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Swedish violence in EU focus: "Down to hell"

Sweden is met with both concern and criticism when gang violence is debated in the EU. We need to do a lot – and quickly, promises the EU Commission.

» Published: February 10 2025 at 20:57

Swedish violence in EU focus: "Down to hell"
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She promised, among other things, a new action plan against arms smuggling and an intensified fight against online recruitment of children to crime.

We will put all our energy into arranging a stronger, more effective and coordinated EU response to organized crime, said Albuquerque.

The debate, however, was mostly dominated by harsh words about migration policy. A quarter of the EU Parliament's members belong to one of the three far-right groups PFE, ECR or ESN.

And they were quite active in the debate.

This is a descent into hell for Sweden, said, for example, Pascale Piera from the French National Rally.

You are the ones dragging Europe down, snarled Malgorzata Gosiewska from the Polish Law and Justice.

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