Frida Sigfrids

"Less shortsightedness."

My name is Frida Sigfrids and I am running for the European Parliament for the second time. I am a member of the City Council in Porvoo, as well as a council representative in the wellbeing services county of Eastern Uusimaa. I also work at the Parliament together with Party Chairman Anna-Maja Henriksson and Member of Parliament Mikko Ollikainen and as such, I am aware of how politics are conducted in practice.

I have chosen to run for the European Parliament because I want to contribute to long-term decision-making and an increased belief in the future, both nationally and internationally. We need to be able to see the consequences of the decisions we make today, and how they will influence generations to come that are unable to make their voices heard. Politics cannot build upon an understanding of the future that only extends to one’s own parliamentary period. It is a question of climate, economics, education, and much more.

I hope to become the voice of you and generations to come in the upcoming European Parliamentary period.

Name:	Frida Sigfrids
Birthday:	1996
Town:	Porvoo
Title:	Parliamentary assistant
Email:	fridasigfrids@gmail.com
Phone:	+358405910874
www:	https://www.fridasigfrids.fi
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Member in:	Svenska Kvinnoförbundet Svensk Ungdom

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Important political topics

Sustainability

The next ten years will be of decisive importance for whether we succeed in restricting global warming to below 1.5°C, which is critical for the future of our planet. As such, the new Members of the European Parliament will receive a decisive mandate in whether we will succeed in the objective to become climate neutral by the year 2050. If we do not undertake additional measures during the following parliamentary period, the generations to come will be the ones to pay the high cost of those decisions.

I do not think it is fair that we postpone the problems we have the tools to solve for generations to come. The offensive war in Ukraine has also forced Finland to rethink the green transformation. The EU has the aim of becoming climate neutral by 2050, and together we need to succeed in accomplishing this objective. If all the nations of the world followed the example set by the EU, global warming would reach between 3 and 4 degrees before the end of the century. This would affect young people in particular, since we are the ones who will pay the price of unsustainable decisions made by previous generations. This needs to be changed before it is too late. There is still hope of restricting the warming to 1.5°C, but it requires measures within the next ten years.

Concrete measures I want to work for as a Member of the European Parliament:

• That the EU will reduce its emissions with at least 55 percent from the levels of the year 1990.
• That the EU has gradually reduced coal by 2030, and is climate neutral by 2050.
• That the member countries of the EU introduce a similar bottle deposit system that Finland among others has, and simplifies the recycling of garbage.
• That the EU introduces stricter directives regarding overfertilisation and emissions of environmentally dangerous substances, as well as waste that harms the Baltic Sea.
• That the EU invests in expansion of infrastructure for collective traffic that is clean, safe, an

Human rights

In the EU, discussions on which measures should be taken when a member country defies human rights have been going on for a long time. Human rights are one of the founding pillars of the world and can never be violated. I believe that the EU has vast power to influence its member countries, so that violations never occur, and that when measures are required, they shall be taken. The measures could be economical, for instance.

At the same time, the world has never seen as many refugees as today. The stream of refugees also ought to continue due to climate change and the fact that many people need to flee their homes due to it. Therefore, the EU needs to gain control over the flaws that remain in today’s asylum politics, so that the responsibility for refugees can be distributed evenly. We also cannot give the populist voices that offer oversimplified solutions for complicated issues more room in the debate. Instead, we need solid cooperation within the entire EU to find solutions to the problems.

Concrete measures I want to work for as a Member of the European Parliament:

• That we renew the Dublin Regulation, so that the EU takes its global responsibility in the refugee question, and so that the responsibility is distributed more evenly among the EU countries.
• That all countries respect human rights and that the EU takes responsibility in the case that a country was to violate them.
• To silence populist acts that offer oversimplified solutions to complicated issues.
• That the EU always strives towards creating peace in conflict situations.
• That the EU formulates a legal definition of the term climate refugee and issues a legal instrument that recognizes and offers adequate protection for this refugee category.

Security

The EU was founded in order to ensure peace in Europe. Despite this, we have now reached a point in time where the peace in Europe is once again threatened by different challenges and conflicts. That is why it is more important than ever that the EU stands unified and acts with determination in order to protect our shared values and principles.

The ability to instantly purify the environment and stop climate change.

Invisibility to reveal and combat corruption at all levels.

Time travel to correct historical mistakes and improve the future.

Infinite wisdom to make perfect decisions on all political matters.

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