What Malin spoke about.

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Jun

2022

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Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System - Social Climate Fund - Carbon border adjustment mechanism - Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System for aviation - Notification under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) (joint debate – Fit for 55 (part 1))

Madam President, thank you very much. Commissioner, thank you very much. The left's climate transition is based on tough goals and regulations. It's about creating good jobs. This means that the climate transition must be fair. The polluter must pay, and the polluter who pollutes the most must pay the most. On the left, we also accept facts and listen to what science says. For example, we know tha…

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May

2022

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Commission’s 2021 Rule of Law Report (debate)

Madam President, the Polish Government representative who is not even here for the debate any more makes a show about Poland, saying it’s safe, it’s free. Let me tell you, it’s not. If you’re a woman with an unwanted pregnancy, you are not free in Poland. If you are an LGBTI person and you live in one of the Polish ‘LGBTI—free zones’, you are not safe in Poland. If you are working with solidarity …

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May

2022

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The impact of the war against Ukraine on women (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. 90% of refugees from Ukraine are women and children. Women refugees are among the bravest and strongest I have met, but it is our responsibility to support and strengthen their rights and stand by them. To do this, we need to listen to the organizations that work night and day to do just that. And they are clear: We need safe transport, we need safe and secure…

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May

2022

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Ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) TEU regarding Poland and Hungary (debate)

Madam President, has anyone seen the representatives of the French Presidency? Has anyone seen them? Well, actually, they're not here. We are just having a little debate on democracy and the rule of law, but unfortunately they are not there. So if you see them, tell them to come, it'll be really interesting. We all know by now, friends, what is happening in Poland and Hungary. The attacks on democ…

6

Apr

2022

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Increasing repression in Russia, including the case of Alexey Navalny

Mr President, thank you very much. Media houses, journalists, artists, democratic opposition, LGBT activists, feminists – anyone who stands up to Putin’s rule takes a big risk: imprisonments, disappearances, fake trials, intimidation and persecution. The repression of democrats and civil society in Russia was already systematic earlier under Putin's regime, but it is clear that it has gotten even …

6

Apr

2022

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Violations of right to seek asylum and non-refoulement in the EU Member States (debate)

Madam President, we cannot have a situation at the EU borders where pushbacks are structural, systematic and brutal. Refugees are left to freeze to death. They are pushed out to sea in Greece with risk to their lives. They are brutalised at the Croatian border. All this is true and the Commission knows it. Everyone knows it. Even the Frontex Director who lies to our face knows it. So why is nothin…

6

Apr

2022

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Ongoing hearings under Article 7(1) TEU regarding Poland and Hungary (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. On Sunday, Fidesz was given a new mandate to continue to rule Hungary. Orban's government must now choose whether to continue dismantling democracy or whether to actually embark on the path of democracy. On the EU side, we need to be crystal clear about what we expect. We must defend democracy, and we must do everything we can to stop authoritarian development…

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Apr

2022

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EU Protection of children and young people fleeing the war against Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioners! Soon, four million people have fled Ukraine, from Putin's atrocities and bombs. Most of them are women and children. People in a refugee situation are extremely vulnerable, especially women and children. We know this from every refugee situation. Our best chance to stop the abuse is now, in reception, just as they cross the border. Therefore, we ne…

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Mar

2022

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The deterioration of the situation of refugees as a consequence of the Russian aggression against Ukraine (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. I am really pleased that the Member States have finally and for the first time decided to activate the Temporary Protection Directive, which has existed since 2001 but has never been activated before. It is security and protection for all those who have to leave everything, for all those who have now been forced to flee Ukraine because of Putin's attacks. I am re…

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Mar

2022

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Shrinking space for civil society in Europe (debate)

Mr President, the norm should be that States support, in both legal and financial terms, a flourishing civil society – as watchdogs, as service providers, as representatives of minorities, as central actors in our democracies. But what’s the reality? In Italy, search and rescue organisations are harassed and persecuted since 2017. And I’m speaking about Iuventa, Open Arms, Sea-Watch, MSF. I think …

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Mar

2022

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Citizenship and residence by investment schemes (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. We're with Ukraine, but we're not. Because if we are sincere in our support, we see that we need to do more. We have to follow the money. We must stop imports of Russian oil and gas. We must increase sanctions, and we must attack Putin's power base, that is, the Russian oligarchs on which he bases his power. We must stop them from ravaging freely in our countries…

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Feb

2022

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The EU priorities for the 66th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (continuation of debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Climate policy must have a gender perspective. An effective climate policy in Sweden, in the EU, should globally require women to be present at the negotiating tables. empowering women to decide which political and technical solutions should be prioritised; If we take a gender perspective, we also see very clearly how the climate is linked to a justice perspectiv…

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Feb

2022

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The Rule of Law and the consequences of the ECJ ruling (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. EU money should not go to countries trying to control the courts, curtailing media freedom, persecuting LGBTIQ people or, as in Poland, through politically controlled courts, banning abortion. Yet that is exactly what has happened. EU money has continued to roll to both Hungary and Poland, and some forces, such as the right-wing group here in the house, have h…

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Jan

2022

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Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in the European Union (continuation of debate)

Madam President, electing an EPP Chair that has a poor voting track record on sexual and reproductive health and rights and abortion rights is not a good sign, but it’s not something new. The EPP Group has rarely put forward candidates that have a decent track record on women’s rights. But the new thing is maybe that we are holding a welcome debate on it. Maybe it is because our new President, Ms …

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Nov

2021

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The International Day of Elimination of Violence Against Women and the State of play on the ratification of the Istanbul Convention (continuation of debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. When the Istanbul Convention was adopted, many of us cheered. Finally, an international instrument to combat gender-based violence – that which diminishes our lives, which takes lives. But today, the Istanbul Convention is being attacked by right-wing conservative, authoritarian forces. We see how violence against women and LGBTIQ people is reduced and even excus…

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Oct

2021

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The first anniversary of the de facto abortion ban in Poland (debate)

Madam President, these days all eyes are on Poland because of its constitutional court. Already one year ago, on 22 October, this politically controlled, illegitimate court ruled that abortions should be nearly banned. So women’s rights in this case have everything to do with the rule of law. I think it’s time that this House recognises that. The link between the rule of law and women’s rights is …

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Sep

2021

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Identifying gender-based violence as a new area of crime listed in Article 83(1) TFEU (continuation of debate)

Madam President, I agree with Commissioner Dalli that, of course, we would like more men also to participate in this debate. But I want to thank every and each woman in here, every feminist, who is raising her voice, who does it in this Hemicycle, at home, and who works every day tirelessly to end gender-based violence. You are the motors of this change. And yes, we speak about domination, discrim…

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Sep

2021

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Identifying gender-based violence as a new area of crime listed in Article 83(1) TFEU (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Colleagues on site and you who follow from a distance! whereas one in three women in the EU has experienced physical or sexual violence, and an average of 50 women die each week as a result of gender-based violence; Gender-based violence limits our living spaces, reduces our lives – and takes lives. Violence and threats of violence limit life in homes, in public,…

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Sep

2021

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State of the Union (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. President von der Leyen! As usual, you paint most of what Europe does in beautiful colours, but this is not a true picture. We are in a climate emergency and the proposals made by the Commission are not sufficient. That's what science says, and so do the young people out there, when we listen to them. The left is demanding that the EU do more and do better and fa…

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Jul

2021

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Breaches of EU law and of the rights of LGBTIQ citizens in Hungary as a result of the adopted legal changes in the Hungarian Parliament - The outcome of 22 June hearings under Article 7(1) of the TEU regarding Poland and Hungary (debate)

Mr President, let’s be honest, dear colleagues in Strasbourg, and all LGBTI friends in Hungary and elsewhere, we saw this coming. Viktor Orbán and his gang have been directing their hate and right-wing authoritarianism against LGBTI people for some while now. But that doesn’t make it less painful and it doesn’t make it less dangerous. It makes the inaction by the other EU governments and the Commi…

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Jul

2021

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The 70th anniversary of the Geneva Convention (debate)

And, of course, that's something to celebrate. It was when we promised each other that we would give shelter, because whoever flees has no choice. But he who either closes his borders or opens his door, has a choice. And with the Geneva Convention, we promised each other that whoever is being persecuted, whoever has to leave to seek protection, will have a safe haven. A fantastic promise that we m…