If a government needs our mandates, we will be part of it, says Nooshi Dadgostar in an interview with TT, adding that C can of course also be part of it if their mandate is needed for a majority.
So uninterested
However, Social Democrat leader Magdalena Andersson has shown no interest in letting V be part of a government. The S leader recently said in an Ekot hearing that the party has a "big job to do." And she is "very concerned" about the series of revelations about V representatives celebrating Hamas' actions in Israel, expressions of anti-Semitism and letters to Palestinians convicted of terrorism.
Parties making mistakes and people expressing themselves in inappropriate ways happen in all parties, even in my own, but it is too frequent in the Left Party, Andersson said.
But voters, Nooshi Dadgostar claims, will probably force Andersson to bring V in.
So, it's about achieving a majority in the Swedish parliament. And then our mandates will be needed.
Is this the end of revelations about party representatives expressing anti-Semitism or celebrating Hamas?
"We will tighten our procedures," is the V leader's short answer.
Opinion polls indicate that the red-green parties' lead over the government parties and the SD is shrinking.
Dadgostar interprets the Social Democrats' declining support as a sign that voters disapprove of the S leader's rapprochement with the Center Party and kind words about KD leader Ebba Busch.
Many voters want to send a signal to Magdalena Andersson that it is not a right turn that they want to see, but left-wing politics.
Historic chance
We now have a historic chance to have an SV-MP government that breaks with 20 years of a right-wing majority in the Riksdag. Then we can finally pursue traditional Swedish left-wing politics.
The closer election day gets, the more billion-kronor election promises the parties make. Most recently, the Moderates came up with a proposal that has traditionally been "leftist" - free preschool and after-school care. Not even V has gone that far.
We have proposed that low- and middle-income earners should receive a lower fee, says Dadgostar, who describes the M proposal as real whitewash.
They are in complete panic that their policies have not been popular. So they are putting forward left-wing policies.
V has a number of major election promises, according to the party worth at least SEK 60 billion. When the V leader is asked to list three that could be particularly important in a government negotiation, they are: high-cost coverage for dental care and free dental care for young people, investments in healthcare and increased child benefits.
Increased taxes
The promises will be paid for largely through higher taxes, including a billionaires' tax.
"It will be a billionaire's tax," Dadgostar says stubbornly, even though only MP agrees.
But how and when is a later question, according to her. It should be investigated and take into account that Sweden operates in an international economy, where higher taxes on the rich can affect where they want to live and pay taxes.
1. Family package (SEK 16 billion)
Baby allowance of SEK 15,000 for first-time parents
Increased child allowance, SEK 500
Single-parent supplement, SEK 300
Increased housing allowance - reinstated reinforcement
100 new preschools open
Summer holiday card for young people
2. Women's wage increase (raise wages in female-dominated professions in welfare) (SEK 3 billion/year for ten years)
3. High-cost dental care coverage - maximum SEK 1,450 per year and free dental care until the age of 23
4. Frozen rents - while the rent-setting system is investigated
5. Pressure food and electricity prices (Sweden prices)
6. Shorter working hours - investigate first, legislate if the parties cannot agree
7. Stop the gains in welfare
Deprivatization of elderly care
8. Introduce a billionaire tax
9. Abolish the qualifying deduction
10. Increase your pension by SEK 2,000.
Source: The Left Party
