Heidi Hanhela

Secretary General of @YouthEPP 💙🇪🇺

[Swedish Forest Industries @SweForestInd]

Sawmill, pulp and paper industry associations from Austria, Estonia, France, Italy, Latvia and Sweden raise significant concerns regarding the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) revision process in a joint statement.

[Swedish Forest Industries @SweForestInd]

Important outcome from yesterday’s European Council: the realistic role of carbon removals will be acknowledged and it will be ensured that any shortfalls don’t penalise other sectors.

[Swedish Forest Industries @SweForestInd]

The Swedish Forest Industries welcomes the proposal that only the first operator in a value chain will be responsible for submitting due diligence statements under the EUDR. Read our full statement:
https://t.co/WAsMmQfEpi

[Swedish Forest Industries @SweForestInd]

It’s encouraging that the prime ministers of the EU’s two most forest-rich countries clearly highlights the climate benefits of wood-based products. The 🇪🇺 should promote the forest sector’s contribution to the green transition, not hinder it. 🌳♻️

[Ulf Kristersson @SwedishPM]

A Letter on forests to Ursula von der Leyen

Sweden consists of almost 70% forest land. We Swedes have cared for the forest and lived in it, by it, and from it for generations. It has warmed our homes in the winter, provided timber for our houses, and sustained entire communities. Every child learns woodworking in school. The forest is part of our culture and a central element of the right of public access, where every Swede enjoys great freedom and takes great responsibility.

In large parts of Europe, the landscape is flat. When we speak of our vast forests in the EU, some believe we mean small parks – they have rarely seen anything that can compare to a Nordic coniferous forest.

While other European countries spent centuries cutting down large parts of their forests, we have continued to use ours – but also to replant. We create jobs, build climate-smart wooden houses instead of concrete ones, and develop biofuels from forest residues that replace gasoline in the tank. Today, forestry provides a livelihood for around 140,000 Swedes.

Another northern country that sells a lot of timber is Russia. After the invasion of Ukraine, many countries stopped buying Russian wood and turned instead to Sweden and Finland. That prevents money from flowing into the Russian war chest and creates jobs here in the Nordics.

The EU’s current framework for forest use, known as LULUCF, is a major problem and, if not revised, would lead to unreasonable and unjustified restrictions on Swedish forestry. We have managed our forests for hundreds of years, and we know how to do it well. To in practice severely restrict large parts of Nordic forestry is the wrong path to take, for many reasons. When Swedish trees become wooden houses or biofuels, it reduces Europe’s climate footprint.

That is why today, together with Finland’s Prime Minister @PetteriOrpo, I have sent a letter to European Commission President Ursula @vonderleyen. We want the EU to truly make use of the flexibilities available within the LULUCF legislation – for the sake of the climate, and for Europe’s security.

Allowing us to care for and use the vast forests of the Nordic region is not only about safeguarding a Northern European tradition, it is also a prerequisite for the green transition. And it is far better for Europe’s security that timber is exported from stable democracies in the Nordics than from Russia.

[Heidi Hanhela @HeidiHanhela]

Amazing!! Congrats dearest @lidiafopereira 💙

[EPP Group @EPPGroup]

Congratulations to @lidiafopereira on her re-election as EPP Group Vice-Chair!

#EUelections2024 7/12

[YEPP @YouthEPP]

Yesterday, YEPP had the pleasure of hosting an event with the @epp Spitzenkandidat @vonderleyen in Brussels. We invited young candidates and YEPPers to show her all our support for the final days of #campaign
#Europe is our home. We want to do our part to defend it!

[Heidi Hanhela @HeidiHanhela]

EPP-nuorissa on ollut aivan mahtava seurata, miten Maria on verkostoitunut ympäri Eurooppaa! 🤩👏🏻

[Susanne Päivärinta @PaivarintaSusa]

320-sivuinen kirjani kertoo television, vallan ja Ylen kulisseista, yhteiskunnan, median ja politiikan muutoksesta ja lukuisista poliitikoista. Omasta matkastani ei puutu suruja, käänteitä eikä sattumia. Unohtakaa klikkiotsikot ja lukekaa koko kirja! https://t.co/2hovTZMyTy

[Heidi Hanhela @HeidiHanhela]

Missä EU, siellä mahdollisuus - juuri näin! 💙🇪🇺

@kokoomus eurovaaliohjelma on julkaistu. EU on täynnä mahdollisuuksia niin Suomelle kuin koko Euroopallekin. Eiköhän tartuta nyt näihin kaikkiin mahdollisuuksiin kunnolla ja tehdään EU:sta entistä parempi!

https://t.co/eeH6GWHMwb

[Heidi Hanhela @HeidiHanhela]

Such amazing news!! 😍 well deserved, congrats dear @lidiafopereira 💙

We need a generational renewal in the heart of political decision making and this is a great step towards this @YouthEPP goal!

[EPP Group @EPPGroup]

Our Portuguese 🇵🇹 MEP @lidiafopereira has been elected as the new @EPPGroup Vice-Chair.

Congratulations!

#EPP4EU

[Jaakko Aromaa @JaakkoAromaa]

Poliittisten lakkojen vuoksi suomalaiset yritykset ovat
a) siirtäneet tuotantoaan ulkomaille
b) suunnittelemassa lomautuksia ja irtisanomisia.

On kerrassaan käsittämätöntä, miten ay-liike lakkoilee omien jäsentensä työpaikkojen kustannuksella.
https://t.co/UHOUdVHH5r

[Finanssiala @finanssiala]

Kansanedustaja ja EU-vaaliehdokas @PaivarintaSusa mukaan ”kyllä kansa tietää”. Nimittäin EU:n yhteistä talletussuojaa ei pidä luoda ennen kuin huonosti hoidetut pankit on laitettu kuntoon!

[Andrej Plenković @AndrejPlenkovic]

Susret s predstavnicima @HDZmladez i vodstvom @YouthEPP na čelu s @lidiafopereira. Kvalitetnim mjerama na nacionalnoj i 🇪🇺 razini želimo odgovoriti na izazove s kojima se mladi suočavaju i ulagati u obrazovanje, sigurnija radna mjesta i priuštivo stanovanje mladih. #EPP2024

[YEPP @YouthEPP]

We, Europe‘s youth, have come together to deliver this joint declaration. It is in times of crisis that we must take a stand, and that time is NOW!

@YESocialists @LYMEC @JEF_Europe @FYEG @YoungDemsEU @EFA_Youth

🇪🇺🤝🇺🇦#StandWithUkraine

[Heidi Hanhela @HeidiHanhela]

@Samppa856 Joo just niinhän mä sanoin

[Heidi Hanhela @HeidiHanhela]

Miten ihmeessä Yle on valinnut tällaisen tekeleen yli 400 vaihtoehdon joukosta top seiskaan? Kenen mielestä on hyvä idea, että Suomea edustaisi maailmalla Putinin naaman aikanaan jalkaansa tatuoinut salaliittoteoreetikko?

[Janne Riiheläinen 🇫🇮🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 @veitera]

Mikael Gabrielin #UMK24-kappaleen Vox Populin sanat ja video ovat täynnä viittauksia disinformaatioskenen ja salaliittoteoreetikoiden näkemyksiin ja termeihin. Tämä ei sinällään ole yllättävää lukuisten aiempien hänen maailmankuvaansa koskevien havaintojen jälkeen. 1/X

[Anttї Vesala 🇺🇦🌻🎗️ @anttivesala]

.@alexStubb’ilta uusi hyvä avaus Euroopan investointipankin valjastamisesta puolustustarviketuotannon rahoittamiseen. Turvallisuuteen investoiminen on juuri nyt kaikkein tärkeintä. #presidentinvaalit #vaalitentti

[Heidi Hanhela @HeidiHanhela]

Lukusuositus! EU-instituutioissa on aivan liian vähän suomalaisia, ei tehdä samaa mokaa Naton kanssa. Suomen täytyy järjestelmällisesti edesauttaa kansalaisten pääsyä Nato-urille (ja EU, ei unohdeta sitäkään!). https://t.co/rg8RVRUIYl