Published 29 October 2024 at 15.52
Domestic. The Sweden Democrats do not support the KD proposal to require that anyone who wants to become a Swedish citizen must recognize the state of Israel, reports Sveriges Radio.
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The proposal will from Alice Teodorescu Måwe, EU Member of Parliament for the Christian Democrats. She also wants those who will become citizens to show their “intention to embrace the Judeo-Christian values on which Swedish democracy rests”.
However, the government lacks support for linking citizenship to the view on Israel.
Ludvig Aspling, migration policy spokesperson for the Sweden Democrats, instead suggests that new citizens should be required to clearly distance themselves from Islam as part of the process. He also believes that new citizens must undertake to “respect democratically enacted laws in cases where they conflict with their own religious tradition”. will be required for future citizenship.
Aron Verständig, chairman of the Jewish Central Council, is positive about Alice Teodorescu Måwe's proposal.
– You could imagine setting up a number of basic principles , and that such a basic principle could be Israel's right to exist, he tells Ekot.
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