It started with a doll representing Turkish President Erdogan and was followed by Danish-Swedish politician Rasmus Paludan burning the Koran outside the Turkish embassy in Stockholm.
Since then, several anti-Swedish demonstrations have broken out in several parts of the Muslim world – and Turkey has been clear that they will not let Sweden into NATO.
Now Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M) acts and invites all party leaders for deliberations about the security situation and about the threats to Sweden that have arisen, which The Express was the first to report on.
“The meeting provides an opportunity for dialogue on measures to strengthen Sweden’s security,” writes Kristersson in an email that TV4 Nyheterna has seen.
The meeting will take place on Tuesday at 17:00.
“Due to the situation in our surrounding world, it is important to gather the Riksdag’s parties for a dialogue about Sweden’s security. Reaching agreement on issues about this, and cooling down the situation – lowering the tone – is right now central. It is important that all party leaders receive information about the situation, and what challenges Sweden is facing. Now is the time for gathering,” writes Kristersson in a message.