Recently, Spain has drawn significant attention for the sweeping amnesty that could allow up to 800,000 illegal immigrants to remain in the country – and eventually participate in the EU’s free movement of people. At the same time, the EU seems to be looking the other way without objections as Spain implements a policy that could affect other member states, while Hungary’s restrictive migration policy has long been the subject of sharp criticism in Brussels. Among those staying silent are Stefan Löfven and Magdalena Andersson, who both participated in a conference with Spain’s Prime Minister over the weekend. Both gave speeches, and in a video Löfven can be seen applauding the Spanish leader as he speaks about “far-right extremism.”

The event was the Conference for Global Progressive Mobilization, held in Barcelona over the weekend and attended by around 6,000 participants – mainly politicians, trade union representatives, and activists.

Among those present were, for example, European Council President Antonio Costa, Brazil’s President Lula da Silva, Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, and many opposition leaders from around the world. Former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was also one of the speakers.

The socialist meeting has been described as an “anti-Trump rally,” but was primarily marked by tough rhetoric against what the speakers described as “far-right extremism” and its advance worldwide.

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Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s Social Democratic Prime Minister, who has promised that at least half a million illegal immigrants in Spain – a figure that, according to reports, could reach 800,000 – will receive valid documents to keep living in the country, stressed to the attendees that far-right extremism might be noisy and loud, but that soon it would be silenced.

On the topic of silencing, he also directed a message to wealthy owners of social media platforms, clearly targeting Elon Musk, that he and other socialists would “twist the arm” of what he described as the :censored:6:cdd6bbaa89: right. This can be interpreted as a desire to limit the influence of these platforms – and, by extension, to throttle freedom of speech.

Cheering for the Amnesty

Pedro Sánchez spoke at the conference about his planned amnesty, to the cheers of his socialist audience. He described it as the “far right” being the ones opposing the plans to legalize and allow at least half a million migrants to remain in the country, and dismissed their criticism as something not to be taken seriously or listened to.

He further stated, “We are the children of migration and will not be the parents of xenophobia,” adding that they are proud to be on the right side of history.

Soros in Attendance

Also present was the Spanish and asylum activist Prime Minister’s guest Alex Soros, son of businessman George Soros. Soros heads the Open Society Foundations, a foundation that has long been the target of extensive criticism from national conservative parties.

Critics have accused the Soros organization of advancing an agenda for increased migration to Europe, including advocating for more open borders and seeking to influence political processes in various countries by heavily funding organizations and civil society projects.

Alex Soros with Pedro Sanchez at the conference. Facsimile Facebook

Löfven: No Deals with Racists

From Sweden, former Prime Minister Stefan Löfven (S) participated, now serving as president of the Party of European Socialists (PES). Löfven, known for saying during the migrant chaos of 2015 that “my Europe does not build walls,” praised the Spanish Prime Minister – who has just decided on an amnesty for up to 800,000 illegals in Spain – and argued that Europe should “be grateful” to have such a leader.

“The challenges are enormous, but so is our determination,” said Löfven, who urged progressives around the world to keep dreaming, hold onto hope, fight for what they think is right, and to remain united as true internationalists.

Löfven also said he gives his full support to Sánchez, who has just announced his massive amnesty for illegal immigrants. Löfven’s full speech can be seen here, although it is translated into Spanish.

“You can’t make a deal with racists,” said Löfven about national conservative parties, ending his message with the historic slogan from the Spanish civil war: “No pasarán!”, which translates to “They shall not pass.”

Facsimile Ara

In a social media post, Löfven stated that the purpose of the meeting was to “develop democracy” and fight “authoritarianism.”

Magdalena Andersson Cheered Orban’s Downfall

Magdalena Andersson was also present and gave a speech, in which she promised to become Sweden’s Prime Minister after this autumn’s election.

According to her, the socialist mobilization summit shows that there are many hard-working people within the movement around the world who will “stand up against the right-wing authoritarian forces.”

At the conference, Andersson met, among others, the President of South Africa and also delivered a speech. Facsimile Facebook

When Andersson was on stage, the Iranian regime’s flag and the Palestinian one could be seen behind her, while she chanted that Trump had no support in Europe and that Orban was finally ousted from power after the Hungarian election.

See Magdalena Andersson’s full speech in English: