TV4’s political commentator Ann Tiberg analyzes Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson’s (M) first speech to the nation.
A speech that clarified a political dividing line in the description of why Sweden has been affected by increased violence, according to Tiberg.
– In that sense, it was not a speech for everyone, she says.
– Ulf Kristersson shows in his speech that these are difficult times for Sweden and that we have never had such a serious situation regarding the shootings, this is a number that has escalated all the time.
– I would say that it is almost a matter of fate for the government, they went to the election to get Sweden in order and when we are now in a situation like this, it is incredibly important for the Prime Minister and the government to show that they have a plan.
Offered surprises
– The news is that he is calling the ÖB and the national police chief to discuss how the military can assist the police in this situation.
– It is very thinly told by the prime minister, it is really just what he says. But what I heard from the government office is that they are preparing this question and investigating whether it could be about the defense being able to relieve the police so that they can focus more on police work – not that the military would do that work.
– What was a little surprising was that it was a rather strong political speech. He was quite harsh on previous governments that he called naive and that the high immigration and failed integration, as he put it, has created today’s situation – and I’m not sure that the whole nation agrees with that whole narrative, she says and continues:
– So in that sense it was not a speech for everyone.
Dividing line that can grow
– In general, many people share this picture, but in the political sphere this has started to become a dividing line between those who express themselves this way – and above all the opposition who express themselves in a different way about why Sweden ended up in this situation, she says and continues:
– It might sound a bit like splitting hairs, but I think that a dividing line will emerge here politically.