Times of Israel: Sweden’s deputy prime minister, who called the September
11, 2001 attacks “accidents” while defending a colleague who compared
Israel to the Nazis, stepped down Monday as co-leader of the Green
Party.
Asa Romson, who served as environment minister, came under fire last
month for her remarks about the terror attacks on New York and
Washington.
According to Swedish news site TheLocal, Romson and party co-head
Education Minister Gustav Fridolin have been under increasing pressure
to bring new blood into the party leadership, in light of a series of
scandals and plummeting popularity. Fridolin, however, is expected to
stay on as party co-chair.
The crisis began three weeks ago, when Green Party member Mehmet
Kaplan resigned as housing minister after the Swedish media reported on
his alleged links to extremists in his native Turkey and it emerged that
he compared Israel to the Nazis in 2009.
Days later, Romson made her own controversial remarks in his defense.
“He has been chairman of Young Muslims in tough situations like the
September 11 accidents and similar,” she told public broadcaster SVT,
according to TheLocal.
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