The C leader points out that Kristersson has "locked himself into" the SD. She also believes that he has failed to resolve crucial issues.
We are at the end of the mandate period and we still see that there are half a million unemployed. We have low growth. They have a policy of wanting to put thirteen-year-olds in prison and deport people who work and do the right thing, says Thand Ringqvist, and continues:
Here many bourgeois voters say: "This is going too far; we must still have a heart."
“Not free”
Instead, S leader Magdalena Andersson is "the most likely" partner for C after the election, according to Thand Ringqvist. At the same time, the party's stance remains firm that it will not sit in or support a government that includes the Left Party.
When asked why she does not directly name Andersson as C's prime ministerial candidate but uses the term "most likely," Thand Ringqvist replies:
We are not appointing a prime ministerial candidate today.
Appointing a prime ministerial candidate for the center parties means that they have also negotiated a program, and we have not. We will go to the election on our policies.
She emphasizes that the party's support "does not come for free" and that C demands that the government it supports must lower taxes for both companies and individuals. Any tax increases are not accepted.
It must also be a government that reduces emissions and invests at least 50 billion in welfare, which she describes as "a negotiating point."
When asked how ultimate the requirements are, the answer is:
Our demands are formulated so that they form a whole for the Sweden we want to build. They are not formulated as ultimate demands.
Kristersson slams C
Tobias Baudin, party secretary for S, welcomes the C leader's message.
"We need an active government that addresses the major social problems," he writes, highlighting, among other things, unemployment and crime "that is creeping up."
Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson describes Tuesday's announcement as expected.
"It is Sweden's least relevant party by far, and is not needed anywhere. Now they have finally put their foot down where everyone knew they would: that they want a left-wing government," he tells TT in Tallinn.
