Speeches

Mr President, I would like to thank you. Sweden's energy minister is insane that German energy policy has pushed electricity prices in Sweden to soaring levels. That's how most Swedes feel. So I will take this opportunity to send a greeting directly to Germany's Green Energy Minister, who claims that electricity prices are our own fault. Mr. Habeck! They are the symbol of de-industrialisation – production is declining under your direction, factories are literally being closed down. They are the symbol of arrogance – they shut down nuclear power and lie about the reasons for it. They are stopping EU funding for new nuclear power plants, even though it is the weather-dependent electricity that is causing the price spikes. You are the symbol of the bad neighbour – you pass the bill on to us and say that it is fair. Mr Habeck, it would not be a shock if this line would no longer transmit electricity in the future.

Mr President, I would like to thank you. In the past in Sweden we talked about child soldiers in distant countries. It felt unreal. Today there are child soldiers in most Swedish cities. Sweden has the highest number of fatalities per inhabitant in Europe after Montenegro and Albania. A large number of these shootings in Sweden are carried out by children. In 2013, there were 24 shootings. In 2022, the figure was 61 – more than doubling in less than 10 years. Uncontrolled mass immigration has changed our societies almost beyond recognition. Migrant crime in which the perpetrators are armed children is constantly increasing, and among persons aged 15-20, lethal violence with firearms increased from around 17 cases in 2012 to 45 cases in 2023 – an increase of 160%. Together with strong measures that we Sweden Democrats have pushed through at home against crime, the entire EU needs a long break from asylum immigration. We need to jointly strengthen the focus on fighting organised crime and we need a strategy to tackle and neutralise clan-based criminal networks across the EU.

Madam President, I would like to thank you for your As voters now turn away from Europe's Social Democrats, we can see the five phases of grief unfold: Denial, when we agreed to support the opposition in Venezuela, the Social Democrats left the negotiation. Anger, that group was not happy when we introduced realism into climate policy. And Now we see negotiations, now the Social Democrats want to enter into agreements with the bourgeois in order not to feel the consequences of the voter's verdict. My question to you bourgeois is: Why are you acting as a therapist for the Democrats? Why not join forces with us on the right to cut red tape and increase competitiveness, introduce a realistic climate policy where nuclear power is expanded, secure borders, return Illegal migrants? Use the right-wing majority. Instead, the political directives to the Commission are now marked by more of the same. It is not pro-European, it is prostagnation or, as Mrs von der Leyen herself says, Managing the decline.

Starting with the history of my party, that party started 40 years after the Second World War. Yes, there were bad actors in that party who have been purged after the race and that was an important reason why I as a Christian Democrat could go over to the Sweden Democrats, in fact, so the party has really done an important lesson there. Then, with regard to the war in Gaza, it must be noted that anyone who talks about genocide is looking to harm Israel as a state, because that person has no bearing on international law. If you look at what Israel has done, it is a very clear attempt to avoid civilian damage. But you use that term without hesitation and it says where you stand.

Evin Incir, I advise you to go and visit the victims of the families of hostages in Gaza. I advise you to broaden your picture. I advise you to visit the kibbutz that I have visited and see this with your own eyes, so that you get a more balanced picture of the conflict that is taking place on the ground in Israel. I note that you were very careful to point out so-called provocations that had taken place, by Maccabi Haifa's fans. Yeah, but these pogroms were planned days in advance. You know that. And you, I'm not lying about your trip. You canceled it because your members didn't want to go to Auschwitz. You know that. Anyone can translate the articles found in the Swedish media about this public relations crash from the Social Democrats.

Mr President, I would like to thank you. The point I am trying to make is that you are standing here condemning the violence in Amsterdam today, but that tomorrow you will defend the right of these people to remain in Europe. You are going to do that because you have very big problems internally. When your party tried, so to speak, to counter anti-Semitism by sending down your youth wing on a field trip to Auschwitz, the youth wing refused to go to Auschwitz. I mean, you have a lot of yourself to work with and we condemn all violence, no matter who it is directed at. End of point.

Mr President, today the woke Greens, Socialists, Liberals, Left will condemn, express outrage, shock and horror at the pogroms in Amsterdam. But what will you do tomorrow? When we want harder punishment, you will gripe. When we try to deport, you will protest. When we try to strip citizenships, you will defend these thugs. Why do you want them here? And why in the world do you want more of them? I think I know why. Pure self-interest, isn't it? You need new voters after abandoning regular workers and the middle class. If not, it must be suicidal empathy. You don't care if Europe goes up in flames, as long as you look virtuous.

Madam President, colleagues, the right won the election. Securing the border – once rejected as heresy – has become mainstream. The Council, even the Commission, recognise the need to prevent illegal entry, host refugees outside the EU and swiftly deport illegal migrants. But will the European Parliament defend Europe or open the floodgates? On Monday, this House rejected the left's attempt to control the debate on migration. Now they will use their superpower – their unrivalled ability to whine and cry. For the past decade, this House has indulged the left colleagues. We cannot afford to lose another decade to leftist tears. There is a right‑wing majority in this House to stop illegal migration, stop asylum abuse, and stop the weaponisation of migrants. It's time we use it.

Madam President, finally, the European Parliament is holding a debate here in the plenary about the scandalous fact that European taxpayers' money is being channelled to Islamists via the EU budget. Yes, the debate is taking place against the will of the Socialists and the Greens. You don't want the facts in the open. And when we want to condemn EU sponsorship of the glorification of the veil, the infamous 'freedom is in the hijab' campaign, for example, you vote against a condemnation. Why is that? Madam President, after I informed the French, Czech and Swedish Governments about EU support for Islamists, the Commission promised to review the rules. Positive signals, but this year it has been revealed that both Jihadists in Türkiye and the Al Sharq Forum, with links to the Muslim Brotherhood, have received EU funds. The current Commission, I'm sorry to say, Commissioner, but you failed. It is imperative that the new Commission stops, once and for all, the flow of taxpayer money to these organisations that want to destroy our Western societies.

Madam President, I would like to thank you for your Welcome to the European Parliament, Mrs Henriksson! You spoke about the Russian hybrid warfare against Finland and you were the Minister of Justice in the red-green-liberal government that decided to erect a physical border barrier with Russia. But your Liberal Group in this House does not want such solutions. They are voting against the EU helping Finland financially when building physical border barriers. Will you push for the Renew Group to sober up and actually start helping border states to stop states like Russia in this hybrid warfare?

Mr President, colleagues, the need for a comprehensive approach to secure Europe's external borders is what we are here to debate. And yet the approach cannot be comprehensive nor effective without physical border barriers. But the EU won't fund that. Frontier Member States should not face the Russian threat alone, nor the Belarussian, Moroccan, Turkish... Helping them with IT and surveillance systems is good, but not enough to delay and prevent migrants from entering illegally. If the Commission keeps refusing to change its mind, the Council and Parliament will have to force them to fund border barriers through, for example, the Integrated Border Management Fund. The comprehensive approach needed to secure Europe's borders should, has to, include funding of physical border barriers. Time to get the job done!

Mr President, dear colleagues, you pledged to protect Europe's borders against illegal migration. Do you want to deliver on that promise? The right supports funding walls at the external border, as do a majority of Member States. Does the left? The right has long called for safe third countries to host asylum seekers, as the EPP and 15 Member States have done. Do the Social Democrats? The right wants to make trade, aid and visas conditional on returns and readmissions, as Greece and the EPP have called for. Do the Greens? Our voters want us to deliver on our promises to secure Europe's external borders and return illegal migrants. The Council is eager to do so, and the European Parliament finally has an opportunity to get its act together. Our duty is to protect the European way of life. It is time to unite the right.

Mr President, I would like to thank you. Commissioner Johansson. The European Parliament loves to condemn border controls. You have condemned Sweden and Denmark, and now it is Germany's turn. We are in breach of the principle of free movement. But if something breaks all the time, it may not be the user that is at fault. There may be something wrong with the design. Today, the right to free movement also applies to organised criminals, illegal migrants and Islamists. Today, border police officers in the EU cannot stop or apprehend an illegal migrant on the grounds that an illegal border crossing has taken place. This has been decided by the European Court of Justice. Why? Well, in today's Schengen cooperation, the principle of free movement is paramount. The EPP spoke of being constructive. Let us then take up the reality and reform Schengen. Reserve the free movement of law-abiding citizens and legal migrants. Prohibit organised crime, repeat offenders and those who have entered Europe illegally from travelling within and into the EU for life. Let's make Europe safe again.

Madam President, Commissioner Hahn, organised crime threatens citizens' lives and undermines the rule of law in Europe. After a decade of ignoring the problem, the Swedish Government is tackling criminal gangs, increasing patrols in high risk areas and empowering specialised units to dismantle organised crime networks and allocating more resources to law enforcement. But we cannot tackle this problem alone. Improved intelligence sharing and coordinated operations with international partners is a vital component to fighting cross-border criminal organisations. A global coalition brought down the 'Ghost' communication platform used by drug gangs and murderers. Congratulations to all law enforcement agencies involved. Intergovernmental cooperation works. Lastly, tougher laws targeting organised crime and stronger protection for whistleblowers deter criminal activity and send a strong message that we will not tolerate organised crime. Colleagues, it's time to stop being soft on crime. Let's make Europe safe again.

Mr President, I would like to thank you. Terrorists are hailed, anti-Semites chant battle cries. This is the situation in Europe after decades of socially fragmented mass migration. In Sweden, representatives of Magdalena Andersson's government base spread anti-Semitic messages, and when the Social Democrats try to wash away anti-Semitism in their own party through study visits to Auschwitz, everyone in the youth organization SSU jumps off the trip. The same party that demands Richard Jomshof's resignation for sharing satire images that warn of social development. It's not just hypocrisy, it's worse than that. This is freedom of speech in the Democratic Party. Anti-Semitism is allowed to flourish. The flags of Hamas are flying in the wind. But if you criticize high immigration from Islamic countries, well, then it's incitement and hatred. Islamophobia. Resign. Prison. It should be the other way around. Punish sedition, prosecute those who celebrate violence and terrorism, but also ask yourself why? The same crowd that pays homage to your Social Democratic representatives is also chantingKhaybar, Khaybar, ya yahud". It's your supporters chanting like that, Evin Incir.

Madam President, I would like to thank you for your Migrant violence is sweeping not only over Germany but all over Europe, including my own country. In Solna 2022, two teenagers are stabbed and tortured for nine hours by second-generation immigrants from Tunisia and Iraq. In 2023, 20-year-old high-pregnant Saga and her unborn son are murdered by a Somali in Örebro. In 2020, 12-year-old Adriana is shot by criminal immigrants. The same gang that now sells lottery tickets for the Swedish Social Democrats. In 2024, 39-year-old Mikael is shot in the head in front of his 12-year-old son on his way to the swimming pool. 2019 20-year-old Alexander is tortured for a winter jacket. The murder is filmed and the abuser, a stateless Palestinian, brags about how Alexander was taped together as a Jew and the pig was slaughtered. In 2023, Lena, 76, gets her front door ripped open by an Afghan and murdered in her kitchen in Stockholm. Madam President, I would like to thank you for your All these murders were committed during the previous legislature. Now we who have been entrusted to sit here in the European Parliament have five years to do everything in our power to reverse this trend. It is a heavy responsibility. It's about protecting the people we represent, ordinary people, grandmothers, sons, fathers and little sisters all over Europe. I am pleased that the PPE is talking about the need to expel illegal migrants and to protect our citizens. Let's work together to make Europe safe again.

Madam President, I would like to thank you for your Mrs. von der Leyen. Voters in Europe sent a clear signal on 9 June. They voted for a middle-right majority in this house. But, Ursula von der Leyen, you and your bourgeois group, the EPP, have chosen to negotiate on the left, and we saw the result in your speech today. Nuclear power was not mentioned in a single word in the speech, after five years of one-sided focus on weather-dependent power. The need to deport illegal migrants was not mentioned in a word today, even though we know that the Left stopped the Return Directive from being decided as part of the migration pact during the last legislature. Subsidiarity is not respected. You want to be involved in housing policy and health policy. You are proposing treaty changes that you know the left will use for transfers of power. It is a green left agenda that we heard today, with detailed political control, and then we can only vote against you today.

Mr President, Mr Borrell, you’re a liar. For a year, you’ve claimed that in order for the EU to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terror organisation, a national authority in the EU must have found the IRGC has been involved in terrorist activity. That is nonsense! Here I have the Council’s secret legal opinion. Nowhere in this document does it say that it has to be an authority in the EU. In fact, the term ‘competent authority’ also includes authorities of third states. High Representative, you had this document. You knew the truth. You shamelessly lied to protect the IRGC. We won’t miss you, Mr Borrell, but I’m sure the mullahs will.

I would suggest that colleagues who are applauding this utter disrespect of democracy go out and embrace their fellows because they don’t respect parliamentary procedures. That’s the way they behave every time.

Madam President, colleagues, if you want less migration to Europe, kill this deal. Only three of these legal acts will help in the fight against illegal immigration without sacrificing national sovereignty or imposing costs. The others will incentivise more migration. How will redistribution deter millions and millions of migrants destined to arrive in Europe in the coming decades? It won’t. Instead, the entire EU will mimic Sweden’s migrant problems, gang wars, overrun welfare systems and increasing Islamism all over Europe. Commissioner, you ones on the left won’t be in charge after the elections. Then the centre right can negotiate a deal that stops illegal migration, locates the entire asylum process outside Europe, increases deportations and support frontline Member States without imposing forced solidarity. Colleagues, vote ‘no’. Let the people decide in the elections: more or less migration.

Mr President, Commission President von der Leyen, both you and the EPP want Conservative and nationalist support for a second term, but what are you offering? Vague promises to reduce migration and the burden of recently enacted climate legislation? That is simply not enough. If you want our support, show a sincere wish to cooperate, to reduce migration and secure the border and the moratorium on funding physical border barriers today. Reduce EU funding to countries refusing returns of migrants. Listen to Greece. Launch an EU deportation mechanism now. Initiate a full audit of the climate pact. Everyone should know the true cost of implementation. Deindustrialisation must not be allowed to happen. If President von der Leyen wants to work with us, she can show it today.

Mr President, foreign countries are refusing to take back their citizens. They’ve taken billions of our taxpayers’ money, but they won’t take their migrants. Greece has had enough. Its Minister for Asylum and Migration called for sanctions and the removal of aid for countries that do not cooperate. I agree. The EU needs a deportation mechanism. You’re an African head of state enjoying foreign aid from Europe – we’ll deduct EUR 20 000 for every migrant your country refuses to take back. And sanctions shouldn’t be just for Putin and other bad guys. Apply them to all countries who won’t accept returns of their citizens. It’s often said that Europe has soft power. It’s high time we use it.

Mr President, thank you very much. Germany's finance minister described forced renovations for very large amounts as hugely dangerous. A proposal that could jeopardize social peace. Politicians were afraid of voters' reactions, and the original proposal that would shock raised rents and lower housing values was so unreasonable that it was stopped. However, homeowners and tenants do not forget that the Swedish Social Democrats voted for the forced renovations. The directive voted on this week will not be as expensive as expected, but it will be renegotiated in 2028 and then the demands for forced renovations may return. The question voters should ask themselves is who they want to represent their interests here in the European Parliament when that day comes? Social Democrats who vote for bad proposals and then celebrate when proposals they voted for are stopped – or Sweden Democrats who put Sweden first and vote no to costly EU bills.

Mr President, Russia and Belarus weaponise migrants against Europe’s frontier. Yet the resolve of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland holds strong – border barriers work. Unfortunately, the Commission believes physical barriers don’t efficiently improve border management and refuses to fund them. That’s a security problem. They believe EU funds are better spent – I’m not joking – on circus workshops to integrate military-age male migrants and empty parties in the metaverse. Every year, hundreds of thousands of migrants are told to return. Everybody knows it: they don’t! Because their countries won’t even take them back. Greece wants sanctions against those countries, an EU deportation mechanism. We should support them – it should be in this report – and use the sanctions to pay for physical border barriers. The Commission should immediately inform uncooperative countries that for every migrant they refuse, EUR 20 000 will be deducted from the EU funds they receive. And for every weaponised illegal migrant entering Europe, it will cost them EUR 200 000. Some of you talk about Fortress Europe like it’s a bad thing. I say: fund that wall and make Morocco, Turkey, Syria and Pakistan pay for it!

Madam President, thank you very much. Europe's refugee policy has collapsed. This resolution on Syria shows that the cause is ideological. Sweden has received 160,000 Syrian refugees, which has exacerbated our problems with segregation and Islamism, and we see similar problems in other countries. Those who came here from Syria would receive temporary protection. The experts at both the EU Agency for Asylum and the Swedish Migration Agency have concluded that the Damascus and Tartus regions are safe and that refugees can return there. But here in the European Parliament, liberals and social democrats want to state, contrary to the experts, that Syria cannot be considered, in whole or in part, a safe country to return to. It can't be clearer. When the liberal left gets to decide, refugee policy is transformed into settler policy, and ordinary people pay the price. It's completely unsustainable.