"Politics should not dictate who is invited to libraries, schools or cultural centers. We should have freedom of expression and be free from political interference in issues like this," she tells TT.
The SD politicians, one of whom is the municipality's opposition councillor Frej Dristig, think it is wrong that the authors Nadim Ghazale and Alexandra Pascalidou have been invited to the municipality's library. "Both are well known for their recurring criticism of the Sweden Democrats, the municipality's largest party," the two SD politicians write in a submission in Alekuriren.
"I could ignore this submitter as just another one in a row. But we are entering an election year and it is more important than ever that journalists and writers can do their job without being made suspicious," responds Alexandra Pascalidou in Göteborgs-Posten . She believes that writers are being questioned because they depict racism and violence.
Svenska Pen has also reacted. “When politicians try to silence authors and control the operations of libraries, arm's length distance has not only been challenged – the arm has been broken,” write Kerstin Almegård and Hanna Nordell in a debate article in Dagens Nyheter.
