“The requirement for the president: Let Greta Thunberg talk in parliament”
“Greta Thunberg are invited to talk to the politicians around the world – but in the parliament, she is not welcome. “
“Now have a formal request addressed to the president. “
“We are aware that it is rare that persons outside the parliament, the assembly and the government talking in front of the whole parliament, but asks, nevertheless, the president to make an exception,” writes the MP group. “
“According to the riksdag’s regulatory framework, only members of parliament and cabinet members speak in the chamber at the kammarsammanträden. “
“Now the Green party’s group leader in parliament that the president will make an exception for klimataktivisten Greta Thunberg.”
“– It feels sad that she gets invited to other parliaments around the world, but that she did not get the opportunity to speak in his own parliament, ” says Janine Alm Ericson, one of the MP group in the parliament.”
“Thunberg, among other things, spoken in the british house of commons and in the EUROPEAN parliament. Every Friday skolstrejkar she for the climate on the Mynttorget, in the parliament. “
“”Represent an entire generation””
“If another party wants to invite another speaker, for example, a ‘climate change deniers’, the person also will be able to speak in the house?”
“– Greta is not the activist that time, she represents a whole generation. To invite her is to show respect for all young people engaged in the climate issue, ” says Janine Alm Ericson.”
“So the exemption shall not apply to the other?”
“– To invite Greta, that this is all about, is to show respect for a whole generation and what they are fighting for, namely their future. “
“President Andreas Norlén confirms that it received a formal request to invite Thunberg. “
” Request are now being taken and will be prepared before any position is made. It has not yet made any assessment of how long the preparation will take, but all cases are processed as quickly as possible, ” he says. “