What Isabella spoke about.

12

Feb

2025

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US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, the World Health Organisation and the suspension of US development and humanitarian aid (debate)

Madam President, leaving the Paris Agreement, the WHO, and closing down the world's biggest aid organisation from one day to another. What kind of world does Donald Trump really want? Is it a planet in climate disarray with firestorms, floodings and hurricanes where people die, where homes are destroyed. A world where we lose the fight against malaria, HIV, cholera, where children die in diseases …

10

Feb

2025

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Escalation of gang violence in Sweden and strengthening the fight against organised crime (debate)

Madam President, I would like to thank you for your The beginning of this year has been extremely difficult for Sweden. Already over 30 gang-related blasts, and last week: The deadliest mass shooting in Swedish history. It's hard to stand here now without thinking about those victims and their families. This violence is nothing more than a symptom of a society that is not doing well. Now Sweden mu…

22

Jan

2025

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Failure of the negotiations in Busan for a UN plastic treaty and the urgent need to tackle plastic pollution at international and Union level (debate)

Madam President, I would like to thank you for your Commissioner, I would like to thank you. In the Pacific, a gigantic accumulation of plastic floats around. Every day, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch gets bigger. In seven years, this contingent of plastic has grown from about three kilograms of plastic per square kilometre to 14 kilograms per square kilometre. It's unbelievable. At the end of la…

21

Jan

2025

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Humanitarian crisis in Sudan (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. The crisis in Sudan is indeed a complete tragedy and the most severe humanitarian crisis in the world ever. There are reports of overcrowded refugee camps, ethnic cleansing, killing of civilians, sexual abuse and a rapidly approaching famine. The UN warns of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The internal refugee crisis is the largest in the world …

21

Jan

2025

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Need to detect and to counter sabotage by the Russian shadow fleet, damaging critical undersea infrastructure in the Baltic Sea (debate)

Mr President, thank you very much. Commissioner, thank you very much. In mid-December, one ship belonging to the Russian shadow fleet was broken off in the middle, and another went aground in the Black Sea. 3,000 tons of oil spilled into the sea. We now know that the Russian shadow fleet has destroyed underwater infrastructure in the Baltic Sea. We must also be aware that at any time an oil disast…

17

Dec

2024

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Toppling of the Syrian regime, its geopolitical implications and the humanitarian situation in the region (debate)

Mr President, I would like to thank you. After the Assad family's stranglehold for 50 years, the regime has finally fallen. A great joy for the world's Syrians, but also a great concern. Since the outbreak of the civil war, Syrians have taken refuge in Europe. Many have been established here for almost 15 years. You have jobs, children who go to school, friends, a safe everyday life. Leaving that …

28

Nov

2024

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Need to adopt an ambitious international legally binding agreement on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment

Mr President, microplastics are now found everywhere on our planet, deep in the ocean, but also in humans' bloodstream, breast milk, placental tissue, lungs and brain. Every year, hundreds of millions of tonnes of new plastics are being produced, while only 9 % is recycled, and the production is estimated to triple by 2060. So we will have new mountains of plastic products where two thirds are jus…

13

Nov

2024

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UN Climate Change Conference 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29) (debate)

Mr President, I would like to thank you. The world is on its way to three degrees of warming, according to UNEP. Not one and a half, but three. This is a whole new world with droughts, storms and floods in a way that humanity has never experienced before. Now, with Donald Trump at the helm of the United States again, the likelihood is high that the United States will once again leave the Paris Agr…

24

Oct

2024

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Protecting our oceans: persistent threats to marine protected areas in the EU and benefits for coastal communities (debate)

Madam President, I would like to thank you for your All life on earth began in the oceans. The ocean feeds us. They give us joy. They produce half of the oxygen we breathe. Yet we abuse the oceans, use them as garbage dumps and empty them of fish. Now we've also given them a high fever, and that's very serious. As one scientist told me: The climate crisis, like COVID, is hitting the weakest the ha…

23

Oct

2024

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EU actions against the Russian shadow fleets and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia (debate)

Madam President, I would like to thank you for your Right before the eyes of the EU, the Russian shadow fleet, carrying oil, is currently sailing through the Baltic Sea. Up to half of all the crude oil that Putin is currently making money from goes through the EU's most sensitive inland seas and can cause a huge oil disaster at any time. The boats are often scrap-ready without insurance, and they …

8

Oct

2024

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Outcome of the Summit of the Future: transforming global governance for building peace, promoting human rights and achieving the sustainable development goals (debate)

Madam President, I would like to thank you for your In 2015, I was at the UN General Assembly as Sweden's minister when the global goals were adopted. The room was full of hope and optimism. The whole world had agreed on a common global agenda and vision for humanity and for our planet. Today, that optimism feels very distant. Conflicts are on the rise, more people than ever are fleeing, democracy…