What Alice spoke about.

6 Feb

2024

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Conclusions of the European Council meetings, in particular the special European Council meeting of 1 February 2024 (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. The Ukrainians are fighting not only for their freedom but for the freedom of all of us. We know that. Ukrainians know that too. But only they know what it's like to live in some kind of everyday life while your daughter, your son, your husband or your wife is a soldier at the front. Only those who know what it's like to pack their children's school bags every…

17 Jan

2024

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Gender aspects of the rising cost of living and the impact of the energy crisis (debate)

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– Madam President, thank you. And thank you, Commissioner, for your commitment, for the fire! How wonderful that there are so many of us who are prepared to start from the facts and to stand up to present proven scientific methods for fighting poverty. Now is the big step for us to move from these words to action and to an exciting vote tomorrow.…

17 Jan

2024

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Gender aspects of the rising cost of living and the impact of the energy crisis (debate)

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– Madam President, we know from history that poverty feeds populism and extremism. Poverty is probably one of the greatest threats to our democracy, gender equality and the green transition. The past years, with the crazy inflation and Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, we have seen energy poverty rising. Across the continent, millions of EU citizens are struggling to make ends meet and having …

17 Jan

2024

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Extending the list of EU crimes to hate speech and hate crime (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. Hatred, threats and the fear of violence is something that my many LGBTIQ friends are forced to relate to in their everyday lives. It's gotten worse. whereas the violence against LGBTIQ people in Europe is more severe and serious than in ten years; We are losing the fight against hatred. And by "we" I mean all of us who do everything in our power for a world t…

16 Jan

2024

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Fight against the resurgence of neo-fascism in Europe, also based on the parade that took place in Rome on 7 January (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. I think we are many who were badly affected when we saw the pictures from Italy, from Rome where fascists gathered in black and to the sound of their talkers did fascist salute. We often talk about Europe as the stronghold of democracy, that we are the centre of equality, equality and freedom. But Europe is also the place where Nazism and fascism emerged and were…

13 Dec

2023

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Preparation of the European Council meeting of 14-15 December 2023 (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. Two weeks ago, I was sitting in a shelter in Ukraine with the bravest women I have ever met. There were Ukrainian women's rights activists, lawyers, police officers, social workers and researchers. Despite airstrikes and destroyed homes and dead relatives, Ukrainian women continue the fight against men's violence against women. They refuse to give up the goal …

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. Not another child. Not one more child should have to wake up to the sound of bombs falling. Not one more child should have to see and feel the horror of their parents' cramped embraces. Not one more child should have to see their home leveled to the ground and then be forced to flee for the fourth and fifth time on streets that only lead to walls and barbed wire.…

23 Nov

2023

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

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Mr President, thank you very much. We are reached by the headlines about the sexual violence every day, about the assaults and rapes. Often only she, the woman, is seen who is suspected to have been exposed. The fact that there is also always a he – a he who has made the irreversible – is not given the same headlines. His guilt, his deliberate abuses, are made invisible in news reports – as is the…

17 Oct

2023

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Situation of Ukrainian women refugees, including access to SRHR support (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Beyond Putin's bombs, missiles and shell attacks, there is a silent war going on. It is the violence, abuse and rape that Ukrainian women and children are subjected to. It is not about single victims, it is about tens of thousands of Ukrainian women and children. Many of them are in EU countries, including Poland, which has denied them the medical assistance they…

17 Oct

2023

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Statement by the President

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Madam President, thank you very much. The hatred of those who hate our freedoms and our open societies has once again materialised and taken lives. We mourn with those who have lost their loved ones, and we share the anxiety, fear and sadness that many feel. At the same time, it is how we react that defines us, that defines who we are. The goal of the extremists is to frighten us, to divide us. Th…

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, the survivors of prostitution and the sex trade cannot stand here today, so I will use my time to share some of their words: ‘It was not until after the exploitation had stopped that I could look back and see the horrible situation I was in when I was being exploited. I could not afford to do that. I needed to protect myself from realising the misery I was forced to live in.’ ‘I coul…

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. The Swedish government, which allows itself to be controlled by the far-right, is currently planning new laws that will force public employees – teachers, medical staff, librarians, social workers – to indicate their pupils, patients and visitors. People who not Offences are to be locked up. Swedish police should be able to carry out what in practice becomes r…

10 Jul

2023

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Industrial Emissions Directive - Industrial Emissions Portal - Deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure - Sustainable maritime fuels (FuelEU Maritime Initiative) - Energy efficiency (recast) (joint debate - Fit for 55 and Industrial Emissions)

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Madam President, thank you very much. 40 million people in the EU live in energy poverty. It is women, it is poor pensioners, it is single parents who are forced to choose between paying the electricity bills or feeding their children. The situation has worsened following Russia’s war of invasion in Ukraine. The main victims of the energy crisis are those who already had too much month left at the…

15 Jun

2023

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The water crisis in Europe (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. Water scarcity is a global crisis. We know that about two billion people do not have access to drinking water in countries far away from us. But now the crisis is here too. Europe is drying out in the sun. From north to south, the maps are red. Last summer was the warmest summer in 500 years recorded in Europe, and this year we are already breaking that record…

9 May

2023

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Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence – EU accession: institutions and public administration of the Union - Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence - EU accession: judicial cooperation in criminal matters, asylum and non-refoulement (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. It is often said that the most dangerous place for a woman is the home. It should be said that there is no safe space for women at all. It is sick that we have become accustomed to this, that headline after headline about murdered women does not lead to mass protests. It is equally inconceivable that it is precisely women who do the most to work against men's …

19 Apr

2023

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Universal decriminalization of homosexuality, in light of recent developments in Uganda (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Uganda's new bill punishes love with death. The crime they committed is to be who they are and love who they want. The law must be annulled, and the hunt for LGBTIQ people in Uganda must end. Our condemnations have stopped similar laws before, and it must be ours. defaultstate – now more than ever – that when the human rights of LGBTIQ people are violated, we pro…

18 Apr

2023

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The need for European solidarity in saving lives in the Mediterranean, in particular in Italy (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Desperate people in search of conditions for life are dying in the Mediterranean and we, the EU, allow that to happen. It doesn't have to be like this. There are alternatives. We could do things that reduce the risk of people putting their lives at risk, that reduce the risk of poverty, that reduce the risk of people being forced to flee. Unfortunately, there are…

15 Mar

2023

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Combating discrimination in the EU - the long-awaited horizontal anti-discrimination directive (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. For 14 years, the EU has had the chance to make discrimination illegal across the EU. For 14 years, they chose not to. The citizens of Europe deserve better than this. Gays, who are denied the right to rent a hotel room, deserve better. The girl with the hijab, who gets kicked out of a cafe, deserves better. The wheelchair-bound woman, who does not receive the ca…

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, thank you very much. The far right's dream of a Europe surrounded by walls with barbed wire fences is becoming a reality. The hundreds of millions of euros spent on preventing people from entering the EU will not put an end to poverty, wars and natural disasters. Everyone who thinks about it knows that. All EU prime ministers and governments know this. They also know that it will …

18 Jan

2023

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Terrorist threats posed by far-right extremist networks defying the democratic constitutional order (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. For some of us in here, the threats from right-wing extremists have persecuted us since we were young children. They have characterized us, built us, and throughout life reminded us that just because you look like you do, there are people who hate you so much that they are prepared to resort to violence. We also know that behind the extremists there are right-…

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. Sweden – the new EU presidency – is led by a puppet government that carries out, in many areas, the policies of the far right. The Swedish Presidency thus puts its finger on the question: Is it beautiful ideals or our actual actions that define us as union? I ask because Pandora's box is wide open. In Sweden, it was the Prime Minister who opened it when he inv…

15 Dec

2022

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The 30th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (debate)

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Madam President, 30 years ago, we agreed that minorities’ rights need enhanced protection and promotion, and in only a few weeks’ time, Sweden will take over the presidency of the Council, a country with a government that is in practice run by a party established by Nazis in the late 80s. The European Union has committed to protecting and promoting minorities’ rights, but for the next six months t…

14 Dec

2022

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Defending democracy from foreign interference (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. The EU should be a sanctuary. A community where all of us who live here should be able to express our opinions, engage, be vocal in our protests and powerful in demonstrations, without registration of opinions or other sanctions. That is not the case today. Not for everyone. We know that foreign agents are persecuting EU citizens here in the EU. A fact and an opp…

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. Why? Why are you discussing how to criminalise people and organizations that save lives; instead of putting the pressure on the EU governments that shy away from their responsibilities? And how dare so many of you define yourself as Christians and repeat that you are defending Christian values when your ideas and your actions are proof of the opposite. There is no doubt about respons…

22 Nov

2022

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

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Madam President, police opening fire at civilians, children being killed, girls being raped in prisons by security guards to make sure that they are not virgins and, therefore, will not go to heaven when they die. Thousands upon thousands imprisoned and at risk of state-sanctioned executions. For many, it is already too late. But it does not mean that it was all for nothing. If we want to be on th…