Pehrson questions SD: No party line

The Liberals' party leader Johan Pehrson does not think that the Swedish Committee against Anti-Semitism (SKMA) has delivered "a one-sided report" when they criticized the SD. For me, it's an important organization that one listens to, he says.

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Minister of Education Pehrson says during a question hour in the parliament that anti-Semitism is a darkness and that the government is making great efforts to protect the possibility of Jewish life in Sweden.

We also have a dialogue with the Swedish Committee against Anti-Semitism, and it's a very good cooperation. I do not regard their opinions as any kind of party line, says Pehrson.

The question became current in connection with SVT's party leader debate on Sunday when SD leader Jimmie Åkesson said that SKMA stood for "a party line" when the organization pointed out that several representatives of SD at different levels had expressed anti-Semitic views.

SD has appealed for a meeting with the organization because they think the accusations are serious and "seem to be based on misinterpretations and pure inaccuracies".

After the question hour, Pehrson elaborates on what he means.

I do not regard organizations working against anti-Semitism as parties.

Is there a problem with anti-Semitism within the Sweden Democrats?

They have a history that obviously has problems, they have also expressed that themselves from time to time, and I see it as important that we now from the government's side do everything we can to strengthen Jewish life in Sweden – that's my only focus.

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