After the meeting, Gunnar Strömmer points out that the opposition disagrees on how gang crime should be solved.
"One thing I take away from this meeting is that this disagreement seems to persist," he says at a press conference.
He also accuses the Social Democrats of saying one thing at the national level and acting completely differently in local politics.
Many of the reforms are aimed at the municipal and regional level. For example, they involve removing barriers to confidentiality, expanding the possibilities for using security guards, and installing camera surveillance.
This is about tools in preventive work. To have an impact, it requires offensive leadership where the national and local must be connected.
“Laying down the hatchet”
Both the Social Democrats and the Green Party brought lists of demands for various measures to the meeting. For example, both parties want to see an offensive to stop new recruitment into the gangs. In this regard, S believes that the Tidö parties have failed.
- We have not received any answers, but we have demanded a reunion after Christmas, says Teresa Carvalho (S) and continues:
- I hope everyone can now put down the hatchet.
According to Ulrika Westerlund (MP), long-term work must be prioritized, as must targeted efforts and measures to tackle economic crime.
"We don't think lowering the age of criminal responsibility is the right way to go," she says.
The Left Party's Samuel Gonzalez Westling also highlights the long-term work.
- Schools and social services must be given the resources they need, he says.
New recruitment dependent on adults
On Tuesday, the Sweden Democrats launched a proposal that anyone convicted of participating in a criminal network should be sentenced to life imprisonment and that anyone with foreign citizenship should be deported.
Henrik Vinge (SD) says after Wednesday's meeting that he believes there is strong support from the other Tidö parties for SD's publishing house.
"New recruitment is dependent on there being adults recruiting. We have to get rid of them and we will get rid of them with our legislation," he says after the meeting.
