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Isabella Lövin has announced that she will be stepping down from her posts as spokesperson for the Green Party and Minister for Climate in January next year. No one has stepped forward and said they want to succeed her, until now. In an interview with DN, Rebecka Le Moine, Member of Parliament and spokesperson for the party for biological diversity, says she is a candidate.
– I feel unexpectedly strong support, even from the environmental movement. Many have heard from me and asked me to run.
If the spokesperson role becomes hers, Rebecka Le Moine wants to turn the tide of the party in a number of ways. She believes that the profile of the deputy has been grounding over the years in government with the Social Democrats and that a new type of leadership and new political priorities are needed.
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– We need to incorporate criticism into the system in everything we do. Today the economy comes first and then a nature reserve is formed if you can afford it. That direction doesn’t work because we base our economy on impoverishment and exploitation, says Rebecka Le Moine.
Rebecka Le Moine
Photo: Magnus Hallgren
Do you mean that this is a different message than the one that arrives today from the main representatives of the MP?
– Yes I say it seriously. The message has been that we are about to solve this budget by budget, in small steps. But it is not enough to be tough in the completely wrong direction and simply change the fuel. It is difficult for politicians to put it like this: we must reduce production and consumption.
How does that attitude work in collaboration with the Social Democrats?
– They have a different vision and it is difficult. Therefore, we should be clearer about what the green ideology really means. I think people understand that when you sit in a collaboration, it is rewarding and rewarding. But we can’t just communicate commitments, says Rebecka Le Moine.
Do you think it is correct that the party feels in the government?
– Sitting in government with a party as big as the Social Democrats is very hard. It’s a tough question, but now we are sitting where we are and we have to do the best we can. The Green Party has made a difference, but changes are needed at the system level.
Rebecka Le Moine at T-Centrale in Stockholm.
Photo: Magnus Hallgren
You think the Green Party needs a spokesperson in government and one outside. Is that a condition for you to show up?
– It’s a strong wish.
If elected, he must share the job of spokesperson with Per Bolund, who is the government’s deputy finance minister. How would it work?
– I think we would complement each other. If Per Bolund represents the more pragmatic side, I could represent the more radical and principled side. In that case, if I stay out of government and have my ear to the ground, the grassroots and the environmental movement, I think we would complement each other well, says Rebecka Le Moine.
What must be done to strengthen the weak position of public opinion in the Green Party?
– I think it would be much easier if we could clearly communicate what we ourselves stand for and show that we are the parliamentary branch of the environmental movement. It’s about being in the field and campaigning.
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After growing up in Småland, Rebecka Le Moine moved to Linköping to study biology. From time to time, biodiversity became her heart’s desire. She became involved in several different environmental organizations and in 2017 she was named Environmental Hero of the Year by the World Wide Fund for Nature for her work on Biodiversity Day.
Rebecka Le Moine
Photo: Magnus Hallgren
– I spoke about these issues, but they were given priority. I thought I would have to become a politician myself to be able to lift them, says Rebecka Le Moine, who entered the Riksdag in 2018 thanks to a personal cross.
As a possible spokesperson, he wants to give biodiversity even greater weight within the party.
– The topics that I am passionate about are not prioritized as much as they should. We not only live in a climate crisis, we also live in a species crisis.
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