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2022

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Objection pursuant to Rule 111(3): Amending the Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act and the Taxonomy Disclosures Delegated Act (B9-0338/2022)

Madam President, thank you very much. (inaudible introduction) ... ban, power tax, subsidies for renewable, politically appointed management at Vattenfall. Yes, the list of what the Social Democrats, with the help of the Center, have done to punish out nuclear power can be made long, very long. Now, however, reality has caught up. It is no longer possible to turn a blind eye to the consequences of…

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Adoption by Croatia of the euro on 1 January 2023 (A9-0187/2022 - Siegfried Mureşan)

Mr President, thank you very much. As many as 3.2 million Swedes voted against EMU and the euro. It is an election result that Europe today ignores as we become more and more involved in its economic policy. The Corona Fund is an example of this, i.e. a package of grants to euro area countries that were already dysfunctional economies before the pandemic. While they receive the grants, Swedish cit…

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2022

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Digital Services Act (A9-0356/2021 - Christel Schaldemose)

Mr President, thank you very much. The aim has been good and it certainly sounds good that the EU is now creating order in the digital world wild west. One might call it order, but in practice it is rather a gigantic and complex digital bureaucracy that will soon require new regulations. When in history has massive bureaucracy led to more dynamism, innovation and growth? To my knowledge never, on …

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2022

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National vetoes to undermine the global tax deal (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. In the shadow of the Ukraine war, rampant electricity and fuel prices and inflation, the European Parliament is taking this opportunity to seek to increase the power of the EU, by abolishing the veto power of Member States on such a fundamental issue as taxation. There is no taxation without representation. "Without representation, no taxing rights," he said. I'v…

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2022

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Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System (A9-0162/2022 - Peter Liese)

Madam President, the bickering about different parts of the EU’s climate laws is a distraction from the real issue, which is the climate laws as a whole. With a share of 7% of global CO2 emissions, the EU relies on large nations from other parts of the world to join in on the climate measures. But they are not. China and India currently depend on cheap energy like coal, oil and gas. As we use less…

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Madam President, thank you very much. For almost 50 years, the EU has ignored its own rule that Member States must not have a public debt higher than 60% of their GDP. There have been many apologies: recent pandemic, high electricity prices and inflation. And now there's talk of being able to ignore so-called green debt. Countries should thus be able to continue to have undisciplined fiscal polici…

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CO2 emission standards for cars and vans (A9-0150/2022 - Jan Huitema)

Madam President, thank you very much. The EU now wants to force electric cars into the market with the argument that CO2 emissions would then decrease dramatically. But either you lie or you close your eyes to the fact that the expensive and carbon-intensive production of batteries, together with the EU's fossil-intensive energy mix, means that electric cars, just like cars with internal combustio…

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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. Yes, for almost three years I have been standing here warning about the consequences of a completely unrealistic and naive climate policy. I have warned that the targets and planned economic methods would not lead to significant emission reductions, but would lead to runaway electricity and energy prices, major geopolitical r…

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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))

Emma Wiesner! You and the Centre Party's politics are making the Swedes increasingly poorer. We are seeing rampant electricity and energy prices, an inflation we have not seen for many, many years. Still, you just keep going. Now you also want Swedes to pay for other countries' rampant energy and electricity prices through the Social Fund. I wonder, is there a stop to your generosity when it comes…

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2022

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Madam President, thank you very much. Yes, there is nothing as permanent as a temporary EU grant. The trade union has become a grant union, and as new crises arise, new grants and now debts are created for Swedish taxpayers. While many Swedes are cracked by rampant gasoline prices and electricity bills, and while small business owners, hauliers and farmers go bankrupt, their tax money goes to coun…

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2022

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Minimum level of taxation for multinational groups (A9-0140/2022 - Aurore Lalucq)

Mr President, thank you very much. This proposal to introduce a minimum tax of 15% on companies should be something that comes from the Member States and not from Brussels. For the EU is not a state, nor is it sovereign and should have no power in tax matters. What do you think will happen when Member States realise that this agreement is reducing their competitiveness? Or that the United States, …

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2022

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Discharge 2020 (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. What do we really get for EU money, apart from more officials and more bureaucracy? Do we get better quality? Do we get more added value for citizens? In the private sector, where I come from, shareholders do not agree to constantly inject more money into something that does not yield a return. In a competitive market, customers do not pay for bad products and…

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Election of the Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage (A9-0083/2022 - Domènec Ruiz Devesa)

Mr President, thank you very much. Rarely has so much been said about democracy and popular rule and at the same time so much has been done to reduce it. The shift of power from citizens to Brussels is ongoing and it is now proposed that in the European elections there should be a specific list of 28 independent candidates for citizens to vote for. They want members who do not represent their home…

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2022

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

Mr President, thank you very much. Today, freedom of speech is under threat from many sources. In Sweden, we have recently been able to witness riots in which over 180 police officers were injured, police cars were set on fire and areas vandalized. This is because the police protect an individual's legal right to practice religious criticism by burning their own Quran. Political voices are now bei…

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2022

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Reaching women's economic independence through entrepreneurship and self-employment (short presentation)

Mr President, thank you very much. As an economist, I understand the importance of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship. As an individual, I understand the importance of being able to choose. And as a woman, I understand the importance of being given equal opportunities, because it is equal opportunities, not equal outcomes, which should be the obvious principle even when it comes to entrepreneur…

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Implementation of citizenship education actions (A9-0060/2022 - Domènec Ruiz Devesa)

Mr President, thank you very much. Brecht’s famous phrase could be the title of the proposal that we European citizens should be educated and given a common European identity, because, according to Parliament, we citizens have a lack of knowledge on topics such as European identity, post-colonial thinking, social skills and the benefits of Europe. The proposal bears frighteningly clear witness to …

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Sixth Assessment Report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. Commissioner, thank you very much. The warnings of global warming are based on solid research, as is clear from the first part of the UN climate report. The second part, on the other hand, in some places resembles a flyer for an insurance company. Great focus on risks and disaster scenarios. A little focus on probability and relevance. I am not the first to no…

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2022

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Rising energy prices and market manipulation on the gas market (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, thank you very much. In 2011, when Germany decided to shut down nuclear power, it toasted at the Russian embassy in Berlin. A German journalist has testified about how the Russian ambassador raised his glass and said: ‘Greetings to the German Government, this is a good day for Russian energy policy, a good day for Russia’. That's right, because we'r…

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Feb

2022

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A European strategy for offshore renewable energy (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. Transmission problems, low availability, volatile increasing prices, dependence on Russian gas and Chinese components. Negative impact on the environment and fisheries. Technology from the 1850s. Does this really sound like a winning strategy? Something for the future? No, this massive investment in offshore wind power may be one of the most reality-averse I'v…

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2022

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Digital Services Act (continuation of debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, thank you very much. Facebook and Google have repeatedly shown that they want to make the Internet a forum for specially selected perspectives and opinions. As a Sweden Democrat, I want instead to have a free and open arena for thoughts, ideas and exchanges of views. This is the foundation of democracy and development. The proposal we are voting on …

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Dec

2021

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Digital Markets Act (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. Competition and freedom are the engine of any successful economy – an insight that is not always widely supported in the EU corridors. All too often we want to see centralisation and planned economic solutions instead. In this case, however, it is different. The Digital Markets Act represents a genuine attempt to limit the enormous hegemony of big tech giants.…

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2021

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A European strategy for critical raw materials (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Our geostrategic dependence on China is already very high. China, for example, accounts for 98% of the EU's rare earth needs and controls to a large extent the trade in cobalt for electric car batteries. The new climate targets and massive investments in e-mobility and weather-dependent energy will increase this dependence in many ways in the future. It is becomi…

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2021

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European solutions to the rise of energy prices for businesses and consumers: the role of energy efficiency and renewable energy and the need to tackle energy poverty (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. You wanted to reduce dependence on fossil energy and avoid a relationship of dependency with Russia. So what did you really think when you decided to shut down working nuclear power? Now the need for both fossils and Russia has increased. You also want to build wind and solar power at any price, a price that has now hit the citizens. Energy poverty is rampant.…

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2021

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Presentation of the Fit for 55 package after the publication of the IPCC report (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, thank you very much. The EU is already the most climate-efficient region in the world. Even though our share of just 9% of emissions is decreasing and much of the rest of the world is increasing, myriads of regulations are now being introduced. We do not know whether our efforts will have any effect on the global climate, but what we do know is that…