EU Commissioner preaches water, drinks wine

Ylva Johansson says Europe would be poorer without migrants, but she has not experienced the hardship of the crisis first hand.

Brüsszel, 2023. július 5. Ursula von der Leyen, az Európai Bizottság (EB) elnöke (j) és Ylva Johansson belügyi biztos beszélget az uniós testület heti ülésének kezdetén Brüsszelben 2023. július 5-én. MTI/EPA/Olivier Matthys Fotó: Olivier Matthys

Interestingly, public Instagram posts reveal that Ms Johansson and her ex-husband, former Finance minister Erik Asbrink, still have a very good relationship, and they go boating together in the coves near her home.

The couple bought an apartment in Stockholm in 1999 for SEK 6 million, which they sold in 2015 for SEK 22.5 million. The nine-room, 307-square-metre corner apartment was on the first floor of a house in Norr Malarstrand dating from 1931. Norr Malarstrand is located in Stockholm’s upmarket district on the north bank of the Malaren.

But the 2015 real estate deal did not deprive them of the waterfront. Both Ms Johansson and Mr Asbrink probably love this kind of closeness to nature, as you can see from their Instagram posts.

Her villa on the island of Ljustero is far enough away from the no-go zones on the outskirts of Stockholm that Commissioner Johansson does not have to deal with the migrants she so willingly welcomes on a daily basis, while as an EU politician she continues to push for mass immigration and the resettlement of more illegal immigrants in the EU.

Cover photo: European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen (right) and Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson talk at the start of the weekly meeting of the EU body in Brussels on 5 July 2023 (Photo: MTI/EPA/Olivier Matthys)