What Evin spoke about.

7 Feb

2024

SV Speech

Implementation report on the EU LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 2020-2025 (continuation of debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. I am literally unhappy to hear the far-right here in the European Parliament, whom I unfortunately have to call colleagues, attacking LGBTIQ people and showing how clearly they hate love. Sometimes I wonder what era we live in. We may call it modern, but how modern is it with hate, threats and violence against LGBTIQ people? How modern is it to not realize tha…

7 Feb

2024

SV Question

Need to fight the increase of antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred (debate)

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Charlie Weimers claims that antisemitism is a new phenomenon in Sweden and that it has happened in recent years. How about your colleagues claiming that Jews control the media? What do you think about the fact that your SD colleagues have claimed that Jews are not Swedes? How about your SD colleagues saying that Jews are not a problem because the Jewish group is so small? And how about your collea…

7 Feb

2024

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Need to fight the increase of antisemitism and anti-Muslim hatred (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. Muslim hatred and anti-Semitism are spreading like a cancerous growth across our societies. Many of us who are Muslims or are assumed by some to be Muslims, feel – just like our Jewish friends – right down to the bone marrow that something has happened in Europe, even in my country, Sweden. Racism is a cancer that must be combated and prevented. At the beginni…

17 Jan

2024

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The threat of famine following the spread of conflict in Sudan

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Madam President, thank you very much. Colleagues! Every day, civilians are killed and displaced in Sudan. whereas conflicts between the Sudanese Army (SAF) and the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have led to a huge humanitarian crisis, resulting in life-threatening and acute food insecurity; It affects almost half the population, and almost seven million are refugees in their own country. …

16 Jan

2024

EN Speech

Humanitarian situation in Gaza, the need to reach a ceasefire and the risks of regional escalation (debate)

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Mr President, colleagues, where is our credibility to be able to demand respect for international law if this Parliament and our governments cannot stand up for it at every time and everywhere? Let me remind everyone in here about the following facts: Israel has killed over 24 000 Palestinians in Gaza, mostly women, children, elderly and UN staff, since 7 October, as a response to Hamas’s despicab…

13 Dec

2023

EN Speech

The unknown status of Mikalai Statkevich and the recent attacks on Belarusian politicians’ and activists’ family members

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Madam President, colleagues, the truth poses the greatest danger to authoritarian regimes. When political opposition, human rights defenders and activists start disappearing, getting arrested and facing harassment indicates that the truth poses a threat to those in power. In 2020, Mikalai Statkevich from Belarus was arrested and sentenced to 14 years in prison. Since March 2023, there has been no …

12 Dec

2023

SV Speech

EU-US relations (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. The EU is not an isolated island. We need to strengthen our strategic autonomy and become independent of repressive regimes in order to take control of development. However, if we are to win the battle for international law and be able to steer development in the right direction, we must also deepen the relationship with like-minded people, such as the United Sta…

12 Dec

2023

EN Question

Need to release all hostages, to achieve a humanitarian ceasefire and prospect of the two-state solution (debate)

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Mr President, I do agree with the colleague that we need to do everything we can to fight antisemitism wherever it appears. It can never, ever be accepted wherever it shows its ugly face. However, the European Union have the Georg Eckert Institute report, which is clear that the Palestinian textbooks adhere to Unesco standards. Would you be prepared also to ask for the same revision of the Israeli…

12 Dec

2023

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Need to release all hostages, to achieve a humanitarian ceasefire and prospect of the two-state solution (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. There is no other description of the situation in Gaza than the very incarnation of hell on earth. Violence against Palestinians has also increased in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Hamas's vile terrorist attacks and barbaric actions against Israeli civilians were rightly condemned and must continue to be condemned. At the same time, we should be able to conde…

12 Dec

2023

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Defence of democracy package (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. Democracy must be maintained and strengthened by all generations and at all times. However, we are at a time when it is not a question of maintaining or strengthening any longer. We are at a time when we need to defend and protect already won political battles that have given us security, freedom and security. The EU was built on the idea of eliminating the da…

23 Nov

2023

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International day for the elimination of violence against women (debate)

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Mr President, women’s and girls’ cries for help sound different, but yet they’re all the same. The responses of our 27 Member States are, however, shameful. An estimated 81 100 women and girls were murdered intentionally in 2021. More than half of them were killed as a consequence of domestic violence. More than 60% of women have experienced some kind of violence on their phone or online. Every th…

22 Nov

2023

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Humanitarian situation in Gaza, the need for the release of hostages and for an immediate humanitarian truce leading to a ceasefire and the prospects for peace and security in the Middle East (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Colleagues. A small area in the Middle East, completely separated from the outside world. No place for civilians to seek refuge beyond bombs and tanks. It deprives women, children, infants and the elderly, including journalists and health professionals, of their lives. The site has a name – Gaza in Palestine, the world’s largest open-air prison. The screams for h…

8 Nov

2023

EN Speech

Conclusions of the European Council meeting of 26-27 October 2023 - Humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the need for a humanitarian pause (joint debate - Conclusions of the European Council and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the need for a humanitarian pause)

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Madam President, ‘Boom! Boom! Boom! Bomb!’ at the mornings, afternoons, evenings and night. That is what the people of Gaza are hearing. That is what the children in Gaza are born into. That is what thousands have died to and more are dying as we speak. Tears have become floods and there are no words left. Hypocrisy is embodied through the silence of many of our Member States. Have we forgotten th…

4 Oct

2023

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Human rights situation in Afghanistan, in particular the persecution of former government officials

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Mr President, colleagues, it has been more than two years since the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban extremists, more than two years of struggle and oppression of the Afghan people, women and girls, opposition, dissidents and anyone who dares to say democracy, rule of law or human rights. More than two years of gender apartheid. We say ‘women, life, freedom’ for the women in Iran. We should …

4 Oct

2023

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The spread of ‘anti-LGBTIQ’ propaganda bills by populist parties and governments in Europe (debate)

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Colleague, first and foremost, just to have things on the right place and some things straight. There are heterosexual couples also that cannot have children. That doesn’t make them less heterosexual. My question to you is: what are you really afraid of? Are you so insecure about your sexuality or your gender identity that you are combating those that are secure about their sexuality and gender id…

3 Oct

2023

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Corrupt large-scale sale of Schengen visas (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Colleagues! Corruption is a threat to our democratic Europe and undermines the cohesion of our Union and the trust that is crucial for good cooperation with a focus on solutions to the many problems of our time. My spontaneous reaction when I became aware that Polish authorities acted corruptly by selling visas allowing access to the entire Schengen area was – ma…

13 Sep

2023

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Regulation of prostitution in the EU: its cross-border implications and impact on gender equality and women’s rights (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Colleagues! First of all, I would like to thank the rapporteur, Mrs Noichl, for this important report. Let's be clear: Prostitution is paid rape, and rape must be criminalized whether it takes place on the street, at home or online on vile sites such as Onlyfans. How can you believe that free will is involved? How can we accept that women's and girls' bodies are …

13 Sep

2023

EN Speech

The case of Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu, imprisoned in Azerbaijan

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Madam President, there is a lot to say about the regime of Azerbaijan and its unlawful actions in that country and beyond. Crackdowns on political opposition and civil rights activists are unacceptable. We can’t continue with business as usual with a regime that fabricates criminal investigations to suppress criticism of the authorities. It is not the first time we are raising the issue of human r…

12 Sep

2023

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Combating the normalisation of far-right and far-left discourses including antisemitism (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. Colleagues! If it can happen in Sweden, it can happen anywhere. These are words I've heard a lot lately. Yes, it has happened in Sweden. Right-wing extremism has normalised to the point where people like me who happen to be born outside the borders of the EU, who have dark hair and dark eyes, are told: ‘You cannot then be Swedish.’ Right-wing extremism has nor…

12 Sep

2023

EN Speech

Relations with Belarus (debate)

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Madam President, yesterday, I had the pleasure to meet the true leader of Belarus, the president-elect, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, when she received the Anna Lindh prize in Stockholm. The braveness she carries is seen in film. She embodies the true voice of the people of Belarus. The fraudster Lukashenko stole the elections in 2020. He oppresses dissidents and is the puppet of Putin. It is true tha…

12 Sep

2023

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Iran: one year after the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini (debate)

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Mr President, shame, shame, shame! 365 days of shamefulness have almost passed since the death of the Kurdish young girl Jina Mahsa Amini in the hands of the Iranian morality police. The world rose up then, but proper actions were absent. It is a shame that I need to reiterate what I said almost one year ago. To be silenced is to be compliant. Compliance cannot be the way forward for the internati…

13 Jul

2023

EN Speech

Public access to documents – annual report for the years 2019-2021 (debate)

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Mr President, Madam Commissioner, colleagues, I actually want to start by saying that I think it’s a pity that we don’t have the Council here also because it would have been important and interesting to hear their view and their plan on the way forward on this matter. With their absence, a big – and maybe even the most important – component is actually missing in the discussion to find a joint way…

13 Jul

2023

EN Speech

Public access to documents – annual report for the years 2019-2021 (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, colleagues, transparency is a vital part of a democratic culture and an important tool to fight corruption. Our citizens have the right to maximum amount of transparency and, consequently, maximum amount of accessibility to public documents to ensure accountability. The last year’s historical scandal, known as Qatargate, has shown that we have a long way to go before we…

11 Jul

2023

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Relations with the Palestinian Authority (debate)

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Madam President, first and foremost, I want to thank the Commissioner for taking part in the discussions. I also want to say that I regret to see that some of the colleagues who took part in the debate already left. First and foremost, just to the colleague, David Lega: I just want to say, in contradiction to you, that I am able, as a Social Democrat, to love Israel and to love Palestine at the sa…

11 Jul

2023

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Relations with the Palestinian Authority (debate)

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Mr President, Madam Commissioner, colleagues, the Palestinian people have been living under occupation for more than 50 years and deserve their freedom, as all other people. And a well-functioning Palestinian Authority with control over their territories is an integral part towards a peaceful solution on the conflict and an end to the Israeli occupation. If I asked anyone in here in our Parliament…