Muharrem Demirok (C) has a beak to say “let me be clear”. It is then usually followed by an answer that is anything but clear. It was maybe not really in tonight’s 30 minutes. But anyone who expected a clear message on the government issue went, little surprising bet. However, the C leader gave a more straightforward response about the Left Party. If he is allowed to decide, Nooshi Dadgostar (V) may forget to gain any influence in a possible S-led government in 2026. Surely sounds like Magdalena Andersson (S) will have some to stand in if she is given the opportunity to form government .
Riot
The fact that Demirok is so clear if the Left Party is based on the autumn turbulence. Departure requirements from the youth union, trouble for open curtain and anonymous attacks on the party leader who was accused of wanting to force a choice. Not without a joint was it interpreted as Demirok trying to get used to his party by softening the attitude to V. and it caused the party mates to hit back. Some of them did not understand at all, which is why the party had to leave at all. Instead, one should focus on the issues and wait for the election results. This is the line that Demirok now seems to have turned into. The only problem is that the party risks not being able to talk about anything other than the government issue in the future. And it is a seat they have partly themselves put in by so sticking that the most important thing is to keep the “outer edges” away from influence.
Demirok now says that C will have clear substantive demands on its prime ministerial candidate, just as before the January agreement. But at that time it was C who sat on the keys to Rosenbad. As a result, they could push Stefan Löfven (S) into painful concessions such as loosening up LAS, introducing free rental in new production and privatizing parts of the Employment Service.
More may start doubting
Such reforms are much more difficult for C to get through if they become the smallest party in Magdalena Andersson’s intended government base. In today’s measurement from SVT/Veriance, the party again slips down under the parliamentary block. They have not been there since November 2023. If it continued downwards, it will be significantly more than in the autumn to doubt that Demirok is the right man to lead the party in the election in 2026.