What Pär spoke about.

8 Jul

2026

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EU’s response and preparedness to protect people against recurring heatwaves and upcoming wildfires (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. Then it was time again – a new heatwave here in Strasbourg. The last one we had about two weeks ago is actually one of the worst that we have ever had in several EU countries. But the EU and its Member States can do much to make the climate crisis at least less catastrophic. Today, we from the Green Group have sent a letter to you in the Commission with our de…

19 May

2026

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Presentation of the Fertilisers Action Plan (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. Unfortunately, the EU is extremely dependent on the rest of the world when it comes to artificial fertilisers, because Sweden is 100% dependent on imports. But as we know, there are farmers in Europe who are not hit as hard by these rampant prices of the already expensive fertilizer. It is ecological, circular, circular, i.e. those who simply do not use artifi…

30 Apr

2026

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How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by animal diseases? (debate)

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I hope I was very clear regarding that, because that's a central question, of course. And that is to really make sure that they have full support in the transition. No matter if we talk about transition from meat production to vegetables, or production away from the fossil dependence they are in today, or a transition to more ecological ways of producing, with less dependence on the big chemical i…

30 Apr

2026

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How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by animal diseases? (debate)

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I think the real answer to that, in English, is to realise that in the future we probably need a smaller livestock sector, but at the same time to support the farmers to make that transition and produce more vegetable food for us as consumers, and to take that full responsibility right now and see the big picture.…

30 Apr

2026

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How to secure a sustainable future for the EU livestock sector in light of the need to ensure food security, farmers’ resilience and the challenges posed by animal diseases? (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. This report poses the question How to ensure a sustainable future for EU livestock farming? Isn't that the wrong question? At a time like this, we should not then seriously discuss How many animals should be reared in the EU?? Firstly, we know that we need to cut back on meat consumption, for climate reasons, but also for health reasons. We also know that there a…

12 Mar

2026

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Prevention and treatment of obesity (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. Excessive obesity and obesity are, of course, partly a question of care and medicines, and those affected must of course get help with it. But it has become a billion-dollar industry, driven by completely insane ideals and enormously tough marketing from, for example, Ozempic. We as politicians must, of course, take a good look at these issues and …

27 Nov

2025

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Fur farming and the placing of farmed fur products on the market (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. While we are debating this, here in the European Parliament, millions of animals are trapped in small cramped cages, still in 2025, because a small number of people still want to dress in their furs. For me, this is almost unreal. It is also, I think, a disgrace that this industry is still allowed at European level. Now 14 Member States have introduced nationa…

27 Nov

2025

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Outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference - Belém (COP30) (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. A lot has already been said about COP30: Lack of ambition. We did not get a roadmap for decarbonisation. And of course, I'm also disappointed, very disappointed. But here and now, I want to look ahead to future climate summits. In the resolution that we wrote, we got a lot of good things done. We have a Commission that still claims to protect the transition anywa…

22 Oct

2025

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UN Climate Change Conference 2025 in Belém, Brazil (COP30) (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. The Council. Commissioner Hoekstra. COP30 is fast approaching. There is still a small window left, but it is rapidly closing, so that the EU can show leadership also at this climate summit. Just as we have so often done in previous climate summits. But it is not at all certain that we will do it this time. As Commissioner Hoekstra mentioned, we have produced a…

8 Oct

2025

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

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Mr President, thank you very much. I am convinced that deep down, everyone in here knows that we have to get away from the fossils for a variety of reasons. Yet we have a right-wing half that is now trying to tear up a decision that we should have an end date for the production of new gasoline and diesel cars. This is completely frivolous. It's just populist. It lays out trip wires. This discourag…

7 Oct

2025

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Common agricultural policy (joint debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Keep your paws away from my veggie burger! We have so much to discuss in this House on the common agricultural policy. We need reforms to ensure that we have more farmers who can truly cope with the generational renewal we are in. We need to ensure that farmers are better paid for their goods and ecosystem services and, in general, strengthen the position of farm…

9 Sep

2025

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Devastating wildfires in Southern Europe: the need to strengthen EU aid to restore the massive loss of forests and enhancing EU preparedness (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Here we are again, a September session in Strasbourg, discussing the consequences of extreme weather events. A year ago there were floods all over Europe. This summer extreme forest fires, especially in Spain and Portugal. I'm sure we'll be standing here again in a year's time and discussing some other form of extreme weather event. At the same time, we have a ri…

10 Jul

2025

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Post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. Drought. Floods. No sector in Europe is as hard hit by climate change as Europe's farmers. That is why, of course, the CAP must be very much about the climate transition and climate adaptation, where biodiversity is crucial. But first and foremost, of course, it must be about European farmers, who are becoming an endangered species. A third of the farmers have…

9 Jul

2025

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Presentation of the Stockpiling Strategies - strengthening response capacities for a changing risk and threat landscape (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Risk and disaster preparedness is something that we would have to discuss much, much more often. Not least because we know that the consequences of natural disasters will quickly become significantly worse as long as global warming accelerates. It can be forest fires, it can be heat waves, it can be torrential rains and floods. A clear example is the disaster tha…

19 Jun

2025

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Protecting bees: advancing the EU's New Deal for Pollinators (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. Here I am, it's almost exactly half past four on Thursday afternoon. I am the penultimate speaker in the last debate in Strasbourg this week, on something as extremely important as bees and pollination. It is indeed pollination and other similar ecosystem services that are absolutely crucial for our food supply, for us to be able to work on climate adaptation …

6 May

2025

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The European Water Resilience Strategy (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. Adaptation to climate change, water resilience – this will quickly become even more important now that we have passed 1.5 degrees and global warming continues. If we are to succeed in this, there are above all three things that I see. One is that we really need to make sure that we stop emissions at source. It will be too expensive to have complex wastewater t…

5 May

2025

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Preparation of the EU-UK summit (debate)

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Madam President, this upcoming EU‑UK summit of course offers an opportunity to rebuild bridges and strengthen cooperation, which is really crucial given the current turbulent times. But it's also highly beneficial from a long‑term strategic perspective. We, as Greens, recognise the mutual benefit of knowledge‑sharing and research collaboration, and we warmly welcome the UK's re-entry into Horizon …

2 Apr

2025

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Outcome of the recent COP16 biodiversity negotiations in Rome (debate)

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Mr President, I would like to thank you. Commissioner Roswall. As often when we discuss biodiversity here in the room, I hear a lot of pretty nice words. Some of the words echo perhaps a little, a little empty, but it is still good that there are many who lift nice words. It is also fantastic that we finally reached an agreement at COP16. But it's sad that it has to take two attempts. But the diff…

12 Mar

2025

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Action Plan for the Automotive Industry (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. I would like to start by stressing that for the first time ever, we have measured more than 430 parts per million (ppm) of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. It is high above the planetary limit of 350 that we must aim for in order to avoid the most severe consequences of climate change. We also know that of the last 20 months, all but one have been over one an…

10 Feb

2025

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

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I was very clear in my speech that we need to listen to science and experts to solve these issues. For example, we should listen to what the police want to see more for resources. They also point out time and time again that we need to focus much more on prevention. We will spend more money on schools and more money also on the police, not least so that the police can be out in the community and b…

10 Feb

2025

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

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Madam President, I would like to thank you for your Thank you for this debate! Even at home in Uppsala, the violence has been too clear and too present, just like in many other cities back home in Sweden. But with increasingly escalating violence, it also becomes clear that our societies need more than just tougher measures. We need investments in schools, social services and, of course, the whole…

23 Jan

2025

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Combating Desertification: 16th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Convention (debate)

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Mr President, I would like to thank you. Commissioner Roswall! Climate change is certainly not just about warming the planet, but a much greater threat in large parts of the world is the changes in the precipitation climate. There will be more precipitation, heavier precipitation in places where we already have a lot of water. But above all, in this context that we are discussing now, in many plac…

20 Jan

2025

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Heat record year 2024 - the need for climate action to fight global warming (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Dear friends! Then we're here now, on the wrong side of a degree and a half. We were very close in 2023. The fast, fast warming we've seen now in the last two or three years, we didn't know about when we negotiated the Fit for 55 climate package. And that is why the ambitions now need to be significantly raised. It's not good enough to talk about 90% by 2040. It …

18 Dec

2024

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Urgent need for EU action to preserve nature and protect biodiversity to avoid the extinction of species (debate)

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Mr President, I would like to thank you. As self-evident as we humans see ourselves in this world, as self-evident are, for example, the lynx in the forest and the bumblebees in the meadow or wading birds such as the slender-billed spoven. But the forests and meadows are rapidly changing into empty monocultures. And that slender-billed pigeon – it no longer exists at all, according to a scientific…

17 Dec

2024

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The situation in Mayotte following the devastating cyclone Chido and the need for solidarity (debate)

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Madam President, I would like to thank you for your The Mayotte disaster is a climate injustice of the worst kind. These are people who, in principle, have not contributed at all to global warming and climate change. Yet they suffer in this terrible way. Their entire society is completely destroyed. Of course, we must do everything we can to help those who have survived to rebuild their homes and …