What Per spoke about.

8 Oct

2026

DA Speech

UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons (debate)

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Mr. President! When the UN discusses a convention on the rights of the elderly at the end of the month, there is much to be done. One of the places where I believe it is important to guarantee the rights of older people is in the labour market, so that we can combat age discrimination. So we ensure that those who want and can work, either next to the pension or also instead of the pension, that th…

7 Oct

2026

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Urgent need for a tax on super-profits of polluters: protecting people’s health and lowering energy bills in times of the climate crisis (topical debate)

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17 Sep

2026

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Protecting people’s health against toxic substances (debate)

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16 Sep

2026

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Stop gold-plating, relieve SMEs: Member States must implement EU legislation without adding extra bureaucracy (topical debate)

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Madam President! I have to say that I think this is a very simplistic debate going on here about gold plating. I think you are forgetting that countries that take the lead in protecting citizens, the environment, climate and nature can be of great benefit to all of us. And I'm not just saying that. I myself have helped implement a ban on endocrine disrupting bisphenol A in Denmark. We took the lea…

15 Sep

2026

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Presentation of the Fair Labour Mobility Package (debate)

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14 Sep

2026

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Public Procurement Act (debate)

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Madam President! We've been waiting a long time. Finally, we will have a reform of the EU's outdated procurement rules. We've been fighting for too long, and it's probably worth remembering that it didn't come by itself. No, that is one of the things that Parliament has had to push the Commission to do. This is an important reform. Because when the EU spends as much as 15% of our GDP on public pro…

9 Jul

2026

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Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness (debate)

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Thank you for that question. This is a very relevant question. There should be no doubt that I am opposed to the harmonisation of the tax system in the European Union. I still believe that there must be national sovereignty in relation to it, and that will also be part of my assessment of the proposal that is being adopted here today, which contains very, very good and sensible elements. However, …

9 Jul

2026

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Feasibility of a 28th tax regime and its potential to support EU competitiveness (debate)

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Madam President! It sounds good when we talk about better access to capital, better competitiveness and clear and easy-to-understand rules. All that sounds good. But we must remember that it is also about fighting tax fraud, shell companies, other abuses of the tax system and financial crime – also for the benefit of those companies that behave honestly. And if we get a system here that is used fo…

7 Jul

2026

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Presentation of the Action Plan on Cybersecurity and AI (debate)

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Mr President! I find it a pity that the Commission does not present its proposals in time for us to be able to read them before we have to discuss them. I find that particularly regrettable, because even in this proposal there are actually positive things about the development of open source and a strategy for it. But if we take the EU's cybersecurity seriously, why shouldn't we start by closing o…

17 Jun

2026

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Deteriorating situation of political prisoners in Belarus, in particular the case of Aliaksandra Pulinovich

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21 May

2026

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Decision of the Azerbaijani Parliament on suspending cooperation with the European Parliament (debate)

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Madam President! I share the view that it is regrettable and sad that the Azerbaijani Parliament has decided to cut off relations with the European Parliament. But we also need to look at what the explanation is and deal with it. Apparently, they don't like criticism when they violate fundamental rights. When you look at the rule of law and freedom of the press, you have to accept that you are sub…

19 May

2026

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Presentation of the Fertilisers Action Plan (debate)

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Madam President! Here we are again with an action plan published by the European Commission a few minutes before the debate. It's hard not to get the idea that you're not very excited about giving us the opportunity to read things in depth before we discuss it. There are indications that this is the tactic the Commission prefers to use. And I just want to say that it doesn't smell much better than…

30 Apr

2026

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Cali fund – follow up from the COP16 UN Convention on Biodiversity (debate)

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Madam President! The fact is that indigenous peoples are one of our greatest hopes when it comes to safeguarding future biodiversity. This is also the case when we talk about future biotechnology research, about everything from medicine to resistant crops. Therefore, it is also incredible how little respect we still show for the indigenous peoples, and how unwillingly large, often Western, compani…

28 Apr

2026

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Supporting democratic resilience in Armenia (debate)

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Madam President! Armenia faces major challenges. One of them is the many refugees from the war in Azerbaijan. Another is that the country is being squeezed by Russia. But one of them is also the state of democracy, and democracy is also under pressure within Armenia. These are problems whose solution requires active action in Armenia, but also help and support from us. And for us to see, of course…

25 Mar

2026

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Implementation of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and risks to the security of supply of medicines (debate)

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Madam President! We stand here because the Conservative EPP Group will discuss and challenge an agreement that can ensure a sound treatment of industrial wastewater. An agreement that they themselves have helped to conclude and vote for, and an agreement that ensures that the big companies that pollute the most have to pay for it - instead of it being the citizens, the taxpayers. I h…

11 Mar

2026

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Building Europe's clean, independent and secure energy following the 2026 North Sea Summit (debate)

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11 Feb

2026

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Addressing subcontracting chains and the role of intermediaries in order to protect workers’ rights (debate)

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11 Feb

2026

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Urgent actions to revive EU competitiveness, deepen the EU Single Market and reduce the cost of living - from the Draghi report to reality (debate)

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10 Feb

2026

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Situation in Northeast Syria, the violence against civilians and the need to maintain a sustainable ceasefire (debate)

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21 Jan

2026

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European Council meeting (joint debate)

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Madam President! Today we talk a lot about the principled Europe, but when we look out into the world, it seems like a joke, because we preach one thing but do the opposite. The conclusions of the last Council meeting under Denmark's EU Presidency talk about how to support a peaceful and inclusive transition in Syria. But what we are witnessing in Syria right now is anything but peaceful or inclus…

20 Jan

2026

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Territorial integrity and sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark: the need for a united EU response to US blackmail attempts (debate)

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Mr President! It has been great to hear the many strong speeches against Trump's completely unacceptable threats, threats to individual countries, to the EU and not least threats to Greenland. I'm incredibly happy that there may finally be a willingness to speak out against the bully Trump - both in words and in deeds. Because we must admit that quite a few have for a very long time been willing t…

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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27 Nov

2025

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

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Mr. President! When you hear the debate here today and think about who the EPP is aiming to make a majority with in this Chamber in the future, it is no wonder that there is not much to toast to when we look at the EU's role at the COP30 climate conference. It is true that the EU supported the phasing out of fossil fuels, but it did so as some of the last. And why were we so defensive on the issue…

25 Nov

2025

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

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Madam President! When I hear great powers from China, the United States, Russia and the European Union talk about the Arctic, I often get a special feeling. That I've been taken back in time. Back to a time when colonial masters, including my own country, saw the world as a buffet to take care of. Many still see the Arctic as a vast, unhistorical and man-made area where you can simply usurp resour…

22 Oct

2025

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Situation in Belarus, five years after the fraudulent presidential elections (debate)

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Madam President! Five years ago, the elections in Belarus were stolen. It happened again this year. I do not recognise either of the two results, because the elections were by no means free. Belarus is not a free country, but a brutal dictatorship. A dictatorship that imprisons activists and journalists, democracy activists and trade unionists. Recently, the Lukashenka regime set some political pr…