What Johan spoke about.

25 Apr

2024

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Framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero technology products manufacturing ecosystem (Net Zero Industry Act) (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. With the stubbornness of a fool, you have shuffled through an ineffective and expensive climate policy that makes no difference at all. You have done so at a time of extreme crises such as the pandemic and the invasion of Ukraine, which have alarmed and affected ordinary people more than Greta Thunberg. And when the cost crisis and inflation were a fact because o…

11 Mar

2024

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Energy performance of buildings (recast) (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. The EU wants our buildings to be greener and have clean energy. It sounds very good, but unfortunately their proposal is more a utopian dream than reality. A clear example is from Germany, where €342 billion was spent on saving energy in buildings. Eight years later, it turned out that there was no improvement in efficiency at all. It was just an expensive projec…

28 Feb

2024

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European Digital Identity framework (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. Surely it sounds amazing that we should be able to show our identity and share electrical documents within the EU through a European digital wallet? Of course, it sounds too good to be true. There are serious risks that cannot be ignored. Corruption problems in some Member States are of particular concern. Can we trust that these are competent and respect the …

28 Feb

2024

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Improving the Union’s protection against market manipulation on the wholesale energy market (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. The EU's climate policy has focused on renewable energy. For the consumer, this has meant that cheap electricity has become expensive. This also adds costs for expensive house renovations, the expansion of charging poles for electric cars, carbon taxes and massive climate regulations. What makes it all so sad is that this does not even have a significant effec…

6 Feb

2024

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Plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. We European citizens, like everyone else on earth, must be able to eat. But the fact is that it is becoming more and more difficult for food producers to produce the food we need in Europe. Regulations and environmental requirements restrict farmers across Europe. Therefore, we now have a situation where we will need plants that grow faster, that need less wat…

17 Jan

2024

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Norway's recent decision to advance seabed mining in the Arctic (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. The left is shocked by Norway's decision to mine in the sea. There is no problem in filling the oceans with wind power that has a negative impact on animals and nature. It is political decisions to build wind turbines everywhere and that we will have electric cars that have led to this mining. It is therefore intellectually dishonest to criticize Norway right now…

15 Jan

2024

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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Mr President, thank you very much. Snus saves lives. Snus and nicotine pouches have made Sweden a world leader when it comes to fighting smoking. This has led to a significant reduction in the number of smokers. Swedes smoke the least throughout the EU: only 5.6% smoke daily compared to the EU average of 23%. Despite its success, the Commission is constantly on the lookout for a ban on snus. The l…

15 Jan

2024

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Ozone depleting substances - Fluorinated gases regulation (joint debate - Gas emissions)

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Mr President, thank you very much. The latest area in which the EU wants to introduce new standards is in refrigerators, air conditioners and heat pumps, including a ban on F-gases. But what will actually happen if 3,000 models of heat pumps currently on the market are suddenly replaced with models without F-gases? 1.3 million Swedish households currently have a heat pump. How many of these househ…

12 Dec

2023

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Framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Today, there is a Chinese monopoly on critical raw materials needed for electric cars, wind power and solar panels. Just as the EU made itself dependent on Russian gas in the past, we are now making ourselves dependent on China. You just exchange one dictatorship for another. Anyone who believes that prices for renewable sources will fall forgets that China, in i…

11 Dec

2023

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Small modular reactors (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. Climate change cannot be achieved without nuclear power. It has nothing to do with politics or ideology, but it is pure science, mathematics and physics. John Kerry, the U.S. representative at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai, said. How long will the European Commission ignore this reality? Are we on the side of enlightenment and science o…

21 Nov

2023

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Strengthening the CO2 emission performance targets for new heavy-duty vehicles (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. The EU's utopian climate targets are now hitting truck and bus companies with unreasonable climate rules. As the transport sector becomes more expensive, everything else becomes more expensive – food, building materials, appliances and so on. European transport is already a world leader in environmental and climate action. We have invested for decades in a better…

20 Nov

2023

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UN Climate Change Conference 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (COP28) (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. The UN climate conferences often result in ambitious countries doing more, while climate villains such as China and India have no demands on them. Take a look at the Paris Agreement. Of the 196 signatory countries, only 60 are obliged to take concrete action. Only a third. The fact that the EU is committed hits us hard. Our standard of living is lowered, while…

8 Nov

2023

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One-minute speeches on matters of political importance

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Madam President, thank you very much. In northern Sweden, more than 16,000 timber trucks cross the border into Finland every year. This is due to an exception for Finland and Sweden, where transport between the two countries can have different dimensions and weights. Allowing high weights is actually crucial for these shipments, but according to the EU, this is completely problematic. Unfortunatel…

18 Oct

2023

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Fighting disinformation and dissemination of illegal content in the context of the Digital Services Act and in times of conflict (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. The European Commission wants platform X (formerly Twitter) to censor offensive and inappropriate material. If the right measures are not taken, the platform is threatened with shutting down. Of course, illegal content should not be displayed, it goes without saying. But why should bureaucrats and EU politicians act as judges and rule over freedom of expression? …

16 Oct

2023

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Madam President, thank you very much. Wind power is the EU's favourite child. They do everything possible to build more and larger wind farms at the expense of people, animals and nature. They deliberately choose to ignore the consequences and better alternatives. Wind power has become a sacred cow, a religious belief, which under no circumstances can be criticized by anyone at all. Decisions on w…

16 Oct

2023

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Establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (‘STEP’) (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. Many still believe that the EU is the economic centre of the world. Unfortunately, the reality is different. We are falling behind economically and it is not due to China, Russia and a troubled world, but the fault is our own policy. whereas only 10 of the world’s 100 largest technology companies are currently based in the EU, while 13 are located in Taiwan an…

5 Oct

2023

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Urban wastewater treatment (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. If the rules for waste water treatment are to be changed so that it really makes a difference for people, animals and the environment, should it not be a change that is positive? Instead, we now have a proposal from the Commission that will penalise Swedish treatment plants with the best available technology. As usual, the EU bureaucrats present a model that shou…

4 Oct

2023

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European green bonds (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. The democratic monster Europe continues to grow at an ever-increasing rate. Now they are also entering the free financial markets. As usual, the EU believes itself to be an expert on investment and what is green, social and what is desirable for society. Labels such as green funds and sustainable investments only politicise our economy. What investors really need…

3 Oct

2023

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Interim report on the proposal for a mid-term revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. Every day, millions of hard-working Europeans go to work. It is the backbone of the European economy. It is because of their hard work and the fact that they pay taxes that we have a budget to decide on at all. As Members of the European Parliament, we therefore have a duty to manage these funds as efficiently and efficiently as possible. Unfortunately, the EU…

2 Oct

2023

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Madam President, thank you very much. People with good ideas usually fund them themselves because they believe in them. People with bad ideas, on the other hand, let others pay because they know that the risk of loss is too great. The EU's climate policy is precisely a bad idea, which is entirely dependent on citizens paying. According to European Commission estimates, EU climate policy requires a…

11 Sep

2023

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Renewable Energy Directive (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. Despite a wave of tax-funded subsidies, the wind industry is struggling with increased construction costs, logistics problems, bureaucracy and competition from China. Losses are on the rise, even though subsidies are increasing. This is what a clear and forward-looking EU policy looks like. Filling our landscapes and coasts with wind power will destroy our enviro…

11 Jul

2023

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European Chips Act (debate)

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Madam President, thank you very much. Europe's economy is constantly threatened by growing EU bureaucracy with bans and regulations, but also an increasing rate of subsidies. The EU's Semiconductor Act means that a very profitable US company receives over SEK 100 billion in tax money to build a semiconductor factory in Germany. It will certainly create more jobs, but the jobs will be as expensive …

10 Jul

2023

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–Mrs President, The brutal riots in France are a ruthless insight into the future of Western Europe and Sweden. Integration has completely failed. Everyone knows about it, but it's still taboo to talk about it in Brussels. Migration has changed our countries in a way that I think many did not want, and above all it has changed our countries forever, both demographically, socially, culturally and s…

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. People have always been concerned about poverty. The worst thing is when political decisions cause it. We as politicians should therefore do what we can to avoid exposing people to poverty. Unfortunately, this must be reminded of the European Parliament, this spaceship that is far from ordinary people's everyday lives. EU officials and politicians are well car…

31 May

2023

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Sexual harassment in the EU and MeToo evaluation (debate)

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Mr President, thank you very much. I would like to begin by thanking all the brave women who came forward during the metoo. We can now talk openly about sexual harassment and that's because of you. Sexual harassment is much more common in society and more accepted in society than many people think. I had hoped that this report would raise it on a broader front, but unfortunately it was kidnapped b…