- I'm sad about that message. M was very clear, and Ulf Kristersson has been very clear that he did not want to talk or cooperate with SD on political issues. And now they do the opposite. I am quite worried that they choose to put the state's finances in the hands of an xenophobic populist party that I think SD is, she says and adds:

- I hope that they think about, that we can find a common platform that we have done now in recent years, and acted in the Riksdag.

"Worked beyond expectations"

The January agreement after the 2018 election meant that the Social Democrats and the Green Party could form a government in exchange for the Center Party and the Liberals gaining influence over politics.

How do you view the collaboration with S and MP, has it been successful?

- I think the collaboration has worked beyond expectations. Of course with a lot of grumbling from time to time. But that is a given. Too many points are painful for the Social Democrats and the government, but we knew that. But that is also the price they had to pay when we started this collaboration.

Located closer to M

But Lööf also says that it has been easier to cooperate with M, because the parties are closer in their view of economics.

- On the other hand, the voters did not give the Alliance the opportunity to form the government. Then we had to take off the policy that the Alliance largely jointly went to the polls on and try to negotiate it across the bloc border instead.