European elections: Swedish Society for Nature Conservation reveals names of enemies of the environment

In the run-up to the European elections the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation has resorted to unusual tactics. In the daily Dagens Nyheter Mikael Karlsson and Svante Axelsson have published a list of politicians who have shown commitment to protecting the environment in the European Parliament and those who have not, giving the following explanation: "The Swedish politicians who are elected to the EU Parliament on June 7 have the power to improve the environment in Sweden or damage it. The EU Parliament plays a decisive role in environmental legislation. … We know that information [about voting behaviour on environmental issues] forms an important basis for those for whom environmental matters are important in determining how they vote. Moreover, opinion surveys show that in the run-up to the current election the climate issue is by far the most important issue for voters."

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