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Leila Ali Elmi (MP)
What Leila Ali Elmi has said in the chamber of the Swedish Riksdag, debate by debate. The lines under each debate sum up a speech; they are written and translated by AI in advance and may contain errors, so check against the speech.
Kammarkoll has the Riksdag's speeches from 26 September 2022 onwards; older debates are not included.
Equality and discrimination: SD, S, and V propose new measures
- Argues that current anti-discrimination legislation has flaws regarding minorities' right to use their language. Wants the government to investigate introducing language as a separate ground for discrimination in order to strengthen protection. Read the speech
Labor law: platform economy regulation and shorter hours
- Wants a unified investigation on privacy in the workplace to create a regulatory framework for employers' controls. Also advocates for a statutory reduction in working hours, gradually towards a four-day week, to reduce burnout and increase job satisfaction. Read the speech
Labor market policy and unemployment insurance changes
- Criticizes the government's labor market policy for creating poverty and lack of matching through passivity and the tapering of unemployment benefits. Wants to slow down the tapering of unemployment benefits, strengthen Arbetsförmedlingen's local presence and introduce relocation support. Read the speech
- Argues that the debate is about the unemployment insurance and the supply of skills, not migration policy. Asks why tax cuts are prioritized over investments in the labor market and requests examples of reforms that have created more jobs. Read the speech
- Argues that the right to asylum is a human right. Criticizes the government's prioritization of tax cuts over labor market reforms and argues that deteriorations in the unemployment insurance (a-kassan) drive people into poverty. Asks for concrete reforms that create more jobs. Read the speech
UN Committee review of Sweden on racial discrimination
- Criticizes that the government's response primarily concerns internal processes. Asks how the minister intends to strengthen the work against hate crimes, create reliable statistics on discrimination and ensure that the Tidö Agreement does not conflict with international commitments. Read the speech
- Asks what the minister wants to do to meet the UN's criticism that current measures are insufficient. Argues that a lack of reliable statistics hinders effective policy and questions why mapping of discrimination is considered dangerous while mapping of immigrants' values is legitimate. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the minister does not answer questions about hate crimes and statistics and argues that the government's low ambition and the Tidö Agreement's policy lead to discrimination. Read the speech
Arbetsförmedlingen local presence and support for job seekers
- Criticizes the government for withdrawing physical support and closing service offices, which leads to growing telephone queues. Argues that the financial supplements are insufficient and demands that Arbetsförmedlingen re-establish staffed offices in municipalities without local presence. Read the speech
- Criticizes the government's governance for creating goal conflicts and that the added funds are insufficient. Argues that a lack of local presence fails job seekers and demands that Arbetsförmedlingen be re-established where it is missing. Read the speech
- Criticizes the government's governance for creating goal conflicts in Arbetsförmedlingen's work. Argues that the policy's phasing out of physical presence causes people to fall through the cracks and that poverty is increasing. Read the speech
Integration and equality: SD, S, M debate budget and laws
- Welcomes that the funds for the women's shelters are made permanent and strengthened. Criticizes the government's policy regarding integration, segregation, and the poverty reform and proposes instead investments in housing, school, labor market policy, a new agency against segregation as well as a national support line for hate crimes. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the Sweden Democrats want to abolish grounds for discrimination and restrict the law on hate speech. Asks why the party focuses on weakening the protection for vulnerable groups instead of safeguarding their fundamental rights. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the concept of undue preferential treatment renders invisible groups that are subjected to discrimination. Argues that Swedes are not excluded from the grounds for discrimination and asks why it is considered legitimate to weaken the legal protection against hate and discrimination. Read the speech
- Criticizes the government's lack of credibility regarding integration policy. Asks how Arbetsförmedlingen can promote establishment and integration while the agency is expected to signal that people should leave the country. Read the speech
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Labor market: SD, S, and M debate unemployment and policy
- Criticizes the government's policy which in practice is a poverty reform. Asks why the government is pursuing a policy without support from its own expert agencies when these instead request education and strong mediation efforts. Read the speech
- Wants to expand labor market training, subsidized jobs, and the presence of Arbetsförmedlingen. Criticizes the government's poverty reform as it lacks support in research and proposes a relocation allowance to increase labor market mobility. Read the speech
- Criticizes the government's failure and lack of governance of Arbetsförmedlingen. Proposes to allocate 300 million kronor to restore local presence and wants to halve the reduction in a-kassan to create a more stable transition. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the minister is unaware of the overweight of education for men. Argues that mass unemployment and low participation are due to the government's goal conflicts and lack of resources at Arbetsförmedlingen. Asks how the minister intends to remedy these problems. Read the speech
- Argues that the government's increased administrative grants are insufficient. Criticizes the Liberals' previous driving of the privatization of Arbetsförmedlingen and asks what the minister intends to do to remove the obstacles that the agency points out. Read the speech
Question Time: Eating disorders, Gaza genocide, and inflation
- Criticizes that the government has systematically cut back on labor market policy interventions and vocational training. Argues that the presented poverty reform implies increased inequalities and asks if the path to lower unemployment should go through education instead of through poorer families with children. Read the speech
Labor law: statutory reduction of working hours and platform economy
- Wants to introduce a statutory reduction of working hours step by step with the aim of a four-day work week. Argues that shorter working hours increase productivity, promote health and are a necessary matter of justice to create a sustainable society. Read the speech
Equality and discrimination measures: M, V, and SD debate
- Criticizes the cooperation with a party that wants to erode the Discrimination Act. Argues that the removal of the seven statutory grounds for discrimination blurs structural inequality and makes the protection ineffective for the most vulnerable. Asks how the coalition party wants to make the law ineffective. Read the speech
- Confirms that all parties shall distance themselves from antisemitism. Criticizes the member for cooperating with a party that wants to undermine the non-discrimination act and the rights of a large majority of the population. Read the speech
- Criticizes the proposal to lower discrimination damages as it is considered to diminish the severity of discrimination. Argues that damages are about justice and responsibility rather than just money. Asks if the government basis stands behind the Sweden Democrats' view. Read the speech
- Criticizes the cooperation with Sverigedemokraterna as it legitimizes their view of humanity and actively erodes the rights of vulnerable groups. Argues that Sverigedemokraterna further complicates things for, for example, veiled women through their policy. Read the speech
- Criticizes a statement as a deliberate racist marking with roots in the far-right. Argues that the Liberals legitimize racism by turning a blind eye to what a partner does. Read the speech
- Confirms that Miljöpartiet does not accept antisemitism. Criticizes the Liberals' cooperation with Sverigedemokraterna for legitimizing racism and asks where the Liberals' limit is when someone is considered sufficiently Swedish. Read the speech
- Criticizes the Sweden Democrats' policy for actively weakening the protection against discrimination by wanting to replace the seven grounds for discrimination with a vague concept. Wants to tighten sanctions against employers, give the Equality Ombudsman more resources and auditing mandates, and make anti-racist work mandatory in public activities. Read the speech
Unemployment management and labor market measures in Riksdag
- Criticizes that the government blames foreign tariffs instead of taking responsibility for its own policy that keeps people out of the labor market. Argues that Sweden has an acute skills shortage and demands reforms and real investments. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the government is closing state service offices while simultaneously wanting to combat unemployment. Argues that digital solutions disadvantage groups lacking digital competence, especially foreign-born women. Asks how the government justifies the worsened accessibility to Arbetsförmedlingen. Read the speech
- Argues that the government's investment in Arbetsförmedlingen is insufficient to solve the lack of local presence. Criticizes the dismantling of the agency and the closure of state service offices in rural areas and vulnerable areas. Asks how the Minister justifies the closure of the service offices. Read the speech
- Argues that unemployment is high and that foreign-born women with low education are particularly affected. Criticizes the government's image of unemployed people lacking will and argues that the government has instead dismantled paths into the labor market. Read the speech
- Argues that climate policy aims to reduce emissions and not to make things difficult for people. Proposes a reduced tax for the countryside to facilitate hiring for the business sector. Read the speech
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- Argues that the right to full-time employment is important but does not exclude other forms of employment. Asks what is important to get low-educated foreign-born women into the labor market after the government removed extra services. Read the speech
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Workplace environment: zero mortality and crime penalties
- Want the Riksdag to decide on a zero vision against work-related ill health. Also proposes sanctions for deficiencies in workplace management, a new legal framework against offensive discriminatory treatment, a state ombudsman as well as extended access rights for regional safety representatives. Read the speech
Labor market, migration, infrastructure and welfare debate
- Argues that it would be a serious setback if the horizontal anti-discrimination directive fails due to growing populism and racism. Asks what concrete initiatives the government is taking to keep the issue alive. Read the speech
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Labor market policy and unemployment insurance debate
- Wants to strengthen the Swedish Public Employment Service's [Arbetsförmedlingen] physical presence and focus on personal support in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas. Argues that private actors are inefficient and proposes a national coordinator for skills supply as well as expanded transition support for education in shortage occupations. Read the speech
Integration: SD wants return migration, M wants language rules
- Criticizes that the concept of exclusion is used instead of segregation because it hides the structural causes behind the problems. Asks if the Sweden Democrats consider repatriation to be the solution to segregation. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the Sweden Democrats see the deportation of immigrants as the solution to segregation instead of increased equality. Asks if the party has any other solutions to segregation besides deporting immigrants. Read the speech
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- Asks how return grants and reporting obligations solve problems with overcrowding, segregation, and crime. Argues that the proposals are not the solution and asks how they solve these problems while resources are being reduced. Read the speech
- Argues that integration has not failed, but that society has not provided everyone with the same opportunities. Criticizes the government's policy for blaming individuals and instead proposes a new agency to combat segregation. Read the speech
Integration and equality: SD return migration, SK tax cuts
- Criticizes that the member makes personal assessments of others' Swedishness. Suggests establishing a national center for social orientation, individualizing the establishment program, and establishing an enhanced agency to combat segregation. Read the speech
- Wants to strengthen the role of the citizen offices, establish a national center for social orientation and individualize the establishment program. Also wants to establish an enhanced agency against segregation and questions whether the opponent respects the right to asylum and human rights. Read the speech
- Asks whether the member believes that immigrants automatically have poorer values than ethnic Swedes. Criticizes the government's plan to map immigrants' opinions to identify those who lack "Swedish values" as the concept is unclear. Read the speech
- Denies having proposed a race registry. Asks if the member believes that values that compare homosexuality with bestiality and pedophilia are blameless. Asks why immigrants are singled out instead of mapping everyone's values. Read the speech
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- Criticizes the government for closing the door to integration through proposals that make immigrants feel unwelcome and for cuts in labor market policy. Proposes to establish a national center for social orientation as well as a new agency to combat segregation. Read the speech
Labor market policy: SD, S, and M debate benefits and taxes
- Criticizes that the government blames the unemployed and focuses on benefits instead of solutions. Asks how a benefit ceiling is to contribute to reduced unemployment since the unemployment insurance is an insurance and not a benefit. Read the speech
- Argues that the party does not shock-increase taxes for ordinary people but wants companies and emitters to pay more. Criticizes the government's cuts to labor market policy and argues that they have not replaced the removed services for foreign-born women. Argues that the government's focus on benefit ceilings does not solve unemployment. Read the speech
- Criticizes the privatization of Arbetsförmedlingen as a failure since private actors cost more and do not get more people into work. Asks if the Liberalerna regret the privatization. Read the speech
- Asks why one should pay 70 percent more for private actors when Arbetsförmedlingens efforts yield the same results. Criticizes the privatization and questions how the model can be considered efficient. Read the speech
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Integration policy: SD, S, and V debate requirements and cuts
- Questions about whether the government's policy and rhetoric regarding the "miljonprogram" contribute to inclusion. Argues that growing up in the "miljonprogram" implies exclusion and segregation. Read the speech
- Asks whether the government's policy, visitation zones, and removal of preventive measures lead to more inclusion or less racism. Argues that there is an agreement on the importance of language, but asks whether the speaker's rhetoric and policy actually lead to the inclusion of young people from the suburbs. Read the speech
- Criticizes the Tidö parties' integration policy for being non-evidence-based, xenophobic, and segregating. Argues that permanent residence permits are needed to promote long-term integration and vocational training. Wishes to move for approval of reservation 1 and 10. Read the speech
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Working environment and hours: state control and remote work
- Argues that a poor working environment must never be used as a competitive advantage and demands more resources to investigate crimes against the working environment as well as stricter sentencing scales. Wants to introduce shorter working hours to promote health, balance, and social justice. Read the speech
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Labor law: SD opposes EU power transfer, S seeks balance
Fatal workplace accidents: V demands measures and more inspectors
- Argues that deaths at workplaces are predictable and can be prevented through better risk assessments. Wants the government to convert its ambitions into concrete measures by providing Arbetsmiljöverket with resources for more inspectors and tightening the responsibility in the contracting chain. Read the speech
- Criticizes that employers use a poor working environment as a means of competition and that the government underestimates the need for resources. Wants increased penalty scales for workplace environment crimes and to give regional safety representatives access to all workplaces with collective agreements. Read the speech
Integration: SD wants stricter policy, M seeks language rules
- Criticizes that the opposing party did not mention concrete integration measures and argues that immigrants maintain the welfare. Asks how the Sverigedemokraterna want to facilitate integration and improve people's life situation. Read the speech
- Criticizes the government for using lies as a political method. Argues that there are no unconditional grants in Sweden and instead asks how the Sverigedemokraterna concretely want to improve integration. Read the speech
- Criticizes that the government has adopted SD's integration policy and argues that current measures such as benefit caps and reduced benefits do not facilitate integration. Asks how the government's policy is to lead to "the Sweden dream". Read the speech
- Argues that the party is for human rights and the right of asylum. Criticizes the government's policy and argues that resistance and suspicion hinder integration, while the removal of preventive measures does not reduce segregation. Read the speech
- Criticizes the government's integration policy for creating a "us-and-them" society and for being based on misleading information about benefits and unemployment. Argues that the government's measures are a bluff to deter refugees rather than to promote integration. Wants to strengthen the welfare system, reintroduce residence permits, reform the establishment program, extend the social introduction, and introduce mandatory Swedish language instruction from day one. Read the speech
Labor market policy and unemployment insurance reform debate
- Argues that the government should prioritize an ambitious education policy and expand vocational training rather than cutting subsidies. Criticizes the government's cuts to Arbetsförmedlingen and the decision to abolish the recovery bonus. Read the speech
Labor market policy and unemployment insurance benefit reforms
- Criticizes the government's dismantling of educational opportunities and contemptuous view of the unemployed. Wants individually tailored establishment programs, more vocational trainings for newly arrived women as well as a strategy to promote work-integrating social enterprises. Read the speech
Work environment and hours: inspections, safety reps, hours
- Argues that destructive machonorms are a problem. Criticizes the Liberals' cooperation with SD and argues that it is hypocrisy to point out young people when the coalition partner wants to abolish the discrimination act. Read the speech
- Argues that machoculture is a problem that needs to be addressed. Simultaneously criticizes the cooperation with Sverigedemokraterna and the lack of criticism against their desire to limit rights for minorities and women. Read the speech
- Wants to introduce a zero vision for work-related ill health and proposes permanent state support for improved conditions within health and care. Argues that the normal working time should be lowered and criticizes the lack of sanction fees for deficiencies in the organizational and social work environment. Read the speech
- Argues that reduced working hours for older women in female-dominated occupations is possible through investments. Proposes that 10 billion per year be invested in health and medical care to improve working conditions and increase the workforce. Read the speech
- Want the possibility of shorter working hours to be given to everyone. Argues that women in female-dominated welfare professions are heavily burdened and should be a group to start with. Read the speech
Settlement Act, clan structures and integration policy debate
- Asks what constitutes a clan and argues that it is a social group or patriarchal structure that exists in all cultures. Also asks whether the concept of a clan is kinship-based. Read the speech
- Argues that the clan structure is an undemocratic and patriarchal structure. Criticizes the use of the term clan as stigmatizing large groups without defining what it actually means. Read the speech
- Criticizes the government's integration policy as a dehumanization policy based on distorted images of reality and derogatory rhetoric. Argues that the Ukrainian refugees need establishment measures and calls for reservations to counter segregation and support foreign-born women. Read the speech
- Argues that the Christian Democrats are implementing the Sweden Democrats' policy through the Tidö Agreement. Criticizes that the agreement aims to worsen welfare for people with a foreign background and lower benefits as a solution to get people into work. Read the speech
- Argues that the school's problems are due to the market school rather than integration policy. Criticizes the government for not wanting to invest in welfare or make the changes required to reverse the social development. Read the speech
Integration policy: SD, S, and M debate newcomer requirements
- Criticizes the claim that immigrants are automatically expected to become established. Asks if the member believes in the myth that newcomers do not want to integrate and argues that most want to work. Read the speech
- Criticizes the derogatory way of speaking about people with an immigrant background. Argues that it is a lie that there is a lack of requirements, as economic assistance requires that one stands at the disposal of the labor market. Read the speech
Labor law: SD seeks business/parenthood support, V bans layoffs
- Regrets that the government is not taking sufficient steps to meet challenges for women in female-dominated industries. Wants the government to introduce a right to full-time and part-time work and that publicly funded employers offer full-time as the norm. Read the speech
Immigrant integration, gender quotas and abortion rights debate
- Questions about whether the Liberals will stand by the goals of equal rights, obligations, and opportunities for all regardless of ethnic and cultural background. Read the speech
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- Criticizes the government's integration policy for dehumanizing immigrants and creating a less welcoming Sweden. Argues that newcomers should be included early through language skills, education, and jobs instead of being punished through limited welfare rights. Read the speech
Source: The Swedish Parliament. Kammarkoll is an independent service.