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Ms Boriana ÅBERG (Sweden, EPP/CD)

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In the political groups

  • Vice-Chairperson: Group of the European People's Party since 15/06/2021
  • Member: Group of the European People's Party from 18/11/2014 to 14/06/2021

In the Assembly

  • since 24/04/2017 Representative - Sweden
  • from 18/11/2014 to 23/04/2017 Substitute - Sweden

In the committee(s) and sub-committee(s)

  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (since 31/01/2020)
  • Chairperson of national delegation: Standing Committee (from 21/01/2019 to 24/11/2022)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Bureau of the Assembly (from 21/01/2019 to 26/01/2020)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Standing Committee (from 21/01/2019 to 26/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy (since 22/01/2018)
  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 26/04/2017 to 08/10/2017)
  • Full Member: (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 24/04/2017 to 21/01/2018)
  • Full Member: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 18/11/2014 to 23/04/2017)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (since 10/09/2025)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 04/03/2022 to 22/01/2023)
  • Member (Co-rapporteur on Armenia): Sub-Committee on Conflicts concerning Council of Europe Member States (from 10/09/2020 to 26/01/2024)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on External Relations (from 11/10/2018 to 28/01/2025)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Crime Problems and the Fight against Terrorism (from 25/01/2018 to 21/01/2019)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Integration (from 27/04/2017 to 21/01/2018)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Public Health and Sustainable Development (from 24/01/2017 to 23/04/2017)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 28/01/2016 to 23/04/2017)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 25/01/2016 to 27/01/2016)
  • Full Member: Sub-Committee on Environment and Energy (from 28/01/2015 to 25/01/2017)
  • Alternate of Ms Victoria TIBLOM (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (since 30/09/2024)
  • Alternate of Ms Beatrice TIMGREN (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 23/01/2023 to 29/09/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Markus WIECHEL (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 18/04/2016 to 23/04/2017)
  • Alternate of Ms Azadeh ROJHAN (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 21/01/2019 to 25/01/2021)
  • Alternate of Ms Kerstin LUNDGREN (Full Member): Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 22/01/2018 to 20/01/2019)
  • Alternate of Ms Julia KRONLID (Full Member): Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 18/11/2014 to 17/04/2016)
  • Alternate of Mr Johan NISSINEN (Full Member): Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (from 24/04/2017 to 21/01/2018)
  • Alternate of Mr Jonas GUNNARSSON (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 24/04/2017 to 25/04/2017)
  • Alternate of Mr Thomas HAMMARBERG (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 24/01/2019 to 03/03/2022)
  • Alternate of Mr Jonas GUNNARSSON (Full Member): Sub-Committee on External Relations (from 25/01/2018 to 10/10/2018)
  • Alternate of Ms Lotta JOHNSSON FORNARVE (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Rights of Minorities (from 27/01/2015 to 24/01/2016)
  • Alternate of Ms Kerstin LUNDGREN (Full Member): Sub-Committee on the Middle East and the Arab World (from 25/01/2018 to 20/01/2019)

Interventions

Last speeches

22/04/2026 | 19:30:26 Thank you Madam President. Dear colleagues, I would like to thank the rapporteur Ms Lesia VASYLENKO for this important report. Those who murdered Mr Sergei MAGNITSKY made him immortal. The law, named after him, has been applied not only against officials and criminals in Russia, but also against those responsible for abuses in China and Saudi Arabia. With the Magnitsky laws, democracy has gained a weapon. Sweden is named in the draft resolution as one of the countries that failed to open... 22/04/2026 | 10:57:13 Mister President. Dear colleagues, I would like to thank Ms Zita GURMAI for her comprehensive report on such an important issue as the Istanbul Convention. In the early 2000s, I worked in an emergency department. Women would come in beaten black and blue, offering one implausible explanation after another for their injuries. They were utterly unwilling to report the matter to the police and would often blame themselves for the violence they had suffered. Much has changed in Sweden since then... 28/01/2026 | 16:40:24 Ms. President, Dear colleagues, I hope that this debate will focus on how our countries can contribute to the stabilisation of Gaza, a transitional governance framework and its reconstruction, rather than becoming an opportunity to demonise Israel and to fuel anti-Semitism. The people of Gaza have suffered enough. Over the past decades, millions of euros intended for humanitarian assistance have instead been diverted directly into the hands of Hamas. Rather than investing in water and... 27/01/2026 | 18:03:22 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, Europe's protection against Russia's aggressive imperial ambitions begins and ends in Ukraine. The Ukrainian people are fighting not only for their own freedom, but for our freedom too. That is why our support must increase. As we speak, more than 1 million Ukrainian households are without electricity, without water and without heating in -25 degrees. To be blunt, Ukraine needs more funding and, above all, more weapons. Throughout this war... 02/10/2025 | 12:05:32 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, Hamas is responsible for the suffering of the people of Gaza. Do not forget how the war began with 1200 civilians brutally murdered at a music festival and in their homes. Infants were burned alive before their parents' eyes. Women were raped and mutilated. 250 civilians were taken hostage. 48 of them are still in Hamas tunnels. Hamas doesn't want peace. Hamas and the mullahs in Iran share one goal: to annihilate the Jews and the State of Israel...

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