Per Bolund on migration: "Convinced that we will agree"

Of course, the Green Party is prepared to leave the government if the migration policy becomes too harsh, the outgoing spokesperson Isabella Lövin has said.

And according to Per Bolund, the party stands by its strong values.

- It was not many years since we together said that we would open our hearts, as we together in Sweden cried over pictures of Alan Kurdis body that was washed up on a beach in the Mediterranean.

The Green Party wants Sweden to be a country that does not turn its back on people in need, that all children who flee should have security.

- Now we are quite alone about those values ​​in Swedish politics.

I'm sorry.

This means that we must be prepared to hold talks with other parties, to find a common way forward and we are always prepared to do so, he says in the interview in Aktuellt.

The Minister of Migration will send out proposals for a new migration policy for consultation.

On three of 26 points, the Green Party agrees with the Migration Committee.

One of the proposals where they do not agree is time-limited residence permits, he insists that they should be permanent but does not close the door to a compromise.

- We are prepared to compromise in order to jointly design a policy that makes Sweden better, says Per Bolund.

"We have not been tough enough"

In the latest voter opinion poll by SVT / Novus, the Green Party received 3.8 percent and thus ended up under the parliamentary blockade.

What does it depend on?

- I really want to change how we communicate politics.

We have not been tough enough.

I believe that the support for us to move towards a sustainable world and a sustainable society has never been stronger.

What we have failed to do is show how big dividing lines there are in environmental policy.

Bolund himself describes that he joined the party via the environmental issue, as he is a biologist and has worked as an environmental researcher, and that this is the core of his commitment.

But on the question of whether the Green Party should stick to its main issue or broaden its policy, he leans towards the latter:

- We must show that we have answers to many of the challenges society faces.

Together in the party, we put people first and we want solidarity with the people who are most vulnerable in our country and in our world, says Per Bolund.