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Mr Markus WIECHEL (Sweden, ECPA)

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Representative
Member of the Riksdag
Sweden Democrats

Sveriges Riksdag
SE - 100 12 - Stockholm
Sweden

Working language: English

Declarations of interests:
2026 , 2025 , 2024 , 2023 , 2022

Declarations of interest regarding election observations (if applicable)

Mandates

In the political groups

  • Member: European Conservatives, Patriots & Affiliates since 03/02/2025
  • Member: European Conservatives Group and Democratic Alliance from 05/10/2019 to 03/02/2025
  • Member: European Conservatives Group from 29/06/2018 to 04/10/2019
  • Member: Members not belonging to a Political Group from 18/04/2016 to 28/06/2018

In the Assembly

  • since 21/01/2019 Representative - Sweden
  • from 18/04/2016 to 20/01/2019 Substitute - Sweden

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

  • Full Member: Special Committee on the New Democratic Pact (since 26/01/2026)
  • Full Member: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media (since 23/01/2023)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Bureau of the Assembly (from 23/01/2023 to 26/01/2025)
  • Vice-President of the Assembly: Standing Committee (from 23/01/2023 to 26/01/2025)
  • Chairperson of national delegation: Standing Committee (since 25/11/2022)
  • Member: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (from 19/04/2021 to 26/01/2023)
  • Member: (Former) Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs (from 30/09/2019 to 26/01/2020)
  • Full Member: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (from 21/01/2019 to 22/01/2023)
  • Full Member: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development (from 18/04/2016 to 20/01/2019)
  • Alternate of Ms Jessica STEGRUD (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 23/01/2023 to 29/09/2024)
  • Alternate of Mr Momodou Malcolm JALLOW (Full Member): Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination (from 21/01/2019 to 24/11/2022)
  • Alternate of Mr Michael SVENSSON (Full Member): (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 22/01/2018 to 20/01/2019)
  • Alternate of Ms Boriana ÅBERG (Full Member): (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 24/04/2017 to 21/01/2018)
  • Alternate of Ms Tina GHASEMI (Full Member): (Former) Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons (from 18/04/2016 to 23/04/2017)

Interventions

Last speeches

24/06/2026 | 19:14:40 Distinguished colleagues, Russia's full scale war of aggression against Ukraine is not only an attack on a sovereign nation, it's also an attack on food itself. Before the invasion, Ukraine fed approximately 400 million people worldwide. Today, Russian forces have devastated its agricultural heartland. Ports have been blocked, grain silos bombed and hundreds of thousands of hectares mined. Energy infrastructure has been systematically targeted to cripple food production and storage. The World... 24/06/2026 | 16:54:04 Mister President and distinguished colleagues. As a Parliamentarian deeply involved with and committed to working with democracy, the rule of law and human dignity, I find the situation in Azerbaijan both alarming and unacceptable. The facts speak for themselves. Azerbaijan now ranks 171 out of 180 countries in press freedom. Not a single independent media outlet operates inside the country. Thirty-six journalists are currently detained, and there are 328 reported political prisoners. This is... 23/06/2026 | 18:28:46 Mister President, On behalf of the group of European Conservatives, Patriots and Affiliates, I rise in firm support of this resolution. A resolution that refuses to look away from the central truth. The Islamic Republic is an illegitimate, blood-soaked theocratic dictatorship that has forfeited every claim to sovereignty over the Iranian people. Since the nationwide protests erupted in late December last year, this regime has waged war on its own citizens with a savagery that shocks the... 29/01/2026 | 17:22:58 Dear colleagues, At first glance, it might appear as if this resolution advances human rights by condemning genuine abuses. In reality, its sweeping and ambiguous language poses a serious threat to evidence-based care, especially for vulnerable young people. The text conflates undeniable wrongs, coercion, force, or physical harm, with legitimate, consensual practices: thoughtful exploratory talk therapy, empathetic listening to a child's feelings, or parents offering loving, age-appropriate... 29/01/2026 | 12:16:28 Madam President, Distinguished colleagues, The regime in Iran is a clique of fanatical criminals. They have hijacked a proud nation and transformed it into a large prison and killing field. These occupants are not a government; they are a criminal syndicate. They hang its citizens for demanding fundamental freedoms, gun down children in the streets, torture prisoners until they break, and stage public executions to terrorize the population. Hundreds are murdered every year in sham trials. The...

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