The reason for the reports is in the review that Dagens Nyheter did by the former EU parliamentarian ahead of the EU elections in May.

There, DN revealed that during his four years as an EU parliamentarian, Lars Adaktusson voted against abortion in 22 out of 28 votes. His party leader Ebba Busch Thor has said that Adakutsson made a mistake and after the disclosure he left the party board and his role as vice party leader.

"Rubbished"

The report against Dagens Nyheter is about a leader text where, among other things, it is written that Adaktusson "frequently voted against women's abortion rights - both in Europe and globally".

In his report to the opinion committee, his legal representative, Rolf Åsbjörn, writes that Adaktusson has been thrown dirty and given the epithet "abortion opponents".

The application against SVT applies to a total of five publications and Rolf Åsbjörn writes here that:

“The image painted by SVT as a backward and hostile woman with age-old religious values ​​has already cost Adaktusson many friends and countless contacts. Getting four years of hard work as a Swedish member of the European Parliament annihilated and discredited in this way has been a tough blow for Adaktusson and has led to great suffering for him and his immediate family. "

Waiting for the review board's assessment

Charlotta Friborg, responsible publisher at SVT Nyheter, does not want to comment on the notification to SVT before the Review Board has made its assessment.

- The matter is now with the Review Board which is allowed to make its assessment. Therefore, for the time being, I refrain from commenting on the notification.

In addition to SVT and DN, Lars Adaktusson has also reported to Aftonbladet.