Four left in the fight to become a new mouthpiece for the Green Party

Niklas Bolin is an associate professor of political science at Mid Sweden University.

He believes that there will be a choice between broadening the policy, or deepening it.

- I think this is the most important way forward for the party, says Niklas Bolin.

- The candidates do not differ much.

The one who stands out is Rebecka Le Moine who has a slightly more radical profile.

"Get even deeper"

When SVT talks to some of the candidates, Märta Stenevi emphasizes that the party has more questions.

- There are a whole range of policy areas where we must be in the debate.

It must be clear what our school policy is, what our care policy is and of course what our environmental and climate policy is.

You should be able to feel safe with what you can expect from the Green Party in all areas, says Märta Stenevi.

- I rather think that we must dive down and become even deeper and more rooted in the issues where we are strongest, that is, environmental issues, says Rebecka Le Moine.

- In order to cope with the climate and the environmental crises, we also need to abandon the idea, or religion, of economic growth.

We need to criticize the 40-hour week and design some type of basic income.

Can choose another path

Niklas Bolin believes, however, that this time the nomination committee may have been looking for someone who gets the message out rather than a green profile.

- They think that they have implemented a lot of policy and achieved good success in environmental and climate policy, but that they have not succeeded in communicating to the outside world that it is the Green Party that is responsible for these things.

That is why they are now looking for someone who is a good communicator, he says.

He does not believe that government co-operation or the January agreement will be affected to any great extent, however, it is not certain that the next mouthpiece will want to sit in the government.

- Either we continue to be even broader and more capable of governing, or we choose another path where a mouthpiece is outside the government, says Rebecka Le Moine, who does not want to become a minister if she is elected.

- We have chosen as a party to be part of the government and then it is also natural that the mouthpieces sit in that government as long as the party wants it, says Märta Stenevi.