Kristersson Faces Constitutional Committee Over Climate Policy Concerns

Has Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) breached the Instrument of Government by providing "misleading" information about climate policy? This is one of the questions when Kristersson is questioned today in the Riksdag's Constitutional Committee (KU).

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Kristersson Faces Constitutional Committee Over Climate Policy Concerns
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The opposition has requested investigations into whether Kristersson has breached the climate law and the Instrument of Government by providing "misleading" information about climate policy and by pursuing a climate policy that does not meet the climate goals.

Centre Party's Richard Nordin notes in his complaint that the government is obliged to follow the law. "The government has, in other words, no legal mandate to distort facts and present emission increases as emission reductions", he writes.

The Green Party's Annika Hirvonen wants the Constitutional Committee to investigate whether the Prime Minister has engaged in ministerial rule and attempted to influence the Migration Agency's handling of citizenship cases. In a debate article in Aftonbladet on November 30, 2024, Kristersson, together with Ministers Ebba Busch (Christian Democrats) and Johan Pehrson (The Liberals), writes:

"To the extent possible, measures should therefore be taken to prevent the issuance of further Swedish citizenships, until the new legislation comes into force.”

Hirvonen believes that it is clear from the ministers' debate article that the government wants to prevent the current legislation on citizenship from being applied.

Social Democrat Patrik Björck has reported the Prime Minister to the Constitutional Committee for not having informed the Foreign Affairs Committee before the exchange of prisoners in Iran, where Swedish citizens Johan Floderus and Saeed Azizi were released in exchange for Iranian Hamid Noury. He was serving a life sentence in Sweden for gross violations of human rights and murder in Iran, but was pardoned by the government.

Björck wants the Constitutional Committee to investigate whether Kristersson has respected the Constitution's provisions on information and consultation obligations towards the Foreign Affairs Committee.

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