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Reduction of meat consumption bill
Please find our parliamentary bill below. Submitted by the Left Party. Swedish Parliament Reduction of Meat Consumption Bill Jens Holm et al. 2010/11: V205 Contents 1. Recommendations 2. Background 3. Goal: reduced consumption of animal food products 4. Action plan for reduced consumption 5. Phase-out of subsidies to the meat industry 6. Incentives for reduced…
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Member of Swedish Parliament
The elections are over and almost all the votes are counted. It is now clear: I have been elected Member of the Swedish Parliament. I feel very honoured. I am grateful to everone that has voted for me and the Left Party. Thank you! I will especially work with issues dealing with climate change, animal…
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Speech at the European Youth Parliament
Today I spoke at the inaguration of the national session of the European Youth Parliament, Sweden. For those who are interested, please read below: 2010-01-29 European Youth Parliament Viktor Rydbergs gymnasium, Djursholm Jens Holm (V) Climate change and the need for a new generation of politicians It may seem strange to talk about global warming on…
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Stop the persecution of DTP in Turkey
May 5, 2009 PRESS RELEASE Stop the persecution of DTP in Turkey The Turkish state must immediately put an end to persecution of members of the pro-Kurdish party DTP. The EU, Sweden and the international community should be able to play a more active roll and put pressure on Turkey. That was one of the…
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Great news from Iceland
Below a short note I wrote for my GUE/NGL-friends. You have probably already heard about the results from this week-ends electon in Iceland. Our sister party: Left Green (VG) increased from 14 to 21.7 per cent, making them the third biggest party. They and the Socialdemocrats, 29.8, have now a comfortable majority. The Left Green…
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MEPs get too much money
I often get the question: How much does an MEP earn? Some politicians don’t like that kind of intimate question. I, on the contrary, find them very relevant. We are financed by taxpayers money, so the taxpayers have the right to know. So this is what we get paid: Salary According to our national MP…