It was when the party leaders of Sweden's two largest parties in public opinion publicly debated the question of how open Sweden should be to receiving asylum seekers that Åkesson lashed out at Andersson.
Because even though Andersson believes that Sweden should be "a little less open" than it is today, that does not match how the Left Party ("a little more open") and the Green Party ("a lot more open") see things, according to Åkesson.
It is not so credible when the Social Democrats say that, regardless of what Magdalena Andersson stands here and says, she does not have her partner parties with her on these issues. Magdalena Andersson cannot promise anything until she gathers a team and jointly decides on a direction, says Åkesson, who thinks that Sweden should be "much less open."
"Broad support"
Magdalena Andersson goes back to 2016 and points to the shift in migration policy that Sweden implemented when the Social Democrats and the Green Party were in government.
"There is very broad support in the Swedish parliament for a strict migration policy for people coming to Sweden. And it was the Social Democrats, when the Green Party was also in government, who implemented the major migration shift," says Magdalena Andersson.
"Keep your paws off"
There was also heated discussion on the issue of government investments in the so-called green industrial initiatives, which the Sweden Democrats (SD) are against and the Social Democrats (S) are for.
"Keep your paws off," says Jimmie Åkesson, calling the projects "doomed to death."
If the Sweden Democrats have that attitude in government, it would risk scaring away foreign investors, replies Magdalena Andersson.
"It will be a red flag for investors who will not want to invest in Sweden. We will lose jobs and prosperity," she says.
