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Negotiations between the social partners failed. Most of the LO unions said no to the last proposal that was presented.
This means that the pressure on the government is greater than ever.
Jonas Sjöstedt stands firm in his threat to overthrow the government, as both the Center Party and the Liberals demand that the latest investigation be signed into law.
The question is what should the Social Democrats do now. Labor law is one of the clearest issues in S’s heart, and the situation reveals a split within the party, say several S profiles Expressen spoke with.
– There is a lot of dissatisfaction, it has been burning all the time in the January agreement. Both socialists and trade unionists are really angry about this, says Göran Greider, polemicist and editor-in-chief of the independent social democrat Dala-Demokraten.
Greider: “Hit directly in the heart of the sausages”
Greider believes it is “It is completely unreasonable that C and L have entered a pile of paper”, and that Löfven should increase the pressure on them so that the investigation does not become law.
– This hits directly on the heart of the sausages. If Löfven doesn’t somehow come out of it with the honor intact, it could be that S drops to the figures we’ve seen in Europe of 20 percent.
The current situation for Stefan Löfven and the Social Democrats is political when you put it at the helm, says Stig-Björn Ljunggren, political scientist and political editor-in-chief at Sydöstran.
– It all comes down to the fact that no matter what you do here, you are doing it wrong. So what they have to decide is which of the blue cabinets they are going to shit on.
“It is striking that they are damn cowards”
The conflicts within S that have existed since the January agreement can be seen in the current situation, he says.
– There is a group, quite small, that thinks it is necessary to fight and opposes this part, says and continues:
– But what is striking is that they are damn cowards, they are incredibly verbose when it comes to criticizing this, the union representatives and others, but when they come to this approach of what should be done, then they only murmur. So they don’t say that Stefan Löfven should stand out.
He believes that the liberals can play a decisive role in the future, and that C will not “fight” as much.
Political scientist: closer to a government crisis
If Stefan Löfven does what the coalition parties demand and the Left Party stands firm in its threat to arouse mistrust, then there is a majority to overthrow the government.
– There are many signs that a government crisis is approaching. Löfven’s situation is very problematic, says Tommy Möller, professor of political science at Stockholm University in TT, continuing:
– The prime minister is sitting in a trench.
He says Löfven is likely trying to enter into negotiations with the cooperation parties now, even though they have said they have already negotiated the issue in the January agreement.
Widar Andersson, editor-in-chief of the Social Democratic newspaper Folkbladet and a former member of the S-Riksdag, says:
– There are few who are serious within S who stand up and say that “we are going to put our heads in the wall and enter into opposition”. Most people realize that it is really bad for the Social Democrats if you look at how it looks in Europe in general.
I think it will end in “softening”
It says that S cannot “sit on any number of horses.”
– If you have decided to try if you can form a government bloc, then you have to. And don’t put too much pressure on your partners. Without realizing that S and MP have 116 seats. Not much to be happy about. You must also be afraid of your friends.
He thinks it will end with some kind of softening in the state investigation. Nor does he believe that the Left Party will overthrow the government.
Town Hall: “Absurd political climate”
Lars Stjernkvist is a resigned S city councilor in Norrköping.
– We have an absurd political climate. Difficult problems immediately turn into a political tug of war for power and somehow overshadows the problem, and that doesn’t make it easy to find solutions.
Do you think the Social Democrats are united on this issue?
– I think we strongly agree. These are really fundamental problems for many Social Democrats. But there are different views on how we should act in relation to other parties.
– Actually, there are only three endings as I see it. One is that we are going through a parliamentary crisis. It would be a shock, completely.
The second, says Stjernkvist, is that the parties can somehow take another turn and come up with a solution. It is unlikely, but really the most rational, he says.
– The third is that the government presents a proposal based on the negotiations that have been carried out, because it seems that there is a lot in what has been agreed anyway.
Eva Nordmark (S) comments on the collapse of the latest negotiations.
