"It is clear that the January parties are welded together"

There has been a relatively calm debate climate in Swedish politics during the corona crisis, when the focus has been on stopping the infection from spreading further. Press conferences with either the government or the Public Health Authority have succeeded. At least in the short term, Elisabeth Marmorstein sees that the crisis has caused the January parties to build a closer relationship and closer cooperation.

- It is an advantage for the government that they have cross-border cooperation in place during this crisis. It facilitates crisis action. And it is clear that the January parties are welded together when standing side by side at a press or press meeting. But afterwards, when you have to make the economic wheels spin again, the differences between the parties in economic policy will become clearer again, she says.

Ted Widgren (Program Manager): It's been a pretty nice debate climate?

- Yes, but it has already started to crack, not least with regard to economic policy. And it will go faster than after other crises. And if it turns out that the Swedish strategy is worse than in other countries, then it can escalate very quickly. And then I think the Sweden Democrats will be driving there, because already early in this crisis they criticized the government for doing too little.