The tougher measures against criminals are already being felt, and the signal is important, he says:
Sweden is no longer a place for gang criminals, and shootings have decreased by 75 percent.
The Social Democrats will vote no to the government's bill on Thursday. They want to abolish the volume discount only for serious violent crimes and want to start with sexual crimes in the next term.
I regret this. It deserves broad support. But we will get through this anyway, says Ulf Kristersson.
The Swedish Prison and Probation Service says it will be challenging to provide enough new prison places.
