Kristersson on quisling row: Time
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Kristersson on quisling row: Time to tighten up in election campaign

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has spoken with SD leader Jimmie Åkesson about the remarks. It is a bad omen, it is time to tighten up, he says.

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SD MP Richard Jomshof called both S leader Magdalena Andersson and Anders Lindberg, Aftonbladet's political editor-in-chief, quislings in a post, a choice of words that stirred emotions.

Quisling is synonymous with traitor.

"I really urge everyone now to take responsibility for a clean, decent and even nice election campaign where the issues are at the center, not personal attacks," says Ulf Kristersson on Wednesday.

He has discussed the issue with Åkesson.

Yes, I have said roughly what I said publicly yesterday, that there are many who should tighten up right now. We cannot have an election campaign that is about swearing, contempt, throwing invective at each other.

I want to emphasize that this applies to both individual politicians and individual editorial writers. I think it's a bad omen.

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