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Environment and Democracy – Heavy Swedish Influences in the EU

» Published: 19 July 2024

Environment and Democracy – Heavy Swedish Influences in the EU
Photo: Caisa Rasmussen/TT

The committees for the environment and health, as well as civil liberties and rights, are once again the most "Swedish" in this year's EU Parliament.

Now that all committee seats have been allocated, it appears that both the environment and health committee (Envi) and the rights committee (Libe) will have six ordinary Swedish members over the next five years.

Libe is the committee that, among other things, handles asylum and migration issues, as well as police matters and fundamental democratic rights. One of the members there will be Charlie Weimers (SD), who also hopes to become one of the committee's vice chairmen.

Other heavyweight Swedish committees will be equality (Femm), internal market (Imco), and fisheries (Pech), all of which will have three ordinary Swedish members and at least two Swedish alternates.

In contrast, the culture committee (Cult) and the subcommittee on human rights (Droi) will be completely without Swedes.

In these committees, the EU Parliament's 21 Swedish members will take their seats, either as ordinary members or alternates (s):

Abir Al-Sahlani (C): Libe (civil liberties and rights), Deve (development), and Femm (equality)

Alice Bah Kuhnke (MP): Libe, Femm (s), and Imco (internal market, s)

Johan Danielsson (S): Empl (labor market), Tran (transport), and Imco (s)

Adnan Dibrani (S): Imco, Budg (budget, s), and Econ (economy, s)

Sofie Eriksson (S): Itre (industry), Regi (regional, s), and Pech (fisheries, s)

Dick Erixon (SD): Cont (budget control) and Deve (s)

Heléne Fritzon (S): Envi (environment and health), Femm, and Agri (agriculture, s)

Hanna Gedin (V): Imco and Itre (s) and Femm (s)

Pär Holmgren (MP): Envi and Agri (s)

Evin Incir (S): Libe and Afet (foreign affairs, s)

Karin Karlsbro (L): Inta (trade), Envi (s), and Pech (s)

Arba Kokalari (M): Imco, Femm, Econ (s), and Empl (s)

Isabella Lövin (MP): Deve, Itre, and Pech

Jessica Polfjärd (M): Envi, Pech, Sant (public health), and Agri (s)

Jonas Sjöstedt (V): Cont, Envi, and Afet (s)

Alice Teodorescu Måwe (KD): Libe, Sede (security and defense), and Afet (s)

Beatrice Timgren (SD): Envi and Pech (s)

Tomas Tobé (M): Libe, Deve (s), Itre (s), and Tran (s)

Jörgen Warborn (M): Inta, Itre (s), and Juri (legal affairs, s)

Charlie Weimers (SD): Libe and Afco (constitutional affairs)

Emma Wiesner (C): Envi, Pech, and Agri (s)

Note: In the EU Parliament, many members also actively participate in the committees where they are alternates, even if they only have voting rights when someone else is absent.

TTT
By TTThis article has been altered and translated by Sweden Herald

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