What Hanna spoke about.

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May

2025

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Old challenges and new commercial practices in the internal market (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Sometimes I wonder if we live in the same reality. If you ask the Commission or the EPP or the right in my country what is threatening the European economy, you will be told that environmental requirements are too high for businesses, that it is too difficult to open up the public sector to competition, that there is a need for fewer rules and more liberalisation…

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May

2025

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High levels of retail food prices and their consequences for European consumers (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. People struggle to afford food, but what does the ruling right do in Sweden and in the EU? Nothing. In Sweden, three food wholesalers decide prices and take home billions of dollars, while families with children are forced to opt out of basic goods. Three food giants – it is an oligopoly and it drives prices up every day. The right often talks about the import…

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Apr

2025

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Crackdown on democracy in Türkiye and the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. On Thursday, Swedish journalist Joakim Medin was arrested in Turkey. He is now imprisoned in Marmara High Security Prison, and is accused of violating Erdogan. This is, of course, completely unacceptable and there is total political agreement in Sweden on this. I send my thoughts today to Joakim and to Joakim's family at this difficult time. Freedom of the pre…

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Apr

2025

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CFSP and CSDP (Article 36 TUE) (joint debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. Last week, 15 paramedics and rescue workers were executed by Israeli forces. We dig them up in their uniforms with the gloves on. They were here to save lives. Instead, they end up in a mass grave," says a UN chief. At the same time as this happened, Sweden's Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard went to Israel on a pure propaganda trip. And Israel's foreig…

11

Mar

2025

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Deteriorating situation in Gaza following the non-extension of the ceasefire (debate)

Madam President, thank you very much. The EU's indulgence towards the Israeli government will go down in history as an unprecedented betrayal, not only of the Palestinian population but also of international law. As a lawyer, I am horrified. I am appalled that the rules we agreed upon after the Second World War – that the horrors we had then witnessed would never happen again – seem to be worth ze…

11

Mar

2025

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Roadmap for Women`s Rights (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. It has been 30 years since the Beijing Declaration, and we have not come any further. This is a far too weak and watered-down commitment from the Commission. There is a lot of focus on entrepreneurship, competition and growth. But the Commission ignores the fundamental right of women to our bodies. Where is the right to abortion? We have a rights charter that pro…

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Mar

2025

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Cutting red tape and simplifying business in the EU: the first Omnibus proposals (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. There is a little ‘good-bye axe shaft’ on this proposal. Well, you have to say that anyway. Constantly changing the rules of the game for companies creates uncertainty and, in the long run, actually bad competition. If the Commission does not want to listen to me, then you can listen to the CEO of Volvo Cars when he says that the EU is now backing down from its p…

12

Feb

2025

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Competitiveness Compass (debate)

Mr President, I would like to thank you. This is ridiculous, but also very, very serious. With the stubbornness of a fool and like a parrot, the Commission and the right in this House repeat: Simplifications, Simplifications, Simplifications. And that is what the Commission and the right mean by competition. But who is affected when rules to protect us are removed? We are now seeing attacks on wor…

19

Dec

2024

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Recommendation to the Council on the EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women - EU priorities for the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (joint debate - EU priorities for the upcoming session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women)

Mr President, I would like to thank you. Gisèle Pelicot was drugged and exploited by neighbors and acquaintances. Yesterday, the German media revealed a huge rape network on social media. In war-torn countries such as Sudan and Congo, rape is put in a system. That men take the right to exploit women's bodies is the ultimate expression of a society where men still have more power than women. And as…

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Dec

2024

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Use of rape as weapon of war, in particular in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan (debate)

Madam President, I would like to thank you for your In many conflicts, including Sudan and Congo, rape is used as a weapon. Sexual violence affects women on the ground in war zones, but also women on the run. But while we are sitting in this room debating, the EU is actually funding violence. In its quest to outsource the reception of refugees to other countries, the EU is fuelling conflicts and g…

17

Dec

2024

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Misinformation and disinformation on social media platforms, such as TikTok, and related risks to the integrity of elections in Europe (debate)

Madam President, I would like to thank you for your Yesterday, the Swedish government called a press conference about young people's screen time and use of apps such as TikTok and Instagram. In Sweden, one in ten girls is estimated to be screen-dependent. The Minister of Social Affairs talked about how the excessive use of smartphones causes severe injuries, such as poor sleep and poor mental heal…

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Nov

2024

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International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (debate)

Mr President, I would like to thank you. 2017 marked a revolution. Me too, a global movement in which we women broke the silence about sexual abuse. However, 85,000 women are still murdered every year. Violence is the ultimate expression of men taking the right to control women's bodies and lives. From Gisèle Pelicot in the French courtroom through Polish women's struggle for abortion rights to wo…

24

Oct

2024

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Closing the EU skills gap: supporting people in the digital and green transitions to ensure inclusive growth and competitiveness in line with the Draghi report (debate)

Mr President, I would like to thank you. I think the Swedish government should read the Draghi report. Where the report proposes massive investments in the future, which could be used to implement the green transition – better jobs, better education – Sweden is now deciding to save. This is despite a very low government debt. In the Swedish schools, massive cuts are being made. Stupidity, said a S…

23

Oct

2024

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Findings of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Poland's abortion law (debate)

Madam President, I would like to thank you for your This UN report is of great importance – not only for Polish women, but for all the women in the world. It says that women's rights are human rights, that abortion rights are a human right. It should be self-evident – it is 2024 anyway – but it is not. Men all over the world still have the right to control our bodies, to limit our lives, to put wo…

21

Oct

2024

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A stronger Europe for safer products to better protect consumers and tackle unfair competition: boosting EU oversight in e-commerce and imports (debate)

Mr President, I would like to thank you. I will start by saying that I am glad that we are having this discussion, because the situation is unsustainable. From the Left, we have long demanded a tighter regulatory framework for e-commerce platforms. A recent test by the toy industry shows that 8 out of 10 toys imported into the EU that can be purchased on various internet sites are at risk of suffo…

9

Oct

2024

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Ensuring sustainable, decent and affordable housing in Europe - encouraging investment, private property and public housing programmes (debate)

Mr President, I would like to thank you. More and more people can't afford a home, and that's serious. The EU is currently an obstacle to Swedish housing policy, and I say this after several years of working with rental law and supporting tenants in the Swedish housing market. We have not social housing in Sweden, but today's state aid rules from the EU prevent our public utilities and public hous…

8

Oct

2024

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Situation in Sudan (debate)

Mr President, I would like to thank you. More than 10 million Sudanese are internally displaced, 70% of the population is at risk of starvation – people like you and me. But let's also talk about the elephant in the room: how the EU, in its eagerness to outsource the reception of refugees to other countries, risks feeding conflicts and serious crimes against people. There are many claims that EU m…

7

Oct

2024

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The reintroduction of internal border controls in a number of Member States and its impact on the Schengen Area (debate)

I must say that I did not fully understand the entrance. What we see in Sweden and Denmark – for nine years – is border controls, randomly carrying out this type of check. I travel that route every week, and it is a problem not only for those who are exposed and experience racial profiling, but also for a region where both Denmark and Sweden have invested incredibly large sums in developing border…

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Oct

2024

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The reintroduction of internal border controls in a number of Member States and its impact on the Schengen Area (debate)

Mr President, I would like to thank you. Madam Commissioner, I would like to thank you for your Between 1952 and 2015, there were no border controls between Denmark and Sweden, but now we who travel across the border between these two EU countries have had to get used to it. It has been going on for nine years – nine years. First it was said that there were too many refugees and now that the right…

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Sep

2024

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EU response to the Mpox outbreak and the need for continuous action (debate)

Mr President, I would like to thank you. The Maduja refugee camp outside Goma in Congo is home to tens of thousands of people whose lives have been affected by the armed conflicts that have been going on there for decades. Many of the children growing up in Maduja know nothing but a life on the run, and now their lives are threatened by the spread of mpox. Despite the fact that there are effective…

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Sep

2024

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War in the Gaza Strip and the situation in the Middle-East (debate)

Madam President, I would like to thank you for your Over 41,000 dead, over 95,000 people injured. The far-right Israeli government has completely bombed the health care system in Gaza. People have nowhere to escape, trapped on a dangerous strip of land. We know all this. I am proud that my country Sweden helped Ukrainian war refugees who were injured. But the same country now refuses to accept sev…