When Löfven spoke in the EU parliament in Brussels on Wednesday, he became the nineteenth in the line of heads of state and government in the EU since January 2018 have dropped by to give his views on the future of the EU.
” We must make a greater effort to defend our fundamental values in the EU. And the best way is to deliver when it comes to jobs, security, migration and climate change and thus to create hope for the future, ” said Löfven to the members of the parliament.
he pressed hard on.
– the EU can only be a strong voice for democracy in the world if all the member states stand up for the principles of democracy at home. We can only be a credible actor in the Middle east if we are fighting anti-semitism and islamophobia in our own country. We can only be in support of free media and states governed by law in our neighborhood if we have a free media and independent courts in our union, the prime minister said.
One particular piece was about Greta Thunberg efforts to collect millions of young people in the fight against climate change.
” We are proud of the demonstrations that she has inspired, who have gathered millions of young people all over the world. But one thing in their message, we must never forget: It is not up to their generation to solve the climate crisis. It is up to us. Here and now, the prime minister said in Brussels.
from the members of the parliament and party groups. The EUROPEAN commission Valdis Dombrovskis took the opportunity to propose to the Swedish ”lagom” as a good beacon.
” When we look ahead, the EU should be inspired by just in time to find the right balance for the member states and the citizens, by doing more where it is important for the citizens and less on other areas, said Dombrovskis in his svarsinlägg.
The criticism that was heard came from the Swedish members on the site, where not least the right – and rodney king during an arrest strongly dislike the talk of a social pillar in the EU.
accused the Socialists of wanting to move the bargaining between the social partners to the EU.
– the Social pillar is a major threat to the swedes. Never forget Stefan, it was you who opened the door! said Lundgren in the debate.
” Completely the wrong way to go. We can see what your colleagues mainly on the left but also some in the (conservative) party and also my own group and it is to regulate in law, what minimum wages are and you are crying out for clear rules as regards the parental leave and so on, said, in turn, Fredrick Federley (C) after the number.
” We do not take on any new mandate to the EU, no new powers to Brussels. All the suggestions make it according to the treaty that existed for a number of years. But to not have a social dimension on the map is wrong for people and wrong for the EU, ” said the prime minister at a press conference afterwards and call the question of ideological.
” I’m interested in the real of social rights. It is not the. These parties have never been interested in it. After all, they have fought against all improvements in all of the decades in Sweden, ” Löfven in Brussels.
