nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230617-231056-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230617s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230617-231056-0 doi eng 342 23 Herlin-Karnell, Ester Author aut (orcid)0000-0002-8223-3929 Erdogan’s Wish List Come True? Herlin-Karnell, Ester Verfassungsblog 2023-06-17 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 1 June 2023, the new Swedish anti-terrorism legislation entered into force whose primary novelty is the criminalization of membership in terrorist groups. While it thereby aligns Swedish counter-terrorism law with the EU 2017 Counter-terrorism Directive, the move has been controversial for several reasons. In particular, the legislation is widely seen as an attempt to win Erdogan’s support for Sweden’s still pending NATO application. This, in turn, has raised concerns that the new law is exceeding what is required by the Directive. CC BY-SA 4.0 counter-terrorism law Criminalization of Membership in Terrorist Groups Freedom of Association NATO accession Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/erdogans-wish-list-come-true/ raw object