What Karin spoke about.

9 Jul

2026

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Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up (debate)

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Thank you for your question, this is something we need to debate. We may think differently about how the policy should be designed, but I would like us to be able to agree on a common goal for the Baltic Sea. That it should be a healthy inland sea and that we have a policy that allows our fish stocks to survive for future generations. This is not the case today, and there is no country around the …

9 Jul

2026

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Evaluation of the Common Fisheries Policy and follow-up (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. When we finally get free and will enjoy the sun and swimming, well then we have to stay on land. Because the algal bloom in the Baltic Sea is stopping and is a sign of how bad it is. For decades, the Baltic Sea has been abused and served as a final station for sewers and discharges. Putin's shadow fleet is now a ticking environmental bomb. Fish has been regarded …

7 Jul

2026

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2025 Commission report on Ukraine (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Just now, as this debate began, a message came out: Russia is allowed into the Olympic heat. The IOC gives Putin the propaganda victory he's dreamed of. This is a mockery, not just of Ukraine, it is a mockery of the whole of Europe, of our democracy. Together, let us condemn this false, terrible message. Now I'm going to talk about something completely different.…

7 Jul

2026

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2025 Commission report on Ukraine (debate)

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I welcome the commitment to the Russian shadow fleet and also agree that we need to do more together. But I want to ask you, Jonas Sjöstedt, if you are prepared to work for NATO, and the EU together with NATO, to have bigger muscles, more resources to act? Because we have two excellent organisations in NATO and the EU that are already in place and need to act and do more.…

17 Jun

2026

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Protecting EU citizens’ data from hybrid threats: the Lithuanian case (topical debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. "Do you really think Russia would attack Sweden?" It's a question I get from time to time, but the answer is clear: Russia has long and utterly threatened the whole of Europe and our democracy. Russia was serious about Crimea and bloody serious about Ukraine. Russia is constantly searching for our vulnerabilities, with sabotage, drones and attacks on digital syst…

15 Jun

2026

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EU-US trade deal (joint debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. You have a new neighbor. Unfortunately, he turns out to be both unreliable, ruthless and threatening. With the former neighbor, over the years you had developed an amazing neighborhood relationship that you both had benefited from. After all, you now live next door to your new neighbor. So what are you doing? I am proud of what we have achieved together. We have …

18 May

2026

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The multiannual plan for the Baltic Sea and ways forward (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. The Commission! Colleagues! Saving the Baltic Sea is a difficult task. Eutrophication, collapsing fish stocks and Putin's shadow fleet, as if that weren't enough anyway. But what is simple is, firstly, to start from science and, secondly, to stop the large-scale, harmful industrial fishing. And thirdly, listen to the experiences of local fishermen from Simrishamn…

18 May

2026

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Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, colleagues, thank you very much for this debate and, once again, thank you for very good collaboration during the negotiations. But let me come back to Ukraine. I am not fully reassured by the Commission; I am rather worried from what I hear. Ukraine is under attack. Colleagues, right now, at this very moment, there is another flight alarm over the steel plants in Kryvy…

18 May

2026

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Negative trade-related effects of global overcapacity on the Union steel market (debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner, colleagues, the strength of Europe's steel industry must be built on trade, competition and innovation – not protectionism. But in a world where some countries pour billions into subsidies while others turn their back on the climate, competition is distorted. There is a broad political support in this Parliament for futureproofing Europe's steel industry and we are now …

28 Apr

2026

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Ensuring accountability and justice in response to Russia’s continued attacks against the civilian population in Ukraine (debate)

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Madam President, Commission, Council, colleagues, we must stop all kinds of economic activities that feed Putin's war machinery. Israel is currently importing grain looted by Russia in occupied territories of Ukraine – stolen wheat transported by dark fleet vessels through complex maritime routes to evade sanctions. This is unacceptable. It undermines Ukraine. It circumvents international sanction…

27 Apr

2026

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The role of ocean diplomacy for the competitiveness of EU fisheries and aquaculture (debate)

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Madam President, Commissioner, colleagues, Russia's shadow fleet in the Baltic Sea, the threat to the transport routes in the Middle East and increased tensions in the Arctic: today's dangerous geopolitical situation is highly visible also in our oceans and coastal communities. The EU is already a global ocean power, and we can do more by using our soft power to act stronger. This is also the core…

26 Mar

2026

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EU-US trade deal (joint debate)

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Mr President, Commissioner Dombrovskis, colleagues. Transatlantic trade relations are important, but they must be built on mutual respect. We have not forgotten the Greenland, the threats and the blackmail. One could hardly say that the Turnberry agreement is balanced, but we are ready to move forward if it can provide stability and predictability. As the United States don't deliver, it's up to us…

11 Feb

2026

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Regulation implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the Ukraine Support Loan for 2026 and 2027 (vote)

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Madam President, this package of EUR 90 billion is not only support to Ukraine; it's an investment in our common European future. Today, Ukraine is our front line. Ukrainians defend our freedom; we must show them the same commitment. Europe must increase our own financial contribution and we must make use of the frozen assets – it's not a question of either/or. Colleagues, this is Putin's war. Mak…

10 Feb

2026

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European response to the attacks on the Ukrainian energy system causing a humanitarian crisis (debate)

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22 Jan

2026

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Drones and new systems of warfare – the EU’s need to adapt to be fit for today’s security challenges (debate)

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Mr President, Ukraine needs Europe and, even more so, Europe needs Ukraine. Since the full-scale invasion, Ukraine has developed and scaled up an extraordinary drone industry, a cutting-edge expertise in modern warfare unlike anything we have seen before. In a basement somewhere in Ukraine, I got to witness it myself: a high-tech army of volunteers working tirelessly every day of the week and ever…

17 Dec

2025

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The deepening democratic crisis in Georgia (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. The Commission! The Council! Georgia has long been a beacon of reform and European cooperation and has been a haven for openness and democracy in the Caucasus. Putin's door is now wide open. "We are the subject of a Russian special operation," the leader of the Democratic Coalition said. What is happening is a determined process to move the country in the same di…

16 Dec

2025

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Establishing the Reparations Loan to Ukraine (vote)

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Madam President, Ukraine is not only fighting for its own existence: Ukraine is fighting for us. With today's decision, the European Parliament ensures that Ukraine receives the support they need before time runs out. This is our message to EU leaders in Brussels: we expect you to deliver. It is now or never. Make Russia pay. Slava Ukraini.…

16 Dec

2025

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Phasing out Russian natural gas imports and improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies (debate)

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Madam President, Commission, colleagues. It is a disgrace that Europe has made Russia's war of aggression possible. As the Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs explained – since the full-scale invasion, Europe has imported Russian oil and gas of an amount of EUR 201 billion. If we add other imports, the number grows to EUR 311 billion. That is EUR 124 billion more than we have sent in support to Uk…

26 Nov

2025

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Fishing opportunities 2026: ensuring the sustainability of fish populations, marine ecosystems and coastal communities

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26 Nov

2025

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EU position on the proposed plan and EU engagement towards a just and lasting peace for Ukraine (debate)

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Madam President, colleagues, day and night, Russia continues to terrorise and kill Ukrainian people and destroy homes and infrastructure. Since the beginning of the war, it has been clear: Russia must pay. Europe must make use of the frozen assets, and we must increase our own financial contributions. It is not a question of 'either/or'. Since 2022, tariff-free trade with the EU has served as an e…

25 Nov

2025

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EU’s diplomatic strategy and geopolitical cooperation in the Arctic (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. At the moment, the demand for new icebreakers is record high. The United States, Canada and Sweden also need to replace old ships. But above all, this is because the need to monitor the polar regions has increased dramatically. A warmer climate leads to new trade routes. China and Russia are taking a bigger place in the Arctic, both civilianly and militarily. …

24 Nov

2025

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Existence of a clear risk of a serious breach by Hungary of the values on which the Union is founded (debate)

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22 Oct

2025

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Ending all energy imports from Russia to the EU and closing loopholes through third countries (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. The Commission. Colleagues. Listeners. Already before the 2009 European elections, the Liberals in Sweden warned that Europe would make itself dependent on Putin's gas, as there are two problems with Russian gas: It's Russian and it's gas. We are finally stopping Russian gas to Europe, even if it had been a long time ago. whereas more than three years have passed…

21 Oct

2025

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Stepping up funding for Ukraine’s reconstruction and defence: the use of Russian frozen assets (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. The Commission. Colleagues. It is time for Russia to pay for the war in Ukraine. The EU must take the next step and use the frozen Russian assets fully as an advance on pending war reparations. Why don't we already have a decision in place? Well, because there is concern from member states who have benefited from having the assets in custody. A concern that Ru…

21 Oct

2025

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Stepping up funding for Ukraine’s reconstruction and defence: the use of Russian frozen assets (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. Colleagues. There is talk of trust, but I wonder here why you stand on the side of the perpetrator. If a pyromaniac burns down your house, do you think you should pay to rebuild it? Who is to blame for the destruction of Ukraine if not Russia? Why shouldn't Russia pay?…