Swedish People’s Party no longer opposed to further construction of nuclear power in Finland

Youth group pushes through measure endorsing “fair trade porn”

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The Swedish People’s Party is no longer saying ’No’ to nuclear energy.
      The party’s new policy line is that it will neither reject plans to build further nuclear reactors, nor will it actively promote such projects.
     
The ambiguous compromise clearly defeated the anti-nuclear stand at the party conference in Turku on Sunday.
      Ulla-Maj Wideroos, the chair of the Swedish Parliamentary Group, says that the decision shows that the Swedish People’s Party is no longer a ”No party”. She herself is not in favour of nuclear energy.
      Some members were surprised that the party did not take a more courageous stand against nuclear power.
      ”However, in politics one has to to make compromises”, said Mikael Sjövall, the former Communications Manager of Greenpeace.
      ”Nuclear power is OK, provided that no new reactors are built in the Swedish-speaking areas, including Kristinestad and Strömfors in particular”, Sjövall said with undisguised sarcasm.
      However, the new wording is likely to be agreeable to all party members, including Sjövall and Mats Nylund, another Swedish People’s Party MP and an advocate of nuclear power.
     
One of the contented ones was clearly Stefan Wallin, the chairman of the Swedish People’s Party. He pointed out that all members of the Swedish Parliamentary Group will be free to vote for or against nuclear power according to their own conscience.
      ”The new policy implies that we can now discuss various low-emission energy sources more openly”, believes Wallin.
      The party conference also re-elected Stefan Wallin to another term as party chairman. Nils Torvalds from Helsinki and Christel Liljeström from Sipoo will continue as vice-chairs, while Anna Bertills, 28, the former president of the youth organisation of the Swedish People’s Party in Finland, will act as the third vice-chair.
     
Svensk Ungdom, the youth organisation of the Swedish People’s Party, sparked controversy with a proposal calling for the establishment of a “fair trade” label for pornography.
     Under the proposal, an international body would be in charge of certifying that only porn that is produced without exploitation would be allowed to use the fair trade label.
     The measure was approved after lively debate.


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