approve the EU asylum and migration pact before next year’s election. They fear the adoption of the pact, with its forced solidarity and the permanent power it transfers to Brussels, is in jeopardy. C…

13 Feb

2023

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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Madam President, politicians rarely give their opponents advice on how to win elections, but the Irish protests against mass migration actually call for an exception. People are taking to the streets to alert the political establishment of communities overwhelmed, unable to handle the volumes of people entering Ireland. The answer? Labelling opponents ‘far right’. They did the same in Sweden. As t…

1 Feb

2023

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Preparation of the Special European Council meeting of February, in particular the need to develop sustainable solutions in the area of asylum and migration (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner Hahn, EU Minister Roswall, soaring illegal migration, an effective return rate of 24% of individuals who should not be on European soil, unsustainable migration levels in Austria, the Netherlands and Belgium. These are among the main reasons why migration is topping the European Council agenda. Italian and Swedish voters also played a role there, I might add. Last wee…

17 Jan

2023

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

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Madam President, thank you very much. Prime Minister Kristersson! Welcome to the European Parliament! One thing we have in common is a respect for Gösta Bohman's political deed, his fight for freedom against the great state. Now the big government is making a comeback at EU level. You know that Brexit did not lead to the necessary self-examination in Brussels and that the centralists saw their cha…

14 Dec

2022

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Chinese government crackdown on the peaceful protests across the People's Republic of China

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Madam President, discontent is spreading in red China, where lockdowns remain an essential part of the zero-COVID policy. Lockdowns are enforced so harshly that 10 people, including a 3-year-old child, died when a fire broke out in a residential building in Xinjiang. Some suspect they could not get out and that firefighters were prevented from arriving at the scene by CCP pandemic laws. The traged…

14 Dec

2022

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Defending the European Union against the abuse of national vetoes (debate)

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Mr President, every Treaty transferred more and more powers to Brussels. Every Treaty increased the number of decisions taken by QMV (qualified majority voting). National vetoes have been abolished in area after area. Today, Member States can be steamrolled by the majority in most policy areas. Sweden recently had minimum wage, pay transparency and gender quota directives imposed on us against our…

14 Dec

2022

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 15 December 2022 (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner Vestager, Mr Bek, the energy crisis is bad now, and it will get worse next winter. There isn’t enough production, supply nor import capacity. You progressives fought for the shutdown of nuclear power, resisted the restart of reactors, refused extraction, and restricted the use of branches, tops and twigs from logging in bioenergy. You push for new, expensive climate legi…

13 Dec

2022

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Suspicions of corruption from Qatar and the broader need for transparency and accountability in the European institutions (debate) (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. In November, Heléne Fritzon, the European Parliament's majority wanted a parliamentary resolution critical of Qatar. There, you and your party colleagues Erik Bergkvist and Ilan De Basso voted against that idea. I would like to ask why? I would like to ask why the Social Democrats in Sweden took a stand for visa-free travel for Qatar when, for example, the Center…

12 Dec

2022

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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Madam President, thank you very much. Recently, we could read that 52 percent of French teachers engage in self-censorship so as not to offend religious students. As self-censorship spreads, Islamists have achieved an important milestone on the path to statutory censorship. In Sweden, we have an Islamist party represented in several municipalities that run blasphemy laws. It should scare the punch…

23 Nov

2022

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Recognising the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism (RC-B9-0482/2022, B9-0482/2022, B9-0483/2022, B9-0485/2022, B9-0486/2022, B9-0487/2022)

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Mr President, today the European Parliament decided to designate the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism. Now, some Members of this House were trying to water down this resolution and delete this designation. And I’m glad those efforts did not succeed, because right after this vote, two things happened. The Russian Federation started to terror-bomb Ukraine and Russians hacked the Eu…

23 Nov

2022

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System of own resources of the European Union (A9-0266/2022 - Valérie Hayer, José Manuel Fernandes)

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Mr President, thank you very much. When the Riksdag approved the EU coronavirus fund, it would be a temporary one-off event. The Sweden Democrats, the Court of Auditors in Germany and many others warned that a precedent for shifting the cost of future crises to the EU level was established. Now the next crisis is here, and you centralists, of course, refuse to cut support funds, waste or bureaucra…

23 Nov

2022

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Protection of livestock farming and large carnivores in Europe (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. I come from one of the most wolves-dense areas in northern Europe. For those of you on the left who think that the EU should under no circumstances change its protection status, I will tell you something from Värmland: “We could see the sheep from the kitchen window. Some were only 20 yards from the house. Most of them were dead. Two I had to shoot in the pasture…

23 Nov

2022

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The need for a European solution on asylum and migration including search and rescue (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, Mr Bek, Commissioner Schinas, I agree that the EU right now operates as firefighters. As illegal migration decreases in the western Med, it soars in the central Med: almost 300 000 illegal entries into the EU this year alone. As the Commissioner pointed out, right now we see economic migrants from Bangladesh, Egypt and Tunisia. But Commissioner, do you honestly believe …

22 Nov

2022

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EU response to the increasing crackdown on protests in Iran (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner Várhelyi, the regime in Tehran has murdered at least 402 protesters, including 58 children for protesting or merely being on the streets, as the families of the victims have told us. In Zahedan, they shot 17-year old Mohammad Iqbal in the back. They killed nine year old Kian Pirfalak, together with a 13-year old child in Izeh. Commissioner, I welcome the European Unio…

19 Oct

2022

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 20-21 October 2022 (debate)

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Madam President, the Recovery Fund, aka ‘Death Generation EU’, almost doubled the EU’s expenses. That fund cures economic hangovers like vodka helps an alcoholic start his day. It sets a dangerous precedent – just impose the costs of the next crisis to the EU level. You claim recovery, but all you did was pile more debt on already over—indebted economies and misallocated funds to Brussels pet proj…

18 Oct

2022

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The accession of Romania and Bulgaria to the Schengen area (B9-0462/2022, B9-0463/2022)

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Madam President, thank you very much. The theft leagues are back, alerts the organization Entrepreneurs. Machine parks are being drained, boat owners are getting rid of their engines, older ones are being robbed. So what are the Commission and the European Parliament doing? Yes, they require the accession of Romania and Bulgaria to Schengen. So far, liberals in the Netherlands, Finnish Christian D…

18 Oct

2022

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Recognising the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner Johansson, colleagues, in the past decades, the Russian Federation has attempted to re-establish regional hegemony. Russia inspires terror by murdering countless civilian victims, by indiscriminate targeting in Chechnya, Georgia, Syria and Ukraine. Russia relishes instability by supporting and financing terrorist regimes and organisations in the Middle East and Latin …

17 Oct

2022

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Mr President, thank you very much. I would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to all the brave men and women from our countries who rushed to the defense of Ukraine, and especially those who paid the highest price to defend the small country's right to fend off the clutches of imperialism. One of those who sacrificed their lives for Ukraine is my compatriot, Lieutenant Edward Selander…

17 Oct

2022

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Order of business

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Madam President, I appreciate the proposal put forward by colleague Gahler and I would accept that.

17 Oct

2022

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Order of business

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Madam President, in retaliation for Ukraine attacking a legitimate military target, the Crimean Bridge, the Russian Federation unleashed a brutal bombardment against civilian targets across Ukraine. Terror is an integral part of the Russian war strategy. But despite recent actions, as well as previous atrocities against the Ukrainian civilian population by the Russian Federation, the leaders of th…

5 Oct

2022

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Countering the anti-European and anti-Ukrainian propaganda of Putin’s European cronies (topical debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Propaganda is best met with facts. The West can and must never underestimate the Kremlin's propaganda. It's everywhere, and it's effective. It intends to undermine European resilience with false claims that Kiev falls within three days, that Russian military power is the second strongest in the world, and to this day we hear from various quarters that Ukraine can…

4 Oct

2022

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Question Time (VPC/HR) Heightening tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan following the recent military escalation

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Surrounded by Azeri soldiers, you surrender. You drop your weapons to the ground. Place your hands in the air. Suddenly you’re thrown to the ground. Your brothers in arms are herded together, lambs to the slaughter. Without provocation, an Azeri soldier fires a hail of bullets at one of your fellow servicemen. These are your final moments. Do you say a prayer? Do you hang on to the memory of your …

4 Oct

2022

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The death of Mahsa Amini and the repression of women's rights protesters in Iran (debate)

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Mr President, ‘evil empire’ – that’s what President Reagan dared to call the Soviet Union. Remember that? Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky does. He fondly remarked, ‘I remember what a burst of enthusiasm this gave us: when the West finally saw the Soviet Union for what it was, there would be hope for victory.’ Words matter. The Iranian people beg us to be their voice. And we should. But words must…

13 Sep

2022

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Renewed partnership with the Southern Neighbourhood – a new agenda for the Mediterranean (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner Várhelyi, colleagues, this report calls on the EU to facilitate safe routes for asylum seekers and refugees into the EU. Now it’s a fact that the left stands for an ultra—liberal migration policy. So I want to address colleagues on the right side of the aisle. You know as well as I do that we must stop signalling that Europe will accommodate everyone. And you pretty w…

13 Sep

2022

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The situation in the Strait of Taiwan (debate)

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Madam President, High Representative, colleagues, to counter Chinese belligerence towards Taiwan or others in the Indo-Pacific, we must learn the lessons from Ukraine: don’t become dependent on cheap energy or exports; arm your allies before the enemy attacks; work with partners in the region as well as outside (the United States) to decouple from China and secure stability in the Indo-Pacific; st…