Last week, the Green Party's spokeswoman Märta Stenevi criticized the government for not emphasizing freedom of expression clearly enough in connection with an action where an Erdogan doll was hung outside the city hall.
Now she believes that it is just as important to stand up for freedom of speech when it comes to the Islamophobic politician Rasmus Paludan, who recently burned a Koran near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm.
- I think Rasmus Paludan is a very small man who uses our freedom of speech to create problems, but it is clearly within the framework of the freedom of speech that we have, says Märta Stenevi in SVT's 30 minutes.
Can't thumb at the constitution
She says that she understands those who have reacted strongly to the burning of the Koran, but that at the same time you cannot ignore constitutionally protected rights.
"Starting to restrict freedom of expression in order to get reactions to what is said is a path that does not have a good end," says Stenevi.
The Green Party was against Sweden joining NATO, but Märta Stenevi does not think it would be good if Turkey stops Sweden from joining the defense alliance.
Must complete
She is critical of the fact that the current government and the previous one too hastily "threw Sweden into" the application process to NATO and that Turkey is not being marked clearly enough.
Despite this, she says:
- Based on this position that these two governments have put us in, I see nothing but that we must complete the process.